How to Fill Out Form RCT-101

Form RCT-101 at a glance

What it is: RCT-101 is the PA Corporate Net Income Tax Report.

Who signs: A corporate officer must sign the affirmation.

A filled-in Form RCT-101 example: a Pennsylvania corporation fills page 1

Form RCT-101 example filled out, example: a Pennsylvania corporation fills page 1
Sample Widgets Inc. fills out the RCT-101 for tax year 2025. It is a Pennsylvania corporation that started business there in 2010 and sells widgets only in PA. The picture shows page 1 only, and every value in it is made up. The tax year is the calendar year, so Tax Year Beginning is 01012025 and Tax Year Ending is 12312025. Its address is in the U.S., so Province, Country Code and Foreign Postal Code stay empty, and Address Line 2 stays empty because it has no second line. Parent Corporation FEIN stays empty because it has no parent corporation. Nothing goes in Step C, Economic Nexus, Address Change, IRS Filing Type or Questions 7 and 8 of Section A because the example fills only the text boxes. Nothing goes in Direct Deposit or Preparer's Information because they sit on later pages.

How to fill out Form RCT-101, box by box

Step A: Tax Year Beginning and Tax Year Ending

Form RCT-101 example filled out, step A: Tax Year Beginning and Tax Year Ending

In Step A, fill in the Tax Year Beginning and the Tax Year Ending.

Step B: Federal EIN, Corporation Name and address

Form RCT-101 example filled out, step B: Federal EIN, Corporation Name and address

In Step B, enter the Economic Nexus, Federal EIN, Parent Corporation FEIN, NAICS code and Corporation Name.

Enter Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, ZIP, Province, Country Code, Foreign Postal Code and Address Change.

For the IRS Filing Type, A = 1120, B = 1120S, C = Other, D = 1120F.

Step C: Initial Report, Final Report and Amended Report

Form RCT-101 example filled out, step C: Initial Report, Final Report and Amended Report

In Step C, the boxes are Initial Report, Final Report (must include REV-861 and REV-181, where applicable), Amended Report, File Period Change, Change Fed Group and 52-53 Week Filer.

The other boxes are S Corp filing as C Corp, KOZ, Royalty/Related Interest Add-Back (Act 52 of 2013), S Corp Taxable Built-in Gains, Section 381/382/Merger NOLs, Alternative Apportionment and Claiming P.L. 86-272 Protection.

Section A: General Information Questionnaire

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section A: General Information Questionnaire

In the General Information Questionnaire, enter the State of Incorporation, the Date of Incorporation (MMDDYYYY) and the Date Commenced Doing Business in PA.

Describe corporate activity in PA and corporate activity outside PA, and list the other states in which the taxpayer has activity.

Does this corporation own all or a majority of stock in other corporations? If yes, include the REV-798, Sched. X.

Has the federal government changed taxable income as originally reported for any period for which reports of change have not been filed? If yes, file the RCT-128C.

Section B: Schedule C-1 Apportionment Schedule

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section B: Schedule C-1 Apportionment Schedule

Include RCT-106 with the Schedule C-1: Apportionment Schedule for Corporate Net Income Tax.

For the Sales Factor, enter Sales - PA (1A), Sales - Total (1B) and the Sales Factor (1C).

For Special Apportionment, enter the Numerator (2A), the Denominator (2B) and the Special Apportionment (2C).

Section C: Line 1 and Line 2 Deductions

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section C: Line 1 and Line 2 Deductions

In Section C, Line 1 is the income or loss from federal return on a separate-company basis.

Line 2, Deductions: 2A is corporate dividends received (from REV-798, Sched. C-2, Line 7); 2B is interest on U.S. securities (GROSS INTEREST minus EXPENSES); 2C is current yr. additional PA depreciation plus adjustment for sale (REV-1834, Sched. C-8, Line 8).

2D is current yr. additional PA qualified production property depreciation plus adjustment for sale (REV-1834, Sched. C-10, Line 5); 2E is current yr. PA research and experimental amounts (REV-1826, Sched. C-15, Section 2, Line 47E).

2F is intangible income or related interest income (REV-798, Sched. X; must include REV-798), See inst.; 2G is other (from REV-860, Sched. OD) See instructions.

Total Deductions: add Lines 2A through 2G and enter the result on Line 2.

Section C: Line 3 Additions

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section C: Line 3 Additions

Line 3, Additions: 3A is taxes imposed on or measured by net income (from REV-860, Sched. C-5, Line 6); 3B is current yr. bonus depreciation (REV-1834, Sched. C-8, Line 3); 3C is current yr. qualified production property depreciation (REV-1834, Sched. C-10, Line 2).

3D is current yr. federal research and experimental deductions (REV-1826, Sched. C-15, Section 1, Line 1); 3E is intangible expense or related interest expense (REV-802, Sched. C-6; must include REV-802); 3F is other (from REV-860, Sched. OA) See instructions.

Total Additions: add Lines 3A through 3F and enter the result on Line 3.

Section C: Line 4 to Line 16 tax liability

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section C: Line 4 to Line 16 tax liability

Line 4 is income or loss with Pennsylvania adjustments (Line 1 minus Line 2 plus Line 3).

Line 5 is total nonbusiness income or loss (from REV-934, Column C, Total; must include REV-934).

Line 6 is income or loss to be apportioned (Line 4 minus Line 5).

Line 7 is apportionment (from Sched. C-1, 1C, or 2C if using Special Apportionment).

Line 8 is income or loss apportioned to PA (Line 6 times Line 7).

Line 9 is nonbusiness income or loss allocated to PA (from REV-934, Column A, Total; must include REV-934).

Line 10 is PA taxable income or loss after apportionment (Line 8 plus Line 9).

Line 11 is total net operating loss deduction (from RCT-103, Part A, Line 4).

Line 12 is PA taxable income or loss (Line 10 minus Line 11).

Line 13 is the Qualified Manufacturing Innovation and Reinvestment Deduction (cannot reduce tax liability by more than 50%).

Line 14 is PA CNI tax ((Line 12 - Line 13) times tax rate - See Instructions). If line 12 is less than zero, enter “0”.

Line 15 is credit for tax paid by affiliate(s) for intangible expense or related interest expense (from REV-803, Sched. C-7: must include REV-803).

Line 16 is Tax Liability (Line 14 minus line 15).

Section D: Payments and Credits

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section D: Payments and Credits

In Section D, Line 1 is Tax Liability (from SECTION C, line 16).

Line 2 is Credit for CNI Tax Withholding (from PASched. CP, line 16).

Line 3 is Estimated Payments & Credits on Deposit.

Line 4 is Restricted Credits (cannot exceed line 1).

Line 5 is Total Due/Overpayment (Line 1 minus Lines 2, 3, and 4).

Line 6 is Transfer (Amount to be credited to the next tax year after offsetting all unpaid liabilities).

Line 7 is Refund (Amount to be refunded after offsetting all unpaid liabilities).

Direct Deposit

Form RCT-101 example filled out, direct Deposit

Banking rules do not permit direct deposit to bank accounts outside the U.S. If your bank account is outside the U.S., do not complete the direct deposit field or bank routing and account number information in this case, and you will receive a check from the Department.

If your refund will be going to a bank account within the U.S., you have the option to have your refund directly deposited: enter the Direct Deposit, Routing # and Account #, with C=Checking S=Savings.

Section E: Bulk Sale

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section E: Bulk Sale

Has the corporation sold or transferred in bulk, 51 percent or more of any class of assets? (See instructions.) *Schedule of Disposition of Assets, REV-861, must be completed and filed with this report.

If yes, enter the Purchaser Name, Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, ZIP, Province, Country Code and Foreign Postal Code (Include a separate schedule if additional space is needed.).

Section F: Schedule of Real Property in PA

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section F: Schedule of Real Property in PA

Did you own or rent property in PA titled to the corporation or any Single Member LLC during this filing period? If yes, Section F must be completed. (Include a separate schedule if additional space is needed.)

Enter the Street address, City, County, KOZ/KOEZ and O = Own R = Rent.

Section G: Corporate Officers and the signature

Form RCT-101 example filled out, section G: Corporate Officers and the signature

Under Corporate Officers (See instructions.), enter the SSN, Last Name, First Name and MI of the President/Managing Partner, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer/Tax Manager. Must provide requested information for all filled officer positions.

“I affirm under penalties prescribed by law, this report, including any accompanying schedules and statements, has been examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete report.”

If this report is an amended report, the taxpayer hereby consents to the extension of the assessment period for this tax year to one year from the date of filing of this amended report or three years from the filing of the original report, whichever period last expires, and agrees to retain all required records pertaining to that tax and tax period until the end of the extended assessment period. For purposes of this extension, an original report filed before the due date is deemed filed on the due date.

Sign the Corporate officer Signature line and fill in the date, after printing.

Preparer's Information

Form RCT-101 example filled out, preparer's Information

Under Preparer's Information, enter the Firm FEIN, Firm Name, Preparer's Name, Preparer's SSN/PTIN, Phone, Email, Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, ZIP, Province, Country Code, Form Barcode and Foreign Postal Code.

Sign the Tax preparer's Signature line and fill in the date, after printing.

More rules for Form RCT-101

Fill in the form using all caps. Do not use dashes (-) or slashes (/) in any field. Enter dates as MMDDYYYY. Use whole dollars only.

Sources

[1] Form RCT-101 (01-26), Corporate Net Income Tax Report, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (the Official source link on this page).

Form RCT-101 PDF Details

A Final Report must include REV-861 and REV-181, where applicable.

Dashes: do not use dashes (-) or slashes (/) in any field.

Line 4: income or loss with Pennsylvania adjustments (Line 1 minus Line 2 plus Line 3).

Line 6: income or loss to be apportioned (Line 4 minus Line 5).

PA CNI tax: if line 12 is less than zero, enter "0".

QuestionAnswer
Form NameForm RCT-101
Form Length4 pages
Fillable?Yes
Fillable fields191
Avg. time to fill out32 min
Edition01-26
Matches the agency's fileYes, checked October 3, 2026
Other namesRCT-101, RCT 101, RCT101, Form RCT-101, PA RCT-101, Pennsylvania RCT-101, PA Corporate Net Income Tax Report
Official sourceRCT-101 (01-26), PA Corporate Net Income Tax Report