Partnership Representative

On January 14, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-13 to provide transition penalty relief to partnerships complying with new rules for reporting partners’ capital account balances.

Before the 2020 tax year, partnerships could report their partners’ capital accounts for the tax year using one of a variety of methods, such as tax basis, GAAP, or section 704(b) book. However, the 2020 Form 1065 Instructions (“the Instructions??) require partnerships to calculate and report all their partners’ capital accounts using the tax basis method. The Instructions explain that if a ...