×
tax forms found in
Tax Form Code
Tax Form Name

Indiana Free Printable  for 2024 Indiana Indiana Research Expense Tax Credit

There are only 18 days left until tax day on April 16th! eFile your return online here , or request a six-month extension here .

Form IT-20REC is obsolete, and is no longer supported by the Indiana Department of Revenue.

It appears you don't have a PDF plugin for this browser. Please use the link below to download 2019-indiana-form-it-20rec.pdf, and you can print it directly from your computer.

Indiana Research Expense Tax Credit
Form IT-20REC

Schedule IT-20REC State Form 49184 (R10 / 8-19) Indiana Department of Revenue Tax Year Ending Indiana Research Expense Tax Credit (#822) (Enclose with annual income tax return) Name(s) of Taxpayer Federal Employer Identification Number Part I - Federal Reporting Information Report how the research expense credit was reflected on your federal tax return. Place a check in each box that applies (see instructions). Maintain a complete explanation with your records if checking the box for Code 06 or 07. Code 01 Code 02 Code 03 Code 04 Code 05 Code 06 Code 07 Part II - Qualified Research Activities in Indiana (Explain in detail; attach additional sheets if necessary) A. The Indiana address(es) where the services are performed: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ B. The residence or business location of the person(s) performing the services: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ C. The place where qualified research supplies are consumed: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ D. Other factors that may be relevant for determining allowable Indiana expenses: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Round all entries Part III - Computation of Indiana Credit for Increasing Research Activities Qualified Research Expense Qualified Regular Credit for Research Conducted in Indiana Within Indiana Skip to line 14 if using the alternative incremental method. 1. Wage expense for qualified services......................................................................................... 1 00 2. Cost of supplies......................................................................................................................... 2 00 3. Rental or lease cost of computers............................................................................................. 3 00 4. Enter the applicable portion of contract research expenses..................................................... 4 00 5. Total qualified research expenses. Add lines 1 through 4......................................................... 5 00 6. Enter fixed-base percentage attributable to Indiana, but not more than 16%........................... 6 % 7. Enter average annual Indiana gross receipts for the 4 preceding tax years............................. 7 00 8. Multiply line 7 by the percentage on line 6................................................................................ 8 00 9. Subtract line 8 from line 5. If zero or less, enter -0-.................................................................. 9 00 10. Multiply line 5 by 50% (.50)....................................................................................................... 10 00 11. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10.......................................................................................... 11 00 12. If the amount on line 11 is $1 million or less, multiply line 11 by 15% (.15)............................... 12 00 13a. If the amount on line 11 is greater than $1 million, subtract one million from line 11................ 13a 00 13b. Multiply line 13a by 10% (.10)................................................................................................... 13b 00 13c. Add line 13b and $150,000........................................................................................................ 13c 00 Qualified Alternative Incremental Credit for Research Conducted in Indiana 14. Enter the wage expense for qualified services........................................................................... 15. Enter the cost of supplies........................................................................................................... 16. Enter the rental or lease cost of computers............................................................................... 17. Enter the applicable portion of contract research expenses...................................................... 18. Total qualified research expenses. Add lines 14 through 17...................................................... 19. Enter the average of qualified research expenses for the 3 preceding tax years...................... 20. Multiply line 19 by 50% (.50)...................................................................................................... 21. Subtract line 20 from line 18...................................................................................................... 22. Multiply line 21 by 10% (.10)...................................................................................................... 23. If no Indiana qualified research expenses were made in any one of the 3 preceding tax years, multiply line 18 by 5% (see instructions).................................................................................... Part IV - Indiana Qualified Research Expense Credit 24. Enter amount from line 12 or 13c (or line 22 or 23 if using alternative incremental method) . .. *24100000000* 24100000000 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 00 24 00 Schedule IT-20REC Instructions Code #822 Purposes of Schedule IT-20REC Carryover of Unused Credits Use Schedule IT-20REC to calculate your credit for increased research activities conducted in Indiana. Effective Jan. 1, 2008, the credit is 15% of the increase in Indiana qualified research expenses paid or incurred in the taxable year over the taxpayer’s base amount if it is $1 million or less. The credit is 10% if the amount is in excess of $1 million. "Indiana qualified research expense" means qualified research expense (as defined in Section 41(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)) incurred for research conducted in Indiana. "Base amount," effective July 1, 2005, means base amount (as defined in IRC Section 41(c)), modified by considering only Indiana qualified research expenses and gross receipts attributable to Indiana in the calculation of the taxpayer's: (1) fixed base percentage; and (2) average annual gross receipts. A taxpayer is not entitled to any carryback or refund of any unused credit. Any excess credit, or the full credit if there is no current year tax liability (after first applying all applicable credits under IC 6-3.1-2), may be carried over for up to 10 succeeding taxable years. A credit earned by a taxpayer in a particular year is applied against the taxpayer's tax liability for that year before any credit carryover is applied. All taxpayers with a remaining credit carryover on Jan. 1, 2006, may carry the excess credit over not more than 10 taxable years following the year in which they were first entitled to claim the credit. The carryover credit must be reduced by the amount used as a credit during the immediately preceding tax year. The annual minimum base amount may not be less than 50% of the Indiana qualified research expense. For expenses incurred prior to Jan. 1, 2016, all references to the Internal Revenue Code are to the Internal Revenue Code in effect on Jan. 1, 2001. Who May File An individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, a trust, or a partnership that incurs Indiana research expense and has adjusted gross income (AGI) tax liability, imposed under Indiana Code (IC) 6-3, is entitled to a research expense credit. Schedule IT-20REC is comparable to federal Form 6765, used for claiming credit for increasing research activities, and Form 8820, used for claiming orphan drug credit. Any taxpayer claiming this credit for increasing research activities must attach the completed schedule to their return. A pass-through entity will allocate to each partner, shareholder, or member any remaining annual research expense credit multiplied by the percentage of income distribution to which the partner, shareholder, or member is entitled. Each partner, shareholder, or member entitled to a research expense credit as shown by an attachment to the Schedule IN K-1 may claim their pro rata share of the credit with any carryover research expense credit on the Indiana individual return. Unlike the federal credit, beneficiaries of trusts and estates are not afforded this pass-through provision for state tax purposes. Partnerships, S corporations, and fiduciaries must enclose IT-20REC with their annual return. Partnerships and S corporations must also check the appropriate box on their annual return to indicate that the IT-20REC has been included with the return. A separate schedule showing each owner's pro rata share of the above amount must be provided, along with Schedule IN K-1, to each shareholder, partner, or member of an LLC. General Instructions Except as otherwise provided in IC 6-3.1-4, the provisions of IRC § Section 41 and promulgated regulations are applicable in the interpretation and administration by the Indiana Department of Revenue regarding this credit. This includes the allocation and pass-through of the credit to various taxpayers and the transitional rules for determination of the base period. Part I - Federal Reporting Information Check the corresponding box for each applicable code that describes if, and if so, how the research expense credit was reflected on your federal income tax return. Maintain a complete explanation with your records if entering Code 06 or Code 07 as the department may request this information. For purposes of the codes below, “computation of a positive federal credit” or similar language means a computation based on federal Form 6765 and supplied with the taxpayer’s federal tax return for the year in which the federal tax return is filed. “Claiming the credit” or similar language means reporting the credit on the taxpayer’s federal tax return. In the case of a pass-through entity such as an S corporation or partnership, “claiming the credit” means making the credit available for the shareholders or partners to use on their returns. For purposes of codes 01, 03, 04, and 05, use of these codes require BOTH: (1) computation of a positive federal credit under either IRC Sections 41(a)(1) or 41(c)(4) and (2) the federal credit computation included all Indiana qualified research expenses claimed on this IT-20REC. 2 Schedule IT-20REC Instructions Code #822 Code How the research expense credit was reflected on your federal income tax return 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 The taxpayer used the entire allowable federal credit for the taxable year (or, in the case of a pass-through entity, passed through the credit). No other code should be entered. No federal credit was claimed because both: (A) the federal qualified research expenses for the taxable year did not exceed the federal base amount under IRC section 41(c), and (B) the computation under IRC section 41(c)(4) for the taxable year resulted in zero credit. The credit was not claimed in full because there is no federal tax liability for the taxable year or the federal tax liability was less than the credit computed for federal purposes. The credit was not claimed in full because although there was a federal tax liability for the taxable year, the tax liability was offset by other federal tax credits. The credit for the taxable year was not claimed in full because of the limitation under IRC s. 41(g). The credit was claimed for the taxable year but all or part of the Indiana expenses were not treated as federal expenses. Note. Maintain with your records an explanation detailing the reason not all of the Indiana expenses were treated as federal expenses. Other, including circumstances in which federal elections relating to the federal research expense credit resulted in zero federal credit. This can include an election under IRC Section 41(h) to use a research expense credit against payroll taxes. Note. Maintain with your records an explanation detailing the other reason(s). Part II - Qualified Research Activities in Indiana x Answer the questions on research activities. Your responses to these questions must be sufficiently detailed to provide the necessary data to determine that qualified research expense activity was conducted in Indiana. Part III - Computation of Indiana Credit for Increasing Research Activities Refer to federal Form 6765 for detailed line entry instructions. For purposes of this section, qualified research expense means qualified research expenses (as defined in IRC Section 41(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) incurred for research conducted in Indiana. Qualified Regular Credit for Research Conducted in Indiana Start-up companies - If there are fewer than three tax years between 1984 to 1988 in which the taxpayer had both gross receipts and qualified research expenses, the percentage is 3%. If the percentage computation involves de minimis amounts of gross receipts and qualified expenses in a tax year, or if short tax years are involved, see IRC Sections 41 (c)(3) and 41(f)(4). Note: The maximum percentage that can be entered on line 6 is 16%. Line 7. Enter the average annual gross receipts attributable to Indiana for the 4 tax years preceding the tax year for which the credit is being determined. You may need to annualize gross receipts for any short tax year. Lines 1 - 13c. Complete these lines with respect to qualified research expense activities conducted in Indiana. If you elect to use the alternative incremental method for federal tax purposes, skip lines 1 through 13c and continue to line 14. Note: For the purposes of lines 6 and 7, gross receipts for any tax year shall be reduced by returns and allowances made during the tax year. In the case of a foreign corporation, only gross receipts effectively connected with the trade or business within the U.S. should be taken into account. Line 4. Include 65% of any amount paid or incurred for qualified research performed on your behalf. Prepaid contract research expenses are considered paid in the year the research is actually done. For amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer to a qualified research consortium, use 75% instead of 65%. For amounts paid to certain small businesses, universities, and federal laboratories, use 100% instead of 65%. See IRC Section 41(b)(3)(D) and (E). Lines 10 and 11. Base period research expenses cannot be less than 50% of current year research expenses. This applies to existing businesses and newly organized businesses. The credit is calculated on the lessor of the difference between current year and base period expenses or 50% of current year expenses. Line 6. Compute the fixed-based percentage as follows: x Existing firms - The fixed-base percentage is the ratio that the aggregate qualified research expenses for at least 3 tax years from 1984 to 1988 bears to the aggregate gross receipts for such tax years. 3 Schedule IT-20REC Instructions Alternative Incremental Credit As an alternative to the regular credit computation, for years beginning after Dec. 31, 2009, any taxpayer may compute the credit per provisions outlined in IC 6-3.1-4-2(d). To do so, complete the computation beginning on line 14. The alternative incremental credit is 10% of the taxpayer’s Indiana qualified research expenses for the taxable year minus 50% of the taxpayer’s average Indiana qualified expenses for the 3 taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the credit is being determined. For years beginning prior to January 1, 2010, the alternative incremental credit can be used only by a taxpayer who is engaged in the aerospace industry and meets the criteria specified in IC 6-3.1-4-2.5(b). Line 23. If no Indiana qualified research expenses were made in any one (1) of the three (3) preceding tax years, the credit is 5% of the current year Indiana qualified research expenses. This line only applies to those claiming the credit under the alternative method per IC 6-3.1-4-2(d), not those in the aerospace industry claiming the alternative method under IC 6-3.1-4-2.5. Part IV - Indiana Qualified Research Expense Credit Line 24. This is your current-year tentative Indiana Research Expense Tax Credit. Carry your pro rata share of this amount to the appropriate line on your current-year annual income tax return. S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships must prorate the amount on line 24 among the shareholders, partners, or members, according to the percentage of distributive share of income and report their respective pro rata share on each Schedule IN K-1. Carry pro rata distributive share of amount on line 24 plus any unused state carryover research expense credit to Form IT-20, IT20NP, IT-40, or IT-40PNR. Enclose completed Schedule IT-20REC with the state income tax return along with a copy of federal Form 6765 or Form 8820. 4 Code #822
Extracted from PDF file 2019-indiana-form-it-20rec.pdf, last modified July 2019

More about the Indiana Form IT-20REC Corporate Income Tax Tax Credit

We last updated the Indiana Research Expense Tax Credit in May 2021, and the latest form we have available is for tax year 2019. This means that we don't yet have the updated form for the current tax year. Please check this page regularly, as we will post the updated form as soon as it is released by the Indiana Department of Revenue. You can print other Indiana tax forms here.


eFile your Indiana tax return now

eFiling is easier, faster, and safer than filling out paper tax forms. File your Indiana and Federal tax returns online with TurboTax in minutes. FREE for simple returns, with discounts available for TaxFormFinder users!

File Now with TurboTax

Other Indiana Corporate Income Tax Forms:

TaxFormFinder has an additional 69 Indiana income tax forms that you may need, plus all federal income tax forms.

Form Code Form Name
IT-65 Booklet Current Year Partnership Return Booklet with Forms and Schedules
Form IT-20 Corporate Adjusted Gross Income Tax Forms and Schedules
Form NP-20 Nonprofit Organization's Annual Report
IT-20S Form S Corporation Income Tax Forms and Schedules
Schedule IN K-1 Shareholder's/Partner's Share of IN AGI, Deductions, Modifications and Credits

Download all IN tax forms View all 70 Indiana Income Tax Forms


Form Sources:

Indiana usually releases forms for the current tax year between January and April. We last updated Indiana Form IT-20REC from the Department of Revenue in May 2021.

Show Sources >

Form IT-20REC is an Indiana Corporate Income Tax form. States often have dozens of even hundreds of various tax credits, which, unlike deductions, provide a dollar-for-dollar reduction of tax liability. Some common tax credits apply to many taxpayers, while others only apply to extremely specific situations. In most cases, you will have to provide evidence to show that you are eligible for the tax credit, and calculate the amount of the credit to which you are entitled.

About the Corporate Income Tax

The IRS and most states require corporations to file an income tax return, with the exact filing requirements depending on the type of company.

Sole proprietorships or disregarded entities like LLCs are filed on Schedule C (or the state equivalent) of the owner's personal income tax return, flow-through entities like S Corporations or Partnerships are generally required to file an informational return equivilent to the IRS Form 1120S or Form 1065, and full corporations must file the equivalent of federal Form 1120 (and, unlike flow-through corporations, are often subject to a corporate tax liability).

Additional forms are available for a wide variety of specific entities and transactions including fiduciaries, nonprofits, and companies involved in other specific types of business.

Historical Past-Year Versions of Indiana Form IT-20REC

We have a total of nine past-year versions of Form IT-20REC in the TaxFormFinder archives, including for the previous tax year. Download past year versions of this tax form as PDFs here:



TaxFormFinder Disclaimer:

While we do our best to keep our list of Indiana Income Tax Forms up to date and complete, we cannot be held liable for errors or omissions. Is the form on this page out-of-date or not working? Please let us know and we will fix it ASAP.

** This Document Provided By TaxFormFinder.org **
Source: http://www.taxformfinder.org/indiana/form-it-20rec