Userid: CPM Schema: instrx Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 8.5 Draft Ok to Print AH XSL/XML Fileid: … ions/I1065/2020/A/XML/Cycle10/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 61 14:39 - 5-Feb-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury 2020 Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form 1065 U.S. Return of Partnership Income Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code Contents Page New employee retention credit. The unless otherwise noted. Specific Instructions Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Contents Page (Schedules K and K-1, Security Act (CARES Act) allows a new The Taxpayer Advocate Service Part III, Except as Noted) ... 33 employee retention credit for qualified (TAS) Is Here To Help You .....2 Flowchart To Help wages. Any qualified wages for which an How To Get Forms and Determine if Items Are eligible employer claims against payroll Publications ..............2 Qualified Business taxes for the new employee retention credit Income ............... 51 (ERC) may not be taken into account for General Instructions ............2 Analysis of Net Income purposes of determining certain other Purpose of Form ...........2 (Loss) ............... 55 credits. Definitions ...............2 Schedule L. Balance Sheets Temporary allowance of 100% business Who Must File .............3 per Books ............. 55 meals. A partnership is allowed a 100% Termination of the Schedule M-1. Partnership .............4 deduction for certain business meals paid or Reconciliation of Income incurred in 2021 and 2022. See Travel, (Loss) per Books With Electronic Filing ............4 meals, and entertainment. When To File ..............4 Income (Loss) per Where To File .............5 Return ............... 56 Request for section 754 revocation. Use Who Must Sign ............5 Schedule M-2. Analysis of new Form 15254, Request for Section 754 Partners' Capital Revocation, to request revocation of a Penalties ................5 Accounts ............. 56 section 754 election. See Elections Made by Accounting Methods .........6 Codes for Principal Business the Partnership. Accounting Periods ..........7 Activity and Principal Product Code N, box 20. Regulations section Rounding Off to Whole or Service ............... 58 Dollars ................7 Index ..................... 61 1.163(j)-6(h) created a new section 704(d) loss class for business interest expense Recordkeeping ............7 effective for tax years beginning after Amended Return ...........7 Future Developments November 12, 2020. As a result, all Assembling the Return ...... 10 For the latest information about partnerships must report business interest Entity Classification Election ... 10 developments related to Form 1065 and its expense to partners on Schedules K-1 (Form Elections Made by the instructions, such as legislation enacted after 1065). Partnership ............ 10 they were published, go to IRS.gov/ Form1065. Code AG, box 20. Gross receipts for sec- Elections Made by Each tion 448(c)(2). Partnerships and partners Partner ............... 11 must determine whether they are subject to Partner's Dealings With What's New certain accounting methods and to section Partnership ............ 11 Schedule B question. New question 29 163(j) based on their gross receipts. For tax Contributions to the years ending after December 30, 2020, Partnership ............ 11 has been added to Schedule B, regarding a foreign corporation's direct or indirect partnerships with current year gross receipts Dispositions of Contributed acquisition of substantially all of the greater than $5 million are required to report Property .............. 11 properties constituting a trade or business of their current year gross receipts to partners. Recognition of the partnership. For tax years ending after December 30, Precontribution Gain on 2021, a partnership that has current year Certain Partnership Codes for Schedule K-1. Complete gross receipts greater than $5 million will be Distributions ........... 12 descriptions of codes for Schedule K-1 are required to report gross receipts to partners Unrealized Receivables and provided at Specific Instructions (Schedules for the three immediately preceding tax years Inventory Items ......... 12 K and K-1, Part III, Except as Noted). The as well as gross receipts for the current year. At-Risk Limitations .......... 12 codes are no longer listed on page 2 of Passive Activity Limitations .... 12 Schedule K-1 (Form 1065). Partnerships whose current year gross receipts are less than or equal to $5 million Extraterritorial Income New payroll credit for required paid sick Exclusion ............. 17 may also use this code to report gross leave or family leave. Under the Families receipts. Specific Instructions ........... 17 First Coronavirus Response Act, as Income ................. 18 amended (FFCRA), an eligible employer can Partner’s capital account analysis. The Deductions .............. 19 take a credit against payroll taxes owed for reporting requirements for certain Schedule B. Other amounts paid for qualified sick leave or partnerships regarding partners' capital Information ............ 24 family leave if incurred during the allowed accounts have been clarified. See Item L. Partner's Capital Account Analysis. See also Schedules K and K-1. period, which starts in 2020 and ends March Partners' Distributive 31, 2021. The requirement that employers Schedule M-2. Analysis of Partners' Capital Share Items ............ 28 provide the leave expired on December 31, Accounts. Specific Instructions 2020, but the credit is still available through (Schedule K-1 Only) ...... 29 March 31, 2021. There is no double tax Reminder benefit allowed and the amounts claimed are Part I. Information About the Hybrid arrangements under section Partnership ............ 30 reportable as income on line 7. See Line 7. Other Income (Loss). 267A. Section 267A disallows a deduction Part II. Information About the for certain interest or royalty paid or accrued Partner ............... 30 Feb 05, 2021 Cat. No. 11392V Page 2 of 61 Fileid: … ions/I1065/2020/A/XML/Cycle10/source 14:39 - 5-Feb-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. pursuant to a hybrid arrangement, to the professionals, including tax law updates and • In the case of an adjustment pursuant to extent that, under the foreign tax law, there is guidance, TAS programs, and ways to let the decision of a court in a proceeding not a corresponding income inclusion. TAS know about systemic problems you’ve brought under section 6234, such decision Report amounts disallowed under section seen in your practice. becomes final; 267A on Schedule B, question 22. 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