(1) All returns of income for the preceding taxable year shall be made by April 15 in each year, except returns made on the basis of a fiscal year, which shall be made by the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of the fiscal year. Blank forms for returns of income shall be supplied by the department.
(2) Whenever, in the opinion of the department, it is necessary to examine the federal income tax return or a copy thereof of any taxpayer in order to audit his return, the department may compel the taxpayer to produce for inspection a copy of his federal return and all statements and schedules in support thereof. The department may also require copies of reports of adjustments made by the federal government.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 141.160

  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiscal year: means "fiscal year" as defined in Section 7701(a)(24) of the Internal
    Revenue Code. See Kentucky Statutes 141.900
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Internal Revenue Code: means for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
    2023, the Internal Revenue Code in effect on December 31, 2022, exclusive of any amendments made subsequent to that date, other than amendments that extend provisions in effect on December 31, 2022, that would otherwise terminate. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Taxable year: means the calendar year or fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which net income is computed, and in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of this chapter or under administrative regulations prescribed by the commissioner, "taxable year" means the period for which the return is made. See Kentucky Statutes 141.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, all returns of income for the preceding taxable year made by cooperatives as described in Sections 521 and 1381 of the Internal Revenue Code or by KRS Chapter 272 shall be made by September
15 in each year, except returns made on the basis of a fiscal year, which shall be made by the fifteenth day of the ninth month following the close of the fiscal year.
Effective: March 24, 2009
History: Repealed and reenacted 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective March 24,
2009. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 3, effective April 24, 2008. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 483, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1954
Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 13, effective June 17, 1954. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4281b-10, 4281b-22,
4281b-24.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/24/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 17, provides that “The intent of the General Assembly in repealing and reenacting KRS
136.392, 138.195, 141.160, 160.6156, 160.6157, 160.6158, 131.183, 141.044,
141.235, 134.580, 393.060, and 157.621 in Sections 1 to 12 of this Act is to affirm the amendments made to these sections in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 132. The provisions in Sections 1 to 12 of this Act shall apply retroactively to April 24, 2008.”
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/24/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 18, provides “To the extent that any provision included in this Act is considered new language, the provisions of KRS § 446.145 requiring such new language to be underlined are notwithstood.”