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    | Instructions for Form 1065 Schedule K-1 | 2006 Tax Year |  
                  
                  
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                     The partnership uses Schedule K-1 to report your share of the partnership's income, deductions, credits, etc. Keep it for
                        your records. Do not file
                        it with your tax return. The partnership has filed a copy with the IRS.
                        
                      Although the partnership generally is not subject to income tax, you are liable for tax on your share of the partnership income,
                        whether or not
                        distributed. Include your share on your tax return if a return is required. Use these instructions to help you report the
                        items shown on Schedule K-1
                        on your tax return.
                        
                      The amount of loss and deduction that you may claim on your tax return may be less than the amount reported on Schedule K-1.
                        It is the partner's
                        responsibility to consider and apply any applicable limitations. See Limitations on Losses, Deductions, and Credits beginning on page 2 for
                        more information.
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              Inconsistent Treatment of Items
                               Generally, you must report partnership items shown on your Schedule K-1 (and any attached schedules) the same way that the
                        partnership treated the
                        items on its return. This rule does not apply if your partnership is within the “small partnership exception” and does not elect to have the tax
                        treatment of partnership items determined at the partnership level.
                        
                      If the treatment on your original or amended return is inconsistent with the partnership's treatment, or if the partnership
                        was required to but has
                        not filed a return, you must file Form 8082, Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or Administrative Adjustment Request (AAR),
                        with your original or
                        amended return to identify and explain any inconsistency (or to note that a partnership return has not been filed).
                        
                      If you are required to file Form 8082 but fail to do so, you may be subject to the accuracy-related penalty. This penalty
                        is in addition to any tax
                        that results from making your amount or treatment of the item consistent with that shown on the partnership's return. Any
                        deficiency that results from
                        making the amounts consistent may be assessed immediately.
                        
                      
                     
                     If you believe the partnership has made an error on your Schedule K-1, notify the partnership and ask for a corrected Schedule
                        K-1. Do not change
                        any items on your copy of Schedule K-1. Be sure that the partnership sends a copy of the corrected Schedule K-1 to the IRS.
                        If you are a partner in a
                        partnership that does not meet the small partnership exception and you report any partnership item on your return in a manner
                        different from the way
                        the partnership reported it, you must file Form 8082.
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              Sale or Exchange of Partnership Interest
                               Generally, a partner who sells or exchanges a partnership interest in a section 751(a) exchange must notify the partnership,
                        in writing, within 30
                        days of the exchange (or, if earlier, by January 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the exchange
                        occurred). A “section
                           751(a) exchange” is any sale or exchange of a partnership interest in which any money or other property received by the partner in exchange
                        for
                        that partner's interest is attributable to unrealized receivables (as defined in section 751(c)) or inventory items (as defined
                        in section 751(d)).
                        
                      The written notice to the partnership must include the names and addresses of both parties to the exchange, the identifying
                        numbers of the
                        transferor and (if known) of the transferee, and the exchange date.
                        
                      An exception to this rule is made for sales or exchanges of publicly traded partnership interests for which a broker is required
                        to file Form
                        1099-B, Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions.
                        
                      If a partner is required to notify the partnership of a section 751(a) exchange but fails to do so, a $50 penalty may be imposed
                        for each such
                        failure. However, no penalty will be imposed if the partner can show that the failure was due to reasonable cause and not
                        willful neglect.
                        
                      
                     
                     Any person who holds, directly or indirectly, an interest in a partnership as a nominee for another person must furnish a
                        written statement to the
                        partnership by the last day of the month following the end of the partnership's tax year. This statement must include the
                        name, address, and
                        identifying number of the nominee and such other person, description of the partnership interest held as nominee for that
                        person, and other
                        information required by Temporary Regulations section 1.6031(c)-1T. A nominee that fails to furnish this statement must furnish
                        to the person for whom
                        the nominee holds the partnership interest a copy of Schedule K-1 and related information within 30 days of receiving it from
                        the partnership.
                        
                      A nominee who fails to furnish when due all the information required by Temporary Regulations section 1.6031(c)-1T, or who
                        furnishes incorrect
                        information, is subject to a $50 penalty for each statement for which a failure occurs. The maximum penalty is $100,000 for
                        all such failures during a
                        calendar year. If the nominee intentionally disregards the requirement to report correct information, each $50 penalty increases
                        to $100 or, if
                        greater, 10% of the aggregate amount of items required to be reported, and the $100,000 maximum does not apply.
                        
                      
                     
                     Every partnership that had operations in, or related to, a boycotting country, company, or a national of a country must file
                        Form 5713,
                        International Boycott Report.
                        
                      If the partnership cooperated with an international boycott, it must give you a copy of its Form 5713. You must file your
                        own Form 5713 to report
                        the partnership's activities and any other boycott operations that you may have. You may lose certain tax benefits if the
                        partnership participated in,
                        or cooperated with, an international boycott. See Form 5713 and its instructions for more information.
                        
                      
                     
                     
                        
                        A general partner is a partner who is personally liable for partnership debts.
                           
                         
                        
                        A limited partner is a partner in a partnership formed under a state limited partnership law, whose personal liability for
                           partnership debts is
                           limited to the amount of money or other property that the partner contributed or is required to contribute to the partnership.
                           Some members of other
                           entities, such as domestic or foreign business trusts or limited liability companies that are classified as partnerships,
                           may be treated as limited
                           partners for certain purposes. See, for example, Temporary Regulations section 1.469-5T(e)(3), which treats all members with
                           limited liability as
                           limited partners for purposes of section 469(h)(2).
                           
                         
                        
                        Nonrecourse loans are those liabilities of the partnership for which no partner bears the economic risk of loss.
                           
                         
                     
                     Generally, the partnership decides how to figure taxable income from its operations. However, certain elections are made by
                        you separately on your
                        income tax return and not by the partnership. These elections are made under the following code sections:
                        
                      
                        
                           
                              Section 59(e) (deduction of certain qualified expenditures ratably over the period of time specified in that section). For
                                 more information,
                                 see the instructions for code I in box 13.
                              
                              Section 108(b)(5) (income from the discharge of indebtedness).
                              Section 263A(d) (preproductive expenses). See the instructions for code O in box 13. 
                              Section 617 (deduction and recapture of certain mining exploration expenditures).
                              Section 901 (foreign tax credit). 
                        
                      If the partnership previously changed its tax year and you elected to report your distributive share of the income attributable
                        to that change
                        ratably over 4 tax years, see Rev. Proc. 2003-79, 2003-45 I.R.B. 1036. If you made the election, you must file Form 8082 with
                        your income tax return
                        for each of the 4 tax years. File Form 8082 for this purpose in accordance with Rev. Proc. 2003-79 instead of the Form 8082
                        instructions.
                        
                      
                     
                     For more information on the treatment of partnership income, deductions, credits, etc., see Pub. 541, Partnerships, and Pub.
                        535, Business
                        Expenses.
                        
                      To get forms and publications, see the instructions for your tax return or visit the IRS website at
                        www.irs.gov.
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              Limitations on Losses, Deductions, and Credits
                               There are three separate potential limitations on the amount of partnership losses that you may deduct on your return. These
                        limitations and the
                        order in which you must apply them are as follows: the basis rules, the at-risk limitations, and the passive activity limitations.
                        Each of these
                        limitations is discussed separately below.
                        
                      Other limitations may apply to specific deductions (for example, the section 179 expense deduction). Generally, specific limitations
                        apply before
                        the basis, at-risk, and passive loss limitations.
                        
                      
                        
                        Generally, you may not claim your share of a partnership loss (including a capital loss) to the extent that it is greater
                           than the adjusted basis
                           of your partnership interest at the end of the partnership's tax year. Any losses and deductions not allowed this year because
                           of the basis limit can
                           be carried forward indefinitely and deducted in a later year subject to the basis limit for that year.
                           
                         The partnership is not responsible for keeping the information needed to figure the basis of your partnership interest. Although
                           the partnership
                           does provide an analysis of the changes to your capital account in item N of Schedule K-1, that information is based on the
                           partnership's books and
                           records and cannot be used to figure your basis.
                           
                         You can figure the adjusted basis of your partnership interest by adding items that increase your basis and then subtracting
                           items that decrease
                           your basis.
                           
                         Use the worksheet below to figure the basis of your interest in the partnership.
                           
                         For more details on the basis rules, see Pub. 541.
                           
                         
                        
                            
                            
                          Worksheet for Adjusting the Basis of a Partner's Interest in the Partnership  
                              
                              
                                 
                                    | 1. | Your adjusted basis at the end of the prior year. Do not enter less than zero. Enter -0- if this is your first tax
                                       year | 1. |  |  
                                    |  | Increases: |  
                                    | 2. | Money and your adjusted basis in property contributed to the partnership less the associated liabilities (but not less
                                       than zero) | 2. |  |  
                                    | 3. | Your increased share of or assumption of partnership liabilities (Subtract your share of liabilities shown in Item M of
                                       your 2005 Schedule K-1 from your share of liabilities shown in Item M of your 2006 Schedule K-1 and add the amount of any
                                       partnership liabilities you
                                       assumed during the tax year) | 3. |  |  
                                    | 4. | Your share of the partnership's income or gain (including tax-exempt income) | 4. |  |  
                                    | 5. | Any gain recognized this year on contributions of property. Do not include gain from transfer of liabilities | 5. |  |  
                                    | 6. | Your share of the excess of the deductions for depletion (other than oil and gas depletion) over the basis of the property
                                       subject to
                                       depletion | 6. |  |  
                                    |  | Decreases: |  
                                    | 7. | Withdrawals and distributions of money and the adjusted basis of property distributed to you from the partnership. Do
                                       not include the amount of property distributions included in the partner's income (taxable income) | 7. |  |  
                                    |  | Caution: A distribution may be taxable if the amount exceeds your adjusted basis of your partnership
                                       interest immediately before the distribution. |  |  |  
                                    | 8. | Your share of the partnership's nondeductible expenses that are not capital expenditures | 8. |  |  
                                    | 9. | Your share of the partnership's losses and deductions (including capital losses). However, include your share of
                                       the partnership's section 179 expense deduction for this year even if you cannot deduct all of it because of limitations | 9. |  |  
                                    | 10. | The amount of your deduction for depletion of any partnership oil and gas property, not to exceed your allocable
                                       share of the adjusted basis of that property | 10. |  |  
                                    | 11. | Your adjusted basis in the partnership at end of this tax year. (Add lines 1 through 6 and subtract lines 7
                                       through 10 from the total. If zero or less, enter -0-.) | 11. |  |  
                                    |  | Caution: The deduction for your share of the partnership's losses and deductions is limited to your
                                       adjusted basis in your partnership interest. If you entered zero on line 11 and the amount computed for line 11 was less than
                                       zero, a portion of your
                                       share of the partnership losses and deductions may not be deductible. (See Basis Rules above for more information.) |  |  |  
                        
                        Generally, if you have (a) a loss or other deduction from any activity carried on as a trade or business or for the production
                           of income by the
                           partnership and (b) amounts in the activity for which you are not at risk, you will have to complete Form 6198, At-Risk Limitations,
                           to figure your
                           allowable loss.
                           
                         The at-risk rules generally limit the amount of loss and other deductions that you can claim to the amount you could actually
                           lose in the activity.
                           These losses and deductions include a loss on the disposition of assets and the section 179 expense deduction. However, if
                           you acquired your
                           partnership interest before 1987, the at-risk rules do not apply to losses from an activity of holding real property placed
                           in service before 1987 by
                           the partnership. The activity of holding mineral property does not qualify for this exception. The partnership should identify
                           on an attachment to
                           Schedule K-1 the amount of any losses that are not subject to the at-risk limitations.
                           
                         Generally, you are not at risk for amounts such as the following:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Nonrecourse loans used to finance the activity, to acquire property used in the activity, or to acquire your interest in the
                                    activity, that
                                    are not secured by your own property (other than the property used in the activity). See the instructions for item M on page
                                    5 for the exception for
                                    qualified nonrecourse financing secured by real property.
                                 
                                 Cash, property, or borrowed amounts used in the activity (or contributed to the activity, or used to acquire your interest
                                    in the activity)
                                    that are protected against loss by a guarantee, stop-loss agreement, or other similar arrangement (excluding casualty insurance
                                    and insurance against
                                    tort liability).
                                 
                                 Amounts borrowed for use in the activity from a person who has an interest in the activity, other than as a creditor, or who
                                    is related,
                                    under section 465(b)(3), to a person (other than you) having such an interest.
                                  
                           
                         You should get a separate statement of income, expenses, etc., for each activity from the partnership.
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Passive Activity Limitations Section 469 provides rules that limit the deduction of certain losses and credits. These rules apply to partners who:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Are individuals, estates, trusts, closely held corporations, or personal service corporations and
                                 Have a passive activity loss or credit for the tax year. 
                           
                         Generally, passive activities include:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Trade or business activities in which you did not materially participate and
                                 Activities that meet the definition of rental activities under Temporary Regulations section 1.469-1T(e)(3) and Regulations
                                    section
                                    1.469-1(e)(3).
                                  
                           
                         Passive activities do not include:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Trade or business activities in which you materially participated.
                                 Rental real estate activities in which you materially participated if you were a real estate professional for the tax year. You
                                    were a real estate professional only if you met both of the following conditions:
                                    
                                  
                                    
                                       
                                          More than half of the personal services you performed in trades or businesses were performed in real property trades or businesses
                                             in which
                                             you materially participated and
                                          
                                          You performed more than 750 hours of services in real property trades or businesses in which you materially participated. 
                                    
                                  
                                    Note. For a closely held C corporation (defined in section 465(a)(1)(B)), the above conditions are treated as met if more than 50%
                                       of the corporation's
                                       gross receipts were from real property trades or businesses in which the corporation materially participated.
                                       
                                     
                                    
                                  For purposes of this rule, each interest in rental real estate is a separate activity, unless you elect to treat all interests
                                    in rental real
                                    estate as one activity. For details on making this election, see the Instructions for Schedule E (Form 1040).
                                    
                                  
                                    
                                  If you are married filing jointly, either you or your spouse must separately meet both of the above conditions, without taking
                                    into account
                                    services performed by the other spouse.
                                    
                                  
                                    
                                  A real property trade or business is any real property development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition,
                                    conversion, rental,
                                    operation, management, leasing, or brokerage trade or business. Services you performed as an employee are not treated as performed
                                    in a real property
                                    trade or business unless you owned more than 5% of the stock (or more than 5% of the capital or profits interest) in the employer.
                                    
                                 
                                 Working interests in oil or gas wells if you were a general partner.
                                 The rental of a dwelling unit any partner used for personal purposes during the year for more than the greater of 14 days
                                    or 10% of the
                                    number of days that the residence was rented at fair rental value.
                                 
                                 Activities of trading personal property for the account of owners of interests in the activities. 
                           
                         If you are an individual, an estate, or a trust, and you have a passive activity loss or credit, use Form 8582, Passive Activity
                           Loss Limitations,
                           to figure your allowable passive losses and Form 8582-CR, Passive Activity Credit Limitations, to figure your allowable passive
                           credits. For a
                           corporation, use Form 8810, Corporate Passive Activity Loss and Credit Limitations. See the instructions for these forms for
                           more information.
                           
                         If the partnership had more than one activity, it will attach a statement to your Schedule K-1 that identifies each activity
                           (trade or business
                           activity, rental real estate activity, rental activity other than rental real estate, etc.) and specifies the income (loss),
                           deductions, and credits
                           from each activity.
                           
                         Material participation.
                                   You must determine if you materially participated (a) in each trade or business activity held through the partnership
                           and (b) if you were a real
                           estate professional (defined above), in each rental real estate activity held through the partnership. All determinations
                           of material participation
                           are made based on your participation during the partnership's tax year.
                           
                            
                                   Material participation standards for partners who are individuals are listed below. Special rules apply to certain
                           retired or disabled farmers and
                           to the surviving spouses of farmers. See the Instructions for Form 8582 for details.
                           
                            
                                   Corporations should refer to the Instructions for Form 8810 for the material participation standards that apply to
                           them.
                           
                            Individuals (other than limited partners).
                                      If you are an individual (either a general partner or a limited partner who owned a general partnership interest at
                              all times during the tax year),
                              you materially participated in an activity only if one or more of the following apply:
                              
                               
                                 
                                    
                                       You participated in the activity for more than 500 hours during the tax year.
                                       Your participation in the activity for the tax year constituted substantially all the participation in the activity of all
                                          individuals
                                          (including individuals who are not owners of interests in the activity).
                                       
                                       You participated in the activity for more than 100 hours during the tax year, and your participation in the activity for the
                                          tax year was
                                          not less than the participation in the activity of any other individual (including individuals who were not owners of interests
                                          in the activity) for
                                          the tax year.
                                       
                                       The activity was a significant participation activity for the tax year, and you participated in all significant participation
                                          activities
                                          (including activities outside the partnership) during the year for more than 500 hours. A significant participation activity
                                          is any trade or business
                                          activity in which you participated for more than 100 hours during the year and in which you did not materially participate
                                          under any of the material
                                          participation tests (other than this test 4).
                                       
                                       You materially participated in the activity for any 5 tax years (whether or not consecutive) during the 10 tax years that
                                          immediately
                                          precede the tax year.
                                       
                                       The activity was a personal service activity and you materially participated in the activity for any 3 tax years (whether
                                          or not
                                          consecutive) preceding the tax year. A personal service activity involves the performance of personal services in the fields
                                          of health, law,
                                          engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, or any other trade or business in which
                                          capital is not a
                                          material income-producing factor.
                                       
                                       Based on all the facts and circumstances, you participated in the activity on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis
                                          during the tax
                                          year.
                                        Limited partners.
                                      If you are a limited partner, you do not materially participate in an activity unless you meet one of the tests in
                              paragraphs 1, 5, or 6 above.
                              
                               Work counted toward material participation.
                                      Generally, any work that you or your spouse does in connection with an activity held through a partnership (where
                              you own your partnership interest
                              at the time the work is done) is counted toward material participation. However, work in connection with the activity is not
                              counted toward material
                              participation if either of the following applies.
                              
                               
                                 
                                    
                                       The work is not the type of work that owners of the activity would usually do and one of the principal purposes of the work
                                          that you or your
                                          spouse does is to avoid the passive loss or credit limitations.
                                       
                                       You do the work in your capacity as an investor and you are not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the activity.
                                          Examples of
                                          work done as an investor that would not count toward material participation include:
                                          
                                        
                                          
                                             
                                                Studying and reviewing financial statements or reports on operations of the activity.
                                                Preparing or compiling summaries or analyses of the finances or operations of the activity for your own use.
                                                Monitoring the finances or operations of the activity in a nonmanagerial capacity. Effect of determination.
                                      Income (loss), deductions, and credits from an activity are nonpassive if you determine that:
                              
                               
                                      If you determine that you did not materially participate in a trade or business activity of the partnership or if
                              you have income (loss),
                              deductions, or credits from a rental activity of the partnership (other than a rental real estate activity in which you materially
                              participated as a
                              real estate professional), the amounts from that activity are passive. Report passive income (losses), deductions, and credits
                              as follows:
                              
                               
                                 
                                    
                                       If you have an overall gain (the excess of income over deductions and losses, including any prior year unallowed loss) from
                                          a passive
                                          activity, report the income, deductions, and losses from the activity as indicated in these instructions.
                                       
                                       If you have an overall loss (the excess of deductions and losses, including any prior year unallowed loss, over income) or
                                          credits from a
                                          passive activity, report the income, deductions, losses, and credits from all passive activities using the Instructions for
                                          Form 8582 or Form 8582-CR
                                          (or Form 8810), to see if your deductions, losses, and credits are limited under the passive activity rules.
                                        Publicly traded partnerships.
                                   The passive activity limitations are applied separately for items (other than the low-income housing credit and the
                           rehabilitation credit) from
                           each publicly traded partnership (PTP). Thus, a net passive loss from a PTP may not be deducted from other passive income.
                           Instead, a passive loss
                           from a PTP is suspended and carried forward to be applied against passive income from the same PTP in later years. If the
                           partner's entire interest in
                           the PTP is completely disposed of, any unused losses are allowed in full in the year of disposition.
                           
                            
                                   If you have an overall gain from a PTP, the net gain is nonpassive income. In addition, the nonpassive income is included
                           in investment income to
                           figure your investment interest expense deduction.
                           
                            
                                   Do not report passive income, gains, or losses from a PTP on Form 8582. Instead, use the following rules to figure
                           and report on the proper form or
                           schedule your income, gains, and losses from passive activities that you held through each PTP you owned during the tax year.
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Combine any current year income, gains and losses, and any prior year unallowed losses to see if you have an overall gain
                                       or loss from the
                                       PTP. Include only the same types of income and losses you would include in your net income or loss from a non-PTP passive
                                       activity. See Pub. 925,
                                       Passive Activity and At-Risk Rules, for more details.
                                    
                                    If you have an overall gain, the net gain portion (total gain minus total losses) is nonpassive income. On the form or schedule
                                       you normally
                                       use, report the net gain portion as nonpassive income and the remaining income and the total losses as passive income and
                                       loss. To the left of the
                                       entry space, write “From PTP.” It is important to identify the nonpassive income because the nonpassive portion is included in modified adjusted
                                       gross income for purposes of figuring on Form 8582 the “special allowance” for active participation in a non-PTP rental real estate activity. In
                                       addition, the nonpassive income is included in investment income when figuring your investment interest expense deduction
                                       on Form 4952.
                                       
                                     
                                       Example. If you have Schedule E (Form 1040) income of $8,000, and a Form 4797 prior year unallowed loss of $3,500 from the passive
                                          activities of a
                                          particular PTP, you have a $4,500 overall gain ($8,000 - $3,500). On Schedule E (Form 1040), line 28, report the $4,500 net
                                          gain as nonpassive
                                          income in column (j). In column (g), report the remaining Schedule E (Form 1040) gain of $3,500 ($8,000 - $4,500). On the
                                          appropriate line of
                                          Form 4797, report the prior year unallowed loss of $3,500. Be sure to write “From PTP” to the left of each entry space.
                                          
                                       
                                    If you have an overall loss (but did not dispose of your entire interest in the PTP to an unrelated person in a fully taxable
                                       transaction
                                       during the year), the losses are allowed to the extent of the income, and the excess loss is carried forward to use in a future
                                       year when you have
                                       income to offset it. Report as a passive loss on the schedule or form you normally use the portion of the loss equal to the
                                       income. Report the income
                                       as passive income on the form or schedule you normally use.
                                       
                                     
                                       Example. You have a Schedule E (Form 1040) loss of $12,000 (current year losses plus prior year unallowed losses) and a Form 4797 gain
                                          of $7,200. Report the
                                          $7,200 gain on the appropriate line of Form 4797. On Schedule E (Form 1040), line 28, report $7,200 of the losses as a passive
                                          loss in column (f).
                                          Carry forward to 2007 the unallowed loss of $4,800 ($12,000 - $7,200).
                                          
                                        If you have unallowed losses from more than one activity of the PTP or from the same activity of the PTP that must be reported
                                          on different forms,
                                          you must allocate the unallowed losses on a pro rata basis to figure the amount allowed from each activity or on each form.
                                          
                                        
                                       
                                     
                                       Tax tip. To allocate and keep a record of the unallowed losses, use Worksheets 5, 6, and 7 of Form 8582. List each activity of the
                                          PTP in Worksheet 5. Enter
                                          the overall loss from each activity in column (a). Complete column (b) of Worksheet 5 according to its instructions. Multiply
                                          the total unallowed loss
                                          from the PTP by each ratio in column (b) and enter the result in column (c) of Worksheet 5. Then, complete Worksheet 6 if
                                          all the loss from the same
                                          activity is to be reported on one form or schedule. Use Worksheet 7 instead of Worksheet 6 if you have more than one loss
                                          to be reported on different
                                          forms or schedules for the same activity. Enter the net loss plus any prior year unallowed losses in column (a) of Worksheet
                                          6 (or Worksheet 7 if
                                          applicable). The losses in column (c) of Worksheet 6 (column (e) of Worksheet 7) are the allowed losses to report on the forms
                                          or schedules. Report
                                          both these losses and any income from the PTP on the forms and schedules you normally use.
                                          
                                       
                                    If you have an overall loss and you disposed of your entire interest in the PTP to an unrelated person in a fully taxable
                                       transaction during
                                       the year, your losses (including prior year unallowed losses) allocable to the activity for the year are not limited by the
                                       passive loss rules. A
                                       fully taxable transaction is one in which you recognize all your realized gain or loss. Report the income and losses on the
                                       forms and schedules you
                                       normally use.
                                       
                                     
                                       Note. For rules on the disposition of an entire interest reported using the installment method, see the Instructions for Form 8582.
                                          
                                        Special allowance for a rental real estate activity.
                                   If you actively participated in a rental real estate activity, you may be able to deduct up to $25,000 of the loss
                           from the activity from
                           nonpassive income. This “special allowance ” is an exception to the general rule disallowing losses in excess of income from passive activities.
                           The special allowance is not available if you were married, file a separate return for the year, and did not live apart from
                           your spouse at all times
                           during the year.
                           
                            
                                   Only individuals and qualifying estates can actively participate in a rental real estate activity. Estates (other
                           than qualifying estates), trusts,
                           and corporations cannot actively participate. Limited partners cannot actively participate unless future regulations provide
                           an exception.
                           
                            
                                   You are not considered to actively participate in a rental real estate activity if at any time during the tax year
                           your interest (including your
                           spouse's interest) in the activity was less than 10% (by value) of all interests in the activity.
                           
                            
                                   Active participation is a less stringent requirement than material participation. You may be treated as actively participating
                           if you participated,
                           for example, in making management decisions or arranging for others to provide services (such as repairs) in a significant
                           and bona fide sense.
                           Management decisions that can count as active participation include approving new tenants, deciding rental terms, approving
                           capital or repair
                           expenditures, and other similar decisions.
                           
                            
                                   An estate is a qualifying estate if the decedent would have satisfied the active participation requirement for the
                           activity for the tax year the
                           decedent died. A qualifying estate is treated as actively participating for tax years ending less than 2 years after the date
                           of the decedent's death.
                           
                            Modified adjusted gross income limitation.
                                      The maximum special allowance that single individuals and married individuals filing a joint return can qualify for
                              is $25,000. The maximum is
                              $12,500 for married individuals who file separate returns and who lived apart all times during the year. The maximum special
                              allowance for which an
                              estate can qualify is $25,000 reduced by the special allowance for which the surviving spouse qualifies.
                              
                               
                                      If your modified adjusted gross income (defined below) is $100,000 or less ($50,000 or less if married filing separately),
                              your loss is deductible
                              up to the amount of the maximum special allowance referred to in the preceding paragraph. If your modified adjusted gross
                              income is more than $100,000
                              (more than $50,000 if married filing separately), the special allowance is limited to 50% of the difference between $150,000
                              ($75,000 if married
                              filing separately) and your modified adjusted gross income. When modified adjusted gross income is $150,000 or more ($75,000
                              or more if married filing
                              separately), there is no special allowance.
                              
                               
                                      Modified adjusted gross income is your adjusted gross income figured without taking into account:
                              
                               
                                 
                                    
                                       Any passive activity loss.
                                       Any rental real estate loss allowed under section 469(c)(7) to real estate professionals (as defined on page 3).
                                       Any overall loss from a publicly-traded partnership.
                                       Any taxable social security or equivalent railroad retirement benefits.
                                       Any deductible contributions to an IRA or certain other qualified retirement plans under section 219.
                                       The domestic production activities deduction.
                                       The student loan interest deduction.
                                       The tuition and fees deduction.
                                       The deduction for one-half of self-employment taxes.
                                       The exclusion from income of interest from Series EE or I U.S. Savings Bonds used to pay higher education expenses.
                                       The exclusion of amounts received under an employer's adoption assistance program. Commercial revitalization deduction.
                                      The special $25,000 allowance for the commercial revitalization deduction from rental real estate activities is not
                              subject to the active
                              participation rules or modified adjusted gross income limits discussed above. See the instructions for box 13, code P, for
                              more information.
                              
                               Special rules for certain other activities.
                                   If you have net income (loss), deductions, or credits from any activity to which special rules apply, the partnership
                           will identify the activity
                           and all amounts relating to it on Schedule K-1 or on an attachment.
                           
                            
                                   If you have net income subject to recharacterization under Temporary Regulations section 1.469-2T(f) and Regulations
                           section 1.469-2(f), report
                           such amounts according to the Instructions for Form 8582 (or Form 8810).
                           
                            
                                   If you have net income (loss), deductions, or credits from any of the following activities, treat such amounts as
                           nonpassive and report them as
                           indicated in these instructions:
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Working interests in oil and gas wells if you are a general partner.
                                    The rental of a dwelling unit any partner used for personal purposes during the year for more than the greater of 14 days
                                       or 10% of the
                                       number of days that the residence was rented at fair rental value.
                                    
                                    Trading personal property for the account of owners of interests in the activity. Self-charged interest. 
                                   The partnership will report any “self-charged ” interest income or expense that resulted from loans between you and the partnership (or between
                           the partnership and another partnership or S corporation if both entities have the same owners with the same proportional
                           ownership interest in each
                           entity). If there was more than one activity, the partnership will provide a statement allocating the interest income or expense
                           with respect to each
                           activity. The self-charged interest rules do not apply to your partnership interest if the partnership made an election under
                           Regulations section
                           1.469-7(g) to avoid the application of these rules. See the Instructions for Form 8582 for more information.
                           
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