On January $1,2022,$ Leo paid $$26,000$ for $6$ percent of the stock in BLS$,$ an S corporation. In November, he loaned $$10,000$ to BLS in return for a promissory note. BLS generated a $$710,000$ operating loss in $2022.$ BLS generated $$419,000$ ordinary business income in $2023.$

Required:

a$.$ How much of Leo's share of this income is included in his $2023$ taxable income?

b$.$ Compute Leo's basis in his BLS stock and his BLS note at the end of $2023.$

c$.$ How would your answers to parts a and b change if BLS$\text{'}$s ordinary business income was only $$231,000?$

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a$.$ How much of Leo's share of this income is included in his $2023$ taxable income?

b$.$ Compute Leo's basis in his BLS stock and his BLS note at the end of $2023.$

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