Section 11. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every business corporation, as defined in section 30 of chapter 63, shall file a return providing such information as the commissioner deems necessary for the determination of the taxes imposed upon it by said chapter 63. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an S corporation, as defined under section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect for the taxable year, shall file a return on or before the fifteenth day of the third month following the close of each taxable year, and any other business corporation shall file a return on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of each taxable year.
The filing of a combined report pursuant to section 32B of chapter 63 in the manner prescribed by the commissioner shall satisfy the filing requirements of this section for any business corporation that, pursuant to such combined report, calculates and reports its own individual corporate excise liability based on the income and non-income measures of the corporate excise or minimum excise tax as applicable under section 32D or 39 of said chapter 63. A combined report shall not constitute a filing under this section for any business corporation that does not calculate and report its own individual corporate excise liability under said sections 32D and 39 of said chapter 63, whether or not such business corporation's income, sales or other attributes may be taken into account in the calculation of the excise under this chapter of an affiliated corporation that does calculate and report an individual corporate excise pursuant to such combined report.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 62c - Administrative Provisions Relative to State Taxation
Section 2 - Application of Chapter
Section 4 - Forms; Provisions Respecting Fractional Parts of a Dollar; Credit, Refund, or Abatement
Section 5 - Returns; Filing; Declaration Covering Perjury; Improper Filings
Section 5a - Non-Custodial Parents; Indication of Status on Income Tax Return
Section 6 - Persons Required to Make Returns; Fiduciaries; Time for Making
Section 7 - Partnerships Required to File Returns
Section 8 - Annual Reports by Entities Doing Business in the State; Trustee and Fiduciary Reports
Section 8a - Show Promoters; Reports; Records
Section 8b - Employment-Sponsored Health Plans; Annual Statements for Covered Individuals; Penalties
Section 10 - Withholding Tax Returns; Payment
Section 11 - Corporate Returns
Section 12 - Banks, Insurance Companies and Certain Other Corporations; Additional Returns; Contents
Section 14 - Report of Gross Receipts by Taxpayers Subject to Chapter 63a; Computation of Tax
Section 15 - Signing of Returns Required by Secs. 11 to 14
Section 16b - Payment of Taxes; Penalty for Underpayment; Issuance of Regulations
Section 17 - Return by Executor
Section 18 - Beano, Raffle, or Bazaar; Organizations Required to File Returns
Section 19 - Extension of Time for Filing Return
Section 20 - Inspection of Returns, Books, Accounts and Other Records in Possession of Commissioner
Section 21 - Disclosure of Tax Information
Section 22 - Inspection or Use of Returns or Other Information by Governmental Agencies
Section 24 - Verification of Returns; Inspection of Stampers
Section 26 - Assessment of Taxes
Section 27 - Extension of Time for Assessment
Section 28 - Failure to File or Filing of Incorrect Return; Determination and Assessment of Tax
Section 29 - Collection of Tax Jeopardized by Delay; Immediate Assessment
Section 30 - Federal Income Tax Changes; Assessment; Abatement; Penalty
Section 30b - Partnership-Level Audit
Section 31 - Notice of Assessment in Excess of Amount on Return
Section 32a - Outstanding Obligations on Installment Transactions; Method for Determining Interest
Section 33 - Late Returns; Penalty; Abatement
Section 34 - Penalty for Failure to File Returns; Payment
Section 35a - Penalty for Underpayment of Tax Required to Be Shown on Return
Section 35d - Inconsistent Position in Reporting of Income; Disclosure
Section 36b - Erroneous Written Advice From Department of Revenue; Waiver of Penalty
Section 37 - Application for Abatement; Hearing; Notice of Decision
Section 37a - Settlement of Tax Liability
Section 37b - Installment Payment Agreements; Modification or Termination
Section 38 - Prerequisites for Abatement
Section 39 - Appeal From Refusal for Abatement
Section 40 - Refund of Overpaid Taxes; Interest
Section 41 - Remedies; Restrictions
Section 42 - Abatement of Taxes by Appellate Tax Board
Section 43 - Unpaid Taxes Not Warranting Collection; Abatement
Section 45 - Designation of Banks as Depository for Receiving Taxes
Section 45a - Quarterly Returns; Regulations; Underpayment
Section 47 - Action of Contract for Unpaid Taxes
Section 48 - Liability of Lessee for Tax Due From Lessor
Section 49 - Information for Collection of Taxes; Injunction
Section 50 - Liens Upon Property for Nonpayment of Taxes
Section 51 - Sale or Transfer of Corporate Assets; Procedure
Section 52 - Waiver of Lien; Certificate Showing Good Standing; Fees
Section 53 - Levy Upon Property for Payment of Tax
Section 55 - Books or Records Relating to Property Subject to Levy
Section 56 - Seizure of Property; Notice; Sale
Section 57 - Disposition of Hard to Keep Property; Notice to Owner; Public Sale
Section 58 - Redemption of Property
Section 59 - Certificates of Sale; Execution of Deeds
Section 60 - Effect of Certificates of Sale and Deeds
Section 61 - Record of Sales and Redemptions of Real Property
Section 62 - Expenses of Levy and Sale
Section 63 - Disposition of Money Realized Under Secs. 53 Through 64
Section 64 - Release of Levy; Return of Wrongfully Levied Property
Section 65 - Time for Collection of Taxes; Bankruptcy Cases
Section 66 - Bonds of Licensees and Registrants Subject to Chapters 64a to 64c, 64e to 64j or 64m
Section 67a - Shows; Registration Certificates
Section 67b - Reciprocal Agreements With Other States for Payment of Sales and Use Taxes
Section 67d - Biotechnology or Medical Device Manufacturing Companies; Jobs Incentive Payment
Section 68 - Suspension or Revocation of License or Registration; Appeal; Reissuance of Registration
Section 69 - Destruction of Certain Copies, Returns, Statements or Documents
Section 71 - Notice Under This Chapter
Section 74 - Disclosure of Information by Tax Preparer
Section 75 - False Statements by Taxpayers Subject to Secs. 11 and 30; Liability; Penalty
Section 76 - Failure to Possess License or Registration as Required by Secs. 67 and 67a; Penalty
Section 77 - Failure to File Return, List or Report, or Information Required by Sec. 8; Penalty
Section 79 - Time; Filing Returns; Payments
Section 80 - In-Person Interviews With Taxpayers; Explanations
Section 81 - Armed Forces Personnel; Extended Deadline
Section 82 - Aggregate Statistical Report of Taxes Collected; Contents
Section 83 - Report to State Secretary; Corporations Required to Report; Contents
Section 85 - Electronic Funds Transfers
Section 86 - Convention Center Financing Surcharges; Administration; Collection
Section 87 - Presidentially Declared Disaster; Terroristic or Military Action; Tax Liability
Section 89 - Annual Reports on Tax Credit Programs; Contents