Michigan Department of Treasury Attachment 3 4894 (Rev. 03-22), Page 1 of 3 2022 MICHIGAN Corporate Income Tax Schedule of Shareholders and Officers For all Corporations claiming the Small Business Alternative Credit Issued under authority of Public Act 38 of 2011. Taxpayer Name (If Unitary Business Group, Name of Designated Member) Taxpayer or DM Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) Unitary Business Groups Only: Name of Unitary Business Group Member Reporting on This Form Member Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) PART 1: QUALIFYING DATA FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ALTERNATIVE CREDIT . Complete Part 2 and Part 3 before completing Part 1. See instructions for definition of active shareholder. 1. Compensation and director fees of active shareholders. Add amounts in Part 2, column L, for each active shareholder. Enter here and on Form 4893, line 7 ................................................................................................. 1. 00 2. Compensation and director fees of officers. Add amounts in Part 2, column L, for each officer who is not an active shareholder. Enter here and on Form 4893, line 8....................................................................................... 2. 00 PART 2: SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS. See instructions. 3. A B C D E F G Enter % Stock from Col. F Name of shareholder (including corporation, trust, partnership, (X) if less any attribution Identifying or family member who is a shareholder through attribution) or officer FEIN or an % Stock % Stock with between two active Number (Last, First, Middle) Social Security Number officer directly owned attribution shareholders % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % Percent of stock (not listed above) owned by shareholders (including through attribution) ...................................... % who own less than 10% and receive no compensation or directors’ fees 100 % Total: + 0000 2022 18 01 27 7 Continue on Page 2 |
2022 Form 4894, Page 2 of 3 Taxpayer or DM FEIN UBG Member FEIN PART 2: SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS — Continued 3. H I J K L M N Dividends Total compensation and director Identifying (used to determine Salaries, wages Employee insurance fees for officers and/or share- Share of modified Total shareholder/officer Number active shareholders) and director fees plans, pensions, etc. holders. Add columns J and K. business income/loss income. Add columns L and M. If more space is needed to complete Part 2, include additional copies of Form 4894. Repeat the taxpayer name and FEIN at the top of every copy of page 1, and carry over the FEIN to the top of page 2. (See instructions.) IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETING THIS FORM: If filing this form for a short-period return, or if reporting a part-year shareholder or officer: • Compensation, director fees, and dividends of each individual must be entered on this form as the actual amount received during the period. • For purposes of determining the credit disqualifiers, compensation and director fees must be annualized. • For purposes of determining active shareholders, compensation, director fees, and dividends must be annualized. + 0000 2022 18 02 27 5 Continue on Page 3 |
2022 Form 4894, Page 3 of 3 Taxpayer or DM FEIN UBG Member FEIN PART 3: LIST OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIPS Part 3 is used to report attributable family relationships between individual shareholders. An attributable family relationship is defined as either a spouse, parent, child, or grandchild. In Part 3, column O, list each individual shareholder from Part 2, using the same Identifying Number references from Part 2, column A. For each shareholder listed in column O: • If an attributable family relationship exists with another shareholder, report that other shareholder’s Identifying Number in the appropriate column, P through S. • If no attributable family relationship exists between the shareholder in column O and any other shareholder, enter “X” in column T. 4. O P Q R S T Enter (X) if Identifying No Attributable Number Spouse Parent Child Grandchild Relationship If more space is needed to complete Part 3, include additional copies of Form 4894. Repeat the taxpayer name and FEIN at the top of every copy of page 1, and carry over the FEIN to the top of page 3. (See instructions.) + 0000 2022 18 03 27 3 |
Instructions for Form 4894 Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Schedule of Shareholders and Officers For all Corporations claiming the Small Business Alternative Credit Purpose Tax Years Less Than 12 Months If the reported tax year is less than 12 months, shareholders’ To determine eligibility of corporations to qualify for the and officers’ allocated income must be annualized to determine Small Business Alternative Credit (SBAC). This form must be eligibility and reduction percentage. Where those same included when filing CIT Small Business Alternative Credit amounts are reported on SBAC forms, they are reported on (Form 4893). forms as actual, not annualized, amounts. Corporation means a taxpayer that is required or has elected to NOTE: If a shareholder owned stock for less than the entire tax file as a C Corporation under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). year of the corporation, or an officer served as an officer less Corporation includes a Limited Liability Company that has than the entire tax year: elected to be taxed federally as a C Corporation. • For purposes of determining credit disqualifiers and credit Special Instructions for Unitary Business reduction, compensation and director fees must be annualized. Groups (UBGs) The determination of credit disqualifiers and credit reduction is The allocated income disqualifier is based on all items paid performed off-form. or allocable to a shareholder or officer by all members of the • For purposes of determining active shareholders, UBG. All items paid or allocable to a single individual must be compensation, director fees, and dividends must be annualized. combined when calculating this disqualifier. The determination of active shareholders is performed off- form. General Instructions Annualizing If claiming the SBAC, complete this form and include part it as Where annualization applies (see above NOTE), multiply each of the annual return report: to applicable amount by 12 and divide the result by the number of • Shareholder and corporate officer qualifications for the months in the tax year. Generally, a business counts a month if SBAC; the business operated for more than half the days of the month. If the tax year is less than one month, consider the tax year to • Compensation and director fees of active shareholders and one month for the purposes of the calculation. be all officers for the computation the of SBAC. Resources Officer means an officer of a corporation including all of the following: For guidance in addition to these instructions, see Revenue Administrative Bulletin (RAB) 2020-26 at www.michigan. (i) The chairperson the of board. gov/taxes. (ii) The president, vice president, secretary, ortreasurer of the corporation board. or Line-by-Line Instructions (iii) Persons performing similar duties and responsibilities Lines not listed are explained on the form. to persons described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), that Taxpayer Name and Account Number: Enter name and include, ata minimum, major decision making. account number as reported on page 1 of the CIT Annual Shareholder means a person who owns outstanding stock in Return (Form 4891). Also, the taxpayer Federal Employer a corporation or is a member of a business entity that files as Identification Number (FEIN) from the top of page 1 must be a corporation for federal income tax purposes. An individual repeated the in proper location on pages and 2 3. is considered the owner of the stock, or the equity interest in UBGs: Complete one form for each member that is a a business entity that files corporation as a for federal income standard member (i.e., not an insurance company or financial tax purposes, owned directly or indirectly, by or for family institution). Enter the Designated Member (DM) name in the members asdefined by IRC § 318(a)(1). Taxpayer Name field and the member to whom the schedule A family member , as defined by IRC § 318(a)(1), includes applies on the line below. On the copy filed report to the DM’s spouses, parents, children and grandchildren. data (if applicable), enter the DM’s name and account number on each line. Also, the DM’s FEIN and the member’s FEIN NOTE: Rules of attribution in IRC § 318(a)(1) do not from the top of page 1 must be repeated in the proper location differentiate between adult an and minor a child. on pages and 2 3. Outstanding stock means all stock of record, regardless of PART 1:QUALIFYING DATA FOR THE SMALL class, value, or voting rights, but outstanding stock does not BUSINESS ALTERNATIVE CREDIT include treasury stock. NOTE: Parts 2 and must3 be completed before Part 1. All attributable family members of persons directly owning stock during the tax year must belisted in Parts 2 and 3. NOTE: If more than one Form 4894 included is for filer, a sum the totals for lines 1 and 2 on the top form. 35 |
Line 1: Add compensation and director fees (column L) of all this numbering system is followed. All shareholders’ family active shareholders and enter the result on line 1 and on Form members, as defined by IRC § 318(a)(1), are considered 4893, line 7. Report on line 1 and on Form 4893, line 7 actual, shareholders and must be listed in Parts 2and 3. not annualized, amounts. See definitions of officer, shareholder, family member, and An active shareholder: outstanding stock in the general instructions for this form. • Is a shareholder of the corporation, including through If more lines are needed for listing the shareholders and officers, attribution, AND include additional copies of this form. Complete the taxpayer • Owns at least 5 percent of outstanding stock, including name and account number on each copy (and UBG member if through attribution (column F = 5 percent or more), AND applicable), and lines 3 and 4 as necessary. If using more than • Receives at least $10,000 in compensation, director fees, one copy of the form, continue the sequential numbering system or dividends from the business (sum of columns I and L = for the Member Number in columns A, H, and O. $10,000 or more). Important: For short-period returns or a Columns B and C: Identify each shareholder and corporate part-year shareholder, compensation, director fees, and officer by name and Social Security number. Corporations, dividends of each individual must be annualized to meet this Trusts, and Partnerships should be identified using the FEIN. requirement. Perform annualized calculations off-form. NOTE: Column C: An individual or foreign entity that does Line 2: Add compensation and director fees (column L) of all not have a Social Security number or FEIN may enter in corporate officers who are not active shareholders and enter the Column C “APPLD FOR” (an abbreviation for “applied for”) or result on line 2 and on Form 4893, line 8. To determine which “FOREIGNUS” (an abbreviation for “foreign filer”). officers are not active shareholders, use the definition of active E: Enter the percentage of outstanding stock each Column shareholders under line 1. or corporate officer owns directly. If a shareholder shareholder PART 2: SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS owned stock for a period less than the corporation’s tax year, Line 3 (Columns A through N): In column A, assign numbers multiply that shareholder’s percentage of ownership by the (beginning with 1) to all shareholders and officers in order number of months owned and divide the result by the number of percentage of stock ownership (percentage in column G), of months in the corporation’s tax year. starting with the highest percentage first. Repeat this numbering Taxpayers must account for 100 percent of the stock. If it is not in Part 2, column H, and Part 3, column O. It is essential that accounted for, processing of the return may be delayed. ATTRIBUTION EXAMPLE: Larry David Stone Husband of Betty Stone, Father of Mary Stone, Stepfather of Tammie Rock, Step Grandfather of Kathy Rock Betty Ann Stone Daughter of Bob Pebble, Wife of Larry Stone, Mother of Tammie Rock, Stepmother of Mary Stone, Grandmother of Kathy Rock Mary Elizabeth Stone Daughter of Larry Stone, Stepdaughter of Betty Stone Daughter of Betty Stone, Stepdaughter of Larry Stone, Spouse of Steve Rock, Mother of Kathy Rock, Granddaughter of Tammie Marie Rock Bob Pebble Steve Carl Rock Spouse of Tammie Rock, Father of Kathy Rock, Brother of Mike Rock Kathy Evelyn Rock Daughter of Tammie and Steve Rock, Granddaughter of Betty Stone, Step Granddaughter of Larry Stone Mike Joseph Rock Brother of Steve Rock Bob Kenneth Pebble Father of Betty Stone, Grandfather of Tammie Rock Terry Robert Marble Friend Part 2: Shareholders and officers - See instructions Part 3: List of family members and their corresponding relationship type 3. A B 4. O P Q R S T Name of shareholder (including corporation, trust, partnership, Check (X) if Member or family member who is a shareholder through attribution) or Member No Attributable Number officer (Last, First, Middle) Number Spouse Parent Child Grandchild Relationship 1 Stone, Larry David 1 2 3 2 Stone, Betty Ann 2 1 8 4 6 3 Stone, Mary Elizabeth 3 1 4 Rock, Tammie Marie 4 5 2 6 5 Rock, Steve Carl 5 4 6 6 Rock, Kathy Evelyn 6 4-5 7 Rock, Mike Joseph 7 X 8 Pebble, Bob Kenneth 8 2 4 9 Marble, Terry Robert 9 X 36 |
Column F: Enter the percentage of outstanding stock each an officer or shareholder. These amounts must be annualized shareholder owns, including through attribution of ownership when determining disqualifiers, but should be reported as from family members under IRC § 318(a)(1). actual amounts on this form. Column G: When reporting ownership of a person who is NOTE: All insurance and pension payments must be included, an active shareholder, do not include in Column G any stock whether or not the shareholder or corporate officer worked in ownership attributed to this person from another active Michigan. shareholder. See definition of active shareholders in the Part 1 instructions. For the purposes of determining disqualification Column M: Multiply the percentage in column G by line 6 on from the SBAC, an active shareholder’s share of business Form 4893. income is not attributed to another active shareholder. UBGs : Multiply the percentage in column G by the sum of EXAMPLE: In this case, the husband and daughter are active lines 12, 26 and 29 from the CIT Data on UBG Members (Form shareholders because their total compensation, director fees, and 4897). dividends from the business are greater than $10,000 and they For Tax Years Less Than 12 Months: Shareholder compensation own more than 5% of stock (column E). The wife and son are must be annualized when determining disqualifiers, but should be not active because their total compensation, director fees, and reported as actual amounts on this form. dividends from the business are less than $10,000 (even though they own more than 5% of stock). PART 3: LIST OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIPS Stock Percentage Columns P through S represent relationships affected by Column E Column F Column G attribution. Husband 100% 70% For each shareholder listed in Part 2, column A, enter the 40% (active) (all shareholders) (husband/wife/son) corresponding number of the shareholder’s spouse, parent, Wife 100% 100% child, or grandchild, if any, listed in Part 2, column A. 10% (inactive) (all shareholders) (all shareholders) If more than one number is entered in boxes P through S, Son 70% (husband/ 70% 20% (inactive) wife/son) (husband/wife/son) separate numbers with adash. For example, if a family member has three children, each child’s member number should appear Daughter 80% (husband/ 40% in the “Child” column with dashes separating them (“2-3-4”). 30% (active) wife/daughter) (wife/daughter) Do not use a dash to imply included numbers (such as “5-8” Column I: Enter total dividends received by each shareholder meaning “5 through 8”), but instead include each member during the tax year from this business (used to determine active number (“5-6-7-8”). Do not use commas. shareholders). EXAMPLE (SEE THE ATTRIBUTION EXAMPLE ON Column J: Enter salaries, wages, and director fees that THE PREVIOUS PAGE): Kathy Rock’s (6) parents (4 and 5) are attributable to each shareholder or corporate officer. work for the company. Kathy will list “4-5” in column Q. Compensation paid by a professional employer organization NOTE: If the space provided in the line 4 columns is not to the officers of a client (if the client is a corporation) and to adequate to list all of the corresponding relationships, include a employees of the professional employer organization who are separate sheet of paper with the member number from column assigned or leased to and perform services for a client must O, the corresponding relationship, and the number of the be included in determining the eligibility of the client for this member(s) with that relationship. credit. Column T: Check column T for each shareholder for whom NOTE: If a shareholder owned stock for less than the entire columns P through S are blank (no attributable relationship tax year of the corporation, or an officer served as an officer exists). less than the entire tax year, report only the salaries, wages and director fees attributable while serving as an officer Include completed Form 4894 as part of the tax return filing. or shareholder. These amounts must be annualized when determining disqualifiers, but should be reported as actual amounts on this form. NOTE: All compensation must be included, whether or not the shareholder or corporate officer worked in Michigan. Column K: Enter employee insurance payments and pensions that are attributable to each shareholder or officer. NOTE: If a shareholder owned stock for less than the entire tax year of the corporation, or an officer served as an officer less than the entire tax year, report only the employee insurance payments, pensions, etc., that are attributable while serving as 37 |