How do I elect a Georgia Form 700 partnership to pay pass through tax at the entity level with a 1065 return using CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax and CCH Axcess™ Tax?

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  • How To
  • Last Modified:
  • 07/14/2023

Objectives

Prepare Georgia partnership return passthrough entity tax PTET calculation.

Environment

  • CCH® ProSystem fx® Tax
  • CCH Axcess™ Tax
  • Partnership - 1065
  • Georgia - GA
  • Passthrough Entity Tax - PTET - PET

Procedure

  • Go to Georgia > General worksheet > Line 34 (Interview GA3, box 60) - Electing to pay tax at the entity level, select the checkbox.
Or 
  • Go to Common State > State PTET Generation worksheet > Line 11 (Interview PTE-ST1, box 70- Georgia, select the checkbox. 

Prepayments of tax

GA 700, page 2, Schedule 3, line 2 - Credits and payments of estimated tax:
  1. Georgia > Payments/Penalties worksheet
  2. In Grid 1, in row Payment (Interview GA6, boxes 40-43), input an amount.
  3. In row Payment option (Interview GA6, boxes 100-103), input 1.
    • Note: Input with code 1 will only flow if GA 700, page 1, Partnership elects to pay the tax at the entity level checkbox is selected.
  4. And/or in Lines 2 and 5 - Prior year overpayment applied and Amount paid with extension (Interview GA6, boxes 60 and 62), input as applicable.
GA 700, page 2, Schedule 3, line 4 - Withholding Credits (G2-A, G2-LP and/or G2-RP)
  1. Georgia > Payments/Penalties worksheet.
  2. In Grid 1, in row Total withheld payments (Interview GA6, boxes 48-51), input applicable amount(s).
  3. In row Payment option (Interview GA6, boxes 100-103), input 1.
    • Notes:
      • Input with code 1 will only flow if GA 700, page 1, Partnership elects to pay the tax at the entity level checkbox is selected.
      • Zero is not a valid input to override calculated amounts on Form 700, Sch 3, line 4 derived from the G2-A, line 7 and G7-NRW. See KB article 174711 for additional information.

Note

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Additional Information

Georgia PTE Election 2022 Questions and Answers

  • Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 have changed in 2022 to calculate PE tax, less NOL deduction, and balance due or overpayment, respectively.
  • Schedule 3 Payments can be input at Georgia Payments worksheet > Section 1 > Lines 2 Prior Year Overpayment applied, and 6 - Other Payments
  • Form 700, page 5, Schedule 9 is now used to itemize NOL carry forwards. The input for these carryforwards is Georgia > Income / Deductions worksheet > Section 4 - GA NOL. As with NOL input in other products, bare minimum input is the Loss year Originated and the Amount of Loss, input as a positive value. 
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