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  • April 3, 2026
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I have two K-1 questions I hope someone can help me with. 

 

1. I purchased additional shares of EPD this year and this is the first time I have purchased new shares after my original purchase. How do I handle that in TurboTax? When I set up the K1 the first time it asked for all that info, but now it is not and I am not sure how to enter it.

 

2. I did not sell any shares of the other K1s I have. Do I need to only enter the K1 information from the company, or is there something else I need to do? Or do I not worry about cost basis and such when I sell?

 

Thanks for any help!

    Best answer by Mike9241

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    1. I purchased additional shares of EPD this year and this is the first time I have purchased new shares after my original purchase. How do I handle that in TurboTax? When I set up the K1 the first time it asked for all that info, but now it is not and I am not sure how to enter it.

     

    You should get only 1 k-1, which will report both unless the latest purchase used a different identification, like a grantor trust where the first was in your name personally. 

     

    2. I did not sell any shares of the other K1s I have. Do I need to only enter the K1 information from the company, or is there something else I need to do? Or do I not worry about cost basis and such when I sell?

    only the k-1 info. 

    For practical purposes, you can skip sections J, K, and L because TuboTax doesn't use them for anything. 

    When you sell as part of the K-1 package, you'll get a sales schedule that will provide the information to compute your correct tax basis in the shares sold.  The thing you may not be aware of is the section 751 recapture (ordinary income) that will occur when you sell. This can more than offset the PTP losses you weren't able to deduct because they are treated as passive losses. So as not to double-tax you on the recapture, is treated as an increase to your basis. 

     

     

    An oversimplified view of 751 recapture is that when you sell your partnership interest, you're deemed to have sold its depreciable assets at their fair market value, which results in depreciation recapture. Under partnership tax law is treated as 751 ordinary income. It will also be reported on line 20AB of the K-1.

     

     

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    Mike9241
    Level 15
    Mike9241Level 15Answer
    Level 15
    April 3, 2026

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    1. I purchased additional shares of EPD this year and this is the first time I have purchased new shares after my original purchase. How do I handle that in TurboTax? When I set up the K1 the first time it asked for all that info, but now it is not and I am not sure how to enter it.

     

    You should get only 1 k-1, which will report both unless the latest purchase used a different identification, like a grantor trust where the first was in your name personally. 

     

    2. I did not sell any shares of the other K1s I have. Do I need to only enter the K1 information from the company, or is there something else I need to do? Or do I not worry about cost basis and such when I sell?

    only the k-1 info. 

    For practical purposes, you can skip sections J, K, and L because TuboTax doesn't use them for anything. 

    When you sell as part of the K-1 package, you'll get a sales schedule that will provide the information to compute your correct tax basis in the shares sold.  The thing you may not be aware of is the section 751 recapture (ordinary income) that will occur when you sell. This can more than offset the PTP losses you weren't able to deduct because they are treated as passive losses. So as not to double-tax you on the recapture, is treated as an increase to your basis. 

     

     

    An oversimplified view of 751 recapture is that when you sell your partnership interest, you're deemed to have sold its depreciable assets at their fair market value, which results in depreciation recapture. Under partnership tax law is treated as 751 ordinary income. It will also be reported on line 20AB of the K-1.

     

     

    Mike9241
    MLPK1Author
    Level 3
    April 4, 2026

    Thank you for your quick response. 

     

    On the additional purchase, I am not prompted to enter anything. I opened a position in BIP this year and it asks me "opening capital", "capital contributed during 2025", etc. (the section J,K, and L you refer to), but TurboTax is not prompting me for that with EPD or any of the other K1s I have, only the new position. But you're saying I don't need to enter that info, so how does TurboTax know what new money I have invested?

     

    Thanks for the info on the 751. Do I need to fill out all of Part III? It is annoying to have to type in ZZ1, ZZ2, and on and on, especially if it won't be used. Are there absolutely mandatory items and things you don't need, like sections J,K and L?

     

    Thank you again!

    PatriciaV
    Level 15
    April 8, 2026

    Yes, as Mike9241 previously posted, Sections J, K, and L are provided for your information and are not used by the software. However, you may need this information to track your "outside" basis, which may be different from the basis reported by the investment on Schedule K-1.

     

    Assuming you are entering Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) Box 20, the information from Code ZZ is left for the taxpayer to manually enter on appropriate tax forms (as needed), how you enter these codes/amounts will have no effect on your tax return. In most cases, you can omit Code ZZ (and amounts) entirely. TurboTax will not use entries you do make for Code ZZ.

     

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