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February 7, 2021
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WIFE & HUSBAND OWNED DEP ASSETS HOW TO SEPARATE ON DEP SCH FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR SCH C BUSINESS?

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ColeenD3
February 7, 2021

If you have a Qualified Joint Venture, you can both use one Schedule C. You would enter each asset separately and work through the screens until done. Then enter the next asset and do the same.

 

A qualified joint venture is a joint venture that conducts a trade or business where (1) the only members of the joint venture are a married couple who file a joint return, (2) both spouses materially participate in the trade or business, and (3) both spouses elect not to be treated as a partnership. A qualified joint venture, for purposes of this provision, includes only businesses that are owned and operated by spouses as co-owners, and not in the name of a state law entity (including a limited partnership or limited liability company) (See below). Note also that mere joint ownership of property that is not a trade or business does not qualify for the election. The spouses must share the items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in accordance with each spouse's interest in the business.