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Useful Forms for Limited Liability Companies (LLC)
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Schedule C (Form 1040) – Profit or Loss
from Business |
Generally, when an LLC has only one member,
the fact that it is an LLC is ignored or
“disregarded” for the purpose of filing a
federal tax return. Remember, this is only
a mechanism for tax purposes. It does not
change the fact that the business is legally
a Limited Liability Company.
If the only member of the LLC is an
individual, the LLC income and expenses are
reported on Form 1040, Schedule C, E, or F. |
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Schedule E (Form 1040) Supplemental
Income and Loss |
Generally, when an LLC has only one member,
the fact that it is an LLC is ignored or
“disregarded” for the purpose of filing a
federal tax return. Remember, this is only
a mechanism for tax purposes. It does not
change the fact that the business is legally
a Limited Liability Company.
If the only member of the LLC is an
individual, the LLC income and expenses are
reported on Form 1040, Schedule C, E, or F. |
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Schedule F (Form 1040) – Profit or Loss
from Farming |
Generally, when an LLC has only one member,
the fact that it is an LLC is ignored or
“disregarded” for the purpose of filing a
federal tax return. Remember, this is only
a mechanism for tax purposes. It does not
change the fact that the business is legally
a Limited Liability Company.
If the only member of the LLC is an
individual, the LLC income and expenses are
reported on Form 1040, Schedule C, E, or F. |
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Schedule SE (Form 1040) –
Self-Employment Tax |
LLCs filing Schedule C or F
- Members of LLCs filing Schedule C or
F are subject to self-employment taxes
on earnings.
LLCs filing Partnership Returns
- Generally, members of LLCs filing
Partnership Returns pay self-employment
tax on their share of partnership
earnings.
- There is a special rule for members
who are the equivalent of limited
partners. They pay self-employment tax
only if the LLC pays them for services.
Use Schedule SE (Form 1040) to figure the
tax due on net earnings from
self-employment. |
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W-2 and
W-3 - Wage and Tax Statement; and
Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements |
Employees of all LLCs are subject to
withholding tax. Report wages, tips, and
other compensation, and withheld income,
social security, and Medicare taxes for
employees. |
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W-2G - Certain Gambling Winnings |
Report gambling winnings from horse racing,
dog racing, jai alai, lotteries, keno,
bingo, slot machines, sweepstakes, wagering
pools, etc. |
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941 (
943 for Farm Employees) Employer’s
Quarterly Federal Tax Return |
If you are an employer, you must file a
quarterly Form 941 to report:
- Wages you have paid,
- Tips your employees have received,
- Federal income tax you withheld,
- Both employer’s and employee’s share
of social security and Medicare taxes,
and
- Advance earned income tax credit (EIC)
payments.
After you file your first Form 941, you
must file a return each quarter even if you
have no taxes to report. |
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940 or
940-EZ - Employer's Annual Federal
Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return |
Report and pay FUTA tax if the corporation
either:
- Paid wages of $1,500 or more in any
calendar quarter during the calendar
year (or the preceding calendar year),
or
- Had one or more employees working
for the corporation for at least some
part of a day in any 20 different weeks
during the calendar year (or the
preceding calendar year).
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1040 – U.S. Individual Income Tax Return |
See
1040 Instructions |
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1065 – U.S. Return of Partnership Income |
Most LLCs with more than one member file a
partnership return, Form 1065. If you would
rather file as a corporation, Form 8832 must
be submitted. You don’t need to file a Form
8832 is you want to file as a partnership. |
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1096 - Annual Summary and Transmittal of
U.S. Information Returns |
Transmit paper Forms 1099, 1098, 5498, and
W-2G to the IRS. |
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1099-A,
B,
C,
CAP,
DIV,
INT,
LTC,
MISC,
OID,
PATR,
R,
S and,
SA Important: Every
corporation must file Forms 1099-MISC if, in
the course of its trade or business, it
makes payments of rents, commissions, or
other fixed or determinable income (see
section 6041) totaling $600 or more to any
one person during the calendar year.
Also use these returns to report amounts
received as a nominee for another person.
For more details, see the
General Instructions for Forms 1099, 1098,
5498, and W-2G. |
Report the following:
- Acquisitions or abandonments of
secured property;
- Proceeds from broker and barter
exchange transactions;
- Cancellation of debts;
- Changes in corporate control and
capital structure;
- Dividends and distributions;
- Interest payments;
- Payments of long-term care and
accelerated death benefits;
- Miscellaneous income payments to
certain fishing boat crew members, to
providers of health and medical
services, of rent or royalties, of
nonemployee compensation, etc.;
- Original issue discount;
- Taxable distributions received from
cooperatives;
- Distributions from pensions,
annuities, retirement or profit-sharing
plans, IRAs, insurance contracts, etc.;
- Proceeds from real estate
transactions; and
- Distributions from an HSA, Archer
MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA.
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1120 U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return |
Generally, when an LLC has only one member,
the fact that it is an LLC is ignored or
“disregarded” for the purpose of filing a
federal tax return. Remember, this is only
a mechanism for tax purposes. It does not
change the fact that the business is legally
a Limited Liability Company.
If the only member of the LLC is a
corporation, the LLC income and expenses are
reported on the corporation’s return,
usually Form 1120 or Form 1120S |
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1120-S U.S. Income Tax Return for an S
Corporation |
Generally, when an LLC has only one member,
the fact that it is an LLC is ignored or
“disregarded” for the purpose of filing a
federal tax return. Remember, this is only
a mechanism for tax purposes. It does not
change the fact that the business is legally
a Limited Liability Company.
If the only member of the LLC is a
corporation, the LLC income and expenses are
reported on the corporation’s return,
usually Form 1120 or Form 1120S |
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8832 – Entity Classification Election |
If you prefer to file as a corporation
instead of a “disregarded entity” Form 8832
must be submitted. Otherwise, you don’t
need to file Form 8832. |
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