The 3,4, or 5-year carryback is for 2008 NOL. Is 2009 NOL back to 2- year carryback?
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How far back can a small business carryback 2009 NOL?
Mar 08, 2010
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No, it is still 5 years. I don't know whether you can elect 1, 2, 3,
4, or 5 years or whether it has to be 5 years. The previous law allowed carryback only if your revenue was less than $5 million or $15 million (not sure which, think it had to be less than $15 million over 3 years), but the new allows allow the carryback for all companies. Though it looks like under the new law, the carryback loss is limited to 50% of income in the carryback year -- which I read in
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For 2010, we're back to the usual laws -- 2 year carryback.
Since tax rates are gonna rise in the future, maybe a carryforward is better if you can afford it. Then again, does the IRS pay interest if you do a carryback?
Also, what about state returns? Do they allow a 2 year carryback only?
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No state refund because I was paying the "Minimum" state tax -- so I would have to pay that tax even if Ithere is no profit.
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