Surgent's Introducing Partner Capital Account Reporting - On-Demand Webcast

Overview

Tax practitioners are responsible for presenting partner capital accounts on the tax basis. But what does this mean and how does it differ from prior year rules regarding partner capital accounts? This webinar covers exactly that - how the rules regarding the presentation of partner capital accounts differ from preceding years. For tax practitioners preparing 2021 partnership 1065 forms, this course explains these complex new rules in practical and understandable terms.

Highlights

• How a partner’s outside basis and capital account differ
• Reconciling Schedule M-2 Form 1065 with Partnership K-1 Schedule L
• IRS requirement to report partner tax basis on the transactional approach
• Implications if a capital account is negative
• Deficit restoration accounts and qualified income offsets
• Modified outside basis method and modified previously taxed capital method
• Determining a partner’s beginning capital account for 2021
• Beginning capital account for partnerships and partners consistently reporting on the tax basis

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of tax rules relating to partnerships and partners

Designed For

Any tax practitioner who will be preparing partnership income tax returns for 2021 or 2022

Objectives

• Understand how a partner determines and reports his or her tax basis capital account for 2021 and after

Preparation

None