Instructions For Form 4913 - Michigan Corporate Income Tax (Cit) Quarterly Return - 2017 Page 4

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4913, Page 4
• Net gains, not less than zero, from trading in stocks, bonds,
Penalty and Interest
or other securities.
If the sum of the estimated tax payments is less than 85 percent
• Interest charged to customers for carrying debit balances of
of the annual liability, the amount of the estimated tax payment
margin accounts.
doesn’t equal the quarter’s liability, or the taxpayer does
• Interest and dividends received.
not qualify for or has not satisfied the prior year safe harbor
• Any other gross proceeds resulting from the operation as a
provision, penalty and interest will accrue.
financial institution.
Penalty is 5 percent of tax due for the first two months by
All Taxpayers
which the payment is late. Penalty increases by an additional
5 percent per month, or fraction thereof, after the second month
Additional details regarding the calculation of the tax may be
to a maximum of 25 percent.
found in the forms and instructions provided on the Treasury
Web site at The Web site
The interest rate is adjusted by Treasury on January 1 and July
contains information taxpayers may find helpful in determining
1 of each year to 1 percent above the adjusted prime rate. For a
their estimated tax liability.
complete list of interest rates, see the Revenue Administrative
Bulletins on the Treasury Web site,
Using Personalized Estimate Returns
treasury.
Taxpayers that made estimated returns for the prior tax year on
Filing Quarterly Tax Returns
personalized returns provided by Treasury will again receive
Make a check payable to “State of Michigan” and write the
personalized estimate returns from Treasury.
taxpayer’s Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
• File the original return and retain a copy.
or the Michigan Treasury (TR) assigned number, the tax year,
• Use the personalized returns whether you fill them out
and “CIT Q” on the front of the check. (Taxpayers expecting
yourself or get help from a tax preparer.
to file an MBT annual return should still write “CIT Q” on the
check.) Mail the check with the CIT Quarterly Return for the
• The use of a personalized return shortens the processing
applicable quarter. Do NOT staple the check to the return. Mail
time and reduces the chance of an error in posting the
the check and return to:
payment to the incorrect account.
Michigan Department of Treasury
• Do not use personalized returns if information on the return
PO Box 30774
is incorrect and DO NOT USE OTHER TAXPAYERS’
Lansing MI 48909-8274
RETURNS OR PHOTOCOPY THEIR FORMS. Doing so
could result in the payment posting to the wrong account.
• If using software to prepare the return, a personalized return
may be created by the software with which to submit the
payment.
If you lose a return or have not made estimated tax payments
before, visit w ww.michigan.gov/businesstaxes to obtain a
form.
Reporting Payments
Report all CIT estimated payments, whether made by check or
EFT, on the CIT annual return. (If filing a Michigan Business
Tax return, report all estimated payments on the MBT annual
return.)
NOTE: An annual return must be filed to claim a refund.

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