thank you for the responses...i am just baffled why k1s were issued for tax year 2019 and I am still trying to find out if the partnership return was prepared the first year that the company became a partnership in 2019. 1 The partners don't have one.  The 2 partners were made general partners, so SE tax was paid on their personal return.  I thought I was missing something, since K1s are on the partners personal returns and no partnership return in sight.