CFT 2009-02 - Waiver of Corporation Franchise Tax Filing
Requirement for 2010 for S Corporations – Issued October 2009
The Tax Commissioner has waived, for tax year 2010, the
requirement that S corporations file form FT 1120S – Notice
of S Corporation Status.
Ohio Revised Code 5733.09(B) provides:
A corporation that has made an election under subchapter S,
chapter one, subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue Code for
its taxable year under such code is exempt from the tax
imposed by section 5733.06 of the Revised Code that is
based on that taxable year.
A corporation that makes such an election shall file a
notice of such election with the tax commissioner between
the first day of January and the thirty-first day of March
of each tax year that the election is in effect.
The Tax Commissioner has issued an administrative journal entry, dated Oct. 29,
2009, waiving the filing requirement for S corporations
for tax year 2010, based on taxable year ending in 2009.
Accordingly, S corporations do not need to file Form FT 1120S
for tax year 2010. Investor information previously reported
on the FT 1120S will now be reported on either the (a) IT
4708 – Composite Income Tax Return for Certain Investors in a
Pass-Through Entity or (b) IT 1140 – Pass-Through Entity and
Trust Withholding Tax Return.