Unitholder Resources

Schedule K-1 is an information reporting tax form similar to the Form 1099 that corporate stockholders receive.

Schedule K-1’s are expected to be mailed by early March of each year. Your yearly K-1 and Tax Information will also be available online in early March. All you need is your social security number or tax ID and the last name or company name on the account to enter the secure K-1 website. If you are unable to access your tax information, please contact our Investor Relations office at 419-627-2233 or investing@cedarfair.com.

To request a duplicate K-1, simply contact our Investor Relations office by mail at One Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, Ohio 44870; by phone at (419) 627-2233; or e-mail at investing@cedarfair.com. You will need to provide the name on the account and a social security number or tax identification number.

All tax information will be mailed in early March. You will also be able to view your Tax Package and Schedule K-1 through the internet when the information becomes available. All you need is your social security number or tax ID and the last name or company name on the account to enter the secure K-1 website. If you are unable to access your tax information, please contact our Investor Relations office at 419-627-2233 or investing@cedarfair.com.

Federal tax law requires that a Schedule K-1 be sent to every unitholder. If units are held by an IRA account, amounts reported on the IRA's Schedule K-1 are not reportable on your individual return.

Current law requires IRAs and tax-exempt entities with more than $1,000 of Unrelated Business Gross Income to file a special tax return (Form 990-T). This is a form that may be filed by the Custodian of the IRA account. You should contact the Custodian of your IRA account to determine who is responsible for filing the appropriate tax forms. (Note: The IRA, however, will only owe taxes if its Unrelated Business Taxable Income is more than $1,000.) Please consult your tax advisor or IRA custodian for further detail.

Generally, no. A distribution is most often treated as a non-taxable "return of capital"--that is, payback on your investment. Distributions reduce the tax basis of your partnership units but are not taxable until they exceed the tax basis of your units.

As a limited partner, you will be allocated your proportionate share of Cedar Fair's income and gain. You will also be allocated a proportionate share of the partnership's deductions (such as depreciation), losses and credits. The deductions may offset much, and in some cases all, of the income. All of these amounts should be reported on the limited partner's tax return based on instructions in the annual tax booklet in order to determine their ultimate tax impact.

When you sell your units, the difference between the sales price and the adjusted tax basis equals the taxable gain (or loss). If you've owned your units for more than one year, some of the gain from selling the interest will be taxed at the capital gains tax rate. That portion of the gain that results from adjustment of the basis after the allocation of depreciation or other deductions will be taxed at the ordinary income tax rate.

The net loss of an MLP is considered a "passive loss" and cannot currently be deducted from your other taxable income. However, you can carry the loss forward into future tax years and use it to reduce future taxable income from the same partnership. If any of the loss is left over when you sell your units, you can deduct it from your other income that year.

No. Passive income from an MLP may only be offset by passive losses from the same partnership, and passive losses from the partnership may not be offset against passive income from another investment. However, if the result of netting the partnership's passive income and loss is net income, it is then considered portfolio income, and other investment expenses may be deducted from it.

Your tax basis starts with the acquisition cost, the amount paid at purchase. The basis is increased each year by the amount of flow-through income reported to you as a partner on the Form K-1, and is decreased each year by the amount of flow-through losses and distributions received. Accordingly, an investor's basis in a partnership will increase or decrease from year to year. The ending capital account balance that appears on each annual Form K-1 may be a reasonable approximation of a partner's basis at year-end.

Yes. You may be required to report certain items of the Partnership's income or loss on various state and local tax returns. You should contact your tax advisor to understand these additional filing requirements.