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posted Jun 4, 2019 9:00:22 PM

K1 partnerships and s corporations Part iii line 1 on received form from partnership line 1 title is income and it is -2565 in TT it is "interest"

TT is asking me to check  Should I use (   )   for a negative number instead of a  -?

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Jun 4, 2019 9:00:24 PM

Box 1 on Schedule K-1 (Form 1065 or 1120S) reports Ordinary Business Income (Loss). Enter the amount as is appears. If negative, enter the number with a leading dash ("-"), not in parentheses.

Interest Income appears in Box 5; a negative number in this box would be highly unlikely.