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                                                                                             Department of the Treasury
                                                                                             Internal Revenue Service
2023

Instructions for Form 8582

Passive Activity Loss Limitations

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code              PALs can’t be used to offset income from nonpassive 
unless otherwise noted.                                        activities. However, a special allowance for rental real 
                                                               estate activities may allow some losses even if the losses 
Future Developments                                            exceed passive income.
For the latest information about developments related to 
Form 8582 and its instructions, such as legislation              PALs not allowed in the current year are carried 
enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/              forward until they’re allowed either against passive activity 
Form8582.                                                      income; against the special allowance, if applicable; or 
                                                               when you sell or exchange your entire interest in the 
                                                               activity in a fully taxable transaction to an unrelated party.
General Instructions
                                                                 For more information, see Pub. 925, Passive Activity 
Reminders                                                      and At-Risk Rules.

Prior year unallowed commercial revitalization de-             Note.    Corporations subject to the passive activity rules 
duction (CRD). If you have prior year unallowed CRDs           must use Form 8810, Corporate Passive Activity Loss and 
limited by the passive loss rules, you may continue to         Credit Limitations.
include them in the calculations as shown in the Specific 
Instructions, beginning with Part I—2023 Passive Activity      Who Must File
Loss, later.                                                   Form 8582 is filed by individuals, estates, and trusts who 
Excess business loss limitation. If you are a                  have passive activity deductions (including prior year 
noncorporate taxpayer and have allowable business              unallowed losses). However, you don’t have to file Form 
losses after taking into account first the at-risk limitations 8582 if you meet the following exception.
and then the passive loss limitations (this form), your 
losses may be subject to the excess business loss              Exception
limitation. After taking into account all the other loss       You actively participated in rental real estate activities 
limitations, complete Form 461, Limitation on Business         (see Special Allowance for Rental Real Estate Activities, 
Losses, to figure the amount of your excess business           later), and you meet all of the following conditions.
loss. See Form 461 and its instructions for details on the     Rental real estate activities with active participation 
excess business loss limitation.                               were your only passive activities.
Reporting prior year unallowed losses.     Form 8582           You have no prior year unallowed losses from these (or 
                                                               any other passive) activities.
must generally be filed by taxpayers who have an overall 
gain (including any prior year unallowed losses) from          Your total loss from the rental real estate activities 
                                                               wasn’t more than $25,000 ($12,500 if married filing 
business or rental passive activities. See Exception under 
                                                               separately).
Who Must File, later.
                                                               If you’re married filing separately, you lived apart from 
Regrouping due to Net Investment Income Tax.             You   your spouse all year.
may be able to regroup your activities if you’re subject to    You have no current or prior year unallowed credits 
the Net Investment Income Tax. See Regrouping Due to           from a passive activity.
Net Investment Income Tax under Grouping of Activities,        Your modified adjusted gross income (see the 
later, for more information.                                   instructions for line 6, later) was not more than $100,000 
                                                               (not more than $50,000 if married filing separately).
Purpose of Form                                                You don’t hold any interest in a rental real estate activity 
Form 8582 is used by noncorporate taxpayers to figure          as a limited partner or as a beneficiary of an estate or a 
the amount of any passive activity loss (PAL) for the          trust.
current tax year and to report the application of prior year 
unallowed PALs.                                                  If all the above conditions are met, your rental real 
                                                               estate losses are not limited, and you don’t need to 
  A PAL occurs when total losses (including prior year         complete Form 8582. Enter losses reported on 
unallowed losses) from all your passive activities exceed      Schedule E (Form 1040), Supplemental Income and Loss, 
the total income from all your passive activities.             Part I, line 21, on Schedule E (Form 1040), Part l, line 22. 
  Generally, passive activities include the following.         For losses from a partnership or an S corporation, enter 
Trade or business activities in which you did not            the amount of the allowable loss from Schedule K-1 on 
materially participate for the tax year.                       Schedule E (Form 1040), Part II, column (g). Enter losses 
Rental activities, regardless of your participation.         reported on line 32 of Form 4835, Farm Rental Income 
                                                               and Expenses, on Form 4835, line 34c.

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Coordination With Other Limitations                             were performed in real property trades or businesses in 
                                                                which you materially participated, and
Generally, PALs are subject to other limitations (for 
example, basis and at-risk limitations) before they’re              b. You performed more than 750 hours of services 
subject to the passive loss limitations. Once a loss            during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in 
becomes allowable under these other limitations, you            which you materially participated.
must determine whether the loss is limited under the                For purposes of whether you materially participated 
passive loss rules. See Form 6198, At-Risk Limitations,         under item (2), each interest in rental real estate is a 
for details on the at-risk rules. Also, capital losses that are separate activity, unless you elect to treat all interests in 
allowable under the passive loss rules may be limited           rental real estate as one activity. For details on making 
under the capital loss limitations of section 1211.             this election, see the Instructions for Schedule E (Form 
Percentage depletion deductions that are allowable under        1040).
the passive loss rules may be limited under section 
                                                                    If you’re married filing jointly, one spouse must 
613A(d).
                                                                separately meet both (2)(a) and (2)(b) without taking into 
If you have allowable business losses after taking into         account services performed by the other spouse.
account the loss limitations discussed above and                    A real property trade or business is any real property 
computing the allowable passive losses on this form, your       development, redevelopment, construction, 
losses may be subject to the excess business loss               reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, 
limitation. Complete Form 461 to figure the amount of your      management, leasing, or brokerage trade or business.
excess business loss. Any disallowed loss resulting from 
                                                                    Real property includes land, buildings, and other 
this limitation will be treated as a net operating loss (NOL) 
                                                                inherently permanent structures permanently affixed to 
that must be carried forward and deducted in a 
                                                                land. Any interest in real property, including fee 
subsequent year. See Form 461 and its instructions for 
                                                                ownership, co-ownership, leasehold, option, or similar 
details on the excess business loss limitation.
                                                                interest is real property. Tenant improvements to land, 
Definitions                                                     buildings, or other structures that are inherently 
                                                                permanent or otherwise classified as real property are real 
Except as otherwise indicated, the following terms in 
                                                                property for this purpose. See Regulations section 
these instructions are defined as shown below.
                                                                1.469-9(b)(2) for more definitions and information about 
Net income. This is the excess of current year income           determining whether a trade or business is a real property 
over current year deductions from the activity. This            trade or business.
includes any current year gains or losses from the                  For examples of the determination of whether a trade or 
disposition of assets or an interest in the activity.           business is a real property trade or business, see 
Net loss. This is the excess of current year deductions         Regulations section 1.469-9(b)(2)(iii).
over current year income from the activity. This includes           Services you performed as an employee aren’t treated 
any current year gains or losses from the disposition of        as performed in a real property trade or business unless 
assets or an interest in the activity.                          you owned more than 5% of the stock (or more than 5% of 
Overall gain. This is the excess of the “net income” from       the capital or profits interest) in the employer.
the activity over the prior year unallowed losses from the 
                                                                Note.  If a rental real estate activity isn’t a passive activity 
activity.
                                                                for the current year, any prior year unallowed loss is 
Overall loss. This is (a) the excess of the prior year          treated as a loss from a former passive activity. See 
unallowed losses from the activity over the “net income”        Former Passive Activities, later.
from the activity, or (b) the prior year unallowed losses           3. A working interest in an oil or gas well. Your working 
from the activity plus the “net loss” from the activity.        interest must be held directly or through an entity that 
Prior year unallowed losses.  These are the losses from         doesn’t limit your liability (such as a general partner 
an activity that were disallowed under the PAL limitations      interest in a partnership). In this case, it doesn’t matter 
in a prior year and carried forward to the tax year under       whether you materially participated in the activity for the 
section 469(b). See Regulations section 1.469-1(f)(4) and       tax year.
Pub. 925.                                                           If, however, your liability was limited for part of the year 
                                                                (for example, you converted your general partner interest 
Activities That Are Not Passive                                 to a limited partner interest during the year), some of your 
Activities                                                      income and losses from the working interest may be 
The following aren’t passive activities.                        treated as passive activity gross income and passive 
                                                                activity deductions. See Temporary Regulations section 
1. Trade or business activities in which you materially         1.469-1T(e)(4)(ii).
participated for the tax year.
                                                                    4. The rental of a dwelling unit you used as a 
2. Any rental real estate activity in which you materially      residence if section 280A(c)(5) applies. This section 
participated if you were a “real estate professional” for the   applies if you rented out a dwelling unit that you also used 
tax year. You were a real estate professional only if:          as a home during the year for a number of days that 
a. More than half of the personal services you                  exceeds the greater of 14 days or 10% of the number of 
performed in trades or businesses during the tax year           days during the year that the home was rented at a fair 
                                                                rental.

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5. An activity of trading personal property for the               by the ratio of the gross rental income from that class to 
account of owners of interests in the activity. For purposes      the activity's total gross rental income. The activity's 
of this rule, personal property means property that’s             average period of customer use equals the sum of these 
actively traded, such as stocks, bonds, and other                 class-by-class average periods weighted by gross 
securities. See Temporary Regulations section                     income. See Regulations section 1.469-1(e)(3)(iii).
1.469-1T(e)(6) for more details.                                  Significant personal services include only services 
Generally, income and losses from these activities                performed by individuals. To determine if personal 
aren’t entered on Form 8582. However, losses from these           services are significant, all relevant facts and 
activities may be subject to limitations other than the           circumstances are taken into consideration, including the 
passive loss rules.                                               frequency of the services, the type and amount of labor 
                                                                  required to perform the services, and the value of the 
Trade or Business Activities                                      services relative to the amount charged for use of the 
A trade or business activity is an activity (other than a         property.
rental activity or an activity treated as incidental to an        2. Extraordinary personal services were provided in 
activity of holding property for investment) that:                making the rental property available for customer use. 
1. Involves the conduct of a trade or business (within            This applies only if the services are performed by 
the meaning of section 162),                                      individuals and the customers' use of the property is 
                                                                  incidental to their receipt of the services.
2. Is conducted in anticipation of starting a trade or 
business, or                                                      3. Rental of the property is incidental to a nonrental 
                                                                  activity.
3. Involves research or experimental expenditures 
deductible under section 174.                                     The rental of property is incidental to an activity of 
                                                                  holding property for investment if the main purpose of 
Trade or business activities are generally reported on            holding the property is to realize a gain from its 
Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business              appreciation and the gross rental income is less than 2% 
(Sole Proprietorship); Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or          of the smaller of the unadjusted basis or the fair market 
Loss From Farming; or in Part II or III of Schedule E (Form       value (FMV) of the property.
1040). For trade or business activities that are significant 
                                                                  Unadjusted basis is the cost of the property without 
participation passive activities (defined in item 4 under 
                                                                  regard to depreciation deductions or any other basis 
Tests for individuals, later), see Pub. 925 for how to report 
                                                                  adjustment described in section 1016.
their income or losses.
                                                                  The rental of property is incidental to a trade or 
Rental Activities                                                 business activity if:
A rental activity is a passive activity even if you materially    a. You own an interest in the trade or business activity 
participated in the activity (unless it’s a rental real estate    during the tax year,
activity in which you materially participated and you were        b. The rental property was mainly used in the trade or 
a real estate professional).                                      business activity during the tax year or during at least 2 of 
An activity is a rental activity if tangible property (real or    the 5 preceding tax years, and
personal) is used by customers or held for use by                 c. The gross rental income from the property is less 
customers and the gross income (or expected gross                 than 2% of the smaller of the unadjusted basis or the FMV 
income) from the activity represents amounts paid (or to          of the property.
be paid) mainly for the use of the property. It doesn’t 
matter whether the use is under a lease, a service                Lodging provided for the employer's convenience to an 
contract, or some other arrangement.                              employee or the employee's spouse or dependents is 
                                                                  incidental to the activity or activities in which the employee 
However, if you meet any of the five exceptions below, 
                                                                  performs services.
the rental of the property isn’t treated as a rental activity. 
See Reporting Income and Losses From the Activities,              4. You customarily make the rental property available 
later, if you meet any of the exceptions.                         during defined business hours for nonexclusive use by 
                                                                  various customers.
Exceptions                                                        5. You provide property for use in a nonrental activity 
An activity is not a rental activity if any of the following      of a partnership, S corporation, or a joint venture in your 
apply.                                                            capacity as an owner of an interest in the partnership, S 
1. The average period of customer use is:                         corporation, or joint venture.
a. 7 days or less, or                                             Example. If a partner contributes the use of property 
                                                                  to a partnership, none of the partner's distributive share of 
b. 30 days or less and significant personal services 
                                                                  partnership income is income from a rental activity unless 
were provided in making the rental property available for 
                                                                  the partnership is engaged in a rental activity.
customer use.
                                                                  Also, a partner's gross income from a guaranteed 
Figure the average period of customer use for a class 
                                                                  payment under section 707(c) isn’t income from a rental 
of property by dividing the total number of days in all rental 
                                                                  activity. The determination of whether the property used in 
periods by the number of rentals during the tax year. If the 
                                                                  the activity is provided in the partner's capacity as an 
activity involves renting more than one class of property, 
multiply the average period of customer use of each class 

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owner of an interest in the partnership is made on the        Form 8855, Election To Treat a Qualified Revocable Trust 
basis of all the facts and circumstances.                     as Part of an Estate.
Reporting Income and Losses From the                                You aren’t considered to actively participate in a rental 
                                                              real estate activity if at any time during the tax year your 
Activities
                                                              interest (including your spouse's interest) in the activity 
If an activity meets any of the five exceptions listed above, was less than 10% (by value) of all interests in the activity.
it’s not a rental activity. You must then determine:
                                                                    Active participation is a less stringent requirement than 
1. Whether your rental of the property is a trade or 
                                                              material participation (see Material Participation, later). 
business activity (see Trade or Business Activities, 
                                                              You may be treated as actively participating if, for 
earlier), and, if so,
                                                              example, you participated in making management 
2. Whether you materially participated in the activity        decisions or arranged for others to provide services (such 
for the tax year (see Material Participation, later).         as repairs) in a significant and bona fide sense. 
If the activity is a trade or business activity in which you  Management decisions that may count as active 
didn’t materially participate, enter the income and losses    participation include:
from the activity in Part V.                                      Approving new tenants,
                                                                  Deciding on rental terms,
If the activity is a trade or business activity in which you      Approving capital or repair expenditures, and
did materially participate, report any income or loss from        Other similar decisions.
the activity on the forms or schedules normally used.
                                                                    The maximum special allowance is:
If the rental activity didn’t meet any of the five                $25,000 for single individuals and married individuals 
exceptions, it’s generally a passive activity. However,       filing a joint return for the tax year.
special rules apply if you conduct the rental activity            $12,500 for married individuals who file separate 
through a publicly traded partnership (PTP) or if any of the  returns for the tax year and lived apart from their spouses 
rules described under Recharacterization of Passive           at all times during the tax year.
Income, later, apply. Also see the PTP rules, later.              $25,000 for a qualifying estate, reduced by the special 
                                                              allowance for which the surviving spouse qualified.
If none of the special rules apply, enter the income and 
losses from the passive rental activity in Parts IV or V. See Modified adjusted gross income limitation.         If your 
the instructions for Parts IV and V for details.              modified adjusted gross income (see the instructions for 
                                                              line 6, later) is $100,000 or less ($50,000 or less if married 
Special Allowance for Rental Real                             filing separately), your loss is deductible up to the amount 
                                                              of the maximum special allowance referred to in the 
Estate Activities
                                                              preceding paragraph.
Active participation.  If you actively participated in a 
                                                                    If your modified adjusted gross income is more than 
passive rental real estate activity, you may be able to 
                                                              $100,000 ($50,000 if married filing separately) but less 
deduct up to $25,000 of loss from the activity from your 
                                                              than $150,000 ($75,000 if married filing separately), your 
nonpassive income. This special allowance is an 
                                                              special allowance is limited to 50% of the difference 
exception to the general rule disallowing losses in excess 
                                                              between $150,000 ($75,000 if married filing separately) 
of income from passive activities.
                                                              and your modified adjusted gross income.
The special allowance isn’t available if you were 
married, are filing a separate return for the year, and lived       Generally, if your modified adjusted gross income is 
with your spouse at any time during the year.                 $150,000 or more ($75,000 or more if married filing 
                                                              separately), there is no special allowance.
Only an individual, a qualifying estate, or a qualified 
revocable trust that made an election to treat the trust as         If you qualify under the active participation rules, use 
part of the decedent's estate may actively participate in a   Part IV. See the instructions for Part IV, later.
rental real estate activity. Unless future regulations 
provide an exception, limited partners are not treated as     Material Participation
actively participating in a partnership's rental real estate  For the material participation tests listed below, 
activity.                                                     participation generally includes any work done in 
                                                              connection with an activity if you owned an interest in the 
A qualifying estate is the estate of a decedent for tax       activity at the time you did the work. The capacity in which 
years ending less than 2 years after the date of the          you did the work doesn’t matter. However, work isn’t 
decedent's death if the decedent would’ve satisfied the       participation if:
active participation requirements for the rental real estate      It isn’t work that an owner would customarily do in the 
activity for the tax year the decedent died.                  same type of activity, and
A qualified revocable trust may elect to be treated as            One of your main reasons for doing the work was to 
                                                              avoid the disallowance of losses or credits from the 
part of a decedent's estate for purposes of the special 
                                                              activity under the passive activity rules.
allowance for active participation in rental real estate 
activities. The election must be made by both the executor    Proof of participation. You may prove your participation 
(if any) of the decedent's estate and the trustee of the      in an activity by any reasonable means. You don’t have to 
revocable trust. For details, see Regulations section         maintain contemporaneous daily time reports, logs, or 
1.645-1. To make this election, see the instructions on       similar documents if you can establish your participation 

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by other reasonable means. For this purpose, reasonable           an interest in the activity and whether or not you and your 
means include, but are not limited to, identifying services       spouse file a joint return for the tax year.
performed over a period of time and the approximate 
                                                                  Tests for investors. Work done as an investor in an 
number of hours spent performing the services during that 
                                                                  activity isn’t treated as participation unless you were 
period, based on appointment books, calendars, or 
                                                                  directly involved in the day-to-day management or 
narrative summaries.
                                                                  operations of the activity. For purposes of this test, work 
Tests for individuals. You materially participated for the        done as an investor includes the following.
tax year in an activity if you satisfy at least one of the        1. Studying and reviewing financial statements or 
following tests.                                                  reports on operations of the activity.
1. You participated in the activity for more than 500             2. Preparing or compiling summaries or analyses of 
hours.                                                            the finances or operations of the activity for your own use.
2. Your participation in the activity for the tax year was        3. Monitoring the finances or operations of the activity 
substantially all of the participation in the activity of all     in a nonmanagerial capacity.
individuals (including individuals who didn’t own any 
interest in the activity) for the year.                           Special rules for limited partners.   If you were a limited 
3. You participated in the activity for more than 100             partner in an activity, you generally didn’t materially 
hours during the tax year, and you participated at least as       participate in the activity. You did materially participate in 
much as any other individual (including individuals who           the activity, however, if you met material participation test 
didn’t own any interest in the activity) for the year.            1, 5, or 6 under Tests for individuals, earlier, for the tax 
                                                                  year.
4. The activity is a significant participation activity for 
the tax year, and you participated in all significant             However, for purposes of the material participation 
participation activities during the year for more than 500        tests, you aren’t treated as a limited partner if you also 
hours.                                                            were a general partner in the partnership at all times 
                                                                  during the partnership's tax year ending with or within your 
A significant participation activity is any trade or 
                                                                  tax year (or, if shorter, during the portion of the 
business activity in which you participated for more than 
                                                                  partnership's tax year in which you directly or indirectly 
100 hours during the year and in which you didn’t 
                                                                  owned your limited partner interest).
materially participate under any of the material 
participation tests (other than this fourth test).                Special rules for certain retired or disabled farmers 
5. You materially participated in the activity (other than        and surviving spouses of farmers.     Certain retired or 
by meeting this fifth test) for any 5 (whether or not             disabled farmers and surviving spouses of farmers are 
consecutive) of the 10 immediately preceding tax years.           treated as materially participating in a farming activity if 
                                                                  the real property used in the activity would meet the estate 
6. The activity is a personal service activity in which 
                                                                  tax rules for special valuation of farm property passed 
you materially participated for any 3 (whether or not 
                                                                  from a qualifying decedent. See Temporary Regulations 
consecutive) preceding tax years.
                                                                  section 1.469-5T(h)(2).
An activity is a personal service activity if it involves the 
performance of personal services in the fields of health,         Estates and trusts. The PAL limitations apply in figuring 
law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial             the distributable net income and taxable income of an 
science, performing arts, consulting, or in any other trade       estate or trust. The rules for determining material 
or business in which capital isn’t a material                     participation for this purpose haven’t yet been issued.

income-producing factor.                                          Grouping of Activities
7. Based on all the facts and circumstances, you                  Generally, one or more trade or business activities or 
participated in the activity on a regular, continuous, and        rental activities may be treated as a single activity if the 
substantial basis during the tax year.                            activities make up an appropriate economic unit for the 
You didn’t materially participate in the activity under this      measurement of gain or loss under the passive activity 
seventh test, however, if you participated in the activity for    rules.
100 hours or less during the tax year.
Your participation in managing the activity doesn’t               Whether activities make up an appropriate economic 
count in determining whether you materially participated          unit depends on all the relevant facts and circumstances. 
under this test if:                                               The factors given the greatest weight in determining 
                                                                  whether activities make up an appropriate economic unit 
a. Any person (except you) received compensation for              are:
performing services in the management of the activity, or
                                                                  1. Similarities and differences in types of trades or 
b. Any individual spent more hours during the tax year            businesses,
performing services in the management of the activity 
than you did (regardless of whether the individual was            2. The extent of common control,
compensated for the management services).                         3. The extent of common ownership,
                                                                  4. Geographical location, and
Test for a spouse.  Participation by your spouse during 
the tax year in an activity you own may be counted as your        5. Interdependencies between or among the activities.
participation in the activity even if your spouse didn’t own      Example.   You have a significant ownership interest in 
                                                                  a bakery and a movie theater in Baltimore and in a bakery 

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and a movie theater in Philadelphia. Depending on all the             Activities conducted through other partnerships and 
relevant facts and circumstances, there may be more than          corporations.
one reasonable method for grouping your activities. For                 A partner or shareholder may not treat as separate 
instance, the following groupings may or may not be               activities those activities grouped together by the 
permissible.                                                      partnership or corporation.
A single activity.
A movie theater activity and a bakery activity.                 Regrouping Due to Net Investment Income Tax
A Baltimore activity and a Philadelphia activity.               You may be able to regroup your activities, as described 
Four separate activities.                                       below, if you’re subject to the Net Investment Income Tax 
  Once you choose a grouping under these rules, you               (NIIT) for the first time. For detailed information, see 
must continue using that grouping in later tax years unless       Regulations section 1.469-11(b)(3)(iv).
it’s determined that the original grouping was clearly 
                                                                  Regrouping on an original return. Under the NIIT fresh 
inappropriate or a material change in the facts and 
                                                                  start election, you may regroup for the first tax year you’re 
circumstances makes it clearly inappropriate.
                                                                  subject to the NIIT (without regard to the effect of 
  The IRS may regroup your activities if your grouping            regrouping). You may regroup only once under this 
fails to reflect one or more appropriate economic units and       election and that regrouping will apply to the tax year for 
one of the primary purposes of your grouping is to avoid          which you regroup and all future tax years. You’re eligible 
the passive activity limitations.                                 to regroup if:
Limitation on grouping certain activities.   The                        1. You weren’t previously subject to the NIIT;
following activities may not be grouped together.                       2. The amount you would have entered on Form 8960, 
  1. A rental activity with a trade or business activity          line 12, without the regrouping, would have been greater 
unless the activities being grouped together make up an           than zero; and
appropriate economic unit and:                                          3. The amount you would have entered on Form 8960, 
  a. The rental activity is insubstantial relative to the         line 13, without the regrouping, would have been greater 
trade or business activity or vice versa, or                      than the amount you would have entered on Form 8960, 
  b. Each owner of the trade or business activity has the         line 14, without the regrouping.
same proportionate ownership interest in the rental 
activity. If so, the portion of the rental activity involving the Regrouping on an amended return.       You may regroup 
rental of property used in the trade or business activity         your activities on an amended tax return, but only if you 
may be grouped with the trade or business activity.               weren’t subject to the NIIT on your original return (or 
                                                                  previously amended return). You’re eligible if:
  2. An activity involving the rental of real property with 
an activity involving the rental of personal property (except           1. You weren’t previously subject to the NIIT for the tax 
personal property provided in connection with the real            year for which you’re filing an amended return or any prior 
property or vice versa).                                          tax year;
  3. Any activity with another activity in a different type             2. The changes on the amended return cause you to 
of business and in which you hold an interest as a limited        be subject to the NIIT for the first time beginning in the 
partner if that other activity engages in holding, producing,     taxable year for which you’re amending the return;
or distributing motion picture films or videotapes; farming;            3. The limitation period for assessments under section 
leasing section 1245 property; or exploring for or                6501 hasn’t ended;
exploiting oil and gas resources or geothermal deposits.                4. The changes on your amended return cause the 
  4. Any trading activities in which you don't materially         amount on Form 8960, line 12, of your amended return to 
participate. A trading activity is an activity of trading in      be greater than zero; and
personal property. For this purpose, personal property is               5. The changes on your amended return cause the 
any personal property that is actively traded, for example,       amount on Form 8960, line 13, of your amended return to 
financial securities. A taxpayer who does not materially          be greater than the amount entered on Form 8960, 
participate in a trading activity is prohibited from grouping     line 14.
the activity with any other activity, including any other 
trading activity. The prohibition on grouping is effective for          This rule applies equally to changes to modified 
taxable years beginning on or after March 22, 2021. If you        adjusted gross income or net investment income upon an 
are a calendar year taxpayer, the new provisions first            IRS examination.
applied to you in calendar year 2022.                             Manner of regrouping.    If you regroup your activities 
                                                                  under this rule, you must attach to your original or 
Activities conducted through partnerships, S corpo-               amended return, as applicable, a statement that satisfies 
rations, and C corporations subject to section 469.               the requirements described in Regrouping under 
Once a partnership or corporation determines its activities       Disclosure Requirement next.
under these rules, a partner or shareholder may use these 
rules to group those activities with:                             Disclosure Requirement
Each other,                                                     The following disclosure requirements for groupings 
Activities conducted directly by the partner or                 apply. You’re required to report certain changes to your 
shareholder, or                                                   groupings that occur during the tax year to the IRS. If you 
                                                                  fail to report these changes, each trade or business 

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activity or rental activity will be treated as a separate         income or deduction separately to you, and the gross 
activity. You’ll be considered to have made a timely              income or deduction is passive activity gross income or a 
disclosure if you filed all affected income tax returns           passive activity deduction (respectively), include that 
consistent with the claimed grouping and make the                 amount in the net income or net loss entered on Form 
required disclosure on the income tax return for the year in      8582.
which you first discovered the failure to disclose. If the IRS 
                                                                          The partnership or S corporation doesn’t have a 
discovered the failure to disclose, you must have 
                                                                          record of your prior year unallowed losses from 
reasonable cause for not making the required disclosure.          CAUTION!
                                                                          the passive activities of the partnership or S 
For more information on disclosure requirements, see 
                                                                  corporation. If you had prior year unallowed losses from 
Revenue Procedure 2010-13, available at IRS.gov/irb/
                                                                  these activities, they can be found in column (c) of your 
2010-04_IRB#RP-2010-13.
                                                                  2022 Part VIII.
New grouping.  You must file a written statement with 
your original income tax return for the first tax year in         Passive Activity Income
which two or more activities are originally grouped into a 
                                                                  To figure your overall gain or loss from all passive 
single activity. The statement must provide the names, 
                                                                  activities or any passive activity, take into account only 
addresses, and employer identification numbers (EINs), if 
                                                                  passive activity income. Don’t enter income that isn’t 
applicable, for the activities being grouped as a single 
                                                                  passive activity income on Form 8582.
activity. In addition, the statement must contain a 
declaration that the grouped activities make up an                  Passive activity income includes all income from 
appropriate economic unit for the measurement of gain or          passive activities (with certain exceptions described in 
loss under the passive activity rules.                            Temporary Regulations section 1.469-2T(c)(2) and 
Addition to an existing grouping.      You must file a            Regulations section 1.469-2(c)(2)), including gain from 
written statement with your original income tax return for        the disposition of an interest in a passive activity and from 
the tax year in which you add a new activity to an existing       the disposition of property used in a passive activity at the 
group. The statement must provide the name, address,              time of the disposition.
and EIN, if applicable, for the activity that’s being added         Passive activity income doesn’t include the following.
and for the activities in the existing group. In addition, the    Income from an activity that isn’t a passive activity.
statement must contain a declaration that the activities          Portfolio income, including interest (other than 
make up an appropriate economic unit for the                      self-charged interest treated as passive activity income, 
measurement of gain or loss under the passive activity            discussed later), dividends, annuities, and royalties not 
rules.                                                            derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business, and 
Regrouping.    You must file a written statement with your        gain or loss from the disposition of property that produces 
original income tax return for the tax year in which you          portfolio income or is held for investment (see section 
regroup the activities. The statement must provide the            163(d)(5)). See Temporary Regulations section 
names, addresses, and EINs, if applicable, for the                1.469-2T(c)(3).
activities that are being regrouped. If two or more activities    Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.
are being regrouped into a single activity, the statement         Personal service income, including salaries, wages, 
must contain a declaration that the regrouped activities          commissions, self-employment income from trade or 
make up an appropriate economic unit for the                      business activities in which you materially participated for 
measurement of gain or loss under the passive activity            the tax year, deferred compensation, taxable social 
rules. In addition, the statement must contain an                 security and other retirement benefits, and payments from 
explanation of the material change in the facts and               partnerships to partners for personal services. See 
circumstances that made the original grouping clearly             Temporary Regulations section 1.469-2T(c)(4).
inappropriate.                                                    Income from positive section 481 adjustments allocated 
                                                                  to activities other than passive activities. See Temporary 
Passive Activity Income and                                       Regulations section 1.469-2T(c)(5).
                                                                  Income or gain from investments of working capital.
Deductions                                                          Income from an oil or gas property if you treated any 
                                                                  
Take into account only passive activity income and                loss from a working interest in the property for any tax 
passive activity deductions to figure your net income or          year beginning after 1986 as a nonpassive loss under the 
net loss from all passive activities or any passive activity.     rule excluding working interests in oil and gas wells from 
If your passive activity is reported on Schedule C, E, or         passive activities (see item 3 under Activities That Are Not 
F, and the activity has no prior year unallowed losses or         Passive Activities, earlier). See Regulations section 
any gain or loss from the disposition of assets or an             1.469-2(c)(6).
interest in the activity, take into account only the passive      Any income from intangible property if your personal 
activity income and passive activity deductions from the          efforts significantly contributed to the creation of the 
activity to figure the amount to enter on Form 8582.              property.
                                                                  Any income treated as not from a passive activity under 
If you own an interest in a passive activity through a            Temporary Regulations section 1.469-2T(f) and 
partnership or an S corporation, the partnership or S             Regulations section 1.469-2(f). See Recharacterization of 
corporation will generally provide you with the net income        Passive Income, later.
or net loss from the passive activity. If, however, the 
partnership or S corporation must state an item of gross 

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Overall gain from any interest in a PTP (see item 2               Losses from dispositions of property that produce 
under Passive activity loss rules for partners in PTPs,         portfolio income or property held for investment.
later).                                                             State, local, and foreign income taxes.
State, local, and foreign income tax refunds.                     Charitable contribution deductions.
Income from a covenant not to compete.                            Net operating loss deductions, percentage depletion 
Any reimbursement of a casualty or theft loss included        carryovers under section 613A(d), and capital loss 
in income as recovery of all or part of a prior year loss       carryovers.
deduction if the deduction for the loss wasn’t treated as a         Deductions and losses that would’ve been allowed for 
passive activity deduction.                                     tax years beginning before 1987, but for basis or at-risk 
Cancellation of debt income to the extent that at the         limitations.
time the debt was discharged, the debt wasn’t properly              Net negative section 481 adjustments allocated to 
allocable under Temporary Regulations section 1.163-8T          activities other than passive activities. See Temporary 
to passive activities.                                          Regulations section 1.469-2T(d)(7).
                                                                    Deductions for losses attributable to a federally 
Recharacterization of Passive Income                            declared disaster.
Certain income from passive activities must be                      The deduction allowed for the deductible part of 
recharacterized and excluded from passive activity              self-employment taxes.
income. The amount of income recharacterized equals 
the net income from the sources given below. If during the      Self-Charged Interest
tax year you received net income from any of these              Certain self-charged interest income or deductions may 
sources (either directly or through a partnership or an S       be treated as passive activity gross income or passive 
corporation), see Pub. 925 to find out how to report net        activity deductions if the loan proceeds are used in a 
income or loss from these sources. For more information,        passive activity. Generally, self-charged interest income 
see Temporary Regulations section 1.469-2T(f) and               and deductions result from loans between you and a 
Regulations section 1.469-2(f).                                 partnership or S corporation in which you had a direct or 
                                                                indirect ownership interest. This includes both loans you 
  Income from the following sources may be subject to           made to the partnership or S corporation and loans the 
the net income recharacterization rules.                        partnership or S corporation made to you. It also includes 
Significant participation passive activities defined in       loans from one partnership or S corporation to another 
item 4 under Tests for individuals, earlier.                    partnership or S corporation if each owner in the 
Rental of property if less than 30% of the unadjusted         borrowing entity has the same proportional ownership 
basis of the property is subject to depreciation.               interest in the lending entity.
Passive equity-financed lending activities.
Rental of property incidental to a development activity.            The self-charged interest rules don’t apply to your 
Rental of property to a nonpassive activity.                  interest in a partnership or S corporation if the entity made 
Acquisition of an interest in a pass-through entity that      an election under Regulations section 1.469-7(g) to avoid 
licenses intangible property.                                   the application of these rules. For more details on the 
                                                                self-charged interest rules, see Regulations section 
Passive Activity Deductions                                     1.469-7.
To figure your overall gain or overall loss from all passive 
activities or any passive activity, take into account only      Former Passive Activities
passive activity deductions.                                    A former passive activity is any activity that was a passive 
                                                                activity in a prior tax year but is not a passive activity in the 
  Passive activity deductions include all deductions from       current tax year. A prior year unallowed loss from a former 
activities that are passive activities for the current tax year passive activity is allowed to the extent of current year 
and all deductions from passive activities that were            income from the activity.
disallowed under the PAL rules in prior tax years and 
carried forward to the current tax year. See Regulations              If current year net income from the activity is less than 
section 1.469-1(f)(4).                                          or equal to the prior year unallowed loss, enter the prior 
                                                                year unallowed loss and any current year net income from 
  Passive activity deductions include any loss from a 
                                                                the activity on Form 8582.
disposition of property used in a passive activity at the 
time of the disposition and any loss from a disposition of            If current year net income from the activity is more than 
less than your entire interest in a passive activity. See       the prior year unallowed loss from the activity, enter the 
Dispositions, later, for the treatment of losses upon           prior year unallowed loss and the current year net income 
disposition of your entire interest in an activity.             up to the amount of prior year unallowed loss on Form 
  Passive activity deductions don’t include the following.      8582.

Deductions for expenses (other than interest expense)               If the activity has a net loss for the current year, enter 
that are clearly and directly allocable to portfolio income.    the prior year unallowed loss (but not the current year 
Qualified home mortgage interest, capitalized interest        loss) on Form 8582.
expenses, and other interest expenses (except 
self-charged interest treated as a passive activity                   To report a disposition of a former passive activity, 
deduction (discussed next) and interest expenses                follow the rules under Dispositions next.
properly allocable to passive activities).

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Dispositions                                                       1040), you report a total loss of $15,450, which includes a 
                                                                   current year $2,800 net loss and a $12,650 prior year 
Disposition of an Entire Interest                                  unallowed loss. You have an overall gain from the 
                                                                   disposition ($15,525 – $15,450 = $75).
If you disposed of your entire interest in a passive activity 
or a former passive activity to an unrelated person in a             Because you had an overall gain, you make the 
fully taxable transaction during the tax year, your losses         following entries in Part IV. You enter the $15,525 gain on 
allocable to the activity for the year aren’t limited by the       the disposition in column (a), the current year loss of 
PAL rules.                                                         $2,800 in column (b), and the prior year unallowed loss of 
                                                                   $12,650 in column (c).
A fully taxable transaction is a disposition in which you 
                                                                     Example 2. Activity with overall loss.      You sell your 
recognize all realized gain or loss.
                                                                   entire interest in an oil and gas limited partnership that 
If you’re using the installment method to report this kind         was your only passive activity for a gain of $2,000. You 
of disposition, figure the loss for the current year that isn’t    have a current year Schedule E loss of $3,330 and a 
limited by the PAL rules by multiplying your overall loss          Schedule E prior year unallowed loss of $1,115.
(which doesn’t include losses allowed in prior years) by             Because you have an overall loss of $2,445 after 
the following fraction:                                            combining the gain and losses, none of the amounts are 
                                                                   entered on Form 8582.
           Gain recognized in the current year                       You enter the net loss plus the prior year unallowed 
Unrecognized gain as of the beginning of the current               loss ($3,330 + $1,115 = $4,445) on Schedule E, Part II, 
                        year                                       column (i), and the $2,000 gain on the sale on Form 8949, 
                                                                   in either Part I or Part II, depending on how long you held 
                                                                   the partnership interest.
A partner in a PTP isn’t treated as having disposed of 
an entire interest in an activity of a PTP until there’s an        Disposition of Less Than an Entire Interest
entire disposition of the partner's interest in the PTP.           Gains and losses from the disposition of less than an 
                                                                   entire interest in an activity are treated as part of the net 
Reporting an Entire Disposition on Form 4797 or                    income or net loss from the activity for the current year.
Form 8949                                                                  A disposition of less than substantially all of an 
If you completely dispose of your entire interest in a               !     entire interest doesn’t trigger the allowance of 
passive activity or a former passive activity, you may have        CAUTION prior year unallowed losses.
to report net income or loss and prior year unallowed 
losses from the activity. All the net income and losses are        Disposition of Substantially All of an Activity
reported on the forms and schedules normally used.
                                                                   You may treat the disposition of substantially all of an 
Combine all income and losses (including any prior                 activity as a separate activity if you can prove with 
year unallowed losses) from the activity for the tax year to       reasonable certainty:
see if you have an overall gain or loss.                             1. The prior year unallowed losses, if any, allocable to 
If you have an overall gain, report the income, losses,            the part of the activity disposed of; and
and prior year unallowed losses in Part IV or V.                     2. The net income or loss for the year of disposition 
                                                                   allocable to the part of the activity disposed of.
If you have an overall gain and this is a former passive 
activity, report all income and losses (including any prior 
year unallowed losses) on the forms and schedules                  Specific Instructions
normally used and don’t use Form 8582.
                                                                   Part I—2023 Passive Activity Loss
If you have an overall loss when you combine the 
                                                                   Use Part I to combine the net income and net loss from all 
income and losses, don’t use Form 8582 for the activity. 
                                                                   passive activities to determine if you have a passive 
All losses (including prior year unallowed losses) are 
                                                                   activity loss (PAL) for 2023. Use Parts IV and V first to 
allowed in full. Report the income and losses on the forms 
                                                                   determine the entries for lines 1 and 2 of Part I, as follows.
and schedules normally used.
                                                                   Use Part IV for rental real estate activities with active 
An overall loss from an entire disposition of a passive            participation.
activity is a nonpassive loss if you have an aggregate loss        Use Part V for all other passive activities.
from all other passive activities. When figuring your              Line 3. If you have prior year unallowed CRD from rental 
modified adjusted gross income for Part II, line 6, of Form        real estate activities, treat that dollar amount as negative 
8582, be sure to take into account the overall loss from           and combine with lines 1d and 2d. Enter the combined 
the disposition of the activity.                                   amount on line 3 and enter “CRD” and the dollar amount 
Example 1. Activity with overall gain.         You sell your       of the CRD (as a negative) on the dotted line.
entire interest in a rental real estate activity in which you 
actively participated for a gain of $15,525. $7,300 of the         Note. If you included prior year unallowed CRD from 
gain is section 1231 gain reported on Form 4797,                   rental real estate activities in line 3, and line 3 is a loss and 
Part I, and $8,225 is ordinary recapture income reported           line 1d is zero or more, go to the instructions for Part II, 
on Form 4797, Part II. On line 22 of Schedule E (Form              line 9, later.

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        If you need additional lines for any of the Parts IV        If you have prior year unallowed CRD from passive 
TIP     through IX, you can either attach copies of the        activities other than rental real estate activities, include 
        applicable pages of Form 8582, or your own             that amount in Part V. Add "CRD" after the name of the 
schedule that’s in the same format as the applicable           activity.
part(s).
                                                               Column (a).  Enter the current year net income for each 
                                                               activity. Enter the total of column (a) on Part I, line 2a, of 
Part IV                                                        Form 8582. (See the example under Column (a) for Part 
Individuals and qualifying estates who actively                IV, earlier.)
participated in rental real estate activities must include the Column (b).  Enter the current year net loss for each 
income or loss from those activities in Part IV to figure the  activity. Enter the total of column (b) on Part I, line 2b, of 
amounts to enter on Part I, lines 1a through 1c, of Form       Form 8582. (See the example under Column (b) for Part 
8582.                                                          IV, earlier.)
  Don’t enter a prior year unallowed loss in column (c) of     Column (c).  Enter the unallowed losses for the prior 
Part IV unless you actively participated in the activity in    years for each activity. You find these amounts in Part VII, 
both the year the loss arose and the current tax year. If      column (c), of your 2022 Form 8582. Enter the total of 
you didn’t actively participate in both years, enter the prior column (c) from your 2023 Part V on Part I, line 2c, of 
year unallowed loss in column (c) of Part V.                   Form 8582.
        Married individuals who file separate returns and      Columns (d) and (e). Combine income and losses in 
  !     lived with their spouses at any time during the tax    columns (a) through (c) for each activity, and either enter 
CAUTION year don’t qualify under the active participation 
                                                               the overall gain for the activity in column (d) or enter the 
rule and must use Part V instead of Part IV.                   overall loss for the activity in column (e). Don’t enter 
                                                               amounts from columns (d) and (e) in Parts I, II, or III of 
Column (a).   Enter the current year net income from each      Form 8582. These amounts will be used when the rest of 
activity. Enter the total of column (a) on Part I, line 1a, of Form 8582 is completed to figure the loss allowed for the 
Form 8582.                                                     current year.
  Example.    A Schedule E rental activity has current year 
profit of $5,000 and a Form 4797 gain of $2,000. You           Part II—Special Allowance for Rental 
enter $7,000 in column (a).                                    Real Estate Activities With Active 
Column (b).   Enter the current year net loss for each         Participation
activity. Don’t enter any prior year unallowed losses in this 
column. Enter the total of column (b) on Part I, line 1b, of            If your filing status is married filing separately and 
Form 8582.                                                          !   you lived with your spouse at any time during the 
  If an activity has net income on one form or schedule        CAUTION  year, you are not eligible for the special 
and a net loss on another form or schedule, report the net     allowances in Part II. Do not complete Part II. Instead, go 
amounts separately in columns (a) and (b) of Part IV.          to Part III of Form 8582. See the instructions for Part 
                                                               III—Total Losses Allowed, later.
  Example.    A Schedule E rental activity has current year 
income of $1,000 on line 21 of Schedule E and a current             Use Part II to figure the maximum amount of rental loss 
year Form 4797 loss of $4,500. You enter $1,000 in             allowed if you have an overall loss on Part I, line 1d, from 
column (a) and $4,500 in column (b).                           your rental real estate activities you actively participated in 
                                                               during 2023.
Column (c).   Enter the prior year unallowed losses for 
each activity. You find these amounts in Part VII, column      Note.  If you included prior year unallowed CRD from 
(c), of your 2022 Form 8582. Enter the total of column (c)     rental real estate activities in line 3, first figure the special 
from your 2023 Part IV on Part I, line 1c, of Form 8582.       $25,000 allowance for losses from rental real estate 
Columns (d) and (e). Combine income and losses in              activities with active participation from Part I, line 1d, if 
columns (a) through (c) for each activity, and either enter    any, without regard to the CRD, by completing lines 4 
the overall gain for the activity in column (d) or enter the   through 8. To apply any remaining portion of the $25,000 
overall loss for the activity in column (e). Don’t enter       allowance to prior year unallowed CRD from rental real 
amounts from columns (d) and (e) in Parts I, II, or III of     estate activities, see the instructions for line 9.
Form 8582. These amounts will be used when the rest of                  If you’re claiming both the premium tax credit 
Form 8582 is completed to figure the loss allowed for the           !   (PTC) and self-employed health insurance 
current year.                                                  CAUTION  deduction (SEHID) and Part I, lines 1d and 3, of 
                                                               Form 8582 are both losses, see Self-Employed Health 
Part V                                                         Insurance Deduction and PTC in Pub. 974. You’ll have to 
Use Part V to figure the amounts to enter on Part I, lines     complete worksheets in Pub. 974 before you complete 
2a through 2c, for:                                            Part II of Form 8582.
Passive trade or business activities,
Passive rental real estate activities that don’t qualify for      Enter all numbers in Part II as positive amounts (that is, 
the special allowance, and                                     greater than zero).
Rental activities other than rental real estate activities.

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  Example.    Part II, line 4, has a loss of $42,000              Line 8. Don’t enter more than $12,500 on line 8 if you’re 
(reported as a positive amount) and line 8 is $25,000. You        married filing a separate return and you and your spouse 
enter $25,000 on line 9 (the smaller of line 4 or line 8, both    lived apart at all times during the year.
treated as positive amounts).
                                                                  Line 9. If you do not have prior year unallowed CRD from 
Note. If you included prior year unallowed CRD from               rental real estate activities, enter the smaller of line 4 or 
rental real estate activities in line 3, and line 3 is a loss and line 8 on line 9.
line 1d is a loss, complete lines 4 through 8, then see the           If you have prior year unallowed CRD from rental real 
instructions for line 9 below. If line 1d of Part I is zero or    estate activities included in line 3 of Part I, and you have a 
more, and line 3 is a loss, go directly to the instructions for   loss on line 1d and line 3 of Part I, first figure the special 
line 9 below.                                                     $25,000 special allowance for losses from rental real 
Line 4. Enter on line 4 the smaller of the loss on Part I,        estate activities with active participation, without regard to 
line 1d, or the loss on line 3.                                   the CRD, by completing lines 4 through 8, then go to the 
                                                                  Worksheet below. If line 1d of Part I is zero or more, and 
  Example.    Part I, line 1d, has a loss of $3,000 and           line 3 is a loss, complete the Worksheet below and enter 
line 2d has a gain of $100. The combined loss on line 3 is        the result on line 9 as described below.
$2,900. You enter $2,900 as a positive number on Part II, 
line 4 (the smaller of the loss on Part I, line 1d, or the loss       The remaining portion of the $25,000 allowance, if any, 
on line 3).                                                       is available for the prior year unallowed CRD from rental 
                                                                  real estate activities. Use the Worksheet to figure the 
Line 5. Married persons filing separate returns who lived         maximum amount of prior year unallowed CRD allowed 
apart from their spouses at all times during the year must        from rental real estate activities.
enter $75,000 on line 5 instead of $150,000.                      Worksheet for Special Allowance for Prior 
Line 6. To figure modified adjusted gross income,                 Unallowed Commercial Revitalization Deductions 
combine all the amounts used to figure adjusted gross             From Rental Real Estate Activities
income except don’t take into account:
Passive income or loss included on Form 8582,                     Enter all numbers in this calculation as positive amounts (greater than 
Any rental real estate loss allowed to real estate                zero)
professionals (defined under Activities That Are Not                A. Enter $25,000* reduced by the amount, if any, of the 
Passive Activities, earlier),                                       smaller of Part II, line 4 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       $
Any overall loss from a PTP,                                      B. Enter the loss from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          $
The taxable amount of social security and tier 1 railroad         C. Reduce line B by the amount of the smaller of Part II, 
retirement benefits,                                                line 4 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Deductible contributions to traditional individual 
retirement accounts (IRAs) and section 501(c)(18)                   D. Enter the smallest of the amount of the prior unallowed 
                                                                    CRD (as a positive amount), the amount on line A, or the 
pension plans,                                                      amount on line C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $
The deduction allowed for the deductible part of 
self-employment taxes,                                              * Enter $12,500 (reduced by the amount, if any, of the smaller of Part II, line 4 
The exclusion from income of interest from series EE              or line 8) on line A if you’re married but filing a separate return and you and 
and I U.S. savings bonds used to pay higher education               your spouse lived apart at all times during the year.
expenses,
The exclusion of amounts received under an 
employer's adoption assistance program,                               Combine line D with the smaller of line 4 or line 8 and 
The student loan interest deduction, or                         enter the combined amount on line 9. Enter “CRD” and the 
The deduction allowed for foreign-derived intangible            dollar amount of the special allowance for CRD on the 
income and global intangible low-taxed income.                    dotted line.

  Include in modified adjusted gross income any portfolio         Part III—Total Losses Allowed
income and expenses that are clearly and directly                 Use Part III to figure the amount of the losses from all 
allocable to portfolio income. Also include any income            passive activities (as determined in Part I) allowed for 
that’s treated as nonpassive income, such as overall gain         2023.
from a PTP and net income from an activity or item of 
property subject to the recharacterization of passive             Line 11. Use Parts IV through IX of Form 8582 and the 
income rules.                                                     related instructions to figure the unallowed loss to be 
                                                                  carried forward and the allowed loss to report on your 
  When figuring modified adjusted gross income, include 
                                                                  forms and schedules for 2023.
any overall loss from the entire disposition of a passive 
activity (considered a nonpassive loss).                          Parts IV and V
  Example.    Your adjusted gross income on line 11 of            Parts IV and V, columns (d) and (e), show whether an 
Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR is $92,000 and you have                 activity had an overall gain or loss. If you have activities 
taxable social security benefits of $5,500 on line 6b. Your       that show overall gain in column (d) of Parts IV or V, report 
modified adjusted gross income is $86,500 ($92,000 –              all the income and losses listed in columns (a), (b), and (c) 
$5,500).                                                          for those activities on the proper forms and schedules, 
                                                                  including Form 8582.

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If you have activities that show an overall loss in            enter the results in column (c). The total of column (c) 
column (e) of Parts IV or V, you must allocate your            must be the same as Part II, line 9, of Form 8582.
allowed loss on Part III, line 11, of Form 8582 to those            If there is prior year unallowed CRD included in Part II, 
activities by completing Parts VI, VII, plus VIII and/or IX.   line 9:
Complete Part VI only if you entered an amount (other               1. For the Part VI for rental real estate activities with 
than zero) on Part II, line 9, of Form 8582. Otherwise, skip   active participation, multiply each ratio in column (b) by 
Part VI and complete Part VII for all activities in Part IV or the lesser of line 4 or line 8; and
V that have overall losses in column (e) and any amount             2. For the Part VI for prior year unallowed CRD, 
of prior year unallowed CRD included in line 3.                multiply each ratio in column (b) by the amount from line D 
                                                               of the Worksheet in the instructions for line 9 above.
Part VI
Use Part VI to allocate the special allowance on Part II,      The total of column (c) for the Part VI for rental real estate 
line 9, of Form 8582 among your rental real estate             activities with active participation should be the same as 
activities.                                                    the lesser of line 4 or line 8, Part II, and the total of column 
                                                               (c) for the second Part VI for prior year unallowed CRD 
If you used the Worksheet in the instructions for line 9       should be the amount from line D of the Worksheet.
to apply any remaining special allowance to prior year 
                                                                    Column (c) total is the same as column (a) total.         If 
unallowed CRD from one or more rental real estate 
                                                               the total losses in column (c) are the same as those in 
activities, complete a separate Part VI to allocate that 
                                                               column (a), the losses in Part IV (or, in the case of the 
portion of the special allowance to those CRD activities.
                                                               second Part VI for prior unallowed CRD, the additional 
In the first column of Part VI, enter the name of each         amount listed in Part I, line 3) are allowed in full and aren’t 
activity. In the second column, enter the form or schedule     carried over to Part VII. Report all amounts in columns (a), 
and line number on which the loss will be reported.            (b), and (c) of Part IV on the proper forms and schedules.
Example.      You receive a Schedule K-1 from                       Column (c) total is less than column (a) total.      If the 
partnership P that reports losses from two rental real         total losses in column (c) are less than the total losses in 
estate activities, Activity X and Activity Y. The losses from  column (a), complete column (d).
partnership P are reported on line 28A of Schedule E. In       Column (d). Subtract column (c) from column (a) and 
the first two columns of Part VI, enter:                       enter the results in column (d). Also enter the amounts 
                                                               from column (d) of Part VI in column (a) of Part VII.
Name of Activity          Form or Schedule
                                                               Part VII—Allocation of Unallowed Losses
Activity X                 Sch E, line 28A
                                                               Complete Part VII if any activities have an overall loss in 
Activity Y                 Sch E, line 28A                     column (e) of Part V or losses in column (d) of Part VI (in 
                                                               column (e) of Part IV and any prior year unallowed CRD 
                                                               included in Part I, line 3, if you didn’t have to complete 
If the loss from an activity is reported in more than one      Part VI).
place, identify both locations in the second column (for 
example, Sch E, line 28A/Form 4797, line 2). If you need            On Part VII, enter the name of each activity and the 
additional space, show this information on an attached         form or schedule and line number on which the loss will 
statement.                                                     be reported. See the Example for Part VI. If you have prior 
                                                               year unallowed CRD from a passive activity other than 
If you entered an amount on Part II, line 9, and there is 
                                                               rental real estate in Part V, and/or unallowed losses for 
no amount included in line 9 from prior year disallowed 
                                                               prior year CRD from a rental real estate activity in Part VI, 
CRD, list in Part VI all activities with an overall loss in 
                                                               column (d), add “CRD” after the name of each of the 
column (e) of Part IV.
                                                               activities.
If you also included an amount for prior year unallowed 
                                                               Column (a). Enter the amounts, if any, from column (d) 
CRD from rental real estate activities in line 9, complete 
                                                               of Part VI (from column (e) of Part IV and any prior year 
another Part IV for these CRD activities. You can use 
                                                               unallowed CRD included in Part I, line 3, if you didn’t have 
another Part IV or your own schedule in the same format 
                                                               to complete Part VI). Also enter the losses, if any, from 
as Part IV. Enter the prior year unallowed CRD for each 
                                                               column (e) of Part V.
activity in column (a) of the second Part IV. Then follow 
the instructions for column (b) and column (c) below for       Column (b). Divide each of the individual losses shown 
each Part IV.                                                  in column (a) by the total of all the losses in column (a) 
                                                               and enter this ratio for each activity in column (b). The 
Column (a).   Enter the overall loss from column (e) of 
                                                               total of all the ratios must equal 1.00.
Part IV for each activity.
                                                               Column (c). Complete the following computation.
Column (b).   Divide each of the individual losses shown 
in column (a) by the total of all the losses in column (a), 
and enter this ratio for each activity in column (b). The 
total of all the ratios in column (b) must equal 1.00.
Column (c).   Multiply each ratio in column (b) by the 
amount on Part II, line 9, of Form 8582, if there is no prior 
year unallowed CRD from rental real estate activities, and 

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A. Enter as a positive amount                                     the forms and schedules normally used, subject to any 
    Part I, line 3, of Form 8582. . . . . . . . . .               further limitations described in Coordination With Other 
B. Enter Part II, line 9, of                                      Limitations, earlier.
   Form 8582 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    See the forms and schedules listed under How To 
C. Subtract line  from  B                                         Report Allowed Losses, later.
    line A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     
                                                                  Part IX—Activities With Losses Reported on Two 
                                                                  or More Forms or Schedules
Multiply each ratio in column (b) by the amount on line 
C above, and enter the result in column (c).
                                                                  Use Part IX for any activity listed in Part VII that has losses 
Parts VIII and IX                                                 that are reported on two or more different forms and 
                                                                  schedules or are identified separately on the same form or 
Parts VIII and IX figure your unallowed and allowed losses 
                                                                  schedule (for example, 28% rate and non-28%-rate 
for each activity.
                                                                  capital losses reported on Form 8949). Part IX allocates 
If you have losses from any activity that are reported on         the allowed and unallowed loss for the activity and 
two or more different forms or schedules, use Part IX             allocates the allowed loss to the different forms or 
instead of Part VIII for that activity.                           schedules (or where identified separately on the same 
                                                                  form or schedule) used to report the losses.
Also use Part IX instead of Part VIII for any activity with 
two or more transactions that are reported on the same                  Only losses that would cause a difference in tax liability 
form or schedule but must be separately identified for tax        if they were reported on a different form or schedule or are 
purposes. Transactions that must be separately identified         identified separately on the same form or schedule are 
include capital losses that are 28% rate losses and those         kept separate. Those forms, schedules, and parts are the 
that aren’t.                                                      following.
Note. 28% rate gain or loss includes all collectibles gains           Schedules C, E, and F.
and deductible long-term losses and section 1202 gain on              Form 8949 (Parts I and II (28% rate losses and 
the sale of qualified small business stock. See the               non-28%-rate losses)).

Instructions for Schedule D for details.                          Note. You must generally make a separate entry in Form 
                                                                  8949, Part I or Part II, for each transaction reported. See 
Part VIII—Allowed Losses                                          the Instructions for Form 8949.
                                                                      Forms 4684 (Section B), 4797 (Parts I and II), and 
Use Part VIII for any activity listed in Part VII if all the loss 4835.
from that activity is reported on one form or schedule and 
no transactions need to be identified separately (as                    Use a separate copy of Part IX for each activity for 
discussed in Part IX, later). Also see Identification of          which you have losses reported on two or more different 
Disallowed Passive Activity Deductions in Pub. 925 for            forms or schedules or which are identified separately on 
more information.                                                 the same form or schedule.
Example.       You will report all the allowed loss from an 
activity listed in Part VII on Schedule E. Use Part VIII to             In Part IX, enter the form or schedule and line number 
determine the allowed loss, even if part of the loss is a         on the dotted line above each line 1a (for example, 
current year Schedule E loss and part of it is a prior year       Schedule D, line 12, to report a long-term capital loss from 
unallowed Schedule E loss.                                        a partnership).
In Part VIII, enter the name of each activity and the form        Line 1a, column (a). Enter the net loss plus any prior 
or schedule and line number on which the loss is reported.        year unallowed loss from the activity that’s reported on the 
Identify each CRD from Part VII on a separate line of Part        same form or, in the case of Form 4797 and Form 8949, 
VIII and add "CRD" after the name of the activity. See the        the same part.
Example for Part VI.                                                    If you have a Form 8949 28% rate loss and a Form 
                                                                  8949 non-28%-rate loss, see Example of Form 8949 
Column (a).    For each activity entered in Part VIII, enter 
                                                                  transactions, later, before completing Part IX.
the net loss plus the prior year unallowed loss for the 
activity. Figure this amount by adding the losses in              Line 1b, column (a). Enter any net income from the 
columns (b) and (c) of Parts IV and V and any prior year          activity that’s reported on the same form or schedule (or 
unallowed CRD included in Part I, line 3.                         on the same part of the same form or schedule) as the 
                                                                  loss on line 1a, column (a).
Column (b).    For each activity entered in Part VIII, enter 
the amount from column (c) of Part VII for the activity.                Example. You enter a prior year unallowed loss from 
These are your unallowed losses for 2023. Keep a record           Form 4797, Part I, on line 1a. If the activity has a current 
of these amounts so the losses can be used to figure your         year Form 4797, Part I, gain, enter the gain on line 1b, 
PAL next year.                                                    column (a). If the activity doesn’t have a Form 4797, Part I, 
                                                                  gain, enter -0- on line 1b, column (a).
Column (c).    Subtract column (b) from column (a). These 
amounts are the losses allowed for 2023 under the                 Column (b).    Subtract line 1b, column (a), from line 1a, 
passive loss rules. Report the amounts in this column on          column (a), and enter the result in column (b). If line 1b, 

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column (a), is more than line 1a, column (a), enter -0- in           Unallowed losses for Activity I are the following.
column (b).                                                        28% rate loss: 0.25 x $3,130 = $782.50.
Column (c).    Divide each of the losses entered in column         Non-28%-rate loss: 0.75 x $3,130 = $2,347.50.
(b) by the total of column (b) and enter the ratio in column         Allowed losses for Activity I are the following.
(c). The total of this column must be 1.00.                        28% rate loss: $1,000 − $782.50 = $217.50.
                                                                   Non-28%-rate loss: $3,000 − $2,347.50 = $652.50.
Column (d).    Multiply the unallowed loss for this activity, 
found in Part VII, column (c), by each ratio in column (c) of        The total loss allowed for Activity I ($870) is entered in 
Part IX. If -0- is entered in column (b) of Part IX, also enter Part II of Form 8949. The allowed 28% rate loss ($217.50) 
-0- for that form or schedule in column (d).                    is entered on the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet (see the 
                                                                instructions for Schedule D, line 18). Keep a record of the 
   The amount in column (d) is the unallowed loss for           unallowed 28% rate and non-28%-rate losses to figure the 
2023. Keep a record of Part IX so you can use the losses        PAL for next year.
to figure your PAL next year.
                                                                     See the forms and schedules listed under How To 
Column (e).    Subtract the amount in column (d) from the       Report Allowed Losses next.
loss entered on line 1a, column (a). This amount is the 
loss allowed for 2023 under the passive loss rules. Report      How To Report Allowed Losses
the amounts in this column on the forms or schedules 
                                                                Line 3 is income. If Part I, line 3, of Form 8582 shows 
normally used, subject to any further limitations described 
                                                                net income or zero, all the losses in columns (b) and (c) of 
in Coordination With Other Limitations, earlier. The forms 
                                                                Parts IV and V and any prior year unallowed CRD 
and schedules you use must show the losses from this 
                                                                included in line 3 are allowed in full under the passive loss 
column and the income, if any, for that activity from 
                                                                rules. Report the income and losses in columns (a), (b), 
column (a) of Part IV or Part V.
                                                                and (c) of Parts IV and V and any prior year unallowed 
Example of Form 8949 transactions.          The taxpayer        CRD included in line 3 on the forms and schedules 
had the following Form 8949 transactions from passive           normally used.
activities in 2023.
   Activity I                                                   Line 11 is the same as the total of Part I, lines 1b, 1c, 
                                                                2b, 2c, and CRD included in line 3.  In this case, all the 
   A passive activity prior year unallowed long-term            losses in columns (b) and (c) of Parts IV and V and any 
capital loss (a 28% rate loss) of $1,000 and a current year     prior year unallowed CRD included in line 3 are allowed in 
long-term capital loss (a non-28%-rate loss) of $3,000.         full under the passive loss rules. Report the income and 
   Activity II                                                  losses in columns (a), (b), and (c) of Parts IV and V on the 
   A current year collectibles loss (a 28% rate loss) of        forms and schedules normally used.
$230 and net income of $1,100 from Schedule E (Form             Columns (a) and (c) of Part VI are the same amount. 
1040).                                                          In this case, all the losses in columns (b) and (c) of Part IV 
   Part V                                                       and any prior year unallowed CRD included in line 3 are 
   Activity I has an overall loss of $4,000 (current year       allowed in full under the passive loss rules. Report the 
long-term capital loss of $3,000 and a prior year               income and losses in columns (a), (b), and (c) of Part IV 
unallowed long-term capital loss of $1,000). Activity II has    and any prior year unallowed CRD included in line 3 on 
an overall gain of $870 (current year net income of $1,100      the forms and schedules normally used.
less a current year long-term capital loss of $230). Part III,  Losses allowed in column (c) of Part VIII.    The 
line 11, of Form 8582 shows an allowed loss of $1,100.          amounts in column (c) of Part VIII are the losses or 
   Since Activity II has an overall gain, the amounts shown     deductions allowed for 2023 for the activities listed in that 
in columns (a) and (b) of Part V for that activity are          part. Report the loss allowed from column (c) of Part VIII 
reported on the proper forms and schedules and aren’t           and the income, if any, for that activity from column (a) of 
shown in any other part.                                        Part IV or V on the form or schedule normally used.
   Part VII                                                     Losses allowed in column (e) of Part IX.    The amounts 
   Activity I has an unallowed loss of $3,130 (Part I, line 3,  in column (e) of Part IX are the losses or deductions 
of Form 8582 ($3,130) less the sum of Part II, line 9, of       allowed for 2023 for the activity listed on that part. Report 
Form 8582 (-0-) x 100%).                                        the losses allowed from column (e) of Part IX and the 
                                                                income, if any, for that activity from column (a) of Part IV 
   Part IX
                                                                or V on the forms or schedules normally used.
   Part IX is used to figure the portion of the unallowed 
loss attributable to the 28% rate loss and the portion          Schedules C and F, and Form 4835.    Enter on the net 
attributable to the non-28%-rate loss.                          profit or loss line of your Schedule C or F, or line 34c of 
                                                                Form 4835, the allowed passive loss from the part. To the 
   The loss attributable to the 28% rate loss ($1,000) and 
                                                                left of the entry space, enter “PAL.”
the loss attributable to the non-28%-rate loss ($3,000) are 
separate entries in Part IX. The ratio of each loss to the           If the net profit or loss line on your form or schedule 
total of the two losses is figured as follows. $1,000/$4,000    shows net profit for the year, reduce the net profit by the 
= 0.25 and $3,000/$4,000 = 0.75. Each of these ratios is        allowed loss from Part VIII or IX and enter the result on the 
multiplied by the unallowed loss for Activity I, shown in       net profit or loss line.
column (c) of Part VII ($3,130).

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Example.        Schedule C shows net profit for the year of   Entire disposition with an overall gain. Gains and 
$5,000 from a passive activity. The activity also has a       losses from this activity were included on Form 8582 so 
Form 4797 gain of $2,500 and a prior year unallowed           that the gains might offset other PALs. Report all the gains 
Schedule C loss of $6,000. The loss allowed for 2023 is       and losses on the forms and schedules normally used, 
$6,000. You enter a net loss of $1,000 on line 31 of          and to the left of the entry space, enter “EDPA.”
Schedule C (the $5,000 net profit for the year less the 
$6,000 loss allowed for the year). To the left of the entry   Publicly Traded Partnerships (PTPs)
space, you enter “PAL.”                                       A PTP is a partnership whose interests are traded on an 
See Form 4797 and Form 8949, later, if you also had           established securities market or are readily tradable on a 
passive gains and losses from the sale of assets or of an     secondary market (or its substantial equivalent).
interest in a passive activity.                                   An established securities market includes any national 
Schedule E, Part I. Enter the allowed loss from the part      securities exchange and any local exchange registered 
on line 22 of Schedule E. An activity that has net profit for under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or exempted 
the year and prior year unallowed losses will have net        from registration because of the limited volume of 
profit on line 21 and the allowed loss on line 22. The        transactions. It also includes any over-the-counter market.
allowed loss on line 22 will include the loss allowed to the      A secondary market generally exists if a person stands 
extent of the net profit. Line 24 of Schedule E will show     ready to make a market in the interest. An interest is 
total profit and line 25 will show total losses allowed (both treated as readily tradable if the interest is regularly 
passive and nonpassive). Line 26 will show the total net      quoted by persons, such as brokers or dealers, who are 
profit or loss.                                               making a market in the interest.
Schedule E, Parts II and III.   Any item of income shown          The substantial equivalent of a secondary market 
on your Schedule K-1 that’s passive income must be            exists if there’s no identifiable market maker, but holders 
entered as passive income in the appropriate column of        of interests have a readily available, regular, and ongoing 
Schedule E, Part II or III. Enter the passive loss allowed    opportunity to sell or exchange interests through a public 
from Part VIII or IX of Form 8582 in the appropriate          means of obtaining or providing information on offers to 
column for passive losses. The passive losses allowed         buy, sell, or exchange interests. Similarly, the substantial 
include the loss allowed to the extent of any net income      equivalent of a secondary market exists if prospective 
from the activity. Passive net income or loss reportable in   buyers and sellers have the opportunity to buy, sell, or 
Schedule E, Part II, includes any self-charged interest       exchange interests in a timeframe and with the regularity 
income and deductions treated as passive activity income      and continuity that the existence of a market maker would 
and deductions. See Self-Charged Interest, earlier.           provide.
See Form 4797 and Form 8949, later, if you also had 
passive gains or losses from the sale of assets or of an      Special Instructions for PTPs
interest in a passive activity.                               Section 469(k) provides that the passive activity 
Form 4684, Section B.   Any passive activity gain from        limitations must be applied separately to items from each 
Form 4684 is unchanged. It was used on Form 8582 to           PTP. PALs from a PTP may generally be used only to 
determine allowable PALs. If you don’t have passive           offset income or gain from passive activities of the same 
losses on Form 4684, complete Form 4684 and follow the        PTP. The special allowance for rental real estate activities 
instructions for that form for where to report the gain.      (including CRDs) doesn’t apply to PALs from a PTP.
If you have passive losses on Form 4684, cross                Passive activity loss rules for partners in PTPs.          Don’t 
through the amount you first entered on line 31, 32, 38a,     report passive income, gains, or losses from a PTP on 
38b, or 39 of that form, and enter the allowed loss from      Form 8582. Instead, use the following rules to figure and 
the part. To the left of the entry space, enter “PAL.”        report your income, gains, and losses from passive 
                                                              activities you held through each PTP you owned during 
Form 4797 and Form 8949.        If you sold assets from a 
                                                              the tax year.
passive activity or you sold an interest in your passive 
activity, all gains from the activity must be entered on the      1. Combine any current year income, gains and 
appropriate line of Form 4797 or Form 8949. Identify the      losses, and any prior year unallowed losses to see if you 
gain as “FPA.” Enter any allowed losses for Form 4797 or      have an overall loss from the PTP. Include only the same 
Form 8949 on the appropriate line. On Form 8949, include      types of income and losses you would include to figure 
“PAL” in the description of the property in column (a). On    your net income or loss from a non-PTP passive activity. 
Form 4797, enter “PAL” to the left of the entry space (for    See Passive Activity Income and Deductions, earlier.
example, line 2 or line 10).                                      2. If you have an overall gain, the net gain portion 
                                                              (total gain minus total losses) is nonpassive income.
Entire disposition with an overall loss. If you made an 
entire disposition of your interest in a passive activity and     It’s important to figure the nonpassive income because 
that activity had an overall loss, none of the gains, if any, it must be included in modified adjusted gross income to 
or losses were entered on Form 8582. However, all the         figure the special allowance for active participation in a 
gains and losses must be reported on the forms or             non-PTP rental real estate activity on Form 8582. Also, 
schedules normally used. To the left of the entry space,      you may be able to include the nonpassive income in 
enter “EDPA.”                                                 investment income when figuring your investment interest 
                                                              expense deduction. See Form 4952, Investment Interest 
                                                              Expense Deduction.

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Report all gains and allowed losses from the activity on       (c) of Part VIII (column (e) of Part IX) are the allowed 
the forms or schedules normally used, and to the left of       losses to report on your forms or schedules. Report these 
each entry space, enter “From PTP.”                            losses and any income from the PTP on the forms and 
Example.  You have Schedule E income of $8,000 and             schedules normally used.
a Form 4797 prior year unallowed loss of $3,500 from the            4. If you have an overall loss and you disposed of your 
passive activities of a PTP. You have a $4,500 overall         entire interest in the PTP to an unrelated person in a fully 
gain ($8,000 − $3,500) that’s nonpassive income. On            taxable transaction during the year, your losses (including 
Schedule E, Part II, you report the $4,500 net gain as         prior year unallowed losses) allocable to the activity for 
nonpassive income in column (k). In column (h), you            the year aren’t limited by the passive loss rules. A fully 
report the remaining Schedule E gain of $3,500 ($8,000 −       taxable transaction is one in which you recognize all your 
$4,500) as passive income. On the appropriate line of          realized gain or loss. Report the income and losses on the 
Form 4797, you report the prior year unallowed loss of         forms and schedules normally used.
$3,500. You enter “From PTP” to the left of each entry 
space.                                                              For rules on the disposition of an entire interest 
3. If you have an overall loss (but didn’t dispose of          reported using the installment method, see Disposition of 
your entire interest in the PTP to an unrelated person in a    an Entire Interest, earlier.
fully taxable transaction during the year), the losses are 
allowed only to the extent of the income, and the excess       Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.                     We ask for the 
loss is carried forward to use in a future year if you have    information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue 
income to offset it. Report as a passive loss on the           laws of the United States. You are required to give us the 
schedule or form you normally use the portion of the loss      information. We need it to ensure that you are complying 
equal to the income. Report the income as passive              with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the 
income on the form or schedule you normally use.               right amount of tax.
Example.  You have a Schedule E loss of $12,000                     You are not required to provide the information 
(current year losses plus prior year unallowed losses) and     requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork 
Form 4797 gain of $7,200 from the passive activities of a      Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB 
PTP. You report the $7,200 gain on the appropriate line of     control number. Books or records relating to a form or its 
Form 4797. On Schedule E, Part II, you report $7,200 of        instructions must be retained as long as their contents 
the losses as a passive loss in column (g). You carry          may become material in the administration of any Internal 
forward the unallowed loss of $4,800 ($12,000 − $7,200).       Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return 
If you have unallowed losses from more than one                information are confidential, as required by section 6103.
activity of the PTP or from the same activity of the PTP            The time needed to complete and file this form will vary 
that must be reported on different forms or schedules,         depending on individual circumstances. The estimated 
allocate the unallowed losses on a pro rata basis to figure    burden for individual taxpayers filing this form is approved 
the amount allowed for each activity or on each form or        under OMB control number 1545-0074 and is included in 
schedule.                                                      the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual 
       To allocate and keep a record of the unallowed          income tax return. The estimated burden for all other 
TIP    losses, use Parts VII, VIII, and IX of Form 8582.       taxpayers who file this form is shown below.

List each activity of the PTP in Part VII. Enter the overall        Recordkeeping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      26 min.
loss from each activity in column (a). Complete column (b)          Learning about the law or the form . .                22 min.
of Part VII according to its instructions. Multiply the total       Preparing the form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1 hr., 52 min.
unallowed loss from the PTP by each ratio in column (b) 
and enter the result in column (c) of Part VII.                     Copying, assembling, and sending 
                                                                    the form to the IRS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      48 min.
Next, complete Part VIII for each activity listed in Part 
VII if all the loss from that activity is reported on one form 
or schedule. Use Part IX instead of Part VIII for each 
activity with losses reported on two or more different              If you have comments concerning the accuracy of 
forms or schedules (or are identified separately on the        these time estimates or suggestions for making this form 
same form or schedule). Enter the net loss plus any prior      simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. See the 
year unallowed losses in column (a) of Part VIII (or line 1a,  instructions for the tax return with which this form is filed.
column (a), of Part IX, if applicable). The losses in column 

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