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What is the rationale for charging yourself a management fee and reporting that fee as income on Schedule C while deducting that same amount on Schedule E?
Your single-member LLCs are actually not pass-through entities since pass-through entities pass through income, expenses, deductions, et al, to members, partners, shareholders (of S corporations), and beneficiaries of certain estates and trusts.
Your LLCs are different as they are indistinguishable from you for federal income tax purposes. As a result, you would need to have a business purpose for this transaction other than some sort of tax benefit. If not, then the IRS could disallow reporting as you intend on the grounds that it lacks economic substance.
‎January 5, 2023
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