Depreciation
Estimates & Extensions
State
Apportionment
GoSystemRS
Acronyms
100

This depreciation calculation method deducts the same amount each year.

What is the straight-line method?

100

These quarterly tax payments are calculated based on prior-year tax, current year tax, or the annualized income method.

What are estimated tax payments?

100

This type of income is allocated, not apportioned.

What is non-business income?

100

This is the "X" to click in order to close a locator.

What is the "X" in the GoSystems program, NOT THE BROWSER?

100

The acronym for this legislative term is "OBBBA."

What is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?

200

The common term for depreciation allowed under Section 168(k).

What is bonus depreciation?

200

Filing an extension for a calendar year partnership extends the return to this due date.

What is 9/15?

200

This concept is when a "home" state includes non-taxed, out-of-state sales in their sales factor numerator.

What is throwback?

200

This colored symbol indicates an override, where the value entered does not match the locator's computation.

What is A Red Circle?

200

The acronym for this apportionment term is "COP."

What is cost of performance?

300

In general, this convention applies to personal property that is placed in service or disposed of during a taxable year.

What is the half-year convention?

300

This type of state partnership return is filed on behalf of the non-resident members, pays the tax on their behalf, and alleviates the member's individual filing requirement.

What is a composite return?

300

This state weights the sales factor 11 times for 2025, and is moving to single sales factor for 2026.

What is Tennessee?

300

This menu is how you can edit a Subsidiary locator while in a TopCon locator.

What is the Subview?

300

The acronym for this depreciation term is "ADS."

What is the Alternative Depreciation System?

400

Tangible property used predominantly outside the US during the year must be depreciated using this system.

What is the Alternative Depreciation System (ADS)?

400

This type of state tax is a workaround for the $40K SALT cap.

What is PTET?

400

The data for this factor can be pulled from a federal Form 940.

What is the payroll factor?

400

DAILY DOUBLE! 

These are two reasons your TB Bridge may not computing properly.

What are:

1. The Trial Balance does not sum to 0.

2. Retained Earnings is not being closed out.

400

The acronym for this depreciation term is "QIP."

What is Qualified Improvement Property?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

Before beginning current year depreciation calculations, these two figures should be tied out to the prior year report.

What are cost basis and accumulated depreciation?

500

Federal 3Q estimated payments for a a calendar year corporation are due on this date.

What is 9/15?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

Sales of services are apportioned using one of these two sourcing methods.

What are market-based and cost of performance (COP)?

500

This common action may cause your consolidation to fail to transfer data.

What is Locking Cells?

500

The acronym for this tax term is "PTET."

What is pass through entity tax?