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US Internal Revenue Service: f1041qft - 1999
US Internal Revenue Service: f1041qft - 1999
1545-1593
Form 1041-QFT U.S. Income Tax Return for Qualified Funeral Trusts
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service 䊳 See instructions on pages 2 through 4.
1999
For calendar year 1999 or short year beginning , 1999, and ending , 1999.
3b Number, street, and room or suite no. (If a P.O. box, see the instructions.)
3c City or town, state, and ZIP code 4 Number of QFTs included on this return
1 Interest income 1
Income
2 Ordinary dividends 2
3 Capital gain or (loss) (attach Schedule D (Form 1041)) 3
4 Other income. List type and amount 4
7 Trustee fees 7
8 Attorney, accountant, and return preparer fees 8
9 Other deductions NOT subject to the 2% floor 9
10 Allowable miscellaneous itemized deductions subject to the 2% floor 10
13 Tax from: Tax Rate Schedule Schedule D (Form 1041) Composite return 䊳 13
14 Credits (see instructions). Specify the credits claimed 14
Paid
Preparer’s
Preparer’s
signature 䊳 Date
Check if self-
employed 䊳
Preparer’s SSN or PTIN
䊳
Firm’s name (or yours EIN 䊳
Use Only if self-employed)
䊳
and address ZIP code
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 4. Cat. No. 25368F Form 1041-QFT (1999)
Form 1041-QFT (1999) Page 2
payments. The most recent list of method, the accrual method, or any amount. The penalty is imposed on the
designated private delivery services was other method authorized by the Internal net amount due. Any penalty is in
published by the IRS in August 1999. Revenue Code. In all cases, the method addition to interest charges on late
The list includes only the following: used must clearly reflect income. payments.
● Airborne Express (Airborne): Overnight Generally, the QFT may change its Note: If you include interest or either of
Air Express Service, Next Afternoon accounting method (for income as a these penalties with your payment,
Service, Second Day Service. whole or for any material item) only by identify and enter these amounts in the
● DHL Worldwide Express (DHL): DHL getting consent on Form 3115, bottom margin of Form 1041-QFT. Do
"Same Day" Service, DHL USA Application for Change in Accounting not include the interest or penalty amount
Overnight. Method. For more information, see Pub. in the balance of tax due on line 17.
● Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx 538, Accounting Periods and Methods.
Underpaid Estimated Tax
Priority Overnight, FedEx Standard Accounting Period
Overnight, FedEx 2Day. If the trustee underpaid estimated tax,
All QFTs must adopt a calendar year, use Form 2210, Underpayment of
● United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS even if the trust was on a fiscal year Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates,
Next Day Air, UPS Next Day Air Saver, when it was a grantor trust. and Trusts, to figure any penalty. Enter
UPS 2nd Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air A.M. the amount of any penalty in the bottom
To change the accounting period, get
The private delivery service can tell Form 1128, Application To Adopt, margin of Form 1041-QFT. Do not
you how to get written proof of the Change, or Retain a Tax Year. include it in the balance of tax due on
mailing date. line 17.
Extension of Time To File Rounding Off to Whole
Dollars Other Penalties
Use Form 8736, Application for Other penalties can be imposed for
Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. You may show the money items on the
negligence, substantial understatement
Return for a Partnership, REMIC, or for return and accompanying schedules as
of tax, and fraud. See Pub. 17, Your
Certain Trusts, to request an automatic whole-dollar amounts. To do so, drop
Federal Income Tax, for details on these
3-month extension of time to file. amounts less than 50 cents and
penalties.
If more time is needed, file Form increase any amounts from 50 to 99
8800, Application for Additional cents to the next dollar. Final Form 1041
Extension of Time To File U.S. Return for Estimated Tax If you have an existing EIN(s) that you
a Partnership, REMIC, or for Certain previously used for filing Form 1041 and
Trusts, for an additional extension of up Generally, a QFT must pay estimated
that you will not use again (i.e., for QFTs
to 3 months. To obtain this additional income tax for 2000 if it expects to owe,
included in a composite return) you
extension of time to file, you must show after subtracting withholding and credits,
should file Form 1041 and check the
reasonable cause for the additional time at least $1,000 in tax. Estimated tax
final return box.
you are requesting. You must file Form liability is figured for the individual QFT,
8800 by the extended due date for Form and not for a composite return taken as
a whole. For details and exceptions, see
Specific Instructions
1041-QFT.
Form 1041-ES, Estimated Income Tax Part I—General Information
An extension of time to file a return for Estates and Trusts.
does not extend the time to pay the tax. Line 1—Name of Trust
Where To File Interest and Penalties Copy the exact name from the Form
Interest SS-4 used to apply for the employer
File all Forms 1041-QFT with the Internal identification number you are using to
Revenue Service Center, Cincinnati, OH Interest is charged on taxes not paid by file Form 1041-QFT.
45999. the due date, even if an extension of
time to file is granted. Interest is also Line 2—Employer Identification
Who Must Sign charged on the failure-to-file penalty, the Number (EIN)
Trustee accuracy-related penalty, and the fraud If the QFT is not filing as part of a
penalty. The interest charge is figured at composite return, use the EIN of the
The trustee, or an authorized a rate determined under section 6621.
representative, must sign Form QFT. If the QFT does not have an EIN, it
1041-QFT. Late Filing of Return must apply for one. Every trustee that
elects to file a composite return must
Paid Preparer The law provides a penalty of 5% a apply for an EIN to be used only for
month, or part of a month, up to a filing Form 1041-QFT. A trustee must
Generally, anyone who is paid to prepare maximum of 25%, for each month the
a tax return must sign the return and fill use a separate EIN for every Form
return is not filed. The penalty is 1041-QFT it files.
in the other blanks in the Paid Preparer’s imposed on the net amount due. If the
Use Only area of the return. The person return is more than 60 days late, the Use Form SS-4, Application for
required to sign the return must minimum penalty is the smaller of $100 Employer Identification Number, to apply
complete the required preparer or the tax due. The penalty will not be for an EIN. If the QFT has not received
information and: imposed if you can show that the failure its EIN by the time the return is due,
● Sign it in the space provided for the to file on time was due to reasonable write “Applied for” in the space for the
preparer’s signature, and cause. If the failure was due to EIN.
● Give you a copy of the return in reasonable cause, attach an explanation Line 3—Address
addition to the copy to be filed with the to the return.
Include the suite, room, or other unit
IRS. Late Payment of Tax number after the street address. If the
Accounting Methods Generally, the penalty for not paying the Post Office does not deliver mail to the
tax when due is 1⁄2 of 1% of the unpaid street address and you have a P.O. box,
Figure taxable income using the method show the box number instead of the
of accounting regularly used in keeping amount for each month or part of a
month that it remains unpaid. The street address.
the QFT’s books and records. Generally,
permissible methods include the cash maximum penalty is 25% of the unpaid
Form 1041-QFT (1999) Page 4
If you change your address after filing Note: QFTs are not allowed a deduction taxes, etc.), include these taxes on line 15.
Form 1041-QFT, use Form 8822, for a personal exemption. To the left of the entry space, write the
Change of Address, to notify the IRS. Line 10—Allowable Miscellaneous type and amount of the tax. Also attach to
Itemized Deductions Subject to the Form 1041-QFT any forms required to
Line 4—Number of QFTs figure these taxes (e.g., Schedule I of Form
2% Floor
If this is a composite return, enter the 1041). See the Instructions for Form 1041
total number of QFTs (including separate These deductions are deductible only to for more details on additional taxes that
interests treated as separate QFTs) the extent that the aggregate amount of may apply.
included on the return. such deductions exceeds 2% of
adjusted gross income (AGI). Line 16—Payments
Part II—Tax Computation Among the miscellaneous itemized Include on line 16 any:
deductions that must be included on line ● Estimated tax payments made for 1999.
Composite Return 10 are expenses for the production or ● Tax paid with a request for an
Important: If this is a composite retur n, collection of income, such as investment extension of time to file.
enter in Part II the totals for all the QFTs advisory fees.
included on the return. ● Federal income tax withheld (e.g.,
AGI is figured by subtracting from total backup withholding).
income on line 5 the total of the
Income administration costs on lines 7 through 9 ● Credit for tax paid on undistributed
Line 2—Ordinary Dividends to the extent they are costs incurred in capital gains. Also attach Copy B of
the administration of the QFTs that Form 2439, Notice to Shareholder of
Report all ordinary dividends received Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains.
during the tax year. would not have been incurred if the
property were NOT held by the QFTs. Line 17—Tax Due
Note: Report capital gain distr ibutions
on Schedule D (Form 1041), line 9. If this is a composite return, you must
You must pay the tax in full when the
figure the AGI separately for each QFT
Line 4—Other Income return is filed. Make the check or money
using each QFT’s share of the amounts
order payable to “United States
Enter all other types of income not on the lines referred to above.
Treasury.” Write the EIN from line 2 of
included on lines 1 through 3. List the Line 13—Tax the form and “1999 Form 1041-QFT” on
type and amount on an attached the payment. Enclose, but do not attach,
schedule if the QFT(s) has more than Tax rate schedule. Figure the tax using the payment with Form 1041-QFT.
one item. the Tax Rate Schedule below. Enter the
tax on line 13 and check the “Tax rate
Deductions schedule” box. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We
ask for the information on this form to
Allocation of Deductions for
1999 Tax Rate Schedule carry out the Internal Revenue laws of
Tax-Exempt Income the United States. You are required to
Generally, no deduction that would If give us this information. We need it to
otherwise be allowable is allowed for taxable
income
ensure that you are complying with
any expense that is allocable to is: But Of the these laws and to allow us to figure and
tax-exempt income, such as interest on not amount collect the right amount of tax.
state or local bonds. Over— over— Its tax is: over— You are not required to provide the
Exception. State income taxes and $0 $1,750 15% $0 information requested on a form that is
business expenses that are allocable to 1,750 4,050 $262.50 + 28% 1,750 subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
tax-exempt interest are deductible. 4,050 6,200 906.50 + 31% 4,050 unless the form displays a valid OMB
Expenses that are directly allocable to 6,200 8,450 1,573.00 + 36% 6,200 control number. Books or records
tax-exempt income are allocable only to 8,450 --- 2,383.00 + 39.6% 8,450 relating to a form or its instructions must
tax-exempt income. A reasonable be retained as long as their contents
proportion of expenses indirectly Schedule D. If the QFT had both a net may become material in the
allocable to both tax-exempt income capital gain and any taxable income, administration of any Internal Revenue
and other income must be allocated to complete Part V of Schedule D (Form law. Generally, tax returns and return
each class of income. 1041), enter the tax from line 53 of information are confidential, as required
Schedule D, and check the “Schedule by section 6103.
Limitations on Deductions
D” box. The time needed to complete and file
Generally, the amount a QFT has "at Composite return. If this is a composite this form will vary depending on
risk" limits the loss it can deduct in any return, check only this box and enter on individual circumstances. The estimated
tax year. Also, section 469 and the line 13 the total of the tax computed average time is:
regulations thereunder generally limit separately for each QFT using either the Recordkeeping 9 hr., 5 min.
losses from passive activities to the 1999 Tax Rate Schedule or Schedule D
amount of income derived from all Learning about the law
(Form 1041). or the form 1 hr., 26 min.
passive activities. Similarly, credits from
passive activities are generally limited to Line 14—Credits Preparing the form 3 hr., 31 min.
the tax attributable to such activities. Specify the type of credit being claimed Copying, assembling,
For details on these and other and attach any required credit forms. If and sending the form
limitations on deductions, see Deductions you are claiming more than one type of to the IRS 32 min.
in the Instructions for Form 1041. credit, attach a schedule listing the type If you have comments concerning the
and amount of each credit claimed. See accuracy of these time estimates or
Line 9—Other Deductions NOT page 17 of the Instructions for Form suggestions for making this form simpler,
Subject to the 2% Floor 1041 for details on the credits that may we would be happy to hear from you. You
Attach your own schedule, listing by be claimed. can write to the Tax Forms Committee,
type and amount, all allowable Line 15—Net Tax Western Area Distribution Center, Rancho
deductions that are not deductible Cordova, CA 95743-0001. DO NOT send
elsewhere on the form. If the QFT owes any additional taxes the tax form to this address. Instead, see
(e.g., alternative minimum tax, recapture Where To File on page 3.