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Form 4952 (2021) 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 2021 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 2020. 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.
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