How to do the LLC Taxes

April 13, 2010 | Comments Off

This is a list of the products we use and for what purposes:

  • Turbo Tax Business to do the 1065 and the K-1 for the LLC partners.
  • Turbo Tax Home & Business to do the W-2, 1099 and the personal taxes.
  • And QuickBooks Pro for the regular day to day accounting.

I think they manage to extract around $400 in software and fees just because the tax code is very complex and too difficult to do by paper and pencil.  When the LLC was young and simple, I was able to create 1065/K-1 and 1099’s by hand.  Nowadays, it is far more complex than what I can do by hand.

I wish they at least had a combined product that did it all, even if it costs the same amount.

As to what specific forms you need to do:

  • 1099 / W-2 – These are for sub-contractors of the partnership.  We are good, but we still need help from very good people.  That is where we report what we pay them.
  • 1065 and K-1 – These are the partnership taxes.  The partnership passes through income/loss to its members.  No need to send a check here to anyone.  Just a statement to the IRS and the Partnership members so that they can pay their taxes in proportion of their income/loss.
  • 1040 – For the personal taxes.  We have to include the K-1’s here.
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