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Form 1045 - Application for Tentative Refund
📚 What This Guide Covers
This guide explains what Form 1045 is used for and key rules around filing.
📊 Step-by-Step Guide
Use the notes below to understand what Sure-Fire is referring to in the Form 1045 guidance.
Step 1: Know when Form 1045 applies
This application is filed to carry back specific amounts (such as NOL and certain credits/contract losses).
Step 2: Understand e-file and calculation notes
A tax return including Form 1045 cannot be filed electronically.
If there is any uncertainty about the interpretation of an entry, Sure-Fire does not calculate it.
Step 3: Review the key line/worksheet guidance
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This guidance includes carryback amounts, waiving the carryback period, timing rules, and specific line explanations (Lines 1b, 1c, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, and 28).\n
\nDetails from the original article:
A person can elect to carry an NOL forward only, instead of first carrying it back.
A person must file Form 1045 within 1 year after the end of the year in which an NOL, unused credit, a net section 1256 contract loss, or claim of right adjustments arose.
Individuals can get a refund by filing Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, instead of Form 1045.
Press Shift+F1 to see the IRS instructions for details.
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