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  • calendar_month December 16, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
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  • schedule 110 minutes

Basis Calculations for Partnerships and LLCs

Book-Ups, Step-Ups, At-Risk Amounts, Allocating Liabilities, and Tax-Basis Capital Reporting

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Description

Partnership basis account maintenance is a critical calculation for partners investing in LLCs and partnerships. It establishes the basis for deducting losses under Section 704(d). Unlike capital accounts showing deficits or negative balances, a partner's basis cannot drop below zero.

A partner's initial basis is generally equal to their initial investment in the partnership. The panel will discuss various ways partners establish their initial basis and how initial basis is computed.

When a valid Section 754 election is in place, a partnership may adjust the inside tax basis of assets when a partnership interest transfers. This can reconcile inside and outside basis differences in partnership interests but, once made, is mandatory and may require future step-downs.

Listen as our panel of experts explains tracking partnership basis, including annual income allocations, losses, tax-exempt items, step-ups, book-ups, at-risk rules, and recent tax-basis reporting requirements.

Presented By

John Alfonsi
Partner
Prosperity Partners LLC

Mr. Alfonsi has 25 years of tax consulting, business valuation, litigation support and forensic accounting experience. In the tax planning and consulting arena, he works primarily with partnerships and with private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.

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Dean L. Surkin
Professor (Adjunct)
Pace University Graduate School of Business

Mr. Surkin is an attorney engaged in private practice in the New York metropolitan area. He recently retired from the position of Tax Director at a regional CPA firm based in New York City. Prior to that, Mr. Surkin was a partner at Surkin & Handlin, a boutique firm that handled real estate and tax matters. He is a tax attorney with broad-based experience in tax planning and research, has litigated major cases in the fields of taxation, probate and general commercial matters, and has been peer-reviewed by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Surkin holds the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards, AV. His published articles on tax law have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, practitioners’ journals, and the popular press. Mr. Surkin also writes science-fiction short stories about the adventures of his granddaughters and their dog visiting historic events in their uncle’s time machine (their uncle is also a dog) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Westchester Community Orchestra.

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Credit Information

  • BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 110-minute webinar is accredited for 2.0 CPE credits.

  • BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Types of partnerships

II. Annual increases and decreases to basis

III. The interplay of basis and capital accounts

IV. Section 754 step-ups

V. Book-ups

VI. At-risk amounts and Form 6198

VII. Recent tax-basis reporting requirements

VIII. Basis issues in bankruptcy

IX. Best practices for tracking partners' basis

The panel will review these and other crucial questions:

  • What complexities should tax preparers be aware of when calculating the basis for pass-through entities?
  • What are the increases and decreases to consider for the basis calculation?
  • When should a partnership's assets be stepped up?
  • What is the difference between inside and outside basis?

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand various annual increases and decreases to basis
  • Recognize the interplay between basis and capital accounts
  • Determine when a partnership's assets should be stepped up
  • Differentiate inside and outside basis
  • Ascertain at-risk amounts and the requirements of Form 6198
  • Adopt best practices for tracking partners' basis
  • Field of Study: Taxes
  • Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
  • Advance Preparation: None
  • Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
  • Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
  • Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
  • Prerequisite:

    Three years+ business or public firm experience preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers or accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of pass-through taxation, including taxation of partnerships, S corporations and sole proprietorships, qualified business income, net operating losses and loss limitations; familiarity with net operating loss carry-backs, carry-forwards and carried interests.


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IRS Approved Provider

BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).

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