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January 13, 2025
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Do I need to enter a shareholder short-term no-interest loan to the S-Corp if the S-corp repays the loan in the same year?

  • January 13, 2025
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Due to cash flow issues, a shareholder (actually the President/Director/shareholder) made a short-term no-interest loan to the S-Corp early in the year in order that an outstanding gas tax bill could be paid.  Within three months, the S-Corp repaid the shareholder after additional gas royalty revenues had been received.  Does this even need to be entered and/or addressed in the tax return?  If so, where are the entries made?  Since it was nothing but a journal entry on the company books (money in from the loan proceeds and money out to repay the loan), was it even a tax-related item?

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Best answer by Jim-from-Ohio

If both ends of the transaction was in the tax year then it does not go on the return anywhere.

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Jim-from-Ohio
Intuit Community Champion
January 14, 2025

If both ends of the transaction was in the tax year then it does not go on the return anywhere.

rbynaker
Level 13
January 14, 2025

How much was the loan?

Does Section 7872 apply?

SSLewisAuthor
Level 3
January 14, 2025

The loan was for $3,000.  Loan was made in January 2024 and repaid by the S-Corp back to the shareholder within about 60 days.

Intuit Community Champion
January 14, 2025

This is from Section 7872. 

"(C)Corporation-shareholder loans

Any below-market loan directly or indirectly between a corporation and any shareholder of such corporation."

As @rbynaker said you should check out section 7872

SSLewisAuthor
Level 3
January 14, 2025

This is an S-corporation, not a C-corporation.  Does that make a difference?

 

Jim-from-Ohio
Intuit Community Champion
January 14, 2025

I don't see this being a big deal.  I don't think the rule applies to S Corps anyway. and the amount, even if it did would be immaterial..