
Each partnership must designate a partnership representative unless the partnership has made a valid election out of the centralized partnership audit regime. The TMP has been replaced with partnership representative for partnership tax years beginning after 2017.

Members of oil and gas partnerships should read about the deduction for depletion in chapter 9 of that publication.įor tax years beginning before 2018, certain partnerships must have a tax matters partner (TMP) who is also a general partner.

Partners must include partnership items on their tax returns.įor a discussion of business expenses a partnership can deduct, see Pub. Generally, a partnership doesn't pay tax on its income but "passes through" any profits or losses to its partners. Return of Partnership Income, and the Partner's Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1065). It supplements the information provided in the Instructions for Form 1065, U. This publication provides supplemental federal income tax information for partnerships and partners. You can help bring these children home by looking at the photographs and calling 1-800-THE-LOST (1-80) if you recognize a child. Photographs of missing children selected by the Center may appear in this publication on pages that would otherwise be blank. The Internal Revenue Service is a proud partner with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC). See Electing Out of the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime, later. A partnership can elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime for a tax year if the partnership is an eligible partnership that year.

See Role of Partnership Representative, later.Įlecting out of the centralized partnership audit regime. Under the centralized partnership audit regime, partnerships are generally required to designate a partnership representative. If you held a qualified investment in a qualified opportunity fund (QOF) at any time during the year, you must file your return with Form 8997, Initial and Annual Statement of Qualified Opportunity Fund Investments, attached.
