as of 1-1-21due to a recourse loan of amount that was more than the passive losses accumulated through then. In 2021 they paid the loan back to me which created a distribution in excess of partner basis. Does the loan payoff cause taxable income even though the previous losses were passive losses that haven't been recognized?
those loans are included in your tax basis. once your capital a/c is reduced to zero losses reduce your tax basis in the loan. therefore, repayment of that loan could result in taxable income yet those passive losses would not be freed up because the loan repayment income is not passive.
what you need to do is determine your basis in the partnership.
this year I believe that the IRS required schedule L to be reported on the tax basis if it wasn't already. but that schedule does not take into account loans a partner makes to a partnership.
this is a worksheet for computing tax basis - look at line 15
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1) Adjusted basis from preceding year (enter zero if this is the first tax year in whichthe taxpayer is a member of the partnership). (Line 1 cannot be less than zero.)
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| 2) Gain (if any) recognized this year on contribution of property to partnership (otherthan gain from transfer of liabilities) |
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| 3) Cash contributed during the year |
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| 4) Adjusted basis of property contributed during the year (reduced by the amount ofliabilities to which the property is subject, but not below zero) |
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| 5) Items of income or gain this year including tax-exempt income: (add additional lines if needed) |
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| a) Ordinary Income |
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| Add lines 5a through 5d |
| 6) Partner’s share of partnership liabilities (current-year item K, Schedule K-1) |
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| 7) Liabilities from prior year included in line 1 above—enter as a negative number |
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| 😎 Other increases to basis including excess depletion deductions over basis of depletable property |
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| 9) Add lines 1 through 8 (if less than zero, enter zero). |
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| 10) Withdrawals and distributions during the year (for property other than money, enteradjusted basis of the property). If amount is greater than line 9, enter amount on line9. Excess may be taxable. Enter as positive number |
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| 11) Items of deduction this year including nondeductible expenses and any |
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| deduction for oil and gas percentage depletion (also include carryforward |
| amounts from prior years):( add addtuional lines if needed ) |
| a) Section 179 Deduction |
| b) Meals |
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| Add lines 11a through 11d |
| 13) Subtract line 12 from line 9. (If less than zero, enter zero.). |
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| 14) Items of loss this year (also include losses not deducted in prior years due to thepartnership interest basis limitation): |
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| Add lines 14a through 14d |
| 15) Adjusted basis of partnership interest (line 13 minus line 14). (If less than zero, enterzero.) The deductible loss for the year is equal to the lesser of line 13 or line 14 |
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| 16) Allocation of loss to be carried forward—allocate amounts from line 11 and line 14 |
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| Add lines 16a through 16d. Carry this amount to next year |
| 17) At-risk adjustment: Combine lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 |
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| 18) Enter line 10 as a negative number |
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| 19) Enter as a negative number any nonrecourse loans, amounts protected againstloss by guarantee or stop-loss agreements and nonrecourse liabilities on propertycontributed to the partnership. Do not include “qualified” nonrecourse financing asdefined in IRC Sec. 465(b)(6) |
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| 20) Enter as a positive number the fair market value (FMV) of partner’s personalproperty not used in the partnership that secures a nonrecourse loan taken as anegative on line 19 |
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| 21) Combine lines 17 through 20. If negative, no current-year loss can be deducted. |
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| Note: Form 6198 must be completed if there is an entry on line 19 above. |
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