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Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

emipur — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:49:25 GMT

I am filing the taxes for my dad's estate. His will designated 50% of his estate to go to specific charities, and the remainder to go to family. The will also designated that all taxes be paid for from the estate.

There was interest and capital gains received by the estate for 2020. I also paid out the majority of the charitable contributions designated by the will. These contributions offset the interest and capital gains, so the tax due is zero. Do I need to fill out K-1 schedules when there is no income distribution deduction being taken on the 1041?

Re: Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

M-MTax — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:56:51 GMT

K-1 are not needed if there were no distributions of income to beneficiaries.

Re: Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

JeffreyR77 — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:58:03 GMT

You indicated the remainder of the estate would go to the family, If there were any distributions to individuals you would issue K1s to the individuals.

Re: Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

M-MTax — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:12:57 GMT

Distributions of only assets of the estate don't need to be reported on K-1s.

Re: Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

emipur — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:53:13 GMT

Here is what I'm thinking, please correct me if it sounds wrong.

Nothing will be retained in the estate once all the taxes are settled. It will all be distributed in 2020 and 2021. In 2020 there were distributions to the charities listed in the will, as well as distributions to family. The distributions to charities greatly exceed the amount of income and capital gains earned by the estate before the investments were sold. So can I take those as a charitable deduction, reducing the taxable income to zero? And then consider the distributions to family as coming from the assets?

Re: Form 1041 K-1 - are these forms necessary if there is no tax due?

M-MTax — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:54:48 GMT

Yes you can IF the charitable contributions were provided for in the will and the deduction reduced the taxable income to $0.