Schedule K-1 - Beneficiary's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.

2012

Instructions for Schedule K-1
(Form 1041) for a Beneficiary
Filing Form 1040

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Note. The fiduciary’s instructions for completing Schedule K-1 are in the
Instructions for Form 1041.
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.

that results from making the amounts
consistent may be assessed immediately.

Future Developments

Errors

For the latest information about
developments related to Schedule K-1
(Form 1041) and its instructions, such as
legislation enacted after they were
published, go to www.irs.gov/form1041.

Reminders
Tax rates. For tax year 2012, Public Law
111-312 extended the lower tax rates for
capital gains and qualified dividends.
Backup withholding. If Schedule K-1
shows backup withholding in box 13, code
B, attach a copy to your return.

General Instructions
Purpose of Form

Use Schedule K-1 to report a beneficiary's
share of the estate’s or trust’s income,
credits, deductions, etc. on your Form
1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
Keep it for your records. Do not file it with
your tax return, unless backup withholding
was reported in box 13, code B.

Inconsistent Treatment of Items

Generally, you must report items shown
on your Schedule K-1 (including attached
schedules) the same way that the estate
or trust treated the items on its return.

If the treatment of an item on your
original or amended return is inconsistent
with the estate’s or trust’s treatment (or if
the estate or trust was required to but has
not filed a return), you must file Form
8082, Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or
Administrative Adjustment Request
(AAR), with your original or amended
return to identify and explain any
inconsistency (or to note that an estate or
trust return has not been filed).
If you are required to file Form 8082 but
fail to do so, you may be subject to the
accuracy-related penalty. This penalty is
in addition to any tax that results from
making your amount or treatment of the
item consistent with that shown on the
estate’s or trust’s return. Any deficiency
Jan 22, 2013

If you believe the fiduciary has made an
error on your Schedule K-1, notify the
fiduciary and ask for an amended or a
corrected Schedule K-1. Do not change
any items on your copy. Be sure that the
fiduciary sends a copy of the amended
Schedule K-1 to the IRS. If you are unable
to reach an agreement with the fiduciary
regarding the inconsistency, you must file
Form 8082.

Beneficiaries of
Generation-Skipping Trusts

If you received Form 706-GS(D-1),
Notification of Distribution From a
Generation-Skipping Trust, and paid a
generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax on
Form 706-GS(D), Generation-Skipping
Transfer Tax Return for Distributions, you
can deduct the GST tax paid on income
distributions on Schedule A (Form 1040),
line 8. To figure the deduction, see the
Instructions for Form 706-GS(D).

Specific Instructions
Part I—Information About the
Estate or Trust
Item E
If the item E box is checked, this is the
final year of the estate or trust.
Note. If the “Final K-1” box at the top of
Schedule K-1 is checked, this is the final
return for the beneficiary.

Part III—Beneficiary’s Share of
Current Year Income,
Deductions, Credits, and Other
Items

The amounts shown in boxes 1 through 14
reflect your share of income, loss,
deductions, credits, etc., from an estate or
trust. For Form 1040 filers, page 2 of
Schedule K-1 provides summarized
reporting information. The summarized
reporting information reflects references to
forms in use for calendar year 2012.

Cat. No. 11374Z

Note. If you are not an individual, report
the amounts in each box as instructed on
your tax return.
Codes. In box 9 and boxes 11 through
14, the fiduciary will identify each item by
entering a code in the column to the left of
the dollar amount entry space. These
codes are identified on page 2 of
Schedule K-1.
Attached statements. The fiduciary will
enter an asterisk (*) after the code, if any,
in the column to the left of the dollar
amount entry space for each item for
which it has attached a statement
providing additional information. For those
informational items that cannot be
reported as a single dollar amount, the
estate or trust will enter an asterisk in the
left column and write “STMT” in the dollar
amount entry space to indicate the
information is provided on an attached
statement.

Box 1—Interest
This box reports the beneficiary’s share of
the taxable interest income. This amount
is reported on line 8a of Form 1040.

Box 2a—Ordinary Dividends
This box reports the beneficiary’s share of
ordinary dividends. This amount is
reported on line 9a of Form 1040.

Box 2b—Qualified Dividends
This box reports the beneficiary’s share of
qualified dividends. This amount is
reported on line 9b of Form 1040.

Boxes 3 and 4a—Net Short-Term
and Net Long-Term Capital Gain
Net Short-Term Capital Gains are reported
on line 5 of Schedule D (Form 1040) and
Net Long-Term Capital Gains are reported
on line 12 of Schedule D (Form 1040).
If there is an attachment to this
Schedule K-1 reporting a disposition of a
passive activity, see the Instructions for
Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss
Limitations, for information on the

treatment of a disposition of an interest in
a passive activity.

Box 5—Other Portfolio and
Nonbusiness Income
The amount reported in this box is your
distributive share of royalties, annuities,
and other income that is not subject to the
passive activity rules. It also includes
income in respect of a decedent (IRD),
which is not included in boxes 1, 2a, 3, 4a,
6, 7, or 8.

Boxes 6 through 8—Ordinary
Business Income, Net Rental Real
Estate Income, and Other Rental
Income
The fiduciary will provide you with a
separate schedule showing your
distributive share of income from each
trade or business, net rental real estate, or
other rental activity.
Any losses reported in boxes 6 through
8 may be subject to the passive loss
limitations of section 469, which generally
limits deducting passive losses only from
passive activity income. The rules for
applying these limitations to beneficiaries
have not yet been issued. For more
details, see Pub. 925, Passive Activity and
At-Risk Rules.

Box 9—Directly Apportioned
Deductions
The fiduciary must attach a statement
showing depreciation, depletion, and
amortization directly apportioned to you, if
any, for each activity reported in boxes 5
through 8.

Box 10—Estate Tax Deduction
(Including Certain
Generation-Skipping Transfer
Taxes)
If an estate or trust distributes income in
respect of a decedent (IRD) to a
beneficiary, the beneficiary is entitled to
deduct the portion of the estate tax
imposed on the decedent's estate which is
attributable to the IRD distributed to the
beneficiary. You may claim this amount on
line 28 of Schedule A (Form 1040) as a
miscellaneous itemized deduction not
subject to the 2% floor. For an example on
how this amount was computed, see
Regulations section 1.691(c)-2 and Pub.
559.

Box 11, Code A—Excess
Deductions on Termination
If this is the final return of the estate or
trust, and there are excess deductions on
termination, you may deduct the

beneficiary’s share of the excess
deductions on line 23 of Schedule A (Form
1040) as a miscellaneous itemized
deduction subject to the 2% floor.

Codes B through F. If you have an
amount in box 12 with code B, C, D, E, or
F, see the instructions for lines 37, 38, and
39 of Form 6251.

Excess deductions on termination
occur only during the last tax year of the
trust or decedent’s estate when the total
deductions (excluding the charitable
deduction and exemption) are greater
than the gross income during that tax year.
Only the beneficiary of an estate or trust
that succeeds to its property is allowed to
deduct that entity’s excess deductions on
termination. A beneficiary who does not
have enough income in that year to absorb
the entire deduction may not carry the
balance over to any succeeding year.

Codes G through I. Include the amount
with any of these codes on the applicable
line of Form 6251.
Code J. Exclusion items. If you pay
alternative minimum tax in 2012, the
amount in box 12, code J will help you
figure any minimum tax credit for 2013.
See the 2013 Form 8801, Credit for Prior
Year Minimum Tax—Individuals, Estates,
and Trusts, for more information.

Box 13—Credits and Credit
Recapture

Box 11, Codes B and C—Unused
Capital Loss Carryover

Codes A through T list all the credits that
may be allocated to you as a beneficiary.

Upon termination of the trust or
decedent’s estate, the beneficiary
succeeding to the property is allowed to
deduct any unused capital loss carryover
under section 1212.

Generally, you must file the source
credit form along with Form 3800, General
Business Credit, to claim the general
business credits listed on Schedule K-1
(Form 1041), codes C through T.
However, if your only source for the
credits listed on Form 3800, Part III is from
pass-through entities, you may not be
required to complete the source credit
form. Instead, you may be able to report
the credit directly on Form 3800. See
below for the instructions for specific
credits.

A short-term capital loss carryover,
reported as Code B, is reported on
Schedule D (Form 1040), line 5.
A long-term capital loss carryover,
reported as Code C, is reported, as
appropriate, on Schedule D (Form 1040),
line 12; line 5 of the 28% Rate Gain
Worksheet for Schedule D, line 18; and
line 16 of the Unrecaptured Section 1250
Gain Worksheet for Schedule D, line 19.

Box 11, Codes D and E—NOL
Carryover
Upon termination of a trust or decedent’s
estate, a beneficiary succeeding to its
property is allowed to deduct any unused
net operating loss (NOL) if the carryover
would be allowable to the trust or estate in
a later tax year but for the termination. The
deduction for regular tax purposes,
reported as Code D, is reported on Form
1040, line 21.
A deduction for an Alternative Tax NOL
(ATNOL) carryover for Alternative
Minimum Tax (AMT) purposes, reported
as Code E, is reported on Form 6251,
line 11.

Box 12—Alternative Minimum Tax
Items
The information reported in box 12, codes
A through I is used to prepare your Form
6251, Alternative Minimum
Tax—Individuals. Code A, Adjustment for
minimum tax purposes, is the total amount
reported on Form 6251, line 15. Codes B
through F represent the portion, if any, of
the amount included in code A.
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Code A. Credit for estimated taxes.
The beneficiary treats this amount as a
payment of estimated tax. To figure any
underpayment and penalty on Form 2210,
Underpayment of Estimated Tax by
Individuals, Estates, and Trusts, treat the
amount entered in box 13, code A, as an
estimated tax payment made on January
15, 2013.
Note. Form 1041-T, Allocation of
Estimated Tax Payments to Beneficiaries,
must be timely filed by the fiduciary for the
beneficiary to get the credit for an
estimated tax payment.
Code B. Credit for backup withholding.
Include this amount on line 62 of your
Form 1040 and attach a copy of
Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) to your return.
Code C. Low-income housing credit.
The fiduciary will provide you with a
statement showing the amount to report
on lines 4 and 11 of Form 8586,
Low-Income Housing Credit. If your only
source for the credit is a pass-through
entity, such as an estate or trust, you can
report the amounts from lines 4 and 11 of
Form 8586 directly on Form 3800, Part III,
lines 1d and 4d, respectively.
Code D. Rehabilitation credit and energy credit. The fiduciary must give you a
statement that shows the information you
will need and where to enter it on Form

2012 Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1041)

3468, Investment Credit, so that you can
figure the amount of any rehabilitation
credit and energy credit that you may
claim.
Code E. Other qualifying investment
credit. This code is used to report the
qualified investment for figuring the
qualifying advanced coal project credit,
the qualifying gasification project credit,
the qualifying advanced energy project
credit, and the qualifying therapeutic
discovery project credit. The fiduciary
must provide you with a statement that
shows the information you will need and
where to report it on Form 3468 so that
you can figure the amount of the
previously listed credits that you may
claim.
Code H. Alcohol and cellulosic biofuel
fuels credit. If this credit includes the
small ethanol producer credit, the fiduciary
will provide additional information on an
attached statement. If a statement is
attached, see the instructions for line 10 of
Form 6478, Alcohol and Cellulosic Biofuel
Fuels Credit. Otherwise, report this
amount on Form 3800, Part III, line 4c.
Code J. Renewable electricity, refined
coal, and Indian coal production credit. Complete Form 8835, Renewable
Electricity, Refined Coal, and Indian Coal

Production Credit, to figure the amount of
your credit. The fiduciary must provide you
with a statement showing the amount of
credit to report on line 9 in Part I, and how
much to report on line 29 in Part II of Form
8835. If your only source for the credit is a
pass-through entity and the credit is
reported only on line 9 in Part I of Form
8835, you can enter that amount directly
on Form 3800, Part III, line 1f. Otherwise,
complete Form 8835 as directed.
Code O. Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels credit. If this credit includes the
small agri-biodiesel producer credit, the
fiduciary will provide additional information
on an attached statement. If no statement
is attached, report this amount on line 9 of
Form 8864, Biodiesel and Renewable
Diesel Fuels Credit. If a statement is
attached, see the instructions for Form
8864, line 11.
Code U. Recapture of credits. If you are
required to recapture any credits, the
fiduciary will provide a statement with the
information you need to figure your credit
recapture.

Box 14—Other Information
Code C. Qualified productions activities
income. If any of the income is oil-related

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qualified production activities income, the
fiduciary must give you a statement that
shows the amount. Enter the oil-related
amount on Form 8903, line 7, col. (a).
Enter the amount from all activities on
Form 8903, line 7, col. (b).
Code F. Gross farming and fishing income. The amount of farming and fishing
income is included in box 6. This income
is separately stated to help determine if
you are subject to a penalty for
underpayment of estimated tax. Report
the amount of gross farming and fishing
income on Schedule E (Form 1040),
Supplemental Income and Loss, line 42.
Code H. Other information. If this code
is used, the fiduciary will provide you with
any additional information you may need
to file your return that is not shown
elsewhere on this Schedule K-1.
If you receive a statement regarding
the splitting of foreign tax credits from the
income to which it relates, section 909
may prevent you from deducting the
foreign tax credit until the related foreign
income is taken into account. See Form
1116, Foreign Tax Credit (Individuals,
Estate, or Trust), and Pub. 514, Foreign
Tax Credit for Individuals, for more
information.