1065 States: Allocation vs. Apportionment

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State Apportionment factors Allocation available? Where to allocate? Items available to allocate Can all state income be allocated? Can all lower-tiered K-1 income be allocated? Additional information
Alabama (AL) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes, limited* Screen ALAdj Certain items of ordinary income and nonbusiness items No No
Arizona (AZ) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen AZAlloc All Schedule K Yes No, only rental activities and royalties
Arkansas (AR) N/A Yes Screens ARAlloc and ARAlloc2 Form AR1050, Page 1 and Schedule K Yes Yes
California (CA) Sales Yes Screen CAAlloc Nonbusiness income only No Yes
Colorado (CO) Sales Yes Screen COAlloc Net rent/royalties from real/tangible personal property, capital gains and losses, interest and dividends, patents and copyright royalties, other nonbusiness income Yes Yes
Connecticut (CT) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen CTAlloc All non pass-through items Yes Yes Lower-tiered income is always allocated for CT purposes. All other income can be either apportioned or allocated to the state.
District of Columbia (DC) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen DCInc Most of Schedule K No, ordinary income not available No, most can be allocated on Screen DCInc
Delaware (DE) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen DEAlloc All Schedule K Yes Yes
Florida (FL) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A
Georgia (GA) Sales Yes Screen GAAdj Income can be allocated as a whole, not individually Yes Yes
Hawaii (HI) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen HIAlloc All ordinary income items Yes Yes Hawaii apportionment is only for ordinary income. All other income for Hawaii is allocated.
Iowa (IA) Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A - Apportionment factor includes pass-through entity income
Idaho (ID) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen IDAdj Income can be allocated as a whole, not individually Yes Yes Partnerships only use the top portion of Form 42. If the partnership is an electrical or telephone utility, the sales factor is single-weighted. Otherwise, the sales factor is double-weighted.
Illinois (IL) Sales Yes Screen ILAlloc Portfolio, rents, royalties, and other income can be allocated as nonbusiness income. Also, ordinary rents, portfolio and other income can be allocated as non-unitary income. Yes Yes
Indiana (IN) Sales, Revenue miles (transportation entities) Yes Screen INAlloc Schedule K income, Indiana modifications, limited expense items Yes Yes
Kansas (KS) Property, Payroll, Sales, plus Miles for transportation entities Yes, limited to nonbusiness income Screen KSAdj in the nonbusiness income data entry section Nonbusiness income No N/A
Kentucky (KY) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A
Louisiana (LA) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen LASch Federal income taxes, net rents and royalties, net profit from sales or exchanges of property, other net allocable income Yes, only items listed in previous column
Maine (ME) Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A Adjustments can be made on Screen MEAdj
Maryland (MD) Property, Payroll, Sales plus alternative apportionment factors Yes Non-Maryland income can be allocated on Screen MDAdj for multi-state partnerships using separate accounting Total non-Maryland income for entities using separate accounting As indicated As indicated UltraTax CS provides a statement of each states allocated income based upon separate accounting
Massachusetts (MA) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A Adjustments can be made on Screen MAAdj
Michigan (MI) Sales Limited Screen MIAdj Guaranteed payments, pass-through income, capital gains, other income No N/A
Michigan Cities (MJ) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A None No N/A
Minnesota (MN) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A None No N/A
Mississippi (MS) Property, Payroll, Sales Limited; non-business income, pass-through income and direct accounting income. Screens MSNBI, MSK1, MSK1-2, MSCODI, MSDIR, MSDIR2, and MSCON Non-business income, pass-through income, direct accounting income No - Only non-business income, pass-through entity income, and direct accounting income. Yes Non-business income and direct accounting income only apply to non-resident partners.
Missouri (MO) Property, Payroll, Sales plus several other alternative apportionment methods. Yes Screen MOAlloc Partner's distributive share items (MO-NRP Schedule K income and expenses), MO partnership adjustments, and Ordinary income if in possession of a letter of approval. No Yes, with the exception of federal ordinary income.
Montana (MT) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen MTAlloc, MTK1 and MTK1-2 Schedule K income and deductions No - only non-business income and pass-through entity income. Lower-tiered K-1 income should be allocated, not apportioned, if non-business. UltraTax CS automatically allocates income when rent, royalty and pass-through income is marked as nonbusiness on Screen MTAlloc.
Nebraska (NE) Sales No N/A None N/A N/A Adjustments can be made to ordinary income on Screen NEAdj.
New Hampshire (NH) Property, Payroll, Sales for BPT return and Compensation/Wages, Interest and Dividends for BET return No N/A None N/A N/A Adjustments can be made on Screen NHAdj. Lower-tier entity income and expenses are adjusted out of NH income on NH1065, Page 2.
New Jersey (NJ) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes, limited. Requires prior state approval. View > Apportionment > New Jersey column Income, gross profits, 401k contributions and pass-through income on Schedule A. Yes - net Yes Substitute method of allocation not common
New Mexico (NM) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A
New York (NY) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen NYAlloc All of Schedule K Yes Yes, but will require separate books allocation on Screen NYAlloc.
New York City (NYC) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A
North Carolina (NC) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A N/A N/A N/A Use the fields available on Screen NCAdj to force amounts for net income apportioned to North Carolina and also amounts for income solely for business activities in North Carolina. There are also addition and subtraction items available.
North Dakota (ND) Property, Payroll, Sales Limited; non-business income Screen NDAdj Non-business income only No No
Ohio (OH) Property, Payroll, Sales (triple weighted) Limited, non-business income for composite return Screen OHComp Non-business income only No No Force fields are available on Screen OHWith to force the qualifying investors' distributive share of income and gain.
Ohio Cities (OJ) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes, varies by city Screen OHCGen for rents and royalties; Screens COLGen, RITGen, TOLGen Rents and royalties can be allocated to all cities No Columbus K-1 income can be allocated, RITA K-1 income is deducted and Toledo K-1 income is deducted.
Oklahoma (OK) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen Inc Schedule K Yes N/A
Oregon (OR) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen ORAdj Non-business income and gain from prior year installment sales No No
Pennsylvania (PA) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screens PAM1, PAM2, PAM3, PAK1-2 Business income, rental income and pass-through income No Yes
Puerto Rico (PR) None Yes All Screens Everything Yes Yes
Rhode Island (RI) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A None No No
South Carolina (SC) Sales Yes Screen SCAdj All of Schedule K Yes Yes
Tennessee (TN) Property, Payroll, Sales plus alternative apportionment factors Yes Screen TNAdj for allocation of interest and dividend income, Screen TNInc for allocating additions and deductions from TN excise tax income and non-business income. Interest and dividend income for INC250 and additions and deductions from TN income for excise tax purposes. No As indicated
Utah (UT) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen UTAlloc Non-business income only No No
Vermont (VT) Property, Payroll, Sales Limited, non-business income Screen VTAdj Non-business income only No No
Virginia (VA) Property, Payroll, Sales Limited, dividends received. Screen VAAdj Dividends received No No
West Virginia (WV) Property, Payroll, Sales No N/A None No No Form SPF-100 APT, Page 1 has allocation for s-corporations only and the number will carry back to a line on the return that indicated this.
Wisconsin (WI) Property, Payroll, Sales Yes Screen WIGen Farm, rentals and farm rents No Yes

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