CCH Axcess Tax

Introduction to the California Corporate Return

The system prepares the California corporate franchise or income tax return for calendar and fiscal year corporations using entries on federal and California input. The following forms and schedules are produced for California:

Form 3539 Automatic Extension for Corporations
Form 100-ES California Bank and Corporation Declaration of Estimated Tax
Form 100 California Corporation Franchise or Income Tax Return
Form 100W California Corporation Franchise or Income Tax Return for Water's-Edge Filers
Form 100X Amended Corporation Franchise or Income Tax Return
Form 199 California Exempt Organization Annual Information
Form 541 Qualified Settlement Fund Tax Return
Form 541-ES QSF Estimates
Schedule D (541) Capital Gain or Loss QSF
Schedule D-1 Sale of Business Property, pages 1 and 2
Schedule H Dividend Income Deduction
Schedule P Alternative Minimum Tax for Banks and Corporations, pages 1 and 2
Schedule R Schedule of Apportionment and Allocation of Income, pages 1, 2, 3 and 4
Form 2424 Water's-Edge Foreign Investment Interest Offset
Form 3520 Power of Attorney
Form 3523 Research Credit
Form 3527 New Jobs Credit
Form 3531 California Competes Tax Credit
Form 3533 Change of Address
Form 3540 Credit Carryover Summary
Form 3544A Assigned Credits
Form 3554 New Employment Credit
Form 3586 Payment Voucher
Form 3592 College Access Tax Credit
Form 3802 Passive Activity Loss Limitations
Form 3805E Installment Sales
Form 3805Q Net Operating Loss (NOL) Deduction - Corporations
Form 3805Z Enterprise Zone Deduction and Credit Summary
Form 3806 LARZ Deduction and Credit Summary
Form 3811 Donated Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Credit
Form 3840 California Like-Kind Exchanges
Form 3885 Depreciation and Amortization
Form 5806 California Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Corporations, pages 1 and 2
Form 4684 Casualty and Theft Gains and Losses (with California numbers)
Form 8824 Like-kind Exchanges (with California numbers)
Form 8453-EO e-file Return Authorization for Exempt Organizations

Note: California input is used to process both corporate and S corporation tax returns. Sections or boxes used specifically for corporate 1120 returns are listed as "C Corp Only".

See Also

California Corporation Return Information

Refund expectations

California Franchise Tax Board is providing a URL about refund processing. Industry partners must use this URL or other method prescribed by the jurisdiction in all products. The messages must be shown to end-users within the software in a way to maximize the likelihood the message is read.

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/refund/index.asp


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