February 11, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Bolger, Paul Scott, Lund, Walsh, Pearce, Tyler, Meltzer, Knollenberg, Denby, Calley, Griffin and Lori and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 2007 PA 36, entitled
"Michigan business tax act,"
by amending section 501 (MCL 208.1501).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 501. (1) A taxpayer that reasonably expects liability for
the tax year to exceed $800.00 shall file an estimated return and
pay an estimated tax for each quarter of the taxpayer's tax year.
(2) For taxpayers on a calendar year basis, the quarterly
returns and estimated payments shall be made by April 15, July 15,
October 15, and January 15. Taxpayers not on a calendar year basis
shall file quarterly returns and make estimated payments on the
appropriate due date which in the taxpayer's fiscal year
corresponds to the calendar year.
(3) The estimated payment made with each quarterly return of
each tax year shall be for the estimated business income tax base
and modified gross receipts tax base for the quarter or 25% of the
estimated annual liability. The second, third, and fourth estimated
payments in each tax year shall include adjustments, if necessary,
to correct underpayments or overpayments from previous quarterly
payments in the tax year to a revised estimate of the annual tax
liability.
(4)
The For the 2008 tax year,
a penalty or interest provided
by this act shall not be assessed for an underpayment of an
estimated
tax under this act if any of the
following occur:
(a)
If the sum of the estimated payments equals at least 85%
of
the liability and the amount of each estimated payment
reasonably
approximates the tax liability incurred during the
quarter
for which the estimated payment was made.
(b) the
taxpayer made a good faith effort to calculate its
liability under this act for the 2008 tax year and filed its
quarterly returns and estimated payments as required under this
section. For the 2009 tax year and each subsequent tax year, a
penalty or interest shall not be assessed if the preceding year's
tax liability under this act was $20,000.00 or less and if the
taxpayer submitted 4 equal installments the sum of which equals the
immediately preceding tax year's tax liability.
(5) Each estimated return shall be made on a form prescribed
by the department and shall include an estimate of the annual tax
liability and other information required by the state treasurer.
The form prescribed under this subsection may be combined with any
other tax reporting form prescribed by the department.
(6) With respect to a taxpayer filing an estimated tax return
for the taxpayer's first tax year of less than 12 months, the
amounts paid with each return shall be proportional to the number
of payments made in the first tax year.
(7) Payments made under this section shall be a credit against
the payment required with the annual tax return required in section
505.
(8) If the department considers it necessary to insure payment
of the tax or to provide a more efficient administration of the
tax, the department may require filing of the returns and payment
of the tax for other than quarterly or annual periods.
(9) A taxpayer that elects under the internal revenue code to
file an annual federal income tax return by March 1 in the year
following the taxpayer's tax year and does not make a quarterly
estimate or payment, or does not make a quarterly estimate or
payment and files a tentative annual return with a tentative
payment by January 15 in the year following the taxpayer's tax year
and a final return by April 15 in the year following the taxpayer's
tax year, has the same option in filing the estimated and annual
returns required by this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is retroactive and
effective January 1, 2008.