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Level 2
April 19, 2020
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sale of an s corp

  • April 19, 2020
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do I have to show the sale of the s corp in the basis or enter as other income or something else? 

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Level 15
April 19, 2020

What EXACTLY was sold?  

  1. Did the shareholder sell the corporate stock?
  2. Did the corporation sell its assets?  If so, what kind of assets?
  3. Something else?
PDSAuthor
Level 2
April 19, 2020

Hello, 

Looking at the settlement statement from the lawyer I would say it was the assets of this business that were sold.  They bought the name and all of the assets, which were those of a take out restaurant.  Do I show the sale of each asset?  Then this will show a capital gain or loss on the K1? 

abctax55
Level 15
April 19, 2020

Sch D and/or F 4797, depending on the answers to Bill's (excellent) questions.

And yep, basis should be considered unless you want to really short-change your client.

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