N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 20 § 151.17 - Group (formerly combined return) New York State nonresident personal income tax return for nonresident partners
(a) General. A partnership, including a
limited liability partnership or a limited liability company that is treated as
a partnership for Federal tax purposes, required to file a New York State
partnership return pursuant to section 658 (c) of the Tax Law (see
section
151.4 of
this Part) may be granted approval by the Department of Taxation and Finance to
file a New York State nonresident personal income tax group return for
nonresident partners (hereinafter referred to in this section as group return)
on behalf of its qualified partners or limited liability company members
(hereinafter referred to in this section as partners) who elect to have the
partnership or limited liability company (hereinafter referred to in this
section as partnership) file on their behalf. The provisions of section
151.1
of this Part, Parts 106 and 140 of this Title and section
185.3(j)
of this Title will not apply if an election is made and permission is granted
pursuant to this section. All participating partners must have the same
accounting period.
(b)
(1) Request for permission. A partnership
electing to file a group return on behalf of its participating partners must
request permission to do so by submitting an application on a form prescribed
by the department for such purpose (or replica, reproduction, computer-prepared
form or other such form containing the prescribed information). The application
must be accompanied by an individual power of attorney (or other evidence of
authority acceptable to the Department of Taxation and Finance) for each
participating partner authorizing a common partner to represent such
participating partner in making, executing, or filing the return. The request
must be sent to the Assistant Director, Registration and Licensing Services
Bureau, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Building 8, Room
408, W.A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227. Request for permission to file a
group return must be made by the 30th day following the close of the taxable
year for which the election is requested. Permission to file a group return
will be restricted to partnerships which have more than 10 electing qualified
nonresident partners in each taxable year. Upon receipt of a properly completed
application, the department will determine whether or not the initial approval
will be granted and will notify the partnership accordingly. The department's
approval to file a group return is tentative pending receipt of the final group
return, and subject to revision or revocation on audit. A return filed on a
group basis does not constitute a request for permission to file a group
return. A request to file a group return must include the following
information:
(i) the exact name and address of
the partnership as shown on the New York State partnership return;
and
(ii) the first taxable year for
which the group return will be filed.
(2) If subsequent to filing an application, a
qualified partner not included in the application elects to participate in the
filing of a group return, such partner must submit an individual power of
attorney or other evidence acceptable to the Department of Taxation and Finance
authorizing the established common partner to represent such partner in making,
executing, or filing the return. The power of attorney or other acceptable
evidence of authority required for those partners electing to participate after
the filing of the application must be attached to the first group return filed
on behalf of such partner.
(c) Definition of a qualified nonresident
partner. The term qualified nonresident partner means a partner who meets all
of the following conditions:
(1) the partner
must be a nonresident of New York State for the entire taxable year;
(2) the partner must have maintained no
permanent place of abode in New York State at any time during the taxable
year;
(3) the partner or the
partner's spouse must:
(i) have no New York
source income, as determined under section
132.2
of this Subchapter, other than the partner's distributive share of partnership
income, as determined under Part 137 of this Title, allocated to New York
State. However, nonresident partners with New York source income from sources
other than their distributive share of partnership income may be eligible to
file on a group return under the provisions of section
151.21
of this Part;
(ii) not be subject
to the minimum income tax (see section 602 of the
Tax Law); or
(iii) not be subject
to the separate tax on the ordinary income portion of a lump sum distribution
(see section 603 of the Tax Law); and
(4) the partner must waive the
right to claim:
(i) the New York standard or
itemized deduction;
(ii) dependent
exemptions;
(iii) any credits
against New York State personal income tax; and
(iv) a New York State deduction resulting
from a capital loss carryover or a net operating loss carryback or carryover,
as determined pursuant to section
132.7
of this Title (i.e., either determined before filing, at the time of filing, or
after filing).
(d) Form of return on group basis. The group
return is required to be filed on the form prescribed by the Department of
Taxation and Finance and in the manner prescribed by the department. The group
return must contain the special identifying number which will be assigned to
each partnership upon approval by the department. This special identifying
number will remain in effect each year unless reassigned or revoked. The group
return must be signed by a common partner having legal authority to act as
agent for all participating partners. In such case, the partner signing the
return and each participating partner are individually responsible for his or
her part in making and signing the return. Each such common partner or
participating partner, as the case may be, will incur liability for those
penalties provided by the Tax Law that may be imposed with respect to such
individual's acts in making and signing erroneous, false, or fraudulent New
York State income tax returns. The group return must be filed with New York
State Income Tax, W.A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227.
(e) The filing of a group return will be
considered as a group of separate returns which will meet the individual filing
requirements of this Part. The Department of Taxation and Finance retains the
right to require the filing of an individual New York State nonresident
personal income tax return by any of the individual partners.
(f) A partnership filing a group return must
include a detailed schedule indicating the name of the partnership, the special
identifying number, and the taxable year as shown on the group return. Also,
for each participating partner, the partnership must provide the following
information:
(1) the partner's name and
address (in alphabetical order by last name or other order acceptable to the
Department of Taxation and Finance);
(2) the partner's social security
number;
(3) the partner's
distributive share of partnership income, as determined under Part 137 of this
Title, allocable to New York State;
(4) the partner's New York State personal
income tax as determined in accordance with subdivision (g) of this
section;
(5) the New York State
estimated income tax paid by such partner on an individual basis or the New
York State estimated income tax paid on behalf of such partner on a group basis
pursuant to section
185.3(k)
of this Title, as the case may be;
(6) the balance due or overpayment (any
overpayment will not be refunded, but applied to the respective partner's
estimated income tax for the following year); and
(7) any other information the Department of
Taxation and Finance may require.
(g) New York State personal income tax. For
purposes of this section, a participating partner's New York State personal
income tax is determined by multiplying such partner's distributive share of
partnership income (as determined under Part 137 of this Title) allocable to
New York State by the highest effective rate of New York State personal income
tax for the applicable taxable year.
(h) The partnership must also attach to its
New York State partnership return a copy of the listings of the nonresident
partners included in the group return, containing the names and social security
numbers of the partners who will be included in the group return for the
calendar year within which the taxable year of the partnership ends.
(i) The approval to file a group return for a
taxable year will not be revoked subsequent to the filing date of that taxable
year simply because the partnership failed to maintain the minimum number of
its electing qualified nonresident partners. For example, if a partnership
filed a timely group return on behalf of two more than the minimum number of
electing qualified nonresident partners for a taxable year and, subsequently,
three of the partners file superseding or correcting New York State nonresident
personal income tax returns on or before April 15, of the following year,
approval to file on a group basis for that taxable year will not be revoked
solely for failure to maintain the minimum number of electing qualified
nonresident partners. However, unless the partnership has the minimum number of
electing qualified nonresident partners for group filing purposes in subsequent
taxable years, such approval will be revoked for such subsequent years.
In addition, where a group return is not filed with respect to a taxable year, the approval to file a group return will be revoked for subsequent taxable years unless the partnership requests permission from the department for reinstatement.
(j) Where a partnership elected to file group
required installments, pursuant to section
185.3(k)(1)
of this Title, and later determines than an individual electing partner will
not participate in the filing of a group return or where such individual
electing partner fails to qualify, pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section,
the partnership should notify the Department of Taxation and Finance, in
writing, by the 15th day of the second month following the close of the taxable
year in which the partner elects not to participate or fails to qualify, as the
case may be. This will allow the department sufficient time to transfer
required installments of estimated tax paid on behalf of such partner on a
group basis to an individual account. An electing qualified nonresident partner
may not change such partner's election to file on a group basis to an
individual basis after the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of
the taxable year with respect to which the election is effective. Conversely, a
partner may not elect to file on a group basis after the 15th day of the fourth
month following the close of the taxable year for which the election is
requested (see section
161.3
of this Title).
(k) A partnership
that has been granted approval by the Department of Taxation and Finance to
file a group return on behalf of its nonresident partners must notify the
department, in writing, when such partnership decides that it will not be
filing a group return for a taxable year. Such a decision will revoke approval
by the department for such partnership to file a group return in subsequent
taxable years unless the partnership requests permission from the department
for reinstatement.
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