Troubleshoot qualified business income deduction calculations

Use these troubleshooting steps to resolve common issues with qualified business income deduction (QBID) calculations in UltraTax CS.

Schedule C, Business

Schedule C activity doesn't appear on Form 8995-A
: Verify the activity has a
Business Name
on the C screen in the Business folder.
A business is included in the QBID calculation but doesn't qualify
: UltraTax CS automatically includes Schedule C businesses as trades or businesses for the qualified business deduction. To exclude activities that don't qualify, enter
0
in the
Qualified business income (Force)
field on the C-3 screen.

Schedule E, Rental

Oil and Gas Royalties (Code 6) don't appear in QBI
: According to Schedule E instructions, you should generally report oil and gas working interests on Schedule C. Oil and gas income from non-working interests typically qualifies as investment income. If you determine that a royalty qualifies as a trade or business instead of an investment, use the
Qualified Business income (Force)
field on the Rent-2 screen to include it.
A rental doesn't calculate QBI despite being marked as a Section 162 trade or business
: Verify the property type on the Rent screen. UltraTax CS excludes these property types from QBI calculations:
  • Vacation/Short-term rentals
  • Royalties
  • Nonbusiness personal property
  • Properties with foreign addresses
The Qualified Business Income Calculation Worksheet in Schedule E Form View will display this statement after line 10:
This activity is not a trade or business for QBID
.

Schedule F, Farm

A Schedule F activity appears in the QBID calculation but doesn't qualify
: UltraTax CS automatically includes Schedule F activities as trades or businesses for the qualified business deduction. To exclude activities that don't qualify, enter
0
in the
Qualified business income (Force)
field on the F-3 screen. For rental and farm rental activities, determine trade or business status on the 4835-2 screen.

Schedule K-1, 1065 and 1120S

Multiple activities from a single 1065 combine into 1 K-1 instead of separate activities
: To import each activity separately in the 1040 return:
  1. Go to
    File
    Client Properties
    Advanced Properties
    .
  2. Mark
    Elect to import the data share of 1065 Schedule K-1's by the per activity method, in lieu of the single K-1 method
    .
The
Specified service business
checkbox on the K1QBI screen isn't marked automatically during data share
: Verify that you marked the
Specified service business
checkbox in the activity's QBI screen in the 1065 or 1120S return.

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