S Corporation Income, Distributions, and Entity-Level Taxes

Free CPA REG (Taxation & Regulation) lesson in Federal Taxation of Entities. 19 min read, ~2,802 words.

Ordinary business income (line 1, K-1) lumps everything that is NOT separately stated; separately stated items (capital gain/loss, §1231, charitable, §179, interest, dividends, rental, tax-exempt) keep their character on the shareholder return. Pro rata daily allocation: each shareholder's share = (days held / 365) x ownership % x annual amount...

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