Laurel contributed equipment worth $200,000, purchased 10 months ago for $250,000 cash and used in her sole proprietorship, to sand creek llc in exchange for a 15 percent profits and capital interest in the llc. laurel agreed to guarantee all $15,000 of sand creek’s accounts payable, but she did not guarantee any portion of the $100,000 nonrecourse mortgage securing sand creek’s office building. other than the accounts payable and mortgage, sand creek does not owe any debts to other creditors. a. what is laurel’s initial tax basis in her llc interest?

b. laurel’s holding period in the partnership interest begins the day the llc interest is acquired. true or false? c. what is sand creek’s initial basis in the contributed property?

d. what is sand creek’s holding period in the contributed property?

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)