BulldogTom Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 If an S Corp is an LLC Member of a company taxed as an S Corp, how will the passthrough be handled under the new law? Here is the scenario. S Corp wholly owned by H&W (not professional Services) is a 60% owner of a LLC (taxed as S Corp as well) that provides professional services. The S Corp receives K-1 from LLC for 60K income. S Corp gives H&W K-1 with 100K income (40K from S Corp and 60K from LLC). H takes salary from both companies (so lets assume there is no limitations on the passthrough deduction at this point). Does the S Corp get the Passthrough Deduction on the income from the LLC? Or does the S Corp pass in full the 60K to the S Corp owner, who then applies the passthrough deduction at the H&W 1040? Is it possible that the S Corp can take a passthrough deduction for the income coming from the LLC, and then turn around and issue a K-1 to H&W that they then apply another passthrough deduction on their own 1040? That would be a huge loophole. This is a real scenario by the way. Not my client, yet, but could be in the future. Thanks Tom Modesto, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberts Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 I'm guessing the iRS will have to rule on this but I doubt a business return will be allowed to take a deduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberts Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Just wondering, for all the excitement about the cuts and whatever else, how come nobody ever mentions the major tax avoidance of the S-corp and possibly doing away with it? It's so blatant for a lot of business owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 The pass through deduction is a Form 1040 deduction reducing taxable income. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, cbslee said: The pass through deduction is a Form 1040 deduction reducing taxable income. Ah, that makes sense. Where did you find that? Thanks Tom Modesto, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Tom, Click on the link, Judy posted on the 4th post of the other thread and start reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 I don't click links. I know it is probably safe on this site, but I just get the heebie jebbies when I see an underlined blue link with random characters. I just think there is some scammer in a far away country waiting to jump through the interweb thingy and ruin my life. But thanks for clearing up my question. Tom Modesto, CA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 A cursory look at the rules tells me that a small business operating as a C corp would generally be much better off electing S corp status. A C corp earning less than $75K or so will see an increase in its tax liability since the 15% rate on the first $50K is now raised to 21%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Going back to the original post, I have to wonder if the one LLC filing as an S corp can be a legitimate shareholder in another S Corp. On the face of it, it cannot. However, I don't know if being an LLC changes anything. I thought if it chooses to file as an SCorp it has to take on all the characteristics of an S Corp, and that would include legitimacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Edsel said: Going back to the original post, I have to wonder if the one LLC filing as an S corp can be a legitimate shareholder in another S Corp. On the face of it, it cannot. However, I don't know if being an LLC changes anything. I thought if it chooses to file as an SCorp it has to take on all the characteristics of an S Corp, and that would include legitimacy. The very limited circumstance when an LLC may be a shareholder in an S corp is when the LLC is a single-member LLC because it is a disregarded entity. The entity tax reporting of husband-wife LLCs is dependent on the state it is in. In non-community property states, these are taxed as partnerships, and in community property states they are considered disregarded entities. Perhaps Bulldog Tom will confirm if this is the rule that is allowing his client to have one S corp that owns an LLC that is a shareholder of another S corp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 12/24/2017 at 12:31 AM, jklcpa said: Perhaps Bulldog Tom will confirm if this is the rule that is allowing his client to have one S corp that owns an LLC that is a shareholder of another S corp. I made a mistake. The S-Corp is a member of an LLC taxed as a partnership. Tom Modesto, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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