Schedule K-1 index guide

Schedule K-1 documents are among the most common source documents sent by taxpayer clients to their tax professionals. Unlike a W-2, Schedule K-1s can vary in complexity from Federal K-1, State K-1, numerous supplementary page variations, K-3 - SurePrep provides you with various tools and solutions to help you process Schedule K-1s.

Getting started with Schedule K-1

Is this your firm's first time submitting Schedule K-1 to SurePrep? Let the
Set-up
articles show you which K-1 documents are captured and guide you through the process of submitting K-1 documents.
Document Coverage
The following is a list of all the different document types that SurePrep captures.
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Scanning Order
Understand where each document from the K-1 package should be placed in the PDF.
View best practices
K-1 Supplemental Pages
The following are template formats of Schedule K-1 supplemental pages are captured for you.
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Covered QBI Variations
The following are template formats of Qualified Business Income (QBI) supplemental pages are captured for you.
QBI coverage
Improve K-1 matches from the same issuer
Multiple K-1s can have similar names. Making K-1 names unique helps match the amounts to the correct K-1.
Set unique identifiers

Essential

Learn the basics about how SurePrep can help you process Schedule K-1.
Match K-1's to Proforma
Match K-1s to their respective proforma in Review Wizard (New Form Review step).
Match K-1 to proforma
Getting Started with K-1 Reclass
The following is showing how seamlessly the K-1 Reclass works.
Intro to K-1 reclass
Using K-1 Reclass
Learn how to use K-1 Reclass to reassign the amounts to match their respective lines in the tax software. Example: Reclassifying K-1 data to the income and expense categories.
Use K-1 Reclass
Supplemental Pages Not Covered?
Learn how to capture and reclass K-1 Supplemental Pages that are not captured by SurePrep OCR.
Capture non-converted pages

Advanced

By now, you know the basics and you know what you are doing. But, now you have to step-up your game and stand out as an expert-level tax professional.
SALY (Same As Last Year)
Let SPbinder copy prior year K-1 amounts as current year using SALY.
Utilize K-1 Reconciliation Leadsheet
This is a very important Leadsheet when utilized.
Review K-1 leadsheet
State K-1 Leadsheet
The following are spreadsheets of resident and non-resident State K-1.
Review state K-1 leadsheet

Additional information

Some additional that may be helpful for some users.
Multiple-activities for a Schedule K-1
Handling Schedule K-1 with multiple activities (CCH Only).
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