Can I apply an LLC's disallowed Section 179 deduction against an individual partners W2 income?
Hi,
I'm getting mixed information on this (including from my tax software).
Using Turbotax business for my LLC and Taxact for my personal taxes.
My LLC is a partnership, 3 partners, myself, my wife, and a 3rd party Trust.
The LLC is currently carrying forward $39K in section 179 deductions from 2021, and has posted a loss every year so have not been able to take that deduction.
My wife and I both have W2 income.
My question is this. Can we allocate that Section 179 carryover to us and then take the deduction because our personal income offsets it? Or does the business itself prevent us from using it since it has no income.
Taxact is asking if we have and carryover 179 deductions on the K1, which seems to imply we can do that.
If we can do that, how do we designate that in turbotax? How does that look for the business books? does it need to be allocated proportionally to all partners including the trust?
Thanks,