Schedule C (1040)
What does it mean
Schedule C refers to a particular section of a personal tax return where income derived from certain types of businesses are listed. Some business types require a business to have it’s own tax return, and some businesses do not. Typically the primary reason a business would need to have its own tax return would be when multiple owners are involved, and the income needs to be shared proportionally to each owner. When multiple owners are not involved, often business income is contained within the Schedule C of the personal tax return.
Why does it matter
Understanding a Schedule C is important to a banker because it will help you to identify all of the individual’s sources of income, and you will be readily able to locate how that income is reported on their tax returns. The two most common circumstances when a Schedule C is used is when the business is a sole proprietorship or a Single Member LLC (fancy way of saying a LLC that is owned 100% by one person).
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