Cardinal, LLC incurred $20,000 of startup expenses, $3,000 of organizational costs, and paid $10,000 in transfer taxes to change the title (ownership) of a building contributed by one of the LLC's members. Which of the following statements is correct regarding these three amounts?
a. Cardinal can deduct $5,000 of the startup expenses.
b. Cardinal can amortize $15,000 of the startup expenses over 180 months.
c. Cardinal may deduct the full amount of the organizational costs.
d. Cardinal can capitalize the $10,000 tax paid as a part of the depreciable basis of the building.
e. All of the above statements are true.