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Draft Articles of IncorporationARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF TETON TERRACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act: ARTICLE I - NAME AND TYPE A. The name of the Corporation is: TETON TERRACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. B. Teton Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. is deemed a Mutual Benefit Corporation. ARTICLE II - DURATION This Corporation shall have perpetual existence. ARTICLE III - PURPOSES The purposes for which this Corporation is organized are: A. Exercise the powers, through the board of directors, as given to the homeowners association under the Declaration of Covenants filed as Document Number, 1997705815060, Records of Flathead County, Montana, and all amendments thereto. B. To engage in any and all other activities authorized by the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act and the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations as from time to time amended or modified. C. The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as purposes and powers and shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the corporation and the enjoyment and exercise thereof, as conferred by the laws of the State of Montana; and it is the intention that the purposes and powers specified in each of the paragraphs V:\attsect\wp\tetonterracecorp.wpd 1 of this Article III shall be regarded as independent purposes and powers. ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP A. The membership of the corporation shall be each owner of a lot as the term is used in the Declaration of Covenants above referenced. B. As to all lot owners, there shall be one vote cast for each lot irrespective of the number of owners and should co -owners disagree, they shall cast fractional votes determined by the percentage of ownership of the lot as determined by public record. Should the public record not be specific, than each owner will be presumed to have equal ownership with his co -owners. C. No contract seller or mortgagee shall be considered an owner. ARTICLE V - INITIAL OFFICER AND AGENT The address of this Corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is. Agent: Susan Moyer Office: 15 Iris Court Kalispell, MT 59901 ARTICLE VI - DIRECTORS A. The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors of this Corporation shall be five (5). The Incorporator shall call an organizational meeting to elect directors and the organization of the corporation. B. The number of directors may be increased by an amendment to the By -Laws to not more than seven (7). ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION No officer or Director shall be personally liable for any obligations of the Corporation or for any duties or obligations arising out of any acts or conduct of said officer V:\attsect\wp\tetonterracecorp.wpd 2 or Director performed for or on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall and does hereby indemnify and hold harmless each person and his heirs and administrators who shall serve at any time hereafter as a Director or officer of the Corporation from and against any and all claims, judgments and liabilities to which such person shall become subject by reason of his having been a Director or officer of the Corporation, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted to have been taken by him as such Director or officer, and shall reimburse each such person for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or payment of any such claim or liability; this shall include the duty or power to defend such person from all suits or claims as provided for under the provisions of the Montana Business Corporation Act; provided, however, that no such person shall be indemnified against, or be reimbursed for, any expense incurred in connection with any claim or liability arising out of his own criminal, intentional or willful misconduct. The rights accruing to any person under the foregoing provisions of this section shall not exclude any other right to which he may lawfully be entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Corporation to indemnify or reimburse such person in any proper case, even though not specifically herein provided for. The Corporation, its Directors, officers, employees and agents shall be fully protected in taking any action or making any payment, or in refusing so to do in reliance upon the advice of counsel. The indemnification herein provided shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any By -Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such officer, and shall continue after such person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of V:\attsect\wp\tetonterracecorp.wpd 3 his status as such, either or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under these provisions or of the Montana Business Corporation Act. The right of any person to be indemnified shall be subject always to the right of the Corporation by its Board of Directors, in lieu of such indemnity, to settle any such claim, action, suit or proceeding at the expense of the Corporation by the payment of the amount of such settlement and the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith. ARTICLE VIII - INCORPORATOR The name and address of the incorporator of this Corporation is. Susan Moyer 15 Iris Court Kalispell, MT 59901 DATED this day of , 2001. Incorporator STATE OF MONTANA ) .ss. County of Flathead ) On this day of 1 2001, before me, the undersigned, Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared , known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. NOTARY PUBLIC for the State of Montana Residing at Kalispell, Montana My Commission Expires: V:\attsect\wp\tetonterracecorp.wpd 4 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS REGISTERED AGENT I, Susan Moyer, the initial registered agent for the Teton Terrace Homeowner's Association, hereby accept said appointment. Susan Moyer Initial Registered Agent STATE OF MONTANA ) .ss. County of Flathead ) On this day of 1 2001, before me, the undersigned, Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared , known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. NOTARY PUBLIC for the State of Montana Residing at Kalispell, Montana My Commission Expires: V:\attsect\wp\tetonterracecorp.wpd 5 Prepare, sign and submit an ORIGINAL AND COPY with fee. STATE OF MONTANA ARTICLES of INCORPORATION for DOMESTIC NONPROFIT �tl CORPORATION W` - (35-2-213, MCA) -' MAIL: BOB BROWN Secretary of State P.O. Box 202801 Helena, MT 59620-2801 PHONE: a(406)444-3665 FAX: (406)444-3976 WEB SITE: www.stat&mtus/sos rms is the muumum intormation r< (This space for use by the Secretary of State only) ❑ Priority Filing Add $20.00 Form: DN-1 Fee: $20.00 ► Executed by the undersigned person for the purpose of forming a Montana nonprofit corporation. ► FIRST: The name of the Nonprofit Corporation is ► SECOND: The name and address of the registered office/agent in Montana: Name Street Address Mailing Address City Signature of Agent (Required) MONTANA Zip Code ► THIRD: The name and address of the incorporator is as follows: Name Address ► FOURTH: The Nonprofit Corporation ❑ WILL ► FIFTH: This Nonprofit Corporation is a (check one): ❑ Public Benefit Corporation ❑ Mutual Benefit Corporation ❑ Religious Corporation Zip Code ❑ WILL NOT have members. ► SIXTH: Upon dissolution, the assets shall be distributed in the following manner: Signature of Incorporator Date sAforms\dn-1 Revised:01/02/2001 F�l Use this form to file Articles of Incorporation for a Montana nonprofit corporation. K�F You may request priority filing of your document. Simply mark the "priority filing" box and include an additional $20.00 with your filing fee for a total of $40.00. Priority filing ensures that your application will be handled within 24 hours of receipt of the document by our office. UZI Please type or clearly print the requested information. n�F This form provides the minimal information necessary to file a nonprofit corporation. It is advised that you contact an attorney for assistance and guidance in consideration of additional provisions that may be necessary for your organization. tw The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires specific language to be included in Articles of Incorporation in order to qualify for nonprofit tax status. It is advised that you contact the IRS for their language requirements. Unless otherwise specified, the existence date for the corporation will be the date the Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State. (35-2-214, MCA) a Article Fourth: Members are those individuals who can vote to elect the board of directors or elect delegates who in turn elect the board of directors. WWI Article Fifth: a.) Public Benefit Corporations are those corporations operating for public or charitable purposes. As such, members may not sell their interest or receive distributions from the organizations. Written notice of intent to dissolve must be given to the Attorney General. b.) Mutual Benefit Corporations are organizations such as trade associations, social clubs, and fraternal organizations designed to benefit their members. Members, as such, are given broader voting rights. Members, while not entitled to receive distributions while the organization is operating, will be entitled to sell their memberships and receive distributions when the organization dissolves. c.) Religious Corporations are treated in a way similar to public benefit corporations. Written notice of intent to dissolve must be given to the Attorney General. W Upon completion, mail the original, one copy, and the correct filing fee to the Secretary of State, PO Box 202801, Helena, MT 59620-2801. Make checks payable to the Secretary of State. W The Secretary of State will send a letter of acknowledgment to you once your document has been filed with our office. WRP Annual reports must be filed with the Secretary of State prior to April 15 each year. The Secretary of State will mail the report to the corporation's registered agent during the month of January, beginning the year following incorporation. (35-2-904, MCA) oW If you have any questions regarding this form, please contact the Secretary of State, Business Services Bureau at (406) 444-3665. Please be advised that the Business Services Bureau of the Montana Secretary of State will process your business documents within 10 working days of initial receipt. During this period if it is determined that your document does not meet statutory requirements, a letter outlining the deficiencies will be returned to the original submitter. If the document is complete and correct, the document will be filed and an acknowledgment copy showing completion returned to the original submitter. Form Request for Taxpayer Give form to the (Rev. December 2000) identification Number and Certification requester. Do not Department of the Treasury send to the IRS. Internal Revenue Service Name (See Specific Instructions on page 2.) am T Business name, if different from above. (See Specific Instructions on page 2.) `o Check appropriate box: El Individual/Sole proprietor 0 Corporation Partnership Other 0- --------------------------------------. a o, Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) Requester's name and address (optional) M m a City, state, and ZIP code TeX a er Identification Number (TIN) List account number(s) here (optional) Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. For individuals, this is your social security number Social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part 1 For U.S. Payees Exempt From instructions on page 2. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not or Backup Withholding (See the have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 2. Employer identification number instructions on page 2.) Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 2 for guidelines on whose number to enter. Certification Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: 1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and 2. 1 am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and 3. 1 am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien). Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the Certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. (See the instructions on page 2.) Sign ( Signature of Here I U.S. person Is Date Ill Purpose of Form A person who is required to file an information return with the IRS must get your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for example, income paid to you, real estate transactions, mortgage interest you paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to give your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) and, when applicable, to: 1. Certify the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued), 2. Certify you are not subject to backup withholding, or 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If you are a foreign person, use the appropriate Form W-8. See Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations, Note: If a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester's form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9. What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must withhold and pay to the IRS 31% of such payments under certain conditions. This is called "backup withholding." Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding. If you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return, payments you receive will not be subject to backup withholding. Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if: 1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester, or 2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the Part III instructions on page 2 for details), or 3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN, or 4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or 5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only). Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See the Part II instructions and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9. Penalties Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty. Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment. Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINS in violation of Federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Cat. No. 10231X Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2000) Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2000) Page 2 Name. If you are an individual, you must generally enter the name shown on your social security card. However, if you have changed your last name, for instance, due to marriage without informing the Social Security Administration of the name change, enter your first name, the last name shown on your social security card, and your new last name. If the account is in joint names, list first and then circle the name of the person or entity whose number you enter in Part I of the form. Sole proprietor. Enter your individual name as shown on your social security card on the "Name" line. You may enter your business, trade, or "doing business as (DBA)" name on the "Business name" line. Limited liability company (LLC). If you are a single -member LLC (including a foreign LLC with a domestic owner) that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under Treasury regulations section 301.7701-3, enter the owner's name on the "Name" line. Enter the LLC's name on the "Business name" line. Caution: A disregarded domestic entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8. Other entities. Enter your business name as shown on required Federal tax documents on the "Name" line. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on the "Business name" line. Part I —Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below. If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN. However, the IRS prefers that you use your SSN. If you are an LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner (see Limited liability company (LLC) above), and are owned by an individual, enter your SSN (or "pre-LLC" EIN, if desired). If the owner of a disregarded LLC is a corporation, partnership, etc., enter the owner's EIN. Note: See the chart on this page for further clarification of name and TIN combinations. How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local Social Security Administration office. Get Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can get Forms W-7 and SS-4 from the IRS by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) or from the IRS's Internet Web Site at www.irs.gov. If you do not have a TIN, write "Applied For" in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester. Note: Writing 'Applied For" means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon. Part II —For U.S. Payees Exempt From Backup Withholding Individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding. Corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, such as interest and dividends. For more information on exempt payees, see the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9. If you are exempt from backup withholding, you should still complete this form to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. Enter your correct TIN in Part I, write "Exempt" in Part Il, and sign and date the form. If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity not subject to backup withholding, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8. Part III —Certification To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if items 1, 3, and 5 below indicate otherwise. For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). 1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification. 2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form. 3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification. 4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. "Other payments" include payments made in the course of the requester's trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations). 5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified state tuition program payments, IRA or MSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification. Privacy Act Notice Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to give your correct TIN to persons who must file information returns with the IRS to GJ' report interest, dividends, and certain other income paid to you, mortgage interest you paid, the acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA or MSA. The IRS uses the numbers for identification purposes and to help verify the accuracy of your tax return. The IRS may also provide this information to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and to cities, states, and the District of Columbia to carry out their tax laws. You must provide your TIN whether or not yoL are required to file a tax return. Payers must generally withhold 31 % of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply. What Name • Number a Give the Requester I For this type of account: Give name and SSN of: 1. Individual The individual 2. Two or more The actual owner of the individuals {joint account or, if combined account) funds, the first individual on the account' 3. Custodian account of The minor z a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act) 4. a. The usual The grantor -trustee' revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee) b. So-called trust The actual owner ' account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law 5. Sole proprietorship The owner 3 For this type of account: Give name and EIN of: 6. Sole proprietorship The owner 3 7. A valid trust, estate, or Legal entity 4 pension trust 8. Corporate The corporation 9. Association, club, The organization religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization 10. Partnership The partnership 11. A broker or registered The broker or nominee nominee 12. Account with the The public entity Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments ' List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that person's number must be furnished. 2 Circle the minor's name and furnish the minor's SSN. You must show your individual name, but you may also enter your business or "DBA" name. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one). ' List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Note: if no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed. OMB No. 1545-0127 FormU.S. income Tax Return for Homeowners Associations gO Department of the Treasury oo Internal Revenue Service For calendar year 2000 or tax year beginning 2000, and ending 20 Use Name Employer identification number (see page 4) IRS label. Other- Number, street, and room or suite no. (If a P.O. box, see page 4.) Date association formed wise, please Cityor town, state, and ZIP code print or Check if: (1) ❑ Final return (2) ❑ Change of address (3) ❑ Amended return A Check type of homeowners association: ❑ Condominium management association ❑ Residential real estate association ❑ Timeshare association B Total exempt function income. Must meet 60% gross income test (see instructions) . . . B C Total expenditures made for purposes described in 90% expenditure test (see instructions) . C D Association's total expenditures for the tax year (see instructions) . . . . . . . . D E Tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the tax year E Gross Income (excludinq exempt function income) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taxable interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross rents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross royalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capital gain net income (attach Schedule D (Form 1120)) . . . . . . . . . . Net gain (or loss) from Form 4797, Part II, line 18 (attach Form 4797) . . . . . . Other income (excluding exempt function income) (attach schedule) . . . . . . Gross income (excludin exem t function income). Add lines 1 through 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Deductions (directly connected to the production of gross income, excluding exempt function income) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Salaries and wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repairs and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taxes and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depreciation (attach Form 4562) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other deductions (attach schedule) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total deductions. Add lines 9 through 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taxable income before specific deduction of $100. Subtract line 16 from line 8 . . . Specific deduction of $100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 $100 00 Tax and Pavments 19 Taxable income. Subtract line 18 from line 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 20 20 Enter 30% of line 19. (Timeshare associations, enter 32% of line 19.) . . . . . . . 21 21 Tax credits (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 22 Total tax. Subtract line 21 from line 20. See instructions for recapture of certain credits 23 Payments: a 1999 overpayment credited to 000 . 23a 2FM b 2000 estimated tax payments 23b c Total ® d Tax deposited with Form 7004 . . . . . . 23d e Credit for tax paid on undistributed capital gains (attach Form 2439) 23e If Credit for Federal tax on fuels (attach Form 4136) . . ., 23f g Add lines 23c through 23f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 24 24 Tax due. Subtract line 23g from line 22. See instructions for depository method of tax payment 25 25 Overpayment. Subtract line 22 from line 23g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 26 Enter amount of line 25 you want: Credited to 2001 estimated tax ® I Refunded ® Sign Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge. Here Signature of officer Date Title Paid Preparer's Signature 9 Date Check if self-employed ❑ Preparer's SSN or PTIN Preparer's Use Only Firm's name (or yours if self-employed) address, and ZIP code EIN I Phone no. ( ) For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions on page 4. Cat. No. 11477H Form 1120-H (2000) Form 1120-H (2000) Page 2 A Change To Note Mailing the return. The association may need to mail its return to a different service center this year because the IRS has changed the filing location for several areas. See Where To File on page 3. How To Get Forms and Publications Personal computer. You can access the IRS Web Site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.irs.gov to: e Download forms, instructions, and publications. e See answers to frequently asked tax questions. e Search publications on-line by topic or keyword. e Send us comments or request help by e-mail. e Sign up to receive local and national tax news by e-mail. You can also reach us using file transfer protocol at ftp.irs.gov. CD-ROM. Order Pub. 1796, Federal Tax Products on CD-ROM, and get: e Current year forms, instructions, and publications. e Prior year forms, instructions, and publications. e Popular tax forms that may be filled in electronically, printed out for submission, and saved for recordkeeping. e The Internal Revenue Bulletin. Buy the CD-ROM on the Internet at www.irs.gov/cdorders from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) for $21 (no handling fee), or call 1-877-CDFORMS (1-877-233-6767) toll -free to buy the CD-ROM for $21 (plus a $5 handling fee). By phone and in person. You can order forms and publications 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). You can also get most forms and publications at your local IRS office. General Instructions Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. A homeowners association should compare its total tax computed on Form 1120-H with its total tax computed on either Form 1120, U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, or Form 1120-A, U.S. Corporation Short -Form Income Tax Return. The association may file the form that results in the lowest tax. Note: The taxable income of a homeowners association that files its tax return on Form 1120-H is taxed at a flat rate of 30% for condominium management associations and residential real estate associations. The tax rate for timeshare associations is 32%. These rates apply to both ordinary income and capital gains. Purpose of Form A homeowners association files Form 1120-H as its income tax return to take advantage of certain tax benefits. These benefits, in effect, allow the association to exclude exempt function income (defined below) from its gross income. Definitions Homeowners association. There are three kinds of homeowners associations: 1. A condominium management association organized and operated to acquire, build, manage, maintain, and care for the property in a condominium project substantially all of whose units are homes for individuals. 2. A residential real estate management association organized and operated to acquire, build, manage, maintain, and care for a subdivision, development, or similar area substantially all of whose lots or buildings are homes for individuals. 3. A timeshare association (other than a condominium management association), organized and operated to acquire, build, manage, maintain, and care for the property that has members who hold a timeshare right to use, or a timeshare ownership interest in, real property of the timeshare association. A timeshare asociation cannot be a condominium mangagment association. Regulations section 1.528-4 explains the "substantially all" test. In addition: e At least 60% of the association's gross income for the tax year must consist of exempt function income (see below). e At least 90% of the association's expenses for the tax year must consist of expenses to acquire, build, manage, maintain, or care for its property, and, in the case of a timeshare association, for activities provided to, or on behalf of, members of the timeshare association. e No private shareholder or individual can profit from the association's net earnings except by acquiring, building, managing, or caring for association property or by a rebate of excess membership dues, fees, or assessments. e The association must file Form 1120-H to elect under section 528 to be treated as a homeowners association. Association property. Association property includes real and personal property that: 1. The association holds, 2. The association's members hold in common, 3. The association's members hold privately within the association, and 4. Is owned by a governmental unit and is used to benefit the unit's residents. The timeshare association or its members have rights arising out of recorded easements, covenants, or other recorded instruments to use property related to the timeshare project. For more information, see Regulations section 1.528-3. Taxable income. Taxable income is the excess, if any, of: 1. Gross income for the tax year, excluding exempt function income, over 2. Allowed deductions directly connected with producing any gross income except exempt function income. Allowed deductions include a specific $100 deduction. The following are not allowed: e Net operating loss deduction (section 172). e Deductions under Part VIII of subchapter B (special deductions for corporations). If facilities are used (or personnel are employed) for both exempt and nonexempt purposes, see Regulations section 1.528-10. Exempt function income. Exempt function income consists of membership dues, fees, or assessments from (1) owners of condominium housing units, (2) owners of real property in the case of a residential real estate management association, or (3) owners of timeshare rights to use, or timeshare ownership interests in, real property in the case of a timeshare association. This income must come from the members as owners, not as customers, of the association's services. Assessments or fees for a common activity qualify but charges for providing services do not qualify. Examples. In general, exempt function income includes assessments made to: 1. Pay principal, interest, and real estate taxes on association property. 2. Maintain association property. 3. Clear snow from public areas and remove trash. Income that is not exempt function income includes: 1. Amounts that are not includible in the organization's gross income other than under section 528 (for example, tax-exempt interest). 2. Payments from nonmembers. 3. Payments from members for special use of the organization's facilities, apart from the use generally available to all members. 4. Interest on amounts in a sinking fund. 5. Payments for work done on nonassociation property. 6. Members' payments for transportation. For more information, see Regulations section 1.528-9. Electing To File Form 1120-H By filing a properly completed Form 1120-H, the association elects to take advantage of the tax benefits provided by section 528. The election is made separately for each tax year and generally must be made by the due date, including extensions, of the income tax return. However, see Regulations section 301.9100-2 for information on a 12-month extension of time to make the election. This extension does not extend the time to pay the tax. Once Form 1120-H is filed, the association cannot revoke its election for that year unless the Commissioner consents. The association may request the Commissioner's consent by filing a ruling request with the IRS. A user fee must be paid with all ruling requests. For more information on ruling requests, see Rev. Proc. 2000-1, 2000-1 I.R.B. 4. If the association does not elect to use Form 1120-H, it must file the applicable income tax return (Form 1120, etc.). If the association is tax exempt under section 501, do not file Form 1120-H. See section 6033 and related sections. If the association loses its exempt status, see Regulations section 1.528-8(e). When To File Generally, an association must file Form 1120-H by the 15th day of the 3rd month after the end of the tax year. If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the association may file on the next business day. Private delivery services. You can use certain private delivery services designated by the IRS to meet the "timely mailing as timely filing/paying" rule for tax returns and payments. See the instructions for Form 1120 for details. Extension. File Form 7004, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File Corporation Income Tax Return, to request a 6-month extension of time to file. Form 1120-H (2000) Who Must Sign The return must be signed and dated by the president, vice-president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, chief accounting officer, or any other association officer (such as a tax officer) authorized to sign. Receivers, trustees, or assignees must sign and date any return filed on behalf of an association. If an association officer completes Form 1120-H, the Paid Preparer's space should remain blank. Anyone who prepares Form 1120-H but does not charge the association should not sign the return. Generally, anyone who is paid to prepare the return must sign it and fill in the Paid Preparer's Use Only area. The paid preparer must complete the required preparer information and— * Sign the return, by hand, in the space provided for the preparer's signature (signature stamps and labels are not acceptable). e Give a copy of the return to the taxpayer. Where To File File your return at the applicable IRS address listed below: If the association's Use the following principal office is Internal Revenue located in Service Center address Florida, Georgia Atlanta, GA 39901 Kansas, New Mexico, Austin, TX 73301 Oklahoma Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Cincinnati, OH 45999 North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia, Wisconsin New York (New York City and counties of Nassau, Holtsville, NY 00501 Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester) New York (all other counties), Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Andover, MA 05501 New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Illinois Kansas City, MO 64999 Alabama, Tennessee Memphis, TN 37501 Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California (counties o(Alpt.ne, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Ogden, UT 84201 Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming California (all other Fresno, CA 93888 counties) Virginia Philadelphia, PA 19255 Associations having their principal place of business outside the United States must file with the Internal Revenue Service Center, Philadelphia, PA 19255. Other Forms and Statements That May Be Required The association may have to file any of the following: Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements. Form 940 or Form 940-EZ, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return. Report annual Federal unemployment (FUTA) tax. The tax applies if either of the following requirements are met: e You paid wages of $1,500 or more in any calendar quarter in 1999 or 2000, or e You had at least one employee who worked for the association for some part of a day in any 20 or more different weeks in 1999 or 20 or more different weeks in 2000. Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return. File this form quarterly to report payroll income tax withheld and employer and employee social security and Medicare taxes. Form 945, Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax. File to report income tax withheld from nonpayroll distributions or payments. Form 1098, Mortgage Interest Statement. Use this form to report the receipt of $600 or more of mortgage interest (including points) in the course of the association's trade or business. Forms 1099-A, B, DIV, INT, MISC, and S. Use these information returns to report abandonments, acquisitions through foreclosure, proceeds from broker and barter exchange transactions, certain dividends and distributions, interest income, miscellaneous income (e.g., payments to providers of health and medical services; proceeds paid to attorneys; miscellaneous income payments and nonemployee compensation), and proceeds from real estate transactions. Also use these returns to report amounts that were received as a nominee on behalf of another person. For more information, see the instructions for Forms 1099, 1098, 5498, and W-2G. Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business. Use this form to report the receipt of more than $10,000 in cash or foreign currency in one transaction or in a series of related transactions. Assembling the return. Attach Form 4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels, to Form 1120-H. Attach schedules in alphabetical order and other forms in numerical order after Form 4136. Complete every applicable entry space on Form 1120-H. Do not write "See attached" instead of completing the entry spaces. If you need more space on the forms or schedules, attach separate sheets. Use the same size and format as on the printed forms. But show the totals on the printed forms. Attach these separate sheets after all the schedules and forms. Be sure to put the association's name and EIN on each sheet. Accounting Methods Taxable income must be computed using the method of accounting regularly used in keeping the association's books and records. Generally, permissible methods include the cash, accrual, or any other method authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. In all cases, the method used must clearly reflect taxable income. Generally, an accrual basis taxpayer can deduct accrued expenses in the tax year in which (1) all events that determine the liability have occurred, (2) the amount of the liability can be figured with reasonable accuracy, and Page 3 (3) economic performance takes place with respect to the expense. There are exceptions for recurring items. See section 461(h) and the related regulations for the rules for determining when economic performance takes place. Generally, the association must get IRS consent to change the method of accounting used to report taxable income (for income as a whole or any material item). To do so, it must file Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method. For more information, get Pub. 538, Accounting Periods and Methods. Change in Tax Year Generally, an association must get the consent of the IRS before changing its tax year by filing Form 1128, Application To Adopt, Change, or Retain a Tax Year. However, under certain conditions, an association may change its tax year without getting the consent. See Regulations section 1.442-1 and Pub. 538, Rounding Off to Whole Dollars The association may show amounts on the return and accompanying schedules as whole dollars. To do so, drop amounts less than 50 cents and increase amounts from 50 cents through 99 cents to the next higher dollar. Depository Method of Tax Payment The association must pay the tax due in full no later than the 15th day of the 3rd month after the end of the tax year. The two methods of depositing association income taxes are discussed below. Electronic Deposit Requirement The association must make electronic deposits of all depository taxes (such as employment tax, excise tax, and corporate income tax) using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) in 2001 if: e The total deposits of such taxes in 1999 were more than $200,000 or e The association was required to use EFTPS in 2000. If the association is required to use EFTPS and fails to do so, it may be subject to a 10% penalty. If the association is not required to use EFTPS, it may participate voluntarily. To enroll in or get more information about EFTPS, call 1-800-555-4477 or 1-800-945-8400. Depositing on time. For deposits made by EFTPS to be on time, the association must initiate the transaction at least 1 business day before the date the deposit is due. Deposits With Form 8109. If the association does not use EFTPS, deposit association income tax payments (and estimated tax payments) with Form 8109, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon. If you do not have a preprinted Form 8109, use Form 8109-B to make deposits. You can get this form only by calling 1-800-829-1040. Be sure to have your employer identification number (EIN) ready when you call. Do not send deposits directly to an IRS office; otherwise, the association may have to pay a penalty. Mail or deliver the completed Form 8109 with the payment to an authorized depositary, i.e., a commercial bank or other financial institution authorized to accept Federal tax deposits. Make checks or money orders payable to the depositary. To help ensure proper crediting, write the association EIN, the tax period to which the deposit applies, and "Form 1120-H" on the check or money order. Be sure to darken the "1120" box on the coupon. Records of these deposits will be sent to the IRS. Form 1120-H (2000) For more information on deposits, see the instructions in the coupon booklet (Form 8109) and Pub. 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records. Caution: If the association owes tax when it files Form 1720-H, do not include the payment with the tax return. Instead, mail or deliver the payment with Form 8109 to an authorized depositary, or use EFTPS, if applicable. Estimated Tax, Alternative Minimum Tax, and Certain Tax Credits These items do not apply to homeowners associations electing to file Form 1120-H. See the instructions for line 21 below for a list of the tax credits that do not apply. However, a homeowners association that does not elect to file Form 1120-H may be required to make payments of estimated tax. Because the election is not made until the return is filed, Form 1120-H provides lines for estimated tax payments and the crediting of overpayments against estimated tax if payments or overpayments apply. Interest and Penalties Interest. Interest is charged on taxes paid late even if an extension of time to file is granted. Interest is also charged on penalties imposed for failure to file, negligence, fraud, gross valuation overstatements, and substantial understatement of tax from the due date (including extensions) to the date of payment. The interest charge is figured at a rate determined under section 6621. Penalty for late filing of return. In addition to losing the right to elect to file Form 1120-H, a homeowners association that does not file its tax return by the due date, including extensions, may be penalized 5% of the unpaid tax for each month or part of a month the return is late, up to a maximum of 25% of the unpaid tax. The minimum penalty for a return that is over 60 days late is the smaller of the tax due or $100. The penalty will not be imposed if the association can show that the failure to file on time was due to reasonable cause. Associations that file late must attach a statement explaining the reasonable cause. Penalty for late payment of tax. An association that does not pay the tax when due generally may be penalized 1h of 1% of the unpaid tax for each month or part of a month the tax is not paid, up to a maximum of 25% of the unpaid tax. The penalty will not be imposed if the association can show that the failure to pay on time was due to reasonable cause. Other penalties. Other penalties can be imposed for negligence, substantial understatement of tax, and fraud. See sections 6662 and 6663. Specific Instructions Period covered. File the 2000 return for calendar year 2000 and fiscal years that begin in 2000 and end in 2001. For a fiscal year, fill in the tax year space at the top of the form. Note: The 2000 Form 1720-H may also be used if (1) the association has a tax year of less than 12 months that begins and ends in 2007 and (2) the 2001 Form 1120-H is not available at the time the association is required to file its return. However, the association must show its 2001 tax year on the 2000 Form 1120-H and must incorporate any tax law changes that are effective for tax years beginning after 2000. Address. Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street address. If a pre -addressed label is used, include this information on the label. If the Post Office does not deliver mail to the street address and the association has a P.O. box, show the box number instead of the street address. Note: If a change in address occurs after the return is filed, the association can use Form 8822, Change of Address, to notify the IRS of the new address. Employer identification number (EIN). Show the correct EIN in the space provided. If the association does not have an EIN, it should apply for one on Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number. If the association has not received its EIN by the time the return is due, write "Applied for" in the space for the EIN. See Pub. 583 for details. Final return, change of address, or amended return. If the association ceases to exist, file Form 1120-H and check the "Final return" box at the top of the form. If the association has changed its address since it last filed a return, check the box for "Change of address." To amend a previously filed Form 1120-H, file a corrected Form 1120-H and check the "Amended return" box at the top of the form. Item B-60% exempt function income test. At least 60% of the association's gross income for the tax year must consist of exempt function income (see Definitions on page 2). Item C-90% expenditure test. At least 90% of the association's expenditures for the tax year must consist of expenses to acquire, build, manage, maintain, and care for property, and in the case of a timeshare association, for activities provided to, or on behalf of, members of the timeshare association. Include current and capital expenditures. Use the association's accounting method to figure the total. Include: 1. Salary for an association manager or secretary. 2. Expenses for gardening, paving, street signs, security guards, and property taxes assessed on association property. 3. Current operating and capital expenditures for tennis courts, swimming pools, recreation halls, etc. 4. Replacement costs for common buildings, heating, air conditioning, elevators, etc. Do not include expenditures for property that is not association property. Also, do not include investments or transfers of funds held to meet future costs. An example would be transfers to a sinking fund to replace a roof, even if the roof is association property. Item D. Enter the association's total expenditures for the tax year including those expenditures directly related to exempt function income. Use the association's accounting method to figure the entry for item D. Item E. Show any tax-exempt interest received or accrued. Include any exempt -interest dividend received as a shareholder in a mutual fund or other regulated investment company. Line 21—Tax credits. The association may qualify for the following tax credits: Page 4 Foreign tax credit. See Form 1118, Foreign Tax Credit —Corporations. Credit for fuel produced from a nonconventional source. See section 29 for a definition of qualified fuels, provisions for figuring the credit, and other special rules. Qualified electric vehicle credit. See Form 8834, Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit, and section 30. The general business credit (but not the investment credit, the Indian employment credit, the work opportunity credit, the welfare -to -work credit, or the empowerment zone employment credit). See Form 3800, General Business Credit. Note: The association may not claim the qualified zone academy bond credit. Enter the total amount of credits on line 21 and attach the appropriate form(s). Line 22. If the association must recapture any of the low-income housing credit (or the qualified electric vehicle credit), include the amount of the recapture in the total for line 22. To the right of the entry space, write "LIH recapture" (or "QEV recapture") and the amount. See Form 8611, Recapture of Low -Income Housing Credit, and section 420) for more details. See Regulations section 1.30-1 for details on how to figure the recapture for the qualified electric vehicle credit. Backup withholding. If the association had income tax withheld from any payments it received, because, for example, it failed to give the payer its correct EIN, include this amount in the total for line 23g. This type of withholding is called "backup withholding." Show the amount withheld in the blank space in the right-hand column between lines 22 and 23g, and write "backup withholding." Paperwork Reduction Act Notice We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax. You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average time is: Recordkeeping . . . . . .11 hr., 29 min. Learning about the law or the form . . . . . . 5 hr., 20 min. Preparing the form . . . . 33 hr., 12 min. Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS . . . . . . .. 2 hr., 9 min. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can write to the Tax Forms Committee, Western Area Distribution Center, Rancho Cordova, CA 95743-0001. DO NOT send the tax form to this office. Instead, see Where To File on page 3. SCHEDULE H (Form 1120) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Name Section 28Limitations fora Personal Service Corporation (PSC) ® Attach to PSC's income tax return if Part II is completed. OMB No. 1545-0123 Employer identification number Note: A newly organized PSC is considered to have met the section 280H distribution requirements for the first year of its existence and does not have to complete Schedule H. If, during the tax year, an existing corporation becomes a PSC and makes a section 444 election, the corporation is treated as if it were a PSC for the 3 preceding tax years. See Temporary Regulations section 1.280H-1 T(e) for details. Minimum Distribution Requirement (See instructions.) 1 Enter applicable amounts from preceding tax year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Divide number of months in deferral period of preceding tax year by number of months in preceding tax year. Enter the result as a percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 3 Amount figured under preceding year test. Multiply line 1 by the percentage on line 2. _ 4 Enter applicable amounts from the deferral period of the applicable election year If line 4 is less than line 3, go to line 5. Otherwise, stop here. The PSC has met the minimum distribution requirement. Do not attach Schedule H to the PSC's income tax return. Keep Schedule H with the PSC's tax records. 5 Enter applicable amounts from the: a 1st tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 2nd tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c 3rd tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 6 Total. Add lines 5a through 5c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 7 Enter adjusted taxable income for the: a 1st tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. b 2nd tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. c 3rd tax year before applicable election year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 Total. Add lines 7a through 7c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Divide line 6 by line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 Enter the percentage from line 9 or 95%, whichever is smaller . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 Enter adjusted taxable income for the deferral period of the applicable election year . . . . 12 Amount figured under 3-year average test. Multiply line 11 by line 10 . . . . . . . _ 5a 5b L 7a 13 Minimum distribution requirement. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 12 . . 13 _ If line 13 is equal to or less than line 4, stop here. The PSC has met the minimum distribution requirement. Do not complete Part 11 and do not attach Schedule H to the PSC's income tax return. Keep Schedule H with the PSC's tax records. If line 13 is more than line 4, the PSC's deduction for applicable amounts is limited under section 280H. Complete Part II to figure the maximum amount the PSC can deduct. Maximum Deductible Amount (See instructions.) 14 Enter amount from line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. L 14 15 Enter number of months in deferral period of applicable election year . . . . . . . . .. 15 16 Divide line 14 by line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Nondeferral period. Subtract the number of months in the deferral period from the number of months in the applicable tax year. Enter the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17 18 Multiply line 16 by line 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 19 Maximum deductible amount. Add lines 14 and 18. The PSC's deduction for applicable amounts paid or incurred to employee -owners is limited to this amount. Attach Schedule H to the PSC's income tax return. Any amount not allowed because of the section 280H(d) limitation is treated as paid or incurred in the PSC's succeeding tax year 19 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Forms 1120 and 1120-A. Cat. No. 14491P Schedule H (Form 1120) (2000) Schedule H (Form 1120) (2000) Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. Purpose of Schedule A personal service corporation (PSC) (as defined in section 441(i)(2)) may elect under section 444 to have a tax year other than a calendar year. A PSC that makes the election is subject to the minimum distribution requirement of section 280H for the year the election is made and for each tax year the election remains in effect. If the PSC does not meet the requirement, its deduction for amounts paid or incurred to employee -owners (see Applicable amount below) is limited. Use Part I of Schedule H to determine if the PSC meets the minimum distribution requirement of section 280H(c) for the tax year. Use Part II to figure the limits on deductions under section 280H(d) if the requirement is not met. Who Must File A PSC that has elected under section 444 to have a tax year other than a calendar year must complete Schedule H. If the PSC does not meet the minimum distribution requirement of section 280H for the tax year, it must file Schedule H with its Form 1120. If it does meet the requirement, it does not need to attach the completed Schedule H to its tax return, but it should keep it with its tax records. Definitions Applicable election year. An applicable election year is any tax year in which a section 444 election is in effect. Applicable amount. An applicable amount is any amount otherwise deductible by a PSC in a tax year that is includible (directly or indirectly) in the gross income of a taxpayer who is an employee -owner during that year. Temporary Regulations section 1.280H-1T(b)(4)(iii) contains examples of how to figure a PSC's applicable amounts. Exception. Dividends paid by the corporation and gain on the sale or exchange of property between the owner -employee and the corporation are not applicable amounts. An amount is indirectly includible in the gross income of an employee -owner if the amount is includible in the gross income of certain related parties. For details, see Temporary Regulations section 1.280H-1 T(b)(4)(ii). Employee -owner. An employee - owner is a person who: • On any day of the PSC's tax year, is an employee of the PSC or who performs services for or on behalf of the PSC (including an independent contractor) and • On any day of the PSC's tax year, owns any outstanding stock of the PSC. Deferral period. The deferral period is the number of months between the last day of the elected tax year and the last day of the required tax year. Example. The PSC elects a tax year that ends on September 30. Since the required tax year for a PSC is the calendar year, the deferral period is 3 months (the number of months between September 30 and December 31). Nondeferral period. The nondeferral period is the part of the tax year that occurs after the part of the year that constitutes the deferral period. Adjusted taxable income. Adjusted taxable income is taxable income determined without regard to: • Applicable amounts and • Any NOL carryover to the extent the carryover is attributable to applicable amounts. Adjusted taxable income for the deferral period of an applicable election year is the adjusted taxable income that would result if the PSC filed an income tax return for the deferral period under its normal method of accounting. Reasonable estimates are acceptable. For more information, see Temporary Regulations section 1.2801­1-1 T(c)(3)(iii). Part I Complete Part I to see if the PSC meets the minimum distribution Page 2 requirement of section 280H(c), The PSC meets the requirement if, during the deferral period of the tax year, the applicable amounts paid or incurred for all employee -owners are equal to or greater than the smaller of: • The amount determined under the preceding year test or • The amount determined under the 3-year average test. Use lines 1 through 4 to see if the preceding year test applies to the PSC. If it doesn't, complete the rest of Part I to see if the 3-year average test applies. Line 1. Enter the applicable amount that was paid or incurred in the preceding tax year to any employee -owner of the PSC and that was otherwise deductible by the PSC on its preceding income tax return. Example. PEK, an accrual basis personal service corporation with a tax year ending September 30, made a section 444 election for its tax year beginning October 1, 1999. On October 1, 1999, S, an employee of PEK, owned no stock of PEK; however, on March 31, 2000, S acquired 10 of the 200 outstanding shares of PEK stock. During the period October 1, 1999, to March 31, 2000, S earned $40,000 of compensation as an employee of PEK. During the period April 1, 2000, to September 30, 2000, S earned $60,000 of compensation as an employee -owner of PEK. The entire $100,000 compensation paid to S during PEK's tax year ending September 30, 2000, was otherwise deductible by PEK and includible in S's gross income. In 2000, it is an applicable amount for PEK from the preceding tax year. See Temporary Regulations section 1.280H-lT(c) for more information, including examples of the computation of the preceding -year test and the 3-year average test. Use Part II to figure the maximum deduction under section 280H(d) for applicable amounts if the PSC did not meet the minimum distribution requirement figured in Part I. go Form ® Application for Employer Identification Number (For use by employers, corporations, Partnerships, trusts, estates, churches, EIN (Rev. April 2000) government agencies, certain individuals, and others. See instructions.) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service ► Keep a copy for your records. OMB No. 1545-0003 1 Name of applicant (legal name) (see instructions) T 2 Trade name of business (if different from name on line 1) 3 Executor, trustee, "care of name m U c 4a Mailing address (street address) (room, apt., or suite no.) 5a Business address (if different from address on lines 4a and 4b) C a ° 4b City, state, and ZIP code 5b City, state, and ZIP code m a N 6 County and state where principal business is located m ° ° 7 Name of principal officer, general partner, grantor, owner, or trustor- SSN or TIN may be required (see instructions) ► 8a Type of entity (Check only one box.) (see instructions) Caution: if applicant is a limited liability company, see the instructions for line Sa. ❑ Sole proprietor (SSN) ❑ Estate (SSN of decedent) ❑ Partnership ❑ Personal service Corp. ❑ Plan administrator (SSN) ❑ REMIC ❑ National Guard ❑ Other corporation (specify) ► ❑ State/local government ❑ Farmers' cooperative ❑ Trust ❑ Church or church -controlled organization ❑ Federal government/military ❑ Other nonprofit organization (specify) ► (enter GEN if applicable) ❑ Other (specify) ► 8b If a corporation, name the state or foreign country State Foreign country (if applicable) where incorporated 9 10 Reason for applying (Check only one box.) (see instructions) ❑ Banking purpose (specify purpose) ► ❑ Started new business (specify type) ► ❑ Changed type of organization (specify new type) 0- El Purchased going business ❑ Hired employees (Check the box and see line 12.) ❑ Created a trust (specify type) 0- El Created a pension plan (specify type) ► Date business started or acquired (month, day, year) (see instructions) ❑ Other (specify) ► 11 Closing month of accounting year (see instructions) 12 First date wages or annuities were paid or will be paid (month, day, year). Note: if applicant is a withholding agent, enter date income will first be paid to nonresident alien. (month, day, year) . . . . . . . . . . . .. ► 13 Highest number of employees expected in the next 12 months. Note: If the applicant does not Nonagricultural Agricultural Household expect to have any employees during the period, enter -0-. (see instructions) . . . . , ► 14 Principal activity (see instructions) ► 15 Is the principal business activity manufacturing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .❑ Yes El No If "Yes," principal product and raw material used ► 16 To whom are most of the products or services sold? Please check one box. ❑ Business (wholesale) ❑ Public (retail) ❑ Other (specify) ► ❑ N/A 17a Has the applicant ever applied for an employer identification number for this or any other business? .❑ Yes ❑ No Note: If "Yes," please complete lines 77b and 17c. 17b If you checked "Yes" on line 17a, give applicant's legal name and trade name shown on prior application, if different from line 1 or 2 above. Legal name ► Trade name ► 17c Approximate date when and city and state where the application was filed. Enter previous employer identification number if known. Approximate date when filed (mo., day, year) City and state where filed Previous EIN Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this application, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Business telephone number (include area code) ( ) Fax telephone number (include area code) Name and title (Please type or print clearly.) ► Signature ► Date Do - Note: Do not write below this line. For official use only. Please leave I Geo. Ind. Class Size Reason for applying blank ► For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 4. Cat. No. 16055N Form SS-4 (Rev. 4-2000) Form SS-4 (Rev. 4-2000) General Instructions Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. Purpose of Form Use Form SS-4 to apply for an employer identification number (EIN). An EIN is a nine -digit number (for example, 12-3456789) assigned to sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, and other entities for tax filing and reporting purposes. The information you provide on this form will establish your business tax account. Caution: An EIN is for use in connection with your business activities only. Do not use your EIN in place of your social security number (SSN). Who Must File You must file this form if you have not been assigned an EIN before and: ® You pay wages to one or more employees including household employees. ® You are required to have an EIN to use on any return, statement, or other document, even if you are not an employer. e You are a withholding agent required to withhold taxes on income, other than wages, paid to a nonresident alien (individual, corporation, partnership, etc.). A withholding agent may be an agent, broker, fiduciary, manager, tenant, or spouse, and is required to file Form 1042, Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons. e You file Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business, Schedule C-EZ, Net Profit From Business, or Schedule F, Profit or Loss From Farming, of Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and have a Keogh plan or are required to file excise, employment, or alcohol, tobacco, or firearms returns. The following must use EINs even if they do not have any employees: ® State and local agencies who serve as tax reporting agents for public assistance recipients, under Rev. Proc. 80-4, 1980-1 C.B. 581, should obtain a separate EIN for this reporting. See Household employer on page 3. ® Trusts, except the following: 1. Certain grantor -owned trusts. (See the Instructions for Form 1041, U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts.) 2. Individual retirement arrangement (IRA) trusts, unless the trust has to file Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return. (See the Instructions for Form 990-T.) ® Estates ® Partnerships ® REMICs (real estate mortgage investment conduits) (See the Instructions for Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return.) ® Corporations ® Nonprofit organizations (churches, clubs, etc.) ® Farmers' cooperatives ® Plan administrators (A plan administrator is the person or group of persons specified as the administrator by the instrument under which the plan is operated.) When To Apply for a New EIN New Business. If you become the new owner of an existing business, do not use the EIN of the former owner. If you already have an EIN, use that number. If you do not have an EIN, apply for one on this form. If you become the "owner" of a corporation by acquiring its stock, use the corporation's EIN. Changes in Organization or Ownership. If you already have an EIN, you may need to get a new one if either the organization or ownership of your business changes. If you incorporate a sole proprietorship or form a partnership, you must get a new EIN. However, do not apply for a new EIN if: ® You change only the name of your business, ® You elected on Form 8832, Entity Classification Election, to change the way the entity is taxed, or e A partnership terminates because at least 50% of the total interests in partnership capital and profits were sold or exchanged within a 12-month period. (See Regulations section 301.6109-1(d)(2)(iii).) The EIN for the terminated partnership should continue to be used. Note: If you are electing to be an "S corporation," be sure you file Form 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation. Page 2 File Only One Form SS-4. File only one Form SS-4, regardless of the number of businesses operated or trade names under which a business operates. However, each corporation in an affiliated group must file a separate application. EIN Applied for, But Not Received. If you do not have an EIN by the time a return is due, write "Applied for" and the date you applied in the space shown for the number. Do not show your social security number (SSN) as an EIN on returns. If you do not have an EIN by the time a tax deposit is due, send your payment to the Internal Revenue Service Center for your filing area. (See Where To Apply below.) Make your check or money order payable to "United States Treasury" and show your name (as shown on Form SS-4), address, type of tax, period covered, and date you applied for an EIN. Send an explanation with the deposit. For more information about EINs, see Pub. 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records, and Pub. 1635, Understanding Your EIN. How TO Apply You can apply for an EIN either by mail or by telephone. You can get an EIN immediately by calling the Tele-TIN number for the service center for your state, or you can send the completed Form SS-4 directly to the service center to receive your EIN by mail. Application by Tele-TIN. Under the Tele-TIN program, you can receive your EIN by telephone and use it immediately to file a return or make a payment. To receive an EIN by telephone, complete Form SS-4, then call the Tele-TIN number listed for your state under Where To Apply. The person making the call must be authorized to sign the form. (See Signature on page 4.) An IRS representative will use the information from the Form SS-4 to establish your account and assign you an EIN. Write the number you are given on the upper right corner of the form and sign and date it. Mail or fax (facsimile) the signed Form SS-4 within 24 hours to the Tele- TIN Unit at the service center address for your state. The IRS representative will give you the fax number. The fax numbers are also listed in Pub. 1635. Taxpayer representatives can receive their client's EIN by telephone if they first send a fax of a completed Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative, or Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization, to the Tele-TIN unit. The Form 2848 or Form 8821 will be used solely to release the EIN to the representative authorized on the form. Application by Mail. Complete Form SS-4 at least 4 to 5 weeks before you will need an EIN. Sign and date the application and mail it to the service center address for your state. You will receive your EIN in the mail in approximately 4 weeks. Where To Apply The Tele-TIN numbers listed below will involve a long-distance charge to callers outside of the local calling area and can be used only to apply for an EIN. The numbers may change without notice. Call 1-800-829-1040 to verify a number or to ask about the status of an application by mail. Call the Tele-TIN If your principal business, number shown or office or agency, or legal file with the Internal residence in the case of an Revenue Service individual, is located in: Center at: Attn: Entity Control Florida, Georgia, South Carolina Atlanta, GA 39901 770-455-2360 New Jersey, New York (New York City and Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, Attn: Entity Control Holtsville, NY 00501 counties of and Westchester) 516-447-4955 New York (all other counties), Connecticut, Attn: Entity Control Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Andover, MA 05501 Rhode Island, Vermont 978-474-9717 Attn: Entity Control Stop 6800 Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin 2306 E. Bannister Rd. Kansas City, MO 64999 816-926-5999 Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Attn: Entity ControlPhiladelphia, PA 19255 Pennsylvania, Virginia 215-516-6999 Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Attn: Entity ControlCincinnati, OH 45999 Virginia 859-292-5467 Form SS-4 (Rev. 4-2000) Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Attn: Entity Control Austin, TX 73301 512-460-7843 Alaska, Arizona, California (counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Attn: Entity Control Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Mail Stop 6271 Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, P.O. Box 9941 Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Ogden, UT 84201 Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba), Colorado, Idaho, 801-620-7645 Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Attn: Entity Control California (all other counties), Hawaii Fresno, CA 93888 559-452-4010 Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Attn: Entity Control Memphis, TN 37501 North Carolina, Tennessee 901-546-3920 If you have no legal residence, principal Attn: Entity Control place of business, or principal office or Philadelphia, PA 19255 agency in any state 215-516-6999 Specific Instructions The instructions that follow are for those items that are not self-explanatory. Enter N/A (nonapplicable) on the lines that do not apply. Line 1. Enter the legal name of the entity applying for the EIN exactly as it appears on the social security card, charter, or other applicable legal document. Individuals. Enter your first name, middle initial, and last name. If you are a sole proprietor, enter your individual name, not your business name. Enter your business name on line 2. Do not use abbreviations or nicknames on line 1. Trusts. Enter the name of the trust. Estate of a decedent. Enter the name of the estate. Partnerships. Enter the legal name of the partnership as it appears in the partnership agreement. Do not list the names of the partners on line 1. See the specific instructions for line 7. Corporations. Enter the corporate name as it appears in the corporation charter or other legal document creating it. Plan administrators. Enter the name of the plan administrator. A plan administrator who already has an EIN should use that number. Line 2. Enter the trade name of the business if different from the legal name. The trade name is the "doing business as" name. Note: Use the full legal name on line I on all tax returns filed for the entity. However, if you enter a trade name on line 2 and choose to use the trade name instead of the legal name, enter the trade name on all returns you file. To prevent processing delays and errors, always use either the legal name only or the trade name only on all tax returns. Line 3. Trusts enter the name of the trustee. Estates enter the name of the executor, administrator, or other fiduciary. If the entity applying has a designated person to receive tax information, enter that person's name as the "care of" person. Print or type the first name, middle initial, and last name. Line 7. Enter the first name, middle initial, last name, and SSN of a principal officer if the business is a corporation; of a general partner if a partnership; of the owner of a single member entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner; or of a grantor, owner, or trustor if a trust. If the person in question is an alien individual with a previously assigned individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), enter the ITIN in the space provided, instead of an SSN. You are not required to enter an SSN or ITIN if the reason you are applying for an EIN is to make an entity classification election (see Regulations section 301.7701-1 through 301.7701-3), and you are a nonresident alien with no effectively connected income from sources within the United States. Line 8a. Check the box that best describes the type of entity applying for the EIN. If you are an alien individual with an ITIN previously assigned to you, enter the ITIN in place of a requested SSN. Caution: This is not an election for a tax classification of an entity. See "Limited liability company (LLC)" below. If not specifically mentioned, check the "Other" box, enter the type of entity and the type of return that will be filed (for example, common trust fund, Form 1065). Do not enter N/A. If you are an alien individual applying for an EIN, see the Line 7 instructions above. Sole proprietor. Check this box if you file Schedule C, C-EZ, or F (Form 1040) and have a qualified plan, or are required to file excise, employment, or alcohol, tobacco, or firearms returns, or are a payer of gambling winnings. Enter your SSN (or ITIN) in the space provided. If you are a nonresident alien with are a nonresident alien with no effectively Page 3 connected income from sources within the United States, you do not need to enter an SSN or ITIN. REMIC. Check this box if the entity has elected to be treated as a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC). See the Instructions for Form 1066 for more information. Other nonprofit organization. Check this box if the nonprofit organization is other than a church or church -controlled organization and specify the type of nonprofit organization (for example, an educational organization). If the organization also seeks tax-exempt status, you must file either Package 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption, or Package 1024, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(a). Get Pub. 557, Tax Exempt Status for Your Organization, for more information. Group exemption number (GEN). If the organization is covered by a group exemption letter, enter the four -digit GEN. (Do not confuse the GEN with the nine -digit EIN.) If you do not know the GEN, contact the parent organization. Get Pub. 557 for more information about group exemption numbers. Withholding agent. If you are a withholding agent required to file Form 1042, check the "Other" box and enter "Withholding agent." Personal service corporation. Check this box if the entity is a personal service corporation. An entity is a personal service corporation for a tax year only if: a The principal activity of the entity during the testing period (prior tax year) for the tax year is the performance of personal services substantially by employee -owners, and ® The employee -owners own at least 10% of the fair market value of the outstanding stock in the entity on the last day of the testing period. Personal services include performance of services in such fields as health, law, accounting, or consulting. For more information about personal service corporations, see the Instructions for Forms 1120 and 1120-A, and Pub. 542, Corporations. Limited liability company (LLC). See the definition of limited liability company in the Instructions for Form 1065, U.S. Partnership Return of Income. An LLC with two or more members can be a partnership or an association taxable as a corporation. An LLC with a single owner can be an association taxable as a corporation or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from its owner. See Form 8832 for more details. Note: A domestic LLC with at least two members that does not file Form 8832 is classified as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. ® If the entity is classified as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes, check the "partnership" box. ® If the entity is classified as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes, check the "Other corporation" box and write "limited liability co." in the space provided. e If the entity is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, check the "Other" box and write in "disregarded entity" in the space provided. Plan administrator. If the plan administrator is an individual, enter the plan administrator's SSN in the space provided. Other corporation. This box is for any corporation other than a personal service corporation. If you check this box, enter the type of corporation (such as insurance company) in the space provided. Household employer. If you are an individual, check the "Other" box and enter "Household employer" and your SSN. If you are a state or local agency serving as a tax reporting agent for public assistance recipients who become household employers, check the "Other" box and enter "Household employer agent." If you are a trust that qualifies as a household employer, you do not need a separate EIN for reporting tax information relating to household employees; use the EIN of the trust. QSub. For a qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSub) check the "Other" box and specify "QSub." Line 9. Check only one box. Do not enter NIA. Started new business. Check this box if you are starting a new business that requires an EIN. If you check this box, enter the type of business being started. Do not apply if you already have an EIN and are only adding another place of business. Hired employees. Check this box if the existing business is requesting an EIN because it has hired or is hiring employees and is therefore required to file employment tax returns. Do not apply if you already have an EIN and are only hiring employees. For information on the applicable employment taxes for family members, see Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide (Publication 15). Created a pension plan. Check this box if you have created a pension plan and need an EIN for reporting purposes. Also, enter the type of plan. Note: Check this box if you are applying for a trust EIN when a new pension plan is established. Form SS-4 (Rev. 4-2000) Page 4 Banking purpose. Check this box if you are requesting an EIN for banking purposes only, and enter the banking purpose (for example, a bowling league for depositing dues or an investment club for dividend and interest reporting). Changed type of organization. Check this box if the business is changing its type of organization, for example, if the business was a sole proprietorship and has been incorporated or has become a partnership. If you check this box, specify in the space provided the type of change made, for example, "from sole proprietorship to partnership." Purchased going business. Check this box if you purchased an existing business. Do not use the former owner's EIN. Do not apply for a new EIN if you already have one. Use your own EIN. Created a trust. Check this box if you created a trust, and enter the type of trust created. For example, indicate if the trust is a nonexempt charitable trust or a split -interest trust. Note: Do not check this box if you are applying for a trust EIN when a new pension plan is established. Check "Created a pension plan." Exception. Do not file this form for certain grantor -type trusts. The trustee does not need an EIN for the trust if the trustee furnishes the name and TIN of the grantor/owner and the address of the trust to all payors. See the Instructions for Form 1041 for more information. Other (specify). Check this box if you are requesting an EIN for any other reason, and enter the reason. Line 10. If you are starting a new business, enter the starting date of the business. If the business you acquired is already operating, enter the date you acquired the business. Trusts should enter the date the trust was legally created. Estates should enter the date of death of the decedent whose name appears on line 1 or the date when the estate was legally funded. Line 11. Enter the last month of your accounting year or tax year. An accounting or tax year is usually 12 consecutive months, either a calendar year or a fiscal year (including a period of 52 or 53 weeks). A calendar year is 12 consecutive months ending on December 31. A fiscal year is either 12 consecutive months ending on the last day of any month other than December or a 52-53 week year. For more information on accounting periods, see Pub. 538, Accounting Periods and Methods. Individuals. Your tax year generally will be a calendar year. Partnerships. Partnerships generally must adopt one of the following tax years: ® The tax year of the majority of its partners, ® The tax year common to all of its principal partners, ® The tax year that results in the least aggregate deferral of income, or ® In certain cases, some other tax year. See the Instructions for Form 1065 for more information. REMIC. REMICs must have a calendar year as their tax year. Personal service corporations. A personal service corporation generally must adopt a calendar year unless: ® It can establish a business purpose for having a different tax year, or ® It elects under section 444 to have a tax year other than a calendar year. Trusts. Generally, a trust must adopt a calendar year except for the following: ® Tax-exempt trusts, ® Charitable trusts, and ® Grantor -owned trusts. Line 12. If the business has or will have employees, enter the date on which the business began or will begin to pay wages. If the business does not plan to have employees, enter N/A. Withholding agent. Enter the date you began or will begin to pay income to a nonresident alien. This also applies to individuals who are required to file Form 1042 to report alimony paid to a nonresident alien. Line 13. For a definition of agricultural labor (farmwork), see Circular A, Agricultural Employer's Tax Guide (Publication 51). Line 14. Generally, enter the exact type of business being operated (for example, advertising agency, farm, food or beverage establishment, labor union, real estate agency, steam laundry, rental of coin -operated vending machine, or investment club). Also state if the business will involve the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages. Governmental. Enter the type of organization (state, county, school district, municipality, etc.). Nonprofit organization (other than governmental). Enter whether organized for religious, educational, or humane purposes, and the principal activity (for example, religious organization- hospital, charitable). Mining and quarrying. Specify the process and the principal product (for example, mining bituminous coal, contract drilling for oil, or quarrying dimension stone). Contract construction. Specify whether general contracting or special trade contracting. Also, show the type of work normally performed (for example, general contractor for residential buildings or electrical subcontractor). Food or beverage establishments. Specify the type of establishment and state whether you employ workers who receive tips (for example, lounge- yes). Trade. Specify the type of sales and the principal line of goods sold (for example, wholesale dairy products, manufacturer's representative for mining machinery, or retail hardware). Manufacturing. Specify the type of establishment operated (for example, sawmill or vegetable cannery). Signature. The application must be signed by (a) the individual, if the applicant is an individual, (b) the president, vice president, or other principal officer, if the applicant is a corporation, (c) a responsible and duly authorized member or officer having knowledge of its affairs, if the applicant is a partnership or other unincorporated organization, or (d) the fiduciary, if the applicant is a trust or an estate. How To Get Forms and Publications Phone. You can order forms, instructions, and publications by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just call 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). You should receive your order or notification of its status within 10 workdays. Personal computer. With your personal computer and modem, you can get the forms and information you need using IRS's Internet Web Site at www.irs.gov or File Transfer Protocol at ftp.irs.gov. CD-ROM. For small businesses, return preparers, or others who may frequently need tax forms or publications, a CD-ROM containing over 2,000 tax products (including many prior year forms) can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). To order Pub. 1796, Federal Tax Products on CD-ROM, call 1-877-CDFORMS (1-877-233-6767) toll free or connect to www.irs.gov/cdorders Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. We need it to comply with section 6109 and the regulations thereunder which generally require the inclusion of an employer identification number (EIN) on certain returns, statements, or other documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Information on this form may be used to determine which Federal tax returns you are required to file and to provide you with related forms and publications. We disclose this form to the Social Security Administration for their use in determining compliance with applicable laws. We will be unable to issue an EIN to you unless you provide all of the requested information which applies to your entity. You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns/return information are confidential, as required by section 6103. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average time is: Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 min. Learning about the law or the form . . . . . . . . . 22 min. Preparing the form . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 46 min. Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS . . , 20 min. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can write to the Tax Forms Committee, Western Area Distribution Center, Rancho Cordova, CA 95743-0001. Do not send the form to this address. Instead, see Where To Apply on page 2. iAJ PAGE 26 CFR 1.528-1 printed in FULL format. LEXIS PUBLISHING'S CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Copyright (c) 2001, LEXIS Publishing *** THIS SECTION IS CURRENT THROUGH THE JANUARY 19, 2001 ISSUE OF *** *** THE FEDERAL REGISTER *** TITLE 26 -- INTERNAL REVENUE CHAPTER I -- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SUBCHAPTER A -- INCOME TAX PART 1 -- INCOME TAXES NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS 26 CFR 1.528-1 @ 1.528-1 Homeowners associations. (a) In general. Section 528 only applies to taxable years of homeowners ssociations beginning after December 31, 1973. To qualify as a homeowners ssociation an organization must either be a condominium management association r a residential real estate management association. For the purposes of Section 28 and the regulations under that section, the term homeowners association hall refer only to an organization described in section 528. Cooperative ousing corporations and organizations based on a similar form of ownership are of eligible to be taxed as homeowners associations. As a general rule, iembership in either a condominium management association or a residential real ,state management association is confined to the developers and the owners of .he units, residences, or lots. Furthermore, membership in either type of Lssociation is normally required as a condition of such ownership. However, if :he membership of an organization consists of other homeowners associations, the >wners of units, residences, or lots who are members of such other homeowners associations will be treated as the members of the organization for the purposes >f the regulations under section 528. (b) Condominium. The term condominium means an interest in real property -onsisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real ?roperty (which may be a fee simple estate or an estate for years, such as a Leasehold or subleasehold) together with a separate interest in space in a building located on such property. An interest in property is not a condominium znless the undivided interest in the common elements are vested in the unit holders. In addition, a condominium must meet the requirements of applicable state or local law relating to condominiums or horizontal property regimes. (c) Residential real estate management association. Residential real estate management associations are normally composed of owners of single-family residential units located in a subdivision, development, or similar area. However, they may also include as members, owners of multiple -family dwelling units located in such areas. They are commonly formed to administer and enforce covenants relating to the architecture and appearance of the real estate development as well as to perform certain maintenance duties relating to common areas. (d) Tenants. Tenants will not be considered members for purposes of meeting the source of income test under section 528(c)(1)(B) and @ 1.528-5. However, PAGE 26 CFR 1.528-1 e fact that tenants of members of a homeowners association are permitted to be mbers of the association will not disqualify an association under section 8(c)(1) if it otherwise meets the requirements of section 528(c) and these gulations. STORY: '.D. 7692, 45 FR 26321, Apr. 18, 1980] fTHORITY: TTHORITY NOTE APPLICABLE TO ENTIRE PART: i U.S.C. 7805. )TES: )TES APPLICABLE TO ENTIRE CHAPTER: )ITORIAL NOTE: IRS published a document at 45 FR 6088, Jan. 25, 1980, deleting -atutory sections from their regulations. In Chapter I, cross references to the :leted material have been changed to the corresponding sections of the IRS Code E 1954 or to the appropriate regulations sections. When either such change coduced a redundancy, the cross reference has been deleted. For further xplanation, see 45 FR 20795, March 31, 1980. The OMB control numbers for title 26 appear in @@ 601.9000 and 602.101 of this hapter.] OTES APPLICABLE TO ENTIRE SUBCHAPTER: upplementary Publications: Internal Revenue Service Looseleaf Regulations ystem, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Regulations, and Regulations Under Tax onventions. DITORIAL NOTE: Treasury Decision 6091, 19 FR 5167, Aug. 17, 1954, provides in ,art as follows: 'ARAGRAPH 1. All regulations (including all Treasury decisions) prescribed by, �r under authority duly delegated by, the Secretary of the Treasury, or jointly )y the Secretary and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or by the :ommissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the .reasury, or jointly by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the )ommissioner of Customs or the Commissioner of Narcotics with the approval of ;he Secretary of the Treasury, applicable under any provision of law in effect Dn the date of enactment of the Code, to the extent such provision of law is repealed by the Code, are hereby prescribed under and made applicable to the .Drovisions of the Code corresponding to the provision of law so repealed insofar as any such regulation is not inconsistent with the Code. Such regulations shall oecome effective as regulations under the various provisions of the Code as of the dates the corresponding provisions of law are repealed by the Code, until superseded by regulations issued under the Code. PAR. 2. With respect to any provision of the Code which depends for its application upon the promulgation of regulations or which is to be applied in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations, all instructions or rules in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Code, to the extent such instructions or rules could be prescribed as regulations under authority of such provision of the Code, shall be applied as regulations under such provision insofar as such instructions or rules are not inconsistent with the Code. Such instructions or rules shall be applied as regulations under the applicable provision of the Code as of the date such provision takes effect. PAR. 3. If any election made or other act done pursuant to any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 or prior internal revenue laws would (except for PAGE 26 CFR 1.526-1 enactment of the Code ) be effective for any period subsequent to such actment, and if corresponding provisions are contained in the Code, such ection or other act shall be given the same effect under the corresponding ovisions of the Code to the extent not inconsistent therewith. The term "act" cludes, but is not limited to, an allocation, identification, declaration, reemtent, option, waiver, relinquishment, or renunciation. R. 4. The limits of the various internal revenue districts have not been anged by the enactment of the Code. Furthermore, delegations of authority made .rsuant to the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950 and organization Plan No. 1 of 1952 (as well as redelegation thereunder), icluding those governing the authority of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ie Regional Commissioners of Internal Revenue, or the District Directors of eternal Revenue, are applicable to the provisions of the Code to the extent )nsistent therewith. 52 words (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. (4) (A) Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated lusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of ployees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated rson or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which e devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes. (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an entity unless no part of the t earnings of such entity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or dividual. (5) Labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. (6) Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of ade, or professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension nd for football players), not organized for profit and no part of the net rnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or dividual. (7) Clubs organized for pleasure, recreation, and other nonprofitable .rposes, substantially all of the activities of which are for such purposes and part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private Lareholder. (8) Fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations -- (A) operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the ambers of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system, and (B) providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits > the members of such society, order, or association or their dependents. (9) Voluntary employees' beneficiary associations providing for the payment life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such association or ieir dependents or designated beneficiaries, if no part of the net earnings of zch association inures (other than through such payments) to the benefit of any v PAGE 2 26 USCS @ 528 printed in FULL format. UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE Copyright 2000, LEXIS Law Publishing, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. *** CURRENT THROUGH P.L. 106-504, APPROVED 11/13/00 *** *** WITH GAPS OF 106-398 and 501 *** TITLE 26. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SUBTITLE A. INCOME TAXES CHAPTER 1. NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES SUBCHAPTER F. EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS PART VII. CERTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS 26 USCS @ 528 (2000) 528. Certain homeowners associations. a) General rule. A homeowners association (as defined in subsection (c)) shall e subject to taxation under this subtitle only to the extent provided in this ection. A homeowners association shall be considered an organization exempt rom income taxes for the purpose of any law which refers to organizations xempt from income taxes. b) Tax imposed. A tax is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the .omeowners association taxable income of every homeowners association. Such tax hall be equal to 30 percent of the homeowners association taxable income (32 )ercent of such income in the case of a timeshare association). ;c) Homeowners association defined. ?or purposes of this section— (1) Homeowners association. The term "homeowners association" means an >rganization which is a condominium management association, a residential real estate management association, or a timeshare association if -- (A) such organization is organized and operated to provide for the acquisition, construction, management, maintenance, and care of association property, (B) 60 percent or more of the gross income of such organization for the taxable year consists solely of amounts received as membership dues, fees, or assessments from-- (i) owners of residential units in the case of a condominium management association, (ii) owners of residences or residential lots in the case of a residential real estate management association, or (iii) owners of timeshare rights to use, or timeshare ownership interests in, association property in the case of a timeshare association, (C) 90 percent or more of the expenditures of the organization for the taxable year are expenditures for the acquisition, construction, management, maintenance, and care of association property and, in the case of a timeshare association, for activities provided to or on behalf of members of the association, (D) no part of the net earnings of such organization inures (other than by acquiring, constructing, or providing management, maintenance, and care of association property, and other than by a rebate of excess membership dues, fees, or assessments) to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, 26 USCS @ 528 PAGE M (E) such organization elects (at such time and in such manner as the :cretary by regulations prescribes) to have this section apply for the taxable :ar . (2) Condominium management association. The term "condominium management ssociation" means any organization meeting the requirement of subparagraph (A) paragraph (1) with respect to a condominium project substantially all of the sits of which are used by individuals for residences. (3) Residential real estate management association. The term "residential eal estate management association" means any organization meeting the equirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) with respect to a subdivision, evelopment, or similar area substantially all the lots or buildings of which ay only be used by individuals for residences. (4) Timeshare association. The term "timeshare association" means any rganization (other than a condominium management association) meeting the equirement of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) if any member thereof holds a imeshare right to use, or a timeshare ownership interest in, real property onstituting association property. (5) Association property. The term "association property" means -- (A) property held by the organization, (B) property commonly held by the members of the organization, (C) property within the organization privately held by the members of the irganization, and (D) property owned by a governmental unit and used for the benefit of residents of such unit. In the case of a timeshare association, such term includes property in which :he timeshare association, or members of the association, have rights arising >ut of recorded easements, covenants, or other recorded instruments to use >roperty related to the timeshare project. (d) Homeowners association taxable income defined. (1) Taxable income defined. For purposes of this section, the homeowners association taxable income of any organization for any taxable year is an amount equal to the excess (if any) of -- (A) the gross income for the taxable year (excluding any exempt function income), over (B) the deductions allowed by this chapter which are directly connected with the production of the gross income (excluding exempt function income), computed with the modifications provided in paragraph (2). (2) Modifications. For purposes of this subsection -- (A) there shall be allowed a specific deduction of $ 100, (B) no net operating loss deduction shall be allowed under section 172, and (C) no deduction shall be allowed under part VIII of subchapter B (relating to special deductions for corporations). (3) Exempt function income. For purposes of this subsection, the term "exempt function income" means any amount received as membership dues, fees, or assessments from -- (A) owners of condominium housing units in the case of a condominium management association, (B) owners of real property in the case of a residential real estate management association, or (C) owners of timeshare rights to use, or timeshare ownership interests in, real property in the case of a timeshare association. PAGE 26 USCS @ 528 HISTORY; ANCILLARY LAWS AND DIRECTIVES Lendments: In 1997, P.L. 105-34, Sec. 966(a)-(d) (applicable to taxable years beginning ter 12/31/96, as provided by Sec. 966(e), which appears as a note to this action), amended subsec. (b) by inserting "(32 percent of such income in the ise of a timeshare association)". amended subsec. (c) by substituting ", a ;sidential real estate management association, or a timeshare association" for )r a residential real estate management association" in the introductory matter para. (1), deleted "or" following the concluding comma in cl. (i) of subpara. 3) of such paragraph, substituted ", or" for a concluding period in cl. (ii) of zch subparagraph, and added cl. (iii) of such subparagraph, and inserted "and, z the case of a timeshare association, for activities provided to or on behalf E members of the association" in subpara. (C) of such paragraph, redesignated ara. (4) as para. (5), added a new para. (4), and inserted the concluding atter of para. (5); and amended subsec. (d)(3) by deleting "or" following the oncluding comma in subpara. (A), substituting ", or" for a concluding period in ubpara. (B), and adding subpara. (C). In 1980, P.L. 96-605, Sec. 105(a), amended subsec. (b), effective for tax. rs. begin. after 12/31/80. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: "(b) Tax imposed. "(1) In general. A tax is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the .omeowners association taxable income of.every homeowners association. Such tax hall be computed by multiplying the homeowners association taxable income by .he highest rate of tax specified in section 11(b). "(2) Alternative tax in case of capital gains. If for any taxable year any iomeowners association has a net capital gain, then in lieu of the tax imposed )y paragraph (1), there is hereby imposed a tax (if such tax is less than the :ax imposed by paragraph (1)) which shall consist of the sum of -- "(A) a partial tax, computed as provided by paragraph (1), on the iomeowners association taxable income determined by reducing such income by the amount of such gain, and "(B) an amount determined as provided in section 1201(a) on such lain.". In 1978, P.L. 95-600, Sec. 301(b)(7), amended para. (b)(1), effective for tax. yrs. begin. after 12/31/78. Prior to amendment, para. (b)(1) read as follows: "(1) In general. A tax is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the homeowners association taxable income of every homeowners association. Such tax shall consist of a normal tax and surtax computed as provided in section 11 as though the homeowners association were a corporation and as though the homeowners association taxable income were the taxable income referred to in section 11. For purposes of this subsection, the surtax exemption provided by section 11(d) shall not be allowed." --P.L. 95-600, Sec. 403(c)(2), amended subpara. (b)(2)(B), effective 11/6/78. Prior to amendment, subpara. (b)(2)(B) read as follows: "(B) a tax of 30 percent of such gain." --P.L. 95-600, Sec. 701(n)(1), substituted "by individuals for residences" for "as residences" in para. (c)(2), effective for tax. yrs. begin. after 12/31/73. In 1976, P.L. 94-455, Sec. 2101(a), added Code Sec. 528, effective for tax. yrs. begin. after 12/31/73. Other provisions: PAGE 26 USCS @ 528 Application of Aug. 5, 1997 amendments. Act Aug. 5, 1997, P.L. 105-34, Title X, Subtitle G, @ 966(e), 111 Stat. 895, provides: "The amendments made by this ection [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after ecember 31, 1996.". OTES: CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Exempt organizations --homeowners associations, 26 CFR @@ 1.528-1 et seq. RESEARCH GUIDE an Jur: 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (1999) PP 20785, 20787. 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (1998) PP 20785, 20787. 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (1997) PP 20785, 20787. 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (1996) PP 20785-20787, 20789. 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (1995) P P 20784, 20786. 34 Am Jur 2d, Federal Taxation (2000) PP 20784, 20786. INTERPRETIVE NOTES AND DECISIONS Homeowners' association that fails to make timely @ 528 election and does not refund excess assessments to members or apply excesses to following year assessments recognizes gross income to extent of excess assessments. Mission ieights Homeowners Ass'n v United States (1996, SD Cal) 96-2 USTC P 50489, 78 kFTR 2d 96-6399. Amounts paid by developer to homeowner's association in settlement of lawsuit for underassessments are exempt function income to homeowner's association under 26 USCS @ 528(d)(3). Rev Rul 88-56, IRB 1988-27, p 6. Benefit of net operating loss incurred in any subsequent tax year may not be obtained by homeowners association's revocation of elections made under 26 USCS @ 528 in previous tax year. Rev Rul 82-203, 1982-2 CB 109. Homeowners association is allowed to revoke election made under 26 USCS @ 528 where it receives inadequate tax advice from its professional tax adviser. Rev Rule 83-74, 1983-1 CB 112. section. Rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (25) shall .pply for purposes of this paragraph. (3) Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and )perated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public ;afety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or .nternational amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities .nvolve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the )revention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of 7hich inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no ;ubstantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or >therwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in ;ubsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including :he publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf )f (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. (4) (A) Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated Jerson or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which ire devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes. (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an entity unless no part of the iet earnings of such entity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or .ndividual. (5) Labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. (6) Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of trade, or professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension .und for football players), not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or _ndividual.