You can participate in this program even if you are a pass-through organization, where all of your taxes are paid by your shareholders.
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With this program your tax liability can be turned into scholarships providing much needed assistance for low income or disabled/displaced kids attending private schools in Arizona. Because it is a dollar-for-dollar credit against taxes your shareholders would normally pay to the state; it doesn’t take away from your bottom line or other philanthropic programs you are involved with.
Arizona Tax Credit Program Facts
- The S-Corp makes a donation to Arizona Tuition Connection.
- Arizona Tuition Connection is a state approved, non-profit, School Tuition Organization (STO) that works with all qualified private schools in Arizona. EIN #46-1879761
- Minimum donation of $5,000.00.
- Tax credit is available to an S-Corp as defined in Section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code, and LLC’s taxed as S-Corps for federal and state purposes are eligible to make a donation for the tax credit.
- The donation must be made from the S-Corp to the STO.
- The S-Corp makes an irrevocable election to pass a pro-rated share of the credit, based on the individual’s ownership interest, through to its individual shareholders to claim as a credit on their individual income tax return. Unused tax credits can be carried forward for 5 years.
- Any prorated share of the credit that would be distributed to non-eligible partners or estates or trusts are lost.
- Donated funds are used to provide much needed tuition scholarships for low-income and disabled/displaced families attending K-12 private schools in Arizona. The state has specific guidelines and regulations surrounding the distribution of these funds. Details of which we will gladly provide.
- The state has a cap of $123,042,188 in low-income and $5 million in Disabled Displaced corporate donations for the 2020 tax year.
- The window to take advantage of these tax credits opened July 1st, 2019, and will close when the cap is met.
- If they choose, corporations may recommend a school to receive their donations. However, the corporation’s shareholders may not directly benefit from the donation.
About Arizona Tuition Connection:
We are not tied into any single school, denomination, or organization. We work with every qualified school in the state.
Steps to Donating
- Identify your company’s corporate income tax liability and determine how much you would like to donate versus pay to the state this fiscal year.
- Contact Tim Kuhn by email at tim@arizonatuitionconnection.com, or by phone at 480-409-4106.
- On July 1st, Arizona Tuition Connection will file a one-page form with the Department of Revenue (ADOR), asking for approval for the donation/credit.
- Once approval has been received from the ADOR, the donation amount must be provided to Arizona Tuition Connection from the corporation within 20 days.
- When you file your company’s taxes, you will take the corporate income tax credit on the Standard 120 Form and file a 335 Form as well, listing the credit amount.
S-Corp Reporting Requirements
- The S-Corp can pass the credit onto their shareholders based on the ownership interest in the corporation.
- The S-Corp does not need to have tax liability in order to pass the credit onto shareholders.
- The S-Corp will pass the credit onto the shareholder at the end of their fiscal year/tax year. The individual shareholder would claim the credit on their tax return for the year in which the S-Corps fiscal year ends. The individual taxpayer would claim their share of the credit in the year the taxes are passed through.
- For low-income corporate donations – Form 335 and Form 335-S will be completed by the S-Corp and submitted with their 120-S. A copy of Form 335-S is also to be forwarded to the shareholders.
- For disabled/displaced corporate donations – Form 341 and Form 341-S will be completed by the S-Corp and submitted with their 120-S. A copy of Form 341-S is also to be forwarded to the shareholders.
Individual Shareholder Reporting Requirement
- There is no limit on the low-income or disabled/displaced credit claimed by the individual taxpayer. If the taxpayer’s share of the S-Corp credit is $3,000 then their credit will be $3,000.
- For low-income corporate donations – Form 335-S will be completed by the S-Corp and forwarded to the shareholders. The individual taxpayer will claim their share of the credit on Form 335-I.
- For disabled/displaced corporate donations – Form 341-S will be completed by the S-Corp and forwarded to the shareholders. The individual taxpayer will claim their share of the credit on Form 341-I.
- These new credits will not impact the individual taxpayer’s ability to claim the original or switcher individual credits.
- An individual taxpayer can claim this tax credit in addition to other individual tax credits they may be participating in.
- The individual taxpayer may carry forward any unused credit for 5 years.
- For disabled/displaced corporate donations – Form 341 and Form 341-S will be completed by the S-Corp and submitted with their 120-S. A copy of Form 341-S is also to be forwarded to the shareholders.