I had purchased 36,460 shares of an S-corp business for $25,000 back in September 2005. Sold all shares December 31, 2016 for $36.46 (yes, a big loss). There have been no distributions of profits over the years. I did not “materially participate” in the business.
Looking at my 2015 taxes, I see a Form 8849 and it seems this would go under “Long-term transactions not reported to you on Form 1099-B” (assuming 2016 uses the same form)? Proceeds (d) would the $36.46 and cost basis (e) the $25k? This right?So you have a number of things going on:
Rick19744 - thank you for your response. If the K-1s reported enough loses that my basis would be negative, do I still report the sale at all? Looks like a negative basis would be the same as a 0 basis.
Actually you can't (or shouldn't) have negative basis. Any losses that would cause your basis to go below zero should have been suspended since you are not at-risk.
If you did take losses in excess of your basis, the technically correct handling of this is you should pick up ordinary income to restore your basis to zero; and technically should amend the year in which this occurred.
Once your basis is determined (probably zero in your case) you now subtract your basis from any liquidating distribution. In your case all liquidating distribution would be capital gain since you have no basis. This would be reported on Schedule D and the applicable form 8949 as noted above.