Instructions For Form 8810 - Corporate Passive Activity Loss And Credit Limitations - 2006 Page 7

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active income by taking into account an
Line 2. Closely Held
Part I. 2006
overall loss from that activity only to the
Corporations
extent it exceeds overall gain from all other
Passive Activity Loss
Closely held corporations can offset the
passive activities (the gain, if any, shown on
loss, if any, on line 1d with net active
line 1d of Form 8810).
(PAL)
income. Net active income is the
If there is an overall loss from all other
corporation’s taxable income for the tax
Lines 1d and 3
passive activities (line 1d of Form 8810 is a
year, determined without regard to the
loss), figure net active income by taking into
following items.
If line 1d or 3 shows net income or zero, all
account all of the overall loss from that
the deductions and losses are allowed
Net passive income or loss.
activity.
Portfolio income. See Passive Activity
including any prior year unallowed losses
Income on page 4.
entered on line 1c. Enter the deductions on
Line 4. Total Deductions and
Deductions attributable to portfolio income
the appropriate lines of Form 1120, U.S.
Losses Allowed
described in Temporary Regulations section
Corporation Income Tax Return, and any
1.469-2T(d)(2)(i), (ii), and (iv).
losses from Form 4797 or Schedule D
Columns (d) and (e) of Worksheet 2, on
Interest expense allocated under
(Form 1120) on that form or schedule, if
page 6, show whether an activity had an
Temporary Regulations section 1.163-8T to
applicable, including any prior year
overall gain or loss.
a portfolio expenditure (within the meaning
unallowed losses that are properly entered
Worksheet 2, column (d). A corporation
of Temporary Regulations section
on those forms.
with an overall gain in column (d) will report
1.163-8T(b)(6)).
all of the deductions and losses listed in
Gain on the disposition of substantially
If the prior year unallowed losses include
Worksheet 1 and any prior year unallowed
appreciated property formerly held for
deductions that would have been reported
losses in Worksheet 2 for those activities on
investment. See Regulations section
on page 1 of Form 1120 instead of on Form
the appropriate lines of Form 1120 and on
1.469-2(c)(2)(iii)(F).
Schedule D (Form 1120) or Form 4797, if
4797 or Schedule D (Form 1120), include
Gross income from certain oil or gas
applicable.
the prior year unallowed losses on the
properties treated under Regulations section
appropriate line along with any current year
1.469-2(c)(6) as not from a passive activity.
Worksheet 2, column (e). A corporation
deduction or loss from that line.
Gross income and deductions from any
uses Worksheets 3 and 4 for activities that
trade or business activity of trading certain
show an overall loss in column (e).
personal property described in Temporary
Example. The corporation had $1,000 of
Regulations section 1.469-1T(e)(6), but only
Worksheet 3. Use Worksheet 3, below,
deductions for current year repairs and
if the corporation did not materially
to figure the unallowed deductions and
maintenance and $500 of deductions for
participate in the activity for the tax year.
losses to be carried forward to Worksheet 4,
prior year unallowed repairs and
on page 8. Use Worksheet 4 to figure the
maintenance. Enter $1,500 as the deduction
If the corporation disposed of its entire
allowed deductions and losses to report on
for repairs and maintenance allowed from
interest in a passive activity to an unrelated
the forms and schedules for 2006.
passive activities on the proper line.
party in a fully taxable transaction, figure net
Worksheet 3
Overall loss in column (e). If the corporation has activities in Worksheet 2 with an overall loss in column (e), use Worksheet 3 to
figure the unallowed deductions and losses for each activity.
Overall gain in column (d). If any of the activities in Worksheet 2 had an overall gain in column (d), all of the deductions and losses
(including prior year unallowed losses) for that activity are allowed in full. Enter the deductions on the appropriate line of Form 1120
and enter any losses on Form 4797 or Schedule D (Form 1120), if applicable.
Prior year unallowed losses from 2005. If there were prior year unallowed losses from 2005, include the prior year unallowed
losses on the appropriate line along with any current year deduction or loss for that line. See the example in the instructions for lines
1d and 3 above. Prior year unallowed losses from Form 4797 and Schedule D (Form 1120) should have been kept separate in 2005,
and should be identified as “prior year unallowed losses” on Form 4797 and Schedule D (Form 1120).
Column (a). Enter the loss from column (e) of Worksheet 2.
Column (b). Divide each of the individual losses in column (a) by the total of all the losses in column (a) and enter the ratio for each
of the activities in column (b). The total of all the ratios should equal 1.00.
Column (c). Multiply the unallowed loss from line 3 of Form 8810 by each of the ratios in column (b) and enter the results in
column (c).
Worksheet 4. Use Worksheet 4 to figure the allowed deductions and losses.
Worksheet 3 –Allocation of Unallowed Deductions and Losses
(a) Loss From
(c) Unallowed Deductions
Name of Activity
(b) Ratio
Worksheet 2 Column (e)
and Losses
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.00
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