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Personal interest used for Scorp

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February 10, 2024
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A client of mine flips houses. She ran into some problems last year and had to max out some personal credit cards to keep the business going incurring around 10K in interest. What's the best way to show this on the balance sheet? Is it possible to write off the interest?

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Best answer by TaxGuyBill

@Avs19 wrote:

Can the materials and interest she racked up on her personal loans somehow be treated as capital or a loan?

Personal money spent for corporate expenses is a capital contribution, a loan, or an unreimbursed employee expense. You'll need to ask more questions to the taxpayer to determine which applies.

If it is a capital contribution, look at the Instructions for line 28 of Schedule E.

itonewbie

Level 15

~~Possibly. See §1.163-8T for interest tracing rules.~~

Edit: Didn't notice this is for an S corp. Scratch what I said. There's more than the tracing rules then.

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Avs19Author

Level 6

Any thoughts?

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Terry53029

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I believe for an S-Corp your client can deduct the interest on schedule E UBE. Correction For the S-corp the deduction would go on the 1120S. Even if you use a personal CC for your S-corp it is deductible, but you must separate the personal from business. best to have a CC just for business, but all interest used for your business is deductible

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Avs19Author

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I thought that was only for partners in a partnership. I don't think s corp shareholders can use that form.

qbteachmt

Level 15

Were the amounts "borrowed" handled as loans from shareholder or not?

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Avs19Author

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I don't believe there's a formal note at the moment but one can be drawn up.

qbteachmt

Level 15

"but one can be drawn up."

Well, here's what I do: Did the S Corp pay the credit card directly, or pay the shareholder who then pays the personal liability?

Because even the IRS can find what is discoverable.

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TaxGuyBill

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Did the shareholder make a Capital Contribution to the corporation? Or did the shareholder make a Loan to the corporation? Or something else?

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Avs19Author

Level 6

She made a capital contribution in the beginning when she purchased the house. The flip cost more than the business could afford so she was using her personal credit cards and loans to purchase materials in order to sell it. Can the materials and interest she racked up on her personal loans somehow be treated as capital or a loan?

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TaxGuyBillAnswer

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@Avs19 wrote:

Can the materials and interest she racked up on her personal loans somehow be treated as capital or a loan?

Personal money spent for corporate expenses is a capital contribution, a loan, or an unreimbursed employee expense. You'll need to ask more questions to the taxpayer to determine which applies.

If it is a capital contribution, look at the Instructions for line 28 of Schedule E.

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