Carl
Level 15

Investors & landlords

You don't "force" anything on your personal return. All depreciation is dealt with and reported on the 1065 partnership return. You just enter the K-1 exactly as printed, pay attention to any follow-up screens after the data entry screen, and press on with life. Depreciation, rental expenses and all that stuff is dealt with on the 1065 partnership return. All you do with the K-1 basically, is record your rental income and/or losses, and that's pretty much it.
Hopefully whoever did the partnership return did it right and accounted for all prior depreciation already taken when it was reported on the personal 1040 SCH E's among the partners. If not, the never ending nightmare for all partners hasn't even started yet.