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Instructions for Indiana Withholding and
Composite Filing Opt-Out Affidavit
The Schedule IN-COMPA is intended as a schedule to permit For the year, enter the first year and last year of the election
a shareholder, partner, or beneficiary to have nonresident tax (for instance, 2022-2026 or 2022-forward) only for the first five
withholding reduced or eliminated in certain cases. These reasons listed in the affidavit or for the reason associated with
cases are intended to be those circumstances where an ultimate corporations registered in Indiana and remitting estimated
taxpayer would have an Indiana income tax liability that is payments. For all other listed reasons, enter only the current
significantly lower than the amount required to be withheld or taxable year.
withholding would result in duplicate collection of the same tax.
If multiple tax years are entered appropriately, the affidavit
A pass-through entity is not required to accept the affidavit. If a generally is required to be completed only once for the entire
pass-through entity does not accept this affidavit, withholding period specified unless the department specifically voids the
is required in the same manner as if no affidavit had been affidavit. However, if there is a material change in law (as
completed. In addition, the department may void any affidavit and published in the Indiana Register) or material change in fact, the
may require a pass-through entity to not accept an affidavit upon listing of multiple years is void upon such material change.
notification by the department.
Reasons for Claiming Exemption or Reduction in
For a pass-through entity, any completed affidavits are required to Withholding
be attached to the pass-through entity’s return each year for which
the affidavit applies. Failure to attach an affidavit shall be treated Please check at least one box specifying a reason for reduced or
as if the affidavit had not been completed for that taxable year eliminated withholding. More than one box can be checked.
and composite tax will be assessed.
Each box has a number in parentheses after the explanation. The
For a partner, shareholder, or beneficiary, the affidavit may be pass-through entity is required to list the code in Column A on
attached to the return. However, attachment is not required. The the line of Schedule Composite or Schedule Composite-COR
partner, shareholder, or beneficiary must provide a completed associated with the nonresident completing this affidavit. If more
copy of the affidavit upon department request. than one box is checked, the pass-through entity is required
to list one of the allowable codes in Column A of the Schedule
The affidavit must be completed by the nonresident before the 15th Composite or Schedule Composite-COR.
day of the fourth month following the end of the pass-through
entity’s tax year. In the case of an affidavit covering multiple years, If you are claiming an exemption because of an allowable loss,
failure to complete the affidavit in a timely manner will result in you are required to specify each amount of loss that is potentially
the affidavit being treated as void for that taxable year. applicable against the income from the pass-through entity.
IMPORTANT: In the event of an amended return by the If you are claiming that you have a credit that (1) is from another
pass-through entity or a department adjustment to the pass- entity or (2) is a carryforward from a previous year, regardless of
through entity, this affidavit will not relieve the pass-through whether the credit was generated by this pass-through entity, list
entity of withholding based on the amended return. Further, each credit separately. Use the three-digit code assigned to the
this affidavit cannot be used to relieve a partnership of any credit by the department. A list of available credits for a non-
tax otherwise due as a result of adjustments if the partnership resident can be found in the relevant instruction booklet for the
elects to be taxed at the partnership level. nonresident’s normal return filing.
Nonresident Information
Enter all fields for the affected nonresident. For type of entity,
use a common description (e.g., individual, S corporation, C
corporation, etc.).
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