An annual franchise tax on the exercise of the corporate franchise to engage in contacts with this state that produce gross income attributable to sources within this state is imposed upon every corporation that so exercises its franchise during the taxable year.
Contacts within this state do not include transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, or both, by means of ships navigating within or through waters that are made international for navigation purposes by any treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party.
The tax so imposed is measured by the corporations' taxable income and alternative minimum taxable income for the taxable year for which the tax is imposed, and computed in the manner and at the rates provided in this chapter.
(2394-2) 1933 c 405 s 2; Ex1937 c 49 s 2; 1947 c 635 s 2; 1974 c 556 s 18; 1975 c 349 s 7; 1976 c 2 s 102; 1982 c 523 art 1 s 4; 1987 c 268 art 1 s 24; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 10 s 9
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 289A - 295 — Various State Taxes And Programs
Chapter 290 — Income And Franchise Taxes
Section 290.0111 — Temporary Conformity To Certain Federal Tax Changes.
Section 290.0121 — Dependent Exemption.
Section 290.0122 — Itemized Deductions.
Section 290.0123 — Standard Deduction.
Section 290.0133 — Corporations; Additions To Federal Taxable Income.
Section 290.0134 — Corporations; Subtractions From Federal Taxable Income.
Section 290.0135 — Basis Modifications Affecting Gain Or Loss On Disposition Of Property.
Section 290.0136 — Certain Preferred Stock Losses.
Section 290.0137 — Accelerated Recognition Of Certain Installment Sale Gains.
Section 290.014 — Jurisdiction To Tax In General.
Section 290.015 — Minimum Contacts Required For Jurisdiction To Tax Trade Or Business.
Section 290.02 — Franchise Tax On Corporations Measured By Net Income.
Section 290.03 — Income Tax; Imposition, Classes Of Taxpayers.
Section 290.032 — Lump-sum Distribution Tax.
Section 290.04 — Liability For Tax.
Section 290.05 — Exempt Individuals, Organizations, Estates, Trusts.
Section 290.06 — Rates Of Tax; Credits.
Section 290.067 — Dependent Care Credit.
Section 290.0671 — Minnesota Working Family Credit.
Section 290.0672 — Long-term Care Insurance Credit.
Section 290.0674 — Minnesota Education Credit.
Section 290.0675 — Marriage Penalty Credit.
Section 290.0677 — Military Service Credits.
Section 290.0679 — Assignment Of Refund.
Section 290.068 — Credit For Increasing Research Activities.
Section 290.0681 — Credit For Historic Structure Rehabilitation.
Section 290.0682 — Student Loan Credit.
Section 290.0683 — Minnesota Housing Tax Credit.
Section 290.0684 — Section 529 Plan Credit.
Section 290.0685 — Credit For Parents Of Stillborn Children.
Section 290.0686 — Credit For Attaining Master's Degree In Teacher's Licensure Field.
Section 290.0692 — Small Business Investment Credit.
Section 290.07 — Net Income; Computation, Accounting Period.
Section 290.0802 — Subtraction For The Elderly And Disabled.
Section 290.081 — Income Of Nonresidents, Reciprocity.
Section 290.091 — Alternative Minimum Tax On Preference Items.
Section 290.0921 — Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax After 1989.
Section 290.0922 — Minimum Fee; Corporations; Partnerships.
Section 290.093 — Tax Computation For Mutual Savings Banks Conducting Life Insurance Business.
Section 290.095 — Operating Loss Deduction.
Section 290.10 — Nondeductible Items.
Section 290.17 — Gross Income, Allocation To State.
Section 290.172 — Commissioner Of Revenue.
Section 290.191 — Apportionment Of Net Income.
Section 290.20 — Net Income; Allocation To State.
Section 290.21 — Deductions Allowed To Corporations.
Section 290.22 — Estates And Trusts, Imposition Of Tax.
Section 290.26 — Exemption For Individual Retirement Account.
Section 290.281 — Common Trust Fund.
Section 290.30 — Fiduciaries, Duty To Pay Tax.
Section 290.31 — Partnerships; Individual Liability Of Partners.
Section 290.311 — Partnership Gross Income.
Section 290.32 — Taxes For Part Of Year, Computation.
Section 290.34 — Corporations, Special Provisions.
Section 290.371 — Notice Of Business Activities Report.
Section 290.431 — Nongame Wildlife Checkoff.
Section 290.432 — Corporate Nongame Wildlife Checkoff.
Section 290.48 — Large Amounts Of Cash; Presumption Of Jeopardy.
Section 290.491 — Tax On Gain; Discharge In Bankruptcy.
Section 290.62 — Distribution Of Revenues.
Section 290.92 — Tax Withheld At Source Upon Wages; Other Payments.
Section 290.9201 — Tax On Nonresident Entertainers.
Section 290.923 — Tax Withheld On Royalties Upon Ore.
Section 290.9705 — Surety Deposits Required For Construction Contracts.
Section 290.9725 — S Corporation.
Section 290.9726 — Corporation Taxable Income Taxed To Shareholders.
Section 290.9727 — Tax On Certain Built-in Gains.
Section 290.9728 — Tax On Capital Gains.
Section 290.9729 — Tax On Passive Investment Income.
Section 290.9741 — Election By Remic.
Section 290.9742 — Remic Income Taxable To Holders Of Interests.