S Corp sale/stock/distribution question

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  • mhcpa1964
    Member
    • Jul 2020
    • 81

    #1

    S Corp sale/stock/distribution question

    Hi all,

    Client is a 3 person closely held S Corp. One brother bought the other 3 out. My questions below regard owner distributions before the buyout.

    The bought out shareholders each took $100k worth of distributions prior to the buyout. The surviving shareholder did not. Do S corp shareholders have to take distributions according to their percent ownership? If so can there be a "constructive distribution" for the surviving s/h? By this I mean can I DR: S/H Distributions and CR: Distribution Payable? The surviving s/h took ample distributions after the sale date.

    Thank you in advance to anyone who'd chimes in.
  • TaxGuyBill
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2013
    • 2321

    #2
    Originally posted by mhcpa1964
    Do S corp shareholders have to take distributions according to their percent ownership?.

    Yes.

    If the other shareholder took a distribution and then made a loan or a capital contributions to the corporation, that would would have been okay.

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    • mhcpa1964
      Member
      • Jul 2020
      • 81

      #3
      Thank you Tax Guy.

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