Surgent's Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions, and Loss Limitation Issues for S Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships (HMBI)

Overview

Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation. Applicable coverage of any basis considerations within any recent tax legislation. Pass-through basis calculations required as attachments to certain individual returns. Executor’s form for disclosing basis in certain distributed property; what about the basis of a property distribution from a trust? How §179 limitations affect basis and how tax-benefit rule is applied. Basis implications of personal assets converted to business use. How to calculate basis of inherited and joint tenancy property. Tax basis capital account reporting requirements. S corporations: Beware of final IRS regulations regarding “open debt”; determine how to calculate basis; worksheets are included; understand the effect of stock basis and debt basis and IRS’s recent focus on “at-risk basis” for shareholders; recognize how AAA applies or doesn’t apply to S corporations; learn to apply the complex basis ordering rules and special elections that can have a big tax result; discuss loss limitation rules in depth; when you can have a taxable dividend in an S corporation; understand distributions of cash and property; understand the post-termination transition rules, and temporary new TCJA post-termination rules for eligible corporations, which will be important for S Corps returning to C corps. LLCs and partnerships: Learn the detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; learn to calculate basis under §704 & for “at-risk” under §465; recognize how recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt can create significantly different tax results; learn the difference between basis and “at-risk basis”; review §754 step-up in basis rules; the economic effect equivalence test or “dumb-but-lucky” rule; learn to apply the complex rules of distribution of cash vs. property, TCJA cleans up the basis treatment of charitable contributions and foreign taxes paid.

Objectives:

Determine initial basis and organizing tax-free under §351 and §721.  Understand what affects basis and how to treat distributions      Pass the four loss limitation hurdles to deduct pass-through losses.

Designed For:

Accounting and Financial Professionals who prepare both individual and flow-through business entity tax returns and need a thorough grasp of these significant issues. This course is a must for practitioners to help reduce and avoid this exposure to malpractice.