Enlarge image | OMB No. 1545-0191 Investment Interest Expense Deduction Form 4952 Go to www.irs.gov/Form4952 for the latest information. Department of the Treasury Attachment2022 Internal Revenue Service Attach to your tax return. Sequence No. 51 Name(s) shown on return Identifying number Part I Total Investment Interest Expense 1 Investment interest expense paid or accrued in 2022 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Disallowed investment interest expense from 2021 Form 4952, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Total investment interest expense. Add lines 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part II Net Investment Income 4 a Gross income from property held for investment (excluding any net gain from the disposition of property held for investment) . . . . . . . . . . 4a b Qualified dividends included on line 4a . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4b c Subtract line 4b from line 4a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4c d Net gain from the disposition of property held for investment . . . . . . 4d e Enter the smaller of line 4d or your net capital gain from the disposition of property held for investment. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . 4e f Subtract line 4e from line 4d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4f g Enter the amount from lines 4b and 4e that you elect to include in investment income. See instructions 4g h Investment income. Add lines 4c, 4f, and 4g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4h 5 Investment expenses (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Net investment income. Subtract line 5 from line 4h. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . 6 Part III Investment Interest Expense Deduction 7 Disallowed investment interest expense to be carried forward to 2023. Subtract line 6 from line 3. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Investment interest expense deduction. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 6. See instructions . . 8 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 4. Cat. No. 13177Y Form 4952 (2022) |
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Enlarge image | Form 4952 (2022) Page 3 Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise Exception. A working interest in an oil or gas property that you held noted. directly or through an entity that didn’t limit your liability is property held for investment, but only if you didn’t materially participate in the activity. Future Developments For the latest information about developments related to Form 4952 and Part II—Net Investment Income its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, Line 4a go to www.irs.gov/Form4952. Gross income from property held for investment includes income, unless derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business, from General Instructions interest, ordinary dividends (except Alaska Permanent Fund dividends), Purpose of Form annuities, and royalties. Include investment income reported to you on Use Form 4952 to figure the amount of investment interest expense you Schedule K-1 from a partnership or an S corporation. Also include net can deduct for 2022 and the amount you can carry forward to future investment income from an estate or a trust. years. Your investment interest expense deduction is limited to your net Also include on line 4a (or 4d, if applicable) net passive income from a investment income. passive activity of a publicly traded partnership (as defined in section For more information, see Pub. 550, Investment Income and 469(k)(2)). See Regulations sections 1.469-10 and 1.7704-1 (including Expenses. the transition rule of section 1.7704-1(l)) for details. Net income from certain passive activities, such as rental of Who Must File substantially nondepreciable property, may have to be recharacterized If you are an individual, estate, or a trust, you must file Form 4952 to and included on line 4a. For details, see Pub. 925, Passive Activity and claim a deduction for your investment interest expense. At-Risk Rules, or Regulations section 1.469-2(f)(10). Exception. You don’t have to file Form 4952 if all of the following apply. If you are filing Form 8814, Parents’ Election To Report Child’s • Your investment income from interest and ordinary dividends minus Interest and Dividends, part or all of your child’s income may be any qualified dividends is more than your investment interest expense. included on line 4a. See the instructions for Form 8814 and Pub. 550 for • You don’t have any other deductible investment expenses. details. • You don’t have any carryover of disallowed investment interest Don’t include on line 4a any net gain from the disposition of expense from 2021. property held for investment. Instead, enter it on line 4d. Allocation of Interest Expense ▲! CAUTION If you paid or accrued interest on a loan and used the loan proceeds for more than one purpose, you may have to allocate the interest. This is Line 4b necessary because different rules apply to investment interest, personal Enter the portion of ordinary dividends included on line 4a that are interest, trade or business interest, home mortgage interest, and passive qualified dividends. For the definition of qualified dividends, see the activity interest. See Pub. 535, Business Expenses. instructions for Form 1040, line 3a (or Form 1041, line 2b). Line 4d Specific Instructions Net gain from the disposition of property held for investment is the Part I—Total Investment Interest Expense excess, if any, of your total gains over your total losses from the disposition of property held for investment. When figuring this amount, Line 1 include capital gain distributions from mutual funds and capital loss Enter the investment interest expense paid or accrued during the tax carryovers. year, regardless of when you incurred the indebtedness. Investment interest expense is interest paid or accrued on a loan or part of a loan Line 4e that is allocable to property held for investment (as defined later). Net capital gain from the disposition of property held for investment is Include investment interest expense reported to you on Schedule K-1 the excess, if any, of your net long-term capital gain over your net short- from a partnership or an S corporation. Include amortization of bond term capital loss from the disposition of property held for investment. premium on taxable bonds purchased after October 22, 1986, but Capital gain distributions from mutual funds are treated as long-term before January 1, 1988, unless you elected to offset amortizable bond capital gains. premium against the interest payments on the bond. A taxable bond is a Note: If line 4e is more than zero and you enter an amount on line 4g, bond on which the interest is includible in gross income. see the Note in the line 4g instructions, later. Investment interest expense doesn’t include any of the following. Line 4g • Personal interest under section 163(h), including qualified residence In general, qualified dividends and net capital gain from the disposition interest. of property held for investment are excluded from investment income. • Interest expense that is properly allocable to a passive activity. But you can elect to include part or all of these amounts in investment Generally, a passive activity is any trade or business activity in which income. you don’t materially participate and any rental activity. See the The qualified dividends and net capital gain that you elect to Instructions for Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations, for details. include in investment income on line 4g aren’t eligible to be • Any interest expense that is capitalized, such as construction interest ! taxed at the qualified dividends or capital gains tax rates. subject to section 263A. ▲CAUTION You should consider the tax effect of using the qualified • Interest expense related to tax-exempt interest income under dividends and capital gains tax rates before making this section 265. election. Once made, the election can be revoked only with IRS consent. • Interest expense, disallowed under section 264, on indebtedness with To make the election, enter on line 4g the amount you elect to include respect to life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts issued after in investment income (don’t enter more than the sum of lines 4b and 4e). June 8, 1997, even if the proceeds were used to purchase any property Also enter this amount on whichever of the following applies. held for investment. • The Schedule D Tax Worksheet, line 3. Property held for investment.Property held for investment includes • Schedule D (Form 1041), line 25. property that produces income, not derived in the ordinary course of a • The Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet, line 3, in the Instructions for trade or business, from interest, dividends, annuities, or royalties. It also Form 1041. includes property that produces gain or loss, not derived in the ordinary If you file Form 1040 or 1040-SR and enter an amount on course of a trade or business, from the disposition of property that line 4g, use the Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the produces these types of income or is held for investment. However, it TIP Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1040) to figure the amount doesn’t include an interest in a passive activity. to enter on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16. If you file Form 1041 and enter amounts on lines 4e and 4g, use the Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1041) to figure the amount to enter on Form 1041, Schedule G, line 1a. |
Enlarge image | Form 4952 (2022) Page 4 Don’t reduce the amount of qualified dividends on Form 1040 or to royalties, enter that part on Schedule E (Form 1040). Also, if any part 1040-SR, line 3a (or Form 1041, line 2b(2)), by any part of the amount on of the interest is attributable to a trade or business that isn’t a passive line 4g. activity, enter that part on the schedule where you report other expenses for that trade or business. Note: The amount on line 4g is generally treated as being attributable Estates and trusts. Enter the amount from line 8 (excluding any amount first to net capital gain from property held for investment (line 4e), and included on Form 6198, line 4—see below) on Form 1041, line 10. then to qualified dividends (line 4b). This treatment results in the least However, if any part of the interest is attributable to a trade or business tax being figured for Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16 (or Form 1041, that isn’t a passive activity, enter that part on the schedule where you Schedule G, line 1a). However, you can treat less of the amount on line report other expenses for that trade or business. 4e as attributable to line 4g and more to line 4b. You may want to do Form 6198.If any of your deductible investment interest expense is this if you are filing Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit, as your tax after attributable to an activity for which you aren’t at risk, you must also use credits may be lower in certain cases. To do so, enter on the dotted line Form 6198, At-Risk Limitations, to figure your deductible investment next to line 4e “Elec.” and the part of line 4e that you elect to treat as interest expense. Include the part attributable to the at-risk activity on being attributable to line 4g (don’t enter less than the excess of line 4g Form 6198, line 4. over line 4b). You will use this smaller amount instead of the amount on line 4e when figuring your tax. Alternative minimum tax (AMT). Deductible interest expense may be an adjustment for the AMT. For details, see Form 6251, Alternative Generally, you must make this election on a timely filed return, Minimum Tax—Individuals, or Schedule I (Form 1041). including extensions. However, if you timely filed your return without making the election, you can make the election on an amended return Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this filed within 6 months of the due date of your return (excluding form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You extensions). Write “Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2” on the are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are amended return and file it at the same place you filed the original return. complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right Line 5 amount of tax. Investment expenses are your allowed deductions, other than interest You aren’t required to provide the information requested on a form expense, directly connected with the production of investment income. that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays For example, depreciation or depletion allowed on assets that produce a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its investment income is an investment expense. instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax Include investment expenses incurred directly by you or reported to returns and return information are confidential, as required by section you on Schedule K-1 from a partnership, or by an S corporation, but 6103. only if you are allowed a deduction on your return for the expense. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on Investment expenses don’t include any deductions used in individual circumstances. The estimated burden for individual taxpayers determining your income or loss from a passive activity. filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and Don’t include any miscellaneous itemized deductions, which is included in the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual aren’t allowed deductions in tax years beginning after income tax return. The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file ▲! December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026. this form is: Recordkeeping , 39 min.; Learning about the law or the CAUTION form , 12 min.; Preparing the form , 24 min.; and Copying, assembling ,and sending the form to the IRS , 13 min. Part III—Investment Interest Expense Deduction If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time Line 8 estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be Individuals. Generally, enter the amount from line 8 (excluding any happy to hear from you. See the instructions for the tax return with amount included on Form 6198, line 4—see later) on Schedule A (Form which this form is filed. 1040), line 9, even if all or part of it is attributable to a partnership or an S corporation. However, if any part of the interest expense is attributable |