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posted Mar 11, 2025 2:15:12 PM

Can someone provide the maximum to calculate the IRA SEP

The partnership has 100,000 net profit for 2024 and there are two partners one partner is 51% and the other is 49% ownership. How should the IRA SEP be calculated and deducted in the 1065?

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Expert Alumni
Mar 12, 2025 9:45:55 AM

25% or $69,000 is the maximum contribution.

 

In your case partner 1 can contribute $12,750 and partner 2 can contribute $12,250.

 

@kevinwalters923 

Level 15
Mar 12, 2025 2:56:13 PM

25% is incorrect.  The maximum permissible contribution under the partnership's SEP plan is 20% of net earnings from the partnership and the contribution for each partner must be determined using the same percentage of net earnings.  (In other words, the maximum SEP contribution for the 51% partner would generally be about 4.08% higher than the contribution for 49% partner, assuming that it is not the case that one partner's self-employment tax was limited by paying Social Security tax with another employer while the other partner's was not.)  Net earnings are the amount of income reported as self-employment income with code A in box 14 of the partner's Schedule K-1 reduced by the deductible amount of that partner's self-employment tax.

 

If the maximum permissible SEP contribution is being made, TurboTax will calculate the correct maximum SEP contribution when you mark the Maximize box for a SEP contribution.