Instructions for Form 8865 (2023)

Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

2023


Instructions for Form 8865 - Introductory Material

Future Developments

For the latest information about developments related to Form 8865, its schedules, and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form8865.

What’s New

See What’s New in the Instructions for Form 1065 for changes and new Internal Revenue Code sections that may affect foreign partnerships with fiscal years, corporate partners, or certain impacted activities.

Reminders

Schedules K-2 (Form 8865) and K-3 (Form 8865) for partnerships. For tax years beginning after 2020, most items of international tax relevance are reported on Schedules K-2 and K-3, replacing prior reporting on Form 8865, Schedules K and K-1, line 16, Foreign transactions, and certain reporting on Form 8865, Schedules K and K-1, line 20, Other information.

The schedules are designed to provide greater clarity for partners on how to compute their U.S. income tax liability regarding items of international tax relevance, including claiming deductions and credits. Go to IRS.gov for the schedules and the Instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 8865) for more information.Form 8865, Schedules K and K-1, retain line 16 for the partnership to check a box indicating that it has items of international tax relevance and that it completed Schedules K-2 and K-3. For purposes of basis adjustments and to reconcile income, Form 8865 retains total foreign taxes paid or accrued but moves this reporting to Schedule K, line 21. See the Instructions for Form 1065 for amounts to report on line 21.

Important:

Foreign taxes paid or accrued must be reported on Schedules K-2 and K-3 for purposes of reporting information necessary for an eligible partner to claim a foreign tax credit.

Instructions for Form 8865 - Main Contents

General Instructions

Only the general instructions for Schedules B, K, K-1, M-1, and M-2 are included later in these instructions. If you are required to complete these schedules for Form 8865, use the specific instructions for the corresponding schedules of Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income.

IF you are completing Form 8865... THEN use the instructions for Form 1065...
Schedule B page 1 (income and deductions).
Schedules K and K-1 Schedules K and K-1.
Schedule K-3 Schedule K-3.
Schedule L Schedule L.
Schedule M-1 Schedule M-1.
Schedule M-2 Schedule M-2.

Note.

If you are reporting capital gains and losses, use Schedule D (Form 1065). See the Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1065).

Purpose of Form

Use Form 8865 to report the information required under section 6038 (reporting with respect to controlled foreign partnerships), section 6038B (reporting of transfers to foreign partnerships), or section 6046A (reporting of acquisitions, dispositions, and changes in foreign partnership interests).

Who Must File

A U.S. person qualifying under one or more of the Categories of Filers (see below) must complete and file Form 8865. These instructions and the Filing Requirements for Categories of Filers chart, later, explain the information, statements, and schedules required for each category of filer. If you qualify under more than one category for a particular foreign partnership, you must submit all the items required for each category under which you qualify.

Example.

If you qualify as a Category 2 and a Category 3 filer, you must submit all the schedules required of Category 2 filers (page 1 of Form 8865, and Schedules A, A-2, N, K-1, and K-3) plus any additional schedules that Category 3 filers are required to submit (Schedules A-1 and O).

Complete a separate Form 8865 and the applicable schedules for each foreign partnership.

File the 2023 Form 8865 with your income tax return for your tax year beginning in 2023.

If a Form 8832, Entity Classification Election, was filed for this entity for the current tax year, see When To File and Where To File in the instructions for Form 8832 to determine if you are required to attach a copy of the Form 8832 to the tax return to which the Form 8865 is being attached.

If a domestic section 721(c) partnership is formed on or after January 18, 2017, and the gain deferral method is applied, then a U.S. transferor must file Form 8865 for that partnership. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(4). See Section 721(c) partnership, Gain deferral method, and U.S. transferor, later.

A U.S. transferor that is required to provide information for a partnership under Regulations sections 1.721(c)-6(b)(2)(iv) and 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(xi) must file a separate Form 8865 (along with all necessary schedules and attachments) for each partnership treated as a U.S. transferor under Regulations sections 1.721(c)-3(d) and 1.721(c)-6(c)(2). See U.S. transferor, later.

Filing Requirements for Categories of Filers
Filing Requirements Category of Filers
1 2 3 4
Identifying information—page 1 of Form 8865
Schedule A—Constructive Ownership of Partnership Interest
Schedule A-1—Certain Partners of Foreign Partnership    
Schedule A-3—Affiliation Schedule
Schedule B—Income Statement—Trade or Business Income      
Schedule G (Form 8865)—Statement of Application of the Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721  
Schedule H (Form 8865)—Acceleration Events and Exceptions Reporting Relating to Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c)  
Schedule K—Partners' Distributive Share Items      
Schedule K-1 (Form 8865)—Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc. (direct partners only)    
Schedule K-2 (Form 8865)—Partners’ Distributive Share Items—International      
Schedule K-3 (Form 8865)—Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.—International    
Schedule L—Balance Sheets per Books      
Schedule M-1—Reconciliation of Income (Loss) per Books With Income (Loss) per Return      
Schedule M-2—Analysis of Partners' Capital Accounts      
Schedule N—Transactions Between Controlled Foreign Partnership and Partners or Other Related Entities    
Schedule D—Schedule D (Form 1065), Capital Gains and Losses      
Schedule O (Form 8865)—Transfer of Property to a Foreign Partnership      
Schedule P (Form 8865)—Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Changes of Interests in a Foreign Partnership      

Categories of Filers

Category 1 filer.

A Category 1 filer is a U.S. person who controlled the foreign partnership at any time during the partnership's tax year. Control of a partnership is ownership of more than a 50% interest in the partnership. See the definition of 50% interest, later. There may be more than one Category 1 filer for a partnership for a particular partnership tax year. See U.S. person and Foreign partnership, later.

A Category 1 filer also includes a U.S. transferor who must report certain information for a section 721(c) partnership for the tax year of contribution and subsequent years, pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-6. A Category 1 filer fulfills this reporting requirement by filing Schedule G and, in certain circumstances, Schedule H. See Section 721(c) partnership and U.S. transferor, later.

Category 2 filer.

A Category 2 filer is a U.S. person who at any time during the tax year of the foreign partnership owned a 10% or greater interest in the partnership while the partnership was controlled by U.S. persons each owning at least a 10% interest. However, if the foreign partnership had a Category 1 filer at any time during that tax year, no person will be considered a Category 2 filer. See the definition of a 10% interest, later.

Category 3 filer.

A Category 3 filer is a U.S. person who contributed property during that person's tax year to a foreign partnership in exchange for an interest in the partnership (a section 721 transfer), if that person either:

  1. Owned directly or constructively at least a 10% interest in the foreign partnership immediately after the contribution, or

  2. The value of the property contributed (when added to the value of any other property contributed to the partnership by such person, or any related person, during the 12-month period ending on the date of transfer) exceeds $100,000.

If a domestic partnership contributes property to a foreign partnership, the domestic partnership's partners are considered to have transferred a proportionate share of the contributed property to the foreign partnership. However, if the domestic partnership files Form 8865 and properly reports all the required information for the contribution, its partners will not be required to report the transfer.

A Category 3 filer includes a U.S. transferor who (a) contributes section 721(c) property to a section 721(c) partnership, and (b) has reporting requirements pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(2). The Category 3 filer fulfills this reporting requirement by filing Schedule G, in addition to Schedule O, and, in certain circumstances, Schedule H. See Section 721(c) property, later.

Category 3 also includes a U.S. person that previously transferred appreciated property to the partnership and was required to report that transfer under section 6038B, if the foreign partnership disposed of such property while the U.S. person remained a direct or indirect partner in the partnership.

Category 4 filer.

A Category 4 filer is a U.S. person that had a reportable event under section 6046A during that person's tax year. There are three categories of reportable events under section 6046A: acquisitions, dispositions, and changes in proportional interests.

Acquisitions.

A U.S. person that acquires a foreign partnership interest has a reportable event if:

  • The person didn’t own a 10% or greater direct interest in the partnership and, as a result of the acquisition, the person owns a 10% or greater direct interest in the partnership (for example, from 9% to 10%). For purposes of this rule, an acquisition includes an increase in a person's direct proportional interest (see Changes in proportional interests , later); or

  • Compared to the person's direct interest when the person last had a reportable event, after the acquisition the person's direct interest has increased by at least a 10% interest (for example, from 11% to 21%).

An acquisition of a section 721(c) partnership interest may be an acceleration event exception under the gain deferral method. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5. In this case, the acquirer may become a successor U.S. transferor and may have a reporting requirement under Regulations section 1.721(c)-6. See the specific instructions for Schedule H, later.

Dispositions.

A U.S. person that disposes of a foreign partnership interest has a reportable event if:

  • The person owned a 10% or greater direct interest in the partnership before the disposition and, as a result of the disposition, the person owns less than a 10% direct interest (for example, from 10% to 8%). For purposes of this rule, a disposition includes a decrease in a person's direct proportional interest; or

  • Compared to the person's direct interest when the person last had a reportable event, after the disposition the person's direct interest has decreased by at least a 10% interest (for example, from 21% to 11%).

A disposition of a section 721(c) partnership interest may be an acceleration event for purposes of applying the gain deferral method. The U.S. transferor may be required to recognize gain in an amount equal to the remaining built-in gain on the section 721(c) property previously contributed to the section 721(c) partnership. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-4. For acceleration events exceptions, see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5. See the specific instructions for Schedule H, later.

Changes in proportional interests.

A U.S. person has a reportable event if compared to the person's direct proportional interest the last time the person had a reportable event, the person's direct proportional interest has increased or decreased by at least the equivalent of a 10% interest in the partnership.

Special rule for a partnership interest owned on December 31, 1999.

If the U.S. person owned at least a 10% direct interest in the foreign partnership on December 31,1999, then comparisons should be made to the person's direct interest on December 31,1999. Once the person has a reportable event after December 31,1999, future comparisons should be made by reference to the last reportable event.

Exceptions to Filing

Multiple Category 1 filers.

If during the tax year of the partnership more than one U.S. person qualifies as a Category 1 filer, only one of these Category 1 partners is required to file Form 8865. A U.S. person with a controlling interest in the losses or deductions of the partnership isn’t permitted to be the filer of Form 8865 if another U.S. person has a controlling interest in capital or profits; only the latter may file the return. The U.S. person that files the Form 8865 must complete item F on page 1.

The single Form 8865 to be filed must contain all of the information that would be required if each Category 1 filer filed a separate Form 8865. Specifically, separate Schedules N, K-1, and K-3 (if applicable) must be attached to the Form 8865 for each Category 1 filer. Also, items B, C, and D on page 1 and Schedule A on page 2 of Form 8865 must be completed for each Category 1 filer not filing the form. Attach a separate statement listing this information to the single Form 8865.

A Category 1 filer not filing Form 8865 must attach a statement entitled “Controlled Foreign Partnership Reporting” to that person's income tax return.

The statement must include the following information.

  • A statement that the person qualified as a Category 1 filer, but is not submitting Form 8865 under the multiple Category 1 filers exception.

  • The name, address, and identifying number (if any) of the foreign partnership of which the person qualified as a Category 1 filer.

  • A statement that the filing requirement has been or will be satisfied.

  • The name and address of the person filing Form 8865 for this partnership.

  • The Internal Revenue Service Center where the Form 8865 must be filed (or indicate “electronic filing” if the Form 8865 has been or will be filed electronically).

This is an Image: caution.gifA U.S. person who qualifies for this exception to the Category 1 filing requirement would still have to file a separate Form 8865 if that person is also subject to the filing requirements of Category 3 or 4. This separate Form 8865 would include all the information required for a Category 3 filer, a Category 4 filer, or a U.S. transferor who must report certain information for a section 721(c) partnership for the year of contribution and subsequent years, pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-6, in addition to the “Controlled Foreign Partnership Reporting” statement.

Constructive owners.

See Constructive ownership, later. A Category 1 or 2 filer that doesn’t own a direct interest in the partnership and that is required to file this form solely because of constructive ownership from a U.S. person(s) isn’t required to file Form 8865 if:

  1. Form 8865 is filed by the U.S. person(s) through which the indirect partner constructively owns an interest in the foreign partnership,

  2. The U.S. person through which the indirect partner constructively owns an interest in the foreign partnership is also a constructive owner and meets all the requirements of this constructive ownership filing exception, or

  3. Form 8865 is filed for the foreign partnership by another Category 1 filer under the multiple Category 1 filers exception.

To qualify for the constructive ownership filing exception, the indirect partner must file with its income tax return a statement entitled “Controlled Foreign Partnership Reporting.”

This statement must contain the following information.

  1. A statement that the indirect partner was required to file Form 8865, but isn’t doing so under the constructive owners exception.

  2. The names and addresses of the U.S. persons whose interests the indirect partner constructively owns.

  3. The name and address of the foreign partnership for which the indirect partner would have had to have filed Form 8865 but for this exception.

  4. If the indirect partner is a domestic corporation, a statement setting forth all the information that the indirect partner would have had to provide in response to questions G8a and G8b on Form 8865. See Item H10. Separate Units Note , later, for more information.

Members of an affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated return.

If one or more members of an affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated return qualify as Category 1 or 2 filers for a particular foreign partnership, the common parent corporation may file one Form 8865 on behalf of all of the members of the group required to report. Except for group members who also qualify under the constructive owners exception, the Form 8865 must contain all the information that would have been required to be submitted if each group member filed its own Form 8865.

Exception for certain trusts.

Trusts relating to state and local government employee retirement plans that otherwise would have Forms 8865 reporting requirements with regard to foreign partnerships aren’t required to file Form 8865.

Exception for certain Category 4 filers.

If you qualify as a Category 3 and 4 filer because you contributed property to a foreign partnership in exchange for a 10% or greater interest in that partnership, you aren’t required to report this transaction under both Category 3 and 4 filing requirements. If you properly report the contribution of property under the Category 3 rules, you aren’t required to report it as a Category 4 filer. However, the acquisition will count as a reportable event to determine if a later change in your partnership interest qualifies as a reportable event under Category 4.

Example.

Partner A doesn’t own an interest in FPS, a foreign partnership. Partner A transfers property to FPS in exchange for a 15% direct interest. Partner A qualifies as a Category 3 filer because he transferred property to a foreign partnership and owned at least a 10% interest in FPS immediately after the contribution. Partner A is also a Category 4 filer because he didn’t own a 10% or greater direct interest in FPS and as a result of the acquisition now owns a 10% or greater direct interest in FPS. If Partner A properly reports the contribution on Form 8865 as a Category 3 filer, Partner A isn’t required to report his acquisition of the 15% interest in FPS as a Category 4 filer.

Relief for Category 1 and 2 Filers When the Foreign Partnership Files Form 1065

If a foreign partnership files Form 1065 for its tax year, Category 1 and 2 filers may use a copy of the completed Form 1065 schedules in place of the equivalent schedules of Form 8865.

If you file Form 8865 with an electronically filed income tax return, see the electronic filing publications identified in the instructions for your income tax return for more information.

See the first paragraph under General Instructions, earlier, for the Form 1065 schedules that are equivalent to the Form 8865 schedules.

Example.

Partner A is a Category 1 filer with respect to FPS, a foreign partnership, during the 2023 tax year. FPS completes and files a Form 1065 for its 2023 tax year. Instead of completing Schedules B, K, K-2, L, M-1, M-2, K-1 and K-3 of Form 8865, Partner A may attach to its Form 8865 page 1 of Form 1065 and Form 1065 Schedules K, K-2, L, M-1, M-2, K-1 and K-3 (including the Schedules K-1 and K-3 for Partner A and all other U.S. persons owning 10% or greater direct interests in FPS). Partner A must complete the following items and schedules on Form 8865.

  • The first and second pages.

  • Schedule A.

  • Schedule A-1.

  • Schedule A-2.

  • Schedule A-3.

  • Schedule G (Form 8865).

  • Schedule H (Form 8865).

  • Schedule M.

  • Schedule N.

Example.

Partner A is a Category 2 filer with respect to FPS, a foreign partnership. If FPS completes and files a Form 1065 for its 2023 tax year, Partner A may file with Form 8865 the Schedules K-1 and K-3 (Form 1065) that it receives from the partnership instead of Schedules K-1 and K-3 (Form 8865). Partner A must complete the following items and schedules on Form 8865.

  • The first and second pages.

  • Schedule A.

  • Schedule A-2.

  • Schedule N.

When and Where To File

Attach Form 8865 to your income tax return (or, if applicable, partnership or exempt organization return) and file both by the due date (including extensions) for that return. If you don’t have to file an income tax return, you must file Form 8865 separately with the IRS at the time and place you would be required to file an income tax return (or, if applicable, a partnership or exempt organization return). See below for penalties that may apply if you don’t file Form 8865 on time.

Definitions

Partnership.

A partnership is the relationship between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business, with each person contributing money, property, labor, or skill and each expecting to share in the profits and losses of the business whether or not a formal partnership agreement is made.

The term “partnership” includes a limited partnership, syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, that isn’t, within the meaning of the regulations under section 7701, a corporation, trust, estate, or sole proprietorship.

A joint undertaking merely to share expenses isn’t a partnership. Mere co-ownership of property that is maintained and leased or rented isn’t a partnership. However, if the co-owners provide services to the tenants, a partnership exists.

Foreign partnership.

A foreign partnership is a partnership that isn’t created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any state or the District of Columbia. If a domestic section 721(c) partnership is formed on or after January 18, 2017, and the gain deferral method is applied, then the section 721(c) partnership is treated as a foreign partnership for purposes of Form 8865 and these instructions. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(4).

Section 721(c) partnership.

A partnership (domestic or foreign) is a section 721(c) partnership if there is a contribution of section 721(c) property to the partnership and, after the contribution (and all transactions related to the contribution), (a) a related foreign person with respect to the U.S. transferor is a direct or indirect partner in the partnership; and (b) the U.S. transferor and related persons own 80% or more of the interests in partnership capital, profits, deductions, or losses. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-1(b)(14).

U.S. transferor.

A U.S. transferor is a U.S. person other than a domestic partnership. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-1(b)(18).

Section 721(c) property.

Section 721(c) property is property (other than excluded property) with built-in gain that is contributed to a partnership by a U.S. transferor, including pursuant to a contribution described in Regulations section 1.721(c)-2(d) (partnership look-through rule). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-1(b)(15).

Gain deferral contribution.

A gain deferral contribution is a contribution of section 721(c) property to a section 721(c) partnership for which the recognition of gain is deferred under the gain deferral method. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-1(b)(7).

Gain deferral method.

The gain deferral method is the method described in Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(b) applied to avoid the immediate recognition of gain upon a contribution of section 721(c) property to a section 721(c) partnership under Regulations section 1.721(c)-2(b).

50% interest.

A 50% interest in a partnership is an interest equal to:

  • 50% of the capital,

  • 50% of the profits, or

  • 50% of the deductions or losses.

For purposes of determining a 50% interest, the constructive ownership rules described below apply.

10% interest.

A 10% interest in a partnership is an interest equal to:

  • 10% of the capital,

  • 10% of the profits, or

  • 10% of the deductions or losses.

For purposes of determining a 10% interest, the constructive ownership rules described below apply.

Constructive ownership.

For purposes of determining an interest in a partnership, the constructive ownership rules of section 267(c) (excluding section 267(c)(3)) apply, taking into account that such rules refer to corporations and not to partnerships. Generally, an interest owned directly or indirectly by or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or trust shall be considered as being owned proportionately by its owners, partners, or beneficiaries.

Also, an individual is considered to own an interest owned directly or indirectly by or for their family. The family of an individual includes only that individual's spouse, siblings, ancestors, and lineal descendants. An interest will be attributed from a nonresident alien individual under the family attribution rules only if the person to whom the interest is attributed owns a direct or indirect interest in the foreign partnership under section 267(c)(1) or (5).

U.S. person.

A U.S. person is a citizen or resident of the United States, a domestic partnership, a domestic corporation, and any estate or trust that isn’t foreign. See section 7701(a)(30).

Control of a corporation.

For purposes of Schedule N, control of a corporation is ownership of stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power, or more than 50% of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of the corporation. For rules concerning indirect ownership and attribution, see Regulations section 1.6038-2(c).

Change in a proportional interest.

A partner's proportional interest in a foreign partnership can change as a result of changes in other partners' interests, for example, when another partner withdraws from the partnership. A partner's proportional interest can also change, for example, by operation of the partnership agreement (for example, if the partnership agreement provides that a partner's interest in profits will change on a set date or when the partnership has earned a specified amount of profits, then the partner's proportional interest changes when the set date or specified amount of profits is reached).

Penalties

Failure to timely submit all information required of Category 1 and 2 filers.

  • A $10,000 penalty is imposed for each tax year of each foreign partnership for failure to furnish the required information within the time prescribed. If the information isn’t filed within 90 days after the IRS has mailed a notice of the failure to the U.S. person, an additional $10,000 penalty (per foreign partnership) is charged for each 30-day period, or fraction thereof, during which the failure continues after the 90-day period has expired. The additional penalty is limited to a maximum of $50,000 for each failure.

  • Any person who fails to furnish all of the information required within the time prescribed will be subject to a reduction of 10% of the foreign taxes available for credit under sections 901 and 960. If the failure continues 90 days or more after the date the IRS mails notice of the failure, an additional 5% reduction is made for each 3-month period, or fraction thereof, during which the failure continues after the 90-day period has expired. See section 6038 (and the underlying regulations) for the maximum reduction, the exception due to reasonable cause, and the limits on the amount of these penalties.

  • Criminal penalties under sections 7203, 7206, and 7207 may apply for failure to file or for filing false or fraudulent information.

Additionally, any person that files under the constructive owners exception may be subject to these penalties if all the requirements of the exception aren’t met. Any person required to file Form 8865 who doesn’t file under the multiple Category 1 filers exception may be subject to the above penalties if the other person doesn’t file a correctly completed form and schedules. See Exceptions to Filing, earlier.

Failure to file information required of Category 3 filers.

Any person that fails to properly report a contribution to a foreign partnership that is required to be reported under section 6038B and the regulations under that section is subject to a penalty equal to 10% of the fair market value (FMV) of the property at the time of the contribution. This penalty is subject to a $100,000 limit, unless the failure is due to intentional disregard. In addition, the transferor must recognize gain on the contribution as if the contributed property had been sold for its FMV. See section 6038B for the exception due to reasonable cause.

Failure to file information required of Category 4 filers.

Any person who fails to properly report all the information requested by section 6046A is subject to a $10,000 penalty, in addition to the section 7203 criminal penalty, unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause. If the failure continues for more than 90 days after the IRS mails notice of the failure, an additional $10,000 penalty will apply for each 30-day period (or fraction thereof) during which the failure continues after the 90-day period has expired. The additional penalty shall not exceed $50,000.

Treaty-based return positions.

File Form 8833, Treaty-Based Return Position Disclosure Under Section 6114 or 7701(b), to report a return position that a treaty of the United States (such as an income tax treaty; an estate and gift tax treaty; or a friendship, commerce, and navigation treaty):

  • Overrides or modifies any provision of the Internal Revenue Code, and

  • Causes (or potentially causes) a reduction of any tax incurred at any time.

Failure to make such a report may result in a $1,000 penalty ($10,000 in the case of a C corporation). See section 6712.

Section 6662(j).

Penalties may be imposed for underpayment attributable to undisclosed foreign financial asset understatements. The term “undisclosed foreign financial asset” for any tax year includes any asset for which required information was not provided. An "undisclosed foreign financial asset understatement" means for any tax year, the portion of the understatement for that tax year which is attributable to any transaction involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset. No penalty will be imposed for any portion of an underpayment if the taxpayer can demonstrate that the failure to comply was due to reasonable cause for such portion of the underpayment and the taxpayer acted in good faith for such portion of the underpayment. See sections 6662(j) and 6664(c) for additional information.

Failure to comply with a requirement of the gain deferral method.

Failure to comply with a requirement of the gain deferral method, including a failure to comply with the procedural and reporting requirements imposed under Regulations sections 1.721(c)-3 and 1.721(c)-6 and section 6038B, may result in an acceleration event under Regulations section 1.721(c)-4(b)(2) and a penalty under section 6038B. See the specific instructions for Schedule G and Schedule H, later.

Corrections to Form 8865

If you file a Form 8865 that you later determine is incomplete or incorrect, file a corrected Form 8865 with an amended tax return following the instructions for the return with which you originally filed Form 8865. Enter “corrected” at the top of the form and attach a statement identifying and explaining the changes.

Specific Instructions

Important:

All information must be in English. All amounts must be stated in U.S. dollars.

If the information required in a given section exceeds the space provided within that section, attach a separate statement(s) to provide the remaining information, using the same size and format as the printed forms.

Fill in all applicable lines and schedules.

All categories of filers must complete all items on pages 1 and 2, with three exceptions. Complete item E only if, in addition to filing the form on your own behalf, you are reporting information about other Category 1 filers under the multiple Category 1 filers exception, or you are reporting information about members of your affiliated group of corporations under the consolidated return exception. Only Category 1 and 2 filers are required to complete item H8. See Exceptions to Filing, earlier. Answer items H10 and H11 only if you are a Category 1 filer.

Tax Year

Enter in the space below the title of Form 8865 the tax year of the foreign partnership that ended with or within the tax year of the person filing this form. Category 1 or 2 filers must report information for the tax year of the foreign partnership that ends with or within their tax years. A Category 3 or 4 filer must report on Schedule O or P, respectively, transactions that occurred during that filer's tax year (rather than during the partnership's tax year).

Identifying Numbers and Addresses

Enter the identifying number of the person filing this return. Use an employer identification number (EIN) to identify partnerships, corporations, and estates or trusts. For individuals, use a social security number (SSN) or other identification number.

Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street address. If the post office doesn’t deliver mail to the street address and the U.S. person has a P.O. box, show the box number instead.

Foreign address.

Enter the information in the following order: city or town, state or province, and country. Follow the country's practice for entering the postal code, if any. Don’t abbreviate the country name.

Item A. Category of Filer

Check the box for each category that describes the person filing the form. If more than one category applies, check all boxes that apply. See Categories of Filers, earlier.

Item C

Enter the filer's share of nonrecourse liabilities, partnership-level qualified nonrecourse financing, and other liabilities. Nonrecourse liabilities are those liabilities of the partnership for which no partner bears the economic risk of loss. The extent to which a partner bears the economic risk is determined under the rules of Regulations section 1.752-2.

"Qualified nonrecourse financing" generally includes financing:

  • For which no one is personally liable for repayment;

  • That is borrowed for use in an activity of holding real property; and

  • That is borrowed from a qualified person (defined in section 49(a)(1)(D)(iv)) or is lent or guaranteed by a federal, state, or local government.

See section 465(b)(6) for more information on qualified nonrecourse financing.

Item D. Identification of Common Parent

If the person filing the form is a member of a consolidated group, but not the parent, list the name, address, and EIN of the filer's common parent.

Item E

Check the item E checkbox only if the Form 8865 filer also files Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, for the tax year and includes this form in the total number of Forms 8865 reported on Form 8938, Part IV, line 19. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 8938, generally, and in particular, Duplicative reporting and Part IV. Excepted Specified Foreign Financial Assets.

Item F

Information about certain partners.

If you are reporting information about other persons under the multiple Category 1 filers exception, or are reporting information about members of your affiliated group of corporations under the consolidated return exception (see Exceptions to Filing, earlier), identify each such person in item F. List their names, addresses, and identifying numbers. Also, indicate whether each person is a Category 1 filer or Category 2 filer, and whether such person constructively owned an interest in the foreign partnership during the tax year of the partnership listed at the top of Form 8865, page 1. See Constructive ownership, earlier.

Item G1

For the foreign partnership's address, enter the city or town, the state or province, and the foreign country in that order. Follow the foreign country's practice in placing the postal code in the address. Don’t abbreviate the country name. If the partnership receives its mail in care of a third party (such as an accountant or attorney), enter “C/O” followed by the third party's name and street address or P.O. box.

Item G2(a)

If the foreign partnership has an EIN, enter it here. Don’t enter “FOREIGNUS” or “APPLIED FOR.” If the partnership has no EIN, item G2(b) must be completed.

Item G2(b)

A reference ID number (defined below) is required on item G2(b) only in cases where no EIN was entered on item G2(a) for the foreign partnership. However, filers are permitted to enter both an EIN on item G2(a) and a reference ID number on item G2(b). If applicable, enter the reference ID number you have assigned to the foreign partnership identified on item G1.

A “reference ID number” is a number established by or on behalf of the U.S. person identified at the top of page 1 of the form that is assigned to a foreign partnership for which Form 8865 reporting is required. These numbers are used to uniquely identify the foreign partnership in order to keep track of the partnership from tax year to tax year.

The reference ID number must meet the requirements below. Don’t enter “FOREIGNUS” or “APPLIED FOR” with respect to the reference ID number.

Note.

Because reference ID numbers are established by or on behalf of the U.S. person filing Form 8865, there is no need to apply to the IRS to request a reference ID number or for permission to use these numbers.

Note.

Generally, the reference ID number assigned to a foreign partnership on Form 8865 has relevance only on Form 8865, its schedules, and any other form that is attached to or associated with Form 8865, and should not be used for that foreign partnership on other IRS forms. However, the foreign partnership's reference ID number should also be entered on Form 8858, Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Foreign Disregarded Entities, if the foreign partnership is listed as a tax owner of a foreign disregarded entity on Form 8858. See the instructions for Form 8858, line 3c(2), for more information.

Requirements

The reference ID number that is entered on item G2(b) must be alphanumeric (defined below) and no special characters or spaces are permitted. The length of a given reference ID number is limited to 50 characters.

For these purposes, the term “alphanumeric” means the entry can be alphabetical, numeric, or any combination of the two.

The same reference ID number must be used consistently from tax year to tax year for a given foreign partnership. If for any reason a reference ID number falls out of use (for example, the foreign partnership no longer exists due to disposition or liquidation), the reference ID number used for that foreign partnership cannot be used again for another foreign partnership for purposes of Form 8865 reporting.

There are some situations that warrant correlation of a new reference ID number with a previous reference ID number when assigning a new reference ID number to a foreign partnership. For example:

  • In the case of a merger or acquisition, a Form 8865 filer must use a reference ID number which correlates the previous reference ID number with the new reference ID number assigned to the foreign partnership; or

  • In the case of an entity classification election that is made on behalf of the foreign partnership on Form 8832, Regulations section 301.6109-1(b)(2)(v) requires the foreign partnership to have an EIN for this election. For the first year that Form 8865 is filed after an entity classification election is made on behalf of the foreign partnership on Form 8832, the new EIN must be entered on item G2(a) of Form 8865 and the old reference ID number must be entered on item G2(b). In subsequent years, the filer may continue to enter both the EIN on item G2(a) and the reference ID number on item G2(b), but must enter at least the EIN on item G2(a).

You must correlate the reference ID numbers as follows: New reference ID number (space) Old reference ID number. If there is more than one old reference ID number, you must enter a space between each such number. As indicated above, the length of a given reference ID number is limited to 50 characters and each number must be alphanumeric and no special characters are permitted.

Note.

This correlation requirement applies only to the first year the new reference ID number is used.

Item G6. Principal Business Activity Code

If the foreign partnership filed Form 1065.

Enter the business code number (principal business activity code) shown in item C of the Form 1065 filed by the partnership.

If the foreign partnership did not file Form 1065.

Enter the applicable principal business activity code from Codes for Principal Business Activity and Principal Product or Service at the end of these instructions. If the information necessary to apply the total receipts test is not available, pick a principal business activity code using the information you have about the partnership.

Item G8a. Functional Currency

Enter the foreign partnership's functional currency. See sections 985 through 989 and the regulations thereunder. If the partnership had more than one qualified business unit (QBU), described in Regulations section 1.989(a)-1(b)(2)(ii), attach a statement identifying each QBU, its country of operation, and its functional currency. A QBU under Regulations section 1.989(a)-1(b)(2)(ii) is any separate and clearly identified unit of a trade or business of the partnership which maintains separate books and records.

Hyperinflationary exception.

A partnership that has a hyperinflationary currency as its functional currency is subject to special rules set forth in Regulations section 1.985-3. Generally, under these rules, a partnership must use the U.S. dollar as its functional currency.

Item G8b. Exchange Rate

When translating functional currency to U.S. dollars, you must use the method specified in sections 985 through 989 and the regulations thereunder. But, regardless of the specific method required, all exchange rates must be reported using a “divide-by convention” rounded to at least four places. That is, the exchange rate must be reported in terms of the amount by which the functional currency amount must be divided in order to reflect an equivalent amount of U.S. dollars. As such, the exchange rate must be reported as the units of foreign currency that equal one U.S. dollar, rounded to at least four places. Don’t report the exchange rate as the number of U.S. dollars that equals one unit of foreign currency.

Note.

You must round the result to more than four places if failure to do so would materially distort the exchange rate or the equivalent amount of U.S. dollars.

Item H2

If the foreign partnership was required to file Form 1065 for the partnership's tax year listed at the top of page 1 of Form 8865, check the applicable box and enter the Internal Revenue Service Center where the form was or will be filed (or enter “electronic filing” if the form was or will be filed electronically). Also, check the applicable box(es) if the foreign partnership was required to file (for its tax year) Form 8804, Annual Return for Partnership Withholding Tax (Section 1446); or (for the calendar year ending with or within the foreign partnership's tax year)Form 1042, Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons.

Item H5

Section 267A disallows a deduction for certain interest or royalty paid or accrued in agreement with a hybrid arrangement, to the extent that, under the foreign tax law, there isn’t a corresponding income inclusion (including long-term deferral). In the case of a filer that is a tax resident of the United States (for example, a domestic corporation or citizen of the United States), report in item H5 the total amount of interest and royalty paid or accrued by the foreign partnership for which your distributive share of deductions is disallowed under section 267A. In the case of a filer that isn’t a tax resident of the United States (for example, a domestic partnership), only report in item H5 the portion of your distributive share of interest and royalty paid or accrued by the foreign partnership for which you know, or have reason to know, that one or more of your owners aren’t allowed a deduction under section 267A. For additional information about section 267A, including the application of section 267A in the case of payments by a partnership, see IRS.gov/businesses/partnerships/faqs-for-form-1065-schedule-b-other-information-question-22.

Item H6

Answer “Yes” to item H6 if the partnership is a section 721(c) partnership. If the answer is “Yes,” see the specific instructions for Schedules G and H, relating to the gain deferral method, and, if applicable, Schedule O, relating to the contribution of property during the tax year. See Section 721(c) partnership, earlier.

Item H8

Note.

Only Category 1 and 2 filers are required to complete item H8.

Enter the number of Forms 8858 attached to Form 8865. A disregarded entity is an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2). The partnership is the tax owner of the foreign disregarded entity if it is treated as owning the assets and liabilities of the foreign disregarded entity for purposes of U.S. income tax law.

If the foreign partnership is the tax owner of a foreign disregarded entity or operates a foreign branch and you are a Category 1 or 2 filer of Form 8865, complete and attach Form 8858 to Form 8865. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 8858. In addition, if the foreign partnership is required to attach Form 8858 to Form 8865, the amounts reported on certain schedules on Form 8858 must be included in determining the amounts reported on the equivalent schedules as follows.

IF amounts were reported on the following Schedule on Form 8858... THEN take those amounts into account (converting from GAAP to tax as necessary) when determining the amounts to be reported on this Schedule on Form 8865...
Schedule C Schedule B.
Schedule F Schedule L.
Schedule J Section 4, Part III, Schedule K-2.
Schedule M Schedule N.

Item H10. Separate Units

Note.

Only Category 1 filers (or indirect partners that are filing the constructive ownership exception statement) are required to answer items H10a and H10b, if applicable. Answer "Yes" to item H10a if the filer is a domestic corporation and (a) the partnership is a hybrid entity; or (b) the filer, through its interest in the partnership, indirectly owns an interest in a hybrid entity or indirectly carries on a business operation outside the United States that, if carried on by a U.S. person, would constitute a foreign branch (as defined in Regulations section 1.367(a)-6T(g)(1)). Under Regulations section 1.1503(d)-1(b)(3), a hybrid entity means an entity that isn’t taxable as an association for U.S. federal tax purposes, but is subject to an income tax of a foreign country as a corporation (or otherwise at the entity level) either on its worldwide income or on a residence basis. If the answer to item H10a is "No," skip item H10b.

See Regulations section 1.1503(d)-1(b)(4) for more information on separate units, including information on when two or more individual separate units are combined and treated as one separate unit. If you answer “Yes” to item H10b, then, for each separate unit that has a dual consolidated loss, attach a statement that sets forth (a) the identity and country of operation of the separate unit or, in the case of a combined separate unit, the identity and country of operation of each individual separate unit that is treated as part of the combined separate unit; and (b) the amount of the dual consolidated loss. See Regulations section 1.1503(d)-5 for rules on determining the amount of a dual consolidated loss attributable to a separate unit.

Item H11

Note.

Only Category 1 filers are required to answer item H11.

Answer “Yes” to item H11 if the partnership meets both of the requirements shown on the form. Total receipts is defined as the sum of gross receipts or sales(Schedule B, line 1a); all other income reported on Schedule B (lines 4 through 7); income reported on Schedule K, lines 3a, 5, 6a, and 7; income or net gain reported on Schedule K, lines 8, 9a, 10, and 11; and income or net gain reported on Form 8825, Rental Real Estate Income and Expenses of a Partnership or an S Corporation, lines 2, 19, and 20a.

Item H12

Check the “Yes” box on item H12a if the filer of this Form 8865 is claiming a deduction under section 250 for foreign-derived intangible income (FDII), and enter the amounts requested on items H12b, H12c, and H12d. Enter U.S. dollar amounts on items H12b, H12c, and H12d, translated from functional currency at the average exchange rate for the foreign partnership's tax year (see section 989(b)).

The reported amounts should provide information for transactions between the filer of the Form 8865 and the foreign partnership. See Form 8993 and its instructions for information on the section 250 deduction. If no deduction is being claimed, check the “No” box.

Item H14

Answer “Yes” if at any time during the year there were transfers between the partnership and its partners subject to the disclosure requirements of Regulations section 1.707-8. For certain transfers that are presumed to be sales, the partnership or the partners must comply with the disclosure requirements in Regulations section 1.707-8. Generally, disclosure is required when:

  1. Certain transfers to a partner are made within 2 years of a transfer of property by the partner to the partnership;

  2. Certain debt is incurred by a partner within 2 years of the earlier of (a) a written agreement to transfer, or (b) a transfer of the property that secures the debt, if the debt is treated as a qualified liability; or

  3. Transfers from a partnership to a partner occur which are the equivalent to those listed in (1) or (2) above.

The disclosure must be made on the transferor partner's return using Form 8275, Disclosure Statement, or on an attached statement providing the same information. When more than one partner transfers property to a partnership under a plan, the disclosure may be made by the partnership rather than each partner.

Signature

Filer.

Don’t sign Form 8865 if you are filing it as an attachment to your income tax return. Sign the return only if you are filing Form 8865 separately because you aren’t required to file a U.S. income tax return. See When and Where To File, earlier, for more information.

Paid preparer.

Don’t sign Form 8865 or complete the paid preparer section at the bottom of the form if Form 8865 is filed as an attachment to an income tax return. Sign Form 8865 and complete the paid preparer section only if Form 8865 is filed separately.

Schedule A. Constructive Ownership of Partnership Interest

All filers must complete Schedule A. Check box a if the person filing the return owns a direct interest in the foreign partnership. Check box b if the person filing the return constructively owns an interest in the foreign partnership. See Constructive ownership, earlier.

Category 1 and 2 filers.

Category 1 and 2 filers must list the persons (U.S. and foreign) whose interests in the foreign partnership they constructively owned during the partnership’s tax year.

Category 3 filers.

Category 3 filers must list the persons (U.S. and foreign) whose interests in the foreign partnership they constructively owned during the filer's tax year that the reportable transfer occurred. See Schedule A-2. Foreign Partners of Section 721(c) Partnership, later.

Schedule A-1. Certain Partners of Foreign Partnership

All Category 1 and certain Category 3 filers must complete Schedule A-1. Any person already listed on Schedule A isn’t required to be listed again on Schedule A-1.

Category 1 filers.

Category 1 filers must list all U.S. persons who owned at least a 10% direct interest in the foreign partnership during the partnership's tax year listed at the top of page 1 of Form 8865.

Category 3 filers.

Category 3 filers must list:

  • Each U.S. person that owned a 10% or greater direct interest in the foreign partnership during the Category 3 filer's tax year, and

  • Any other person related to the Category 3 filer that was a direct partner in the foreign partnership during that tax year.

    See Regulations section 1.6038B-2(i)(4) for the definition of a related person.

Exception.

Category 3 filers who only transferred cash and didn’t own a 10% or greater interest in the transferee partnership after the transfer aren’t required to complete Schedule A-1.

Schedule A-2. Foreign Partners of Section 721(c) Partnership

Schedule A-2 must be completed if (1) item H6 is answered “Yes” (that the partnership is a section 721(c) partnership); and (2) during the current tax year, a gain deferral contribution occurred, or (3) a gain deferral contribution occurred in a prior tax year (including before 2021) and, during the current tax year, the gain deferral method is applied to section 721(c) property contributed in the prior gain deferral contribution. See Section 721(c) partnership, Gain deferral contribution, and Gain deferral method, earlier.

Country of organization.

Insert the 2-letter country code for the country of organization for any foreign partner, other than an individual. See country codes on IRS.gov/CountryCodes.

Check if related to U.S. transferor.

Check the box if the partner is directly or indirectly related to the U.S. transferor (within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) and isn’t a U.S. person.

Percentage interest.

Include the foreign partner's percentage of interest in the partnership's capital and profits immediately after the gain deferral contribution. If multiple gain deferral contributions occurred during the tax year, enter the percentages immediately after the last gain deferral contribution. See Gain deferral contribution, earlier.

Schedule A-3. Affiliation Schedule

All filers must complete Schedule A-3. List on Schedule A-3 all partnerships (foreign or domestic) in which the foreign partnership owned a direct interest, or a 10% indirect interest (under the rules of sections 267(c)(1) and (5)) during the partnership tax year listed at the top of page 1 of Form 8865.

Category 1 filers.

Only Category 1 filers must complete the Total ordinary income or loss column. In that column, report the foreign partnership's share of ordinary income (even if not received) or loss from partnerships in which the foreign partnership owns a direct interest. The total amount of ordinary income or loss from each partnership must also be included on Schedule B, line 4.

Schedule B. Income Statement—Trade or Business Income

Important:

All Category 1 filers in partnerships engaged in a domestic or foreign trade or business must complete Form 8865, Schedule B.

If the partnership is a section 721(c) partnership and the gain deferral method is applied, Schedule B must include any remedial items for section 721(c) property, including an offsetting remedial item relating to contributed section 197(f)(9) property. SeeRegulations sections 1.704-3(d) and 1.704-3(d)(5)(iii). The total net amount of remedial allocations should be included on line 7, Other income (loss). Attach a detailed statement describing the remedial items allocated to each partner during the tax year for section 721(c) property. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-3. See Section 721(c) partnership, Section 721(c) property, and Gain deferral method, earlier.

Specific Instructions for Schedule B

For specific instructions for Form 8865, Schedule B, use the instructions for Form 1065, lines 1a through 21 (income and deductions).

This is an Image: taxtip.gifYou can view or download the Instructions for Form 1065 at IRS.gov/Form1065. Also, these instructions can be ordered by calling 800-829-3676 (800-TAX-FORM).

Schedule D. Capital Gains and Losses

Important:

All Form 8865 Category 1 filers in partnerships having partnership items described in the Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1065), Capital Gains and Losses, must complete that schedule.

This is an Image: taxtip.gifYou can view or download the Schedule D (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1065) at IRS.gov/ScheduleD(Form1065). Also, the form and its instructions can be ordered by calling 800-829-3676 (800-TAX-FORM).

Schedule G (Form 8865). Statement of Application of the Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c)

A U.S. transferor uses Schedule G to comply with the reporting requirements that must be satisfied in applying the gain deferral method. If the gain deferral method is applied to section 721(c) property, a U.S. transferor must file Schedule G for the tax year of a gain deferral contribution, as well as for each subsequent tax year to which the gain deferral method is applied to section 721(c) property, even if the gain deferral contribution for that property occurred before 2018. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-6(b)(2) and (3). See Gain deferral method, Gain deferral contribution, and Section 721(c) property, earlier.

Filing Year

Check the box for “Tax year of gain deferral contribution” if your tax year is a year in which a gain deferral contribution occurred (a gain deferral contribution year). Check the “Annual reporting” box if a gain deferral contribution occurred in a year prior to the current tax year and, in the current tax year, the gain deferral method applies to section 721(c) property contributed in the prior gain deferral contribution (an annual reporting year). If the tax year is both a gain deferral contribution year and an annual reporting year, both boxes should be checked.

General Instructions

On Schedule G, information must be provided for section 721(c) property that was (a) contributed to the partnership in a gain deferral contribution that occurred during the current tax year; or (b) contributed to the partnership in a gain deferral contribution that occurred during a prior tax year, provided that the gain deferral method is applied to the property in the current tax year. Collectively, section 721(c) property for which information must be reported on Schedule G is referred to as “reportable section 721(c) properties.” See Section 721(c) property, earlier.

In Parts I through V, information must be provided on a property-by-property basis. In Part I, reportable section 721(c) properties and accompanying information must be listed in descending order of FMV (measured at the time of contribution). Thus, the reportable section 721(c) property with the highest FMV should be listed on line 1, the reportable section 721(c) property with the second highest FMV should be listed on line 2, and so on.

In Parts II through IV, the line on which information is provided for a reportable section 721(c) property must correspond to the line on which the property is listed in Part I. Thus, in Parts II through IV, line 1 corresponds to Part I, line 1, and line 2 corresponds to Part I, line 2, and so on.

If there are more than four reportable section 721(c) properties, in Parts I through IV, attach a statement using the same format as in Parts I through IV, listing properties, or information for properties, in the same manner as described in the preceding two paragraphs. For example, the first line on the statement for Part I must be labeled “5” and contain columns with the same information as those in Part I, and must list the reportable section 721(c) property with the fifth-highest FMV. The statements for Parts I through IV may be combined in a single attached statement, provided that the format described above is followed.

A U.S. transferor should complete and file only one Schedule G for each partnership. See U.S. transferor, earlier.

Part I. Section 721(c) Property

Provide the requested information for each reportable section 721(c) property. See General Instructions under Schedule G above for the order in which properties must be listed and when an attached statement can and must be used. If there are more than four reportable section 721(c) properties, enter on line 4a the following information for the reportable section 721(c) properties listed on the attached statement.

  1. In columns 6(a) through 6(c), provide the aggregate FMV, basis, and built-in gain, respectively, of the properties.

  2. Check the boxes in columns 4, 5, and 7(a)–(e) if applicable to any of the properties.

This is an Image: caution.gifDon’t complete line 4a if there are four or fewer reportable section 721(c) properties.

Note.

Schedule O, Transfer of Property to a Foreign Partnership, may need to be completed if, during the tax year, the U.S. transferor contributed property (including section 721(c) property) to the partnership. See the Schedule O instructions, later.

Column 4. Section 197(f)(9) property.

Check the box for the reportable section 721(c) property if the property is an intangible described in section 197(f)(9).

Column 5. Effectively connected income property.

Check the box for the reportable section 721(c) property if (a) all distributive shares of income and gain with respect to the property for all direct and indirect partners that are related foreign persons for the U.S. transferor will be subject to taxation as income effectively connected with a trade or business within the United States (under section 871 or 882), and (b) neither the section 721(c) partnership nor a related foreign person that is a direct or indirect partner in the partnership claims benefits under an income tax convention that would exempt the income or gain from tax or reduce the rate of taxation to which the income or gain is subject. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-3(b)(1)(ii) and 1.721(c)-6(c)(1).

Column 6(a). Fair market value.

Enter the FMV of the reportable section 721(c) property, measured as of the date of contribution.

Column 6(b). Basis.

Enter the adjusted tax basis of the reportable section 721(c) property on the date of the contribution. See sections 1011 through 1016 for more information for the determination of adjusted tax basis.

Column 7. Events.

Check the box for each of columns 7(a) through 7(e) which describes an event that occurred during the tax year for the reportable section 721(c) property. If a box is checked for any reportable section 721(c) property listed, check “Yes” on the corresponding line in Part V of Schedule G and complete Schedule H. See the Part V instructions below.

Part II. Remaining Built-in Gain, Remedial Income, and Gain Recognition

Provide the requested information for each reportable section 721(c) property. See General Instructions under Schedule G, earlier, for the order in which properties must be listed and when an attached statement can and must be used. On line 4a, provide the total amounts in each column for all reportable section 721(c) property, including property listed on an attached statement.

Column (a). Remaining built-in gain at beginning of tax year.

For a reportable section 721(c) property, enter the amount of remaining built-in gain at the beginning of the tax year. If the property was contributed in the current tax year, enter the property’s built-in gain on the date of the contribution (Part I, column 6(c)).

Column (b). Remaining built-in gain at end of tax year.

For a reportable section 721(c) property, enter the amount of remaining built-in gain at the end of the tax year, figured under the gain deferral method.

Column (c). Remedial income allocated to the U.S. transferor.

For a reportable section 721(c) property, enter the remedial income allocated to the U.S. transferor under the remedial allocation method. When the gain deferral method applies to a section 721(c) property, the partnership must use the remedial allocation method described in Regulations section 1.704-3(d) for the property. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(b)(1)(i)(A).

Column (d). Gain recognized due to acceleration event.

For a reportable section 721(c) property, enter the amount of built-in gain taken into account by reason of an acceleration event or partial acceleration event. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-4 and 1.721(c)-5 for events constituting an acceleration event or partial acceleration event and for the consequences of such events.

Column (e). Gain recognized due to section 367 transfer.

For a reportable section 721(c) property, enter the amount of gain recognized by the U.S. transferor pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(e) (regarding transfers, including indirect transfers, described in section 367 of section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation). Gain recognized under section 367 should not be included in column 5. Instead, column 5 should list only the amount of gain recognized pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(e) (requiring the U.S. transferor to recognize an amount of gain equal to the remaining built-in gain (if any) that would have been allocated to the U.S. transferor if the partnership had sold the remaining portion of the property immediately before the transfer for FMV).

Part III. Allocation Percentages of Partnership Items With Respect to Section 721(c) Property

For each reportable section 721(c) property, enter the percentage of income, gain, deduction, and loss allocated to the U.S. transferor, related domestic partners, and related foreign partners. See General Instructions under Schedule G, earlier, for the order in which properties must be listed and when an attached statement can and must be used. See section 267(b) or 707(b)(1) for rules on determining related partners, and see Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(c) for a rule requiring that the partnership apply the consistent allocation method when the gain deferral method applies.

Part IV. Allocation of Items to U.S. Transferor With Respect to Section 721(c) Property

For each reportable section 721(c) property, enter the amount (both book and tax) of income, gain, deduction, and loss allocated to the U.S. transferor under the gain deferral method. See General Instructions under Schedule G, earlier, for the order in which properties must be listed and when an attached statement can and must be used. In addition, a description of any tax item or regulatory allocation for a reportable section 721(c) property that is allocated to the U.S. transferor must be included in Part VI, Supplemental Information.

Part V. Additional Information

Part V provides questions relating to whether certain events have occurred in the current tax year for one or more reportable section 721(c) properties and information relating to treaty benefits. Such events include:

  • Acceleration events (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-4),

  • Partial acceleration events (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(d)),

  • Termination events (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(b)),

  • Successor events involving a successor partnership or U.S. transferor (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(c)),

  • Taxable disposition of a portion of an interest in a partnership (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(f)), and

  • Direct or indirect transfer of section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation subject to section 367 (see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(e)).

Lines 1 through 6b.

If the answer is “Yes” to any of the questions on lines 1 through 6b of Part V, also complete and attach Schedule H (Form 8865). See the separate instructions later for Schedule H. In addition, the corresponding checkboxes in Part I, columns 7(a) through 7(e), should be marked, as applicable.

Line 7a.

If the answer is “Yes,” attach to Form 8865 a copy of the waiver of treaty benefits for the reportable section 721(c) property. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-6(b)(2)(iii) and 1.721(c)-6(c).

Part VI. Supplemental Information

Information to be reported.

When providing any information in Part VI, indicate the Part, Part column, and line for which the information is provided.

Additional Part rows.

If an attached statement is used in Parts I through IV, include the statement “Additional Section 721(c) Property statement(s) is/are attached” in the area provided in Part VI.

Other information.

Use the Supplemental Information section to provide any additional information required by Regulations section 1.721(c)-6 that isn’t captured in Parts I through IV above.

Schedule H (Form 8865). Acceleration Events and Exceptions Reporting Relating to Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c)

If the gain deferral method is being applied to reportable section 721(c) property, complete and file Schedule H to report certain events related to the section 721(c) property. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-4 and -5 for more information. Complete a separate Schedule H for each partnership.

General instructions.

Complete all Parts of Schedule H that correspond to the box or boxes checked in Schedule G, Part I, column 7, and the related line on Part V checked “Yes.” If additional lines are needed to report the information required in Parts I through V, attach a statement in the same format as the format used in the Part, in Part VI, Supplemental Information. See Section 721(c) property, earlier.

For Parts I–III and V, enter in column (a) the line number for the section 721(c) property from Schedule G, Part I. If the impacted section 721(c) property is listed on an attached statement to Schedule G, Part I, enter the line number from the attached statement on which that property was identified.

Part I. Acceleration Event

Acceleration event.

An acceleration event is any event that either would reduce the amount of the remaining built-in gain that a U.S. transferor would have recognized under the gain deferral method if the event had not occurred or could defer the recognition of the remaining built-in gain. Acceleration events are applicable on a property-by-property basis. An acceleration event includes the transfer of section 721(c) property by making a contribution of the property itself to another partnership or the contribution of an interest in a section 721(c) partnership to another partnership. When an acceleration event occurs for a section 721(c) property, the U.S. transferor must recognize gain in an amount equal to remaining built-in gain in the property that would have been allocated to the U.S. transferor if the section 721(c) partnership had sold the section 721(c) property immediately before the acceleration event for FMV. Following the event, the gain deferral method no longer applies to that section 721(c) property. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-4 for rules relating to acceleration events.

At any time, a U.S. transferor may affirmatively treat an acceleration event as having occurred (a deemed acceleration event) for a section 721(c) property by both recognizing the remaining built-in gain in that section 721(c) property and satisfying the reporting requirements of the acceleration event. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-4(b)(4).

Column (b).

Provide a description of the acceleration event, including the citation in the case of a partial or deemed acceleration event. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(iv). Use Part VI if additional space is needed to describe the transaction.

Column (d).

Enter the amount of the gain recognized by the U.S. transferor for the section 721(c) property resulting from the acceleration event.

Column (e).

Enter the amount that the section 721(c) partnership will increase its basis in the section 721(c) property as a result of the acceleration event. See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-4(c)(2) and 1.721(c)-5(d) in the case of a partial acceleration event.

Column (f).

Check the box if there is a partial acceleration event and the U.S. transferor recognizes a partial gain for the section 721(c) property. Certain distributions of other partnership property to a partner that result in an adjustment under section 734 to the section 721(c) property constitute a partial acceleration event requiring that the U.S. transferor recognize gain. If there is a remaining built-in gain in the section 721(c) property immediately after the partial acceleration event, the gain deferral method must continue to apply and the U.S. transferor is required to continue to report the information on Schedule G for that property. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(d).

Part II. Termination Event

A termination event causes the gain deferral method to no longer apply for the affected section 721(c) property on a property-by-property basis. Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(b) identifies the termination events.

Column (b).

Provide a description of the termination event, including the citation to the relevant paragraph in Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(b). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(v). Use Part VI if additional space is needed to describe the transaction.

Part III. Successor Event

A successor event allows for the continued application of the gain deferral method for the affected section 721(c) property on a property-by-property basis by a successor U.S. transferor or a successor section 721(c) partnership. However, if the successor doesn’t continue the gain deferral method, the event is an acceleration event and must be reported in Part I above. Successor events are applicable on a property-by-property basis. If only a portion of an interest in a partnership is transferred in a successor event, the rules of Regulations section 1.704-3(a)(7) are applied to determine the remaining built-in gain in the section 721(c) property that is attributable to the portion of the interest that is transferred and the portion that is retained. Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(c) identifies the successor events, including special rules for transactions involving tiered partnerships.

If more than one successor event occurs in the tax year, provide the required information for each event separately in Part IV in chronological date order.

Column (b).

Provide a description of the successor event, including the citation to the relevant paragraph in Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(c). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(v). Use Part VI if additional space is needed to describe the transaction.

Column (d).

Enter the identifying information of the relevant successor, as applicable. In certain successor events, a domestic corporation becomes the successor U.S. transferor. In other successor events, a partnership becomes the successor section 721(c) partnership. A successor section 721(c) partnership may be a new, upper-tier, or lower-tier partnership. The identifying information must include the name, address, and U.S. taxpayer identification number (TIN), if any, of the successor U.S. transferor or successor section 721(c) partnership.

Part IV. Taxable Disposition of a Portion of an Interest in Partnership Event

Part IV reports the information relating to a fully taxable disposition of a portion of an interest in a section 721(c) partnership. Complete this Part if a U.S. transferor or a partnership in which a U.S. transferor is a direct or indirect partner disposes of (directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships) a portion of an interest in a section 721(c) partnership in a transaction in which the gain or loss, if any, is recognized. This will not be an acceleration event for the portion of the interest transferred. The gain deferral method will continue to apply for the section 721(c) property of the section 721(c) partnership. The rules of Regulations section 1.704-3(a)(7) are applied to determine the remaining built-in gain in the section 721(c) property on a property-by-property basis that is attributable to the portion of the interest in the section 721(c) partnership is retained. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(f).

Column (a).

Provide a description of the disposition of the interest in the partnership, including whether the interest was a direct or indirect interest (through one or more partnerships). If more than one taxable disposition event occurs in the tax year, provide the required information for each event separately in Part IV in chronological date order. If additional space is needed, provide the information in Part VI.

Column (c).

Enter the percentage of partnership interest that was disposed of in the event to which all gain or loss, if any, is recognized.

Column (d).

Enter the percentage of the partnership interest (directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships) that the U.S. transferor retained immediately after the event.

Column (e).

Enter the aggregate amount of the remaining built-in gain for all of the section 721(c) properties that is attributable to the portion of the interest in the section 721(c) partnership that is retained. Attach a detailed supporting schedule to Schedule H that separately states each remaining section 721(c) property and its respective remaining built-in gain allocable to the U.S. transferor included in the aggregate amount reported in column (e).

Part V. Section 367 Transfer Event

Part V reports the information relating to a transfer described in section 367 of section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(e). Section 367 events include:

  • Transfer of section 721(c) property by a section 721(c) partnership to a foreign corporation, or

  • Transfer by a U.S. transferor or a partnership in which a U.S. transferor is a direct or indirect partner transfers (directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships) all or a portion of the section 721(c) partnership that owns section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation.

As a result of the section 367 event, the section 721(c) property is no longer subject to the gain deferral method. The U.S. transferor is treated as transferring the section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation and is subject to taxation on the transfer under section 367. See the section 367 regulations for rules relating to gain or income recognition under section 367.

Note.

A transfer of property to a foreign corporation by a U.S. transferor is subject to other reporting requirements under sections 367, 351, 368, and 6038B (for example, the filing of Form 926), as applicable. See the related regulations under these Code sections. Such reporting requirements are in addition to the filing of Schedule H.

After considering the tax consequences under section 367, the remaining built-in gain, if any, for the section 721(c) property is recognized by the U.S. transferor to the extent that would have been allocated to the U.S. transferor had the section 721(c) partnership sold that portion of the property immediately before the transfer for FMV.

Column (b).

Provide a description of the section 367 transfer, including whether the transfer was a direct or indirect transfer (through one or more partnerships) of section 721(c) property to a foreign corporation. If more than one section 367 transfer occurs in the tax year, provide the required information for each transfer separately in Part IV in chronological date order. If additional space is needed, provide the information in Part VI.

Column (d).

Enter the amount of the remaining portion of built-in gain recognized by the U.S. transferor under section 721(c). The amount of gain equals the remaining portion of the built-in gain that would have been allocated to the U.S. transferor if the section 721(c) partnership had sold that portion of the section 721(c) property immediately before the transfer for FMV. This amount should not include any gain or income recognized by the U.S. transferor pursuant to section 367 that is reported elsewhere on the return. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5(e). After the section 367 transfer, the transferred section 721(c) property will no longer be subject to the gain deferral method.

Column (e).

Enter the identifying information of the foreign transferee corporation that received the section 721(c) property in the section 367 transfer. The identifying information includes the name, address, and U.S.TIN, if any.

Part VI. Supplemental Information

Information to be reported.

When providing any information in the Supplemental Information, indicate the Part, Part column, row, and line for which the information is provided.

Additional Part rows.

If additional rows are needed to enter information in Parts I through V in the Supplemental Information, provide the information in an attachment or attachments to Schedule H in the same format as required for the row on the Part at issue. If separate supplemental schedules are used for any Part of Schedule H for specific section 721(c) properties, use the same corresponding identification line number from the Part I of Schedule G for such property on the supplemental schedule for Schedule H.

Other information.

Use the Supplemental Information section to provide any additional information required by Regulations section 1.721(c)-6 that isn’t reported in Parts I through V above.

Schedules K, Partners' Distributive Share Items, and K-1 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.

Schedule K

Form 8865, Schedule K, is a summary schedule of all of the partners' shares of the partnership income, credits, deductions, etc. Only Category 1 filers must complete Form 8865, Schedule K.

Schedule K-1

Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) is used to report a specific partner's share of the partnership income, deductions, credits, etc.

All Category 1 and 2 filers must complete Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for any direct interest they hold in the partnership. A Category 1 or 2 filer that doesn’t own a direct interest is not required to complete Schedule K-1 (Form 8865).

Category 1 filers must also complete Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for each U.S. person that directly owns a 10% or greater direct interest in the partnership.

Provide the partner's beginning and year-end percentage interests in partnership profits, losses, capital, or deductions. These percentages should include any interest constructively owned by the filer.

Complete boxes 1 through 21 for any direct interest that the partner owns in the partnership.

Example.

Partner A owns a 45% direct interest in a foreign partnership (FPS). Partner A also owns 100% of the stock of a domestic corporation (DC), which owns a 10% direct interest in FPS. Therefore, Partner A is considered to own a 55% interest in FPS and is thus a Category 1 filer. When Partner A completes Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for itself, Partner A must report the distributive share of items allocated to Partner A's direct interest of 45% but not any items allocated to DC's 10% interest. When Partner A completes Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for DC (which Partner A must do because DC owns a direct 10% interest), Partner A must report on DC's Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) only items allocated to DC's direct 10% interest.

Although the partnership isn’t subject to income tax, the partners are liable for tax on their shares of the partnership income, whether or not distributed, and must include their share of such items on their tax returns.

Allocations of income, gains, losses, deductions, or credits among the partners should generally be made according to the partnership agreement. See section 704 and the regulations thereunder.

Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for related foreign partners.

If the gain deferral method is applied and a section 721(c) partnership doesn’t have a filing obligation under section 6031, the U.S. transferor must obtain a Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for each direct or indirect partner that is related to the U.S. transferor (within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) and that isn’t a U.S. person (related foreign partner). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(c)(3). The Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for each related foreign partner must be filed and attached to the Form 8865 as part of the annual reporting relating to the gain deferral method pursuant to Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(xi). The instructions that apply to Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for all other partners also apply to a Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) for a related foreign partner. See Gain deferral method, Section 721(c) partnership, and U.S. transferor, earlier.

General Reporting Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 8865)

On each Schedule K-1 (Form 8865), enter the information about the partnership and the partner in Parts I and II (items A through F). For Schedule K-1 (Form 8865), items E and F, see the instructions for the corresponding Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), items J and L, in the Instructions for Form 1065 under Specific Instructions (Schedule K-1 only). In Part III, enter the partner's distributive share of each item of income, deduction, and credit and any other information the partner needs to prepare the partner's tax return.

Item A2

Enter the reference ID number used on Form 8865, item G2(b). For details, see Item G2(b), earlier.

Part III—line 1.

If the gain deferral method is applied to which the section 721(c) partnership adopts the remedial allocation method, the amounts reflected on each partner's Schedule K-1 for the allocations of income, gains, losses, deductions, or credits allocated to such partner must include any allocations of remedial items for section 721(c) property. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(c).

For example, if the partner is the U.S. transferor of section 721(c) property, Part III, line 1, would include any remedial income allocated to the U.S. transferor from Schedule G, Part II, column (c), Remedial income allocated to U.S. transferor, as applicable. For partners other than the transferor, Part III, line 1, would include their share of ordinary business income (or loss) after taking into account any remedial items to such partner relating to section 721(c) property. However, Part III, line 1, would not include basis adjustments attributable to section 197(f)(9) for related foreign partners. See Regulations sections 1.704-3(d)(5)(iii) and 1.721(c)-3. See Section 721(c) partnership, Section 721(c) property, and Gain deferral method, earlier.

Codes.

In box 11 and boxes 13 through 21, identify each item by entering a code in the column to the left of the dollar amount entry space. These codes are identified in List of Codes Used for Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) , later. For Box 11—Code ZZ. Other, see Other code ZZ in the Instructions for Form 1065.

Attached statements.

When attaching statements to Schedule K-1 to report additional information to the partner, indicate there is a statement for the following.

  • If an amount can be input on Schedule K-1 but additional information is required, enter an asterisk (*) after the code in the column to the left of the entry space.

  • For items that can't be reported as a single dollar amount, enter the code and an asterisk (*) in the column to the left and enter “STMT” in the right column to indicate that the information is provided on an attached statement.

  • If the partnership has more coded items than the number of entry boxes (for example, boxes 11 and 13 through 15, or boxes 17 through 21), don't enter a code or dollar amount in the last entry box. Instead, enter an asterisk (*) in the left column and enter “STMT” in the entry space to the right.

More than one attached statement can be placed on the same sheet of paper. The information included in the statement should be identified in alphanumeric order by box number followed by the letter code (if any), description, and dollar amount for each item. For example: “Box 15, code J—Work opportunity credit—$1,000.” This can be followed with any additional information the partner needs to determine the proper tax treatment of the item.

Specific Instructions for Schedules K and K-1

For the specific instructions for Form 8865, Schedule K, and Schedule K-1 (Form 8865), see the Instructions for Form 1065.

If the partnership is a section 721(c) partnership, box 20 (code AL—Section 721(c) partnership) of Schedule K-1, Part III, must include the amounts relating to any remedial items made under the remedial allocation method (described in Regulations sections 1.704-3(d) and 1.704-3(d)(5)(iii)) for section 721(c) property. For the specific partner's information relating to the remedial method allocations and gain deferral method, see the Instructions for Form 1065, especially the Partner's Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1065).

Line 16.

If the partnership had items of international tax relevance, see the Instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 8865) to determine if you need to check the box and attach Schedules K-2 and K-3.

Schedules K-2 (Form 8865), Partners’ Distributive Share Items—International, and K-3 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.—International

Schedule K-2

Schedule K-2 (Form 8865) is an extension of Schedule K of the Form 8865 and is used to report items of international tax relevance from the operation of a partnership.

Schedule K-3

Schedule K-3 (Form 8865) is an extension of Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) and is generally used to report the partner’s share of the items reported on Schedule K-2. The information reported on Schedule K-3 is used to report information on a partner’s tax or information returns.

For more information, see the Instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 8865).

Schedule L. Balance Sheets per Books

The balance sheets should agree with the partnership's books and records. Attach a statement explaining any differences.

Only Category 1 filers are required to complete Form 8865, Schedule L.

If you answered "Yes" to item H11 on page 1 of Form 8865, you do not have to complete Form 8865, Schedule L.

Schedule L requires balance sheets prepared and translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Exception.

Generally, if the partnership or any QBU of the partnership uses the dollar approximate separate transactions method (DASTM), Form 8865, Schedule L, should reflect the tax balance sheets prepared and translated into U.S. dollars according to Regulations section 1.985-3(d).

Specific Instructions for Schedule L

For the specific instructions for Form 8865, Schedule L, see the Instructions for Form 1065.

Schedule M-1. Reconciliation of Income (Loss) per Books With Income (Loss) per Return

Form 8865 filers aren’t required to complete Schedule M-3 (Form 1065), Net Income (Loss) Reconciliation for Certain Partnerships.

Only Category 1 filers are required to complete Form 8865, Schedule M-1. If you answered "Yes" to item H11 on page 1 of Form 8865, you don’t have to complete Form 8865, Schedule M-1.

Specific Instructions for Schedule M-1

For the specific instructions for Schedule M-1 (Form 8865), see the Instructions for Form 1065.

Schedule M-2. Analysis of Partners' Capital Accounts

Only Category 1 filers are required to complete Form 8865, Schedule M-2. If you answered "Yes" to item H11 on page 1 of Form 8865, you don’t have to complete Form 8865, Schedule M-2.

Specific Instructions for Schedule M-2

For the specific instructions for Form 8865, Schedule M-2, see the Instructions for Form 1065.

Schedule N. Transactions Between Controlled Foreign Partnership and Partners or Other Related Entities

All Category 1 filers must complete Schedule N and report all transactions of the foreign partnership during the tax year of the partnership listed on the top of Form 8865, page 1. A Category 1 filer filing a Form 8865 for other Category 1 filers under the multiple Category 1 filers exception must complete a Schedule N for itself and a separate Schedule N for each Category 1 filer not filing Form 8865.

Category 2 filers are required to complete columns (a), (b), and (c) of Schedule N. Category 2 filers don’t have to complete column (d).

Column (a).

Use column (a) to report transactions between the foreign partnership and the person filing the Form 8865.

Column (d).

Use column (d) to report transactions between the foreign partnership and any U.S. person with a 10% or more direct interest in the foreign partnership. If such person also qualifies under column (b), don’t report transactions between the foreign partnership and that person under column (d). Report the transactions only under column (b).

Lines 6 and 16.

Enter distributions received from other partnerships and distributions from the foreign partnership for which this form is being completed.

Lines 20 and 21.

Enter the largest outstanding balances during the tax year of gross amounts borrowed from, and gross amounts lent to, the related parties described in columns (a) through (d). Don’t enter aggregate cash flows, year-end loan balances, average balances, or net balances. Don’t include open account balances resulting from sales and purchases reported under other items listed on Schedule N that arise and are collected in full in the ordinary course of business.

Schedule O (Form 8865). Transfer of Property to a Foreign Partnership

Category 3 filers must complete Schedule O.

Section 721(c) partnerships.

Regulations section 1.721(c)-2 overrides section 721(a) nonrecognition of gain upon a contribution of section 721(c) property to a section 721(c) partnership occurring on or after August 6, 2015. A U.S. transferor must recognize gain unless the gain deferral method described in Regulations section 1.721(c)-3 is applied. To satisfy the reporting requirements of the gain deferral method, the U.S. transferor is required to report certain information for the year of the contribution and for subsequent years. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6. See Section 721(c) property, Section 721(c) partnership, U.S. transferor, and Gain deferral method, earlier.

Reference ID number.

Use the reference ID number shown on Form 8865, item G2(b). For details, see Item G2(b), earlier.

Part I. Transfers Reportable Under Section 6038B

Part I is used to report the transfer of property to a foreign partnership in accordance with Regulations section 1.6038B-2(c). The completion of Part l (related property transferred to the partnership) is required by Regulations section 1.6038B-2(c). Provide the information required in columns (a) through (g) for each contribution of property to the foreign partnership that must be reported. If you contributed property with an FMV greater than its tax basis (appreciated property), or intangible property, provide the information required in columns (a) through (g) separately for each item of property transferred (except to the extent you are allowed to aggregate the property under Regulations sections 1.704-3(e)(2), (3), and (4)).

Provide a general description of each item of property in the Supplemental Information Required To Be Reported section. For all other property contributed, aggregate by the categories listed in Part I.

Column (a).

Enter the date of the transfer. If the transfer was composed of a series of transactions over multiple dates, enter the date the transfer was completed.

Column (b).

Enter the description of the property transferred.

Column (c).

Enter the FMV of the property contributed (measured as of the date of the transfer).

Column (d).

Enter your adjusted basis in the property contributed on the date of the transfer. See sections 1011 through 1016 for more information on the determination of adjusted basis.

Column (f).

If you contributed appreciated property, enter the method (traditional, traditional with curative allocations, or remedial) used by the partnership to make section 704(c) allocations for each item of property. See Regulations sections 1.704-3(b), (c), and (d) for more information on these allocation methods. If the gain deferral method is applied, the remedial method must generally be used. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(b)(1)(i). For an exception for certain property generating effectively connected income, see Regulations section 1.721(c)-3(b)(1)(ii).

Column (g).

Enter the amount of gain, if any, recognized on the transfer. See sections 721(b) and 904(f)(3), and Regulations section 1.721(c)-2.

Line 3.

Enter your capital interests, by percentage, in the partnership immediately before and after the transfer. To the extent your capital interest in the partnership immediately before the transfer differs from any of your profit, loss, or deduction interests in the partnership at that time, enter in the supplemental information below your interests, by percentage, in the profit, loss, and deductions at that time. To the extent your capital interest in the partnership immediately after the transfer differs from any of your profit, loss, or deduction interests in the partnership at that time, enter in the supplemental information below your interests, by percentage, in the profit, loss, and deductions at that time.

Supplemental information required to be reported.

Enter any information from Part I that is required to be reported in greater detail. Identify the applicable column number next to the information entered in this section. In addition, if you contributed property to a foreign partnership as part of a wider transaction, briefly describe the entire transaction.

Reporting required for the year of contribution to which the gain deferral method is applied.

Additionally, describe any section 721(c) property contributed to a section 721(c) partnership and identify whether the gain deferral method is applied. A U.S. transferor must attach to Form 8865, for the year of contribution, Schedule G, containing the information described in Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(2)(i). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b) for additional requirements.

Additional form and statement requirements.

In addition to the reporting requirements above, the following statements and forms must also be filed to satisfy the requirements for the gain deferral method.

  • Schedule H (Form 8865), if certain events have occurred.

  • Form 8838-P, Consent To Extend the Time To Assess Tax Pursuant to the Gain Deferral Method (Section 721(c)). See Regulations sections 1.721(c)-6(b)(2)(ii), (b)(3)(viii), and (b)(5) for more information.

  • Copy of “Statement of Waiver of Treaty Benefits under Section 1.721(c)-6,” if applicable. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(c)(1).

Annual Reporting With Respect to the Gain Deferral Method

A U.S. transferor subject to the gain deferral method must annually attach Schedule G (Form 8865), containing the information required in Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3)(i) through (vii) (and (b)(3)(ix), as applicable). See Regulations section 1.721(c)-6(b)(3) for further annual reporting requirements pursuant to the gain deferral method.

Part II. Dispositions Reportable Under Section 6038B

Use Part II to report certain dispositions by a foreign partnership in accordance with Regulations section 1.6038B-2(d). The completion of Part ll (related property transferred to the partnership) is required by Regulations section 1.6038B-2(d). If you were required to report a transfer of appreciated property to the partnership, and the partnership disposes of the property while you are still a direct or constructive partner, you must report that disposition in Part II. If the partnership disposes of the property in a nonrecognition transaction and receives in exchange substituted basis property, report the subsequent disposition of the substituted basis property in the same manner as provided for the contributed property. See section 7701(a)(42) for the definition of substituted basis property and Regulations section 1.704-3(a)(8) for more information.

A disposition by a partnership may be an acceleration event for purposes of applying the gain deferral method. The U.S. transferor may be required to recognize gain in an amount equal to the remaining built-in gain on the section 721(c) property previously contributed to the section 721(c) partnership. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-4. For acceleration event exceptions, see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5. Acceleration events and exceptions to an acceleration event should be reflected on Part II. In addition, Schedules G and H are required to be filed.

Column (a).

Provide a brief description of the property disposed of by the partnership. If you are reporting the disposition of substituted basis property received by the partnership in a nonrecognition transaction in exchange for appreciated property contributed by you, enter “See Attached” and attach a statement providing brief descriptions of both the property contributed by you to the partnership and the substituted basis property received by the partnership in exchange for that property.

Column (b).

Enter the date that you transferred this property to the partnership. If you are reporting the disposition of substituted basis property received by the partnership in a nonrecognition transaction in exchange for property previously contributed by you, enter “See Attached” and attach a statement showing both the date you transferred the appreciated property to the partnership and the date the partnership exchanged the property for substituted basis property in a nonrecognition transaction. See Regulations section 1.6038B-2.

Column (c).

Enter the date that the partnership disposed of the property.

Column (d).

Briefly describe how the partnership disposed of the property (for example, by sale or exchange).

Column (e).

Enter the amount of gain, if any, recognized by the partnership on the disposition of property.

Column (f).

Enter the amount of depreciation recapture, if any, recognized by the partnership on the disposition of property. See Regulations sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1250-1(f).

Column (g).

Enter the amount of gain from column (e) allocated to you.

Column (h).

Enter the amount of depreciation recapture from column (f) allocated to you. See Regulations sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1250-1(f). If you recognize any section 1254 recapture on the partnership's disposition of natural resource recapture property, enter “See Attached” and attach a statement figuring the amount of recapture. See Regulations section 1.1254-5.

Part III. Gain Recognition Under Section 904(f)(3) or (f)(5)(F)

If gain recognition was required for any transfer reported in Part I under section 904(f)(3) or (f)(5)(F), attach a statement identifying the transfer and the amount of gain recognized.

Schedule P (Form 8865). Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Changes of Interests in a Foreign Partnership

Use Schedule P to report the acquisition, disposition, and change of interest in a foreign partnership.

Every Category 4 filer must complete Schedule P, unless they qualify under the exception for certain Category 4 filers, described earlier.

Reference ID number.

Use the reference ID number shown on Form 8865, item G2(b). For details, see Item G2(b), earlier.

Part I. Acquisitions

Part I is completed by Category 4 filers required to report an acquisition of an interest in a foreign partnership. SeeCategories of Filers, earlier, for more details about which types of acquisitions must be reported.

An acquisition of a section 721(c) partnership interest may be an acceleration event exception under the gain deferral method. In such case, Schedule H is required to be filed. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-5. In this case, the acquirer may become a successor U.S. transferor and may have a reporting requirement under Regulations section 1.721(c)-6. As a result, the successor U.S. transferor is required to file Schedule G as well as, if certain events occur, Schedule H. See Section 721(c) partnership, Gain deferral method, and U.S. transferor, earlier.

Column (a).

If you acquired the interest in the foreign partnership by purchase, gift, or inheritance, or in a distribution from a trust, estate, partnership, or corporation, enter the name, address, and identifying number (if any) of the person from whom you acquired the interest.

Column (b).

Enter the date of the acquisition. If the acquisition was composed of a series of transactions over multiple dates, enter the date the acquisition was completed.

Column (c).

Enter the FMV of the interest you acquired in the partnership (measured as of the date of acquisition).

Column (d).

Enter your basis in the acquired partnership interest (measured as of the date of acquisition). See sections 722 and 742.

Columns (e) and (f).

Enter your total direct percentage interest in the partnership both before and immediately after the acquisition. To the extent your direct percentage interest in the partnership differs among capital, profits, losses, or deductions, enter “See Below” and state the different percentages in Part IV.

Part II. Dispositions

This section is completed by U.S. persons who are Category 4 filers because they disposed of an interest in a foreign partnership. See Categories of Filers, earlier, for more details about what types of dispositions must be reported. For each disposition reported in Part II, indicate in Part IV whether a statement is required by Regulations section 1.751-1(a)(3) to be filed for the disposition.

A disposition of a section 721(c) partnership interest may be an acceleration event for purposes of applying the gain deferral method. The U.S. transferor may be required to recognize gain in an amount equal to the remaining built-in gain on the section 721(c) property previously contributed to the section 721(c) partnership. In this case, Schedule H must also be filed. See Regulations section 1.721(c)-4. For acceleration event exceptions, see Regulations section 1.721(c)-5.

Column (a).

Unless you disposed of the interest by withdrawing, in whole or in part, from the partnership, enter the name, address, and identifying number (if any) of the person to whom you transferred the interest in the foreign partnership.

Column (b).

Enter the date of the disposition. If the disposition was composed of a series of transactions over multiple dates, enter the date the disposition was completed.

Column (c).

Enter the FMV of the interest you disposed of in the partnership (measured as of the date of disposition). If you recognized gain or loss on the disposition, state the amount of gain or loss in Part IV. See section 741.

Column (d).

Enter your adjusted basis in the partnership interest disposed of immediately before the disposition. See section 705.

Columns (e) and (f).

Enter your total direct percentage interest in the partnership both before and immediately after the disposition. To the extent your percentage interest in the partnership differs among capital, profits, losses, or deductions, enter “See Below” and state the different percentages in Part IV.

Part III. Change in Proportional Interest

This section is completed by U.S. persons who are Category 4 filers because their direct proportional interest in the foreign partnership changed. See Categories of Filers, earlier, for more details about which changes in proportional interest must be reported.

Column (a).

Briefly describe the event that caused your interest in the partnership to change (for example, the admission of a new partner).

Column (b).

Enter the date of the change. If the change resulted from a series of transactions over multiple dates, enter the date the change was completed.

Column (c).

Enter the FMV of your interest in the partnership immediately before the change.

Column (d).

Enter your basis in your partnership interest immediately before the change.

Columns (e) and (f).

Enter your direct percentage interest in the partnership both before and immediately after the change. To the extent your percentage interest in the partnership differs among capital, profits, losses, or deductions, enter “See Below” and state the different percentages in Part IV.

Part IV. Supplemental Information Required To Be Reported

Enter any information asked for in Part I, Part II, or Part III that must be reported in detail. Identify the applicable part number and column next to the information entered in Part IV.

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.

We ask for the information on this form and its schedules to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. We need this information to ensure that you are complying with the revenue laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax. Sections 6038, 6038B, 6038D, and 6046A require you to provide this information. Section 6038D requires specified individuals and, upon issuance of regulations, specified domestic entities to report specified foreign financial assets in which they have an interest. Form 8938 is generally used to comply with this reporting requirement, but if you checked the box on Form 8865, item E, you're choosing to use Form 8865 (in conjunction with Form 8938) to report your interests. Section 6109 requires you to provide your identification number. Failure to provide all of the requested information in a timely manner or providing false information may subject you to penalties.

You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103. However, section 6103 allows or requires the IRS to disclose or give such information to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and territories for use in administering their tax laws. We may also disclose this information to other countries under a tax treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.

The time needed to complete and file this form and related schedules will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden for individual and business taxpayers filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and 1545-0123 and is included in the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual and business income tax return. The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file this form is shown below.

Form Recordkeeping Learning about the law
or the form
Preparing, copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS
8865 39 hr., 30 min. 6 hr., 47 min. 14 hr., 21 min.
Schedule G (Form 8865) 13 hr., 52 min. 3 hr., 34 min. 3 hr., 57 min.
Schedule H (Form 8865) 7 hr., 53 min. 2 hr., 17 min. 2 hr., 30 min.
Schedule K-1 (Form 8865) 12 hr., 12 min. 7 hr., 31 min. 9 hr., 14 min.
Schedule K-2 (Form 8865) 170 hr., 16 min. 34 hr., 28 min. 50 hr., 44 min.
Schedule K-3 (Form 8865) 171 hr., 13 min. 35 hr., 33 min. 51 hr., 53 min.
Schedule O (Form 8865) 16 hr., 15 min. 5 hr., 10 min. 5 hr., 39 min.
Schedule P (Form 8865) 5 hr., 44 min. 1 hr., 12 min. 1 hr., 20 min.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form and related schedules simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can send us comments through IRS.gov/FormComments. Or you can send your comments to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send Form 8865 to this address. Instead, see When and Where To File, earlier.

List of Codes Used for Schedule K-1 (Form 8865)

Box Number / Item Where to report or where to find further reporting information.
1. Ordinary business income (loss). Determine whether the income (loss) is passive or nonpassive and enter on your return as follows.  
  Passive loss See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Passive income Schedule E (Form 1040), line 28, column (h)
  Nonpassive loss See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Nonpassive income Schedule E (Form 1040), line 28, column (k)
2. Net rental real estate income (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
3. Other net rental income (loss)  
  Net income Schedule E (Form 1040), line 28, column (h)
  Net loss See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
4a. Guaranteed payment services See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
4b. Guaranteed payment capital See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
4c. Guaranteed payment total See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
5. Interest income Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 2b
6a. Ordinary dividends Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 3b
6b. Qualified dividends Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 3a
6c. Dividend equivalents See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
7. Royalties Schedule E (Form 1040), line 4
8. Net short-term capital gain (loss) Schedule D (Form 1040), line 5
9a. Net long-term capital gain (loss) Schedule D (Form 1040), line 12
9b. Collectibles (28%) gain (loss) 28% Rate Gain Worksheet, line 4 (Schedule D instructions)
9c. Unrecaptured section 1250 gain See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
10. Net section 1231 gain (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
11. Other income (loss)  
  Code A. Other portfolio income (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code B. Involuntary conversions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code C. Section 1256 contracts & straddles Form 6781, line 1
  Code D. Mining exploration costs recapture See Pub. 535
  Code E. Cancellation of debt Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8c; or Form 982
  Code F. Section 743(b) positive income adjustments See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code G. Reserved for future use  
  Code H. Section 951 income inclusions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code I. Gain (loss) from disposition of oil, gas, thermal, or other mineral properties (section 59(e)) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code J. Recoveries of tax benefit items See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code K. Gambling gains and losses See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code L. Any income, gain, or loss to the partnership from a distribution under section 751(b) (certain distributions treated as sales or exchanges) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code M. Gain eligible for section 1045 rollover (replacement stock purchased by partnership) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code N. Gain eligible for section 1045 rollover (replacement stock not purchased by partnership) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code O. Sale or exchange of QSB stock with section 1202 exclusion See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code P. Gain or loss on disposition of farm recapture property and other items to which section 1252 applies See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Q. Gain or loss on Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac qualified preferred stock See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code R. Specially allocated ordinary gain (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code S. Non-portfolio capital gain (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes T through X. Reserved for future use  
  Code ZZ. Other See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
12. Section 179 deduction See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
13. Other deductions  
  Code A. Cash contributions (60%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code B. Cash contributions (30%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code C. Noncash contributions (50%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code D. Noncash contributions (30%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code E. Capital gain property to a 50% organization (30%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code F. Capital gain property (20%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code G. Contributions (100%) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code H. Investment interest expense Form 4952, line 1
  Code I. Deductions—royalty income Schedule E (Form 1040), line 19
  Code J. Section 59(e)(2) expenditures See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code K. Excess business interest expense See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code L. Deductions—portfolio (other) Schedule A (Form 1040), line 16
  Code M. Amounts paid for medical insurance Schedule A (Form 1040), line 1; or Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 17
  Code N. Educational assistance benefits See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code O. Dependent care benefits Form 2441, line 12
  Code P. Preproductive period expenses See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Q. Reserved for future use  
  Code R. Pensions and IRAs See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code S. Reforestation expense deduction See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes T through U. Reserved for future use  
  Code V. Section 743(b) negative income adjustments See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code W. Soil and water conservation See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code X. Film, television, and theatrical production expenditures See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Y. Expenditures for removal of barriers See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Z. Itemized deductions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AA. Contributions to a capital construction fund (CCF) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AB. Penalty on early withdrawal of savings See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AC. Interest expense allocated to debt-financed distributions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AD. Interest expense on working interest in oil or gas See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AE. Deductions—portfolio income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes AF through AJ. Reserved for future use  
  Code ZZ. Other See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
14. Self-employment earnings (loss)  
  Note. If you have a section 179 deduction or any partner-level deductions, see the Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) before completing Schedule SE (Form 1040).  
  Code A. Net earnings (loss) from self-employment Schedule SE, Section A or B
  Code B. Gross farming or fishing income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code C. Gross non-farm income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
15. Credits  
  Code A. Reserved for future use  
  Code B. Reserved for future use  
  Code C. Low-income housing credit (section 42(j)(5)) from post-2007 buildings See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code D. Low-income housing credit (other) from post-2007 buildings See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code E. Qualified rehabilitation expenditures (rental real estate) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code F. Other rental real estate credits See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code G. Other rental credits See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code H. Undistributed capital gains credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code I. Biofuel producer credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code J. Work opportunity credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code K. Disabled access credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code L. Empowerment zone employment credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code M. Credit for increasing research activities See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code N. Credit for employer social security and Medicare taxes See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code O. Backup withholding See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code P. Unused investment credit from the qualifying advanced coal project credit or qualifying gasification project credit allocated from cooperatives See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Q. Unused investment credit from the qualifying advanced energy project credit allocated from cooperatives See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code R. Unused investment credit from the advanced manufacturing investment credit allocated from cooperatives See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code S. Reserved for future use  
  Code T. Unused investment credit from the energy credit allocated from cooperatives See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code U. Unused investment credit from the rehabilitation credit allocated from cooperatives See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code V. Advanced manufacturing production credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes W and X. Reserved for future use  
  Code Y. Clean hydrogen production credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Z. Orphan drug credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AA. Enhanced oil recovery credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AB. Renewable electricity production credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AC. Biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuels credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AD. New markets credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AE. Credit for small employer pension plan startup costs See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AF. Credit for small employer auto-enrollment See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AG. Credit for small employer military spouse retirement plan eligibility See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AH. Credit for employer-provided childcare facilities and services See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AI. Low sulfur diesel fuel production credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AJ. Qualified railroad track maintenance credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AK. Credit for oil and gas production from marginal wells See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AL. Distilled spirits credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AM. Energy efficient home credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AN. Alternative motor vehicle credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AO. Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AP. Clean renewable energy bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AQ. New clean renewable energy bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AR. Qualified energy conservation bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AS. Qualified zone academy bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AT. Qualified school construction bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AU. Build America bond credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AV. Credit for employer differential wage payments See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AW. Carbon oxide sequestration credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AX. Carbon oxide sequestration credit recapture See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AY. New clean vehicle credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AZ. Qualified commercial clean vehicle credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code BA. Credit for small employer health insurance premiums See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code BB. Employer credit for paid family and medical leave See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code BC. Eligible credits from transferor(s) under section 6418 See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes BD through BG. Reserved for future use  
  Code ZZ. Other See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
17. Alternative minimum tax (AMT) items  
  Code A. Post-1986 depreciation adjustment See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
  Code B. Adjusted gain or loss See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
  Code C. Depletion (other than oil & gas) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
  Code D. Oil, gas, and geothermal—gross income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
  Code E. Oil, gas, and geothermal—deductions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
  Code F. Other AMT items See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065) and the Instructions for Form 6251
18. Tax-exempt income and nondeductible expenses  
  Code A. Tax-exempt interest income Form 1040, line 2a
  Code B. Other tax-exempt income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code C. Nondeductible expenses See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
19. Distributions  
  Code A. Cash and marketable securities See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code B. Distribution subject to section 737 See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code C. Other property See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
20. Other information  
  Code A. Investment income Form 4952, line 4a
  Code B. Investment expenses Form 4952, line 5
  Code C. Fuel tax credit information Form 4136
  Code D. Qualified rehabilitation expenditures (other than rental real estate) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code E. Basis of energy property See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes F through G. Recapture of low-income housing credit See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code H. Recapture of investment credit See Form 4255
  Code I. Recapture of other credits See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code J. Look-back interest—completed long-term contracts See Form 8697
  Code K. Look-back interest—income forecast method See Form 8866
  Code L. Dispositions of property with section 179 deductions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code M. Recapture of section 179 deduction See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code N. Business interest expense (information item) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code O. Section 453(I)(3) information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code P. Section 453A(c) information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Q. Section 1260(b) information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code R. Interest allocable to production expenditures See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code S. Capital construction fund (CCF) nonqualified withdrawals See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code T. Depletion information—oil and gas See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code U. Section 743(b) basis adjustment See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code V. Unrelated business taxable income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code X. Reserved for future use  
  Code Y. Net investment income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code Z. Section 199A information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AA. Section 704(c) information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AB. Section 751 gain (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AC. Section 1(h)(5) gain (loss) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AD. Deemed section 1250 unrecaptured gain See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AE. Excess taxable income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AF. Excess business interest income See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AG. Gross receipts for section 448(c) (information item) See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AH. Noncash charitable contributions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AI. Interest and tax on deferred compensation to partners See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AJ. Excess business loss limitation See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AK. Gain from mark-to-market election See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AL. Section 721(c) partnership See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AM. Section 1061 information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AN. Farming and fishing business See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AO. PTP information See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AP. Inversion gain See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AQ. Conservation reserve program payments See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AR. IRA disclosure See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AS. Qualifying advanced coal project property and qualifying gasification project property See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AT. Qualifying advanced energy project property See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AU. Advanced manufacturing investment property See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AV. Reserved for future use  
  Code AW. Reportable transactions See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Code AX. Reserved for future use  
  Code AY. Foreign partners, Form 8990, Schedule A See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)
  Codes AZ through BD. Reserved for future use  
  Code ZZ. Other See Partner’s Instr. (Form 1065)

Instructions for Form 8865 - Additional Material

Codes for Principal Business Activity and Principal Product or Service

This list of Principal Business Activities and their associated codes is designed to classify an enterprise by the type of activity in which it is engaged to facilitate the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. These Principal Business Activity Codes are based on the North American Industry Classification System.

Using the list of activities and codes below, determine from which activity the business derives the largest percentage of its “total receipts.” Total receipts is defined as the sum of gross receipts or sales (Schedule B, line 1a); all other income reported on Schedule B, lines 4 through 7; income reported on Schedule K, lines 3a, 5, 6a, and 7; income or net gain reported on Schedule K, lines 8, 9a, 10, and 11; and income or net gain reported on Form 8825, lines 2, 19, and 20a. If the business purchases raw materials and supplies them to a subcontractor to produce the finished product, but retains title to the product, the business is considered a manufacturer and must use one of the manufacturing codes (311110–339900).

Once the Principal Business Activity is determined, enter the six-digit code from the list below on page 1, item H7. Also enter a brief description of the business activity in item H8.

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting

Crop Production

111100 - Oilseed & Grain Farming
111210 - Vegetable & Melon Farming (including potatoes & yams)
111300 - Fruit & Tree Nut Farming
111400 - Greenhouse, Nursery, & Floriculture Production
111900 - Other Crop Farming (including tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, hay, peanut, sugar beet, & all other crop farming)

Animal Production

112111 - Beef Cattle Ranching & Farming
112112 - Cattle Feedlots
112120 - Dairy Cattle & Milk Production
112210 - Hog & Pig Farming
112300 - Poultry & Egg Production
112400 - Sheep & Goat Farming
112510 - Aquaculture (including shellfish & finfish farms & hatcheries)
112900 - Other Animal Production

Forestry and Logging

113110 - Timber Tract Operations
113210 - Forest Nurseries & Gathering of Forest Products
113310 - Logging

Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping

114110 - Fishing
114210 - Hunting & Trapping

Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry

115110 - Support Activities for Crop Production (including cotton ginning, soil preparation, planting, & cultivating)
115210 - Support Activities for Animal Production (including Farriers)
115310 - Support Activities for Forestry

Mining

211120 - Crude Petroleum Extraction
211130 - Natural Gas Extraction
212110 - Coal Mining
212200 - Metal Ore Mining
212310 - Stone Mining & Quarrying
212320 - Sand, Gravel, Clay, & Ceramic & Refractory Minerals Mining & Quarrying
212390 - Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining & Quarrying
213110 - Support Activities for Mining

Utilities

221100 - Electric Power Generation, Transmission, & Distribution
221210 - Natural Gas Distribution
221300 - Water, Sewage, & Other Systems
221500 - Combination Gas & Electric

Construction

Construction of Buildings

236110 - Residential Building Construction
236200 - Nonresidential Building Construction

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

237100 - Utility System Construction
237210 - Land Subdivision
237310 - Highway, Street, & Bridge Construction
237990 - Other Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction

Specialty Trade Contractors

238100 - Foundation, Structure, & Building Exterior Contractors (including framing carpentry, masonry, glass, roofing, & siding)
238210 - Electrical Contractors
238220 - Plumbing, Heating, & Air-Conditioning Contractors
238290 - Other Building Equipment Contractors
238300 - Building Finishing Contractors (including drywall, insulation, painting, wallcovering, flooring, tile, & finish carpentry)
238900 - Other Specialty Trade Contractors (including site preparation)

Manufacturing

Food Manufacturing

311110 - Animal Food Mfg
311200 - Grain & Oilseed Milling
311300 - Sugar & Confectionery Product Mfg
311400 - Fruit & Vegetable Preserving & Specialty Food Mfg
311500 - Dairy Product Mfg
311610 - Animal Slaughtering and Processing
311710 - Seafood Product Preparation & Packaging
311800 - Bakeries, Tortilla & Dry Pasta Mfg
311900 - Other Food Mfg (including coffee, tea, flavorings, & seasonings)

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

312110 - Soft Drink & Ice Mfg
312120 - Breweries
312130 - Wineries
312140 - Distilleries
312200 - Tobacco Manufacturing

Textile Mills and Textile Product Mills

313000 - Textile Mills
314000 - Textile Product Mills

Apparel Manufacturing

315100 - Apparel Knitting Mills
315210 - Cut & Sew Apparel Contractors
315250 - Cut & Sew Apparel Mfg (except Contractors)
315990 - Apparel Accessories & Other Apparel Mfg

Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing

316110 - Leather & Hide Tanning & Finishing
316210 - Footwear Mfg (including rubber & plastics)
316990 - Other Leather & Allied Product Mfg

Wood Product Manufacturing

321110 - Sawmills & Wood Preservation
321210 - Veneer, Plywood, & Engineered Wood Product Mfg
321900 - Other Wood Product Mfg

Paper Manufacturing

322100 - Pulp, Paper, & Paperboard Mills
322200 - Converted Paper Product Mfg

Printing and Related Support Activities

323100 - Printing & Related Support Activities

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

324110 - Petroleum Refineries (including integrated)
324120 - Asphalt Paving, Roofing, & Saturated Materials Mfg
324190 - Other Petroleum & Coal Products Mfg

Chemical Manufacturing

325100 - Basic Chemical Mfg
325200 - Resin, Synthetic Rubber, & Artificial & Synthetic Fibers & Filaments Mfg
325300 - Pesticide, Fertilizer, & Other Agricultural Chemical Mfg
325410 - Pharmaceutical & Medicine Mfg
325500 - Paint, Coating, & Adhesive Mfg
325600 - Soap, Cleaning Compound, & Toilet Preparation Mfg
325900 - Other Chemical Product & Preparation Mfg

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

326100 - Plastics Product Mfg
326200 - Rubber Product Mfg

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

327100 - Clay Product & Refractory Mfg
327210 - Glass & Glass Product Mfg
327300 - Cement & Concrete Product Mfg
327400 - Lime & Gypsum Product Mfg
327900 - Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Mfg

Primary Metal Manufacturing

331110 - Iron & Steel Mills & Ferroalloy Mfg
331200 - Steel Product Mfg From Purchased Steel
331310 - Alumina & Aluminum Production & Processing
331400 - Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production & Processing
331500 - Foundries

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

332110 - Forging & Stamping
332210 - Cutlery & Handtool Mfg
332300 - Architectural & Structural Metals Mfg
332400 - Boiler, Tank, & Shipping Container Mfg
332510 - Hardware Mfg
332610 - Spring & Wire Product Mfg
332700 - Machine Shops; Turned Product; & Screw, Nut, & Bolt Mfg
332810 - Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, & Allied Activities
332900 - Other Fabricated Metal Product Mfg

Machinery Manufacturing

333100 - Agriculture, Construction, & Mining Machinery Mfg
333200 - Industrial Machinery Mfg
333310 - Commercial & Service Industry Machinery Mfg
333410 - Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, & Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Mfg
333510 - Metalworking Machinery Mfg
333610 - Engine, Turbine & Power Transmission Equipment Mfg
333900 - Other General Purpose Machinery Mfg

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

334110 - Computer & Peripheral Equipment Mfg
334200 - Communications Equipment Mfg
334310 - Audio & Video Equipment Mfg
334410 - Semiconductor & Other Electronic Component Mfg
334500 - Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, & Control Instruments Mfg
334610 - Manufacturing & Reproducing Magnetic & Optical Media

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

335100 - Electric Lighting Equipment Mfg
335200 - Household Appliance Mfg
335310 - Electrical Equipment Mfg
335900 - Other Electrical Equipment & Component Mfg

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

336100 - Motor Vehicle Mfg
336210 - Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Mfg
336300 - Motor Vehicle Parts Mfg
336410 - Aerospace Product & Parts Mfg
336510 - Railroad Rolling Stock Mfg
336610 - Ship & Boat Building
336990 - Other Transportation Equipment Mfg

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

337000 - Furniture & Related Product Manufacturing

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

339110 - Medical Equipment & Supplies Mfg
339900 - Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing

Wholesale Trade

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

423100 - Motor Vehicle & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies
423200 - Furniture & Home Furnishings
423300 - Lumber & Other Construction Materials
423400 - Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies
423500 - Metal & Mineral (except Petroleum)
423600 - Household Appliances & Electrical & Electronic Goods
423700 - Hardware, & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies
423800 - Machinery, Equipment, & Supplies
423910 - Sporting & Recreational Goods & Supplies
423920 - Toy & Hobby Goods & Supplies
423930 - Recyclable Materials
423940 - Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, & Precious Metals
423990 - Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

424100 - Paper & Paper Products
424210 - Drugs & Druggists' Sundries
424300 - Apparel, Piece Goods, & Notions
424400 - Grocery & Related Products
424500 - Farm Product Raw Materials
424600 - Chemical & Allied Products
424700 - Petroleum & Petroleum Products
424800 - Beer, Wine, & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
424910 - Farm Supplies
424920 - Book, Periodical, & Newspapers
424930 - Flower, Nursery Stock, & Florists' Supplies
424940 - Tobacco Products & Electronic Cigarettes
424950 - Paint, Varnish, & Supplies
424990 - Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods

Wholesale Trade Agents & Agents and Brokers

425120 - Wholesale Trade Agents & Brokers

Retail Trade

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

441110 - New Car Dealers
441120 - Used Car Dealers
441210 - Recreational Vehicle Dealers
441222 - Boat Dealers
441227 - Motorcycle, ATV, & All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
441300 - Automotive Parts, Accessories, & Tire Retailers

Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers

444110 - Home Centers
444120 - Paint & Wallpaper Stores
444140 - Hardware Retailers
444180 - Other Building Material Dealers
444200 - Lawn & Garden Equipment & Supplies Retailers

Food and Beverage Retailers

445110 - Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Retailers
445131 - Convenience Retailers
445132 - Vending Machine Operators
445230 - Fruit & Vegetable Retailers
445240 - Meat Retailers
445250 - Fish & Seafood Retailers
445291 - Baked Goods Retailers
445292 - Confectionery & Nut Retailers
445298 - All Other Specialty Food Retailers
445320 - Beer, Wine, & Liquor Retailers

Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers

449110 - Furniture Retailers
449121 - Floor Covering Retailers
449122 - Window Treatment Retailers
449129 - All Other Home Furnishings Retailers

Electronics and Appliance Retailers

449210 - Electronics & Appliance Retailers (including computers)

General Merchandise Retailers

455110 - Department Stores
455210 - Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters, & Other Merch Retailers

Health and Personal Care Retailers

456110 - Pharmacies & Drug Retailers
456120 - Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, & Perfume Retailers
456130 - Optical Goods Retailers
446190 - Other Health & Personal Care Retailers

Gasoline Stations & Fuel Dealers

457100 - Gasoline Stations (including convenience stores with gas)
457210 - Fuel Dealers (including Heating Oil & Liquefied Petroleum)

Clothing & Accessories Retailers

458110 - Clothing & Clothing Accessories Retailers
458210 - Shoe Retailers
458310 - Jewelry Retailers
458320 - Luggage & Leather Goods Retailers

Sporting, Hobby, Book, Musical Instrument, & Miscellaneous Retailers

459110 - Sporting Goods Retailers
459120 - Hobby, Toy, & Game Retailers
459130 - Sewing, Needlework, & Piece Goods Retailers
459140 - Musical Instrument & Supplies Retailers
459210 - Book Retailers & News Dealers (including newsstands)
459310 - Florists
459410 - Office Supplies & Stationery Retailers
459420 - Gift, Novelty, & Souvenir Retailers
459510 - Used Merchandise Retailers
459910 - Pet & Pet Supplies Retailers
459920 - Art Dealers
459930 - Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
459990 - All Other Miscellaneous Retailers (including tobacco, candle, & trophy retailers)

Nonstore Retailers

- Nonstore retailers sell all types of merchandise using such methods as Internet, mail-order catalogs, interactive television, or direct sales. These types of Retailers should select the PBA associated with their primary line of products sold. For example, establishments primarily selling prescription and non-prescription drugs, select PBA code 456110 Pharmacies & Drug Retailers.

Transportation and Warehousing

Air, Rail, and Water Transportation

481000 - Air Transportation
482110 - Rail Transportation
483000 - Water Transportation

Truck Transportation

484110 - General Freight Trucking, Local
484120 - General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance
484200 - Specialized Freight Trucking

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

485110 - Urban Transit Systems
485210 - Interurban & Rural Bus Transportation
485310 - Taxi Service
485320 - Limousine Service
485410 - School & Employee Bus Transportation
485510 - Charter Bus Industry
485990 - Other Transit & Ground Passenger Transportation

Pipeline Transportation

486000 - Pipeline Transportation

Scenic & Sightseeing Transportation

487000 - Scenic & Sightseeing Transportation

Support Activities for Transportation

488100 - Support Activities for Air Transportation
488210 - Support Activities for Rail Transportation
488300 - Support Activities for Water Transportation
488410 - Motor Vehicle Towing
488490 - Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
488510 - Freight Transportation Arrangement
488990 - Other Support Activities for Transportation

Couriers and Messengers

492110 - Couriers & Express Delivery Services
492210 - Local Messengers & Local Delivery

Warehousing and Storage

493100 - Warehousing & Storage (except lessors of mini-warehouses & self-storage units)

Information

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

512100 - Motion Picture & Video Industries (except video rental)
512200 - Sound Recording Industries

Publishing Industries

513110 - Newspaper Publishers
513120 - Periodical Publishers
513130 - Book Publishers
513140 - Directory & Mailing List Publishers
513190 - Other Publishers
513210 - Software Publishers

Broadcasting & Content Providers & Telecommunications

516100 - Radio & Television Broadcasting Stations
516210 - Media Streaming, Social Networks, & Other Content Providers
517000 - Telecommunications (including Wired, Wireless, Satellite, Cable & Other Program Distribution, Resellers, Agents, Other Telecommunications, & Internet Service Providers)

Data Processing, Web Search Portals, & Other Information Services

518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, & Related Services
519200 - Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, & Other Info. Services

Finance and Insurance

Depository Credit Intermediation

522110 - Commercial Banking
522130 - Credit Unions
522180 - Savings Institutions & Other Depository Credit Intermediation

Nondepository Credit Intermediation

522210 - Credit Card Issuing
522220 - Sales Financing
522291 - Consumer Lending
522292 - Real Estate Credit (including mortgage bankers & originators)
522299 - Intl, Secondary Market, & Other Nondepo. Credit Intermediation

Activities Related to Credit Intermediation

522300 - Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (including loan brokers, check clearing, & money transmitting)

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

523150 - Investment Banking & Securities Intermediation
523160 - Commodity Contracts Intermediation
523210 - Securities & Commodity Exchanges
523900 - Other Financial Investment Activities (including portfolio management & investment advice)

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

524110 - Direct Life, Health, & Medical Insurance Carriers
524120 - Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, & Medical) Carriers
524210 - Insurance Agencies & Brokerages
524290 - Other Insurance Related Activities (including third-party administration of insurance and pension funds)

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

525100 - Insurance & Employee Benefit Funds
525910 - Open-End Investment Funds (Form 1120-RIC,)
525920 - Trusts, Estates, & Agency Accounts
525990 - Other Financial Vehicles (including mortgage REITs and closed-end investment funds)

“Offices of Bank Holding Companies” and “Offices of Other Holding Companies” are located under Management of Companies (Holding Companies) below.

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Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Real Estate

531110 - Lessors of Residential Buildings & Dwellings (including equity REITs)
531120 - Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Mini-Warehouses) (including equity REITs)
531130 - Lessors of Mini-Warehouses & Self-Storage Units (including equity REITs)
531190 - Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (including equity REITs)
531210 - Offices of Real Estate Agents & Brokers
531310 - Real Estate Property Managers
531320 - Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
531390 - Other Activities Related to Real Estate

Rental and Leasing Services

532100 - Automotive Equipment Rental & Leasing
532210 - Consumer Electronics & Appliances Rental
532281 - Formal Wear & Costume Rental
532282 - Video Tape & Disc Rental
532283 - Home Health Equipment Rental
532284 - Recreational Goods Rental
532289 - All Other Consumer Goods Rental
532310 - General Rental Centers
532400 - Commercial & Industrial Machinery & Equipment Rental & Leasing

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except copyrighted works)

533110 - Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except copyrighted works)

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Legal Services

541110 - Offices of Lawyers
541190 - Other Legal Services

Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services

541211 - Offices of Certified Public Accountants
541213 - Tax Preparation Services
541214 - Payroll Services
541219 - Other Accounting Services

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

541310 - Architectural Services
541320 - Landscape Architecture Services
541330 - Engineering Services
541340 - Drafting Services
541350 - Building Inspection Services
541360 - Geophysical Surveying & Mapping Services
541370 - Surveying & Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
541380 - Testing Laboratories & Services

Specialized Design Services

541400 - Specialized Design Services (including interior, industrial, graphic, & fashion design)

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services
541512 - Computer Systems Design Services
541513 - Computer Facilities Management Services
541519 - Other Computer Related Services

Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

541600 - Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services
541700 - Scientific Research & Development Services
541800 - Advertising & Public Relations, & Related Services
541910 - Marketing Research & Public Opinion Polling
541920 - Photographic Services
541930 - Translation & Interpretation Services
541940 - Veterinary Services
541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services

Management of Companies (Holding Companies)

551111 - Offices of Bank Holding Companies
551112 - Offices of Other Holding Companies

Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

Administrative and Support Services

561110 - Office Administrative Services
561210 - Facilities Support Services
561300 - Employment Services
561410 - Document Preparation Services
561420 - Telephone Call Centers
561430 - Business Service Centers (including private mail centers & copy shops)
561440 - Collection Agencies
561450 - Credit Bureaus
561490 - Other Business Support Services (including repossession services, court reporting, & stenotype services)
561500 - Travel Arrangement & Reservation Services
561600 - Investigation & Security Services
561710 - Exterminating & Pest Control Services
561720 - Janitorial Services
561730 - Landscaping Services
561740 - Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Services
561790 - Other Services to Buildings & Dwellings
561900 - Other Support Services (including packaging & labeling services, & convention & trade show organizers)

Waste Management and Remediation Services

562000 - Waste Management & Remediation Services

Educational Services

611000 - Educational Services (including schools, colleges, & universities)

Health Care and Social Assistance

Offices of Physicians and Dentists

621111 - Offices of Physicians (except mental health specialists)
621112 - Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists
621210 - Offices of Dentists

Offices of Other Health Practitioners

621310 - Offices of Chiropractors
621320 - Offices of Optometrists
621330 - Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
621340 - Offices of Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapists, & Audiologists
621391 - Offices of Podiatrists
621399 - Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners

Outpatient Care Centers

621410 - Family Planning Centers
621420 - Outpatient Mental Health & Substance Abuse Centers
621491 - HMO Medical Centers
621492 - Kidney Dialysis Centers
621493 - Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical & Emergency Centers
621498 - All Other Outpatient Care Centers

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

621510 - Medical & Diagnostic Laboratories

Home Health Care Services

621610 - Home Health Care Services

Other Ambulatory Health Care Services

621900 - Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (including ambulance services & blood & organ banks)

Hospitals

622000 - Hospitals

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

623000 - Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

Social Assistance

624100 - Individual & Family Services
624200 - Community Food & Housing, & Emergency & Other Relief Services
624310 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services
624410 - Childcare Services

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

711100 - Performing Arts Companies
711210 - Spectator Sports (including sports clubs & racetracks)
711300 - Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, & Similar Events
711410 - Agents & Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, & Other Public Figures
711510 - Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

712100 - Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar Institutions

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

713100 - Amusement Parks & Arcades
713200 - Gambling Industries
713900 - Other Amusement & Recreation Industries (including golf courses, skiing facilities, marinas, fitness centers, & bowling centers)

Accommodation and Food Services

Accommodation

721110 - Hotels (except Casino Hotels) & Motels
721120 - Casino Hotels
721191 - Bed & Breakfast Inns
721199 - All Other Traveler Accommodation
721210 - RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks & Recreational Camps
721310 - Rooming & Boarding Houses, Dormitories, & Workers’ Camps

Food Services and Drinking Places

722300 - Special Food Services (including food service contractors & caterers)
722410 - Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
722511 - Full Service Restaurants
722513 - Limited Service Restaurants
722514 - Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, Buffets
722515 - Snack & Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars

Other Services

Repair and Maintenance

811110 - Automotive Mechanical & Electrical Repair & Maintenance
811120 - Automotive Body, Paint, Interior, & Glass Repair
811190 - Other Automotive Repair & Maintenance (including oil change & lubrication shops & car washes)
811210 - Electronic & Precision Equipment Repair & Maintenance
811310 - Commercial & Industrial Machinery & Equipment (except Automotive & Electronic) Repair & Maintenance
811410 - Home & Garden Equipment & Appliance Repair & Maintenance
811420 - Reupholstery & Furniture Repair
811430 - Footwear & Leather Goods Repair
811490 - Other Personal & Household Goods Repair & Maintenance

Personal and Laundry Services

812111 - Barber Shops
812112 - Beauty Salons
812113 - Nail Salons
812190 - Other Personal Care Services (including diet & weight reducing centers)
812210 - Funeral Homes & Funeral Services
812220 - Cemeteries & Crematories
812310 - Coin-Operated Laundries & Drycleaners
812320 - Drycleaning & Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated)
812330 - Linen & Uniform Supply
812910 - Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
812920 - Photofinishing
812930 - Parking Lots & Garages
812990 - All Other Personal Services

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

813000 - Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, & Similar Organizations (including condominium and homeowners associations)

Other

999999 - Unclassified Establishments (unable to classify)

Index

Symbols

10% interest, 10% interest.
50% interest, 50% interest.

A

Acquisitions, Acquisitions.
Analysis of partners' capital accounts, Schedule M-2. Analysis of Partners' Capital Accounts
Attached statements, Attached statements.

B

Balance sheets per books, Schedule L. Balance Sheets per Books

D

Definitions, Definitions
Dispositions, Dispositions.

E

Exceptions for Filing
Category 4 filers, Exception for certain Category 4 filers.
Exceptions to Filing, Exceptions to Filing
Constructive owners, Constructive owners.
Multiple Category 1 filers, Multiple Category 1 filers.

F

Foreign Address, Foreign address.
Foreign Partnership, Foreign partnership.
Future Developments, Future Developments

G

General Instructions, General Instructions
General Reporting Instructions for Schedule K-1, General Reporting Instructions for Schedule K-1 (Form 8865)

H

Hyperinflationary Exception, Hyperinflationary exception.

I

Identifying Numbers and Addresses, Identifying Numbers and Addresses

P

Partnership, Partnership.
Penalties, Penalties
Purpose of Form, Purpose of Form

S

Schedule A-1. Certain partners of Foreign Partnership, Schedule A-1. Certain Partners of Foreign Partnership
Schedule A-2. Foreign Partners of Section 721(c) Partnership, Schedule A-2. Foreign Partners of Section 721(c) Partnership
Schedule A-3. Affiliation Schedule, Schedule A-3. Affiliation Schedule
Schedule A. Constructive Ownership of Partnership Interest, Schedule A. Constructive Ownership of Partnership Interest
Schedule B. Income Statement–Trade or Business Income, Schedule B. Income Statement—Trade or Business Income
Schedule D. Capital Gains and Losses, Schedule D. Capital Gains and Losses
Schedule G (Form 8865). Statement of Application of the Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c), Schedule G (Form 8865). Statement of Application of the Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c)
Schedule H (Form 8865). Acceleration Events and Exceptions Reporting Relating to Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c), Schedule H (Form 8865). Acceleration Events and Exceptions Reporting Relating to Gain Deferral Method Under Section 721(c)
Schedule N. Transactions Between Controlled Foreign Partnership and Partners or Other Related Entities, Schedule N. Transactions Between Controlled Foreign Partnership and Partners or Other Related Entities
Schedule O (Form 8865). Transfer of Property to a Foreign Partnership, Schedule O (Form 8865). Transfer of Property to a Foreign Partnership
Schedule P (Form 8865). Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Changes of Interests in a Foreign Partnership, Schedule P (Form 8865). Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Changes of Interests in a Foreign Partnership
Schedules K, Partners' Distributive Share Items and K-1 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, Etc., Schedules K, Partners' Distributive Share Items, and K-1 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.
Schedules K-2 (Form 8865), Partners’ Distributive Share Items—International, and K-3 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.—International, Schedules K-2 (Form 8865), Partners’ Distributive Share Items—International, and K-3 (Form 8865), Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.—International
Specific Instructions, Specific Instructions

T

Tax Year, Tax Year
Treaty-based Return Positions, Treaty-based return positions.

U

U.S. Person, U.S. person.

W

What’s New, What’s New
When To File, When and Where To File
Who Must File, Who Must File