Convert K-1 Forms to Excel

Drop in any K-1 PDF — Form 1065 partnership K-1, Form 1120-S S-corp K-1, or Form 1041 trust/estate K-1 — and get a clean Excel file with partner/shareholder name, EIN, ownership percentage, every box amount, and supplemental footnote disclosures as separate fields.

Convert your K-1s — free

K-1s are the messiest tax form to type in

Partnership K-1s (Form 1065) and S-corp K-1s (Form 1120-S) have 20+ box positions — Box 1 ordinary income, Box 2 net rental real estate, Box 3 other rental, all the way through Box 14 self-employment earnings, Box 17 alternative minimum tax items, Box 19 distributions, Box 20 other information. Plus supplemental statements with footnoted disclosures (Section 199A QBI calculation, foreign-tax detail, capital account reconciliation) that don't fit on the main form.

Tax preparers handling family-office returns or LP investor packets see dozens of K-1s per client. Each one comes from a different fund administrator with slightly different supplemental detail. Tax software import only works when the issuer provides a clean K-1 export; client-handed PDFs don't import. So preparers type box amounts and footnote details into Lacerte / ProSeries / Drake / UltraTax for hours per client.

Every box, every footnote, one row per K-1

PDFExcel reads partnership K-1s, S-corp K-1s, and trust/estate K-1s. Each K-1 becomes one row with partnership name, partnership EIN, partner name, partner SSN/EIN, beginning/ending capital account, ownership percentage at start and end of year, and every Box 1 through Box 21 amount as a separate column. Supplemental statements (Section 199A passthrough disclosures, foreign-tax statements, capital account roll-forward) come through as a separate field for review.

Mix multiple K-1s for the same client in one upload — one workbook back with each K-1 as a row. Built-in OCR handles client-provided scans. Drop the export into your tax software's K-1 entry screen column-by-column, or use as a prep checklist before starting the return.

Fields you can pull

  • Form Type (1065 / 1120-S / 1041)
  • Tax Year
  • Partnership / S-corp Name + EIN
  • Partner / Shareholder Name + SSN/EIN
  • Ownership % (Beginning / Ending)
  • Beginning + Ending Capital Account
  • Box 1 Ordinary Business Income
  • Box 2-3 Rental Income
  • Box 14 SE Earnings
  • Box 17 AMT Items
  • Box 19 Distributions
  • Section 199A QBI Components
  • Supplemental Statements

The model knows the difference between Form 1065 K-1 box numbering and Form 1120-S K-1 box numbering — they look almost identical but the meaning of each box differs. Trained on real K-1s including family-office LP packets and operating partnerships.

Why preparers pick PDFExcel for K-1 season

K-1s are the form preparers spend the most time on per dollar of fee. Most tax-document tools either need a fund-admin integration or charge per-form. PDFExcel reads any K-1 PDF on the first upload.

  • Knows 1065, 1120-S, and 1041 K-1s. Partnership, S-corp, and trust/estate K-1s — including supplemental statements for Section 199A QBI, foreign-tax, and capital account roll-forward.
  • Free off-season, scales for busy season. 10 free docs/month off-season. Plans from $69/month for 50 docs. K-1s arrive late (often after April extensions); pause Pro/Business and resume in summer.
  • No fund-admin integration needed. Sign in with Google or Microsoft. Drop in client-provided K-1 PDFs. Convert. No vendor onboarding, no per-fund-administrator setup.
  • K-1 data deleted after processing. K-1s contain sensitive partnership-level financial data — files are processed in memory and deleted immediately. Never stored, never shared, never used to train AI.

How it works

  1. Upload client K-1s. Drop in one K-1 or a stack of them as a ZIP. Native PDFs from fund admins and scanned client copies both work.
  2. Pick the boxes you need. Box 1, Box 2, Box 14 SE earnings, Box 19 distributions to start. Add Section 199A QBI components or specific supplemental fields for your return-prep workflow.
  3. Import into tax software. Excel/CSV with one row per K-1. Copy values into the K-1 entry screen of Lacerte, ProSeries, Drake, UltraTax, or use as a prep checklist.

What a stack of partnership K-1s looks like in Excel

Mixed 1065 + 1120-S K-1s in one upload. One row per K-1 with key boxes and ownership percentages.

# Form Year Partnership / S-corp Partner Ownership % Box 1 Box 19 Dist.
1 1065 2024 Ridgeway Partners L.P. Smith Family Trust 12.50% $184,200.00 $120,000.00
2 1065 2024 Coastal Real Estate Fund III S. Patel IRA 0.85% $8,420.00 $5,200.00
3 1065 2024 Bay Area Venture Partners IX Smith Family Trust 1.20% ($14,800.00) $0.00
4 1120-S 2024 Patel Holdings, Inc. S. Patel 100.00% $248,400.00 $80,000.00
5 1041 2024 Smith Family Bypass Trust Smith Family Trust Bene 100.00% $22,840.00 $22,840.00

Built for partnership-heavy return preparers

CPAs filing 1040s for high-net-worth clients with LP investments, family-office tax preparers, fund administrators preparing K-1 packets, EAs handling small S-corp returns.

A high-net-worth tax preparer

Client invests across 25 LP funds. Each fund administrator sends a K-1 between March and September. Convert each K-1 as it arrives, build the running schedule. Final return prep takes 2 hours instead of 2 days.

A family office tax team

30 partner entities × 50 LP positions each. K-1 season runs through summer. PDFExcel batch-converts each entity's K-1 packet into a single workbook for the team's prep checklist.

A small-firm CPA on S-corps

Files 80 S-corp returns with associated 1120-S K-1s for shareholders. Convert all K-1s in one session, copy into Drake. Prep time drops from 30 minutes per K-1 to under 10.

Pricing

  • Free — 10 documents / month, no credit card
  • Starter $69/mo — 50 documents, $1.50 per extra
  • Pro $199/mo — 200 documents, $0.99 per extra
  • Business $699/mo — 1,000 documents, $0.59 per extra

Frequently asked questions

Does it handle Form 1065 partnership K-1s and Form 1120-S S-corp K-1s?

Yes — both, plus Form 1041 trust/estate K-1s. The model knows the boxes have different meanings between 1065 and 1120-S even though they look similar, and adapts the column mapping accordingly.

Will it extract Section 199A QBI passthrough information?

Yes. The supplemental Section 199A statement on partnership K-1s extracts as a separate field with QBI amount, W-2 wages component, UBIA component, REIT/PTP income, and SSTB classification when present. Useful for downstream QBI deduction calculation.

Does it parse the supplemental statements and footnotes?

Yes. Foreign-tax detail, capital account roll-forward, and other supplemental statements come through as separate text fields. The model preserves the structure but doesn't 'interpret' the disclosures — preparers should review footnoted detail before filing.

Is this really free?

10 documents per month, free, forever. Most family-office and HNW tax preparers scale up during K-1 season (March-September) — Pro at $199/month for 200 documents covers most boutique practices. Pause/resume monthly.

Will it import into Lacerte / ProSeries / Drake / UltraTax?

We export CSVs that those systems' K-1 entry screens accept via copy-paste. Most preparers paste column-by-column into the form-entry workflow. We don't have a direct API integration — by design, keeps the tool simple.

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