Surgent's The Top Five Tax Issues in Dealing with LLCs and Partnerships

Partnerships and LLCs involve unique problems that require careful attention. This course covers selected critical tax issues that practitioners need to know when working with partnerships and limited liability companies, with a focus on planning opportunities and pitfalls.

Accounting and Financial Professionals who wish to gain a more in-depth understanding of LLC and partnership tax law

• Identify and distinguish guaranteed payments and distributive shares
• Understand the relationship between capital account maintenance and outside basis adjustment
• Define various kinds of partnership liabilities and explain the tax consequences of each

• Self-employment tax issues: what you can and cannot do
• Capital accounts: book vs. tax issues
• Determining basis: key issues and technical analysis in calculating basis
• Dealing with debt: recourse, nonrecourse, and why it matters
• Guaranteed payments, distributive shares, and draws: understanding the difference
• Functional test by Tax Court on whether a limited partner may be subject to the self-employment tax if such partner does more than a limited partner should

A basic course in partnership theory or experience in tax compliance or planning for partnerships and LLCs