Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Edition Rev. December 2017 4 pages

Form 2553 (2017) — Election by a Small Business Corporation

Elects for a corporation, or an LLC or other entity eligible to be treated as a corporation, to be taxed as an S corporation. An officer signs it and every shareholder signs the consent statement. File it by mail or fax with the IRS no more than 2 months and 15 days after the start of the tax year the election is to take effect (or during the year before); late elections can ask for relief under Rev. Proc. 2013-30.

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What is Form 2553?

Elects for a corporation, or an LLC or other entity eligible to be treated as a corporation, to be taxed as an S corporation. An officer signs it and every shareholder signs the consent statement. File it by mail or fax with the IRS no more than 2 months and 15 days after the start of the tax year the election is to take effect (or during the year before); late elections can ask for relief under Rev. Proc. 2013-30.

What’s on Form 2553

The 2017 edition has 4 pages. FileIt asks for it in 13 parts, and it is signed by Officer of the corporation and Shareholder 1 and Shareholder 2 and Shareholder 3 and Shareholder 4 and Shareholder 5 and Shareholder 6 and Shareholder 7 and Qsst income beneficiary:

  1. Part I: The corporation (entity)Officer of the corporation
  2. Part I, items E–H: The electionOfficer of the corporation
  3. Part I, item I: Late election reliefOfficer of the corporation
  4. Signature of officerOfficer of the corporation
  5. Shareholder 1 (columns J–N)Shareholder 1
  6. Shareholder 2 (columns J–N)Shareholder 2
  7. Shareholder 3 (columns J–N)Shareholder 3
  8. Shareholder 4 (columns J–N)Shareholder 4
  9. Shareholder 5 (columns J–N)Shareholder 5
  10. Shareholder 6 (columns J–N)Shareholder 6
  11. Shareholder 7 (columns J–N)Shareholder 7
  12. Part II: Selection of fiscal tax yearOfficer of the corporation
  13. Part III: Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) electionQsst income beneficiary

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