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Further, this document may not contain a comprehensive discussion of all pertinent issues or law or the IRS's interpretation of current law.  \nTable of Contents  \n(View this PowerPoint in “Presentation View” to click on the links below)  \nGeneral Overview  \n􀂃 Issue and Transaction Overview  \n􀂃 Transaction and Fact Pattern  \nSummary of Potential Issues  \nIndex of Referenced Resources  \nTraining and Additional Resources  \nGlossary of Terms and Acronyms  \nIndex of Related Practice Units  \nIssue and Transaction Overview  \n\n| Sale of a Partnership Interest |\n| --- |\n| Note: This replaces the practice unit with the same title dated 2/19/21 . The practice unit was revised to reference updated training material on slide 48.\u003Cbr>􀂃 When a sale of a partnership interest occurs, the entity theory is the underlying concept, not the aggregate theory. This means the ownership interest a partner has in a partnership is treated as a separate asset that can be purchased and sold.\u003Cbr>􀂃 The general rule is the selling partner treats the gain or loss on the sale of the partnership interest as the sale of a capital asset (see IRC 741) .\u003Cbr>􀂃 An exception to the general rule exists when the partnership entity holds certain types of assets. The aggregate rule comes into play and the look-through concept is applied where the partner may have to characterize part of the gain or loss on the sale of the interest as subject to different tax rates based on the types of assets owned by the partnership entity.\u003Cbr>􀂃 When the partnership owns IRC 751 assets, the selling partner must recognize ordinary gain or loss respecting the partner’s share of those assets.\u003Cbr>􀂃 The same type of exception applies for assets subject to unrecaptured Section 1250 gain treatment. Like for IRC 751 assets, the selling partners must allocate the gain or loss based on the partner’s share of the IRC 1250 assets as subject to unrecaptured Section 1250 gain. Section 1250 gain has a higher tax rate than the capital gain tax rate.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Because fair market value (FMV) tends to change over time, when the buying partner acquires the partnership interest at FMV, its outside basis in the partnership interest likely differs from its share of the partnership’s inside basis in its assets. If the partnership elects under IRC 754 to make a special IRC 743(b) basis adjustment, the difference goes away. |\n\nBack to Table of Contents 3  \nTransaction and Fact Pattern  \n\n| Sale of a Partnership Interest |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Diagram of Transaction | Facts |\n| | 􀂃 This example illustrates how a partner computes the gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest where the partnership has IRC 751 assets and assets having unrecaptured IRC Section 1250 gain. It also shows how the partnership computes the IRC Section 743(b) amount.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Partner A owns 60% of the partnership and Partner B owns 40% .\u003Cbr>􀂃 Partner B sells his 40% interest in the partnership to Partner C.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Partner C paid $480,000 directly to Partner B. |\n\nBack to Table of Contents 4  \nTransaction and Fact Pattern (cont’d)  \n\n| Sale of a Partnership Interest |\n| --- |\n| Facts |\n| 􀂃 The $480,000 Partner C paid to Partner B represents 40% of the FMV of the partnership on the date of the sale.\u003Cbr>􀂃 The FMV of the partnership is $1,200,000 (total assets have a FMV of $2,000,000 less debt of $800,000) . The partnership had the following balance","cbCaibxQEVjCx7aK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibxQEVjCx7aK","pdf",541886,"English","# General Overview\n## Issue and Transaction Overview\n## Transaction and Fact Pattern\n# Summary of Potential Issues\n# Index of Referenced Resources\n# Training and Additional Resources\n# Glossary of Terms and Acronyms\n# Index of Related Practice Units\n# Issue and Transaction Overview","[{\"question\":\"When a partner sells a partnership interest, what underlying tax concept governs character of the gain or loss?\",\"answer\":\"The entity theory governs, treating the partner’s ownership interest as a separate asset that can be purchased and sold.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the general rule for how the selling partner characterizes gain or loss on the sale?\",\"answer\":\"The selling partner generally treats gain or loss as the sale of a capital asset under IRC 741.\"},{\"question\":\"What exceptions require treating part of the gain or loss as ordinary income or unrecaptured Section 1250 gain?\",\"answer\":\"If the partnership holds IRC 751 assets, the selling partner recognizes ordinary gain or loss for that share. 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