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    1120S Shareholder basis

    Cindy H
    Level 1

    In 2021 I had a single shareholder of a 1120S pass away and his wife inherited the business.  Thank goodness this doesn't happen very often.  But, I am getting an error that say "Stock and Loan Basis info Worksheet: Beginning Stock Basis must have an amount entered, even if zero"  I have her new k-1 set up and the beginning basis as zero.  What am I missing?

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    sjrcpa
    Level 15

    Use -1 to indicate zero.


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