If you are an S corporation or an LLC taxed as an S corporation, and you have a total revenue of $500,000 or more in 2020, you need to complete form 1125-E to figure out compensation paid to your officers and attached it to your form 1120S.

 

What do you include in your total revenue to determine whether you should file Form 1125-E?

Total the following incomes:

 

2020 Form 1120S Income
2020 Form 1120S Income

                Form 1120S line 1a from page 1: Gross receipts or sale from your trade or business

 

2020 Form 4797 Part 2line 16-17
2020 Form 4797 Part 2line 16-17

Form 1120S page 1 line 4: Net Gain or loss from Sales of Business Property Form 4797 line 17

Form 1120S page 1 line 5: Other income or loss

 

2020 Schedule K -Form 1120S
2020 Schedule K – Form 1120S

Schedule K Form 1120S Line 3a

Form 1120S Schedule K Line 4

Form 1120S Schedule K line 5a

Form 1120S Schedule K Line 6

Schedule K Line 7

Schedule K Line 8a

Schedule K Line 9

Schedule K line 10

 

2020 Form 8825 Line 17-20a
2020 Form 8825 Line 17-20a

Income reported on Form 8825 Rental Property Line 2

Income from Form 8825 Line 19

Income from Form 8825 Line 20a: Net income from rental real estate.

Line 1a: enter the name of your S corporation officers.

Line 1b: their SSN

Line 1c: enter the time each officer spent on the business in percentage.

1 f: enter each officer’s salary including commissions, bonuses, fringe benefits paid to officers who own more than 2% of the company.

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Line 3: If you include any compensation paid to an officer on Form 1125-A Cost of Goods Sold Line 3.

 

Form 1125-A Cost of Goods Sold
Form 1125-A Cost of Goods Sold Line 3

Line 4: Line 2-Line 3: The amount from Line 4 should be entered on Line 7 of Form 1120S page 1. Form 1125-E should be attached to Form 1120S.

 

Form 1120S Line 7 Compensation of officers
Form 1120S Line 7 Compensation of officers

How to figure out the compensation paid to officers if your S Corporation earned a gross receipts of $500,000 in 2020?

 

Form 1125-E Compensation fo Officers-2020 Form 1120S

The video below explains what you should include in your total receipts.

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