and must follow the rules discussed on
Income (Loss)
e. If you are a married person filing
separately, you lived apart from your
page 4 under Publicly traded
spouse all year.
Line 1. Ordinary Income (Loss)
partnerships.
f. You have no current or prior year
From Trade or Business
unallowed credits from a passive activity.
Activities
Lines 1 Through 25
g. Your modified adjusted gross
The amount reported for line 1 is your
The amounts shown on lines 1 through 25
income was not more than $100,000 (not
share of the ordinary income (loss) from
more than $50,000 if married filing
reflect your share of income, loss, credits,
the trade or business activities of the
separately and you lived apart from your
deductions, etc., from partnership
partnership. Generally, where you report
spouse all year).
business or rental activities without
this amount on Form 1040 depends on
h. Your interest in the rental real
reference to limitations on losses or
whether the amount is from an activity
estate activity was not held as a limited
adjustments that may be required of you
that is a passive activity to you. If you are
partner.
because of:
an individual partner filing your 2003
2. If you have a loss from a passive
1. The adjusted basis of your
Form 1040, find your situation below and
activity on line 2 and you do not meet all
partnership interest,
report your line 1 income (loss) as
the conditions in 1 above, report the loss
2. The amount for which you are at
instructed, after applying the basis and
following the Instructions for Form 8582 to
at-risk limitations on losses:
risk, or
figure how much of the loss you can
3. The passive activity limitations.
1. Report line 1 income (loss) from
report on Schedule E (Form 1040), Part
partnership trade or business activities in
II, column (f). However, if the box in Item
For information on these provisions,
which you materially participated on
H is checked, report the loss following the
see Limitations on Losses,
Schedule E (Form 1040), Part II, column
rules for Publicly traded partnerships
Deductions, and Credits beginning on
(h) or (j).
on page 4.
page 2.
3. If you were a real estate
2. Report line 1 income (loss) from
professional and you materially
partnership trade or business activities in
If you are an individual and the passive
participated in the activity, report line 2
which you did not materially participate,
activity rules do not apply to the amounts
income (loss) on Schedule E (Form
as follows:
shown on your Schedule K-1, take the
1040), Part II, column (h) or (j).
a. If income is reported on line 1,
amounts shown in column (b) and enter
4. If you have income from a passive
report the income on Schedule E, Part II,
them on the lines on your tax return as
activity on line 2, enter the income on
column (g). However, if the box in Item H
indicated in column (c). If the passive
Schedule E, Part II, column (g). However,
is checked, report the income following
activity rules do apply, report the amounts
if the box in Item H is checked, report the
the rules for Publicly traded
shown in column (b) as indicated in the
income following the rules for Publicly
partnerships on page 4.
line instructions.
traded partnerships on page 4.
b. If a loss is reported on line 1, follow
the Instructions for Form 8582, to figure
If you are not an individual, report the
Line 3. Net Income (Loss) From
how much of the loss can be reported on
amounts in column (b) as instructed on
Other Rental Activities
Schedule E, Part II, column (f). However,
your tax return.
The amount on line 3 is a passive activity
if the box in Item H is checked, report the
amount for all partners. Report the
loss following the rules for Publicly
The line numbers in column (c) are
income or loss as follows:
traded partnerships on page 4.
references to forms in use for calendar
1. If line 3 is a loss, report the loss
year 2003. If you file your tax return on a
following the Instructions for Form 8582.
Line 2. Net Income (Loss) From
calendar year basis, but your partnership
However, if the box in Item H is checked,
files a return for a fiscal year, enter the
Rental Real Estate Activities
report the loss following the rules for
amounts shown in column (b) on your tax
Generally, the income (loss) reported on
Publicly traded partnerships on page 4.
return for the year in which the
line 2 is a passive activity amount for all
2. If income is reported on line 3,
partnership’s fiscal year ends. For
partners. However, the income (loss) on
report the income on Schedule E (Form
example, if the partnership’s tax year
line 2 is not from a passive activity if you
1040), Part II, column (g). However, if the
ends in February 2004, report the
were a real estate professional (defined
box in Item H is checked, report the
amounts in column (b) on your 2004 tax
on page 3) and you materially participated
income following the rules for Publicly
return.
in the activity.
traded partnerships on page 4.
If you are filing a 2003 Form 1040, use
If you have losses, deductions, or
Lines 4a Through 4f. Portfolio
the following instructions to determine
credits from a prior year that were not
Income (Loss)
where to enter a line 2 amount:
deductible or usable because of certain
Portfolio income or loss is not subject to
limitations, such as the basis rules or the
1. If you have a loss from a passive
the passive activity limitations. Portfolio
activity on line 2 and you meet all of the
at-risk limitations, take them into account
income includes income not derived in the
following conditions, enter the loss on
in determining your net income, loss, or
ordinary course of a trade or business
Schedule E (Form 1040), Part II, column
credits for this year. However, except for
from interest, ordinary dividends,
(f).
passive activity losses and credits, do not
annuities, or royalties and gain or loss on
combine the prior-year amounts with any
a. You actively participated in the
the sale of property that produces such
amounts shown on this Schedule K-1 to
partnership rental real estate activities.
income or is held for investment.
See Special allowance for a rental real
get a net figure to report on any
estate activity on page 4.
Column (c) of Schedule K-1 tells
supporting schedules, statements, or
individual partners where to report this
forms attached to your return. Instead,
b. Rental real estate activities with
income on Form 1040.
report the amounts on the attached
active participation were your only
passive activities.
schedule, statement, or form on a
Qualified dividends. Report any
qualified dividends on line 9b of Form
year-by-year basis.
c. You have no prior year unallowed
1040.
losses from these activities.
If you have amounts other than
d. Your total loss from the rental real
Note: Qualified dividends are excluded
!
those shown on Schedule K-1 to
estate activities was not more than
from investment income, but you may
report on Schedule E (Form
$25,000 (not more than $12,500 if
elect to include part or all of these
CAUTION
1040), enter each item on a separate line
married filing separately and you lived
amounts in investment income. See the
of Part II of Schedule E.
apart from your spouse all year).
instructions for line 4g of Form 4952,
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Partner’s Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)