Instructions For Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) - Partner'S Share Of Income, Deductions, Credits, Etc. - 2017 Page 5

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live apart from your spouse at all times
Any overall loss from a PTP.
Specific Instructions
during the year.
Any taxable social security or equivalent
railroad retirement benefits.
Only individuals, qualifying estates, and
Part I. Information About
Any deductible contributions to an IRA or
qualifying revocable trusts that made a
certain other qualified retirement plans under
section 645 election can actively participate
the Partnership
section 219.
in a rental real estate activity. Estates (other
The domestic production activities
than qualifying estates), trusts (other than
Item D
deduction.
qualifying revocable trusts that made a
The student loan interest deduction.
If the box in item D is checked, you are a
section 645 election), and corporations
partner in a PTP and must follow the rules
The tuition and fees deduction.
cannot actively participate. Limited partners
discussed earlier under Publicly traded
The deductible part of self-employment
cannot actively participate unless future
taxes.
partnerships.
regulations provide an exception.
The exclusion from income of interest
You are not considered to actively
from Series EE or I U.S. Savings Bonds used
Part II. Information About
participate in a rental real estate activity if, at
to pay higher education expenses.
any time during the tax year, your interest
the Partner
The exclusion of amounts received under
(including your spouse's interest) in the
an employer's adoption assistance program.
activity was less than 10% (by value) of all
Item E
interests in the activity.
Commercial revitalization deduction.
For your protection, this form may show only
The special $25,000 allowance for the
Active participation is a less stringent
the last four digits of your social security
commercial revitalization deduction from
requirement than material participation. You
number (SSN), individual taxpayer
rental real estate activities isn't subject to the
may be treated as actively participating if you
identification number (ITIN), or employer
active participation rules or modified
participated, for example, in making
identification number (EIN). However, the
adjusted gross income limits discussed
management decisions or arranging for
partnership has reported your complete
earlier. See the instructions for box 13, code
others to provide services (such as repairs)
identification number to the IRS.
Q, for more information.
in a significant and bona fide sense.
Item J
Management decisions that can count as
Special rules for certain other activities.
active participation include approving new
If you have net income (loss), deductions, or
Generally, the amounts reported in item J are
tenants, deciding rental terms, approving
credits from any activity to which special
based on the partnership agreement. If your
capital or repair expenditures, and other
rules apply, the partnership will identify the
interest commenced after the beginning of
similar decisions.
activity and all amounts relating to it on
the partnership's tax year, the partnership
Schedule K-1 or on an attached statement.
An estate is a qualifying estate if the
will have entered, in the Beginning column,
decedent would have satisfied the active
If you have net income subject to
the percentages that existed for you
participation requirement for the activity for
recharacterization under Temporary
immediately after admission. If your interest
the tax year the decedent died. A qualifying
Regulations section 1.469-2T(f) and
terminated before the end of the
estate is treated as actively participating for
Regulations section 1.469-2(f), report such
partnership's tax year, the partnership will
tax years ending less than 2 years after the
amounts according to the Instructions for
have entered, in the Ending column, the
date of the decedent's death.
Form 8582 (or Form 8810).
percentages that existed immediately before
termination.
If you have net income (loss), deductions,
Modified adjusted gross income
or credits from any of the following activities,
The ending percentage share shown on
limitation. The maximum special
treat such amounts as nonpassive and report
the Capital line is the portion of the capital
allowance that single individuals and married
them as indicated in these instructions.
you would receive if the partnership was
individuals filing a joint return can qualify for
liquidated at the end of its tax year by the
is $25,000. The maximum is $12,500 for
1. Working interests in oil and gas wells
distribution of undivided interests in the
married individuals who file separate returns
if you are a general partner.
partnership's assets and liabilities. If your
and who lived apart at all times during the
2. The rental of a dwelling unit any
capital account is negative or zero, the
year. The maximum special allowance for
partner used for personal purposes during
partnership will have entered zero on this
which an estate can qualify is $25,000
the year for more than the greater of 14 days
line.
reduced by the special allowance for which
or 10% of the number of days that the
the surviving spouse qualifies.
Item K
residence was rented at fair rental value.
If your modified adjusted gross income
3. Trading personal property for the
Item K should show your share of the
(defined below) is $100,000 or less ($50,000
account of owners of interests in the activity.
partnership's nonrecourse liabilities,
or less if married filing separately), your loss
partnership-level qualified nonrecourse
is deductible up to the maximum special
Self-charged interest. The partnership will
financing, and other recourse liabilities as of
allowance referred to in the preceding
report any “self-charged” interest income or
the end of the partnership's tax year. If you
paragraph. If your modified adjusted gross
expense that resulted from loans between
terminated your interest in the partnership
income is more than $100,000 (more than
you and the partnership (or between the
during the tax year, item K should show the
$50,000 if married filing separately), the
partnership and another partnership or S
share that existed immediately before the
special allowance is limited to 50% of the
corporation if both entities have the same
total disposition. A partner's “recourse
difference between $150,000 ($75,000 if
owners with the same proportional
liability” is any partnership liability for which a
married filing separately) and your modified
ownership interest in each entity). If there
partner is personally liable.
adjusted gross income. When modified
was more than one activity, the partnership
Use the total of the three amounts for
adjusted gross income is $150,000 or more
will provide a statement allocating the
figuring the adjusted basis of your
($75,000 or more if married filing separately),
interest income or expense with respect to
partnership interest.
there is no special allowance.
each activity. The self-charged interest rules
Generally, you may use only the amounts
Modified adjusted gross income is your
do not apply to your partnership interest if the
shown next to “Qualified nonrecourse
adjusted gross income figured without taking
partnership made an election under
financing” and “Recourse” to figure your
into account the following amounts, if
Regulations section 1.469-7(g) to avoid the
amount at risk. Do not include any amounts
applicable.
application of these rules. See the
that are not at risk if such amounts are
Any passive activity loss.
Instructions for Form 8582 for details.
included in either of these categories.
Any rental real estate loss allowed under
section 469(c)(7) to real estate professionals
If your partnership is engaged in two or
(defined earlier).
more different types of activities subject to
Partner's Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)
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