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                FORM BC – 1040 

                CITY OF BATTLE CREEK  

                PARTNERSHIP RETURN INSTRUCTIONS  

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FILING DATE: Calendar year return must be filed by April 30 , 
                                                                     
 Fiscal year within 4 months after the end of their fiscal year

                REMITTANCE: Make check payable to: City Treasurer 

                                   Please submit with your BC-1040 

                MAILING: Mail your return with remittance, and all  

                     supporting documents attached 

MAIL RETURNS TO: CITY INCOME TAX DIVISION, P O BOX 1657, BATTLE CREEK, MI 49016-1657 

FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT: www.battlecreekmi.gov/city_government/permits_and_forms 




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PARTNERHIPS REQIRED TO FILE A RETURN                               Partnerships electing to become the taxpayer should start 
                                 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM BC-1065 
                                                                   preparation of the return on pg 2 with Schedules A and B. If the 
Every partnership that conducted business activity in the City     partnership is subject to allocation of business income, 
of Battle Creek whether or not an office or place of business      Schedule D should be completed next. Schedule C is then 
was maintained in the city is required to file an annual return.   completed to determine each partner’s share of business and 
Syndicates, joint ventures, pools and like organizations will      non-business income. A partnership with rental real estate 
also use Form BC-1065.                                             must complete Schedule E. Page 1 is to be totally completed.  

FILING DATE                                                        PARTNERSHIPS FILING AN INFORMATION RETURN 
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Calendar year taxpayers must file by April 30 . Fiscal year        Partnerships filing information returns are required to complete: 
taxpayers must file within four (4) months after the end of their  pg 2: Schedules A, B, C and if appropriate Schedules D and E; 
fiscal year.                                                       and pg 1: Identification and information section and column 1.  

OPTION TO PAY TAX AND APPLICABLE TAX RATES                         The Partnership Return, Form BC-1065, is designed to 
                                                                   distinguish between that income taxed to residents, 
The partnership may elect to file an information return or to      nonresidents and corporations. The purpose of the return is to 
compute and pay the tax due with respect to each partner’s         set forth the entire net profit for the period covered and to show 
share of the net profits of the business. The partnership may      the distributive share of each partner, indicating those who are 
pay the tax for partners only if it pays for ALL partners subject  residents of Battle Creek, nonresidents or corporations. At any 
to tax. Effective 1/1/65, the income tax rate is 1.0% for          time during the year if residency changes use two lines to 
corporations, 1.0% for residents and .005% for nonresidents.       indicate allocation of income by residency status in all 
                                                                   schedules where applicable. 
REMITTANCE AND FORMS  
                                                                   Ordinary business income of the partnership is reported in 
Partnerships electing to pay the tax for all partners must remit 
                                                                   Schedule A. This ordinary business income is transferred to 
the tax when filing the return. Make check or money order 
                                                                   Schedule C, column 1, by showing the amount of ordinary 
payable to: City of Battle Creek 
                                                                   income distributable to each partner.  
Mail to: City of Battle Creek, P O Box 1657, Battle Creek MI 
                                                                   Non-business income that may be taxable is reported in 
49016-1657.  
                                                                   Schedule B, by type of income. The taxable portion for 
Forms are available on our web site at:                            resident, nonresident and corporate partners is determined in 
                                                                   this schedule in columns 2 through 5. The taxable non-
http://www.battlecreekmi.gov/City_Government/Permits_and_F         business income is then transferred to Schedule C by showing 
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PARTNERSHIP AS TAXPAYER                                            Column 1, on pg 1, is the final summary transferred from 
                                                                   Schedule C, column 7.  
If the partnership elects to pay the tax for the partners, the 
individual partners are not required to file a return if such      RESIDENT PARTNERS are taxed on their entire distributive 
partners have no other income subject to tax. However, an          share of the net profits of the partnership, including that arising 
individual return is required from any partner having taxable      from business activities outside of Battle Creek, interest, 
income other than his distributive share of the net profits of the dividends, rents, royalties, other income, and gains from the 
partnership. In such instances, a partner who is required to file  sale or exchange of property, either tangible or intangible, 
an individual return should refer to the instructions for such     regardless of where such property was located.  
return.  
                                                                   NONRESIDENT PARTNERS        are taxed on their distributive 
Partnerships electing to pay the tax on behalf of the partners     share of the partnership’s ordinary business income which is 
assume the status of a taxpayer to the following extent: (1)       attributable to business activity in Battle Creek, plus net rentals 
timely payment must be made; and (2) a Declaration of              of tangible property in the City and gains for the sale or 
Estimate Income Tax, Form BC-1040ES, is required if the total      exchange of tangible property in the City.  
estimated tax for the partnership is expected to exceed 
$100.00. The calendar or fiscal year of the partnership will       Nonresidents are not taxed on their share of net rentals on 
govern in establishing the dates for filing the declaration and    property located outside the City, gains from the sale or 
paying the estimated tax.                                          exchange of tangible property located outside the City, gains 

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from the sale or exchange of securities or other intangible         dependents as under the Federal Internal Revenue Code. A 
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property, or on interest and dividends.                             spouse may be taken as an exemption on the partnership 
                                                                    return only if such spouse has no income subject to Battle 
When the receipt of interest and other intangible income is         Creek income tax. Exemptions for a partner whose residence 
directly related to the nature of the business, such interest, ect, status has changed from a resident to a nonresident or form a 
shall be considered business income taxable to nonresidents,        nonresident to a resident of Battle Creek during the taxable 
and is to be included in the ordinary business income reported      year are first applied against income while a resident, with the 
in Schedule A, line 1.                                              balance, if any, applied to Battle Creek income while a 
                                                                    nonresident. A partner’s personal and dependency exemptions 
CORPORATION PARTNERS   are taxes on their distributive              may not be claimed on more than one partnership return. 
share of the partnership’s ordinary business income                 Exemptions are not allowed to other persons who are partners 
attributable to business activity in Battle Creek, plus net rentals (e.i., corporations who are partners, partnerships who are 
of tangible property in the City and gains from the sale or         partners, ect.).  
exchange of tangible property in the City. Corporations are not 
taxed on: their share of net rentals of property located outside    Column 6. In column 6 enter payments made by the 
the City; or gains from the sale or exchange of tangible            partnership: tax paid with a tentative return: payments on 
property located outside the City.                                  Declaration of Estimated Income Tax; or any credits for income 
                                                                    taxes paid to any other municipality by the partnership on 
PAGE 1 INSTRUCTION                                                  behalf of Battle Creek resident partners, if the income on which 
                                                                    such tax was levied is included in this return. DO NOT take a 
Column 1. The amounts to be inserted in column 1, pg 1, are 
                                                                    credit for income taxes paid to any other municipality on behalf 
transferred from Schedule C on pg 2 of the return. If this return 
                                                                    of nonresident’s partners. The credit for tax paid to any other 
is an information return, the remaining columns, 2 through 6, 
                                                                    city shall be the lesser of: (1) the income tax paid the other 
on pg 1 need not be completed. However, if the partnership 
                                                                    municipality for Battle Creek resident partner, or (2) 0.005% of 
elects to pay the tax, columns 2 through 6 must be completed.  
                                                                    an amount obtained by deducting the amount for exemptions 
Column 2. Allowable individual partner deductions which             claimed for Battle Creek resident partners, on pg 1, column 3, 
relate to the partnership are deducted in column 2. Theses          of this return from the gross amount of income of Battle Creek 
deductions include net operating loss carryover. This column is     resident partners subject to tax by such other city. All credits in 
also used to adjust for a net capital loss realized by any of the   column 6 are to be distributed on lines 8a, b and c, and totaled 
partners, in excess of the partner’s maximum allowable              on line 9. The total on line 9 must agree with the total of 
$3,000.00 capital loss deduction. Therefore, a net capital loss     column 6.  
realized by any of the partners, in excess of the partner’s 
                                                                    COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF TAX line 10. If tax due 
allowable capital loss deduction must be added back in column 
                                                                    (line 7) is greater than the total tax payments (line 9) subtract 
2, pg 1. The allowable capital loss deduction of each partner is 
                                                                    line 9 from line 7 and enter tax due. Tax due must be paid 
the less of (1) the net capital loss, (2) the amount in column 1, 
                                                                    when filing the return. To pay with a check or money order 
pg 1, computed without regard to capital gains and losses, or 
                                                                    make payable to Battle Creek City Treasure and mail with 
(3) $3,000.00. Capital gains and losses, and net operating loss 
                                                                    return.  
carryovers are to be handled in the same manner as provided 
in the Federal Internal Revenue Code. Nonresident’s partners        To make a payment via direct withdrawal from your bank 
must allocate net operating losses to Battle Creek at the           account, fill in the information on pg 4. Enter and complete the 
percentage of business conducted in Battle Creek in the year        electronic funds withdrawal effective date, bank routing 
in which the loss was sustained. ATTACH A SCHEDULE                  number, bank account number and account type. Mail your 
DETAILING COMPUTATION OF AMOUNTS REPORTED IN                        complete return to the address provided under remittance and 
COLUMN 2.                                                           forms. 

Column 3. Exemption for 2004 forward is $750.00. An                 OVERPAYEMT OF TAX  
exemption is allowed for each partner who is an individual, the 
partner’s spouse and dependents. Additional exemptions are          Line 11. If the total tax payments (line 9) is greater than tax 
allowed if the taxpayer or spouse is 65 years of age or older by    due (line 7) subtract line 7 from line 9 and enter the amount of 
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December 31  of the filing or disabled. If you claim this           your overpayment to be refunded. A refund will be issued via 
exemption, you may not claim an additional exemption for            paper check unless you choose to get the refund via direct 
totally and permanently disabled. However if you are, blind,        deposit by filing in pg 4. Enter and complete the electronic 
deaf, hemiplegic, or quadriplegic you may claim and additional      refund information, bank routing number, bank account number 
exemption. In general, the same rules apply in determining          and account type.  

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Line 12. Enter all or the portion of the overpayment to be        in column 5 will be the gain (or loss) attributable to the period 
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credited forward.                                                 after July 1, 1967 from the sale or exchange of tangible real 
                                                                  and personal property located in Battle Creek.  
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                                                                  RENTS AND ROYALTIES – Report in column 1 line 6, 7 and 8 
SCHEDULE A – ALLOCABLE BUSINESS INCOME                            the total net income or loss from all rents and royalties. The 
                                                                  resident partners; portion of rents and royalties is taxable. Non-
Schedule A is used to report ordinary business income of the      resident and corporate partners exclude net income or loss 
partnership. Ordinary business income of Schedule A is            from rents, and royalties attributable to property located 
transferred to Schedule C, column 1. Schedule C is used to        OUTSIDE Battle Creek.  
determine the amount of ordinary business income subject to 
the Battle Creek tax. Non-business income is reported in          OTHER INCOME – Report in column 1, line 9, and all other 
Schedule B. The taxable portion of non-business income is         partnership income.  
transferred to Schedule C. Instructions for Schedules B and C 
indicate how amounts transferred from Schedules A and B are       TOTAL NON-BUSINESS INCOME – Enter on line 10 the 
allocated to the individual partners.                             totals for each column in Schedule B. After transferring the 
                                                                  amounts form columns 3 and 5 of Schedule B to Schedule C, 
SCHEDULE B – NON-BUSINESS INCOME AND                              the total of Schedule C, column 6a, (taxable resident partners’ 
EXCLUSIONS                                                        non-business income) must equal the total of Schedule B, 
                                                                  column 3, and total of Schedule C, column 6b, (taxable 
Schedule B is used to allocate the total non-business income      nonresident partners’ non-business income) must equal the 
of the partnership between resident partners and nonresident      total of Schedule B, column 5.  
partners. After determining the total taxable income for resident 
and nonresident partners, the totals are transferred to           SCHEDULE C – DISTRIBUTION TO PARTNERS 
Schedule C, wherein an analysis is made to determine the 
amount of non-business income distributable to each individual    The totals of columns 1, 6a, 6b of Schedule C, showing the 
partner. Therefore, compute the total amount of distributable     distribution to individual partners of ordinary and non-business 
non-business income, by type of income, and enter these           income, must agree with the totals transferred from Schedule A 
amounts on the proper lines of Schedule B, column 1. For          and B.  
each category of non-business income, use columns 2 and 3 
to show the resident partners’ excludable and taxable portion,    Column 1. Enter in column 1 the individual partner’s share of 
and use columns 4 and 5 to show the nonresident partners’         business income from Schedule A, line 5. If Sec. 179 
excludable and taxable portion. The total of columns 2 through    depreciation is in included in Schedule A and the partners have 
5 must equal the total of column 1.                               unequal credits for such additional depreciation (e.g., if one 
                                                                  partner is single and one is married filing jointly for federal 
INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS – In column 1, line 1, and report          income tax purposes), the apportionment of income to partners 
total partnership non-business interest income. In column 1,      in this column will require a special computation.  
line 2, report total partnership income from dividends. The 
interest and dividends reported on line 1 and 2, column 1, are    Column 7. Transfer the amount of each individual partner’s 
to be apportioned between resident partners (columns 2 and 3)     share shown in column 7, Schedule C to column 1, pg 1 of the 
and nonresident partners (columns 4 and 5). Resident partners     return.  
exclude in column 2 the total nontaxable interest form 
obligations of the United States, the States or of subordinate    SCHEDULE D – BUSINESS ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE 
units of government of the States. Interest and dividend 
                                                                  The business allocation percentage is to be applied to the 
income is not taxable to nonresidents.  
                                                                  distributive share of business income of CORPORATE AND 
SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY – Report in column 1,                NON-RESIDENT partners if business activity of the partnership 
lines 3, 4, and 5, the total taxable net gain or loss form sales  is conducted both within and outside the City of Battle Creek.  
and exchanges of property, short-term and Section 1231, 
                                                                  Line 1a. Enter in column 1 the average net book value of all 
respectively. Gains or losses on the sale of obligations of the 
                                                                  real and tangible personal property owned by the business, 
United States or attributable to the period prior to July 1, 1967 
                                                                  regardless of location; and in column 2 shows the net book 
are excluded. The nonresident excludable portion also includes 
                                                                  value of the real and tangible personal property owned and 
that portion of the gain (or loss) which arose from the sale or 
                                                                  located or used in the City of Battle Creek. The average net 
exchange of intangible assets, and of tangible property located 
                                                                  book value of real and tangible person property may be 
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determined by adding the net book values of the beginning and 
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end of the year and dividing the sum thus obtained by two.  

Line 1b. Enter in column 1 the gross annual rent multiplied by 
8 for all rented real property regardless of location. In column 2 
show the gross annual rent multiplied by 8 for rented real 
property located in the City of Battle Creek. Gross annual rent 
refers to real property only, rented or leased during the taxable 
period, and should include the actual sums of money or other 
consideration payable, directly or indirectly, by the taxpayer for 
the use or possession of such property.  

Line 2. Enter in column 1 the total compensation paid to all 
employees during the year and in column 2 show the amount 
of compensation paid to employees for work or services 
performed within the City of Battle Creek.  

Line 3. Enter in column 1 the total gross revenue from all sales 
or services rendered during the year, and in column 2 show the 
amount of revenue derived from sales made or services 
rendered in the City of Battle Creek during the year. If there is 
no regularly maintained sales force outside the City, this 
allocation factor must be 100% for business with no other 
business activity outside the City.  

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THIRD PARTY DESIGNEE 

If the “Yes” box is marked, the partnership is authorizing Battle 
Creek Income Tax Department to call the preparer to answer 
any questions that may arise during the processing of its 
return. The partnership is also authorizing the preparer: to give 
the Department any information about the processing of the 
return or the status of any related refund or payments; and to 
respond to certain notices that the partnership has shared with 
the preparer about math errors, offsets and return preparation.  

NOTICE 

These instructions are interpretations of the City of Battle 
Creek Income Tax Ordinance. The ordinance will prevail in any 
disagreement between the instructions and the ordinance.  

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