Investors & landlords

Some comments to provide assistance:

  • As a partner in a partnership it is your responsibility to maintain your tax basis in the investment.
  • Several years ago, the IRS required Part II box L to be maintained on a tax capital basis.  In most cases, this should approximate your tax basis; but may not exactly be the same.
  • Since it appears that you have not maintained your tax basis, we will use the K-1 Part II box L as your tax basis.
  • You have not indicated whether you have any suspended losses; as you also don't indicate whether you were passive or active in this partnership.  My assumption is passive.
  • If you do have suspended losses, and you mark this K-1 as final in TT, if you have used TT in the past, TT will handle the suspended losses appropriately; they become freed up and will be reflected in your tax return as ordinary losses.
  • You will also enter the K-1 into TT just as you would any other year.
  • When TT asks the details on the disposition, just indicate "sold", as effectively that is what occurred.
  • To determine your tax basis (based on the capital account details provided in Part II box L), you have a tax basis of: $13,071-BOY (7,250) plus current year activity $20,321 (as reflected in box L).  I get $20,127 based on the separately noted K-1 line items, but not sufficient information to account for this $194 difference.
  • So now, when TT asks for your "sale" details you will enter the distribution of $5,490 as your selling price and your tax basis of $13,071 as your cost basis.  This will generate a capital loss of $7,581; which is $2 different than your ending tax capital figure reflected on the K-1.  These amounts will be reflected on form 8949 and Sch D by TT.
*A reminder that posts in a forum such as this do not constitute tax advice.
Also keep in mind the date of replies, as tax law changes.

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