If the members of the Montana combined group differ from the members of the federal consolidated group, enter the federal taxable income as reported on the federal consolidated return filed with the IRS. This field is used to complete Form CIT, Page 3, line 1.
If this field is left blank, the application uses the taxable income from the attached federal consolidated client and adds the income or (loss) of members that were included in the federal return, but are not included in the Montana combined return. Additionally, the application subtracts the income or (loss) from members that are included in the Montana combined return, but were not included in the federal consolidated return.
The application calculates the income or (loss) from members that were included in the federal consolidated return, but are not included in the Montana combined return as the sum of Form CIT, Page 3, line 3d and 3e. The application calculates the income or (loss) from members that are included in the Montana combined return, but were not included in the federal consolidated return as the sum of Form CIT, Page 3, line 2d, 2e, and 2h.
If the federal consolidated group and Montana combined group are the same, no entry is needed in this field.