Arizona Form 220 - Underpayment Of Estimated Tax By Corporations Instructions - 2011 Page 4

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Arizona Form 220
Include any overpayment of tax from the taxpayer’s 2010
Form 220, Schedule A
Arizona tax return that the taxpayer elected to apply to its 2011
Arizona estimated tax.
Part I - Annualized Income Installment Method
Column (a) Enter payments made by the 15th day of the
Line 1 - Annualization Periods
fourth month.
Enter the annualization period that the taxpayer is using in
Column (b) Enter payments made after the 15th day of the
the space on line 1, columns (a) through (d), respectively.
fourth month through the 15th day of the sixth month.
Column (c) Enter payments made after the 15th day of the
Forms 120, 120A, and 120S
sixth month through the 15th day of the ninth month.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Column (d) Enter payments made after the 15th day of the
Option
Installment
Installment
Installment
Installment
ninth month through the 15th day of the 12th month.
Standard option
3
3
6
9
Line 15 - Underpayment
Option 1
2
4
7
10
This amount (an amount greater than zero) is the
underpayment of a required installment. If an amount greater
Option 2
3
5
8
11
than zero is entered here, the taxpayer should complete Part C
to calculate the underpayment penalty.
Form 99T
Part C - Penalty Calculation
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Option
Installment
Installment
Installment
Installment
The underpayment of estimated tax penalty is imposed on
Standard option
2
3
6
9
any required installment of estimated tax that is late or
underpaid. The penalty is equal to the interest that would
Option 1
2
4
7
10
accrue under ARS § 42-1123 on the amount not paid for the
period of nonpayment, not to exceed 10 percent of the
Line 3 - Annualization Amounts
amount not paid.
Enter the annualization amounts for the option used on line 1.
Compute the underpayment penalty for any underpayment of
Forms 120, 120A, and 120S
a required installment for the period of nonpayment on page 2,
Part C, lines 17 through 37. "Underpayment" refers to a late
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Option
payment or underpayment of a required installment.
Installment
Installment
Installment
Installment
Compute the penalty by applying the applicable rate to each
Standard option
4
4
2
1.33333
underpayment. The penalty is computed for the number of
Option 1
6
3
1.71429
1.2
days that the underpayment remained unpaid or until the
original due date of the return, whichever is earlier.
Option 2
4
2.4
1.5
1.09091
The Arizona interest rates are established at various times
during the year. Arizona interest rates are the interest rates
Form 99T
prescribed by IRC § 6621 for each calendar quarter with the
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
following exception. Exception: The Arizona rate of interest
Option
Installment
Installment
Installment
Installment
for both underpayments and overpayments for all taxpayers
is the federal underpayment rate under IRC § 6621(a)(2) [the
Standard option
6
4
2
1.33333
federal short-term rate, determined pursuant to IRC § 6621(b),
Option 1
6
3
1.71429
1.2
plus three percentage points].
Line 5 - Calculate the Tax
If the taxpayer has made more than one payment for a required
installment, attach a separate computation for each payment.
Calculate the tax on the amount in each column using the
instructions for Form 99T, line 4; or Form 120, line 16; or
NOTE FOR COMPOUND PENALTY AMOUNT: The
Form 120A, line 8; or Form 120S, line 12.
penalty is compounded annually (on January 1 of each year)
on any underpayment of an installment outstanding as of that
Line 6 - Tax From Recapture of Tax Credits
date. The compound penalty amount is added to the principal
Enter the amount of tax due from recapture of the
amount of the underpayment. The amount added to the
environmental technology facility and healthy forest
principal accrues penalty until the underpayment is paid or
enterprises tax credits from Form 300, Part II, line 26.
until the original due date of the return, whichever is earlier.
Calculate this amount using the instructions for Form 120,
Line 36 - Penalty Limitation
line 17; or Form 120A, line 9; or Form 120S, line 13. Form 99T
The penalty for an underpayment of a required installment
filers, enter zero.
cannot exceed 10 percent of the amount not paid.
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