Section 45IAC3.1-1-107. Partnership withholding requirements

   (a) A partnership is required to withhold income taxes at the rates provided for under IC 6-2.1, IC 6-3, and IC 6-3.5 on any nonresident partner's distributive share of partnership income at the time the income is paid or credited to such partner as follows:

(1) For an individual partner, the adjusted gross income tax withheld shall be based on Indiana source income only, as determined by use of the apportionment formula described in IC 6-3-2-2(b), if applicable. This withholding requirement does not apply to withdrawals from the partner's drawing accounts, but applies to distributions to their accounts in the form of credits or payments based on anticipated profits or actual current profits.

(2) For a partner other than an individual partner, the income tax withheld may be calculated using any reasonable method designed to reflect the ultimate tax liability due Indiana because of the partnership's activities. As used in this section, "nonresident corporate partner" does not include a foreign corporation qualified to do business in Indiana.

  (b) The partnership shall file a return and pay the tax on a monthly basis. The return and payment are due the thirtieth day of the month following the month for which the tax was withheld. However, if the total income taxes withheld by the partnership are less than fifty dollars ($50) per month, the tax shall be paid and returns remitted quarterly on a calendar year basis, with payment due the last day of the month following the close of the calendar quarter. If a partnership is withholding on a monthly basis but in any month withholds less than fifty dollars ($50), the lesser amount shall be remitted on a monthly basis to maintain the status of monthly reporting.

  (c) If the partnership pays or credits amounts to its nonresident partners only one (1) time each year, it will be permitted to file one (1) return and payment each year. The return and payment are due thirty (30) days after the partnership's year end.

  (d) The withholding requirements of IC 6-3-4-12 do not relieve any partnership from filing its annual return, IT-65, nor do they relieve any nonresident partner from filing an annual income tax return.

  (e) For individual partners only, a partnership is allowed to file a composite adjusted gross income tax return on behalf of some or all non-Indiana resident partners if the partnership complies with all of the requirements outlined in Income Tax Information Bulletin #72 that is in effect for the taxable year in question. An individual nonresident partner who properly elects to participate in the composite return will not be required to file an individual adjusted gross income tax return. (Department of State Revenue; Reg 6-3-4-12(010); filed Oct 15, 1979, 11:15 a.m.: 2 IR 1551; errata, 2 IR 1743; filed May 13, 1993, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 2345)