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Form 1065 Foundations

Partnership returns end to end: income allocations, capital accounts, basis tracking, and K-1 preparation.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Freshers
Subject
U.S. Tax
Format
5-day program

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    How partnerships are taxed

    • Pass-through concepts
    • Structure of Form 1065
    • Reading a partnership agreement

    Practice: Extract the allocation terms from a sample agreement.

  2. Day 2

    Ordinary income and separately stated items

    • Trade or business income
    • Separately stated items on Schedule K
    • Rental activity on Form 8825

    Practice: Classify a trial balance between ordinary and separately stated items.

  3. Day 3

    Allocations

    • Profit, loss, and capital percentages
    • Guaranteed payments
    • Mid-year partner changes

    Practice: Run an allocation schedule for a three-partner firm.

  4. Day 4

    Capital accounts and basis

    • Tax-basis capital reporting
    • Contributions and distributions
    • Outside basis tracking

    Practice: Roll forward capital and basis for each partner.

  5. Day 5

    K-1 preparation and capstone

    • Schedule K-1 line by line
    • Schedules L, M-1, and M-2
    • Self-review checklist

    Practice: Prepare a complete 1065 case study with K-1s for every partner.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Tax preparation

Professional software for individual, business, trust, and estate returns.

  • CCH Axcess Tax
  • CCH ProSystem fx Tax
  • GoSystem Tax RS
  • ONESOURCE Income Tax
  • UltraTax CS
  • Lacerte
  • ProConnect Tax
  • ProSeries
  • Drake Tax
  • ATX
  • TaxWise
  • TaxAct Professional
  • TaxSlayer Pro
  • CrossLink

Fixed assets and depreciation

Asset records, depreciation schedules, and book-to-tax differences.

  • CCH ProSystem fx Fixed Assets
  • Fixed Assets CS
  • Sage Fixed Assets
  • Bloomberg Tax Fixed Assets

Tax research

Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.

  • Checkpoint
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Tax Notes
  • Blue J

Your trainer

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

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