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June 4, 2019
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K1 income has never been received. Why is it taxable? If so, why do people become shareholders of S corp?

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Best answer by MinhT1

An S-corp is a pass-through entity. It does not pay taxes and all its profits/losses are allocated to its shareholders through the forms K-1. Each shareholder is taxed on their allocation of profits reported on the K-1, even if the profits have not yet been distributed.

On the other hand, when you receive distributions form the S-Corp, these distributions are not taxable.

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June 4, 2019

An S-corp is a pass-through entity. It does not pay taxes and all its profits/losses are allocated to its shareholders through the forms K-1. Each shareholder is taxed on their allocation of profits reported on the K-1, even if the profits have not yet been distributed.

On the other hand, when you receive distributions form the S-Corp, these distributions are not taxable.

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