
Taxation of partnerships continues to become more complex every year. This course highlights the significant areas of concern for tax advisors and their clients in compliance and planning for partnership operations, distributions and transactions. Topics covered include unique and targeted allocations, proper calculation of outside and inside tax basis, tax consequences of distributions, the impact of ?hot assets? on distributions, transfer of partnership interests, and issuance of partnership interests to service partners. This course will also help you add immediate value to your partnership clients by correctly calculating and reporting critical partnership tax items that generate most IRS audit adjustments.
Learning Objectives
โข Recognize the issues surrounding t he formation and operations of a federally taxed partnership
โข Understand how to allocate income and loss under various methods, including targeted allocations, the proper use of the three ยง704(c) allocation methods, and how to maintain the ยง704(b) book capital accounts
โข Calculate partnership tax r eporting items, including recourse and non-recourse debt on the Schedule K-1, allocating minimum gain allocation amounts,, and gain potential attributable to operating and liquidating distributions
โข Determine how to properly calculate the income tax on the sale of a partnership interest as well as the tax impact of the distribution of cash and non-cash assets for both proportionate and disproportionate distributions
Major Topics
โข Special and Targeted allocations
โข Proper calculation of outside and inside tax basis
โข Tax consequences of distributions including the impact of
โข hot assets
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โข Transfer of partnership interests
โข Issuance of partnership interests to service partners