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                                                                                            Reset Form          Print Form                    Attach to Form MO-1120 and mail to 
                                                                                                                                              the Missouri Department of Revenue.

                                                                                                                                   Department Use Only
                                                  Form 2023 Corporation Allocation and                                             (MM/DD/YY)
                                                       Apportionment of Income Schedule                                                                    Attachment Sequence No. 1120-01
                                                  MO-MS
                                                                                 Beginning                                           Ending
                                                       Taxable Year
                                                                                 (MM/DD/YY)                                          (MM/DD/YY)
Missouri Tax
I.D. Number                                                                                              Do not complete this form if all income is from Missouri sources.
Federal Employer                                                                                         Charter
I.D. Number                                                                                              Number
Corporation
Name
                                                  Select a box below and enter the method and the percentage calculated on Form MO-1120 for Line 9 Method and Percent.
                                                       Two A - Receipts Factor Apportionment - Section 143.455.2, RSMo - (Complete Part 1)

                                                  Special Methods - See Instructions and Attach Detailed Explanation (if directed).
                                                       Three - Transportation                                              Four - Railroad 

                                                       Five - Interstate Bridge                                            Six - Telephone and Telegraph 

                                                  Note: Complete mileage information below for Method Three - Six and enter the percentage on Form MO-1120, Line 9.
                      Apportionment Election
                                                                                 Missouri Miles          Total Miles                   Percent
                                                                                                 ÷                                 =                                                           %
                                                                                                                                             .
                                                       Seven - Broadcasters or Other Approved Method – See Instructions and attach a detailed explanation (instructions).

                                                                                  For use with Method Two A or as directed by instructions.

                                                    1. Amount of receipts in Missouri  .......................................................................................................    . 00

                                                    2. Amount of receipts everywhere ......................................................................................................       . 00

                                                    3. Receipts Factor - Divide Line 1 by Line 2 .............................................................................................  .   %

                                                  Note: Stop here unless you have either Nonapportionable Income or a Net Operating Loss on Federal Form 1120, Line 29A or both.
                                                  Enter Line 3 on Form MO-1120, Line 9 Percent.

                                                    4. Taxable Income - All Sources (Form MO-1120, Line 8) .................................................................                      . 00

                                                    5. Net Operating Loss (from Federal Form 1120, Line 29a) ...............................................................                      . 00
                                            Part 1
                                                      6. Taxable Income - All Sources - Add Line 4 and Line 5 ...................................................................                 . 00

                                                    7. Nonapportionable Income - Everywhere - Attach a detailed Form MO-NAI to be considered ......                                               . 00

                                                    8. Apportioned  Missouri Income - Subtract Line 7 from Line 6, then multiply by Line 3 .....................                                  . 00

                                                      9. Nonapportionable Income - Missouri-allocated - Attach a detailed Form MO-NAI to be considered                                            . 00

                                                    10. Apportioned Net Operating Loss - See Instructions........................................................................                 . 00

                                                  11. Preliminary Missouri Taxable Income - Add Lines 8 and 9, then subtract Line 10 .........................                                    . 00
                                                    12. Divide Line 11 by Line 4.  Enter on Form MO-1120, Line 9 Percent ....................................................                   .   %
                                                                                                                                                                                                Form MO-MS (Revised 12-2023)
Balance  Due:                                                                               Refund or No Amount Due: 
P.O. Box 3365                                                                               P.O. Box 700                             *23104010001*
Jefferson City, MO 65105-3365                                                               Jefferson City, MO 65105-0700
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                                                                         Items of nonapportionable income may be reported on Form MO-MS 
FORM MO-MS INSTRUCTIONS                                                  or Form MO-NAI only to the extent such items are included in Form 
This information is for guidance only and does not state the 
complete law.                                                            MO-1120, Line 8 (Taxable Income – All Sources). For example, an item 
                                                                         of nonapportionable income that was added on Form MO-1120, Line 
 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS                                                    3, would also be reported on Form MO-MS and Form MO-NAI. If all 
                                                                         or part of an item of nonapportionable income was subtracted on 
Complete the Form MO-MS if taxable corporation income is not 100 
percent from Missouri sources. This form must be completed even if       Form MO-1120, Line 5, do not report the amount of nonapportionable 
Missouri taxable corporation income is zero. If the corporation owns a   income so subtracted on Form MO-MS or Form MO-NAI.
percentage of a partnership(s), the partnership factors must be 
multiplied by the corporation’s percentage of ownership, and then        APPORTIONABLE AND NONAPPORTIONABLE  
added into the corporation’s apportionment factors. All taxpayers that   INCOME DEFINED
do not qualify for a Special Method (Methods Three through Seven) 
must choose Method Two A - Receipts Factor Apportionment.                “Apportionable income” means all income that is apportionable 
                                                                         under the Constitution of the United States and is not allocated 
 APPORTIONMENT ELECTION                                                  under the laws of this state. Apportionable income includes, but 
                                                                         is not limited to, income arising from transactions and activity 
Missouri statutes provide a number of methods for determining            in the regular course of the corporation’s trade or business. 
Missouri taxable income from Missouri sources. Choose only the           Apportionable income also includes, but is not limited to, income 
appropriate one of the listed methods and enter the method number        arising from tangible and intangible property if the acquisition, 
on Form MO-1120, Line 9 Method. Once an election has been made, it       management, employment, development, or disposition of the 
cannot be changed with respect to the same taxable period.               property is or was related to the operation of the corporation’s 
                                                                         trade or business. “Nonapportionable income” means all income 
 METHOD TWO A                                                            other than apportionable income. The classification of income by 
                        
Receipts Factor Apportionment — Section 143.455.2, RSMo. See             the labels customarily given them, such as interest, dividends, rents, 
instructions for completing Method Two A.                                and royalties, is not conclusive in determining whether the income 
                                                                         is apportionable or nonapportionable income. Nonapportionable 
 METHOD THREE                                                            income will be considered only if a detailed Form MO-NAI is 
 
Transportation — Section 143.455.14, RSMo.                               completed and attached.
                                                                         TAXABLE IN ANOTHER STATE                
 METHOD FOUR
Railroad — Section 143.455.15, RSMo.                                     A taxpayer is “taxable in another state” if it meets either one of two 
                                                                         tests:
 METHOD FIVE                                                              (a) if by reason of business activity in another state the taxpayer 
Interstate Bridge — Section 143.455.16, RSMo.                            is subject to one of these taxes: a net income tax, a franchise tax 
                                                                         measured by net income, a franchise tax for the privilege of doing 
 METHOD SIX                                                              business, or a corporate stock tax; or 
Telephone and Telegraph — Section 143.455.17, RSMo.                      (b) if another state has jurisdiction to subject the taxpayer to a net 
 METHOD SEVEN                                                            income tax, regardless of whether or not that state imposes such a 
                                                                         tax on the taxpayer. 
This method can be used only with prior approval from the                The first test is applicable only if a taxpayer carries on business 
Missouri Director of Revenue or pursuant to a Missouri regulation        activities in another state. If the taxpayer voluntarily files and pays 
creating an alternative industry-specific method under Section           one or more of such taxes when not required to do so by the laws 
143.455.13(1), RSMo.                                                     of that state or pays a minimal fee for qualification, organization, or 
                                                                         for the privilege of doing business in that state, but: 
 Receipts Factor Apportionment Instructions - Step 1 
                                                                         (a) does not actually engage in business activities in that state; or 
A taxpayer must have income from business activity taxable by this       (b) does actually engage in some activity, not sufficient for nexus, 
state and at least one other state to apportion and allocate income.     and the minimum tax bears no relation to the corporation’s 
Income from business activity includes apportionable and                 activities within such state, the taxpayer is not “taxable” in another 
nonapportionable income. The taxpayer’s income will be allocated         state. 
and apportioned according to Section 143.455. The taxpayer must 
determine which portion of the taxpayer’s federal taxable income         The second test applies if the taxpayer’s business activities are 
constitutes “nonapportionable income.” The various items of              sufficient to give the state jurisdiction to impose a net income 
 nonapportionable income are directly allocated to specific states,      tax under the Constitution and statutes of the United States. 
which may include Missouri. The apportionable income of the taxpayer     Jurisdiction to tax is not present where the state is prohibited 
is divided between states by using the receipts factor. The sum of       from imposing the tax by reason of the provisions of Public Law 
the items of nonapportionable income directly allocated to this state,   86-272, 15 U.S.C.A. Sections 381–385. If you believe you do not 
plus the amount of apportionable income attributable to this state by    have sufficient nexus and you are not liable for Missouri tax, you 
the apportionment formula constitutes the amount of the taxpayer’s       may complete a Form 4458, Business Activity Questionnaire. For 
Preliminary Missouri taxable income.                                     Missouri forms access the Department of Revenue’s website at dor.
                                                                         mo.gov. 

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LINES 1, 2, AND 3 - RECEIPTS FACTOR                                        of intangible property. All other receipts from a sale of intangible 
                                                                           property shall be excluded from both the numerator and the 
Complete Part 1, Lines 1 through 3.                                        denominator of the receipts factor.
• The denominator of the receipts factor is generally all gross            If the state or states to which to assign receipts cannot be 
receipts received by a taxpayer from transactions and activity             determined, the state or states of assignment must be reasonably 
in the regular course of its trade or business. However, receipts          approximated and you must attach a detailed statement explaining 
from hedging transactions or from the maturity, redemption,                the basis of the reasonable approximation.
sale, exchange, loan, or other disposition of cash or securities 
(e.g. stocks, stock options, bonds) must not be included in                LINES 4 THROUGH 12 - ALLOCATION OF 
either the numerator or denominator of the receipts factor. The            NONAPPORTIONABLE INCOME
numerator of the receipts factor is generally all gross receipts in 
Missouri from transactions and activity in the regular course of           Complete Lines 4 through 12 if the taxpayer has either 
the taxpayer’s trade or business.                                          nonapportionable income or a net operating loss on Federal Form 
                                                                           1120, Line 29a, or both. 
• Tangible Personal Property. Receipts from the sale of tangible 
personal property are in this state if the property is received            Nonapportionable income will be considered only if a detailed 
in Missouri by the purchaser. Receipts from the rental, lease,             Form MO-NAI is completed and attached. In general, any income 
or license of tangible personal property are in this state to the          arising from transactions and activity in the regular course of the 
extent that the tangible personal property is located in Missouri.         taxpayer’s trade or business, or any income arising from property 
• Real Property. Receipts from the sale, rental, lease, or license         if the acquisition, management, employment, development, or 
of real property are in this state to the extent that the real             disposition of the property is or was related to the operation of the 
property is located in Missouri.                                           taxpayer’s trade or business, will be apportionable income rather 
                                                                           than nonapportionable income
Services .Receipts from the sale of a service are in this state if 
and to the extent that the ultimate beneficiary is in Missouri.            Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal property, capital 
Generally, the ultimate beneficiary of the service (except for             gains, interest, dividends, or patent or copyright royalties, are 
bartering and similar in-kind transactions) is the entity that             presumed to be apportionable income unless the taxpayer clearly 
receives benefit or value from, but does not also receive                  demonstrates on Form MO-NAI that they are nonapportionable 
monetary or credit-based payment in direct connection with,                income. To the extent one or more of these income items are 
the service at issue (other than refunds, cashback, or discount-           nonapportionable income, allocate such item(s) as follows:
equivalents). In the event that the ultimate beneficiary is a              (a) Net rents and royalties from real property located in this 
corporate or other entity that owns or operates in locations in            state are allocable to this state.
multiple states, and the extent to which the ultimate beneficiary 
is located in Missouri cannot reasonably be determined, the                (b) Net rents and royalties from tangible personal property are 
extent to which the ultimate beneficiary is located in Missouri            allocable to this state: (1) if and to the extent that the 
may be reasonably approximated as follows:                                 property is utilized in this state; or (2) in their entirety if 
  • The ratio of the number of Missouri locations, which the               the taxpayer’s commercial domicile is in this state and the 
  ultimate beneficiary owns or operates in, to the number of               taxpayer is not organized under the laws of, or taxable in, 
  such locations throughout the United States.                             the state in which the property is utilized. The extent of 
                                                                           utilization of tangible personal property in a state is  
  • If the ratio above cannot reasonably be determined, then the           determined by multiplying the rents and royalties by a 
  ratio of one to the number of states in which the ultimate               fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the  
  beneficiary operates.                                                    property was physically located in the state during the rental  
  • If the ratio above cannot reasonably be determined, then use           or royalty period in the taxable year and the denominator of  
  fifty percent (50%). A taxpayer will not be subject to an addition       which is the number of days of physical location of the    
  to tax for negligence in relying upon this approximation of fifty        property everywhere during all royalty or rental periods  
  percent (50%).                                                           during the taxable year. If the physical location of the              
                                                                           property during the rental or royalty period is unknown or  
RENTAL, LEASE, OR LICENSE                                                  unascertainable by the taxpayer, tangible personal property  
OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY                                                     is utilized in the state in which the property was located at  
                                                                           the time the rental or royalty payor obtained possession.
Receipts from the rental, lease, or license of intangible property 
are in this state to the extent that the intangible property is used in    (c) Capital gains and losses from sales of real property located  
Missouri. Intangible property that is rented, leased, or licensed and      in this state are allocable to this state.
then used in this state in marketing a good or service to a consumer       (d) Capital gains and losses from sales of tangible personal   
is used in this state if the marketed good or service is purchased by a    property are allocable to this state if: (1) the property had a  
consumer in this state. Franchise fees or franchise royalties received     situs in this state at the time of the sale; or (2) the taxpayer’s  
for the rent, lease, license, or use of a trade name, trademark, service   commercial domicile is in this state and the taxpayer is not  
mark, or franchise system, or the right to conduct business activity in    taxable in the state in which the property had a situs.
a specific geographic area, are receipts in this state to the extent that  (e) Capital gains and losses from sales of intangible personal 
the franchise is located in this state.                                    property are allocable to this state if the taxpayer’s 
                                                                           commercial domicile is in this state.
SALE  OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY                                               (f) Interest and dividends are allocable to this state if the 
                                                                           taxpayer’s commercial domicile is in this state.
Receipts from the sale of intangible property are in this state to the 
extent the intangible property is used in Missouri. If the                 (g) Patent and copyright royalties are allocable to this state: (1)  
intangible property sold is a contract right, government license, or       if and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized by 
similar property that authorizes the holder to conduct a business          the royalty payor in this state; or (2) if and to the extent that 
activity in a specific geographic area, such intangible property is used   the patent or copyright is utilized by the royalty payor ina 
in Missouri if the geographic area includes all or part of Missouri. If    state in which the taxpayer is not taxable and the taxpayer’s 
receipts from the intangible property sale is contingent on the            commercial domicile is in this state. A patent is utilized 
productivity, use, or disposition of the intangible property, these 
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     in a state to the extent that it is employed in production,                           Method Seven Instructions 
     fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing in the state 
     or to the extent that a patented product is produced in the          This method can only be used with prior approval from the Missouri 
     state.                                                               Director of Revenue or pursuant to a Missouri regulation creating an 
     A copyright is utilized in a state to the extent that printing or    alternative industry-specific method under Section 143.455.13(1), 
     other publication originates in the state. If the basis of           RSMo. At latest sixty days before the close of the tax year to which 
     receipts from patent royalties or copyright royalties does not       alternative apportionment is sought to apply, a taxpayer may file a 
     permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures          petition for alternative apportionment, following all requirements of 
     do not reflect states of utilization, the patent or copyright        12 CSR 10-2.076 and section 143.455.13(2), RSMo, by emailing the 
                                                                          petition to 
     is utilized in the state in which the taxpayer’s commercial                      corporate@dor.mo.gov. Attach a detailed explanation 
                                                                          of how any allocation and apportionment was performed. Either 
     domicile is located.                                                 a letter of approval must be attached to the return or the detailed 
Note: For allocation purposes, “commercial domicile” means the            explanation must identify the Missouri regulation that authorizes 
principal place from which the trade or business of the taxpayer is       the industry-specific method used and explain why the taxpayer 
directed or managed.                                                      qualifies for the industry-specific method. The only industry-
                                                                          specific method currently allowed by Missouri regulation applies 
LINE 10 - APPORTIONED NET OPERATING LOSS                                  to broadcasters under 12 CSR 10-2.260. Corporations defined as a 
Apportion the net operating loss by multiplying it by a ratio. The        broadcaster under 12 CSR 10-2.260 must choose Method Seven.
numerator and the denominator of the ratio are both determined            Complete Form MO-MS, Part 1, Lines 4 through 12 and enter the 
without including the net operating loss deduction. The numerator of      resulting percentage from Form MO-MS, Part 1, Line 12 onto Form 
the ratio is the Missouri Taxable Income calculated on Form MO-1120,      MO-1120, Line 9 Percent. When completing Form MO-MS, Part 
Line 13, with the amount of the net operating loss added back. The        1, Line 3, substitute the appropriate apportionment percentage 
denominator of the ratio is the Missouri Taxable Income calculated        (without taking into account allocation or NOL apportionment) 
as though all income, including all corporate dividends and all           for the Receipts Factor. When completing Form MO-MS, Part 1, 
nonapportionable income, was derived from Missouri sources, with          Lines 7 and 9, enter income allocated (as opposed to apportioned) 
the amount of the net operating loss added back. Attach a detailed        everywhere and income allocated to Missouri, respectively, to the 
schedule showing how you calculated this ratio. Multiply the ratio by     extent that item is included in Taxable Income – All Sources (Form 
the net operating loss from MO-MS, Part 1, Line 5, and enter the result   MO-1120, Line 8). Include on the detailed explanation attachment 
on Form MO-MS, Part 1, Line 10. The ratio must not exceed 100%.           support for any allocation (as opposed to apportionment) of 
                                                                          income. Unless the approved method or Missouri regulation directs 
          Method Three, Four, Five, or Six Instructions                   otherwise, the Apportioned NOL entered on Form MO-MS, Part 1, 
                                                                          Line 11 must be determined in a manner consistent with Section 
Enter Missouri miles, total miles, and percentage in the Apportionment    143.455.19, RSMo.
Election section on Form MO-MS, Page 1, if applicable. Enter the 
resulting mileage percentage on Form MO-MS, Part 1, Line 3 and 
Form MO-1120, Line 9, unless required to complete Form MO-MS, 
Part 1, Lines 4 through 12 as discussed below. If the mileage 
percentage on Form MO-MS, Page 1, is inapplicable, attach a 
detailed explanation of how apportionment and allocation was 
performed.
If the mileage percentage on Form MO-MS, Page 1, is inapplicable, 
or if the taxpayer utilizes any net operating loss for this tax year, or 
if the taxpayer has included in Taxable Income - All Sources (Form 
MO-1120, Line 8) any item of income to be allocated (as opposed 
to apportioned), the taxpayer must complete Form MO-MS, Part 1, 
Lines 4 through 12 and enter the resulting percentage from Form 
MO-MS, Part 1, Line 12 onto Form MO-1120, Line 9 Percent. When 
completing Form MO-MS, Part 1, Lines 7 and 9, enter income 
allocated (as opposed to apportioned) everywhere and income 
allocated to Missouri, respectively, to the extent they are items 
included in Taxable Income – All Sources (Form MO-1120, Line 
8). Attach a detailed explanation supporting any allocation (as 
opposed to apportionment) of income.

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