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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Instructions for Form 8082
(Revised December 1995)
Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or Amended Return
(Administrative Adjustment Request (AAR))
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.
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partnership, S corporation, or REMIC return;
amount or treatment of the item consistent
or
with the amount or treatment of the item on
Notice
the partnership’s, S corporation’s, or REMIC’s
2. An amended return filed with Form 8082
return may be assessed immediately. An
by a partner, shareholder, or residual interest
We ask for the information on this form to
inconsistent item can exist on either your
holder.
carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the
original or amended return.
United States. You are required to give us the
Who Must File
information. We need it to ensure that you are
Exceptions
complying with these laws and to allow us to
Note: All references to Schedule K-1 and
Do not file Form 8082:
figure and collect the right amount of tax.
Schedule Q in the following instructions also
refer to any “similar statement” you may have
1. For any amount of loss, deduction, or
The time needed to complete and file this
received from the pass-through entity as a
credit from Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q that
form will vary depending on individual
substitute for Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q.
you do not report on your return because the
circumstances. The estimated average time
amount is otherwise limited by law (such as a
is:
Generally, file Form 8082 if any one of the
loss limited by the at-risk or passive activity
following applies:
Recordkeeping
4 hr., 18 min.
rules).
1. Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q is
Learning about
2. If you are a partner, and all of the
incorrect. You believe an item was not
the law or the form
24 min.
following apply:
properly reported on the Schedule K-1
Preparing and
(including any attached schedule) you
Your partnership had no more than 10
sending the form to
received from the partnership or S
partners at any one time during the tax year.
the IRS
29 min.
corporation or the Schedule Q you received
Each partner was either an individual (other
If you have comments concerning the
from the REMIC.
than a nonresident alien) or an estate.
accuracy of these time estimates or
The same is true if you believe an item
Each partner’s proportionate share of each
suggestions for making this form simpler, we
shown on your Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q
partnership item was the same as his or her
would be happy to hear from you. See the
is incorrect but it is not an item that
proportionate share of every other item.
instructions for the tax return with which this
otherwise has to be reported on your tax
form is filed.
The partnership did not have an election in
return. For example, if you believe that the
effect under section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) for the tax
percentage shown as your ownership of
General Instructions
year to have the consolidated audit rules
capital at the end of the year was not
apply.
properly reflected on Schedule K-1, file Form
Purpose of Form
3. If you are a shareholder, and all of the
8082 to report this, even though you are not
Note: The term pass-through entity as used
following apply:
otherwise required to report that percentage
in these instructions means partnership,
on your tax return. If you discover this kind of
Your S corporation had no more than five
S corporation, or real estate mortgage
inconsistency after filing your original return,
shareholders at any one time during the tax
investment conduit (REMIC). The term item
file an amended return to report it. In the
year.
as used in these instructions means
space provided on the amended return for
Each shareholder was either an individual
partnership, S corporation, or REMIC item.
writing explanations, write “See attached
or an estate.
If you are a partner, S corporation
Form 8082.” In this case, no amounts need to
The S corporation did not have an election
shareholder, or the holder of a residual
be entered on the amended return if the Form
in effect under Temporary Regulations section
interest in a REMIC, you generally must
8082 item is the only reason for filing the
301.6241-1T(c)(2)(v) for the tax year to have
report items consistent with the way they
amended return.
the consolidated audit rules apply.
were reported to you by the partnership or
2. Partnership, S corporation, or REMIC
S corporation on Schedule K-1 or by the
4. If you are a residual interest holder, and
has not filed a tax return or given you a
REMIC on Schedule Q. However, there may
all of the following apply:
Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q. The
be reasons why you wish to report these
pass-through entity has not filed a tax return
Your REMIC had no more than 10 residual
items differently.
or given you a Schedule K-1 or Schedule Q
interest holders at any one time during the
Use Form 8082 to notify the IRS of any
by the time you are required to file your tax
tax year.
such inconsistency between your tax
return (including extensions), and there are
If at any time during the tax year the
treatment of an item and the way the
items you must include on your return.
REMIC had more than one residual interest
pass-through entity treated and reported the
holder, each residual interest holder was
3. Administrative Adjustment Requests
same item on its return. Also use the form to
either an individual (other than a nonresident
(AAR). You are filing Form 8082 as an AAR to
notify the IRS if you did not receive Schedule
alien) or an estate.
adjust pass-through items. This applies to an
K-1 from the partnership or S corporation or
AAR filed on behalf of a partner, shareholder,
The REMIC did not have an election in
Schedule Q from the REMIC by the due date
or residual interest holder, or to a TMP filing
effect under section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) for the tax
for filing your return (including extensions).
the AAR on behalf of the pass-through entity.
year to have the consolidated audit rules
Also use Form 8082 to make an
apply.
Caution: If you do not notify the IRS that you
administrative adjustment request (AAR). An
are reporting an item (Part I, line 1, box a)
Penalties
AAR is either:
inconsistently, any deficiency (including any
1. An amended return filed with Form 8082
late filing or late payment penalties applicable
If you disregard the requirements for filing
by the tax matters partner or tax matters
to the deficiency) that results from a
Form 8082, you may be subject to the
person (TMP) to correct items on the original
computational adjustment to make your
accuracy-related penalty under section 6662
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