Understanding the Franchise Tax requires an understanding of four critical terms used throughout its computing and filing process. These terms are: Paid-In Capital, Taxable Year, Fiscal Year, and Allocation Factor. While some of these terms have more common and general definitions in the context of federal and state taxation, the Franchise Tax somewhat modifies these traditional definitions. Each will be explained in more detail later in this series of articles. To begin, we have provided a bird’s eye view of these terms and their definitions in the chart below...
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