2024 Partnerships and S Corporations: How to Calculate Basis

The IRS has recently increased the pressure on how to calculate and report partner and shareholder basis.  Changes in the forms reflect these developments.  This program provides a detailed analysis of the calculations related to determining tax basis for a partnership interest and S corporation shareholder shares and loans. How to use the Form 1065, Schedule K-1  and Form 1120S, Schedule K-1 information for basis determination.  Illustrated examples with filled in forms will demonstrate how the processes works and their many potential pitfalls. 

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Presented by James Lindell

• Delivery Format: Live Webcast Replay

CPAs working in public accounting firms and/or working for partnerships or S corporation

• Identify the tax issues related to LLC members/partners basis from formation through operations and concluding with sale and/or liquidation
• Identify the tax issues related to S corporation owner's basis for shares and loans from formation through operations and concluding with sale and/or liquidation
• Understand potential pitfalls and planning strategies

• Calculation of basis when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property
• How to calculate partnership tax basis capital accounts
• Explains the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination
• Clarifies the how partnerships and S corporations debt impacts tax basis
• Discusses how distributions affect basis
• Explains how basis is impacted by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership or S-corporation interest
• Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting

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