Grids are provided for the reproduction of DOR's scannable tax forms. These are a 6 lines per vertical inch and 10 characters per horizontal inch spacing grid provided by DOR specifying the exact field placement of all OCR-readable fields. Scannable tax forms submitted to DOR for approval must adhere to the field placement provided for in the grids and must also adhere to the specifications set forth in the Corporate Excise Tax Software Developers Guide, which will be updated with corporate form specifications.
November 4, 2010
General Information:
Obvious year end dates have been updated (plus 1).
These changes are highlighted on the PDFs.
If you have any suggestions or comments on how to improve these forms, please contact us. Due to the volume of comments received, we will probably not be able to respond to you individually. However, we assure you that the information you provide will be taken into account to improve our forms.
Do not include any personal tax information about yourself or others (e.g., names, addresses, Social Security or employer ID numbers).
Or you may write to us at:
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Publishing Services Office
PO Box 9554
Boston, MA 02114-9554
Attn: Forms Manager
2010 Grids for Record Layouts:
| Form 355 |
2010 
|
| Schedule A |
2010
|
| Schedule B, C |
2010
|
| Schedule D,E-1 |
2010
|
| Schedule E |
2010
|
| Schedule CD |
2010
|
| Schedule CR |
2010
|
| Form 355S |
2010
|
| Schedule A |
2010
|
| Schedule B, C |
2010
|
| Schedule D, E-1 |
2010
|
| Schedule E |
2010
|
| Schedule CD |
2010
|
| Schedule CR |
2010
|
| Other Schedules and Forms | |
| Schedule F |
2010
|
| Schedule EOAC |
2010
|
| Schedule RFC |
2010
|
| Schedule RC |
2010
|
| Form F-2 |
2010
|
| Schedule H |
2010
|
| Schedule H-2 |
2010
|
| Schedule E-2 (edited 11/4/10) |
2010
|
| Schedule S |
2010
|
| Schedule SK-1 |
2010
|
| Schedule RNW |
2010
|
| Schedule A-1 |
2010
|
| Schedule A-2 |
2010
|
| Schedule A-3 |
2010
|
| Form EDIP |
2010
|
| Form 355-ES |
2011
|
November 4, 2010
Schedule E-2
Lines 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 5d: Response box style change.
General Information:
Obvious year end dates have been updated (plus 1).
These changes are highlighted on the PDFs.
If you have any suggestions or comments on how to improve these forms, please contact us. Due to the volume of comments received, we will probably not be able to respond to you individually. However, we assure you that the information you provide will be taken into account to improve our forms.
Do not include any personal tax information about yourself or others (e.g., names, addresses, Social Security or employer ID numbers).
Or you may write to us at:
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Publishing Services Office
PO Box 9554
Boston, MA 02114-9554
Attn: Forms Manager