Computation
of
a
separate
corporation’s
contribution
to
Instructions for Schedule F - Net Operating Loss (NOL)
consolidated income or net operating loss subject to Iowa tax for
Schedule F should be included for supporting detail if a net
purposes of net operating loss carryover and carryback limitations
operating loss (NOL) deduction is taken on IA 1120, line 15. Be
must be as follows:
sure to reflect any prior Iowa audits which may have corrected
amounts originally reported. The NOL amount applied to the current
Separate corporation’s
A
D
year must not exceed the amount on the IA 1120, line 14.
x C
x
+
E
=
contribution to consolidated
B
A
income subject to Iowa tax.
The net operating loss must be carried back or over to the
applicable period as a reduction of the net income attributable
A=Separate corporation gross sales within and without Iowa
to Iowa for that period. An Iowa net operating loss cannot be
after elimination of all intercompany transactions.
carried back to a period in which the taxpayer was not doing
B=Consolidated gross sales within and without Iowa after
business in Iowa. A net operating loss cannot be carried forward
elimination of all intercompany transactions.
if it was incurred in a period in which the taxpayer was not
doing business in Iowa. If the election under section 172(b)(c)
C=Iowa consolidated net income subject to apportionment (IA
of the Internal Revenue Code is made, the Iowa net operating
1120, line 10).
loss must also be carried forward. The carryforward is 15 taxable
D=Separate corporation gross sales within Iowa after
periods for tax periods beginning on or before August 5, 1997.
elimination of all intercompany transactions.
For tax periods beginning after August 5, 1997, but before
E=Separate corporation income allocable to Iowa.
January 1, 2009, net operating losses may be carried back two
taxable periods and carried forward 20 taxable periods. Net
Instructions for Schedule G - Alternative Minimum Tax
operating losses for tax periods beginning after August 5, 1997,
Loss (AMT NOL)
but before January 1, 2009, can be carried back three years
Schedule G is required if there is an alternative minimum tax
only for losses incurred in a presidentially-declared disaster
net operating loss (AMT NOL) claimed on Schedule IA 4626.
area by a taxpayer engaged in a small business.
These losses are carried back or forward in the same way as
Iowa did not adopt the 5-year carryback provision for net
regular net operating losses.
operating losses incurred in 2008 for small businesses as set
The computation of a separate corporation’s contribution to
forth in the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
consolidated AMT income or AMT net operating loss for
2009.
purposes of the net operating loss carryover or carryback is
The carryback period for net operating losses from farming
the same formula as set forth above, except that C is the Iowa
businesses is five years to the extent the net operating losses
consolidated AMT income subject to apportionment from the
are for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, but
Schedule IA 4626, line 7.
before
January
1,
2009.
Any
Contribution
Conversion
The AMT NOL amount applied to the current year is limited to
Adjustment, if applicable, should be listed separately for each
90% of the amount on line 11 on Schedule IA 4626. The total
period.
for column E must equal the amount entered on the Schedule
For tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009, both the
IA 4626, line 12.
Iowa net operating loss (NOL) and alternative minimum tax net
operating loss (AMT NOL) can only be carried forward 20
taxable periods.
42-020b (07/18/14)