Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 181 - Revenue Department
Chapter 8020 - INCOME APPORTIONMENT
Part 8020.0100 - PETITION FOR APPLICATION OF OTHER THAN PRESCRIBED APPORTIONMENT FORMULA

Subpart 1. In general.

Minnesota Statutes, section 290.20, subdivision 1, permits a departure from the apportionment provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191. If the methods of apportionment required by that section do not fairly reflect all or any part of the taxable net income allocable to this state, the taxpayer may petition for the determination of net income by use of another method. The taxpayer must petition for use of another method of determining taxable net income allocable to this state. The petition must be filed at the time of or at a time prior to the time the return or amended return is filed. Acceptance of a return using a method of apportionment other than the method prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191, is not approval of the petition and other method by the commissioner.

Subp. 2. Time of petition.

Minnesota Statutes, section 290.20, requires that any taxpayer applying for a deviation from the apportionment methods prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191, must file a petition in the form required by the commissioner. The petition must be filed before or at the same time as the return or amended return is filed using a method other than the methods prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191.

Subp. 3. Form of petition.

The petition filed under this part shall be in the form required by the commissioner and shall include:

Subp. 4. Additional information.

The commissioner may, after receipt and review of the petition, require additional information from the taxpayer which is necessary to determine whether the apportionment provisions prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191, will be unfair when applied to the taxpayer. The 45-day period for approval or rejection of the petition, contained in subpart 5, is suspended from the date of the letter requiring additional information to the date of receipt by the commissioner of the required information.

Subp. 5. Approval or rejection of petition.

The commissioner shall approve or reject a petition filed under this part within 45 days after the date of receipt of the petition. However, failure of the commissioner to act within 45 days does not constitute approval of a petition. If the petition is approved more than 15 days prior to the due date of the first estimated tax return, the taxpayer must file that return and each return thereafter in the year or years covered by the petition using the approved method and attaching thereto a copy of the approved petition with its first payment. If the petition is rejected or if the taxpayer has not received an order approving or rejecting the petition prior to the due date of the first estimated tax payment, the taxpayer must file estimated tax payments using the apportionment methods prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 290.191. If the taxpayer's petition is approved after an estimated tax payment is made or a return is filed, the taxpayer may amend its return, estimated tax filings, and payments using the approved method and attaching thereto a copy of the approved petition.

Subp. 6. Appeals.

An order by the commissioner rejecting any petition filed under this part constitutes an order from which an appeal may be made to the tax court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 271.06.