INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM 8903-K
Purpose of Form – This form is to be used by taxpayers in
SPECIFIC LINE INSTRUCTIONS
calculating their Kentucky domestic production activities
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deduction (KDPAD).
Enter Kentucky amounts using the federal instructions.
Your KDPAD may be different from the federal DPAD because
of differences in taxable net income and qualified production
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activity income resulting from differences in Kentucky and
federal depreciation and expense deductions allowed under
Only applies to corporations (corporations as defined in KRS
Sections 168 and 179 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and
141.010(24)) that are general partners. For a corporate partner
other Kentucky adjustments provided by KRS 141.010.
of a general partnership, the general partnership needs to
compute its qualified production activities income based on
KDPAD is limited by your Kentucky apportioned taxable net
Kentucky amounts as provided in the above instructions for
income before the KDPAD amount and is taken after the
General Partnerships.
Kentucky net operating loss deduction (KNOLD).
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KDPAD is only computed for corporations as defined in KRS
141.010(24). General partnerships (Form 765-GP), limited
Enter the apportionment factor from Schedule A (Form
liability partnerships (Form 765), S corporations (Form 720S),
41A720A), Section I, Line 12.
and individually owned single member LLCs (Form 725 or
Schedule CP, Form 725) shall provide for partners/sharehold-
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ers that are corporations, individual nonresidents, estates,
trusts, or general partnerships the Kentucky domestic pro-
Corporations: Enter your Kentucky taxable income from the
duction gross receipts, the federal domestic production gross
applicable return before your KDPAD deduction.
receipts and Kentucky wages. Attach this information to
• Form 720, Part I, Line 22
Schedule K-1s.
• Form 720S, Part I, Line 25
For taxpayers other than corporations: (1) a full-year resi-
• Form 725, Part I, Line 13
dent individual is allowed the federal deduction for the
• Schedule CP Form 725, Part I, Line 13
KDPAD; (2) a part-year resident or full-year nonresident indi-
vidual shall prorate the allowable federal DPAD based upon
• Form 765, Part I, Line 27
the percentage of Kentucky domestic production gross re-
ceipts to federal domestic production gross receipts. The
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KDPAD shall not exceed 50 percent of the Kentucky W-2 wages
from the entity that generated Kentucky domestic produc-
Form W-2 wages are computed pursuant to KRS 141.120(8)(b)
tion gross receipts. Enter the KDPAD amount computed for a
and Regulation 103 KAR 16:090E. This is the numerator of the
nonresident or part-year resident individual on Form 740-NP ,
payroll factor as computed on Schedule A (Form 41A720A),
page 3, Column B, Line 30.
Section I, Line 8. Corporations that do not allocate and
apportion under KRS 141.120 shall enter their Form W-2 wages
When calculating your KDPAD, follow the IRS proposed or
included in the Kentucky return. Do not include Form W-2
final Regulation §1.199 along with the exceptions provided
wages you must report on Line 15. IRC Section 199 was
in the Kentucky Regulation 103 KAR 16:310.
amended to define W-2 wages to mean wages incurred in the
domestic production activity. Kentucky has not adopted this
General Partnerships—Following federal instructions and
change.
using Kentuck y amounts, attach a statement with the
information necessary to enable each corporate partner to
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figure the DPAD under IRC § 199. If the partnership elected to
use the small business simplified overall method to allocate
Enter the Form W-2 wages from the schedule attached to your
and apportion cost of goods sold and deductions between
Kentucky Schedule K-1.
domestic production gross receipts and other receipts for
federal purposes, use the same method for Kentucky purposes
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using Kentucky amounts and attach a statement to each
Schedule K-1 showing qualified production activity income
Enter the amount from box 6 of Form 1099-PATR multiplied
(using federal Schedule K-1 code U or S2) and the employer’s
by the cooperative’s Kentucky apportionment factor from
W-2 wages (using federal Schedule K-1 code V or S3).
Schedule A (Form 41A720A).
Qualified Exempt Organizations—Any corporation of the type
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listed in KRS 141.010(24)(b) to (h) that is owned in whole or in
part by a qualified exempt organization as provided by KRS
The Expanded Affiliated Group (EAG) means entities included
141.040(8)(b) shall in calculating the taxable net income and
in the Kentucky expanded affiliated group. This only includes
qualified production activity income for the purposes of the
Kentucky corporations as defined in KRS 141.010(24) and
KDPAD exclude the proportionate share of taxable net income
doing business in Kentucky as defined in KRS 141.010(25) and
and qualified production activity income attributable to the
Regulation 103 KAR 16:240E. The KDPAD for the EAG is based
ownership interest of the qualified exempt organization.
upon Kentucky amounts following federal rules.