Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1 - Pass-through Business Deduction - Section 1. 1

Section 199A.. 1

Introduction - Two Deductions. 1

Passthrough Entities Deduction - 199A(a) 1

Definition. 2

Agricultural & Horticultural Cooperatives Deduction - '199A(g) 2

Specified Cooperative Definition. 2

Exclusions, Limits, & Restrictions. 3

Specified Service Trade or Business Exclusion. 3

Wage/Capital Limit 3

Overall Ceiling Limit - The Final Frontier 3

Restrictions & Special Rules. 4

Deduction Amount - '199A(a) 4

Overall Ceiling Limit 4

Combined Qualified Business Income Amount - '199A(b) 5

Deductible Amount Under '199A(b)(2) 5

Wage/Capital Limit 5

Income Equal to or Less Than Threshold - ''199A(b)(3)(A) 6

Income Above Threshold but Below Addition - '199A(b)(3)(B) 6

Income Above Threshold Plus Addition - '199A(b)(2) 9

W-2 Wages. 10

Qualified Property. 11

Chapter 1 - Section 1 Review Questions. 12

Chapter 1 - Pass-through Business Deduction - Section 2. 14

Qualified Business Income (QBI) - '199A(c)(1) 14

Carryover of Losses for Negative Total QBI - '199A(c)(2) 14

Qualified Items of Income, Gain, Deduction, & Loss - '199A(c)(3) 14

Exclusions from Qualified Items - '199A(c)(3)(B) 15

Reasonable Compensation & Guaranteed Payments - '199A(c)(4) 16

REIT Dividends & Publicly Traded Partnership Income. 16

Qualified Trade or Business - '199A(d) 17

Aggregation - Grouping Multiple Activities. 17

Specified Service Trade or Business Exclusion from Definition. 17

Application of the Exclusion - Three Results. 21

Below the Threshold Amount 21

Calculation Review.. 22

In Excess of the Threshold Amount Plus $50,000 or $100,000. 22

Within the Phase-in Range. 23

Phase-in Range. 24

Applicable Percentage - '199A(d)(3)(B) 24

De Minimis Exclusion for Small Amounts of Specified Service. 25

Agricultural & Horticultural Cooperatives - '199A(g) 25

Cooperative Definition. 25

Domestic Business - 199A(c)(3)(A)(i) 25

Chapter 1 - Section 2 Review Questions. 26

Answers & Explanations. 28

Glossary. 36

Keywords & Phrases. a

CPE Exam Answer Sheet c

Final Examination. d