I have a K-1 (1120S) that has the following filled in:
There's also a Shareholder Rental Report with a different entity name (let's call it Company B) from the S Corp listed with the royalty amount from Box 6.
In the Section 199A Information statement, there are 2 activities listed along with the following amounts:
At first I created a single K-1 in TurboTax and entered all this information in Section 199A essentially as a single activity. However, I noticed the following statement in TurboTax for Section D1 (Qualified Business Income Deduction - Statement A Information):
"IMPORTANT: If the statement reports information from more than one trade or business, please enter each activity on a separate K-1 entry worksheet."
I have also found other forum posts discussing how when there are multiple activities, the single K-1 should be split into multiple K-1s in TurboTax and the appropiate information for each activity reported on the appropriate K-1 (such as this one).
Now to my question which I have not been able to find in the other related forum posts. If I am supposed to split my single K-1 into multiple K-1s, what information do I enter for entity?
The end result of both options is that on Form 8995, both the S Corp and Company B are listed with their appropriate QBI income/loss. However, in both cases Company B's EIN is the S Corp's since the K-1 doesn't list a separate EIN for Company B.
I think the only difference in the output of the two options is what is listed on Schedule E. With option 1, the S Corp is listed twice in Part II (but with the appropriate values). With option 2, the S Corp and Company B are both listed (again with appropriate values). However, again, the S Corp EIN is listed for both in both cases.
I'm not sure if there are any other implications to option 1 or 2, so I'd really like to know which is better (or something else entirely). Thanks!
On a side note, it'd be really helpful if TurboTax just supported entering multiple activities in the Section 199A information.
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Hello ashughes
You will only have one K-1 to report on your 1040, so you do not need to split your K-1 to multiple ones. The S-Corp has ownership stake at Company B, thus the S-Corp owns Company B. This means the S-Corp received X amounts in royalties from Company B activity, which in turn is passed through to you, since you have ownership stake in the S-Corp.
@dsoile Thanks for the response!
I've received conflicting information about Company B depending on who I ask. The S Corp owns a rock quarry. I've spoken with the company in charge of mining the quarry (not listed anywhere on the K-1) and they said Company B is not owned by the S Corp. I believe they said Company B rents the land from the S Corp and pays royalties to the S Corp. However, when I spoke with the accountant that prepared the K-1, they said the S Corp does own Company B. My cousin (the S Corp treasurer) said they're inclined to believe the company that does the mining since they're on the ground.
Regardless, there is not a way in TurboTax to split the Section 199A information so that it's entered in the same way it's presented on the K-1 (as two separate activities). As I mentioned, in TurboTax it states:
"IMPORTANT: If the statement reports information from more than one trade or business, please enter each activity on a separate K-1 entry worksheet."
That is why I was bringing up entering in more than one K-1 in TurboTax even though I only have a single K-1. I also mentioned that this advice has been given in other forum posts. However, I'm just not sure what the best way to do this is (see options 1 and 2 in my original post).
Good morning ashughes
My apologies for late reply. Thank you for updating on the circumstances behind Company B.
I have provided a source detailing solution for similar situation. Multiple activities Sect 199A
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