Surgent's Mastering Basis Issues for S Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs

Objectives:

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

Major Topics:

• Applicable coverage of any basis considerations within any recent tax legislation enacted before the presentation 
• Discuss new pass-through basis calculations required as attachments to certain individual returns 
• Excess business losses and NOLs 
• Tax Basis Capital Account Reporting Requirements 
• How §179 limitations affect basis and how the “tax-benefit” rule is applied 
• S corporations: Beware of final IRS regulations regarding “open debt” of S corporations; 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 does not apply to certain S corporations; learn to apply the complex ordering rules and special elections that can have a big tax result; become aware of when you can have a taxable dividend in an S corporation; understand distributions of cash and property and post-termination transition rules, and temporary post-termination rules for eligible corporations 
• LLCs and partnerships: Learn the detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; determine how to calculate basis under both §704 and for “at-risk” under §465; recognize how recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt can create significantly different tax results; review §754 step-up in basis rules; and learn how legislation cleans up the basis treatment of charitable contributions and foreign taxes paid 

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

Prerequisite:

Experience in business taxation

Additional Info:

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