Separate return year.
Separate return year. The term separate return year means a taxable year of a corporation for which it files a separate return or for which it joins in the filing of a consolidated return by another group.
The termseparate return yearmeans a taxable year of a corporation for which it files a separate return or for which it joins in the filing of a consolidated return by another group.
Source
26 CFR § 1.1502-1
Scoping language
For purposes of the consolidated return regulations (and any provision of this chapter that refers to the consolidated return regulations):