| Instructions for Form 8697 |
2006 Tax Year |
This is archived information that pertains only to the 2006 Tax Year. If you
are looking for information for the current tax year, go to the Tax Prep Help Area.
All filers must complete the information at the top of the form above Part I according to the following instructions and complete
either Part I or
Part II as appropriate. Also sign the form at the bottom of page 2 unless you are filing the form with your tax return.
Fill in the filing year line at the top of the form to show the tax year in which the contracts for which this form is being
filed were completed
or adjusted. If you were an owner of an interest in a pass-through entity that has completed or adjusted one or more contracts,
enter your tax year
that ends with or includes the end of the entity's tax year in which the contracts were completed or adjusted.
Enter the name shown on your Federal income tax return for the filing year. If you are an individual filing a joint return,
also enter your
spouse's name as shown on Form 1040.
Enter your address only if you are filing this form separately. Include the apartment, suite, room, or other unit number after
the street address.
If the Post Office does not deliver mail to the street address and you have a P.O. box, show the box number instead.
Item A—Identifying Number
If you are an individual, enter your social security number. Other filers must use their EIN.
Use Part I only if you are not electing, do not have an election in effect, or are not required to use the simplified marginal
impact method as
described in the instructions for Part II on page 4.
Columns (a), (b), and (c)
Enter at the top of each column the ending month and year for:
Note.
If there were more than 3 prior tax years, attach additional Forms 8697 as needed. On the additional Forms 8697, enter your
name, identifying
number, and tax year. Complete lines 1 through 8 (as applicable), but do not enter totals in column (d). Enter totals only
in column (d) of the first
Form 8697.
Do not reduce taxable income or increase a loss on line 1 by any carryback of a net operating loss, capital loss, or net section
1256 contracts
loss, except to the extent that carryback resulted from or was adjusted by the redetermination of your income from a long-term
contract for look-back
purposes.
In each column, show a net increase to income as a positive amount and a net decrease to income as a negative amount.
In figuring the net adjustment to be entered in each column on line 2, be sure to take into account any other income and expense
adjustments that
may result from the increase (or decrease) to income from long-term contracts (e.g., a change to adjusted gross income affecting
investment expenses
under section 212, medical expenses under section 213, etc.; and the deduction for state income taxes by an accrual basis
taxpayer).
Include the following on an attached schedule.
-
Identify each completed long-term contract by contract number, job name, or any other reasonable method used in your records
to identify
each contract.
-
For each contract, report in columns for each prior year: (a) the amount of income previously reported based on estimated
contract price and
costs and (b) the amount of income allocable to each prior year based on actual contract price and costs. Total the columns
for each prior year and
show the net adjustment to income from long-term contracts.
-
Identify any other adjustments that result from a change in income from long-term contracts and show the amounts in the columns
for the
affected years so that the net adjustment shown in each column on the attached schedule agrees with the amounts shown on line
2.
An owner of an interest in a pass-through entity is not required to provide the detail listed in 1 and 2 above with respect
to prior years. The
entity should provide the line 2 amounts with Schedule K-1 or on a separate statement for its tax year in which the contracts
are completed or
adjusted.
Note.
Taxpayers reporting line 2 amounts from more than one Schedule K-1 (or a similar statement) must attach a schedule detailing
by entity the net
change to income from long-term contracts.
Reduce the tax liability to be entered on lines 4 and 5 by allowable credits (other than refundable credits, e.g., the credit
for taxes withheld on
wages, the earned income credit, the credit for federal tax on fuels, etc.), but do not take into account any credit carrybacks
to the prior year in
computing the amount to enter on lines 4 and 5 (other than carrybacks that resulted from or were adjusted by the redetermination
of your income from a
long-term contract for look-back purposes). Include on lines 4 and 5 any taxes (such as alternative minimum tax) required
to be taken into account in
the computation of your tax liability (as originally reported or as redetermined).
For the increase or decrease in tax for each prior year, interest due or to be refunded must be computed at the applicable
interest rate and
compounded on a daily basis, generally from the due date (not including extensions) of the return for the prior year until
the earlier of:
Exceptions:
-
If a net operating loss, capital loss, net section 1256 contracts loss, or credit carryback is being increased or decreased
as a result of
the adjustment made to net income from long-term contracts, the interest due or to be refunded must be computed on the increase
or decrease in tax
attributable to the change to the carryback only from the due date (not including extensions) of the return for the prior
year that generated the
carryback and not from the due date of the return for the year in which the carryback was absorbed. See section 6611(f).
-
In the case of a decrease in tax on line 6, if a refund has been allowed for any part of the income tax liability shown on
line 5 for any
year as a result of a net operating loss, capital loss, net section 1256 contracts loss, or credit carryback to such year,
and the amount of the
refund exceeds the amount on line 4, interest is allowed on the amount of such excess only until the due date (not including
extensions) of the return
for the year in which the carryback arose.
Note.
If a different method of interest computation must be used to produce the correct result in your case, use that method and
attach an
explanation of how the interest was computed.
Applicable Interest Rates
Tables of interest factors to compute daily compound interest were published in Rev. Proc. 95-17, 1995-1 C.B. 556. The annual
interest rate in
effect and the table and corresponding page number in 1995-1 C.B. for periods through September 30, 2005, are shown in the
tables on page 5. For
periods beginning after September 30, 2005, use the applicable overpayment rate under section 6621(a)(1) in the revenue rulings
published quarterly in
the Internal Revenue Bulletin.
Contracts completed in tax years ending after August 5, 1997.
For contracts completed in tax years ending after August 5, 1997, an interest rate is determined for each interest
accrual period. The interest
accrual period starts on the day after the return due date (not including extensions) for each prior tax year and ends on
the return due date for the
following tax year. The interest rate in effect for the entire interest accrual period is the overpayment rate determined
under section 6621(a)(1)
applicable on the first day of the interest accrual period. The applicable interest rates for taxpayers other than corporations
are shown in Table 1
(for interest accrual periods beginning through 1994) and Table 2 (for interest accrual periods beginning after 1994). Corporations
also use Table 1
for interest accrual periods beginning through 1994. For interest accrual periods beginning after 1994, corporations use Table
3 for the first
$10,000, and use Table 4 for the portion (if any) of the increase or decrease in tax exceeding $10,000.
Contracts completed in tax years ending before August 6, 1997.
The applicable interest rates for taxpayers other than corporations are shown in Table 1 (for periods through 1994)
and Table 2 (for periods after
1994). Corporations use Table 1 for periods through 1994. For periods after 1994, corporations use Table 3 for the first $10,000,
and use Table 4 for
the portion (if any) of the increase or decrease in tax exceeding $10,000.
See If Interest Is To Be Refunded to You on page 2 for where to file Form 8697. Additional interest to be refunded for periods
after the due date
of the return, if any, will be computed by the IRS and included in your refund. Report the amount on line 9 (or the amount
refunded by the IRS if
different) as interest income on your income tax return for the tax year in which it is received or accrued.
See If You Owe Interest under Filing Instructions on page 1 for how to report this amount on your tax return. Corporations
(other than S
corporations) may deduct this amount (or the amount computed by the IRS if different) as interest expense for the tax year
in which it is paid or
incurred. For individuals and other taxpayers, this interest is not deductible.
Part II—Simplified Marginal Impact Method
Part II is used only by pass-through entities required to apply the look-back method at the entity level (see Who Must File
on page 1) and
taxpayers electing (or with an election in effect) to use the simplified marginal impact method. Under the simplified method,
prior year hypothetical
underpayments or overpayments in tax are figured using an assumed marginal tax rate, which is generally the highest statutory
rate in effect for the
prior year under section 1 (for an individual) or section 11 (for a corporation). This method eliminates the need to refigure
your tax liability based
on actual contract price and actual contract costs each time the look-back method is applied.
To elect the simplified marginal impact method, attach a statement to your timely filed income tax return (determined with
extensions) for the
first tax year of the election. Indicate on the statement that you are making an election under Regulations section 1.460-6(d)
to use the simplified
marginal impact method. Once made, the election applies to all applications of the look-back method in the year of the election
and all later years,
unless the IRS consents to a revocation of the election.
Columns (a), (b), and (c)
Enter at the top of each column the ending month and year for each prior tax year in which you were required to report income
from the completed
long-term contract.
Note.
If there were more than 3 prior tax years, attach additional Forms 8697 as needed. On the additional Forms 8697, enter your
name, identifying
number, and tax year. Complete lines 1 through 9 (as applicable), but do not enter totals in column (d). Enter totals only
in column (d) of the first
Form 8697.
In each column, show a net increase to income as a positive amount and a net decrease to income as a negative amount.
On an attached schedule:
-
Identify each completed long-term contract by contract number, job name, or any other reasonable method used in your records
to identify
each contract; and
-
For each contract, report in columns for each prior year: (a) the amount of income previously reported based on estimated
contract price and
costs and (b) the amount of income allocable to each prior year based on actual contract price and costs. Total the columns
for each prior year and
show the net adjustment to income from long-term contracts.
An owner of an interest in a pass-through entity is not required to provide the detail listed in (a) and (b) above for prior
years. The entity
should provide the line 1 amounts with Schedule K-1 or on a separate statement for its tax year in which the contracts are
completed or adjusted.
Note.
Taxpayers reporting line 1 amounts from more than one Schedule K-1 (or a similar statement) must attach a schedule detailing
by entity the net
change to income from long-term contracts.
Multiply the amount on line 1 by the applicable regular tax rate for each prior year shown in column (a), (b), or (c). The
applicable regular tax
rate is as follows:
1.
Individuals and pass-through entities in which, at all times during the year, more than 50% of the interests in the
entity are held by individuals
directly or through other pass-through entities:
| a. Tax years beginning before 1987
|
50%
|
| b. Tax years beginning in 1987
|
38.5%
|
| c. Tax years beginning in 1988, 1989, or 1990
|
28%
|
| d. Tax years beginning in 1991 or 1992
|
31%
|
| e. Tax years beginning in 1993 through 2000
|
39.6%
|
| f. Tax years beginning in 2001
|
39.1%
|
| g. Tax years beginning in 2002
|
38.6%
|
| h. Tax years beginning in 2003 or later
|
35%
|
2.
Corporations (other than S corporations) and pass-through entities not included in 1 above:
| a. Tax years ending before July 1, 1987
|
46%
|
| b. For tax years beginning before July 1, 1987, that include July 1, 1987, the rate is
34% plus the following:
|
|
| c. Tax years beginning after June 30, 1987, and ending before 1993
|
34%
|
| d. For tax years beginning before 1993 that include January 1, 1993, the rate is 34% plus
the following:
|
|
| e. Tax years beginning after 1992
|
35%
|
See the instructions for Part II, line 1, on this page and complete line 3 in the same manner, using only income and deductions
allowed for
alternative minimum tax (AMT) purposes.
Multiply the amount on line 3 by the applicable AMT rate, which is as follows:
1.
Individuals and pass-through entities in which, at all times during the year, more than 50% of the interests in the
entity are held by individuals
directly or through other pass-through entities:
| a. Tax years beginning in 1987 through 1990
|
21%
|
| b. Tax years beginning in 1991 or 1992
|
24%
|
| c. Tax years beginning in 1993 or later
|
28%
|
| 2. Corporations (other than S corporations) and pass-through entities not included in 1 above
|
20%
|
If both lines 2 and 4 are negative, enter whichever amount is greater. Treat both numbers as positive when making this comparison,
but enter the
amount as a negative number. (If the amount on one line is negative, but the amount on the other line is positive, enter the
positive amount.)
For the increase (or decrease) in tax for each prior year, interest due or to be refunded must be computed at the applicable
interest rate and
compounded on a daily basis from the due date (not including extensions) of the return for the prior year until the earlier
of:
See Applicable Interest Rates in the instructions for Part I, lines 7 and 8, on page 4.
See the instructions for Part I, line 9, on page 4.
See the instructions for Part I, line 10, on page 4.
Table 1 Interest Rates for All Taxpayers, for Periods Through 1994
| From |
Through |
Rate |
Table |
Page |
|
|
—
|
6/30/86
|
10%
|
25
|
579
|
|
|
7/1/86
|
12/31/86
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
1/1/87
|
9/30/87
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
10/1/87
|
12/31/87
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
1/1/88
|
3/31/88
|
10%
|
73
|
627
|
|
|
4/1/88
|
9/30/88
|
9%
|
71
|
625
|
|
|
10/1/88
|
12/31/88
|
10%
|
73
|
627
|
|
|
1/1/89
|
3/31/89
|
10%
|
25
|
579
|
|
|
4/1/89
|
9/30/89
|
11%
|
27
|
581
|
|
|
10/1/89
|
3/31/91
|
10%
|
25
|
579
|
|
|
4/1/91
|
12/31/91
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
1/1/92
|
3/31/92
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
4/1/92
|
9/30/92
|
7%
|
67
|
621
|
|
|
10/1/92
|
12/31/92
|
6%
|
65
|
619
|
|
|
1/1/93
|
6/30/94
|
6%
|
17
|
571
|
|
|
7/1/94
|
9/30/94
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
10/1/94
|
12/31/94
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
Table 2
<emphasis role="bold italic">Interest Rates for Taxpayers Other Than Corporations, for Periods After 1994</emphasis>
| From |
Through |
Rate |
Table |
Page |
|
|
|
1/1/95
|
3/31/95
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
4/1/95
|
6/30/95
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
|
7/1/95
|
12/31/95
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
1/1/96
|
3/31/96
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
4/1/96
|
6/30/96
|
7%
|
67
|
621
|
|
|
|
7/1/96
|
12/31/96
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
1/1/97
|
3/31/98
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
4/1/98
|
3/31/99
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
|
4/1/99
|
12/31/99
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
1/1/00
|
3/31/00
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
4/1/00
|
12/31/00
|
9%
|
71
|
625
|
|
|
|
1/1/01
|
3/31/01
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
|
4/1/01
|
6/30/01
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
7/1/01
|
12/31/01
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
|
1/1/02
|
12/31/02
|
6%
|
17
|
571
|
|
|
|
1/1/03
|
9/30/03
|
5%
|
15
|
569
|
|
|
|
10/1/03
|
12/31/03
|
4%
|
13
|
567
|
|
|
|
1/1/04
|
3/31/04
|
4%
|
61
|
615
|
|
|
|
4/1/04
|
6/30/04
|
5%
|
63
|
617
|
|
|
|
7/1/04
|
9/30/04
|
4%
|
61
|
615
|
|
|
|
10/1/04
|
12/31/04
|
5%
|
63
|
617
|
|
|
|
1/1/05
|
3/31/05
|
5%
|
15
|
569
|
|
|
|
4/1/05
|
9/30/05
|
6%
|
17
|
571
|
|
|
Table 3
<emphasis role="bold italic"> Interest Rates for Corporate Increases or Decreases in Tax of $10,000 or Less for Periods After 1994</emphasis>
| From |
Through |
Rate |
Table |
Page |
|
|
|
1/1/95
|
3/31/95
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
4/1/95
|
6/30/95
|
9%
|
23
|
577
|
|
|
|
7/1/95
|
12/31/95
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
1/1/96
|
3/31/96
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
4/1/96
|
6/30/96
|
7%
|
67
|
621
|
|
|
|
7/1/96
|
12/31/96
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
1/1/97
|
3/31/98
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
4/1/98
|
12/31/98
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
|
1/1/99
|
3/31/99
|
6%
|
17
|
571
|
|
|
|
4/1/99
|
12/31/99
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
|
1/1/00
|
3/31/00
|
7%
|
67
|
621
|
|
|
|
4/1/00
|
12/31/00
|
8%
|
69
|
623
|
|
|
|
1/1/01
|
3/31/01
|
8%
|
21
|
575
|
|
|
|
4/1/01
|
6/30/01
|
7%
|
19
|
573
|
|
|
|
7/1/01
|
12/31/01
|
6%
|
17
|
571
|
|
|
|
1/1/02
|
12/31/02
|
5%
|
15
|
569
|
|
|
|
1/1/03
|
9/30/03
|
4%
|
13
|
567
|
|
|
|
10/1/03
|
12/31/03
|
3%
|
11
|
565
|
|
|
|
1/1/04
|
3/31/04
|
3%
|
59
|
613
|
|
|
|
4/1/04
|
6/30/04
|
4%
|
61
|
615
|
|
|
|
7/1/04
|
9/30/04
|
3%
|
59
|
613
|
|
|
|
10/1/04
|
12/31/04
|
4%
|
61
|
615
|
|
|
|
1/1/05
|
3/31/05
|
4%
|
13
|
567
|
|
|
|
4/1/05
|
9/30/05
|
5%
|
15
|
569
|
|
|
Table 4
<emphasis role="bold italic"> Interest Rates for Corporate Increases or Decreases in Tax Exceeding $10,000 for Periods After 1994</emphasis>
| From |
Through |
Rate |
Table |
Page |
|
|
|
1/1/95
|
3/31/95
|
6.5%
|
18
|
572
|
|
|
|
4/1/95
|
6/30/95
|
7.5%
|
20
|
574
|
|
|
|
7/1/95
|
12/31/95
|
6.5%
|
18
|
572
|
|
|
|
1/1/96
|
3/31/96
|
6.5%
|
66
|
620
|
|
|
|
4/1/96
|
6/30/96
|
5.5%
|
64
|
618
|
|
|
|
7/1/96
|
12/31/96
|
6.5%
|
66
|
620
|
|
|
|
1/1/97
|
3/31/98
|
6.5%
|
18
|
572
|
|
|
|
4/1/98
|
12/31/98
|
5.5%
|
16
|
570
|
|
|
|
1/1/99
|
3/31/99/
|
4.5%
|
14
|
568
|
|
|
|
4/1/99
|
12/31/99
|
5.5%
|
16
|
570
|
|
|
|
1/1/00
|
3/31/00
|
5.5%
|
64
|
618
|
|
|
|
4/1/00
|
12/31/00
|
6.5%
|
66
|
620
|
|
|
|
1/1/01
|
3/31/01
|
6.5%
|
18
|
572
|
|
|
|
4/1/01
|
6/30/01
|
5.5%
|
16
|
570
|
|
|
|
7/1/01
|
12/31/01
|
4.5%
|
14
|
568
|
|
|
|
1/1/02
|
12/31/02
|
3.5%
|
12
|
566
|
|
|
|
1/1/03
|
9/30/03
|
2.5%
|
10
|
564
|
|
|
|
10/1/03
|
12/31/03
|
1.5%
|
8
|
562
|
|
|
|
1/1/04
|
3/31/04
|
1.5%
|
56
|
610
|
|
|
|
4/1/04
|
6/30/04
|
2.5%
|
58
|
612
|
|
|
|
7/1/04
|
9/30/04
|
1.5%
|
56
|
610
|
|
|
|
10/1/04
|
3/31/05
|
2.5%
|
10
|
564
|
|
|
|
4/1/05
|
9/30/05
|
3.5%
|
12
|
566
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