My wife and I (filing jointly) started an LLC (50-50 members) in 2005. That year, the LLC had a loss of $7000. In the same year, my wife had earned $5000 doing some consulting work. I am now reviewing the 2005 return that our (ex-) accountant did, and I realized that in calculating the Self-Employment tax, he had calculated as the income the $5000 consulting income minus half of the loss from the LLC ($3500), giving an income basis of $1500. In other words, he had ignored my share of the LLC loss eventhough my wife and I filed jointly. Is this right? Should we have been entitled to deduct the full amount of LLC loss which would give us 0 income basis for the purpose of the self-employment tax calculation? Thanks in advance!
Uly