Title 206, INCOME TAX ACT OF 1967

Sec. 524. (1) If the amount of the property taxes used as a basis for the credit computation differs from the property tax liability incurred and paid by the taxpayer for the tax year, the credit for the ensuing year shall be adjusted by the amount of the difference. (2) If homes…

Sec. 526. The right to file a claim is personal to the claimant. The right may be exercised on behalf of a claimant by an agent, guardian, attorney-in-fact, executor or administrator, or other persons charged with the care of the person or property of a claimant. When a claimant …

Sec. 527a. (1) Subject to subsections (18) and (19), a claimant may claim a credit for heating fuel costs for the claimant's homestead in this state. An adult foster care home, nursing home, home for the aged, or substance abuse center is not a homestead for purposes of this sect…

Sec. 530. (1) The department may require reasonable proof from the claimant in support of rent paid, property taxes paid, total household resources, size and nature of the property claimed as a homestead, or any other information required for the administration of this chapter. (…

Sec. 532. The department shall prescribe forms for claiming the credit, which forms shall be a component part of the state income tax return. All provisions of this part including, but not limited to, audit, review, determinations, appeals, hearings, notices, assessments, and adm…

Sec. 6. (1) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which the trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed. (2) "Compensation" means wages as defined in section 3401 and other payments as provided in section 3402 of the internal revenue code. (3) "Corpora…

Sec. 601. A term used in this part and not defined differently shall have the same meaning as when used in comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes in effect for the tax year unless a different meaning is clearly required. A reference i…

Sec. 603. (1) "Affiliated group" means that term as defined in section 1504 of the internal revenue code except that it shall include all United States persons that are corporations, insurance companies, or financial institutions, other than a foreign operating entity, that are c…

Sec. 605. (1) "Corporation" means a person that is required or has elected to file as a C corporation as defined under section 1361(a)(2) and section 7701(a)(3) of the internal revenue code. Corporation does not include an insurance company or a financial institution. (2) "Depart…

Sec. 607. (1) "Federal taxable income" means taxable income as defined in section 63 of the internal revenue code, except that federal taxable income shall be calculated in the following manner under the following circumstances: (a) For tax years that begin before January 1, 2025…

Sec. 609. (1) "Person" means an individual, bank, financial institution, insurance company, association, corporation, flow-through entity, receiver, estate, trust, or any other group or combination of groups acting as a unit. (2) "Professional employer organization" means an orga…

Sec. 611. (1) "Tangible personal property" means that term as defined in section 2 of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.92. (2) "Tax" means the tax imposed under this part, including interest and penalties under this part, unless the term is given a more limited meaning in the…

Sec. 621. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a taxpayer has substantial nexus in this state and is subject to the tax imposed under this part if the taxpayer has a physical presence in this state for a period of more than 1 day during the tax year, if the taxpayer act…

Sec. 623. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, there is levied and imposed a corporate income tax on every taxpayer with business activity within this state or ownership interest or beneficial interest in a flow-through entity that has business activity in this state un…

Sec. 625. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following are exempt from the tax imposed by this part: (a) The United States, this state, other states, and the agencies, political subdivisions, and enterprises of the United States, this state, and other states. (…

Sec. 635. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (4) or (6), each insurance company shall pay a tax determined under this chapter. (2) The tax imposed by this chapter on each insurance company shall be a tax equal to 1.25% of gross direct premiums written on property o…

Sec. 637. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (3), an insurance company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under this chapter in the following amounts: (a) Amounts paid to the Michigan worker's compensation placement facility pursuant to chapter 23 of the in…

Sec. 639. An insurance company shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed under this chapter in an amount equal to 50% of the examination fees paid by the insurance company during the tax year pursuant to section 224 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.224.

Sec. 641. (1) For amounts paid pursuant to section 352 of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.352, an insurance company subject to the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941, may claim a credit against …

Sec. 643. (1) An insurance company is subject to the tax imposed by this chapter or by section 476a of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.476a, if applicable, whichever is greater. (2) The tax year of an insurance company is the calendar year. (3) Notwithstanding se…

Sec. 651. As used in this chapter: (a) "Billing address" means the location indicated in the books and records of the financial institution on the first day of the tax year or on a later date in the tax year when the customer relationship began as the address where any notice, st…

Sec. 653. (1) Every financial institution with substantial nexus in this state is subject to a franchise tax. The franchise tax is imposed upon the tax base of the financial institution as determined under section 655 after allocation or apportionment to this state, at the rate o…

Sec. 655. (1) For a financial institution, the tax base is the total equity capital of the financial institution or the top-tiered parent entity in the case of a unitary business group of financial institutions, subject to the following deductions before allocation or apportionme…

Sec. 657. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, the tax base of a financial institution whose business activities are confined solely to this state shall be allocated to this state. The tax base of a financial institution whose business activities are subject to ta…

Sec. 659. Gross business in this state of the financial institution is determined as follows: (a) Receipts from credit card receivables including without limitation interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from credit card receivables and receipts from fees charge…

Sec. 661. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the tax base established under this part shall be apportioned in accordance with this chapter. (2) The tax base of a taxpayer whose business activities are confined solely to this state shall be allocated to this state. The…

Sec. 663. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 669, the sales factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the total sales of the taxpayer in this state during the tax year and the denominator of which is the total sales of the taxpayer everywhere dur…

Sec. 665. (1) Sales of the taxpayer in this state are determined as follows: (a) Sales of tangible personal property are in this state if the property is shipped or delivered, or, in the case of electricity and gas, the contract requires the property to be shipped or delivered, t…

Sec. 667. (1) If the apportionment provisions of this part do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business activity in this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the state treasurer may require the following, with respect to all or a portion of the taxpayer's busi…

Sec. 669. All other receipts not otherwise sourced under this part shall be sourced based on where the benefit to the customer is received or, if where the benefit to the customer is received cannot be determined, to the customer's billing address.

Sec. 671. (1) The credit provided in this section shall be taken before any other credit under this part and is available to any taxpayer, other than those taxpayers subject to the tax imposed under chapter 12 or 13, with gross receipts that do not exceed $20,000,000.00 and with …

Sec. 673. (1) A taxpayer that has claimed a credit under former 1975 PA 228 or under the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601, that included a provision that allowed for a reduction in the credit amount, a termination of the credit, or a percentage of t…

Sec. 675. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this section, for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2021, a taxpayer who is either a member of a flow-through entity that elects to file a return and pay the tax imposed under part 4 or a direct or indirect member of anot…

Sec. 676. (1) Subject to the limitations under this section, a qualified taxpayer with a certificate of completed rehabilitation issued pursuant to subsection (4) after December 31, 2020 and before January 1, 2031 may credit against the tax imposed by this part the amount determi…

Sec. 677. (1) Subject to the limitations under this section, for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2025, a taxpayer that is an authorized business may claim a credit against the tax imposed under this part as follows: (a) For an authorized business with 250 or more empl…

Sec. 678. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this section, for tax years that begin on and after January 1, 2027, a qualified taxpayer may, in a form and manner as determined by the department, claim a housing opportunity tax credit for a qualified project against the tax imp…

Sec. 679. (1) Subject to the limitations under this section, for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2026, a qualified taxpayer that provides paid organ donation leave to an eligible employee may claim a credit against the tax imposed under this part in an amount equal to…

Sec. 680. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) for a certificated credit under section 435 or 437 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1435 and 208.1437, or in subsection (5) for a certificated credi…

Sec. 681. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this section, a taxpayer that reasonably expects liability for the tax year to exceed $800.00 shall file an estimated return and pay an estimated tax for each quarter of the taxpayer's tax year. (2) For taxpayers on a calendar year…

Sec. 683. (1) If a taxpayer's tax year to which this part applies ends before December 31, 2012, then a taxpayer subject to this part may elect to compute the tax imposed by this part for the portion of that tax year to which this part applies in accordance with 1 of the followin…

Sec. 685. (1) An annual or final return shall be filed with the department in the form and content prescribed by the department by the last day of the fourth month after the end of the taxpayer's tax year. Any final liability shall be remitted by the annual due date of the taxpay…

Sec. 687. (1) A taxpayer required to file a return under this part may be required to furnish a true and correct copy of any return or portion of any return filed under the provisions of the internal revenue code. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a taxpayer shall file an…

Sec. 689. At the request of the department, a taxpayer required by the internal revenue code to file or submit an information return of income paid to others shall, to the extent the information is applicable to residents of this state, at the same time file or submit the informa…

Sec. 691. (1) Except as otherwise provided under section 680(3), a unitary business group shall file a combined return that includes each United States person that is included in the unitary business group. Each United States person included in a unitary business group or include…

Sec. 693. (1) The tax imposed by this part shall be administered by the department of treasury pursuant to 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this part. If a conflict exists between 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this part, the provisions of this part apply. (2) The dep…

Sec. 695. (1) Beginning with the 2022-2023 state fiscal year through the 2023-2024 state fiscal year, from the tax levied under this part, the revenue collected under this part must be deposited in the following manner: (a) Up to $1,200,000,000.00 to the general fund. (b) After t…

Sec. 696. (1) The revitalization and placemaking fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the revitalization and placemaking fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the revit…