Drew Edmundson <drewsbeagles[at]hotmail.com> wrote:
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Sorry, I see that you had already noticed this paragraph.

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Cary, NC

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David" <david4731[at]hotmail.com> wrote:

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The paragraph you need to look at is 721(b), assuming the
LLC is really a partnership for tax purposes.

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Cary, NC

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aufein[at]gmail.com wrote:

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An LLC can elect to be taxed as a partnership (or proprietor
if only one owner), or as a corporation. If taxed as a
corporation section 351 would certainly be a factor.

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Because only a two (or more) member LLC is a legitimate
entity? Perhaps in some states, but not in California.

Stu

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Brian wrote:
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I disagreed with the previous posting. Generally
contribution to a partnership is tax-free and therefore the
basis in the partneship interest (outside basis) is the
carryover over basis in the property contributed plus
pro-rata share of liabilities assumed. Sec.721. There may be
build-in gain in the property that is required to be
recognized upon certain conditions. Additionally, I was
wondering why Sec.351 is mentioned. 351 governs
contributions to corporations only. Contribution to the LLC
that is a single member LLC is igrnored since such LLC is
disregarded from its owner. I assume the LLC Partnership
discussed above is an LLC with two owners.

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David wrote:

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The partnership basis will be FMV on the date of
contribution, not your cost basis. Any pre-contribution gain
must be recognized by you when the security is sold.
Pre-contribution losses are more complex.

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I would like to transfer publically traded stocks (like
Intel) from a personally titled Ameritrade account into a
new Partnership (LLC) account with Ameritrade. So long as I
maintain a majority control over the Partnership by
receiving the proper percentage of membership interest in
the LLC for the current market value of the stock
transferred, it is my belief that this would not be
considered a taxable event by the IRS under either Section
721, Section 351, or Section 354. My personal basis on
each stock investment would therefore transfer to the LLC
and become the cost basis for each investment that the LLC
owns.

The LLC will hold these investments long-term (possibly make
some new purchases with cash) and potentially (yet rarely)
sell and re-invest in other stocks (asset re-allocation).
In a sense, this would be an "investment company / LLC /
partnership". Section 721 and 351 makes note of an
exception to the rule referring to an "investment company"
(as defined in Section 351).

Also, publically held stock may be considered an
"intangible" asset. Could you please explain whether section
(d) of Section 721 ("Transfers of intangibles") needs to be
considered in regards to this transfer in order to keep it a
non-taxable transfer?

Thanks,

-David

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