Question

Dorothy acquired a 100% interest in two passive activities: Activity A in January 2014 and Activity B in 2015. Through 2017, Activity A was profitable, but it produced losses of $200,000 in 2018 and $100,000 in 2019. Dorothy has passive activity income from Activity B of $20,000 in 2018 and $40,000 in 2019. After offsetting passive activity income, how much of the net losses may she deduct?
If an amount is zero, enter "0".

In 2018, Dorothy may deduct $___________ of the net passive activity losses and has $___________ of passive activity losses suspended. In 2019, Dorothy may deduct $___________ of the net passive activity losses and has total suspended losses carried forward to 2020 of $___________ .

Answer 1

Answer:

0

$180,000

0

$240,000

Explanation:

In 2018 and 2019, Dorothy may deduct none of the net passive losses that remain after offsetting the passive income. In 2018, the $20,000 of passive income is used to absorb $20,000 of the $200,000 passive loss, leaving $180,000 of passive loss suspended. In 2019, the $40,000 of passive income is used against the $100,000 passive loss, leaving a $60,000 passive loss suspended for that year. Thus , a total of $240,000 of passive losses is suspended at the year 2019 into 2020.