S Corporation (Form 1120S) - Formation to Liquidation
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Overview:
With the increasing complexity and ever-changing nature of tax laws and issues, today’s accountant needs a S corporation course focusing on the birth, growth, maturity, and death of a closely held S corporation. This case driven course will deal with S corporation income tax laws from formation to liquidation.
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Objectives:
- Form a S corporation and calculate the entity’s initial inside basis in the assets and shareholder’s stock basis
- Understand the operational issues during the growth and maturity of a S corporation and how the schedule K items get allocated to the shareholders on their individual Schedule K-1 effecting stock and debt basis
- Prepare a Schedule M-2 and determine how distributions are treated to the shareholders
- Comprehend the tax ramifications of liquidating a S corporation and the sale versus redemption of a shareholder’s stock
Major Topics:
- Extensive review of the S corporation tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes
- Requirements to make an S election (i.e., types and numbers of shareholders and second class of stock issues)
- Fixing late S corporation elections (i.e., Form 2553)
- S corporation formation (§351) and liquidation issues
- Revocation and termination of S corporations
- Schedule K and K-1 – separately stated versus non-separately stated income and expense items
- Detailed Schedule K-1 reporting including the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction and 3.8% net investment income tax
- Compensation issues including the tax treatment of fringe benefits
- Built in gains tax and other planning opportunities when converting a C to S corporation
- Preparation of the Schedule M-2 and the ordering rules for distributions out of the AAA, PTI, E&P and OAA accounts
- Tax treatment of stock redemptions (sale or distribution?)
Major Topics:
- Extensive review of the S corporation tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes
- Requirements to make an S election (i.e., types and numbers of shareholders and second class of stock issues)
- Fixing late S corporation elections (i.e., Form 2553)
- S corporation formation (§351) and liquidation issues
- Revocation and termination of S corporations
- Schedule K and K-1 – separately stated versus non-separately stated income and expense items
- Detailed Schedule K-1 reporting including the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction and 3.8% net investment income tax
- Compensation issues including the tax treatment of fringe benefits
- Built in gains tax and other planning opportunities when converting a C to S corporation
- Preparation of the Schedule M-2 and the ordering rules for distributions out of the AAA, PTI, E&P and OAA accounts
- Tax treatment of stock redemptions (sale or distribution?)