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Instructions for Form 2220 2006 Tax Year

Specific Instructions

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Table of Contents

Part I. Required Annual Payment

Complete lines 1 through 5 to figure the corporation's required annual payment.

Line 1.   Generally, enter the tax from line 31, Form 1120; line 27, Form 1120-A; or the applicable line for other income tax returns. However, if that amount includes any tax attributable to a sale described in section 338(a)(1), do not include that tax on line 1. Instead, write “Sec. 338 gain” and show the amount of tax in brackets on the dotted line next to line 1. This exclusion from the line 1 amount does not apply if a section 338(h)(10) election is made.

Note.

For information on how to figure the total tax for estimated tax purposes, see the following forms or their instructions.

• 990-PF • 1120-FSC • 1120-REIT
• 990-T • 1120-L • 1120-RIC
• 1120-C • 1120-ND • 1120S
• 1120-F • 1120-PC • 1120-SF

Line 2c.   Enter the amount from line 32f(2), Form 1120; line 28f(2), Form 1120-A; or the applicable line for other income tax returns.

Line 4. All filers (other than S corporations).   Figure the corporation's 2005 tax the same way the amount on line 3 of this form was determined, using the taxes and credits from its 2005 tax return. However, skip line 4 and enter on line 5 the amount from line 3 if either of the following applies.

  • The corporation did not file a tax return for 2005 that showed a liability for at least some amount of tax.

  • The corporation had a 2005 tax year of less than 12 months.

  

S corporations.   Enter on line 4 the sum of:

  1. The total of the investment credit recapture tax and the built-in gains tax shown on the return for the 2006 tax year and

  2. Any excess net passive income tax shown on the S corporation's return for the 2005 tax year.

If the 2005 tax year was less than 12 months, skip line 4 and enter on line 5 the amount from line 3.

Part II. Reasons for Filing

Lines 6 and 7. Adjusted seasonal installment method and/or annualized income installment method.   If the corporation's income varied during the year because, for example, it operated its business on a seasonal basis, it may be able to lower or eliminate the amount of one or more required installments by using the adjusted seasonal installment method and/or the annualized income installment method.

  

Example.

A ski shop, which receives most of its income during the winter months, may benefit from using one or both of these methods to figure its required installments. The annualized income installment or adjusted seasonal installment may be less than the required installment under the regular method for one or more due dates. Using one or both of these methods may reduce or eliminate the penalty for those due dates.

  Use Schedule A on pages 3 and 4 of Form 2220 to figure one or more required installments. If Schedule A is used for any payment due date, it must be used for all payment due dates. To arrive at the amount of each required installment, Schedule A automatically selects the smallest of:

  • The adjusted seasonal installment (if applicable),

  • The annualized income installment (if applicable), or

  • The regular installment under section 6655(d)(1) (increased by any recapture of a reduction in a required installment under section 6655(e)(1)(B)).

  Follow the steps below to determine which parts of the form have to be completed.

  • If the corporation is using only the adjusted seasonal installment method, check the box in Part II on line 6 and complete Parts I and III of Schedule A.

  • If the corporation is using only the annualized income installment method, check the box in Part II on line 7 and complete Parts II and III of Schedule A.

  • If the corporation is using both methods, check the boxes in Part II on lines 6 and 7 and complete all three parts of Schedule A.

Line 8. Large corporations.   A large corporation is a corporation (other than an S corporation) that had, or whose predecessor had, taxable income (defined below) of $1 million or more for any of the 3 tax years immediately preceding the 2006 tax year. A large corporation includes a “large organization” as defined in the instructions for Form 990-W.

  Taxable income, for this purpose, is modified to exclude net operating loss and capital loss carrybacks and carryovers. Members of a controlled group, as defined in section 1563, must divide the $1 million amount among themselves under rules similar to those in section 1561.

  If the corporation is a large corporation, check the box in Part II on line 8 and, if applicable, check the box(es) in Part II on line 6 and/or line 7. Also, if applicable, complete Parts I, II, and III of Schedule A, as discussed on this page.

Part III. Figuring the Underpayment

Line 9.   The corporation is generally required to enter the 15th day of the 4th (Form 990-PF- filers use the 5th month), 6th, 9th, and 12th months of its tax year.

Corporations eligible for relief extension through October 16, 2006.   For certain corporations affected by Hurricane Katrina, the due dates for any required installments of estimated tax originally due April 15, 2006, June 15, 2006, and September 15, 2006, were further extended until October 16, 2006.

  For each installment with an extended due date of October 16, 2006, enter 10/16/06 on line 9 instead of the original due date. If multiple columns have the same date, skip lines 10 through 33 of the first of those columns. On lines 10 and 11, for the last column, enter the sum of the amounts that would have otherwise been entered for all the columns with the same due date.

  In addition, identify an affected corporation as a hurricane victim eligible for relief extension through October 16, 2006, by writing “Hurricane Katrina” in red ink at the top of both the corporation's income tax return and Form 2220, if required to be filed. For more information about corporations eligible for relief extension through October 16, 2006, see News Release IR 2006-135 and Notice 2006-56. IRS news releases are available at www.irs.gov

Line 10.   If multiple columns have the same due date, see the instructions for line 9. Large corporations, follow the instructions below.

  1. If the box on line 8 (but not line 6 or line 7) is checked and line 3 is smaller than line 4, enter 25% of line 3 in columns (a) through (d) of line 10.

  2. If the box on line 8 (but not line 6 or line 7) is checked and line 4 is smaller than line 3, enter 25% of line 4 in column (a) of line 10. In column (b), figure the amount to enter as follows:

    1. Subtract line 4 from line 3,

    2. Add the result to the amount on line 3, and

    3. Multiply the total in item b above by 25%, and enter the result in column (b).

    In columns (c) and (d), enter 25% of line 3.

  3. If the box on line 8 and the box on line 6 and/or line 7 are checked, follow the instructions in items 1 and 2 above by substituting Schedule A, line 35 for line 10 and complete the rest of Schedule A, Part III.

Exception for corporations with assets of $1 billion or more.   Corporations with assets of $1 billion or more (as of the end of the prior tax year) with payments due in July, August, or September of 2006 were required to increase payments to 105% (26.25% instead of 25%) of the payment otherwise due and to reduce the next required payment to 95% (23.75% instead of 25%).

Line 11.   Enter the estimated tax payments made by the corporation for its tax year as indicated below. Include any overpayment from the corporation's 2005 tax return that was credited to the corporation's 2006 estimated tax. If an installment is due on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, payments made on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday are considered made on the due date to the extent the payment is applied against that required installment. If multiple columns have the same due date, see the instructions for line 9.

Column (a).    Enter payments made by the date on line 9, column (a).

Columns (b), (c), and (d).    Enter payments made by the date on line 9 for that column and after the date on line 9 of the preceding column.

Line 17.   If any of the columns in line 17 shows an underpayment, complete Part IV to figure the penalty.

Part IV. Figuring the Penalty

Complete lines 19 through 34 to determine the amount of the penalty. The penalty is figured for the period of underpayment using the underpayment rate determined under section 6621(a)(2). The period of underpayment runs from the installment due date to the earlier of the date the underpayment is actually paid or the 15th day of the third month after the close of the 2006 tax year. For information on obtaining the interest rate on underpayments paid after March 31, 2007, see the footnote on page 2 of Form 2220.

Line 19.   A payment of estimated tax is applied against unpaid required installments in the order in which installments are required to be paid, regardless of the installment to which the payment pertains.

  

Example.

A corporation underpaid the April 15 installment by $1,000. The June 15 installment requires a payment of $2,500. On June 10, the corporation deposits $2,500 to cover the June 15 installment. However, $1,000 of this payment is applied against the April 15 installment. The penalty for the April 15 installment is figured from April 15 to June 10 (56 days). The remaining $1,500 is applied to the June 15 installment.

  If the corporation has made more than one payment for a required installment, attach a separate computation for each payment.

Schedule A

Part I. Adjusted Seasonal Installment Method

The corporation can use the adjusted seasonal installment method only if the corporation's base period percentage for any 6 consecutive months of the tax year is 70% or more. The base period percentage for any period of 6 consecutive months is the average of the 3 percentages figured by dividing the taxable income for the corresponding 6-consecutive-month period in each of the 3 preceding tax years by the total taxable income for each of the 3 preceding tax years, respectively. Figure the base period percentage using the 6-month period in which the corporation normally receives the largest part of its taxable income.

Example.

An amusement park with a 2006 calendar tax year receives the largest part of its taxable income during the 6-month period from May through October. To compute its base period percentage for this 6-month period in 2006, the amusement park figures its taxable income for each May-October period in 2003, 2004, and 2005. It then divides the taxable income for each May-October period by the total taxable income for that particular tax year. The resulting percentages are: 69% (.69) for May-October 2003, 74% (.74) for May-October 2004, and 67% (.67) for May-October 2005. Because the average of 69%, 74%, and 67% is 70%, the base period percentage for May-October 2006 is 70%. Therefore, the amusement park qualifies for the adjusted seasonal installment method.

Line 15.   Compute the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on Form 4626, Alternative Minimum Tax-Corporations, if applicable. Figure alternative minimum taxable income (AMTI) based on the corporation's income and deductions for the months shown in the column headings directly above line 1. For each column, divide the AMTI by the amount shown on line 8 before subtracting the AMT exemption amount under section 55(d). Enter on line 15, column (d), the AMT determined for column (d). For columns (a) through (c) only, first multiply the AMT determined by the amounts shown in columns (a) through (c) of line 13 and then enter on line 15 the result for each column.

Line 16.   Enter on line 16 any other taxes the corporation owed for the months shown in each column heading directly above line 1. Include the same taxes used to figure Part I, line 1 of Form 2220, but do not include the personal holding company tax and interest due under the look-back method of section 460(b)(2) for completed long-term contracts or section 167(g)(2) for property depreciated under the income forecast method.

Line 18.   Enter the credits the corporation is entitled to for the months shown in each column heading above line 1.

Part II. Annualized Income Installment Method

Line 20. Annualization periods.   Enter on line 20, columns (a) through (d), respectively, the annualization periods for the option shown in the tables below. For example, if the corporation elected Option 1, enter on line 20 the annualization periods 2, 4, 7, and 10, in columns (a) through (d), respectively.

Caution
Use Option 1 or Option 2 only if the corporation elected to do so by filing Form 8842, Election To Use Different Annualization Periods for Corporate Estimated Tax, by the due date of the first required installment payment. Once made, the election is irrevocable for the particular tax year.

Option 2 is not available to tax-exempt organizations and private foundations. See the options shown in the table below for these entities.

Corporations' Annualization Options. Summary: This table is used to provide the options of annualized installment periods elected by corporations to be entered on line 20 of Schedule A (Form 2220).

  1st Installment 2nd Installment 3rd Installment 4th Installment
Standard option 3 3 6 9
Option 1 2 4 7 10
Option 2 3 5 8 11

Tax-Exempt Organizations and Private Foundations: Annualization Options. Summary: This table is used to provide the options of annualized installment periods elected by tax-exempt organizations and private foundations to be entered on line 22 of Schedule A (Form 2220).

  1st Installment 2nd Installment 3rd Installment 4th Installment
Standard option 2 3 6 9
Option 1 2 4 7 10
Line 21.   Enter on line 21 the taxable income (line 30, Form 1120; line 26, Form 1120-A; or the applicable line for other income tax returns) that the corporation received for the months entered for each annualization period in columns (a) through (d) on line 20.

Line 22. Annualization amounts.   Enter on line 22, columns (a) through (d), respectively, the annualization amounts shown in the tables below for the option used for line 20 above. For example, if the corporation elected Option 1, enter on line 22 the annualization amounts 6, 3, 1.71429, and 1.2, in columns (a) through (d), respectively.

Corporations' Annualization Options. Summary: This table is used to provide the options of annualized installment periods elected by corporations to be entered on line 22 of Schedule A (Form 2220).

  1st Installment 2nd Installment 3rd Installment 4th Installment
Standard option 4 4 2 1.33333
Option 1 6 3 1.71429 1.2
Option 2 4 2.4 1.5 1.09091

Tax-Exempt Organizations and Private Foundations: Annualization Options. Summary: This table is used to provide the options of annualized installment periods elected by tax-exempt organizations and private foundations to be entered on line 22 of Schedule A (Form 2220).

  1st Installment 2nd Installment 3rd Installment 4th Installment
Standard option 6 4 2 1.33333
Option 1 6 3 1.71429 1.2
Line 25.   Compute the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on Form 4626, if applicable. Figure alternative minimum taxable income (AMTI) based on the corporation's income and deductions for the annualization period entered in each column on line 20. Multiply AMTI by the annualization amounts (line 22) used to figure annualized taxable income before subtracting the AMT exemption amount under section 55(d). Enter on line 25 the result for each column.

Line 26.   Enter any other taxes the corporation owed for the months shown in each column on line 20. Include the same taxes used to figure Part I, line 1 of Form 2220, but do not include the personal holding company tax and interest due under the look-back method of section 460(b)(2) for completed long-term contracts or section 167(g)(2) for property depreciated under the income forecast method.

Line 28.   Enter the credits the corporation is entitled to for the months shown in each column on line 20. Do not annualize any credit. However, when figuring the credits, annualize any item of income or deduction used to figure the credit.

Part III. Required Installments

Line 33.   Before completing line 33 in columns (b) through (d), complete lines 34 through 38 in each of the preceding columns. For example, complete lines 34 through 38 in column (a) before completing line 33 in column (b).

Line 38.    For each installment, enter the smaller of line 34 or line 37 on line 38. Also enter the result on line 10, page 1.

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