Corporate (2005)

The "Record Layouts" are provided for the reproduction of DOR's scannable tax forms. The record layout is a 6 lines per vertical inch and 10 characters per horizontal inch spacing grid provided by DOR specifying the exact placement of all OCR-readable fields. Scannable tax forms submitted to DOR for approval must adhere to the record layouts 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.

The Software Developers Guide and Test Case Data for Form 355, Form 355C and Form 355S will post in mid-November.

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Grids for Record Layouts:
Form 355, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A, 2-D Record Layout (2/28/06)	2005
Schedule B, C 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule D, E-1, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule E-D Record Layout	2005
Schedules CD, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Form 355-ES, OCR Readable Version	2005
Test Case Data for Form 355 (12/29/05)	<strong>2005</strong>
Form 355C, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A, 2-D Record Layout (2/28/06)	2005
Schedule B, C, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule D, E-1, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule CD, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule CG, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule E-CG 2-D Record Layout	2005
Test Case Data for Form 355C (12/29/05)	2005
Form 355S, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A, 2-D Record Layout (2/28/06)	2005
Schedule B, C, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule D, E-1, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule E, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule CD, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Test Case Data for Form 355S (12/29/05)	2005
Schedule F, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule RC, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule RC-A, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Form F-2, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule H, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule H-2, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule E-2, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule S, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule SK-1, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A-1, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A-2, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule A-3, 2-D Record Layout	2005
Schedule E-3, 2-D Record Layout	2005
2D Specs for Corporate Returns, Part 1	2005
2D Specs for Corporate Returns, Part 2	2005
2D Specs for Corporate Returns, Part 3A	2005
2D Specs for Corporate Returns, Part 3B	2005

Changes to Record Layouts (November 28, 2005)

Schedule F, Line 5: keying arrow deleted

The following changes have been made since the October 28 ^th posting.

Form 355, Excise Calculation, page 2, line 16: solar heat credit added, box count changed.

Schedule B, line 15: keying arrow deleted.

Schedule E, lines 1, 3 and 8: negative response boxes added.

lines 21 and 22: keying arrow added.

Form 355C, Excise Calculation, page 2, line 16: solar heat credit added, box count changed.

Schedule B, line 15: keying arrow deleted.

Schedule E-CG, lines 1, 3 and 8: negative response boxes added.

lines 21 and 22: keying arrow added.

Form 355S, Registration Section, page 1, lines 4 and 7: keying arrows deleted.

Excise Calculation, page 2, line 19: solar heat credit added, box count changed.

Schedule B, lines 7 and 15: keying arrow deleted.

Schedule E, lines 1, 3 and 8: negative response boxes added.

lines 21 and 22: keying arrow added.

Schedule F: Business Location Section: 1 response line deleted.

New line 3a.

Previously numbered lines 3a through 3f are now numbered 3b through 3g.

Schedule SK-1, line 4h: additional text for solar heat credit.

All grids (all pages), line 62: field added for a date/time stamp. See the 2D specs for further information.

February 28, 2006 Edit
Schedule A, line 31: negative response box added.

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