Husband did not pass away, but is now deep into early-onset Alzheimer's so not remembering receiving a gift from his father. His father did pass away, but gifted the shares in the company while still alive. So, the two men most involved with that company are not available to answer questions or recreate anything about the past. The CPA was reporting partner wages on a 1099-MISC, so I don't know how much I trust his accuracy.
By the way, my father is John Brown!
I just received an amended K-1 for a partnership on the same joint return as my main question re an S-corp K-1. The partnership now has Box L information, but I had suspected it was negative. Nice to have something on paper.
Still waiting for wife who is dealing with mother in law re gift tax return &/or father's last K-1 plus a couple more K-1s prior to coming to me, so I can carry husbands basis forward againts the large distribution he received when the S-corp dissolved.
This return has four partnership K-1s, one S-corp K-1, three Schedules C, a W-2, and a lot of medical expenses. I prepared the returns that generated two of the K-1s, so I have basis info for those two!
I think I see about what all the amounts should be and how they flow, but still need some more documentation if the wife can track it down.
Thank you, everyone, for pitching in to help me. I appreciate it more than you can know.