Why is my carry-over credit missing from my report?
Overview
You have run the Liability Worksheet Carry-over Credits export report and do not see a carry-over credit listed when it was listed in previous months.
Environment
Avalara Returns
Resolution
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Possible reasons of why a carry-over credit is not displaying on the export report would be:
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The credit had applied to a previous period.
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Run the report for previous months to see if Applied is listed for that credit.
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The state you are running the report for is on a filing frequency other than monthly.
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For filing frequencies of quarterly, semi-annual and annual, the carry-over credit will only be visible on the report when ran for the first month of the frequency.
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For Q1, the credit would show in the report for January, Q2 would be April, etc.
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It will also show as Applied because your tax amount is set to accrual until the last month of that period.
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If at the end of the period, the credit cannot apply, the report will change the credit status to Excluded
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If the credit has truly applied, you will be able to see that on your liability worksheet and it will no longer be on the report for the next period.
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Unapplied credits will be appear on the carry-over credit report for the first month of the following periods until used or removed.
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Next steps
For more information, read Why was a credit not applied to my tax liability?