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I have section 199A dividends from various ETFs reported in my K-1. After entering the section 199A dividends for Box 14, it asks me to "Enter the category of income shown on box 14." I'm not sure if this is specifically tied to the 199A dividends or not, but regardless, I select "Passive Category." After a couple more questions unrelated to the 199A dividends, it asks me the following:

 

Name and employer ID number for the business

You reported Section 199A income in box 14 of this K-1. Section 199A income reported on a form 1041 Schedule K-1 generally comes from a business within the trust or estate that has it's (sic) own name and EIN separate from the name and EIN of the trust or estate. Enter the name and employer ID number ... for the business that generated this income.

 

As others have already mentioned, this is an inappropriate question because the income did not come from a business within the trust, and there seems to be no way to avoid this question without entering false information to satisfy the form requirements.

 

If I enter the trust name and EIN (again, this is false information), the next step allows me to enter the portion of the 199A amount that came from REITs. However, this amount is never added to Form 8995 (line 6) / 8995A (line 28). There is an amount on that line, but it's from other 1099-DIV Section 199A income.

 

In the Qualified Business Income Deduction Summary step, it even lists the trust with $0 QBI deduction, alongside the 20% REIT income deduction from the other 1099-DIVs. But this process is probably not worth pursuing anyway, since we should not be entering the trust name and EIN as a QBI "trade or business" in the first place.

 

Regarding the idea of adding an additional DIV statement, that sounds risky. I believe the IRS matches your reported 1099-DIVs with their records, and if you try to submit a 1099-DIV they don't have on file, I feel it's certain to raise flags.