U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Sales Corporations; Schedule P, Transfer Price or Commission

Instructions for Form
1120-FSC

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

(Rev. December 2010)

U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Sales Corporation
Section references are to the Internal
Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

General Instructions

Contents
General Instructions . . . . . . . . . .
Purpose of Form . . . . . . . . . . . .
FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial
Income Exclusion . . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-Repeal FSC Rules . . . . . . . .
Who Must File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
When To File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where To File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who Must Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paid Preparer Authorization . . . .
Other Forms That May Be
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assembling the Return . . . . . . . .
Accounting Methods . . . . . . . . . .
Accounting Period . . . . . . . . . . .
Rounding Off to Whole Dollars . .
Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estimated Tax Payments . . . . . .
Interest and Penalties . . . . . . . . .
Specific Instructions . . . . . . . . . .
Tax and Payments . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule A – Cost of Goods Sold
Related to Foreign Trading
Gross Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional Information . . . . . . . . .
Schedule B – Taxable Income or
(Loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule E – Exemption
Percentages Used in Figuring
Exempt Foreign Trade Income . .
Schedule F – Net Income From
Nonexempt Foreign Trade
Income and Taxable Nonforeign
Trade Income . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule G – Deductions
Allocated or Apportioned to
Foreign Trade Income Other
Than Foreign Trade Income
Reported on Schedule F . . . . . .
Schedule J – Tax Computation . . .
Schedule L – Balance Sheets per
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule M-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Business Activity Codes

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What’s New
Beginning January 1, 2011, a FSC with an
office or place of business in the United
States must use electronic funds transfers to
make all federal tax deposits. Forms 8109
and 8109-B, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon,
cannot be used after December 31, 2010.
See Tax Payments on page 4 for more
information, including rules for a FSC that
does not maintain an office or place of
business in the United States.

Use Form 1120-FSC to report the income,
gains, losses, deductions, credits, and to
figure the income tax liability of a FSC.

FSC Repeal and
Extraterritorial Income
Exclusion
In general, the FSC Repeal and
Extraterritorial Income Exclusion
Act of 2000:
• Repealed the FSC rules,
• Provided taxpayers with an exclusion,
which is figured on Form 8873,
Extraterritorial Income Exclusion, and
• Provided transition rules for existing
FSCs. These rules are included in Rules for
Existing FSCs below.
Note. The American Jobs Creation Act of
2004 repealed the extraterritorial income
exclusion provisions generally for
transactions after 2004, subject to a
transition rule. See the Instructions for Form
8873 for more information.
The Tax Increase Prevention and
Reconciliation Act of 2005 repealed the FSC
binding contract exception. See Binding
contract exception below for details.

Rules for Existing FSCs
In general, a FSC that was in existence on
September 30, 2000, and at all times
thereafter may continue to use the FSC
rules for any transaction in the ordinary
course of business that is (a) before January
1, 2002, or (b) after December 31, 2001, if
such transaction is pursuant to a binding
contract that meets the requirements
described in Binding contract exception
below.
Binding contract exception. The binding
contract exception has been repealed for tax
years beginning after May 17, 2006. For tax
years beginning before May 18, 2006, the
following rules apply: The transaction must
be pursuant to a binding contract between
the FSC (or a person related to the FSC)
and a person other than a related person if
that binding contract was in effect on
September 30, 2000, and has remained in
effect. A binding contract includes a
purchase, renewal, or replacement option
that is enforceable against a lessor or seller
(provided the option is part of a contract that
is binding and in effect on September 30,
2000, and has remained in effect).
The mere entering into of a single
transaction, such as a lease, would not, in
and of itself, prevent the transaction from
being in the ordinary course of business.
Cat. No. 11532V

Election To Apply Exclusion Rules
Taxpayers may elect to apply the
extraterritorial income exclusion rules
instead of the FSC rules for transactions
occurring during the transition period. The
election is:
• Made by checking the box on line 2 of
Form 8873,
• Made on a transaction-by-transaction
basis,
• Effective for the tax year for which it is
made and for all subsequent tax years, and
• Revocable only with the consent of the
IRS.
Taxpayers use Form 8873 to determine
their extraterritorial income exclusion.

Election To Be Treated as a
Domestic Corporation
A FSC that was in existence on September
30, 2000, and at all times thereafter may
elect to be treated as a domestic corporation
if substantially all of its gross receipts are
foreign trading gross receipts. A FSC that
elects to be treated as a domestic
corporation ceases to be a FSC for any tax
year for which the election applies (and for
any subsequent tax year).
The election is made by checking the
box on line 3 of Form 8873. An electing
corporation files Form 1120, U.S.
Corporation Income Tax Return. Once
made, the election applies to the tax year for
which it is made and remains in effect for all
subsequent years unless the election is
revoked or terminated. If the election is
revoked or terminated, the corporation
would be a foreign corporation that files
Form 1120-F, U.S. Income Tax Return of a
Foreign Corporation. Furthermore, the
foreign corporation would not be eligible to
reelect to be treated as a domestic
corporation for 5 tax years beginning with
the first tax year for which the original
election is not in effect as a result of the
revocation or termination.
Effect of election. For purposes of section
367, a foreign corporation that has elected
to be a domestic corporation is generally
treated as transferring, as of the first day of
the first tax year to which the election
applies, all of its assets to a domestic
corporation in an exchange under section
354.

FSC Election
No corporation may elect to be a FSC or a
small FSC (defined below) after
September 30, 2000.

Termination of Inactive FSCs
If a FSC has no foreign trade income (see
definition under Tax Treatment of a FSC on
page 2) for any 5 consecutive tax years
beginning after December 31, 2001, the

FSC will no longer be treated as a FSC for
any tax year beginning after that 5-year
period.

Additional Information
For additional information regarding the
rules discussed above, see Rev. Proc.
2001-37, 2001-1 C.B. 1327.

Pre-Repeal FSC Rules
Definition of a Foreign
Sales Corporation (FSC)
Under section 922(a), a FSC is defined as a
corporation that has met all of the following
rules:
1. It must be a corporation created or
organized under the laws of a qualifying
foreign country or any U.S. possession other
than Puerto Rico.
Qualifying U.S. possessions include
Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
A qualifying foreign country is a foreign
country that meets the exchange of
information rules of section 927(e)(3)(A) or
(B). All U.S. possessions other than Puerto
Rico are also certified to have met these
rules.
The following countries are qualifying
foreign countries that have met the
exchange of information rules of section
927(e)(3)(A) or 927(e)(3)(B): Australia,
Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda,
Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark,
Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Egypt,
Finland, France, Germany, Grenada,
Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland,
Jamaica, Korea, Malta, the Marshall Islands,
Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the
Philippines, St. Lucia, Sweden, and Trinidad
and Tobago.
2. It had no more than 25 shareholders
at any time during the tax year.
3. It had no preferred stock outstanding
at any time during the tax year.
4. During the tax year, the FSC must
maintain:
• An office in one of the qualifying
foreign countries or U.S. possessions listed
above,
• A set of permanent books of account
(including invoices) at that office, and
• The books and records required under
section 6001 at a U.S. location to sufficiently
establish the amount of gross income,
deductions, credits, or other matters
required to be shown on its tax return.
5. It must have at least one director, at
all times during the tax year, who is not a
resident of the United States.
6. It must not be a member, at any time
during the tax year, of a controlled group of
which a DISC is a member.
7. It must have elected to be a FSC or
small FSC, and the election must have been
in effect for the tax year.
Small FSC. Section 922(b) defines a small
FSC as a corporation that:
• Elected small FSC status and has kept
the election in effect for the tax year and
• Is not a member, at any time during the
tax year, of a controlled group that includes

• Meetings of the board of directors and

a FSC (unless that other FSC is also a
small FSC).
A small FSC is exempt from the foreign
management and foreign economic process
requirements outlined on this page.
$5 million limit. Generally, any foreign
trading gross receipts of a small FSC for the
tax year that exceed $5 million are not to be
considered in determining its exempt foreign
trade income. The $5 million limit is reduced
if the small FSC has a short tax year. It may
also be reduced if the small FSC is a
member of a controlled group that contains
other small FSCs. See Regulations section
1.921-2(b) for more information.

Tax Treatment of a FSC
A FSC is not taxed on its exempt foreign
trade income. Section 923 defines foreign
trade income as the gross income of a FSC
attributable to foreign trading gross receipts
(defined below).
The percentage of foreign trade income
exempt from tax is figured differently for
income determined under the administrative
pricing rules (for details, see the Instructions
for Schedule P (Form 1120-FSC)) and
income determined without regard to the
administrative pricing rules. These
percentages are computed on Schedule E,
page 4, Form 1120-FSC, and carried over to
lines 9a and 9b of Schedule B, page 3,
Form 1120-FSC, to figure taxable income or
(loss).
See section 923(a)(4) for a special rule
for foreign trade income allocable to a
cooperative. See section 923(a)(5) for a
special rule for military property.
Tax treaty benefits. A FSC may not claim
any benefits under any income tax treaty
between the United States and any foreign
country.

Foreign Trading Gross Receipts
A FSC is treated as having foreign trading
gross receipts (defined in section 924) only
if it has met certain foreign management
and foreign economic process requirements.
Foreign trading gross receipts do not
include:
• Certain excluded receipts (defined in
section 924(f)).
• Receipts attributable to property excluded
from export property under section
927(a)(2).
• Investment income (defined in section
927(c)).
• Carrying charges (defined in section
927(d)(1)).
Note. Computer software licensed for
reproduction abroad is not excluded from
export property under section 927(a)(2).
Therefore, receipts attributable to the sale,
lease, or rental of computer software and
services related and subsidiary to such
transactions qualify as foreign trading gross
receipts.

Foreign Management Rules
A FSC (other than a small FSC) is treated
as having foreign trading gross receipts for
the tax year only if the management of the
FSC during the year takes place outside the
United States. These management activities
include:

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meetings of the shareholders.
• Disbursing cash, dividends, legal and
accounting fees, salaries of officers, and
salaries or fees of directors from the
principal bank account (see below).
• Maintaining the principal bank account at
all times during the tax year.
Meetings of directors and meetings of
the shareholders. All meetings of the
board of directors of the FSC and all
meetings of the shareholders of the FSC
that take place during the tax year must take
place outside the United States.
In addition, all such meetings must
comply with the local laws of the foreign
country or U.S. possession in which the
FSC was created or organized. The local
laws determine whether a meeting must be
held, when and where it must be held (if it is
held at all), who must be present, quorum
requirements, use of proxies, etc.
Principal bank accounts. See
Regulations section 1.924(c)-1(c) for
information regarding principal bank
accounts.

Foreign Economic Process Rules
A FSC (other than a small FSC) has foreign
trading gross receipts from any transaction
only if certain economic processes for the
transaction take place outside the United
States. Section 924(d) and Regulations
section 1.924(d)-1 set forth the rules for
determining whether a sufficient amount of
the economic processes of a transaction
takes place outside the United States.
Generally, a transaction will qualify if the
FSC satisfies two requirements:
• Participation outside the United States in
the sales portion of the transaction and
• Satisfaction of either the 50% or the 85%
foreign direct cost test.
The activities comprising these economic
processes may be performed by the FSC or
by any other person acting under contract
with the FSC.
Participation outside the United States in
the sales portion of the transaction.
Generally, the requirement of section
924(d)(1)(A) is met for the gross receipts of
a FSC derived from any transaction if the
FSC has participated outside the United
States in the following sales activities
relating to the transaction: (1) solicitation
(other than advertising), (2) negotiation, and
(3) making a contract.
1. Solicitation (other than advertising) is
any communication (including, but not
limited to, telephone, telegraph, mail, or in
person) by the FSC, to a specific, targeted
customer or potential customer.
2. Negotiation is any communication by
the FSC to a customer or potential customer
aimed at an agreement on one or more of
the terms of a transaction, including, but not
limited to, price, credit terms, quantity, or
time or manner of delivery.
3. Making a contract refers to
performance by the FSC of any of the
elements necessary to complete a sale,
such as making or accepting an offer.
Grouping transactions. Generally, the
sales activities described above are to be
applied on a transaction-by-transaction
basis. However, a FSC may make an
annual election to apply any of the sales

Instructions for Form 1120-FSC (Rev. 12-2010)

activities on the basis of a group. To make
the election, check the applicable box on
line 10a, Additional Information, on page 2
of Form 1120-FSC. See Regulations section
1.924(d)-1(c)(5) for details.
Satisfaction of either the 50% or 85%
foreign direct cost test. To qualify as
foreign trading gross receipts, the foreign
direct costs incurred by the FSC attributable
to the transaction must equal or exceed
50% of the total direct costs incurred by the
FSC attributable to the transaction.
Instead of satisfying the 50% foreign
direct cost test, the FSC may incur foreign
direct costs attributable to activities
described in each of two of the section
924(e) categories. The costs must equal or
exceed 85% of the total direct costs incurred
by the FSC attributable to the activity
described in each of the two categories. If
no direct costs are incurred by the FSC in a
particular category, that category is not
taken into account for purposes of
determining whether the FSC has met either
the 50% or 85% foreign direct cost test.
Direct costs are costs that:
• Are incident to and necessary for the
performance of any activity described in
section 924(e);
• Include the cost of materials consumed in
the performance of the activity and the cost
of labor that can be identified or associated
directly with the performance of the activity
(but only to the extent of wages, salaries,
fees for professional services, and other
amounts paid for personal services actually
rendered, such as bonuses or compensation
paid for services on the basis of a
percentage of profits); and
• Include the allowable depreciation
deduction for equipment or facilities (or the
rental cost for its use) that can be
specifically identified or associated with the
activity, as well as the contract price of an
activity performed on behalf of the FSC by a
contractor.
Total direct costs means all of the direct
costs of any transaction attributable to
activities described in any paragraph of
section 924(e). For purposes of the 50% test
of section 924(d)(1)(B), total direct costs are
based on the direct costs of all activities
described in all paragraphs of section
924(e). For purposes of the 85% test of
section 924(d)(2), however, the total direct
costs are determined separately for each
paragraph of section 924(e).
Foreign direct costs means the portion
of the total direct costs of any transaction
attributable to activities performed outside
the United States. For purposes of the 50%
test, foreign direct costs are based on the
direct costs of all activities described in all
paragraphs of section 924(e). For purposes
of the 85% test, however, foreign direct
costs are determined separately for each
paragraph of section 924(e).
For more details, see Regulations
section 1.924(d)-1(d).
Check the applicable box(es) on line 10b,
Additional Information, on page 2 of the
form, to indicate how the FSC met the
foreign direct costs requirement.
Grouping transactions. Generally, the
foreign direct cost tests under Regulations
section 1.924(d)-1(d) are applied on a
transaction-by-transaction basis. However,

the FSC may make an annual election (on
line 10d, Additional Information, on page 2
of the form) to apply the foreign direct cost
tests on a customer, contract, or product or
product line grouping basis. Any grouping
used must be supported by adequate
documentation of performance of activities
and costs of activities relating to the
grouping used. See Regulations section
1.924(d)-1(e) for details.
Exception for foreign military property.
The economic process rules do not apply to
any activities performed in connection with
foreign military sales except those activities
described in section 924(e). See
Regulations section 1.924(d)-1(f) for details.

Section 925(c) Rule
To use the administrative pricing rules to
determine the FSC’s (or small FSC’s) profit
on a transaction or group of transactions,
the FSC must perform (or contract with
another person to perform) all of the
economic process activities relating to the
transaction or group of transactions. All of
the direct and indirect expenses relating to
the performance of those activities must be
reflected on the books of the FSC and on
Form 1120-FSC.
Under Temporary Regulations section
1.925(a)-1T(b)(2)(ii), an election may be
made to include on the FSC’s books all
expenses, other than cost of goods sold,
that are necessary to figure combined
taxable income for the transaction or group
of transactions. The expenses must be
identified on Schedule G on the applicable
line.

Who Must File
File Form 1120-FSC if the corporation
elected to be treated as a FSC or small
FSC, and the election is still in effect.
Note. A FSC that elects to be treated as a
domestic corporation under section
943(e)(1) does not file Form 1120-FSC.
Instead, it files Form 1120.

When To File
Generally, a corporation must file Form
1120-FSC by the 15th day of the 3rd month
after the end of its tax year. A FSC that has
dissolved must generally file by the 15th day
of the 3rd month after the date it dissolved.
If the due date falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday, the FSC may file
on the next business day.
Private delivery services. FSCs can use
certain private delivery services designated
by the IRS to meet the “timely mailing as
timely filing” rule for tax returns. These
private delivery services include only the
following:
• DHL Express (DHL): DHL Same Day
Service.
• Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx Priority
Overnight, FedEx Standard Overnight,
FedEx 2Day, FedEx International Priority,
and FedEx International First.
• United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS Next
Day Air, UPS Next Day Air Saver, UPS 2nd
Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air A.M., UPS
Worldwide Express Plus, and UPS
Worldwide Express.
The private delivery service can tell you
how to get written proof of the mailing date.

Instructions for Form 1120-FSC (Rev. 12-2010)

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Private delivery services cannot
deliver items to P.O. boxes. You
CAUTION
must use the U.S. Postal Service to
mail any item to an IRS P.O. box address.

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Extension of time to file. File Form 7004,
Application for Automatic Extension of Time
To File Certain Business Income Tax,
Information, and Other Returns, to request a
6-month extension of time to file. Generally,
the FSC must file Form 7004 by the regular
due date of the return.

Where To File
File Form 1120-FSC with the:
Internal Revenue Service Center
P.O. Box 409101
Ogden, UT 84409

Who Must Sign
The return must be signed and dated by:
• The president, vice president, treasurer,
assistant treasurer, chief accounting officer;
or
• Any other corporate officer (such as tax
officer) authorized to sign.
If a return is filed on behalf of a FSC by a
receiver, trustee, or assignee, the fiduciary
must sign the return, instead of the
corporate officer. Returns and forms signed
by a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy on
behalf of a FSC must be accompanied by a
copy of the order or instructions of the court
authorizing signing of the return or form.
If an employee of the FSC completes
Form 1120-FSC, the paid preparer space
should remain blank. Anyone who prepares
Form 1120-FSC but does not charge the
FSC should not complete that section.
Generally, anyone who is paid to prepare
the return must sign it and fill in the “Paid
Preparer Use Only” area.
The paid preparer must complete the
required preparer information and:
• Sign the return in the space provided for
the preparer’s signature.
• Give a copy of the return to the taxpayer.
Note. A paid preparer may sign original or
amended returns by rubber stamp,
mechanical device, or computer software
programs.

Paid Preparer
Authorization
If the FSC wants to allow the IRS to discuss
its tax return with the paid preparer who
signed it, check the “Yes” box in the
signature area of the return. This
authorization applies only to the individual
whose signature appears in the “Paid
Preparer Use Only” section of the return. It
does not apply to the firm, if any, shown in
that section.
If the “Yes” box is checked, the FSC is
authorizing the IRS to call the paid preparer
to answer any questions that may arise
during the processing of its return. The FSC
is also authorizing the paid preparer to:
• Give the IRS any information that is
missing from the return,
• Call the IRS for information about the
processing of the return or the status of any
related refund or payment(s), and
• Respond to certain IRS notices about
math errors, offsets, and return preparation.

The FSC is not authorizing the paid
preparer to receive any refund check, bind
the FSC to anything (including any
additional tax liability), or otherwise
represent the FSC before the IRS.
The authorization will automatically end
no later than the due date (excluding
extensions) for filing the FSC’s tax return for
the following year. If the FSC wants to
expand the paid preparer’s authorization or
revoke it before it ends, see Pub. 947,
Practice Before the IRS and Power of
Attorney.

Other Forms That
May Be Required
The FSC may have to file some of the forms
listed below. See the form for more
information.
For a list of additional forms the FSC
may need to file (most notably, forms
pertaining to the reporting of various types
of income, any related withholding, to U.S.
persons, foreign persons, and the IRS, and
reportable transactions), see Pub. 542,
Corporations.
• Form 5471, Information Return of U.S.
Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign
Corporations. This form may have to be filed
by certain U.S. officers, directors, or
shareholders of a FSC to report changes in
ownership (see sections 6046 and the
related regulations).
If a Form 1120-FSC is filed, Form 5471 is
not required to be filed to satisfy the
requirements of section 6038 (see
Temporary Regulations section
1.921-1T(b)(3)). However, certain U.S.
shareholders may be required to file
Form 5471 and the applicable schedules to
report subpart F income.
See the Instructions for Form 5471 for
more information.
• Form 5472, Information Return of a 25%
Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporation or a
Foreign Corporation Engaged in a U.S.
Trade or Business. Generally, a FSC that is
engaged in a trade or business in the United
States that had a reportable transaction with
a foreign or domestic related party during
the tax year must file Form 5472.
• Form 5713, International Boycott Report.
FSCs that had operations in, or related to,
certain “boycotting” countries file
Form 5713.
• Form 8275, Disclosure Statement, and
Form 8275-R, Regulation Disclosure
Statement. Disclose items or positions taken
on a tax return that are not otherwise
adequately disclosed on a tax return or that
are contrary to Treasury regulations (to
avoid parts of the accuracy-related penalty
or certain preparer penalties).
• Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments
Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or
Business. Use this form to report the receipt
of more than $10,000 in cash or foreign
currency in one transaction or a series of
related transactions.

Assembling the Return
To ensure that the FSC’s tax return is
correctly processed, attach all schedules
and other forms after page 6, Form
1120-FSC, and in the following order:
1. Schedule O (Form 1120).

2. Form 4626.
3. Form 4136.
4. Form 8941.
5. Form 851.
6. Additional schedules in alphabetical
order.
7. Additional forms in numerical order.
Complete every applicable entry space
on Form 1120-FSC. Do not enter “See
Attached” or “Available Upon Request”
instead of completing the entry spaces. If
more space is needed on the forms or
schedules, attach separate sheets using the
same size and format as the printed forms.
If there are supporting statements and
attachments, arrange them in the same
order as the schedules or forms they
support and attach them last. Show the
totals on the printed forms. Enter the FSC’s
name and EIN on each supporting
statement or attachment.

Accounting Methods
Figure taxable income using the method of
accounting regularly used in keeping the
FSC’s books and records. In all cases, the
method used must clearly show taxable
income. Permissible methods include cash,
accrual, or any other method authorized by
the Internal Revenue Code.
A member of a controlled group may not
use an accounting method that would distort
any group member’s income, including its
own. For example, a FSC acts as a
commission agent for property sales by a
related corporation that uses the accrual
method and pays the FSC its commission
more than 2 months after the sale. In this
case, the FSC should not use the cash
method because that method would
materially distort its income.
Generally, the following rules apply:

• A FSC (other than a qualified personal

service corporation) must use the accrual
method of accounting if its average annual
gross receipts exceed $5 million. However,
see Nonaccrual experience method on page
7.
• Unless it is a qualifying taxpayer or a
qualifying small business taxpayer, a FSC
must use the accrual method for sales and
purchases of inventory items. See Schedule
A, Cost of Goods Sold Related to Foreign
Trading Gross Receipts, on page 6.
Change in accounting method. To
change its method of accounting used to
report taxable income (for income as a
whole or for the treatment of any material
item), the FSC generally must file Form
3115, Application for Change in Accounting
Method. For more information, see Form
3115 and Pub. 538, Accounting Periods and
Methods.
Section 481(a) adjustment. The FSC
may have to make an adjustment under
section 481(a) to prevent amounts of
income or expense from being duplicated or
omitted. The section 481(a) adjustment
period is generally 1 year for a net negative
adjustment and 4 years for a net positive
adjustment. However, a FSC can elect to
use a 1-year adjustment period if the net
section 481(a) adjustment for the change is
less than $25,000. The FSC must complete
the appropriate lines of Form 3115 to make
the election.

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Accounting Period
A FSC must figure its taxable income on the
basis of a tax year. A tax year is the annual
accounting period a FSC uses to keep its
records and report its income and expenses.
Generally, FSCs may use a calendar year or
a fiscal year. Personal service corporations,
however, must generally use a calendar
year.
Note. The tax year of a FSC must be the
same as the tax year of the principal
shareholder which, at the beginning of the
FSC tax year, has the highest percentage of
voting power. If two or more shareholders
have the highest percentage of voting
power, the FSC must have a tax year that
conforms to the tax year of any such
shareholder. See section 441(h).

Rounding Off to
Whole Dollars
The FSC may round off cents to whole
dollars on its return and schedules. If the
FSC does round to whole dollars, it must
round all amounts. To round, drop amounts
under 50 cents and increase amounts from
50 to 99 cents to the next dollar (for
example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50
becomes $3).
If two or more amounts must be added to
figure the amount to enter on a line, include
cents when adding the amounts and round
off only the total.

Recordkeeping
Keep the FSC’s records for as long as they
may be needed for the administration of any
provision of the Internal Revenue Code.
Usually, records that support an item of
income, deduction, or credit on the return
must be kept for 3 years from the date the
return is due or filed, whichever is later.
Keep records that verify the FSC’s basis in
property for as long as they are needed to
figure the basis of the original or
replacement property.
The FSC should keep copies of all filed
returns. They help in preparing future and
amended returns.

Tax Payments
The FSC must pay the tax due in full no
later than the 15th day of the 3rd month
after the end of the tax year. The method for
payment of the tax due depends upon
whether the FSC has an office or place of
business in the United States.
FSCs that do not maintain an office or
place of business in the United States can
use Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
(EFTPS) to pay the tax due providing the
FSC has a U.S. bank account. If the FSC
does not have a U.S. bank account, it may
also arrange for a financial institution to
initiate a same-day wire payment on its
behalf or it can arrange for either a qualified
intermediary, tax professional, payroll
service, or other trusted third party to make
a deposit on its behalf using a master
account. In addition, the FSC still has the
option to pay by check or money order,
payable to the United States Treasury. To
help ensure proper crediting, write the
FSC’s employer identification number (EIN),
“Form 1120-FSC,” and the tax period to

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which the payment applies on the check or
money order. Enclose the payment when
Form 1120-FSC is filed.
FSCs that do maintain an office or place
of business in the United States must pay
the tax due by electronic funds transfer. The
FSC can pay the tax using EFTPS or it can
arrange for its tax professional, financial
institution, payroll service, or other trusted
third party to make deposits on its behalf. In
addition, the FSC also has the option to
arrange for its financial institution to initiate a
same-day wire payment. See Electronic
Deposit Requirement next.

Electronic Deposit Requirement
Forms 8109 and 8109-B can no longer be
used after December 31, 2010. As a result,
beginning January 1, 2011, FSCs with an
office or place of business in the United
States must use electronic funds transfers to
make all federal tax deposits. Generally,
electronic funds transfers are made using
EFTPS; however, if the corporation does not
want to use EFTPS, it can arrange for its tax
professional, financial institution, payroll
service, or other trusted third party to make
deposits on its behalf. Also, it can arrange
for its financial institution to initiate a
same-day wire payment on its behalf.
EFTPS is a free service provided by the
Department of the Treasury. Services
provided by a tax professional, financial
institution, payroll service, or other third
party may have a fee.
For more information about EFTPS or to
enroll in EFTPS, visit the EFTPS website at
www.eftps.gov, or call 1-800-555-4477. You
can also get Pub. 966, The Secure Way to
Pay Your Federal Taxes.
Depositing on time. For deposits made by
EFTPS to be on time, the FSC must initiate
the deposit by 8 p.m. Eastern time the day
before the date the deposit is due. If the
FSC uses a third party to make deposits on
its behalf, the third party may have different
cutoff times.
Same-day payment option. If the FSC
fails to initiate a deposit transaction on
EFTPS by 8 p.m. Eastern time the day
before the date a deposit is due, it can still
make the deposit on time by using the
Federal Tax Application (FTA). Before using
the same-day wire payment option, the FSC
will need to make arrangements with its
financial institution ahead of time. Please
check with your financial institution
regarding availability, deadlines, and costs.
To learn more about making a same-day
wire payment and download the Same-Day
Payment Worksheet, visit www.eftps.gov.

Estimated Tax Payments
Generally, the following rules apply to the
FSC’s payments of estimated tax:
• The FSC must make installment
payments of estimated tax if it expects its
total tax for the year (less applicable credits)
to be $500 or more.
• The installments are due by the 15th day
of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th months of the
tax year. If any date falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday, the installment is
due on the next regular business day.
• Use Form 1120-W, Estimated Tax for
Corporations, as a worksheet to compute
estimated tax.

• If the FSC maintains an office or place of

business in the United States, it must use
electronic funds transfers to make
installment payments of estimated tax.
• If the FSC does not maintain an office or
place of business in the United States, it can
pay the estimated tax by EFTPS providing it
has a U.S. bank account. The foreign
corporation can also arrange for its financial
institution to initiate a same-day wire
payment on its behalf or can arrange for its
qualified intermediary, tax professional,
payroll service, or other trusted third party to
make a deposit on its behalf using a master
account. In addition, the foreign corporation
still has the option to pay the estimated tax
due by check or money order.
• If the FSC overpaid estimated tax, it may
be able to get a quick refund by filing Form
4466, Corporation Application for Quick
Refund of Overpayment of Estimated Tax.
For more information on estimated tax
payments, including penalties that apply if
the FSC fails to make required payments,
see Line 3, Estimated tax penalty,
on page 6.

Interest and Penalties
Interest. Interest is charged on taxes paid
late even if an extension of time to file is
granted. Interest is also charged on
penalties imposed for failure to file,
negligence, fraud, substantial valuation
misstatements, gross valuation
misstatements, substantial understatements
of tax, and reportable transaction
understatements from the due date
(including extensions) to the date of
payment. The interest charge is figured at a
rate determined under section 6621.
Late filing of return. A FSC that does not
file its tax return by the due date, including
extensions, may be penalized 5% of the
unpaid tax for each month or part of a month
the return is late, up to a maximum of 25%
of the unpaid tax. The penalty will not be
imposed if the FSC can show that the failure
to file on time was due to reasonable cause.
FSCs that file late should attach a statement
explaining the reasonable cause.
Late payment of tax. A FSC that does not
pay the tax when due generally may be
penalized 1/2 of 1% of the unpaid tax for
each month or part of a month the tax is not
paid, up to a maximum of 25% of the unpaid
tax. The penalty will not be imposed if the
FSC can show that the failure to pay on time
was due to reasonable cause.
Trust fund recovery penalty. This penalty
may apply if certain income, social security,
and Medicare taxes that must be collected
or withheld are not collected or withheld, or
these taxes are not paid. These taxes are
generally reported on Form 941, Employer’s
QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return, or Form
945, Annual Return of Withheld Federal
Income Tax.
The trust fund recovery penalty may be
imposed on all persons who are determined
by the IRS to have been responsible for
collecting, accounting for, and paying over
these taxes, and who acted willfully in not
doing so. The penalty is equal to the unpaid
trust fund tax. See Pub. 15 (Circular E),
Employer’s Tax Guide, for details, including
the definition of responsible persons.

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Other penalties. Other penalties may be
imposed for negligence, substantial
understatement of tax, and fraud. See
sections 6662, 6662A, and 6663.
A FSC may also be subject to a penalty
(under section 6686) of:
• $100 for each failure to supply
information, up to $25,000 during the
calendar year.
• $1,000 for not filing a return.
These penalties will not apply if the FSC
can show that the failure to furnish the
required information was due to reasonable
cause.

Specific Instructions
Period covered. Enter the tax year in the
space provided at the top of the form. For a
calendar year, enter the last two digits of the
calendar year in the first entry space. For a
fiscal year, fill in the tax year space at the
top of the form.
Name. Print or type the FSC’s true name
(as set forth in the charter or other legal
document creating it).
Address. Enter the U.S. address where
the FSC maintains the records required
under section 6001. Include the suite, room,
or other unit number after the street
address. If the post office does not deliver
mail to the street address and the FSC has
a P.O. box, show the box number instead.
If the FSC receives its mail in care of a
third party (such as an accountant or an
attorney), enter on the street address line
“C/O” followed by the third party’s name and
street address or P.O. box.
Item A. Foreign country or U.S.
possession of incorporation. See
Definition of a Foreign Sales Corporation
(FSC) on page 2.
Item E. Total assets. Enter the FSC’s total
assets (as determined by the accounting
method regularly used in keeping the FSC’s
books and records) at the end of the tax
year from page 6, Schedule L, column (d),
line 15. If there are no assets at the end of
the tax year, enter -0-.
Item F. Final return, name change,
address change, or amended return.
• If this is the FSC’s final return and it will
no longer exist, check the “Final return” box.
• If the FSC changed its name since it last
filed a return, check the box for “Name
change.” Generally, a FSC also must have
amended its articles of incorporation and
filed the amendment with the jurisdiction in
which it was incorporated.
• If the FSC has changed its address since
it last filed a return (including a change to an
“in care of” address), check the box for
“Address change.”
Note. If a change of address occurs after
the return is filed, use Form 8822, Change
of Address, to notify the IRS of the new
address.
• If the FSC is amending its return, check
the box for “Amended return.”

FSC Information
Line 1. Principal shareholder. Complete
lines 1a through 1h for the shareholder
(individual, corporation, partnership, trust, or

estate) that was the principal shareholder at
the beginning of the FSC’s tax year. See the
Note on page 4 under Accounting Period.
Foreign address. Enter the information
in the following order: city, province or state,
and country. Follow the country’s practice
for entering the postal code. Do not
abbreviate the country name.
Line 2. Parent-subsidiary controlled
group. If the FSC is a subsidiary in a
parent-subsidiary controlled group and the
principal shareholder is not the common
parent of the group, complete lines 2a
through 2g for the common parent. Enter the
consolidated total assets on line 2d for a
group that files a consolidated return;
otherwise, enter only the common parent’s
total assets.
Note. Check the “Yes” box on line 2 if the
FSC is a subsidiary in a parent-subsidiary
controlled group. This applies even if the
FSC is a subsidiary member of one group
and the parent corporation of another.
The term “parent-subsidiary controlled
group” means one or more chains of
corporations connected through stock
ownership (sections 927(d)(4) and
1563(a)(1)). Both of the following
requirements must be met:
1. More than 50% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock entitled
to vote or more than 50% of the total value
of all classes of stock of each corporation in
the group (except the parent) must be
owned by one or more of the other
corporations in the group.
2. The common parent must own more
than 50% of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock entitled to vote or
more than 50% of the total value of all
classes of stock of at least one of the other
corporations in the group.
Stock owned directly by other members
of the group is not counted when computing
the voting power or value.
See sections 927(d)(4) and 1563(d)(1)
for the definition of “stock” for purposes of
determining stock ownership above.

Tax and Payments
Line 2h. Backup withholding. If the FSC
had income tax withheld from any payments
it received due to backup withholding,
include the amount withheld in the total for
line 2h. Show the amount withheld in the
blank space in the right-hand column
between lines 1 and 2h, and write “backup
withholding.”
Note. Do not include backup withholding
amounts on line 2g. Include on line 2g only
amounts withheld under Chapter 3 of the
Code.
Line 3. Estimated tax penalty. A FSC that
does not make estimated tax payments
when due may be subject to an
underpayment penalty for the period of
underpayment. Generally, a FSC is subject
to the penalty if its tax liability is $500 or
more and it did not timely pay the smaller of:
• Its current year tax liability or
• Its prior year’s tax.

See section 6655 for details and
exceptions, including special rules for large
corporations.
Use Form 2220, Underpayment of
Estimated Tax by Corporations, to see if the
FSC owes the penalty and to figure the
amount of the penalty. Generally, the FSC
does not have to file this form because the
IRS can figure the amount of any penalty
and bill the FSC for it. However, even if the
FSC does not owe the penalty, complete
and attach Form 2220 if:
• The annualized income or adjusted
seasonal installment method is used or
• The FSC is a large corporation computing
its first required installment based on the
prior year’s tax. (See the Form 2220
instructions for the definition of a large
corporation.)
If Form 2220 is attached, check the box
on line 3 and enter the amount of any
penalty on this line.

Schedule A

Cost of Goods Sold Related to
Foreign Trading Gross Receipts
Complete Schedule A only for the cost of
goods sold deduction related to foreign
trading gross receipts reported on lines 1
through 5 of Schedule B.
Complete column (a) to show the cost of
goods sold for inventory acquired in
transactions using the administrative pricing
rules. Complete column (b) to show the cost
of goods sold for inventory acquired in
transactions that did not use the
administrative pricing rules. For details on
the administrative pricing rules, see the
Instructions for Schedule P (Form
1120-FSC).
If the FSC acts as another person’s
commission agent on a sale, do not enter
any amount on Schedule A for the sale.
Small FSCs will have to make two
separate computations for cost of goods
sold if their foreign trading gross receipts
exceed the limitation amount on line 6e of
Schedule B. In this case, a deduction for
cost of goods sold will be figured separately
for the income on line 6h of Schedule B, and
separately for the income on line 7 of
Schedule F.
Generally, inventories are required at the
beginning and end of each tax year if the
purchase or sale of merchandise is an
income-producing factor.
However, if the FSC is a qualifying
taxpayer or a qualifying small business
taxpayer, it may adopt or change its
accounting method to account for
inventoriable items in the same manner as
materials and supplies that are not
incidental (unless its business is a tax
shelter (as defined in section 448(d)(3))).
A qualifying taxpayer is a taxpayer that,
for each prior tax year ending after
December 16, 1998, has average annual
gross receipts of $1 million or less for the 3
prior years.
A qualifying small business taxpayer is a
taxpayer (a) that, for each prior tax year
ending on or after December 31, 2000, has
average annual gross receipts of $10 million
or less for the 3 prior tax years, and (b)
whose principal business activity is not an
ineligible activity.

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Under this accounting method, inventory
costs for merchandise purchased for resale
are deductible in the year the merchandise
is sold (but not before the year the FSC paid
for the merchandise, if it is also using the
cash method). For additional guidance on
this method of accounting for inventoriable
items, see Pub. 538, and the Instructions for
Form 3115.
Enter amounts paid for merchandise
during the tax year on line 2. The amount
the FSC may deduct for the tax year is
figured on line 8.
All FSCs not using the cash method of
accounting should see Section 263A
uniform capitalization rules in the
instructions for Schedule G on page 9. See
those instructions before completing
Schedule A.
If the FSC uses intercompany pricing
rules (for purchases from a related supplier),
use the transfer price figured in Part II of
Schedule P (Form 1120-FSC).
Line 1. Inventory at beginning of year. If
the FSC is changing its method of
accounting for the current tax year, it must
refigure last year’s closing inventory using
its new method of accounting and enter the
result on line 1. If there is a difference
between last year’s closing inventory and
the refigured amount, attach an explanation
and take it into account when figuring the
FSC’s section 481(a) adjustment (explained
on page 4).
Line 4. Additional section 263A costs.
An entry is required on this line only for
FSCs that have elected a simplified method
of accounting.
For FSCs that have elected the simplified
production method, additional section 263A
costs are generally those costs, other than
interest, that were not capitalized under the
FSC’s method of accounting immediately
prior to the effective date of section 263A
but are now required to be capitalized under
section 263A. For details, see Regulations
section 1.263A-2(b).
For FSCs that have elected the simplified
resale method, additional section 263A
costs are generally those costs incurred with
respect to the following categories:
• Off-site storage or warehousing.
• Purchasing.
• Handling, such as processing,
assembling, repackaging, and transporting.
• General and administrative costs (mixed
service costs).
For details, see Regulations section
1.263A-3(d).
Enter on line 4 the balance of section
263A costs paid or incurred during the tax
year not includible on lines 2, 3, and 5.
Line 5. Other costs. Enter on line 5 any
costs paid or incurred during the tax year
not entered on lines 2 through 4.
Line 7. Inventory at end of year. See
Regulations sections 1.263A-1 through
1.263A-3 for details on figuring the amount
of additional section 263A costs to be
included in ending inventory. If the FSC
accounts for inventoriable items in the same
manner as materials and supplies that are
not incidental, enter on line 7 the portion of
its merchandise purchased for resale that is
included on line 6 and was not sold during
the year.

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Lines 9a through 9f. Inventory valuation
methods. Inventories may be valued at:
• Cost,
• Cost or market value (whichever is lower),
or
• Any other method approved by the IRS
that conforms to the requirements of the
applicable regulations cited below.
However, if the FSC is using the cash
method of accounting, it is required to use
cost.
FSCs that account for inventoriable items
in the same manner as materials and
supplies that are not incidental may
currently deduct expenditures for direct
labor and all indirect costs that would
otherwise be included in inventory costs.
Generally, a rolling average method that
is used to value inventories for financial
accounting purposes does not clearly reflect
income for federal income tax purposes.
However, if a corporation uses the average
cost method for financial accounting
purposes, there are two safe harbors under
which this method will be deemed to clearly
reflect income for federal purposes. See
Rev. Proc. 2008-43, 2008-30 I.R.B. 186 and
Rev. Proc. 2008-52, 2008-36 I.R.B. 587, or
its successor, for details.
FSCs that use erroneous valuation
methods must change to a method
permitted for Federal income tax purposes.
To make this change, use Form 3115.
On line 9a, check the method(s) used for
valuing inventories. Under lower of cost or
market, the term “market” (for normal goods)
means the current bid price prevailing on the
inventory valuation date for the particular
merchandise in the volume usually
purchased by the taxpayer. If section 263A
applies to the taxpayer, the basic elements
of cost must reflect the current bid price of
all direct costs and all indirect costs properly
allocable to goods on hand at the inventory
date.
Inventory may be valued below cost
when the merchandise is unsalable at
normal prices or unusable in the normal way
because the goods are subnormal due to
damage, imperfections, shop wear, etc.,
within the meaning of Regulations section
1.471-2(c). The goods may be valued at the
current bona fide selling price, minus direct
cost of disposition (but not less than scrap
value) if such a price can be established.
If this is the first year the Last-in,
First-out (LIFO) inventory method was either
adopted or extended to inventory goods not
previously valued under the LIFO method
provided in section 472, attach Form 970,
Application To Use LIFO Inventory Method,
or a statement with the information required
by Form 970. Also check the LIFO box on
line 9c. On line 9d, enter the amount or the
percent of total closing inventories covered
under section 472. Estimates are
acceptable.
If the FSC changed or extended its
inventory method to LIFO and had to write
up the opening inventory to cost in the year
of election, report the effect of the write-up
as other income (as appropriate on
Schedule F, line 16), proportionately over a
3-year period that begins with the year of
the LIFO election (section 472(d)).
For more information on inventory
valuation methods, see Pub. 538. For more

information on changes in the method of
accounting for inventory, see Form 3115
and the Instructions for Form 3115.

Additional Information
Line 2. Show any tax-exempt interest
received or accrued. Include any
exempt-interest dividends received as a
shareholder in a mutual fund or other
regulated investment company. Also include
this amount on Schedule M-1, line 7a.
Line 5. If the FSC owned at least a 10%
interest, directly or indirectly, in any foreign
partnership, attach a statement listing the
following information for each foreign
partnership. For this purpose, a foreign
partnership includes an entity treated as a
foreign partnership under Regulations
section 301.7701-2 or 301.7701-3.
1. Name and EIN (if any) of the foreign
partnership;
2. Identify which, if any, of the following
forms the foreign partnership filed for its tax
year ending with or within the FSC’s tax
year: Form 1042, 1065 or 1065-B, or 8804;
3. Name of the tax matters partner (if
any) and
4. Beginning and ending dates of the
foreign partnership’s tax year.
Line 6. If the FSC has a net operating loss
(NOL) for its current tax year, it generally
can elect to waive the entire carryback
period for the NOL and instead carry the
NOL forward to future tax years. To do so,
check the box on line 6 and file the tax
return by its due date, including extensions
(do not attach the statement described in
Temporary Regulations section
301.9100-12T). Once made, the election is
irrevocable. See Form 1139, Corporation
Application for Tentative Refund, for more
details.
Line 7. Enter the amount of the NOL
carryover to the tax year from prior years,
even if some of the loss is used to offset
income on this return. The amount to enter
is the total of all NOLs generated in prior
years but not used to offset income (either
as a carryback or carryover) to a tax year
prior to the current tax year. Do not reduce
the amount by any NOL deduction reported
on line 19a, Part II of Schedule B.
Lines 8c and 9b(2). See Definition of a
Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) on page 2
for definitions of qualifying foreign country
and U.S. possession.
Line 9. All FSCs (except small FSCs) must
answer these questions. For more
information, see Foreign Management Rules
on page 2.
Line 10. All FSCs (except small FSCs)
must answer these questions. On line 10b,
indicate how the FSC met the foreign direct
costs requirement of section 924(d) for all
transactions that generated foreign trading
gross receipts reported on lines 1 through 5
of Schedule B. Also, complete line 10a
and/or line 10d to make an election to use
either of the annual grouping election(s)
indicated. See Foreign Economic Process
Rules on page 2 for details.

Schedule B

Taxable Income or (Loss)
Use Schedule B to compute taxable income
from all sources.

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Part I
Use Part I to compute net income
attributable to nonexempt foreign trade
income. Income and expenses on lines 1
through 15 are reported in column (a) if the
administrative pricing rules were used in the
transaction that produced the income.
Report in column (b) all foreign trade
income from all transactions in which the
administrative pricing rules were not used.
Attach a schedule that shows the
computation of the taxable and nontaxable
income included on line 15, column (b).
Include only the taxable amount on line 16.
Nonaccrual experience method. Accrual
method FSCs are not required to accrue
certain amounts to be received from the
performance of certain services that, on the
basis of their experience, will not be
collected, if;
• The services are in the fields of health,
law, engineering, architecture, accounting,
actuarial science, performing arts, or
consulting, or
• The corporation’s average annual gross
receipts have not exceeded $5 million for
any prior 3-tax-year period. For more detail,
see Regulations sections 1.448-2(a)(2) and
1.448-1T(f)(2).
This provision does not apply to any
amount if interest is required to be paid on
the amount or if there is any penalty for
failure to timely pay the amount. For more
information, see Regulations section
1.448-2.
Corporations that qualify to use the
nonaccrual experience method should
attach a schedule showing total gross
receipts, the amount not accrued as a result
of the application of section 448(d)(5), and
the net amount accrued. Enter the net
amount on the applicable line of
Schedule B.
Lines 1 through 5. Enter the foreign
trading gross receipts requested on lines 1
through 5. See section 924 and Foreign
Trading Gross Receipts on page 2 of these
instructions for receipts that are excluded
and other details. Report commission
income on line 1 or line 2 based on the sale,
lease, or rental of property on which that
commission arose.
Line 5. If the 50% gross receipts test of
section 924(a)(5) is not met, report the
FSC’s gross receipts that would have
otherwise qualified under that section on line
16, Schedule F, instead of line 5,
Schedule B.
Lines 6b through 6h. See section
924(b)(2)(B) for the rules regarding the
limitation on the amount of foreign trading
gross receipts that a small FSC can take
into account in determining its exempt
foreign trade income.
Line 6d. Temporary Regulations section
1.921-1T(b)(5) indicates that, in the case of
a small FSC having a short tax year, the
dollar limitation reported on line 6b or 6c is
to be prorated on a daily basis. A small FSC
having a short tax year must divide the
number of days in its short tax year by the
number of days that would have made up a
full tax year and enter the resulting fraction
on line 6d as a decimal less than 1.00000.
Example. For its 2010 calendar year
tax year, a small FSC has a short tax year of

73 days. The FSC enters 0.20 (73/365) on
line 6d.
Line 6f. If commission income is reported
in the total for line 6a of Schedule B, total
receipts for purposes of line 6f are figured
as follows:
1. Enter total of columns (a) and (b),
line 6a, Schedule B . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Enter total commission income
reported on line 1 and line 2,
Schedule B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1 . . . . . . . 3.
4. With respect to the commission
income reported on line 2 above,
enter total gross receipts on the
sale, lease, or rental of property on
which the commission income
arose (section 927(b)(2)) . . . . . . . 4.
5. Add lines 3 and 4. Enter here and
on line 6f, Schedule B . . . . . . . . . 5.

Line 6h. When making the line 6h
allocation, allocate only the commission
income from the gross receipts on line 4
above. If the small FSC’s foreign trading
gross receipts for the tax year (line 6f,
Schedule B) exceed its allowable limitation
(line 6e, Schedule B), the small FSC may
select the gross receipts to which the
limitation is allocated. In such a case,
allocate the amount on line 6g between
columns (a) and (b) on line 6h based on
whether the administrative pricing rules
were used for the gross receipts selected.
See Regulations section 1.921-2(b), Q&A-4.

Part II
Line 19a. Net operating loss deduction.
A FSC may use the NOL incurred in one tax
year to reduce its taxable income in another
tax year. Enter on line 19a the total NOL
carryovers from other tax years, but do not
enter more than the FSC’s taxable income
(after the dividends-received deduction).
Attach a schedule showing the computation
of the NOL deduction. Also complete line 7
in Additional Information on page 2 of the
form.
For details on the NOL deduction, see
section 172 and the Instructions for Form
1139.
Line 19b. Dividends-received deduction.
A FSC may be entitled to a deduction for
dividends it receives from other
corporations. Complete the worksheet on
page 10 using the instructions that begin
below. Attach the completed worksheet to
Form 1120-FSC.
Line 20. Taxable income or (loss). If line
20 is zero or less, the FSC may have an
NOL that may be carried back or forward as
a deduction to other tax years. Generally, a
FSC first carries back an NOL 2 tax years.
However, the FSC may elect to waive the
carryback period and instead carry the NOL
forward to future tax years. To make the
election, see the instructions for Additional
Information, line 6 on page 7.
See Form 1139 for details, including
other elections that may be available, which
must be made no later than 6 months after
the due date (excluding extensions) of the
FSC’s tax return.

Schedule E

Exemption Percentages Used in
Figuring Exempt Foreign Trade
Income
For purposes of the Note at the top of
Schedule E, a C corporation is a corporation
other than an S corporation. Shareholders,
other than C corporations, are individuals,
partnerships, S corporations, trusts, and
estates.
Use lines 2a through 2d to figure the
exemption percentage for foreign trade
income determined by not using the
administrative pricing rules. See section
923(a)(2).
Use lines 3a through 3d to figure the
exemption percentage for foreign trade
income that was determined by using the
administrative pricing rules (see section
923(a)(3)). If a qualified cooperative is a
shareholder of the FSC, see section
923(a)(4).

Schedule F

Net Income From Nonexempt
Foreign Trade Income and Taxable
Nonforeign Trade Income

Part I
Enter net income from nonexempt foreign
trade income and related expenses in Part I.
Line 2. Enter FSC income that resulted
from the FSC’s cooperation with an
international boycott. See section 927(e)(2)
and Form 5713 and related schedules and
instructions.
Line 3. Enter the amount, if any, of illegal
payments, bribes, or kickbacks that the FSC
paid, directly or indirectly, to government
officials, employees, or agents. See section
927(e)(2).
Line 5. See the instructions for Schedule A
before completing this line.

Part II
Enter the taxable portion of gross income of
the FSC that was not derived from foreign
trading gross receipts. This type of income
includes:
• Small FSCs only. Amounts specifically
excluded from foreign trade income because
of the small FSC limitation (the amount by
which line 6f of Schedule B exceeds line 6e
of Schedule B). (Enter the excess, if any, on
line 7 of Schedule F.)
• Investment type income. (Enter on lines 8
through 12 of Schedule F.)
• Income from property that is subsidized,
deemed in short supply, or destined for use
in the United States. (Enter on lines 13 and
14 of Schedule F.)
• Amounts from transactions that did not
meet the foreign economic process
requirements. (Enter on line 15 of
Schedule F.)
• Other nonforeign trade income. (Enter on
line 16 of Schedule F.)
For more details, see sections 924(f)
and 927(a)(2) and (3).
Line 9. Complete the worksheet on page
10 to figure the total dividends to report on
line 9. Attach the completed worksheet to
Form 1120-FSC.
Line 18. Enter the deductions allocated or
apportioned to line 17 income. Attach to
Form 1120-FSC a schedule listing each type

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of deduction. Show deductions related to
cost of goods sold separately. See the
instructions for Schedule A on page 6 before
completing this line.
Passive activity limitations. Section 469
generally limits the deduction of passive
activity losses for closely held FSCs and
FSCs that are personal service
corporations. See section 469 and the
Instructions for Form 8810 for details.

Instructions for Dividends
and Dividends-Received
Deduction Worksheet
For purposes of the 20% ownership test on
lines 1 through 7, the percentage of stock
owned by the FSC is based on voting power
and value of the stock. Preferred stock
described in section 1504(a)(4) is not taken
into account.

Line 1, Column (a)
Enter dividends (except those received on
debt-financed stock acquired after July 18,
1984 – see section 246A) that:
• Are received from less-than-20%-owned
domestic corporations subject to income tax
and
• Qualify for the 70% deduction under
section 243(a)(1).
Also include on line 1 dividends (except
those received on debt-financed stock
acquired after July 18, 1984) from a
regulated investment company (RIC). The
amount of dividends eligible for the
dividends-received deduction under section
243 is limited by section 854(b). The FSC
should receive a notice from the RIC
specifying the amount of dividends that
qualify for the deduction.
Report so-called dividends or earnings
received from mutual savings banks, etc., as
interest. Do not treat them as dividends.

Line 2, Column (a)
Enter dividends (except those received on
debt-financed stock acquired after July 18,
1984) that are received from
20%-or-more-owned domestic corporations
subject to income tax and that are subject to
the 80% deduction under section 243(c).

Line 3, Column (a)
Enter dividends that are:
• Received on debt-financed stock acquired
after July 18, 1984, from domestic and
foreign corporations subject to income tax
that would otherwise be subject to the
dividends-received deduction under section
243(a)(1), 243(c), or 245(a). Generally,
debt-financed stock is stock that the FSC
acquired by incurring a debt (for example, it
borrowed money to buy the stock).
• Received from a RIC on debt-financed
stock. The amount of dividends eligible for
the dividends-received deduction is limited
by section 854(b). The FSC should receive
a notice from the RIC specifying the amount
of dividends that qualify for the deduction.

Line 3, Columns (b) and (c)
Dividends received on debt-financed stock
acquired after July 18, 1984, are not entitled
to the full 70% or 80% dividends-received
deduction. The 70% or 80% deduction is
reduced by a percentage that is related to
the amount of debt incurred to acquire the
stock. See section 246A. Also, see section

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245(a) before making this computation for
an additional limitation that applies to
dividends received from foreign
corporations. Attach a schedule to
Form 1120-FSC showing how the amount
on line 3, column (c), was figured.

Line 4, Column (a)
Enter dividends received on the preferred
stock of a less-than-20%-owned public utility
that is subject to income tax and is allowed
the deduction provided in section 247 for
dividends paid.

9. Enter the smaller of line 7 or
line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.

10. Dividends-received deduction
after limitation (sec. 246(b)). Add
lines 4 and 9. Enter the result here
and on line 8, column (c) . . . . . . 10.

Line 10, Column (a)
If the FSC claims the foreign tax credit,
enter the tax that is deemed paid under
sections 902 and 960. See sections 78 and
906(b)(4).

Line 11, Column (a)

Line 5, Column (a)
Enter dividends received on preferred stock
of a 20%-or-more-owned public utility that is
subject to income tax and is allowed the
deduction provided in section 247 for
dividends paid.

Line 6, Column (a)
Enter the U.S.-source portion of dividends
that:
• Are received from less-than-20%-owned
foreign corporations and
• Qualify for the 70% deduction under
section 245(a). To qualify for the 70%
deduction, the FSC must own at least 10%
of the stock of the foreign corporation by
vote and value.

Line 7, Column (a)
Enter the U.S.-source portion of dividends
that are received from 20%-or-more-owned
foreign corporations and that qualify for the
80% deduction under section 245(a).

Line 8, Column (c)
Limitation on dividends-received
deduction. Generally, line 8, column (c),
may not exceed the amount on line 10 of the
worksheet below. However, in a year in
which an NOL occurs, this limitation does
not apply even if the loss is created by the
dividends-received deduction. See sections
172(d) and 246(b).
1. Refigure line 18, Part II, Schedule
B (page 3 of Form 1120-FSC)
without any adjustment under
section 1059 and without any
capital loss carryback to the tax
year under section 1212(a)(1) . . .

1.

2. Multiply line 1 by 80% . . . . . . . .

2.

3. Add lines 2, 5, and 7, column (c),
and the part of the deduction on
line 3, column (c), that is
attributable to dividends from
20%-or-more-owned corporations

3.

4. Enter the smaller of line 2 or 3. If
line 3 is greater than line 2, stop
here; enter the amount from line 4
on line 8, column (c), and do not
complete lines 5-10 below . . . . .

4.

5. Enter the total amount of dividends
from 20%-or-more-owned
corporations that are included on
lines 2, 3, 5, and 7, column (a) . .

5.

6. Subtract line 5 from line 1 . . . . . .

6.

7. Multiply line 6 by 70% . . . . . . . .

7.

8. Subtract line 3 above from line 8,
column (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8.

Include the following:
1. Dividends (other than capital gain
distributions reported on Schedule D (Form
1120) and exempt-interest dividends) that
are received from RICs and that are not
subject to the 70% deduction.
2. Dividends from tax-exempt
organizations.
3. Dividends (other than capital gain
distributions) received from a real estate
investment trust that, for the tax year of the
trust in which the dividends are paid,
qualifies under sections 856 through 860.
4. Dividends not eligible for a
dividends-received deduction, which include
the following:
a. Dividends received on any share of
stock held for less than 46 days during the
91-day period beginning 45 days before the
ex-dividend date. When counting the
number of days the FSC held the stock, you
may not count certain days during which the
FSC’s risk of loss was diminished. See
section 246(c)(4) and Regulations section
1.246-5 for more details.
b. Dividends attributable to periods
totaling more than 366 days that the
corporation received on any share of
preferred stock held for less than 91 days
during the 181-day period that began 90
days before the ex-dividend date. When
counting the number of days the FSC held
the stock, you may not count certain days
during which the FSC’s risk of loss was
diminished. See section 246(c)(4) and
Regulations section 1.246-5 for more
details. Preferred dividends attributable to
periods totaling less than 367 days are
subject to the 46-day holding period rule
above.
c. Dividends on any share of stock to
the extent the FSC is under an obligation
(including a short sale) to make related
payments with respect to positions in
substantially similar or related property.
5. Any other taxable dividend income
not properly reported elsewhere on the
worksheet.
If patronage dividends or per-unit retain
allocations are included on line 11, identify
the total of these amounts in a schedule
attached to Form 1120-FSC.

Schedule G

Deductions Allocated or
Apportioned to Foreign Trade
Income Other Than Foreign Trade
Income Reported on Schedule F

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Limitations on Deductions
Section 263A uniform capitalization
rules. The uniform capitalization rules of
section 263A generally require FSCs to
capitalize, or include in inventory, certain
costs incurred in connection with:
• Personal property (tangible and certain
intangible property) acquired for resale.
• The production of real property and
tangible personal property by a FSC for use
in its trade or business or in an activity
engaged in for profit.
Tangible personal property produced
by a FSC includes a film, sound recording,
videotape, book, or similar property.
FSCs subject to the section 263A
uniform capitalization rules are required to
capitalize:
1. Direct costs and
2. An allocable part of most indirect
costs (including taxes) that (a) benefit the
assets produced or acquired for resale or (b)
are incurred by reason of the performance
of production or resale activities.
For inventory, some of the indirect
expenses that must be capitalized are:
• Administration expenses.
• Taxes.
• Depreciation.
• Insurance.
• Compensation paid to officers attributable
to services.
• Rework labor.
• Contributions to pension, stock bonus,
and certain profit-sharing, annuity, or
deferred compensation plans.
Regulations section 1.263A-1(e)(3)
specifies other indirect costs that relate to
production or resale activities that must be
capitalized and those that may be currently
deductible.
Interest expense paid or incurred
during the production period of designated
property must be capitalized and is
governed by special rules. For more details,
see Regulations sections 1.263A-8 through
1.263A-15.
The costs required to be capitalized
under section 263A are not deductible until
the property (to which the costs relate) is
sold, used, or otherwise disposed of by the
FSC.
Exceptions. Section 263A does not apply
to:
• Personal property acquired for resale if
the FSC’s average annual gross receipts for
the 3 prior tax years were $10 million or
less.
• Inventoriable items accounted for in the
same manner as materials and supplies that
are not incidental. See Schedule A on
page 6 for details.
For more details on the uniform
capitalization rules, see Regulations
sections 1.263A-1 through 1.263A-3.
Transactions between related taxpayers.
Generally, an accrual basis taxpayer may
only deduct business expenses and interest
owed to a related party in the year the
payment is included in the income of the
related party. See sections 163(e)(3), 163(j),
and 267 for limitations on deductions for
unpaid interest and expenses.
Corporations use Form 8926,
Disqualified Corporate Interest Expense

Under Section 163(j) and Related
Information, to figure the amount of any
corporate interest disallowed by section
163(j).
Golden parachute payments. A portion of
the payments made by a FSC to key
personnel that exceeds their usual
compensation may not be deductible. This
occurs when the FSC has an agreement
(golden parachute) with these key
employees to pay them these excess
amounts if control of the FSC changes. See
section 280G and Regulations section
1.280G-1. Also, see the instructions for line
10.
Line 1. Enter only foreign direct costs on
lines 1a through 1e. See section 924(e) and
Regulations sections 1.924(e)-1(a) through
(e) for definitions and rules on direct activity
costs related to foreign trade income.
Line 5. Salaries and wages. Enter the
total salaries and wages paid for the tax
year. Do not include salaries and wages
deductible elsewhere on the return, such as
amounts included in officers’ compensation,
cost of goods sold, elective contributions to
a section 401(k) cash or deferred
arrangement, or amounts contributed under
a salary reduction SEP agreement or a
SIMPLE IRA plan.
Line 10. Compensation of officers. Enter
deductible officers’ compensation on line 10.
Do not include compensation deductible
elsewhere on the return, such as amounts
included in cost of goods sold, elective
contributions to a section 401(k) cash or
deferred arrangement, or amounts
contributed under a salary reduction SEP
agreement or a SIMPLE IRA plan. See the
Instructions for Form 1120 for more
information on officers’ compensation,
including any special rules and limitations
that may apply.
Line 14. Other deductions. Attach a
schedule, listing by type and amount, all
allowable deductions that are not deductible

elsewhere on Form 1120-FSC. Enter the
total on line 14.

Tax Rate Schedule
If taxable income (Schedule B, line 20) is:

Examples of other deductions include:
• Amortization (see Form 4562).
• Insurance premiums.
• Legal and professional fees.
• Supplies used and consumed in the
business.
• Utilities.
Do not deduct:

• Fines or penalties paid to a government

for violating any law.
• Any amount that is allocable to a class of
exempt income. See section 265(b) for
exceptions.
See Pub. 535 and Pub. 542 for details on
other deductions that may apply to
corporations. Also, see the Instructions for
Form 1120.

Schedule J

Tax Computation

Line 1
If the FSC is a member of a controlled
group, as defined in section 927(d)(4), it
must check the box on line 1 and complete
Schedule O (Form 1120). Members of a
controlled group must use Schedule O
(Form 1120) to figure the tax for the group.
See Schedule O and its instructions for
more information.

Line 2
Most FSCs should figure their tax using the
Tax Rate Schedule above. Qualified
personal service corporations should see
the instructions on this page.

Dividends and Dividends-Received Deduction Worksheet

Over —

$0
$50,000
50,000
75,000
75,000
100,000
100,000
335,000
335,000 10,000,000
10,000,000 15,000,000
15,000,000 18,333,333
18,333,333
-----

Tax is:

Of the
amount
over —

15%
$0
$ 7,500 + 25%
50,000
13,750 + 34%
75,000
22,250 + 39% 100,000
113,900 + 34% 335,000
3,400,000 + 35% 10,000,000
5,150,000 + 38% 15,000,000
35%
0

Qualified personal service corporations.
A qualified personal service corporation is
taxed at a flat rate of 35% on its taxable
income. A FSC is a qualified personal
service corporation if it meets both of the
following tests:
• Substantially all of the FSC’s activities
involve the performance of services in the
fields of engineering, architecture, or
management consulting and
• At least 95% of the corporation’s stock, by
value, is owned, directly or indirectly, by (1)
employees performing the services, (2)
retired employees who had performed the
services listed above, (3) any estate of the
employee or retiree described above, or (4)
any person who acquired the stock of the
FSC as a result of the death of an employee
or retiree (but only for the 2-year period
beginning on the date of the employee’s or
retiree’s death).
Note. If the FSC meets these tests, check
the box on line 2.

Line 3
Alternative minimum tax (AMT). Unless
the FSC is treated as a small corporation
exempt from the AMT, it may owe the AMT
if it has any of the adjustments and tax
preference items listed on Form 4626,
Alternative Minimum Tax – Corporations.

(a) Dividends
received

(See instructions that begin on page 8)

But not
over —

(b) %

1 Dividends from less-than-20%-owned domestic corporations that are subject to the
70% deduction (other than debt-financed stock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70

2 Dividends from 20%-or-more-owned domestic corporations that are subject to the
80% deduction (other than debt-financed stock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

80

3 Dividends on debt-financed stock of domestic and foreign corporations (section
246A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See Inst.

4 Dividends on certain preferred stock of less-than-20%-owned public utilities . . . . .

42

5 Dividends on certain preferred stock of 20%-or-more-owned public utilities . . . . . .

48

6 Dividends from less-than-20%-owned foreign corporations that are subject to the
70% deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70

7 Dividends from 20%-or-more-owned foreign corporations that are subject to the
80% deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

80

(c) Dividends-received
deduction: (a) x (b)

8 Total dividends-received deduction. Add lines 1 through 7. See instructions for
limitation. Enter here and on line 19b, Schedule B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ©
9 Other dividends from foreign corporations not included on lines 3, 6, or 7 . . . . . . .
10 Foreign dividend gross up (section 78) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 Other dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 Total dividends. Add lines 1 through 11. Enter here and on line 9, Schedule F . . . ©

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Instructions for Form 1120-FSC (Rev. 12-2010)

The FSC must file Form 4626 if its taxable
income (or loss) combined with these
adjustments and tax preference items is
more than the smaller of $40,000 or the
FSC’s allowable exemption amount (from
Form 4626). For this purpose, taxable
income does not include the NOL deduction.
See Form 4626 for definitions and details
on how to figure the tax.

Line 5
Foreign tax credit. Generally, a FSC may
not claim a foreign tax credit. It may,
however, claim a foreign tax credit for any
foreign taxes imposed on foreign source
taxable nonforeign trade income (Schedule
F, Part II) that is treated as effectively
connected with a U.S. trade or business.
See Temporary Regulations section
1.921-3T(d)(2) for more details.

Schedule L

Balance Sheets per Books
The balance sheet should agree with the
FSC’s books and records. Include
certificates of deposit as cash on line 1,
Schedule L.

Line 5. Tax-exempt securities. Include on
this line:
• State and local government obligations,
the interest on which is excludible from
gross income under section 103(a) and
• Stock in a mutual fund or other regulated
investment company that distributed
exempt-interest dividends during the tax
year of the FSC.
Line 27. Adjustments to shareholders’
equity. Some examples of adjustments to
report on this line include:
• Foreign currency translation adjustments.
• The excess of additional pension liability
over unrecognized prior service cost.
If the total adjustment to be entered on
line 27 is a negative amount, enter the
amount in parentheses.

• The part of business gifts over $25.
• Expenses of an individual over $2,000,

which are allocable to conventions on cruise
ships.
• Employee achievement awards over
$400.
• The cost of entertainment tickets over
face value (also subject to 50% limit under
section 274(n)).
• The cost of skyboxes over the face value
of nonluxury box seat tickets.
• The part of luxury water travel expenses
not deductible under section 274(m).
• Expenses for travel as a form of
education.
• Other nondeductible travel and
entertainment expenses.

Schedule M-1

Reconciliation of Income (Loss)
per Books With Income per Return
Line 5c. Travel and entertainment.
Include on line 5c any of the following:
• Meal and entertainment expenses not
deductible under section 274(n).
• Expenses for the use of an entertainment
facility.

For more information, see Pub. 542.
Line 7a. Tax-exempt interest. Report any
tax-exempt interest received or accrued,
including any exempt-interest dividends
received as a shareholder in a mutual fund
or other regulated investment company.
Also report this amount on line 2, Additional
Information, on page 2 of the form.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States.
You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect
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become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as
required by section 6103.
The time needed to complete and file this form and related schedule will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated
average times are:
Form
1120-FSC
Sch. P (1120-FSC)

Recordkeeping

Learning about the
law or the form

Preparing and sending the form
to the IRS

94 hr., 13 min.

19 hr., 45 min.

38 hr., 56 min.

9 hr., 48 min.

1 hr., 29 min.

1 hr., 43 min.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form and related schedule simpler,
we would be happy to hear from you. You may write to Internal Revenue Service, Tax Products Coordinating Committee,
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Where To File on page 3.

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Forms 1120-FSC
Principal Business Activity Codes
This list of principal business activities and their
associated codes is designed to classify an
enterprise by the type of activity in which it is
engaged to facilitate the administration of the
Internal Revenue Code. These principal business
activity codes are based on the North American
Industry Classification System.

Using the list of activities and codes below,
determine from which activity the FSC derives the
largest percentage of its “total receipts.” Total
receipts is defined as the sum of the foreign trading
gross receipts on Form 1120-FSC, page 3, Schedule
B, line 6a, and the total income on page 4, Schedule
F, lines 4 and 17. If the FSC’s largest percentage of
its total receipts is derived from the wholesale
trading of durable goods, the FSC must use one of
the corresponding codes from the list below
(423100-423990).

Once the principal business activity is determined,
entries must be made on Form 1120-FSC, page 2,
Additional Information, lines 1a, 1b, and 1c. For the
business activity code number, enter the six digit
code selected from the list below. On line 1b, enter a
brief description of the FSC’s business activity.
Finally, enter a description of the principal product or
service of the FSC on line 1c.

Code

Code

Code

Code

Wholesale Trade

424400
424500
424600
424700

Motion Picture and Sound
Recording Industries
512100 Motion Picture & Video
Industries (except video
rental)
512200 Sound Recording Industries
Broadcasting (except Internet)
515100 Radio & Television
Broadcasting
515210 Cable & Other Subscription
Programming
Telecommunications
517000 Telecommunications
(including paging, cellular,
satellite, cable & other
program distribution,
resellers, other
telecommunications &
internet service providers)
Data Processing Services
518210 Data Processing, Hosting, &
Related Services
Other Information Services
519100 Other Information Services
(including news syndicates,
libraries, internet publishing &
broadcasting)

532210 Consumer Electronics &
Appliances Rental
532220 Formal Wear & Costume
Rental
532230 Video Tape & Disc Rental
532290 Other Consumer Goods
Rental
532310 General Rental Centers
532400 Commercial & Industrial
Machinery & Equipment
Rental & Leasing

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable
Goods
423100 Motor Vehicle & Motor
Vehicle Parts & Supplies
423200 Furniture & Home
Furnishings
423300 Lumber & Other Construction
Materials
423400 Professional & Commercial
Equipment & Supplies
423500 Metal & Mineral (except
Petroleum)
423600 Electrical & Electronic Goods
423700 Hardware, & Plumbing &
Heating Equipment &
Supplies
423800 Machinery, Equipment, &
Supplies
423910 Sporting & Recreational
Goods & Supplies
423920 Toy & Hobby Goods &
Supplies
423930 Recyclable Materials
423940 Jewelry, Watch, Precious
Stone, & Precious Metals
423990 Other Miscellaneous Durable
Goods
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable
Goods
424100 Paper & Paper Products
424210 Drugs & Druggists’ Sundries
424300 Apparel, Piece Goods, &
Notions

Grocery & Related Products
Farm Product Raw Materials
Chemical & Allied Products
Petroleum & Petroleum
Products
424800 Beer, Wine, & Distilled
Alcoholic Beverages
424910 Farm Supplies
424920 Book, Periodical, &
Newspapers
424930 Flower, Nursery Stock, &
Florists’ Supplies
424940 Tobacco & Tobacco Products
424950 Paint, Varnish, & Supplies
424990 Other Miscellaneous
Nondurable Goods
Wholesale Electronic Markets and
Agents and Brokers
425110 Business to Business
Electronic Markets
425120 Wholesale Trade Agents &
Brokers

Information
Publishing Industries (except
Internet)
511110 Newspaper Publishers
511120 Periodical Publishers
511130 Book Publishers
511140 Directory & Mailing List
Publishers
511190 Other Publishers
511210 Software Publishers

Rental and Leasing
Rental and Leasing Services
532100 Automotive Equipment Rental
& Leasing

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Professional Services
Architectural, Engineering, and
Related Services
541310 Architectural Services
541320 Landscape Architecture
Services
541330 Engineering Services
541340 Drafting Services
541350 Building Inspection Services
541360 Geophysical Surveying &
Mapping Services
541370 Surveying & Mapping (except
Geophysical) Services
541380 Testing Laboratories
Other Professional Services
541600 Management Consulting
Services