Overview:
This course comprehensively reviews the laws and regulations impacting S corporations. Get updated on the IRS' compliance campaign that targets the improper reporting and calculations of stock basis and distributions. Learn to calculate and report critical S corporation tax items that generate most IRS audit adjustments correctly. Topics cover issues include S corporation qualifications, making and keeping the S election, reasonable compensation, taxation of distributions, the use of Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries, allocation of annual operating income and loss, tax reporting elections and learning the proper method to calculate the basis of stock and debt amounts.
Objectives:
• Identify how to form a qualified entity and elect S corporation status • Determine how to properly allocate income and loss items to shareholders on their individual Schedule K-1 • Calculate an S corporations' initial basis in its assets as well as a shareholder's stock and debt basis in the S corporation • Recognize three main reasons for calculating a shareholder's basis in an S corporation and how to make annual adjustments to a shareholders' stock and debt basis • Calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation under various scenarios
Major Topics:
• Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election • Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained • Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) • Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder • Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes • Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation
Major Topics:
• Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election • Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained • Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) • Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder • Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes • Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation
Designed For:
Tax professionals, CPAs, accountants, and other financial professionals looking to expand and update their understanding and knowledge.
Prerequisites:
General knowledge in individual and S corporation income taxation.