Alto Finance Inc carries on a highly profitable business as an investment dealer.Alto is considering buying an interest in a partnership that had been carrying on a diamond mining business without success.The mine is now closed and has no current operations.Alto is interested in becoming a 50 percent partner because the partnership has losses of $5 million and it would like to deduct a half of those losses against its other income.Alto can deduct the losses if it acquires a 50 percent interest in the partnership.

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A partner can only deduct partnership losses if they were incurred while they were a partner. Alto cannot deduct losses incurred before it became a partner.

Alto Finance Inc Carries on a Highly Profitable Business as an Investment