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For taxable year ending in 

2014 

Ohio IT 4708 

Composite 

Income Tax Return 

Instructions for 

Certain Investors in a 

Pass-Through Entity 
                                         Rev. 1/15 

                           Department of 
hio                        Taxation 

tax.                       hio.gov 



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             2014 Ohio Form IT 4708                                        year end. For the fi scal year beginning Feb. 1, 2013 and ending 
                                                                           Jan. 31, 2014, the pass-through entity elects to fi le the year 2014 
                General Instructions                                       Ohio form IT 4708 (this return would be due April 15, 2015, not April 
                                                                           15, 2014). For the fi scal year beginning Feb. 1, 2014 and ending 
Note:Please put tax return in the proper numerical order and place         Jan. 31, 2015, the entity elects to     le the year 2014 Ohio form IT 
all attachments after the return.                                          1140. This return would be due May 15, 2015. For the fi scal year 
All Ohio tax forms and schedules referred to in this instruction           beginning Feb. 1, 2015 and ending Jan. 31, 2016, the entity elects 
booklet may be obtained from our website at tax.ohio.gov.                  to fi le the year 2016 Ohio form IT 4708. This return would be due 
                                                                           April 15, 2017. With this fact pattern the pass-through entity will not 
Purpose of Form                                                              file any 2015 Ohio pass-through entity return, but the pass-through 
The Ohio form IT 4708 is a composite return completed and filed             entity will have reported all periods of income. 
by the pass-through entity on behalf of one or more of the entity’s 
nonresident noncorporate investors for whom income tax has not             Note:   For taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2013,              
been previously withheld.                                                  an individual taxpayer        filing the IT 1040 is allowed a deduction 
                                                                           amounting to 75% of the taxpayer’s Ohio small business income 
Who Must File                                                              of up to $250,000. The deduction cannot exceed $93,750 for each 
Ohio Revised Code section (R.C.) 5747.08(D) allows each pass-              spouse fi ling separately or $187,500 for all other taxpayers. Ohio 
through entity (defi  ned below) to elect to file a composite return         small business investor income means the portion of a taxpayer’s 
(Ohio form IT 4708) on behalf of one or more of the entity’s direct        adjusted gross income that is business income reduced by                   
and indirect investors other than C corporations. Note: Both resident      deductions from business income and apportioned or allocated to 
and nonresident individuals, other pass-through entities, estates          Ohio under R.C. 5747.21 or 5747.22 to the extent not otherwise 
and trusts can be included in a composite return for each pass-            deducted or excluded in computing federal or Ohio adjusted gross 
through entity in which they invest. C corporations that are direct        income for the taxable year. The deduction will be available on 
or indirect investors in the pass-through entity cannot participate        Schedule A of the IT 1040. See R.C. 5747.01(A)(31), 5747.21, 
in fi ling an Ohio form IT 4708. See R.C. 5747.08(D)(1)(b)(ii).             5747.22. 
If a nonresident individual’s, estate’s or trust’s only source of          Ability of Nonresident Pass-Through Entity Investors To File 
Ohio income is a distributive share of income from an investment           IT 1040 
in one or more pass-through entities doing business in Ohio, the           For taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2013, all nonresident 
nonresident can fulfi  ll the nonresident’s Ohio individual income          investors in a pass-through entity on whose behalf the entity files 
tax fi ling requirements under R.C. 5747.02 by being included in a          an Ohio composite return (IT 4708) and pays tax may now fi le an 
composite return (Ohio form IT 4708) for each pass-through entity          individual return (IT 1040) and claim the refundable credit for taxes 
in which the nonresident invests.                                          the entity paid on the investor’s behalf. These include nonresident 
                                                                           investors with no other Ohio-sourced income who currently are not 
A nonresident partner having other Ohio-sourced income may                 required or permitted to      file an individual return if the entity files 
participate in the fi ling of Ohio form(s) IT 4708, but that nonresident    the composite. Note that in light of this change, the department 
partner must also fi le an Ohio income tax return (Ohio form IT 1040        has rescinded the Business Tax Division alert issued on Aug. 10, 
for individuals; Ohio form IT 1041 for estates and trusts) to report       2011, which formerly precluded nonresident individual investors 
all other Ohio-sourced income that is not reported on Ohio form(s)         participating in a composite and having have no other Ohio-sourced  
IT 4708. “Other Ohio-sourced income” includes gain apportioned             income from fi ling an Ohio form IT 1040 return. See R.C. 5747.08. 
to Ohio under R.C. 5747.212. 
                                                                           No Carryforward Deductions 
The election provided in division (D) of R.C. 5747.08 applies only         Ohio law does not allow for a deduction for net operating loss             
to the taxable year for which the election is made. Unless the tax         carryforwards or for capital loss carryforwards. Investors who want 
commissioner provides otherwise, this election, once made, is              to deduct such carryforwards should           file Ohio form IT 1040 and 
binding and irrevocable for the taxable year for which the election        should not participate in the fi ling of Ohio form IT 4708. Note: The 
is made. Nothing in this division provides for any deduction or credit     pass-through entity may be required to fi le Ohio form IT 1140 if such 
that would not be allowable if a pass-through entity investor were to      nonresident pass-through entity investors fi le Ohio form IT 4708. 
  file the annual Ohio income tax return, Ohio form IT 1040. 
                                                                           Defi nition of Pass-Through Entity 
Which Should I Use: Ohio Form IT 1140 or Ohio Form IT 4708?                A “pass-through entity” is defi ned as any of the following: 
Qualifying pass-through entities whose equity investors are limited 
to nonresident individuals, nonresident estates and nonresident              	 a corporation or limited liability company that has made an election 
trusts can fi le either Ohio form IT 1140 or IT 4708. All other qualifying       under Subchapter S of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code 
pass-through entities may fi le Ohio form IT 1140 or may choose to               (I.R.C.) for its taxable year; OR 
  file Ohio form IT 4708. 
                                                                             	 a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, or 
Ohio form IT 1140 is based upon thefirst day of the pass-through                 any other person, other than an individual, trust or estate, if       
entity’s calendar or fi scal year; Ohio form IT 4708 is based upon               the partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or 
the last day of the pass-through entity’s calendar or scal year. A            other such person is not classifi ed for federal tax purposes as an 
pass-through entity that changes forms from year to year must make              association taxed as a C corporation. 
sure that (i) all periods of income are reported and (ii) all related tax 
is timely and fully paid.                                                  Investor Information 
                                                                           This return must include either (i) Schedule VI, (ii) a copy of pages 1 and  
Example: A pass-through entity whose equity investors are                  2 of the K-1 for each investor whether or not the investor participates 
composed solely of nonresident individuals has a Jan. 31 fiscal             in fi ling this composite return (do not include any K-1 attachments,  
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schedules or statements), or (iii) a list of all investors and their Social  per month up to a maximum of $500, or 5% per month up to a 
Security numbers (or federal employer identifi cation numbers). For           maximum of 50% of the tax. 
detailed instructions, see “Schedule VI – Investor Information.” 
                                                                             If the pass-through entity fails to pay the full amount of tax by the 
Taxable Year                                                                 due date, the law provides for a failure-to-pay penalty, which is up 
A pass-through entity’s taxable year for Ohio income tax purposes            to a maximum of double the interest charged. The penalty will not 
is the same as its taxable year for federal income tax purposes. If          apply if (i) the pass-through entity obtained a federal extension of 
an entity’s taxable year is changed for federal income tax purposes,         time to fi le (ii) the pass-through entity’s total payments made by the 
the taxable year for purposes of this return is changed accordingly.         due date without extension equal or exceed 90% of the total Ohio 
                                                                             tax due and (iii) by the extended due date the pass-through entity 
                           When To File                                      pays the balance of the tax due. To make an extension payment, 
                                                                             please use the 2014 Ohio form IT 4708P. 
Return Due Dates 
If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the            Interest Penalty on Underpayment of Estimated Tax 
pass-through entity can fi le on the next day that is not a Saturday,         The pass-through entity will owe an interest penalty if the amount 
Sunday, or legal holiday.                                                    on line 12 is greater than $500 and (ii) withholdings and refundable 
                                                                             credits are less than both of the following: 
Calendar year pass-through entities – April 15th of the immediately 
following calendar year.                                                     	   90% of your 2014 Ohio tax (Ohio form IT 4708, line 12); AND 
Fiscal year pass-through entities – April 15th of the calendar year 
                                                                             	   100% of your 2013 Ohio tax (Ohio form IT 4708, line 12). If the 
immediately following the calendar year in which the fi scal year ends. 
                                                                                pass-through entity owes an interest penalty, the pass-through 
Example: A pass-through entity having a Jan. 31, 2014 fi scal year               entity must complete Ohio form IT/SD 2210 and enter the interest 
end and electing to  le this return must file the return by April 15,           penalty on line 13 of Ohio form IT 4708. 
2015. 
                                                                             Preparer’s Signature 
Extensions to File                                                           The Ohio Department of Taxation follows IRS Service Notice 2004­
If the pass-through entity qualifi es for and receives a federal              54, which provides for alternative preparer signature procedures 
extension of time to file, then the pass-through entity automatically         for IRS income tax paper returns that paid practitioners prepare 
has the same extension of time to fi le the Ohio return. However, the         on behalf of their clients. Except as set forth below, paid preparers 
pass-through entity must include a copy of the federal extension to          must follow those same procedures with respect to the following 
the Ohio return. If the pass-through entity electronically obtained          Ohio paper returns: individual income tax, school district income tax,  
the federal extension, then, when fi ling the Ohio form IT 4708, the          withholding tax (employer and pass-through entity) and corporation 
pass-through entity must provide the federal confi rmation number             franchise tax. See R.C. 5703.262(B) and 5747.08(F). 
for the extension. 
                                                                             Exception:  The paid preparer should print (rather than write) his/ 
Caution: An extension of time to file does not give the pass-through          her name on the form if the taxpayer checks “Yes” to the question, 
entity an extension of time to pay. Make Ohio extension payments             “Do you authorize your preparer to contact us regarding this return?”  
on the 2014 Ohio form IT 4708P. 
                                                                             Method of Accounting 
Payment Options                                                              A pass-through entity’s method of accounting for this return must 
Payments may be remitted by personal check or money order with               be the same as its method of accounting for federal income tax 
the IT 4708P payment voucher.                                                purposes. In the absence of any method of accounting for federal 
                                                                             income tax purposes, income must be computed under such method  
Interest on Underpayments and Overpayments                                   as in the opinion of the tax commissioner clearly refl ects income. If 
If a pass-through entity fails to pay the tax by the due date, interest      a pass-through entity’s method of accounting is changed for federal 
accrues on the unpaid tax. Interest on tax due is charged in addition        income tax purposes, its method of accounting for purposes of this 
to any penalties that may be incurred for late fi ling or failure to file      tax must be changed accordingly. 
timely. The period of underpayment runs from the date the tax was 
required to be paid to the date on which such payment is made.               Amended Returns 
                                                                             If any of the facts, fi gures, computations or attachments required in 
Interest is allowed and paid upon any overpayment in excess of               a pass-through entity’s composite income tax return must be altered  
one dollar in respect of the tax imposed under R.C. 5747.02 from             as the result of an adjustment to the pass-through entity’s federal 
the date of the overpayment until the date of the refund of the              income tax return, and whether the adjustment is initiated either by 
overpayment, except that if any overpayment is refunded within 90            the pass-through entity or by the IRS, and if such alteration affects 
days after the due date of the annual return or within 90 days after         the pass-through entity’s tax liability, the pass-through entity must 
the return was fi led, whichever is later, no interest shall be allowed         file an amended return. Upon completing an amended return, 
on such overpayment.                                                         check the “amended return” box on page 1 of the return. 
During calendar year 2014 and calendar year 2015, interest accrues           The pass-through entity must       file the amended return not later  
on underpayments and overpayments at the rate of 3% per annum,               than 60 days after either (i) the adjustment has been agreed to or 
respectively.                                                                  finally determined for federal income tax purposes or (ii) any federal 
                                                                             income tax defi ciency or refund, or the abatement or credit resulting 
Penalties                                                                    therefrom, has been assessed or paid whichever occurs first. 
If the pass-through entity fails to file the Ohio composite income 
tax return by the due date (or extended federal due date), the law           Caution: The IRS informs us of all changes it makes to federal 
provides for a failure to fi le penalty, which is the greater of $50          income tax returns. To avoid penalties, be sure the pass-through 
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entity    files its Ohio amended return within 60 days of the final             after nonrefundable credits will be more than $500. Interest penalty 
determination of the federal change.                                          applies to estimated payments not timely made. 
(1) In the case of an underpayment, the amended return must be                Due Dates for Estimated Tax Payments 
     accompanied by payment of an additional tax and interest due             If any fi ling due date set forth below falls on a weekend or on a 
     and is a return subject to assessment under R.C. 5747.13 for the         holiday, then the due date becomes the fi rst business day thereafter.  
     purpose of assessing any additional tax due under this division. The  
     amended return must not reopen those facts, fi gures, computations        Calendar year pass-through entities –   April 15th, June 15th and 
     or attachments from a previously         filed return no longer subject   Sept. 15th of the calendar year and Jan. 15th of the immediately 
     to assessment if those facts,      figures and computations are not       following calendar year. 
     affected, either directly or indirectly, by the IRS adjustment to the  
                                                                              Fiscal year pass-through entities – April 15th, June 15th, and Sept. 
     pass-through entity’s federal income tax return. 
                                                                              15th of the calendar year in which the fi scal year of the pass-through  
(2)  In the case of an overpayment, the pass-through entity may               entity ends and Jan. 15th of the immediately following calendar year. 
     file an amended return within the 60-day period prescribed for 
                                                                              Example: A pass-through entity has a Nov. 30 fi scal year end. For 
        filing the amended return even if it is filed beyond the period 
                                                                              the fi scal year ending Nov. 30, 2015, the estimates would be due on 
     prescribed in division (B) of R.C. 5747.11 and if the amended 
                                                                              April 15, 2015; June 15, 2015; Sept. 15, 2015; and Jan. 15, 2016. 
     return otherwise conforms to the requirements of that section. 
                                                                              These estimates would be based upon either (i) the tax due, net of 
     An amended return fi led under this section may claim refund 
                                                                              credits, for the fi scal year ending Nov. 30, 2014, or (ii) 90% of the 
     of overpayments resulting from alterations to only those facts, 
                                                                              tax due on income (or annualized income), net of credits for the 
        figures, computations or attachments required in the pass-
                                                                                fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 2015. 
     through entity’s annual return that are affected, either directly         
     or indirectly, by the IRS adjustment to the pass-through entity’s                              Line Instructions
     federal income tax return unless the amended return is also 
        filed within the time prescribed in division (B) of R.C. 5747.11.                     Schedule I – Taxable Income, Tax, 
     Otherwise, the amended return shall not reopen those facts,                        Payments and Net Amount Due Calculations 
        figures, computations or attachments that are not affected, 
     either directly or indirectly, by the IRS adjustment to the pass-        Line 4  Net Allocable Nonbusiness Income (Loss) 
     through entity’s federal return (IRS form 1065 or 1120S).                Everywhere 
                                                                              Generally, income is apportionable business income. Nonbusiness 
If an investor participates in the ling of this form, then for Ohio form     income, if any, is allocable only as provided by R.C.  5747.20         
IT 1140 purposes for the taxable year the investor is not a “qualifying       through 5747.231. If you show income on this line, please provide 
investor.” So, for that taxable year the pass-through entity is not subject   (i) a schedule indicating the type and the amount for each item of 
to the withholding tax or the entity tax (Ohio form IT 1140) with respect to  income, (ii) a statement explaining why the income is not business 
the distributive share of income passing through from the pass-through        income and (iii) a list of states, if any, for which the pass-through 
entity to each investor participating in the fi ling of this form.             entity treats such income as business income. 
Assessments                                                                   Each nonresident taxpayer who sells, exchanges or otherwise            
The tax commissioner may issue an assessment against the pass-                disposes of his/her direct or indirect interest in a closely held      
through entity for any defi ciency within four years after the later of        business having property, payroll and/or sales in Ohio must situs to 
the fi nal date the return subject to assessment was required to be            Ohio a portion of the gain (loss) recognized from that sale, exchange  
  filed or the date the return was   filed. However, both the assessment        or other disposition. The nonresident taxpayer shall apportion the 
statute of limitations and the refund statute of limitations may be           income using the average of the entity’s apportionment factors         
extended for an agreed-upon period if both the pass-through entity            for the current and two preceding taxable years. For additional 
and the tax commissioner consent in writing to the extension.                 information see R.C. 5747.212. 
An amended Ohio form IT 4708, which the pass-through entity files              Line 8 – Net Nonbusiness Income (Loss) Allocated to Ohio  
as a result of an adjustment to the federal tax return, form 1065 or          Nonbusiness income is allocable to Ohio only as provided by            
1120S, is deemed a report subject to assessment. However, the                 R.C. 5747.20 through 5747.231. Provide a schedule indicating           
amended return does not reopen those facts, gures, computations             the amount allocable to Ohio and the calculations for the gain         
or attachments from a previously fi led return no longer subject to            (loss) apportioned to Ohio per R.C. 5747.212. The calculations 
assessment to the extent that those facts, fi gure and computations            must include the three-year average apportionment factor and the 
are not affected, either directly or indirectly, by the IRS adjustment        percentage of ownership for all investors that directly or indirectly 
to the entity’s federal income tax return.                                    own at any time during the three-year period ending on the last 
If the taxpayer disagrees with an assessment, the taxpayer may                day of the taxpayer’s taxable year at least 20% of the equity voting 
object to the assessment by           filing Ohio form PR, Petition for        rights of an R.C. section 5747.212 entity. 
Reassessment. Form PR applies only to  assessments (not to                    Line 11 Nonrefundable Business Credits and Grant 
proposed corrections) issued by the Ohio Department of Taxation.              Nonrefundable business credits claimed on this composite return are  
If a petition for reassessment has been properly            filed, the tax     limited to the proportionate share amounts for those investors included 
commissioner shall proceed in accordance with R.C. 5703.60.                   in this composite return. To claim the nonrefundable business credit,  
Estimated Tax Payments for Next Year                                          use Schedule E, which is not contained in this booklet. 
The pass-through entity must make estimated tax payments on the               Attach a copy of the Schedule E business credit summary                
year 2015 Ohio form IT 4708ES for the entity’s taxable year ending            worksheet, and enter the amount of the credit on Ohio form IT 4708, 
in year 2015 if the year 2015 Ohio composite annual income tax                Schedule I, line 11. 
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Note:  The Ohio political contribution credit is a nonrefundable         for Pass-through Entities and Trusts) to make estimated payments 
business credit available to the pass-through entity.                    in connection with the pass-through entity withholding tax and/or 
                                                                         the entity tax, the pass-through entity can elect to apply some or 
Manufacturing Equipment Grant                                            all of those form IT 1140ES payments to satisfy the tax due on this 
For taxable years ending on or after July 1, 2005, the R.C. 5747.31      form, Ohio form IT 4708. If the pass-through entity so elects, please 
manufacturer’s credit for purchases of new manufacturing machinery       indicate on Schedule I, line 15 the total amount to be transferred 
and equipment (the 7.5%–13.5% manufacturer’s credit) converts to         from Ohio forms IT 1140ES and IT 1140P to Ohio form IT 4708 for 
a grant administered by the Ohio Development Services Agency. To         the same taxable year.  
claim the grant, the pass-through entity must complete (and attach  
to Ohio form IT 4708) the grant request form.                            If the pass-through entity will be lingboth Ohio forms IT 4708 and IT 
                                                                         1140 for the same taxable year, please attach to Ohio form IT 4708 
The manufacturer’s grant applies to taxpayers who purchased,             a schedule setting forth (i) the dates of the Ohio forms IT 1140ES 
and to taxpayers that have an interest in pass-through entities          and IT 1140P payments transferred to this return (ii) and the amount 
that purchased, new manufacturing machinery and equipment                of each payment transferred to Ohio form IT 4708. 
during the qualifying purchase period July 1, 1995, to June 30,    
2005, provided that the taxpayer or the pass-through entity              Show on this line the sum of any payments made with previously 
installs the new manufacturing machinery and equipment in                  filed return(s) for this taxable year and attach a schedule showing 
Ohio no later than June 30, 2006. The grant is claimed as a              any payments previously made. 
direct reduction to the taxpayer’s Ohio income tax liability and,  
like the manufacturer’s credit, is nonrefundable.  The concepts,         Line 16 Ohio Form IT 4708 Payments Transferred to Ohio 
defi nitions and computations that apply to the credit also apply         Form IT 1140 
to the grant.                                                            The pass-through entity can also elect to transfer Ohio forms IT       
                                                                         4708ES and IT 4708P payments (“Ohio Composite Annual Return 
The grant applies not only to the qualifying new manufacturing           Estimated Tax Payments”) to Ohio form IT 1140 (“Tax Return for 
machinery and equipment purchased during the period Jan. 1, 2005,        Pass-Through Entities and Trusts”) for the same taxable year. To the  
to June 30, 2005, but also to qualifying equipment purchased in 2004     extent that the pass-through entity elects to make such transfers, 
and/or purchased in earlier years. Thus, the grant applies to (i) the    please indicate on this 2014 Ohio form IT 4708, Schedule I, line 16 
1/7 amounts from 2005 qualifying purchases, (ii) the 1/7 amounts         the total amount to be transferred from the Ohio forms IT 4708ES  
from pre-2005 qualifying purchases for which the taxpayer claimed        and IT 4708P payments to Ohio form IT 1140 for the same taxable 
the manufacturer’s credit on prior income tax returns, and (iii) any     year. 
credit carryforward amounts from the previous three taxable years. 
                                                                         Reduce the amount on this line by any refunds previously claimed 
The grant applies only if both of the following conditions are           (even if not yet received) and attach a schedule showing any refunds  
met:                                                                     previously claimed. 
   (1) The taxpayer     files with this return a “grant request” form     Line 18 – Amount of 2013 Overpayment Credited to 2014  
       with the taxpayer’s 2014 Ohio income tax return; AND              Enter on Schedule I, line 18 the amount of the 2013 overpayment 
                                                                         that was credited to the 2014 tax liability (see line 22 on the 2013 
   (2) The purchaser of the qualifying new manufacturing                 Ohio form IT 4708). 
       machinery and equipment fi led a “notice of intent” with 
       the Ohio Development Services Agency by the date of the           Line 19 – Refundable Business Credits 
       taxpayer’s timely    led tax return, including extensions,       Refundable business credits claimed on this composite return           
       for the taxpayer’s taxable year that included Sept. 30,           are limited to the proportionate share amounts for those investors 
       2005. However, if the taxpayer previously fi led the notice of     included in this composite return. Enter the amount from Schedule 
       intent to claim the credit, that fi ling also constitutes a notice V, line 59. 
       of the intent to claim the grant. 
                                                                         Line 25 – Interest and Penalty Due on Late-Paid and/or Late-
Note:  The requested grant now only consists of unused carryforward      Filed Return 
amounts that the taxpayer could have claimed as a credit/grant           Enter any interest and penalty as explained in the general             
on the taxpayer’s 2011 income tax return. Each 1/7 amount that           instructions. 
could not be used in the year in which it otherwise could have been 
claimed (because the taxpayer did not have suffi cient tax to use the     Line 26 – Total Amount Due 
amount) can be carried forward for three years.                          Remit using any of the payment options as explained in the general 
                                                                         instructions. 
Line 13 – Interest Penalty on Underpayment of 
Estimated Tax                                                                        Schedule II – Income and Adjustments 
Enter any interest penalty on underpayment of estimated tax as 
explained in the general instructions.                                   Note:  Show on Schedule II the income and adjustments only for 
                                                                         those investors who are participating in the fi ling of this return. 
Line 14 – Ohio Form IT 4708 Estimated Tax Payments 
Enter on line 14 the total amount of the 2014 composite annual           Line 28 – Related Member Adjustments 
return estimated tax payments paid with Ohio forms IT 4708ES             “Related member” is defi ned in R.C. 5733.042(A)(6) but is modified 
and IT 4708P.                                                            by R.C. 5733.40(P). For purposes of the line 28 adjustment, a          
                                                                         related member is any business entity or person directly or indirectly  
Line 15 – Ohio Form IT 1140 Payments Transferred to This Form            related to the taxpayer if the direct and indirect ownership interests 
If for the taxable year the pass-through entity has used Ohio form IT    exceed 40%. 
1140ES (Estimated Ohio Withholding Tax and Entity Tax Payment 
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Include on this line all compensation paid to or for family member          Line 36 – Pass-through Entity Add-back 
employees if the pass-through entity owner is a member of the               Add any Ohio form IT 1140 or IT 4708 taxes shown on federal K-1s 
family directly, indirectly and/or by attribution owns at least 40% of      that this pass-through entity received from other entities to the    
the pass-through entity. See R.C. 5733.40. Do not show on line 30           extent the taxes were deducted in arriving at your ordinary income. 
any amount you show on line 28. 
                                                                            Line 39 – Losses From Sale or Other Disposition of Ohio 
Line 29 and 30 – Guaranteed Payments and Compensation                       Public Obligations 
Add-Back                                                                    See R.C. 5709.76, 5747.01(A)(9) and 5747.01(S)(7). 
Guaranteed payments and compensation paid to an investor who 
holds at least a 20% direct or indirect interest in the profi ts or capital                      Schedule III – Deductions 
of the qualifying entity during the qualifying entity’s taxable year shall  
be considered a distributive share of income of the qualifying entity.      The allowable deductions in arriving at federal adjusted gross       
Such guaranteed payments and compensation shall be added back               income refl ected on lines 41-48 are the combined amounts from 
as business income.                                                         the federal K-1s for the taxable year for only those investors that 
                                                                            participate in the fi ling of Ohio form IT 4708. Do not include any 
Reciprocity agreements do not apply to those nonresidents directly          deductions that have been already used to reduce any income 
or indirectly owning at least 20% of the stock or other equity of the       items set forth in Schedule II. 
pass-through entity. That is, pass-through entities cannot use the 
reciprocity agreements in order to avoid adding back guaranteed             Line 41 – I.R.C. 179, Expense Not Otherwise Deducted 
payments and compensation that the pass-through entities pay to             If you show an amount on this line, attach the following forms: 
such nonresidents. See R.C. 5733.40(A)(7). 
                                                                            	  Page 1 of federal form 1065 or page 1 of federal form 1120S. 
Line 34 – Depreciation Adjustments 
R.C. 5701.11, 5733.40(A)(5), 5747.01(S)(14) and 5747.01(A)(20)              	  Federal form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization. 
state that, in determining Ohio taxable income, a taxpayer that for 
federal income tax purposes claims I.R.C. 168(k) bonus depreciation         	  Federal form 8825, Rental Real Estate Income and Expenses of 
must add back 2/3, 5/6 or 6/6 of that bonus depreciation that the               a Partnership or an S Corporation, if applicable. 
taxpayer claimed for the taxable year based upon the I.R.C.                 Line 42 Deduct Depreciation and Miscellaneous Federal              
These “add-back and subsequent deduction” laws also cover (i)               Income Tax Adjustments 
depreciable assets acquired by the taxpayer’s disregarded entities          Enter on this line 1/2, 1/5 or 1/6 of the depreciation expense added 
and (ii) depreciable assets that are owned by pass-through entities         back on each of the previous years’ returns (see instructions for 
in which the taxpayer directly or indirectly owns at least 5% (see          line 34). 
R.C. 5747.01(A)(20)(a)).                                                    Miscellaneous Federal Income Tax Adjustments 
In addition, if the taxpayer is an equity investor in a pass-through        Because of a recent amendment to R.C. 5701.11 there are no           
entity that has claimed I.R.C. 168(k) bonus depreciation, and               miscellaneous federal tax adjustments on this return. See Senate 
if, because of the federal passive activity loss limitation rules or        Bill 28, 130th General Assembly. However, you must make all other 
because of the federal at-risk limitation rules, the taxpayer is unable     required adjustments for this line. 
to fully deduct a loss passing through from another pass-through            Line 43 – Net  Federal Interest and Dividends Exempt from 
entity to the taxpayer, then to the extent that the taxpayer does not       State Taxation 
recognize the loss, the taxpayer can defer making the “2/3, 5/6 or          For purposes of this adjustment, “net federal interest” is defi ned as 
6/6 add-back” until the taxable year or years for which the taxpayer        federal interest less any expenses that were claimed on the federal 
deducts the pass-through entity loss and receives a federal tax             tax return but that would not have been allowed under I.R.C. 265  
benefi t from the bonus depreciation amount claimed by the other             if such interest were exempt from federal income tax. The Jan. 9, 
pass-through entity. Of course, the taxpayer cannot begin claiming          1992, Ohio Department of Taxation information release lists federal 
the related subsequent years deduction until the fi rst taxable year         obligations, the interest from which is deductible. 
immediately following the taxable year for which the taxpayer makes                                        
the 2/3, 5/6 or 6/6 add-back.                                               Interest income generated from repurchase agreements secured 
                                                                            by federal obligations is not interest from federal obligations and 
For detailed information and examples regarding this adjustment,            therefore is not deductible. See Nebraska Department of Revenue 
see R.C. 5747.01(A)(20) as amended by the 129th General                     v. Lowenstein 513 U.S. 123, 115 S. Ct. 557, 1994 US Lexis  8802. 
Assembly in HB 365 and information releases 2002-02 and 2002­               Also see  Associated Estates Corp., AEC Management Co. and 
01 regarding Ohio bonus depreciation adjustments available on our           Hirsch Electric Co. v. Limbach, BTA Case Nos. 87-H-743, 87-G-774 
Web site at  tax.ohio.gov. These releases were originally posted            and 87-D-756, May 11, 1990. 
on July 31, 2002 and Nov. 7, 2002. 
                                                                            Line 44 – Other Separately Stated K-1 Amounts and 
Important: S corporation shareholders cannot claim this deduction           Individual Development Accounts 
with respect to depreciable property for which the add-back occurred        The amount contributed to other separately stated K-1 amounts and  
while the corporation was a C corporation. See R.C. 5733.40(A)(5)           an individual development account that are allowable as deductions  
and 5747.01(A)(21)(a).                                                      (if not otherwise deducted above) in arriving at federal adjusted 
Line 35 – Other Income (Loss)                                               gross income on the federal income tax return may be deducted from  
Include on this line any item of income or deduction if not otherwise       total income. Examples include the domestic production activities 
reported and if that item affects an individual’s computation of federal    deduction and the self-employed health insurance deduction. 
adjusted gross income. 

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Note: Income taxes that the pass-through entity pays on behalf of its           others, eight times its net annual rental rate) within Ohio that is 
investors and charitable contributions are not allowable deductions             used exclusively during the taxable year for qualifi ed research. 
on this form. 
                                                                           Do not include in Within Ohio, but do include in Total Everywhere, the  
Lines 47 and 48 – Ohio Public Obligations and Ohio                         original cost of qualifying improvements to land or tangible personal 
Purchase Obligations                                                       property in an enterprise zone for which the taxpayer holds a Tax 
See R.C. 5747.01(A)(8), 5747.01(A)(9), 5747.01(S)(6), 5747.01(S)           Incentive Qualifi cation Certifi cate issued by the Ohio Development 
(7) and 5709.76.                                                           Services Agency. 
              Schedule IV – Apportionment Formula                          Line 50a – Property Owned Within Ohio 
                                                                           Enter the average value of the pass-through entity’s real property 
Instructions and a worksheet for a fi nancial institution pass-through      and tangible personal property, including leasehold improvements, 
entity are available at the end of this booklet.                           owned and used in the trade or business in Ohio during the taxable 
                                                                           year. 
Note: When calculating the apportionment ratio, a pass-through 
entity that has invested in another pass-through entity must apply         Line 50a – Property Owned – Total Everywhere 
the “aggregate” (conduit) theory of taxation.  That is, the character      Enter the average value of all the pass-through entity’s real property  
of all income and deductions (and adjustments to income and                and tangible personal property, including leasehold improvements, 
deductions) realized by a pass-through entity in which the pass-           owned and used in the trade or business everywhere during the 
through entity has invested retains that character when recognized         taxable year. 
by the pass-through entity. Furthermore, the pass-through entity’s 
factors generally must include the proportionate share of each             Line 50b Property Rented 
lower-tiered pass-through entity’s property, payroll and sales. See        Enter the value of the pass-through entity’s real property and          
R.C. 5733.057 and 5747.231.                                                tangible personal property rented and used in the trade or business 
                                                                           within Ohio and everywhere during the taxable year. Property rented  
                       Property Factor (Line 50)                           by the pass-through entity is valued at eight times the annual rental 
The property factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the           rate (annual rental expense less subrental receipts). 
average value of the corporation’s includable real and tangible        
personal property owned or rented, and used in the trade or business       Line 50c – Property Total – Within Ohio and Total 
in this state during the taxable year, and the denominator of which        Everywhere 
is the average value of all the corporation’s includable real and          Add lines 50a and 50b for Within Ohio and Total Everywhere. 
tangible personal property owned or rented, and used in the trade          Line 50c – Property Ratio 
or business everywhere during such year.                                   Enter the ratio of property Within Ohio to Total Everywhere by          
For taxable years ending on or after June 26, 2003, the property           dividing the Within Ohio amount by the Total Everywhere amount. 
factor specifically   includes real property and tangible personal          Line 50c Weighted Property Ratio 
property that the pass-through entity rents, subrents, leases              Multiply the property ratio on line 50c by the property factor weight 
or subleases to others if the income or loss from such rentals,            of 20%. 
subrentals, leases or subleases is business income. Furthermore, 
for taxable years ending on or after June 26, 2003, Ohio law                                     Payroll Factor (Line 51) 
specifi cally excludes from the factor property relating to, or used in     The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the         
connection with, the production of nonbusiness income allocated            total compensation paid in this state during the taxable year by 
under R.C. 5733.051.                                                       the pass-through entity, and the denominator of which is the            
                                                                           total compensation paid both within and without this state during 
Property owned by the pass-through entity is valued at its                 the taxable year by the pass-through entity. As used below, the 
original cost average value. Average value is determined                   term “compensation” means any form of remuneration paid to an 
by adding the cost values at the beginning and at the end                  employee for personal services.     Do not include in Within Ohio 
of the taxable year and dividing the total by two. The tax                 or in Total Everywhere the following: 
commissioner may require the use of monthly values during 
the taxable year if such values more reasonably refl ect the                	   Guaranteed payments made to partners. 
average value of the corporation’s property. 
                                                                           	   Compensation paid in Ohio to employees who are primarily           
In determining average value do not include in either “Within Ohio”             engaged in qualifi ed research. 
or “Total Everywhere” the following: 
                                                                           	   Compensation paid to employees to the extent that the              
  	 Construction in progress.                                                  compensation relates to the production of nonbusiness income 
                                                                                allocable under R.C. 5733.051 (see R.C. 5733.05(B)(2). 
  	 Property relating to, or used in connection with, the production 
     of nonbusiness income. See R.C. 5733.05(B)(2).                        	   Compensation that an S corporation paid to any shareholder 
                                                                                included in this report if the shareholder directly or indirectly  
  	 The original cost of property within Ohio with respect to which the        owned at least 20% of the S corporation at any time during the 
     state of Ohio has issued an Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, or an 
                                                                                year. R.C. 5733.40(A)(7). 
     Industrial Water Pollution Control Certifi cate. See R.C. 5733.05(B) 
     (2)(a).                                                               Do not include in Within Ohio, but do include in Total Everywhere, 
                                                                           compensation paid in Ohio to certain specifi      ed new employees       
  	 The original cost of real property and tangible property (or in       at an urban job and enterprise zone facility for which the              
     the case of property that the pass-through entity is renting from 
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pass-through entity has received a Tax Incentive Qualification               	 Dividends; 
Certifi cate issued by the Ohio Development Services Agency. 
                                                                            	   Receipts and any related gains or losses from the sale or other 
Line 51 Payroll Within Ohio                                                  disposal of intangible property other than trademarks, trade      
Enter the total amount of the pass-through entity’s compensation               names, patents, copyrights and similar intellectual property; 
paid in Ohio during the taxable year. Compensation is paid in Ohio 
if any of the following apply:                                              	   Receipts and any related gains and losses from the sale or other 
                                                                               disposal of tangible personal property or real property where that 
	   The recipient’s service is performed entirely within Ohio; OR             property is a capital asset or an asset described in I.R.C. 1231. 
                                                                               For purposes of this provision the determination of whether or 
	   The recipient’s service is performed both within and outside              not an asset is a capital asset or a 1231 asset is made without 
     Ohio, but the service performed outside Ohio is incidental to the         regard to the holding period specifi ed in the I.R.C.; AND 
     recipient’s service within Ohio; OR 
                                                                            	   Receipts from sales to (i) an at-least 80%-owned public utility 
	   Some of the recipient’s service is performed within Ohio and              other than an electric company, combined electric company,        
     either the recipient’s base of operations, or if there is no base of      or telephone company, (ii) an at-least 80%-owned insurance        
     operations, the place from which the recipient’s service is directed      company, or (iii) an at-least 25%-owned fi nancial institution. 
     or controlled is within Ohio, or the base of operations or the place 
     from which the service is directed or controlled is not in any state   Note: Income and gain from receipts excluded from the sales factor  
     in which some part of the service is performed, but the recipient’s    is not presumed to be nonbusiness income. All income, gain, loss and  
     residence is in Ohio.                                                  expense is presumed to be apportionable business income – even if  
                                                                            the related receipts are excluded from the sales factor. A pass-through  
Compensation is paid in Ohio to any employee of a common or                 entity reporting any allocable income from Schedule I, lines 4 and 8  
contract motor carrier corporation who performs his regularly               must attach to the report (i) a schedule indicating the type and the 
assigned duties on a motor vehicle in more than one state in                amount for each item of income, (ii) a statement explaining why the 
the same ratio by which the mileage traveled by such employee               income is not business income and (iii) a list of states, if any, for which  
within Ohio bears to the total mileage traveled by such employee            the pass-through entity treats such income as business income.  
everywhere during the taxable year. The statutorily required mileage  
ratio applies only to contract or common carriers. Thus, without            The law specifi cally includes in the sales factor the following amounts  
approval by the tax commissioner a manufacturer or merchant who             when arising from transactions, activities and sources in the regular  
operates its own fl eet of delivery trucks may not situs driver payroll      course of a trade or business: (1) receipts from sales of tangible  
based upon the ratio of miles traveled in Ohio to miles traveled            personal property, (2) receipts from the sale of real property inventory  
everywhere. See Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. v. Limbach (1994),               (such as lots developed and sold by a real estate developer), (3) rents  
70 Ohio St. 3d 347.                                                         and royalties from tangible personal property, (4) rents and royalties  
                                                                            from real property, (5) receipts from the sale, exchange, disposition  
Line 51 – Payroll – Total Everywhere                                        or other grant of the right to use trademarks, trade names, patents,  
Enter the total amount of the pass-through entity’s compensation            copyrights and similar intellectual property, (6) receipt from the sale  
paid everywhere during the taxable year.                                    of services and other receipts not expressly excluded from the factor.  
Line 51 – Payroll – Ratio                                                   These amounts are situsable to Ohio as set out below. 
Divide Within Ohio payroll by Total Everywhere payroll to arrive at         Line 52 – Sales Within Ohio 
the payroll ratio.                                                          Enter the total of gross receipts from sales not excludable from the 
Line 51 – Weighted Payroll Ratio                                            numerator and the denominator of the sales factor, to the extent 
Multiply the payroll ratio on line 51 by the payroll factor weight of       the includable gross receipts refl ect business done in Ohio. Sales 
20%.                                                                        within Ohio include the following: 
                                                                            	   Receipts from sales of tangible personal property, less returns 
                     Sales Factor (Line 52)                                    and allowances, received by the purchaser in Ohio. In the case 
The sales factor is a fraction whose numerator is the pass-through             of delivery of tangible personal property by common carrier or by 
entity’s includable business income receipts in Ohio during the                other means of transportation, the place at which such property 
taxable year and whose denominator is the sum of the pass-through              is ultimately received after all transportation has been completed 
entity’s within Ohio and without Ohio includable business income               is considered as the place at which such property is received by 
receipts during the taxable year.                                              the purchaser. Direct delivery in Ohio, other than for purposes 
The sales factor specifi cally excludes receipts attributable to                of transportation, to a person or fi rm designated by a purchaser 
nonbusiness income allocable under R.C. 5733.051 (see R.C.                     constitutes delivery to the purchaser in Ohio, and direct delivery 
5733.05(B)(2) and the tax commissioner’s  April 2004 information               outside Ohio to a person or fi rm designated by a purchaser does 
release entitled “Sales Factor Situsing Revisions”).                           not constitute delivery to the purchaser in Ohio, regardless of 
                                                                               where title passes or other conditions of sale. Customer pick-up 
The following receipts are   not includable in either the numerator or         sales are situsable to the final destination after all transportation 
the denominator of the sales factor even if the receipts arise from            (including customer transportation) has been completed. See 
transactions, activities and sources in the regular course of a trade          Dupps Co. v. Lindley (1980), 62 Ohio St. 2d 305. 
or business (see R.C. 5733.05(B)(2)(c)):  
                                                                              Revenue from servicing, processing or modifying tangible           
	   Interest or similar amounts received for the use of, or for the           personal property is sitused to the destination state as a sale of 
     forbearance of the use of, money;                                         tangible personal property. See Custom Deco, Inc. v. Limbach, 
                                                                               BTA Case No. 86-C-1024, June 2, 1989. 
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	   Receipts from sales of real property inventory in Ohio.                a pass-through entity owns and restores a historic building with 
                                                                            respect to which the Ohio Development Services Agency issued 
	   Rents and royalties from tangible personal property to the extent      a preservation tax credit certifi cate for the pass-through entity’s 
     the property was used in Ohio.                                         “qualifi ed rehabilitation expenditures,” the pass-through entity can 
                                                                            allocate the credit among the pass-through entity’s equity owners 
	   Rents and royalties from real property located in Ohio.                in proportion to their ownership interests or in such proportions or 
                                                                            amounts as the equity owners mutually agree. The new law applies 
	   Receipts from the sale, exchange, disposition or other grant of        to credits claimed with respect to certifi cates issued in taxable    
     the right to use trademarks, trade names, patents, copyrights and      years ending on or after Oct. 16, 2009. See section 803.20 of the 
     similar intellectual property are sitused to Ohio to the extent that   bill. (While prior law did not specifi cally address credit allocation, 
     the receipts are based on the amount of use of that property in        the Ohio Development Services Agency maintained that the pass-
     Ohio. If the receipts are not based on the amount of use of that       through entity must allocate the credit to each equity investor in 
     property, but rather on the right to use the property and the payor    accordance with the investor’s interest in the pass-through entity on 
     has the right to use the property in Ohio, then the receipts from      the date that the pass-through entity fi led the tax credit certificate 
     the sale, exchange, disposition or other grant of the right to use     request.) 
     such property are sitused to Ohio to the extent the receipts are 
     based on the right to use the property in Ohio.                        For project applications that are approved after March 13, 2008 
                                                                            (“Round 2” and subsequent rounds) the credit is limited to $5 million  
	   Receipts from the performance of services and receipts from any        per project and the credit can contain a refundable portion and a  
     other sales not excluded from the sales factor and not otherwise       nonrefundable portion. If the credit allowed for any taxable year 
     sitused within or without Ohio under the above situsing provisions     exceeds the tax otherwise due under R.C. 5747.02, after allowing for  
     are situsable to Ohio in the proportion to the purchaser’s benefit,     any other credits preceding the credit in the order prescribed by R.C.  
     with respect to the sale, in Ohio to the purchaser’s benefi t, with     5747.98, the excess will be refunded to the taxpayer but, if any amount  
     respect to the sale, everywhere. The physical location where           of the credit is refunded, the sum of the amount refunded and the  
     the purchaser ultimately uses or receives the benefi t of what          amount applied to reduce the tax otherwise due for that year may not  
     was purchased is paramount in determining the proportion of            exceed $3 million or, if the certifi cate owner is a pass-through entity,  
     the benefi t in Ohio to the benefit everywhere. The “cost-of­            may not exceed the taxpayer’s distributive or proportionate share of 
     performance” provision is no longer the law.                           $3 million. The taxpayer may carry forward any balance of the credit  
                                                                            in excess of the amount claimed for that year for not more than five  
Line 52 – Sales – Total Everywhere 
                                                                            ensuing taxable years, and must deduct any amount claimed for any  
Enter the total of such includable gross receipts, less returns and 
                                                                            such year from the amount claimed in an ensuing year.  
allowances, from sales everywhere. 
                                                                            Additional information is available on the ODSA’s Web site at http:// 
Line 52 – Sales – Ratio 
                                                                            development.ohio.gov/cs/cs_ohptc.htm. 
Divide Within Ohio sales by Total Everywhere sales to arrive at the 
sales ratio.                                                                Line 55 – Business Jobs Credit 
                                                                            If the pass-through entity claims the refundable business jobs credit 
Line 52 – Weighted Sales Ratio 
                                                                            provided by R.C. 5747.058, attach a copy of the certifi cate of 
Multiply the sales ratio on line 52 by the sales factor weight of 60%. 
                                                                            verifi cation issued by the Ohio Development Services Agency. 
Line 53 – Total Weighted Apportionment Ratio                                The amount of the credit equals the amount of Ohio income tax 
Add lines 50c , 51 and 52. Enter ratio here and on Schedule I, line         the pass-through entity withheld from compensation paid to new 
6 and on page 1 in the designated box.                                      employees during its taxable year multiplied by the percentage 
                                                                            specifi ed in the pass-through entity’s agreement with the Tax Credit 
Note: For taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2013, pass-           Authority. The term “new employee” means a full-time employee first  
through entities who intend to submit requests for alternative              employed by the pass-through entity in the project that is the subject 
apportionment are now required to submit such requests with a               of the tax credit agreement after the pass-through entity enters into 
timely     filed return or amended return. Prior to this change, the         the agreement. New employees include employees hired after the 
request was not required to be submitted by the return’s due date.          Tax Credit Authority approves the pass-through entity’s project, but 
See R.C. 5747.21.                                                           before the pass-through entity signs the tax credit agreement with 
                                                                            the Tax Credit Authority, as long as the pass-through entity signs 
           Schedule V – Refundable Business Credits                         the agreement within 60 days after receiving the agreement from 
                                                                            the Ohio Development Services Agency. If the authority determines 
Line 54 – Ohio Historic Preservation Credit Refundable Portion              that it is appropriate, a “new employee” may include an employee 
Administered by the Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA),                rehired or called back from layoff to work in a new facility or on a 
the historic preservation credit applies to owners of certain historic      new product or service. 
Ohio buildings for the expenditures paid or incurred to rehabilitate 
such buildings provided that ODSA approves the proposed                     If a pass-through entity claims the refundable new jobs creation 
rehabilitation project. If ODSA approves the project, the credit equals     credit with respect to an employee, the pass-through entity may 
25% of the owner’s “qualifi ed rehabilitation expenditures” (QREs)           not claim the nonrefundable R.C. 5709.66 enterprise zone new 
paid or incurred during the 24- or 60-month rehabilitation period           employee credit with respect to that employee. 
shown on the taxpayer’s tax credit certifi cate issued by ODSA. The 
historic building’s owners can claim the credit against their income        The Tax Credit Authority and Ohio Development Services Agency 
tax liability. See R.C. 149.311 and 5747.76.                                administer this credit. For additional information including tax credit 
                                                                            application procedures, call 614-466-4551 or 1-800-848-1300 or 
Amended Substitute House Bill 1, 128th General Assembly Effective           visit the Ohio Development Services Agency’s Web site at http:// 
July 17, 2009 amended the credit to specifi       cally provide that if      development.ohio.gov. 
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Line 56 – Pass-through Entity Credit                                    	   A paper copy of pages 1 and 2 of the IRS schedule K-1s that  
If this pass-through entity has invested in another partnership or           this entity will issue to each investor in this entity. The K-1s must  
limited-liability company (“investee pass-through entity”) that filed         indicate the amount of the pass-through entity tax credit (net 
either Ohio form IT 1140 or Ohio form IT 4708 on behalf of this              of overpayments) that, for Ohio income tax purposes, will pass  
investor pass-through entity, then this investor pass-through entity         through as a credit from this pass-through entity to each investor  
is entitled to a refundable credit equal to this investor pass-through       whose income is included in this report. Please do not include any  
entity’s proportionate share of the tax that the investee pass-through       attachments or statements relating to the K-1s. (See “Tax Credit  
entity paid on behalf of this investor pass-through entity for that          Available to Investors” below.) 
investee pass-through entity’s taxable year ending within or with 
this investor pass-through’s taxable year end.   Please attach a        	   Magnetic media meeting the specifications    that the IRS requires 
copy of the IRS form K-1 setting forth the credit amount that                for transmission of information by electronic media (for more 
this investor pass-through entity received from the investee                 information, see IRS publication 1525 and 3416). The magnetic 
pass-through entity. See R.C. 5747.059 and 5747.08(J).                       media must set forth the same K-1 information described above. 

Line 57 – Refundable Credit for Losses on Loans Made to the             	   Information in ASCII Comma Delimited Format appear in the 
Ohio Venture Capital (OVC) Program (R.C. 150.01 to 150.10,                   following order: 
5747.80 and 5747.98) 
The purpose of the credit is to provide OVC lenders and investors         1.  FEIN of the pass-through entity or trust. 
some security against losses on their loans to the program. 
                                                                          2.  Name of the pass-through entity or trust. 
Substitute Senate Bill 321, 126th Ohio General Assembly, made the 
                                                                          3.  Social Security number or FEIN of this investor. 
credit for losses on loans made to the OVC program refundable. 
Under prior law the taxpayer had a choice of taking this credit as a      4.  Name of investor in this entity. 
refundable credit or as a nonrefundable credit. 
                                                                          5.	   Street address of the investor set forth in field number 3. 
Line 58 – Motion Picture Production Credit 
A motion picture company whose motion picture has been certified           6.  City of the investor set forth in field number 3. 
as a tax credit-eligible production may apply to the director of the 
Ohio Development Services Agency on or after July 1, 2009 for             7.  State of the investor set forth in field number 3. 
a refundable credit against the income tax. The credit equals a 
                                                                          8.  ZIP code of the investor set forth in field number 3. 
percentage of the motion picture company’s eligible production 
expenditures with respect to the tax credit-eligible production. See      9.	   The amount of Ohio form IT 4708 tax paid (net of overpayments,  
R.C. 122.85 and 5747.66.                                                      if any, previously paid) that will pass through as a credit from 
                                                                              this pass-through entity to each investor whose income is 
If the lesser of (a) total budgeted eligible production expenditures 
                                                                              included in this return set forth in fi eld number 3. (See “Tax  
as stated in the application for certifi cation as a tax credit eligible 
                                                                              Credit Available to Investors” below.) 
production or (b) the actual eligible production expenditures, as        
determined by an independent CPA hired at the motion picture            The return preparer must repeat the sequence set forth in fields 
company’s expense, is greater than $300,000, the credit equals          number 1 through number 9 for each investor. 
the sum of the following: 
                                                                        Preparers using magnetic media must affi x to the outside of the 
(i) 25% of the lesser of such budgeted or actual eligible expenditure   magnetic media a label containing the following information in large 
amounts excluding budgeted or actual eligible expenditures for cast     type or print: (i) the name and FEIN of the pass-through entity, (ii) 
and crew wages for Ohio residents;                                      the phrase, “IT 4708 K-1 Information,” and (iii) the phrase, “Taxable 
                                                                        Year Ending in 2014.” 
(ii) 35% of budgeted or actual eligible expenditures for cast and 
crew wages of Ohio residents.                                           Tax Credit Available to Investors 
                                                                        Prior to issuing to investors whose income is included in this return  
If the lesser of the budgeted or actual amounts described in (a) 
                                                                        the IRS form K-1, this pass-through entity should indicate on each  
and (b) above is less than or equal to $300,000, the credit does not 
                                                                        IRS form K-1 the investor’s portion of the Ohio form IT 4708 net tax  
apply. For additional information, please visit the Ohio Development 
                                                                        paid by this pass-through entity for the taxable year, even if the tax  
Services Agency’s Web site at http://www.ohiofilmoffice.com. 
                                                                        is paid (or if the refund is received) after the end of the taxable year.  
              Schedule VI Investor Information                        The investor can claim this amount as a credit on Ohio forms IT        
                                                                        1040, IT 1041 or IT 4708. R.C. 5747.08(J) sets forth the conditions  
Please provide investor information for all investors in the pass-      for claiming this credit. Investors claiming the credit on Ohio forms       IT 
through entity, which is any of the following:                          1040, IT 1041 or IT 4708 must include with that form a copy of the K-1. 

	   Completion of Schedule VI and additional sheet(s) if necessary. 

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                   Apportionment Formula for Financial Institution Pass-Through Entities 
For a pass-through entity that is a fi nancial institutuion, the apportionment formula should be calculated in accordance with Ohio Revised 
Code (R.C.) section 5733.056. Use of this worksheet to calculate the apportionment formula for a pass-through entity that is a financial 
institution. Note:  All ratios are to be carried to six decimal places. 

 Apportionment Ratio                                                                                            (1)       (2)                                       (3)
                                                                                                                Ohio     Everywhere                                 Ratio 
Sales Factor – R.C. 5733.056(F) 
  1. Receipts from the lease, sublease or rental of real property ....................    
  2. Receipts from the lease or rental of tangible personal property ...............    
  3. Interest from loans secured by real property ............................................   
  4. Interest from loans not secured by real property ......................................    
  5. Net gains from the sale of loans secured by real property .......................   
  6. Net gains from the sale of loans not secured by real property .................   
  7. Interest and fees charged to credit card holders ......................................   
  8. Net gains from the sale of credit card receivables ...................................     
  9. Credit card issuer’s reimbursement fees ..................................................  
 10. Receipts from merchant discount .............................................................    
 11. Loan-servicing fees from loans secured by real property.........................    
 12. Loan-servicing fees from loans not secured by real property...................    
 13. Loan-servicing fees for servicing the loans of others ...............................   
 14. Receipts from services not otherwise apportioned...................................   
 15. Interest, dividends, net gains and other income from both 
    investment assets and activities and trading assets and activities...........   
    Check method:        Avg. value method     Gross income method 
 16. Certain other receipts ...............................................................................   
 17. Total. Enter ratio here and on Summary, line 1, below .............................                               ÷            = 
Property Factor – R.C. 5733.056(D)                                                                              Ohio     Everywhere 
 18. Real property and tangible personal property owned ..............................    
 19. Real property and tangible personal property rented x 8  ........................   
    20. Loans and credit card receivables ...........................................................   
 21. Total. Enter ratio here and on Summary, line 2, below  ............................                               ÷            = 

Payroll Factor – R.C. 5733.056(E) 
                                                                                                                Ohio     Everywhere 
 22. Compensation paid to employees. Enter ratio here and on 
    Summary, line 3, below ............................................................................         

                                                                                                                (1)       (2)                                       (3) 
 Apportionment Ratio Summary                                                                                    Factor ÷ Weight     =                               Weighted Factor 

  1. Sales (line 17) .........................................................................................         x .70    =  
  2. Property (line 21) .....................................................................................          x .15    = 
  3. Payroll (line 22) .......................................................................................         x .15    = 
  4. Total weighted apportionment ratio ............................................................................................................................
If the denominator of any factor is zero, the weight given to the other factors must be proportionately increased so that the total weight 
given to the combined factors used is 100%. 

                                                 Federal Privacy Act Notice 
                        Because we require you to provide us with a Social Security number, the Federal Privacy Act 
                        of 1974 requires us to inform you that providing us your Social Security number is mandatory. 
                        Ohio Revised Code sections 5703.05, 5703.057 and 5747.08 authorize us to request this 
                        information. We need your Social Security number in order to administer this tax. 

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Taxpayer Assistance

By Internet	 Ohio Department of Taxation                    For the deaf, hearing-impaired or        
             Web Site tax.ohio.gov                         speech-impaired who use TTY or           
                                                            TDD only: Please contact the Ohio Re­
             E-mail Us                      Instructions    lay Service at 1-800-750-0750 or 7-1-1 
             Frequently Asked Questions     Refund Status   and give the communication assistant 
             Information Releases           Tax Forms       the Ohio Department of Taxation phone 
                                                            number that you wish to contact. 
                                                            Volunteer Income Tax Assistance          
By Phone	    Toll-Free Telephone Numbers                    Program (VITA) and Tax Counseling 
                                                            for the Elderly (TCE): These programs  
             Toll-Free 24-HourRefund Hotline 1-800-282-1784 
                                                            help older, disabled, low-income and     
             Toll-Free Form Requests        1-800-282-1782  non-English-speaking people fi ll in their 
             Toll-Free Tax Questions        1-800-282-1780  state and federal returns. For locations 
                                                            in your area, call the IRS at 1-800-829­
                                                            1040. 
Written	     Ohio Department of Taxation 
             Taxpayer Services Mailing Address 
             Ohio Department of Taxation 
             Taxpayer Services Division 
             P.O. Box 182382 
             Columbus, OH  43218-2382 

Walk-in	     Ohio Department of Taxation 
             Taxpayer Service Center 
             Taxpayer Service Center Hours 
             Offi ce hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. 
             Monday through Friday 
             4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., 1st Floor 
             Columbus, OH  43229-6596 

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