Iowa Admin. Code r. 701-700.5 - Extension of time to file

(1) Automatic extension of time to file.

a. If the taxpayer has paid at least 90 percent of the tax required to be shown due by the due date and has not filed a return by the due date, the director will consider that the taxpayer has requested an extension of time to file the return and will automatically grant an extension of up to six months to file the return. The taxpayer does not have to file an application for extension form with the department to get the automatic extension to file the return within the six-month period after the due date and not be subject to penalty. However, if the taxpayer wants to make a tax payment to ensure that at least 90 percent of the tax has been paid on or before the due date, the payment should be made with the Iowa fiduciary income tax payment voucher form. This form can be found on the department's website at tax.iowa.gov; requested by mail from the Taxpayer Services Section, P.O. Box 10457, Des Moines, Iowa 50306; or requested by telephone at (515)281-3114.

b. To determine whether or not at least 90 percent of the tax was paid on or before the due date, the aggregate amount of tax credits applicable on the return plus the tax payments made on or before the due date are divided by the tax required to be shown due on the return. The tax required to be shown on the return is the sum of the income tax, lump-sum tax, minimum tax, and the trust portion of the ESBT tax. The tax credits applicable are the credits set out in Iowa Code chapter 422, subchapter II, and Iowa Code section 422.111. The tax payments to be considered for purposes of determining whether 90 percent of the tax was paid are the withholding tax payments, estimate payments, composite tax payments, and payments made with the Iowa fiduciary income tax voucher form to ensure that 90 percent of the tax was paid timely.

c. If the aggregate of the tax credits and the tax payments is equal to or greater than 90 percent of the tax required to be shown due, the taxpayer will have met the "90 percent" test and no penalty will be assessed. However, the taxpayer will still be subject to statutory interest on any tax due when the return is filed.

d. Any tax elections will be considered to be valid in instances when the return is filed within the six-month extended period after the due date. The fact that the taxpayer has paid less than 90 percent of the tax required to be shown due will not invalidate any tax elections made on the return, if the return is filed within the six-month extended period.

(2) Extension of time to file due to illness, death, absence, or other legitimate reason. The taxpayer is required to file the taxpayer's fiduciary income tax return on or before the due date of the return with payment in full of the amount required to be shown due with the return. However, in any instance where the taxpayer is unable to file the return by the due date because of illness or death in the taxpayer's immediate family, unavoidable absence of the taxpayer, or other legitimate reason, the director may grant a six-month extension of time to file the return.

(3) Extension of time for the decedent's final tax return. 701-subrule 301.2(4), which provides for extensions of time to file individual income tax returns, will apply to the decedent's final tax return.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 422.21.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 701-700.5

ARC 7003C, IAB 4/19/23, effective 5/24/23