Tax Return underwriting

Connect the business return to the people and properties behind the loan. Review business earnings, guarantor income, K-1s and rental activity with adjustments and source documents available throughout the analysis.

What you can underwrite

Review the business and the guarantor

Spread business and personal tax returns together while keeping each entity, person and tax year distinct. Review reported earnings and income sources, then open the schedules and supporting statements behind the figures used in the credit decision.

Trace K-1 income and distributions

Follow K-1s included in business returns and those supplied separately for outside interests. Review the issuer, recipient, reported income and distributions alongside Form 1040 to understand how each business interest contributes to the guarantor’s financial picture.

Analyze rental properties individually

Review business real estate from Form 8825 and personally held rentals from Schedule E. Group properties by street or property type, inspect the reported expenses and follow the NOI bridge with adjustments for each property.

Keep adjustments visible and reusable

Review the earnings basis and select the adjustments used in the analysis. Analyst write-ins and saved selections let the lender explain adjusted earnings and coverage while retaining access to the reported figures and the documents behind them.

Follow a spread figure to its source

Open the document behind a spread figure, check the supporting line and return to the analysis with the evidence available for the credit review.

SpreadSpace product demonstration. Source review keeps the reported figure available alongside the analysis.

Continue the credit review

Tax return document details

Explore the business and personal returns, schedules and supporting statements available for review. Integration details are in the docs.spreadspace.app.

1040

1040 Spine

Rows 1a to 3b of a sample Form 1040: wages, taxable interest, and ordinary dividends
Line 1a. Wages 101,809Line 2b. Taxable interest 58,534Line 3b. Ordinary dividends 12,415

Schedule 1, Additional Income and Adjustments to Income

Schedule 2, Additional Taxes

Schedule 3, Additional Credits and Payments

Schedule A, Itemized Deductions

Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends

Schedule B Part I of a sample return: the interest payer roster
Line 1. Interest by payer

Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business

Schedule D, Capital Gains and Losses

Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss

Schedule E Part II of a sample return: the entity roster row
Line 28A. Entity roster

Schedule F, Profit or Loss From Farming

Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax

Form 8995, Qualified Business Income Deduction Simplified Computation

Form 8995 line 1 of a sample return: the business roster
Line 1. Business roster 96,400

Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations

Federal carryovers to 2024 from a sample return
Federal carryovers