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Screen CAEZ - California Enterprise Zone Credit (1120)
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Overview
Use this screen to complete Form 3805Z, Enterprise Zone Deduction and Credit Summary, and the Credits section of Schedule P for C Corporations or Schedule C for S Corporations.
In order to facilitate data entry of credit information, this credit screen has been designed on an activity-based format. This screen presents the
Unit
and Form
fields in the header.This screen is part of the Farm, Farm Rental, and Rent & Royalty folders. For Page 1 and cost of goods sold related credit data entry, this screen is also part of the Credits folder. The
Unit
and Form
fields are completed by the application from the information particular to the individual activity.note
All EZs are repealed on January 1, 2014. The EZ NOL is allowed for losses attributable to the taxpayer’s business activities within the EZ through December 31, 2013, without regard to the ending date of the taxpayer’s taxable year. For a taxpayer with a taxable year on a fiscal year basis, this loss is calculated by computing the EZ net operating loss as if the EZ had remained in existence the entire year, then this full year loss is pro-rated by the number of days the taxpayer operated in an EZ for the taxable year over the total number of days in the taxable year. The application calculates this proration.
General Information
The application uses information in this section to complete the heading of Form 3805Z.
note
All EZs are repealed on January 1, 2014. The EZ NOL is allowed for losses attributable to the taxpayer’s business activities within the EZ through December 31, 2013, without regard to the ending date of the taxpayer’s taxable year. For a taxpayer with a taxable year on a fiscal year basis, this loss is calculated by computing the EZ net operating loss as if the EZ had remained in existence the entire year, then this full year loss is pro-rated by the number of days the taxpayer operated in an EZ for the taxable year over the total number of days in the taxable year. The application calculates this proration.
Enterprise Zone where business is located
Enter the Enterprise Zone in which the business and/or investment activity is located. Select a zone from the dropdown list. You must enter a zone in order for the form to calculate.
Principal business activity code of Enterprise Zone business outside Long Beach, if different from corp
Enter the principal business activity code of the Enterprise Zone business. Enter the code directly or select from the dropdown list.
note
This field only applies to Enterprise Zones located outside of Long Beach. If you leave this field blank, the application uses the corporation’s principal business code.
SIC code of Enterprise Zone business (Long Beach only)
Enter the standard industrial code of the Enterprise Zone business. Enter code directly or select from the dropdown list. Note this field only applies to Enterprise Zones located in Long Beach.
Gross annual receipts of business (Force)
Enter the gross annual receipts of the Enterprise Zone business. If you leave this field blank, the application uses the gross annual receipts from the federal return.
Total asset value of business (Force)
Enter the total asset value of the Enterprise Zone business. If you leave this field blank, the application uses the asset value from the federal return.
Credit Carryover
Hiring credit prior year carryover
Enter the amount of hiring credit carryover from prior years. The application proformas any remaining unused credit to this field next year. The application includes this amount in the calculation of Form 100 and 100W, Schedule P, Side 2, or Form 100S, Schedule C.
Sales or use tax credit prior year carryover
Enter the amount of sales or use tax credit carryover from prior years. The application proformas any remaining unused credit to this field next year. The application includes this amount in the calculation of Form 100 and 100W, Schedule P, Side 2, or Form 100S, Schedule C.
Apportionment
Inventory / … / Land / Rented property, annual amount
Enter beginning of year and end of year amounts for the apportionment items inside the Enterprise Zone. Note that for income apportionment, the denominator is the total amount within California; and for loss apportionment, the denominator is the total amount everywhere. You must use
View
, then Apportionment
to enter the California or everywhere information. The application uses this to complete Worksheet V of the CA Enterprise Zone Worksheet, Page 3.Other tangible assets
Use the statement to enter detail of other tangible assets within the Enterprise Zone. The information entered in the Total columns in the statement is used by the application on Worksheet V for this component. The application ignores the amount in the California
or Everywhere / (Override) column in the apportionment spreadsheet for this component. Be sure to enter California amounts in the Total column if the business has income in the current year, and to enter total everywhere amounts in the Total column if the business has a loss in the current year. The application uses this information to complete Worksheet V of the CA Enterprise Zone Worksheet, Page 3.
Employees’ wages, salaries, commissions
Enter the amount of payroll expense within the Enterprise Zone. Note that for income apportionment, the denominator is the total amount within California; and for loss apportionment, the denominator is the total amount everywhere. You must use
View
, then Apportionment
to enter this information. The application uses this information to complete Worksheet V of the CA Enterprise Zone Worksheet, Page 3.Form 3544
Credit assignment information (C Corp)
Use the statement to assign credits to members of a combined reporting group on Form 3544.
If there are limitations to be specified for this assignment, enter
X
in the Mark if Limitations column and complete the statement in the next input screen field for Form 3544 credit assignment limitations. The application prints Form 3544 in the combined return only, using the information specified for assigning corporations.note
- The Assignee Corporation’s name entered in the statement must exactly match the corporation name of one of the members of the combined group.
- It'll be necessary to manually enter the amount of any credits assigned in each assignee corporation’s return next year.
Credit assignment limitations (C Corp)
Use the statements to enter limitation detail for a credit being assigned by this corporation. The Assignee’s FEIN must be completed for each line, and the Type of Limitation column must be completed for each line if efiling the return.
Credit assignee information
Use the statements to report credits claimed by the corporation on Form 3544A assigned to them by other corporations. The credits may be reported either by members of a combined reporting group or S Corporations that were assigned credits while a C Corporation.
note
You must enter an amount in the Credit Claimed in Current Taxable Year column of the statement before finalizing the return. The application can't determine how much of the utilized credit is attributable to the corporation’s activity or that of an assigned corporation. Refer to Schedule P for C Corporations and Schedule C for S Corporations for the total amount of credit utilized in the current year. Combined report groups will need to enter this information in each member’s client after reviewing the combined report. Any line with a calculated credit carryover will proforma to next year.