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Clarification to the instructions for providing concise descriptions for 
undisclosed tax positions (UTPs) on Schedule UTP (Form 1120), Part 
III 
 
For tax positions which would otherwise be reported on Forms 8275, Disclosure Statement, or 8275-R, 
Regulation Disclosure Statement, the concise description of UTPs in Schedule UTP, Part III, should 
include the information required under those forms.  
 
If you are disclosing a position contrary to a rule (such as a statutory provision or IRS revenue ruling)  
reportable on Form 8275, you must identify the rule by name. See the Instructions for Form 8275. 
 
For tax positions reportable on Form 8275-R, enter the full citation for each regulation for which you have 
taken a contrary position. The citation should specify the section number, including all designations of 
smaller units (lettered or numbered subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, and clauses) to which the 
contrary position relates. For example, enter "1.482-7(d)(1)(iii)" instead of "482 regs" or "1.482-7.” 
 



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                                                                                                        Department of the Treasury
                                                                                                        Internal Revenue Service
Instructions for 

Schedule UTP (Form 1120)

(Rev. December 2019)
Uncertain Tax Position Statement

Section references are to the Internal Revenue of any of the above (for example,            group’s prior return, the subsidiary 
Code unless otherwise noted.                   modified GAAP).                              should report the tax position on Part II 
                                               If the corporation reconsiders               of the Schedule UTP filed with its 
Future Developments                            whether a reserve is required for a tax      current tax return, if it files a separate 
For the latest information about               position and eliminates the reserve in an    return. If the subsidiary is included in the 
developments related to Schedule UTP           interim audited financial statement          return of another consolidated group 
(Form 1120) and its instructions, such         issued before the tax position is taken in   that is required to file Schedule UTP, the 
as legislation enacted after they were         a return, the corporation need not report    common parent of that consolidated 
published, go to IRS.gov/ScheduleUTP.          the tax position to which the reserve        group should report the tax position on 
                                               relates on Schedule UTP.                     Part II of the Schedule UTP filed with its 
                                                                                            current tax return.
General Instructions                           A tax position is based on the unit of 
                                               account used to prepare the audited          Concise description of tax position. 
Purpose of Schedule                            financial statements in which the            A corporation that reports a tax position 
Schedule UTP asks for information              reserve is recorded (or in which no          in either Part I or Part II is required to 
about tax positions that affect the U.S.       reserve was recorded because of an           provide a concise description of each 
federal income tax liabilities of certain      expectation to litigate). A tax position     tax position in Part III. See Example 12 
corporations that issue or are included        taken on a tax return is a tax position      and Example 13, later.
in audited financial statements and have       that would result in an adjustment to a      Consistency with financial statement 
assets that equal or exceed $10 million.       line item on that tax return if the position reporting.  The analysis of whether a 
                                               is not sustained. If multiple tax positions  reserve has been recorded for the 
Reporting Uncertain                            affect a single line item on a tax return,   purpose of completing Schedule UTP is 
                                               report each tax position separately on       determined by reference to those 
Tax Positions                                  Schedule UTP. See Tax position taken         reserve decisions made by the 
on Schedule UTP                                on a tax return, later.                      corporation or a related party for audited 
Tax positions to be reported.                  Reporting current year and prior             financial statement purposes. If the 
Schedule UTP requires the reporting of         year tax positions. Tax positions            corporation or a related party 
each U.S. federal income tax position          taken by the corporation on the current      determined that, under applicable 
taken by an applicable corporation on          year’s tax return are reported in Part I.    accounting standards, either no reserve 
its U.S. federal income tax return for         Tax positions taken by the corporation       was required for a tax position taken on 
which two conditions are satisfied.            on a prior year’s tax return are reported    a tax return because the amount was 
1. The corporation has taken a tax             on Part II. A corporation is not required    immaterial for audited financial 
position on its U.S. federal income tax        to report a tax position it has taken in a   statement purposes, or that a tax 
return for the current tax year or for a       prior tax year if the corporation reported   position was sufficiently certain so that 
prior tax year.                                that tax position on a Schedule UTP          no reserve was required, then the 
                                               filed with a prior year tax return. If a     corporation need not report the tax 
2. Either the corporation or a related                                                      position on Schedule UTP. For a 
                                               transaction results in tax positions taken 
party has recorded a reserve with                                                           corporation subject to FASB 
                                               on more than one tax return, the tax 
respect to that tax position for U.S.                                                       Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, a tax 
                                               positions must be reported in Part I of 
federal income tax in audited financial                                                     position is considered “sufficiently 
                                               the Schedule UTP attached to each tax 
statements, or the corporation or related                                                   certain so that no reserve was required,” 
                                               return in which a tax position is taken 
party did not record a reserve for that                                                     and therefore need not be reported on 
                                               regardless of whether the transaction or 
tax position because the corporation                                                        Schedule UTP, if the position is “highly 
                                               a tax position resulting from the 
expects to litigate the position.                                                           certain” within the meaning of FIN 48.
                                               transaction was disclosed in a 
A tax position for which a reserve             Schedule UTP filed with a prior year’s       Transition rule.   A corporation is not 
was recorded (or for which no reserve          tax return. See Example 7 and                required to report on Schedule UTP a 
was recorded because of an                     Example 8, later. Do not report a tax        tax position taken in a tax year 
expectation to litigate) must be reported      position on Schedule UTP before the          beginning before January 1, 2010, even 
regardless of whether the audited              tax year in which the tax position is        if a reserve is recorded with respect to 
financial statements are prepared based        taken on a tax return by the corporation.    that tax position in audited financial 
on U.S. generally accepted accounting          If, after a subsidiary member leaves a       statements issued in 2010 or later. 
principles (GAAP), International               consolidated group, the subsidiary, or a     SeeExample 9, later. In addition, a 
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS),          related party of the subsidiary, records a   corporation is not required to report 
or other country-specific accounting           reserve in an audited financial              accruals of interest on a tax reserve 
standards, including a modified version        statement with respect to one of the         recorded with respect to a tax position 
                                               subsidiary’s tax positions in its former     taken on a pre-2010 tax return.

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Periods covered.   File Schedule UTP        Affiliated groups. An affiliated group         reserve increases or decreases with 
with the corporation’s current year's tax   of corporations filing a consolidated          respect to the tax position will not.
return.                                     return will file one Schedule UTP for the      If a corporation is included in multiple 
                                            affiliated group. The affiliated group         audited financial statements, the 
Who Must File                               need not identify the member of the            corporation must report a tax position on 
A corporation must file Schedule UTP        group to which the tax position relates        Schedule UTP if a reserve for that 
for the current tax year if:                or which member recorded the reserve           position was recorded in any of those 
                                            for the tax position. Any affiliate that files audited financial statements.
1. The corporation files Form 1120, 
                                            its U.S. federal income tax return 
U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return;                                                        Example 1. General rule regarding 
                                            separately and satisfies the 
Form 1120-F, U.S. Income Tax Return                                                        recording a reserve. A corporation 
                                            requirements set forth above must file a 
of a Foreign Corporation; Form 1120-L,                                                     recorded a reserve in its 2018 audited 
                                            Schedule UTP with its return setting 
U.S. Life Insurance Company Income                                                         financial statements relating to a tax 
                                            forth its own tax positions.
Tax Return; or Form 1120-PC, U.S.                                                          position taken on its tax return for the 
Property and Casualty Insurance             Definitions and Special Rules                  2018 tax year. The corporation filed its 
Company Income Tax Return;                  Note. All examples in these instructions       2018 tax return on October 15, 2019. 
2. The corporation has assets that          assume the calendar year is the                The corporation reported the 2018 tax 
equal or exceed $10 million;                reporting year both for U.S. federal           position on Part I of Schedule UTP and 
3. The corporation or a related party       income tax and financial statement             filed Schedule UTP with its 2018 tax 
issued audited financial statements         purposes and the independent auditor’s         return. If the corporation increases its 
reporting all or a portion of the           opinion on the audited financial               reserve with respect to the tax position 
corporation’s operations for all or a       statements is issued before the filing of      taken on its 2018 tax return in its 2020 
portion of the corporation’s tax year; and  the tax return.                                audited financial statements, the 
                                                                                           corporation is not required to report the 
4. The corporation has one or more          Audited financial statements.                  2018 tax position again on its 2020 tax 
tax positions that must be reported on      Audited financial statements mean              return as a result of the reserve increase 
Schedule UTP.                               financial statements on which an               in 2020.
                                            independent auditor has expressed an 
Do not file a blank Schedule UTP if                                                        Example 2. Reporting reserves in 
                                            opinion, whether qualified, unqualified, 
there are no tax positions to be                                                           subsequent years. A corporation 
                                            disclaimed, or adverse, under GAAP, 
reported.                                                                                  claimed a deduction in 2017 and 
                                            IFRS, or another country-specific 
Attach Schedule UTP to the                  accounting standard, including a               determined under applicable accounting 
corporation's income tax return. Do not     modified version of any of the above (for      standards that it could recognize the full 
file it separately. A taxpayer that files a example, modified GAAP). Compiled or           benefit of the position. In 2019, the IRS 
protective Form 1120, 1120-F, 1120-L,       reviewed financial statements are not          began an examination of the 2017 tax 
or 1120-PC must also file Schedule UTP      audited financial statements.                  return and decided to examine whether 
                                                                                           the deduction was proper. The 
if it satisfies the four requirements set   Record a reserve.  A corporation or a          corporation subsequently reevaluated 
forth above.                                related party records a reserve for a          the tax position and recorded a reserve 
A corporation required to file              U.S. federal income tax position when a        for that position in 2019. The 
Schedule UTP must also check “Yes” to       reserve for U.S. federal income tax,           corporation has taken a tax position in 
Form 1120, Schedule K, Question 14;         interest, or penalties with respect to that    its 2017 tax return and recorded a 
Form 1120-F, Additional Information,        position is recorded in audited financial      reserve with respect to that tax position. 
Question AA; Form 1120-L,                   statements of the corporation or a             The corporation must report the tax 
Schedule M, Question 15; or Form            related party. A reserve is recorded           position on Schedule UTP filed with its 
1120-PC, Schedule I, Question 13.           when an uncertain tax position or a FIN        2019 tax return even if the IRS identifies 
                                            48 liability is stated anywhere in a           the tax position for examination prior to 
Computation of assets that equal or         corporation’s or related party’s financial     the recording of the reserve.
exceed $10 million. For the following       statements, including footnotes and any 
corporate income tax returns:               other disclosures, and may be indicated        Related party.  A related party is any 
Forms 1120, 1120-L, and 1120-PC.            by any of several types of accounting          entity that has a relationship to the 
A corporation’s assets equal or exceed      journal entries. Some of the types of          corporation that is described in section 
$10 million if the amount reported on       entries that, entered alone or in tandem,      267(b), 318(a), or 707(b), or any entity 
page 1, item D of Form 1120, or the         indicate the recording of a reserve are        that is included in consolidated audited 
higher of the beginning or end of year      (1) an increase in a current or                financial statements in which the 
total assets reported on Schedule L of      non-current liability for income taxes,        corporation is also included.
Form 1120-L or Form 1120-PC, is at          interest or penalties payable, or a            Example 3. Related party general 
least $10 million.                          reduction of a current or non-current          rule. Corporation A is a corporation 
                                            receivable for income taxes and/or             filing Form 1120 that has $160 million of 
Form 1120-F.       The assets of a          interest with respect to the tax position;     assets. Corporation B is a foreign 
corporation filing a Form 1120-F equal      or (2) a reduction in a deferred tax asset     corporation not doing business in the 
or exceed $10 million if the higher of the  or an increase in a deferred tax liability     United States and is a related party to 
beginning or end of year total worldwide    with respect to the tax position.              Corporation A. Corporations A and B 
assets of the corporation reported on       The initial recording of a reserve will        issue their own audited financial 
Form 1120-F, Schedule L, line 17,           trigger reporting of a tax position taken      statements. Corporation A takes a tax 
would be at least $10 million if the        on a return. However, subsequent               position on its tax return. If Corporation 
corporation were to prepare a                                                              B records a reserve with respect to that 
Schedule L on a worldwide basis.

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tax position in its own audited financial      of a change in circumstances in a later     tax year may not use that unit of account 
statements, even though Corporation A          year.                                       for Schedule UTP. The corporation must 
does not, then that tax position must be                                                   instead identify a unit of account based 
                                               Tax position taken on a tax return.      A 
reported by Corporation A on its                                                           on similar principles applicable to GAAP 
                                               tax position taken on a tax return means 
Schedule UTP.                                                                              or modified GAAP taxpayers, or use any 
                                               a tax position that would result in an 
                                                                                           other level of detail that is consistently 
Example 4. Reserve recorded in                 adjustment to a line item on any 
                                                                                           applied if that identification is 
consolidated financial statements.             schedule or form attached to the tax 
                                                                                           reasonably expected to apprise the IRS 
Corporation C files a tax return and has       return (or would be included in a section 
                                                                                           of the identity and nature of the issue 
assets of $160 million. Corporations C         481(a) adjustment) if the position is not 
                                                                                           underlying the tax position taken on the 
and D issue consolidated audited               sustained. If multiple tax positions affect 
                                                                                           tax return.
financial statements, but they do not file     a single line item on a tax return, each 
a consolidated tax return. Corporation C       tax position is a separate tax position     Example 6. Unit of account. 
takes a tax position for which a reserve       taken on a tax return. For example, a tax   Corporation A and Corporation B each 
was recorded in the consolidated               position that is reported on a line item    have two individual research projects 
financial statements of Corporations C         on Form 5471 is a tax position taken on     and each anticipates claiming a 
and D. The tax position taken by               a return, even though an adjustment to      research and development credit arising 
Corporation C on its tax return must be        that line item might not result in the      out of their projects. Corporation A 
reported on its Schedule UTP because           payment of any additional tax.              chooses each individual research 
a reserve was recorded for its tax             A single decision about how to report       project as the unit of account for GAAP 
position in consolidated financial             an item of income, gain, loss, deduction,   financial reporting purposes, since the 
statements in which Corporation C was          or credit may affect line items in multiple corporation accumulates information for 
included.                                      years’ returns. If so, that decision can    the tax return about the projects at the 
Reserve not recorded based on ex-              result in a tax position taken on each      project level and expects the IRS to 
pectation to litigate.   A corporation         affected year’s return. For example, a      address the issues during an 
must report on Schedule UTP a tax              decision to amortize an expense rather      examination of each project separately. 
position taken on its return for which no      than currently deduct that expense, or a    Corporation B determines that the 
reserve for income tax was recorded if         decision to currently deduct rather than    appropriate unit of account for GAAP 
the tax position is one which the              amortize an expense, affects line items     financial reporting purposes is the 
corporation or a related party                 on each year’s return in which the tax      functional expenditures, based on the 
determines the probability of settling         position is taken during the period of      amount of its expenditures, the 
with the IRS to be less than 50% and,          amortization. Whether these tax             anticipated credits to be claimed, its 
under applicable accounting standards,         positions taken on a return are reported    previous experience, and the advice of 
no reserve was recorded in the audited         on Schedule UTP for a particular tax        its tax advisors. Based on the unit of 
financial statements because the               year, and when they are reported,           account used for financial reporting 
corporation intends to litigate the tax        depends on whether and when a               purposes, Corporation A must use each 
position and has determined that it is         reserve is recorded. See Example 7 and      project as its unit of account for 
more likely than not to prevail on the         Example 8, later.                           Schedule UTP reporting, and 
                                                                                           Corporation B must use functional 
merits in the litigation.
                                               Note. Although the use of a net             expenditures as its unit of account for 
Example 5. Reserve not recorded                operating loss (NOL) or a credit            Schedule UTP reporting, regarding the 
after a change in circumstances                carryforward is a tax position taken on a   research and development credit.
based on expectation to litigate.       A      tax return, do not report the use of the    Ranking Tax Positions by Size
corporation takes a tax position on its        NOL or credit carryforward if the 
2017 tax return for which no reserve is        corporation has previously reported the     The corporation must rank by size each 
recorded because the corporation               tax position that created or added to the   tax position listed in Part I. The size of a 
determined the tax position is correct.        NOL or credit carryforward on               tax position, however, need not be 
Circumstances change, and in 2019 the          Schedule UTP. See Example 10, later.        reported anywhere on Schedule UTP. 
corporation determined that the tax                                                        See the instructions for Part I, column 
position was uncertain, but did not            Unit of account.  A unit of account is      (f), regarding coding to be used to rank 
record a reserve because of its                the level of detail used in analyzing a tax the corporation’s tax positions.
expectation to litigate the position. That     position, taking into account both the 
is, the corporation or a related party         level at which the taxpayer prepares        Size.  The size of each tax position is 
determines the probability of settling         and supports the tax return and the level   determined on an annual basis and is 
with the IRS to be less than 50% and,          at which the taxpayer anticipates           the amount of U.S. federal income tax 
under applicable accounting standards,         addressing the issue with the IRS. The      reserve recorded for that position. If a 
no reserve was recorded because the            unit of account used by a GAAP or           reserve is recorded for multiple tax 
corporation intends to litigate the tax        modified GAAP taxpayer for reporting a      positions, then a reasonable allocation 
position and has determined that it is         tax position on Schedule UTP must be        of that reserve among the tax positions 
more likely than not to prevail on the         the same unit of account used by the        to which it relates must be made in 
merits in the litigation. The corporation      taxpayer for GAAP or modified GAAP.         determining the size of each tax 
                                                                                           position.
must report that position on Part II of the    In the case of audited financial 
Schedule UTP filed with the 2019 tax           statements prepared under accounting        If an amount of interest or penalties 
return either if it records a reserve or if it standards other than GAAP or modified       relating to a tax position is not 
does not record a reserve because it           GAAP, a corporation that issues audited     separately identified in the books and 
expects to litigate, even if that decision     financial statements with a unit of         records as associated with that position, 
to record or not record occurs because         account that is based upon the entire       then that amount of interest and 

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penalties is not included in the size of a   expenditure in 2018 and took the             deduction in 2018 is a tax position taken 
tax position used to rank that position or   position that the expenditure may be         in the 2018 tax year because the 
compute whether the position is a major      amortized over 15 years beginning on         position would result in an adjustment to 
tax position.                                its 2018 tax return. During the course of    a line item on the 2018 tax return if the 
                                             reviewing its tax positions for purposes     position is not sustained. The deduction 
Expectation to litigate. Do not 
                                             of establishing reserves for U.S. federal    in 2019 of the NOL carried forward from 
determine a size for positions listed 
                                             income taxes for its 2018 audited            2018 is a tax position taken on the 2019 
because of an expectation to litigate. 
                                             financial statements, the corporation        tax return, because the position would 
See the instructions for Parts I and II, 
                                             determined that it was uncertain             result in an adjustment to a line item on 
column (f), regarding ranking of these 
                                             whether any deduction or amortization        the 2019 tax return if the position is not 
positions.
                                             of this expenditure is allowable. In the     sustained. The corporation recorded a 
Affiliated groups. The determination         2018 audited financial statements, the       reserve with respect to its 2018 tax 
of the size of a tax position taken in a tax corporation recorded a reserve with          position in its 2018 audited financial 
return by an affiliated group filing a       respect to the amortization deduction to     statements. Because the corporation 
consolidated return is to be determined      be claimed in each tax year. The             recorded a reserve with respect to the 
at the affiliated group level for all        corporation has taken a tax position in      tax position taken in 2018, it reported 
members of the affiliated group.             each of the 15 tax years because on          the 2018 tax position on the 
                                             each year’s tax return there would be an     Schedule UTP filed with its 2018 tax 
Coordination With Other                      adjustment to a line item on that return if  return. Because it reported the tax 
Reporting Requirements                       the position taken in that year is not       position in its 2018 tax return, the 
A complete and accurate disclosure of a      sustained. The corporation must report       corporation should not report the 2019 
tax position on the appropriate year’s       the 2018 tax position on Part I of           tax position on the Schedule UTP filed 
Schedule UTP will be treated as if the       Schedule UTP for the 2018 tax year. In       with its tax return for the 2019 tax year.
corporation filed a Form 8275,               addition, the tax position to be taken in    Example 11. Corporate merger. 
Disclosure Statement, or Form 8275-R,        each of the 2019 to 2032 tax years must      On June 30, 2019, MergerCo merges 
Regulation Disclosure Statement,             be reported on Part I of the                 into AcquiringCo, in a transaction in 
regarding the tax position. A separate       Schedule UTP filed with the tax return       which AcquiringCo survives. 
Form 8275 or Form 8275-R need not be         for the respective tax year in which the     MergerCo’s tax year ends on that date. 
filed to avoid certain accuracy-related      tax position was taken. The result would     After the merger, AcquiringCo records a 
penalties with respect to that tax           be the same if, instead of recording the     reserve with respect to a tax position 
position.                                    reserve in 2018 for all of the tax           that is taken on MergerCo’s final return 
                                             positions taken in each of the 15 years,     in its audited financial statements. That 
Comprehensive Examples                       the corporation records a reserve in         tax position must be reported on Part I 
                                             each year that specifically relates to the 
Example 7. Multiple year                                                                  of the Schedule UTP filed with 
                                             tax position taken on the return for that 
positions. A corporation incurred an                                                      MergerCo’s 2019 tax return even 
                                             year.
expenditure in 2017 and claimed the                                                       though the reserve was recorded by 
entire amount as a deduction on its          Example 9. Transition rule.        The       AcquiringCo. AcquiringCo should not 
2017 return. During the course of            facts are the same as in Example 8           report the tax position on the 
reviewing its tax positions for purposes     except that the corporation incurred the     Schedule UTP filed with its 2019 tax 
of establishing reserves for U.S. federal    expenditure and recorded the reserve in      return because MergerCo’s final return 
income taxes for its 2017 audited            2009. The corporation has taken a tax        is a prior year tax return on which the tax 
financial statements, the corporation        position in each of the 15 tax years         position was reported.
determined it was uncertain whether the      (2009 through 2023) because on each 
expenditure should instead be                year’s tax return there would be an 
amortized over 5 years and records a         adjustment to a line item on that return if  Specific Instructions
reserve with respect to the position         the position taken in that year is not 
taken in 2017. The corporation did not       sustained. However, the corporation          Part I. Uncertain Tax 
record a reserve for any of the positions    was not required to report the tax           Positions for the Current 
taken in tax years 2018 through 2021.        position taken in the 2009 tax year          Tax Year
The corporation has taken a tax position     because it was taken in a tax year 
in each of the 5 tax years because, on       beginning before January 1, 2010. The        When To Complete Part I
each year’s tax return, there would be       corporation reports the tax position         Complete Part I to report tax positions 
an adjustment to a line item on that         taken in each of the 2010 to 2023 tax        taken by the corporation on its current 
return if the position taken in that year’s  years on Part I of the Schedule UTP          tax return.
return is not sustained. The tax position    filed with its tax return for the respective 
taken in the 2017 tax year must be           tax year in which the position was taken.
                                                                                          Information From Related Parties
reported on Part I of Schedule UTP filed     Example 10. Creation and use of 
                                                                                          Check the box at the top of Part I if the 
with the 2017 tax return. None of the        net operating loss (NOL).    A 
                                                                                          corporation was unable to obtain 
2018 to 2021 tax positions must be           corporation incurred a $50 expenditure 
                                                                                          sufficient information from one or more 
reported on Schedule UTP because the         in 2018 and claimed the entire amount 
                                                                                          related parties and was therefore unable 
corporation did not record a reserve         as a deduction on its 2018 tax return. 
                                                                                          to determine whether a tax position 
with respect to any of those tax             The deduction increases the 
                                                                                          taken on its current year’s tax return is 
positions.                                   corporation’s NOL carryforward from 
                                                                                          required to be reported in Part I of this 
Example 8. Multiple year                     $100 to $150. The corporation used the 
                                                                                          schedule.
positions. A corporation incurred an         entire $150 NOL carryforward on its 
                                             2019 tax return. Claiming the $50 

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Column (a). UTP No.                           Column (e). Major Tax Position             related parties and was therefore unable 
                                                                                         to determine whether a tax position 
Enter a number in column (a) for each         Check this box if the relative size of the 
                                                                                         taken on its prior year's tax return is 
tax position reported. The UTP numbers        tax position is greater than or equal to 
                                                                                         required to be reported in Part II of this 
on Part I, column (a), include a              0.10 (10%). The relative size of a tax 
                                                                                         schedule.
preprinted “C” prefix to indicate that they   position is the amount computed by 
are positions for the current tax year. A     dividing the size of that position by the 
corresponding UTP number with the             sum of all of the sizes for all of the tax Column (a). UTP No.
letter “C” prefix will be used on Part III    positions listed on Parts I and II.        Continue the numeric sequence based 
for reporting the concise description of      Disregard expectation to litigate          on the last UTP number entered on Part 
the tax position. Begin with the number       positions for column (e) purposes.         I. For example, if the last UTP listed on 
1, do not skip any whole numbers, do          Round amounts using rules similar to       Part I is 3, enter 4 for the first UTP listed 
not enter extraneous characters, and do       the rules in the Instructions for Form     on Part II. The UTP numbers on Part II, 
not duplicate any numbers (for example,       1120 (or the instructions for the          column (a), include a preprinted “P” 
C1, C2, C3, where the letters “C” are         applicable tax return) for rounding dollar prefix to indicate that they are positions 
preprinted on the schedule and the            amounts.                                   for prior tax years. A corresponding UTP 
numbers are entered).                                                                    number with a letter “P” prefix will be 
                                              Column (f). Ranking of Tax                 used on Part III for reporting the concise 
Column (b). Primary IRC Sections              Position                                   description of the tax position. Do not 
                                                                                         skip any whole numbers, do not enter 
Provide the primary IRC sections (up to       Enter a letter and a ranking number for    extraneous characters, and do not 
three) relating to the tax position. Enter    each tax position. Use the letter T for    duplicate any numbers (for example, 
one primary IRC section in each box (for      transfer pricing positions and the letter  P4, P5, P6, where the letters “P” are 
example, “61,” “108,” “263A,” etc.). Do       G for all other tax positions.             preprinted on the schedule and the 
not include descriptive references or 
                                                                                         numbers are entered).
any other text such as “IRC,” “Section,”      Rank all tax positions in Parts I and II 
or “IRC Sec.” Beneath each primary IRC        together, regardless of type. Starting     Column (b). Primary IRC Sections
section, you may enter the applicable         with the largest size, assign the number 
IRC subsections (for example, (f)(2)(A)       1 to the largest, the number 2 to the next See the instructions for Part I, column 
(ii)), using the preprinted parentheses. If   largest, and so on, in order. This         (b).
there are more than four subsection           number is the ranking number for the 
components, list only the first four.         tax position. Expectation to litigate      Column (c). Timing Codes
                                              positions may be assigned any ranking      See the instructions for Part I, column 
Column (c). Timing Codes                      number.                                    (c).
Check “T” for temporary differences, “P” 
for permanent differences, or check           For example, the corporation has one 
                                                                                         Column (d). Pass-Through Entity 
both “T” and “P” for a tax position that      transfer pricing tax position and two 
creates both a temporary and                  other tax positions. The transfer pricing  EIN
permanent difference. Categorization as       position is the largest and one of the     See the instructions for Part I, column 
a temporary difference, permanent             other tax positions is the expectation to  (d).
difference, or both must be consistent        litigate position. The expectation to 
with the accounting standards used to         litigate position is assigned a rank of 2. Column (e). Major Tax Position
prepare the audited financial                 Enter “T1”for the transfer pricing 
statements.                                   position, “G2”for the expectation to       See the instructions for Part I, column 
                                              litigate position, and “G3”for the second  (e).
Column (d). Pass-Through Entity               other tax position.
                                                                                         Column (f). Ranking of Tax 
EIN
                                              Part II. Uncertain Tax                     Position
If the tax position taken by the 
                                              Positions for Prior Tax 
corporation relates to a tax position of a                                               See the instructions for Part I, column 
pass-through entity, enter the employer       Years                                      (f).

identification number (EIN) of the            When To Complete Part II                   Column (h). Year of Tax Position
pass-through entity to which the tax 
position relates. For example, if the         Complete Part II to report tax positions 
corporation is a partner in a partnership     taken by the corporation in a prior tax    List the prior tax year in which the tax 
and the tax position involves the             year that have not been reported on a      position was taken and the last month of 
partner’s distributive share of an item of    Schedule UTP filed with a prior year’s     that tax year, using a six-digit number. 
income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit      tax return. Do not report a tax position   For example, enter 201712 for tax years 
of the partnership, enter the EIN of the      taken in a tax year beginning before       ending December 31, 2017, and 
partnership. A pass-through entity is any     January 1, 2010. See Transition rule       201808 for tax years ending August 
entity listed in section 1(h)(10). If the tax under Reporting Uncertain Tax              2018.
position is not related to a tax position of  Positions on Schedule UTP, earlier.
a pass-through entity, leave this blank. 
Enter “F” if the pass-through entity is a     Information From Related Parties
foreign entity that does not have an EIN.     Check the box at the top of Part II if the 
                                              corporation was unable to obtain 
                                              sufficient information from one or more 

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Part III. Concise                           concise description that would be          Example 13.  Recharacterization of 
                                            reported in Part III to disclose that      distribution as a sale.
Description of UTPs                         hypothetical case.
                                                                                       Facts.    The corporation is a member 
When To Complete Part III                   Example 12. Allocation of costs            of Venture LLC, which is treated as a 
Part III must be completed for every tax    between uncompleted and                    U.S. partnership for tax purposes. 
position listed in Part I or Part II. Enter completed acquisitions.                    During the tax year, Venture LLC raised 
the corresponding UTP number from                                                      funds through (i) admitting a new 
Part I, column (a) (for example, C1, C2,    Facts. The corporation investigated 
C3) or Part II, column (a) (for example,    and negotiated several potential           member for a cash contribution and (ii) 
P4, P5, P6), related to the description.    business acquisitions during the tax       borrowing funds from a financial 
                                            year. One of the transactions was          institution, using a loan partially 
Concise description. Provide a              completed during the tax year, but all     guaranteed by the corporation. Also 
concise description of the tax position,    other negotiations failed and the other    during the tax year, Venture LLC made 
including a description of the relevant     potential transactions were abandoned      a cash distribution to the corporation 
facts affecting the tax treatment of the    during the tax year. The corporation       that caused its membership interest in 
position and information that can           deducted costs of investigating and        Venture LLC to be reduced from 25% to 
reasonably be expected to apprise the       partially negotiating potential business   2%. The corporation has taken the 
IRS of the identity of the tax position and acquisitions that were not completed       position that the cash distribution is 
the nature of the issue. In most cases,     and capitalized costs allocable to one     properly characterized as a nontaxable 
the description should not exceed a few     business acquisition that was              distribution that does not exceed its 
sentences. Stating that a concise           completed. The corporation established     basis in its Venture LLC interest, but has 
description is “Available upon request”     a reserve for financial accounting         established a reserve for financial 
is not an adequate description.             purposes in recognition of the possibility accounting purposes, recognizing that 
A concise description should not            that the amount of costs allocated to the  the transaction might be recharacterized 
include an assessment of the hazards of     uncompleted acquisition attempts was       as a taxable sale of a portion of its 
a tax position or an analysis of the        excessive.                                 Venture LLC interest under section 
                                                                                       707(a)(2).
support for or against the tax position.    Sample concise description.           The 
                                            corporation incurred costs of completing   Sample concise description.           The 
Examples of Concise Descriptions            one business acquisition and also          corporation is a member of Venture 
for Hypothetical Fact Patterns              incurred costs investigating and partially LLC, which is treated as a U.S. 
The following examples set out a            negotiating potential business             partnership for tax purposes. The 
description of hypothetical facts and the   acquisitions that were not completed.      corporation received a cash distribution 
uncertainties about a tax position that     The costs were allocated between the       during the year from Venture LLC. The 
would be reportable on Schedule UTP.        completed and uncompleted                  issue is the potential application of 
Following each set of hypothetical facts,   acquisitions. The issue is whether the     section 707(a)(2) to recharacterize the 
which would not be disclosed on the         allocation of costs between                distribution as a sale of a portion of the 
schedule, is an example of a sufficient     uncompleted acquisitions and the           corporation's Venture LLC interest.
                                            completed acquisition is appropriate.

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