(03-30-2024, 09:42 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-30-2024, 09:35 AM)InvalidContentWasFoundStarting Wrote: What "special deduction" are you talking about?

A regular "C" Corp files a Form 1120 as their income tax return and an "S" Corp (pass thru entity) files a Form 1120-S.
Both forms report total income at the top.
Both forms report "ordinary and necessary" expenses in the middle.
And both forms subtract expenses from income to arrive at Net Income.

The C Corp then pays income tax on the Net Income at the more favorable Corporate tax rate NOT the Ordinary Income tax rate.
The S Corp (ie, the pass thru entity) takes the Net Income and issues Forms K-1 to the shareholders.
The recipients of Form K-1 then report the amount on Page 2 of their individual income tax return Form 1040 Sch E where the proceeds are then taxed at the Ordinary Income tax rates and not the more favorable Corporate tax rate.

(Partnerships which are treated as pass thru entities work similarly to "S" Corps except they use a Form 1065 instead of Form 1120-S.  But they still issue K-1 and the partners then report the K-1 income on Page 2 of Form 1040 Sch E where it is taxed as Ordinary income.)

So contrary to what you said pass thru income IS taxed as Ordinary income and not at the more favorable Corporate tax rate nor at the more favorable Capital Gains tax rate.

Where is this "special deduction" that you mentioned?  Is it a line on Form 1120-S?  Is it a line on Form 1040 Sch E?

I think he's talking about the 20% deduction on "qualified business income" which is from the 2017 tax act.  Form 8995.

The Qualified Business Income Deduction is not limited to income from pass thru entities.
Sole proprietors who file Form 1040 Sch C may also qualify for that 20% QBID.

I can't remember whether or not rental property owners who file Form 1040 Sch E or farmers who file Form 1040 Sch F also qualify for that 20% QBID. 
I would hope so since Sch E and Sch F work very similar to Sch C.
{Quick Edit: unless I'm misinterpreting the QBI Flowchart from the IRS web page https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8995 it appears that Sch E Rental income and Sch F Farming income do qualify for QBID.}

But QBID certainly isn't limited to pass thru income.

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