In previous years, I have gone to a CPA for my taxes for my LLC and personal tax, but he made so many mistakes that I had to catch and harangue him to fix that I am attempting to do them myself this year using TurboTax Business (for the LLC) and Premier (for personal). I am comparing the return generated by TurboTax to my previous years of returns to ensure completeness and (some degree of) accuracy.
I completed my 1065 for my LLC (landlord renting a few single-family homes out, generating rental income) and issued K-1s to the partners. When filling out my personal tax return, I entered my K-1 information manually (I couldn't figure out how to import the K-1s that I created into my personal tax). I am having issues with the schedule E - it is showing my income as passive, when previous years of tax returns show it as non-passive. TurboTax also generated a Form 8582 for Passive Activity Loss Limitations, which has never been included in my tax returns before. What can I do to make this income non-passive? Did I check an incorrect box, or is this yet another mistake my CPA has been making for years?
