Answer 7 only. Exercise 2 (LO 3, 4, 8) Issues involving goodwill and the liquidation of a partner-ship. Your client has been asked to invest in a partnership which will develop a piece of realestate for commercial use. It is estimated that the development will occur over three years afterwhich time the partnership will be liquidated. After reviewing selected historical and prospec-tive financial information, your client has asked you to provide answers to the followingquestions:5. If I were to purchase a new office building for my existing company, would it be better tohold this office as a personal asset or set up a corporation that owns the office building givenmy possible investment in the partnership?6. Would I be better off to loan the partnership a set amount of money as compared to contri-buting the money as a partner?7. If during the course of the partnership I decided to sell my partnership interest, would I bebetter to sell it to the partnership itself or one of the existing partners?Draft a memo to your client regarding the above questions.

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7. If during the course of the partnership I decided to sell my partnership interest, would I be better to sell it to the partnership itself or one of the existing partners?

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Chapter15: Property Transactions: Nontaxable Exchanges

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