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We own a company (Energy Transfer Partners) that pays a
quarterly amount listed as Return Of Capital. This is how we
enter it in Bivio but this income does not show up on the
tax returns. Is this correct. I also haven't seen anything
from the 1099s from our brokerage account. Thanks.
You are handling the the payments correctly. Sometime, probably not until March, you will receive a K-1 from this partnership. Then you will have to pick up the various items of income and expense on the k-1, just as your partners have to pick the the club income/expense items on the k-1 that you will be sending them. You may need some help in picking up all those items when you receive the k-1.
 
Rip West
Saint Paul, MN
 
You own a partnership. You will be receiving a K-1 from them sometime in the next two months. You cannot prepare your club's tax return until you receive it. You will have to figure out how to enter the income and expense items from the K-1 into bivio and reconcile them with the cash distributions. You also face the possibility of having to file (the club and each member individually) in every state in which Energy Transfer Partners has operations (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,   Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming)
 
Needless to say, this demonstrates why investment clubs should never invest in partnerships.
 
Ira Smilovitz
 
 
 
In a message dated 02/14/09 12:06:19 Eastern Standard Time, donald@bivio.com writes:
We own a company (Energy Transfer Partners) that pays a
quarterly amount listed as Return Of Capital. This is how we
enter it in Bivio but this income does not show up on the
tax returns. Is this correct. I also haven't seen anything
from the 1099s from our brokerage account. Thanks