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Screen 8832 - Entity Classification Election (1065)

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Overview

You are required to file two copies of Form 8832. One copy of Form 8832 is attached to Form 1065 (if switching the entity of the return to a partnership) and the second copy is filed separately directly with the IRS. The copy filed with Form 1065 is included in the electronic file. The second copy isn't electronically filed and will still need to be separately paper filed with the IRS.

Election Information

Switching to a non-partnership entity
Form 8832 completes under the assumption that you are switching the entity of the return to a partnership. Enter
X
 if you are switching to an entity other than a partnership. When marked, the application will only prepare one version of Form 8832, the copy filed directly with the IRS.
note
The version of Form 8832 prepared when this field is marked isn't included in the electronic file and will still need to be paper filed with the IRS.
Information if entity has only one owner: Name of owner
Enter the name of the one owner if this partnership is switching its entity classification and the client now has only one owner. This field is only available if
Switching to a non-partnership entity
 on this screen is marked.
Information if entity has only one owner: Identification number of owner
Enter the identification of the one owner if this partnership is switching its entity classification and the client now has only one owner. If this field is blank and the name of the single owner was entered in
Information if entity has only one owner: Name of owner
, “None” prints on Form 8832, Page 1, Line 4b.
note
This field is only available if
Switching to a non-partnership entity
 on this screen is marked.
Type of entity
When switching the entity of the client to a partnership, use
Type of entity
 in the
OthInfo
 screen to indicate the type of entity for Form 8832, Page 2, line 6. However, if
Switching to a non-partnership entity
 on this screen is marked, use this field to indicate the type of entity to which the client is switching.
Date form to be filed
Enter the date the Form 8832 copy filed directly with the IRS is to be filed. If you leave this field blank, "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" prints for the date due on the filing instructions.
Form 8832 IRS Service Center
The application automatically determines the service center to which Form 8832 IRS copy should be mailed based on the partnership address entered in the
1065
 screen. Enter information in this field only if you want to override the calculated service center.
note
If you don't enter an address in the
1065
 screen or select a service center in this field, no address prints in the filing instructions.

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