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Skylar is ready to retire and wants your professional opinion on the most advantageous way to dispose of a 40% limited ownership interest in the three-member STU LLC.
Option #1. Skylar will immediately sell the LLC interest to Partner Tameeka for $300,000 cash. Skylar will then invest the after-tax proceeds in a tax-exempt (Federal and state) municipal bond paying 4% interest per year, compounded at the end of each year. (Assume that there are no Federal or state income taxes on the interest earned on the bond.)
Option #2. STU will distribute a parcel of land (investment property) to Skylar in complete redemption of the 40% interest. STU's land was recently appraised for $260,000. The appraiser estimated that Skylar could sell the land for $400,000 (before taxes) at the end of eight years. For simplicity, determine the tax results of the land distribution under the proportionate liquidating distribution rules. [In this case, this result also arises if the distribution is a § 736(b) distribution.]
Other information. In either scenario, at the end of the eighth year, Skylar will convert the asset (bond or land) to cash to help cover living expenses. If needed, use the Present and
Assumptions:
*STU owns no hot assets and has no stated or unstated
Question A: For option 1, what is the after-tax amount of cash Skylar would have on hand after cashing the bond or selling the land at the end of year 8?
Question B: For option 2, what is the after-tax amount of cash Skylar would have on hand after cashing the bond or selling the land at the end of year 8?
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