Self-Study
Surgent's Guide to Calculating S Corporation Stock Basis and Creating and Maintaining Basis Worksheets (CSSB)
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 – Friday, April 30, 2021
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This program discusses, in a practical way, how an S corporation shareholder calculates his or her stock and loan basis. This topic is particularly important when an S corporation has a loss and the shareholders wish to know whether they are entitled to fully utilize the loss that has been allocated to them against their other income.
Objectives
- How to calculate an S corporation shareholder's basis in his or her S corporation shares
- Understand and apply the S corporation shareholder loan basis rules
Highlights
- How to determine S corporation shareholder stock and loan basis
- The positive and negative basis adjustments S corporation shareholders make--and the order in which they are made
- The election to reduce basis by deductible losses and expenses before reducing basis by nondeductible expenses
- Shareholder loan basis rules