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January 25, 2022

S-Corp final return

  • January 25, 2022
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Hello, we are new to the community and new to the industry.  Thanks in advance for any help from you folks and do not laugh at us if we ask dumb questions.

We have a friend whose s-corp was closed in 1/2021 and all the real estate assets were transferred to the family trust two years ago.  How should we handle the final return of the s-corp? We do not have the information of real estate basis.  Thanks.

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    January 25, 2022

    Did the S Corp hold the real estate?

    Or, did the friend hold the real estate?

    Because that is a significant difference.

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    revetaxesAuthor
    Level 3
    January 25, 2022

    I think real estate were under their name, not in the s-corp name.  Thank you for your response.

    IRonMaN
    Level 15
    January 25, 2022

    The real estate should be reported as a sale based on the fair market value at the time they were distributed.

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    January 25, 2022

    If the real estate was transferred out of the S corp into a Family trust two years ago, there is nothing to do regarding the real estate on the final S Corp return, because all of that should have been handled on the filing two years ago. But, it is unusual (and not recommended) to hold real estate in an S Corp. Perhaps this person who owned real estate, also owned an S Corp. But the real estate and the S Corp have nothing to do with each other, setting aside common ownership.

    As usual, more details will be helpful.

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    revetaxesAuthor
    Level 3
    January 25, 2022

    Thank you.  Should we report everything $0 on the final return then?

    sjrcpa
    Level 15
    January 25, 2022

    Probably not. What did the S Corp have? Cash, Accounts Receivable, Debt, Fixed Assets, Income, Expenses?

    The more I know the more I don’t know.
    revetaxesAuthor
    Level 3
    January 26, 2022

    Thanks for everyone's input.  It looks like the assets should be distributed to shareholders on the final return in year 2121.  Then the assets should be depreciated on a new basis on 1040 schedule E in next year.

    abctax55
    Level 15
    January 26, 2022

    In the year 2121...if man is still alive...

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