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How do I fix error on line 12, form 4562?

  • March 24, 2020
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Form 4562: Line 12--You have elected Section 170 on multiple activities, or have a Section 179 deductions on a K-1 activity. The total amount of Section 179 you may deduct has been limited. You must reallocate the Section 179 on one or more activites.
Best answer by DianeC958

The 179 deduction is limited to the amount of income you receive as General Partner.  If you are a limited partner you are not allowed to deduct 179 depreciation against your income.

 

You need to allocate the allowable amount for each K-1 you received.

 

In order to allocate the 179 information you will need to switch to TurboTax Desktop version.

 

You can download your 2019 tax file to your desktop to move all of your information to your computer. To download the file you go to Tax Tools, on the left hand side of the screen, Tools, Download my 2019 tax return.

 

If you have not paid for the online version you can purchase the desktop version here, or from retail stores such as Costco, Amazon and others.

 

If you have paid for TurboTax online you can call in and have the agent send you a download.

 

When you open the program you click on Find A Tax File.  This is how you upload your online file into the Desktop Version of Turbo Tax.

 

Once you have completed this step you can switch the Forms Mode by clicking on the icon in the Upper Right Hand corner (for PC computers).  There is a list on the left hand side of all of the forms in your tax return.  Find the K-1 forms.

 

Once you have clicked on the K-1 form go to Box 12 and click QuickZoom just below Box 12 to add more information about 179 deduction.  On line 2, of the Supplemental Schedule, you enter the amount that is allowed for this K-1 for 179 Depreciation.

 

Repeat these steps for the other K-1s you received and this will clear the error.

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DianeC958Answer
Level 12
March 24, 2020

The 179 deduction is limited to the amount of income you receive as General Partner.  If you are a limited partner you are not allowed to deduct 179 depreciation against your income.

 

You need to allocate the allowable amount for each K-1 you received.

 

In order to allocate the 179 information you will need to switch to TurboTax Desktop version.

 

You can download your 2019 tax file to your desktop to move all of your information to your computer. To download the file you go to Tax Tools, on the left hand side of the screen, Tools, Download my 2019 tax return.

 

If you have not paid for the online version you can purchase the desktop version here, or from retail stores such as Costco, Amazon and others.

 

If you have paid for TurboTax online you can call in and have the agent send you a download.

 

When you open the program you click on Find A Tax File.  This is how you upload your online file into the Desktop Version of Turbo Tax.

 

Once you have completed this step you can switch the Forms Mode by clicking on the icon in the Upper Right Hand corner (for PC computers).  There is a list on the left hand side of all of the forms in your tax return.  Find the K-1 forms.

 

Once you have clicked on the K-1 form go to Box 12 and click QuickZoom just below Box 12 to add more information about 179 deduction.  On line 2, of the Supplemental Schedule, you enter the amount that is allowed for this K-1 for 179 Depreciation.

 

Repeat these steps for the other K-1s you received and this will clear the error.

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Level 2
April 28, 2021

Stellar solution! I had been stumbling, fumbling and bumbling my way through this trying to fix for almost two hours. Read your suggestion and was done in under 90 seconds. Truly apprectiate you!

Level 3
April 12, 2022

Let me amend my previous post. Turbotax won't let me override its episode of schizophrenia. It's right, calls itself wrong, and won't let me correct its mistake. I need help with its Catch-22.


Another point: why did Turbotax create a Form 4562 for this carryover when it never did in 2019 or -20 after the carryover figure was originally generated in -18 and appeared in Form 4562 for a specific K-1 partnership that ended in -21? Line 11 has business income for this partnership of 0 because the final year's figure is -2. I had income greater than my carryover in 2018-20 but no 4562 was created. Why wouldn't Turbotax have taken care of that, or did I fail to make a choice that would have offset the carryover? The effect on my tax for a carryover of 231 is probably not worth the hassle of filing an amended return for one of those years. The real fly in the ointment is that Turbotax is now gagging for some reason.

Level 2
February 20, 2023

I solved this by going into the K-1 with section 179 carry forward and selecting the check box that indicates we have active losses carry forwards and then I entered the section 179 allowable loss that we are carrying forward into the current tax year.