Taxes
IRS Draft Form 7217 Ready For Public Comment
The purpose of Form 7217, new for tax year 2024, is to report all distribution of property that a partner receives from a partnership.
Sep. 30, 2024
The IRS on Sept. 30 requested public comments on draft Form 7217 and instructions for draft Form 7217.
Last month the IRS posted revised draft Form 7217, with the new title “Partner’s Report of Property Distributed by a Partnership.” This is a new form for tax year 2024 applicable to distributions to partners made during that tax year.
The purpose of Form 7217 is to report all distribution of property that a partner receives from a partnership. A partner receiving a distribution of property from a partnership in a non-liquidating or liquidating distribution will use the form to report the basis of the distributed property.
The IRS previously posted an early release draft of Form 7217, Distributions from a Partnership of Property with Partner Basis Adjustments, on IRS.gov in early July.
The IRS also posted draft instructions for Form 7217 on Sept. 3. The instructions state that any partner receiving a property distribution from a partnership must file Form 7217, regardless of whether there is a basis adjustment in the hands of the partner as a result of the distribution. Form 7217 is not filed for distributions that consist of only money or marketable securities treated as money.
Comments can be submitted to the IRS about drafts, instructions or publications on the IRS Draft tax forms page.