15-31-502. Assessment and payment of tax -- estimated tax payment -- amount of required installments. (1) All taxpayers shall compute the amount of tax payable under this chapter and shall remit the amount to the department of revenue on or before the 15th day of the 5th month following the close of the tax period.
(2) (a) A corporation shall make estimated tax payments if its annual estimated tax is $5,000 or more. Subject to the due date provision in 15-31-111(2)(b), the estimated payments must be made in installments, as follows, if the $5,000 threshold is met or exceeded:
(i) For a corporation taxed on a calendar-year basis: For the following required installments the due date is:
(ii) For a corporation taxed on a fiscal-year basis: For the following required installments the due date is:
(b) Except as provided in 15-31-510, the amount of any required installment is 25% of the required annual payment. The required annual payment is the lesser of:
(i) 80% of the tax shown on the return for the tax year or, if a return is not filed, 80% of the tax for that year; or
(ii) 100% of the tax shown on the return of the corporation for the preceding tax year if the preceding tax year was a period of 12 months and if the corporation filed a return for that year.
(3) The application of this section to tax years of less than 12 months must be in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
(4) At the election of the corporation, any installment of the estimated tax may be paid before the date prescribed for its payment.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 79, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 2300, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 146, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 2300, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 209, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 102, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 186, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 324, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 405, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 84-1505(1); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 634, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 9, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 269, L. 2011.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 31. Corporate Income Tax or Alternative Corporate Income Tax
Part 5. Administration and Collection
15-31-501. Department rules -- conformance with Internal Revenue Code
15-31-502. Assessment and payment of tax -- estimated tax payment -- amount of required installments
15-31-503. Deficiency assessment -- notice -- penalty and interest
15-31-504. Estimated tax on failure to file
15-31-505. Subpoenas -- investigation of income, and shifting
15-31-506. Copy of federal return required -- report of amended federal return
15-31-509. Periods of limitation
15-31-510. Estimated payments -- tax returns -- penalty and interest
15-31-511. Confidentiality of tax records
15-31-512. through 15-31-520 reserved
15-31-522. When immediate payment demanded
15-31-523. Suspension or forfeiture on delinquency
15-31-524. Reviver of corporation after suspension or forfeiture
15-31-525. Levy upon and sale of property
15-31-526. Action by attorney general
15-31-528. through 15-31-530 reserved
15-31-531. Credit for overpayment -- interest on overpayment
15-31-532. Application for refund -- appeal from denial
15-31-533. through 15-31-540 reserved
15-31-541. Site of failure to act -- evidence
15-31-543. Forfeiture of right to engage in business -- penalties
15-31-544. Action on false or fraudulent return
15-31-546. through 15-31-550 reserved
15-31-551. Certified copies of corporate income tax returns to taxpayer -- fee
15-31-553. Fees to reimburse department for costs -- deposit in general fund