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can someone fill me in on the Tax implications on selling an MLP

Posted on 12/30/13 at 11:16 am
Posted by b-rab2
N. Louisiana
Member since Dec 2005
12576 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 11:16 am
sold NMM today in which I've owned a long time.. I believe I will not be taxed on any dividends that I have acquired over the years. is that correct?
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
19860 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 12:23 pm to
Most publicly traded partnerships issue a tax reporting guide with the annual K-1s reporting partners' shares of partnership income, loss deductions and credits. They give advice that is specific to the partnership. You should be able to find your answers in that guide.
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 12:44 pm to
quote:

Most publicly traded partnerships issue a tax reporting guide with the annual K-1s reporting partners' shares of partnership income, loss deductions and credits. They give advice that is specific to the partnership. You should be able to find your answers in that guide.


This. Unfortunately, it seems these K-1s are always issued late.
Posted by b-rab2
N. Louisiana
Member since Dec 2005
12576 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 12:49 pm to
Yay
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 12:52 pm to
This is the reason why I only buy MLPs in IRAs.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2472 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 2:11 pm to
It's a very basic example, but check out the bottom of this LINK - it should give you an idea of what to expect and shows how your distributions roll into your basis.



Posted by CHSBears
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
778 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 2:35 pm to
How are you going to handle unrelated business taxable income.
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 2:46 pm to
mutual funds
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
19860 posts
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:17 pm to
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How are you going to handle unrelated business taxable income.
Why would he worry about unrelated business taxable income? I doubt he is a tax exempt entity.
Posted by txtiger79
Member since Oct 2007
1014 posts
Posted on 1/1/14 at 5:07 pm to
NMM is a corporation for us tax purposes. You will be taxed like any other corporate stock sale (i.e., normal capital gains). Many of the shipping MLPs use that structure since they don't have any US assets and therefore owe no US taxes on their operations. You should have received a 1099 for divs from NMM rather than the usual K-1's MLPs generate.

Also, MLPs in an IRA can cause taxes to be due on the UBTI. I believe the first $1000 is deductible.
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
19860 posts
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:26 pm to
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NMM is a corporation for us tax purposes.
Good catch.
quote:

You should have received a 1099 for divs from NMM rather than the usual K-1's MLPs generate.
It is also possible that NMM filed a Form 8937 reporting non-dividend distributions requiring reductions in the basis per unit.
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