Cosmo contributed land with a fair market value of $365,000 and a tax basis of $99,000 to the y mountain partnership in exchange for a 30 percent profits and capital interest in the partnership. the land is secured by $161,000 of nonrecourse debt. other than this nonrecourse debt, y mountain partnership does not have any debt.
a. how much gain will cosmo recognize from the contribution? (leave no answer blank. enter zero if applicable.)
b. what is cosmo’s tax basis in his partnership interest?

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?