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Level 2
posted Sep 6, 2020 7:32:16 PM

What is Qualified Business Income Deduction? I have an S corp and 20% of my K-1 is a lot, but my QBI deduction is only $30. Isnt it supposed to be a direct 20% of K-1?

I am MFJ with an income threshold below the one specified for QBI

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Level 15
Sep 6, 2020 8:15:36 PM

There is a decent summary on the IRS web site at the link below.

 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/qualified-business-income-deduction

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Level 15
Sep 6, 2020 8:15:36 PM

There is a decent summary on the IRS web site at the link below.

 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/qualified-business-income-deduction

Level 15
Sep 7, 2020 6:48:28 AM

Does your K-1 have a code Z in box 20 ? 

 

And TT has worksheets for everything ... save a PDF with the worksheets to see how the QBI is being calculated ...

 

  • click in the left menu column on TAX TOOLS, then PRINT CENTER.
  • Then choose "Print, save, view this year's return."
  • The next screen should offer some options:  "Just my tax returns", or "include government worksheets (optional)", or "include government and TurboTax worksheets (optional.)"
  • See if one of those PDFs has what you need.  The latter has the most pages.

Level 15
Sep 7, 2020 7:09:29 AM

Or a code V in Box 17 for an S corporation (K-1 1120-S).

Not applicable
Sep 7, 2020 1:00:28 PM

you may also want to review form 8995/8995-A which is the IRS form for computing the overall QBI deduction once QBI for each trade or business id calculated from the separate worksheets.  

Level 15
Sep 7, 2020 1:01:52 PM

One thing I found was my QBI credit was not as much as I thought it would be.  Because I had a business loss the prior year and it carried it over and took it into account.