North Carolina Administrative Code Title 17 — Revenue
17 NCAC 06B .4003 — Nonresident Shareholders
(a) A nonresident shareholder of an S corporation shall take into account only his or her share of the S corporation's income attributable to North Carolina in the numerator of the fraction in determining that portion of adjusted gross income that is taxable to North Carolina. If an S corporation does business in North Carolina and one or more other states, the income attributable to North Carolina shall be determined under G.S. 105-130.4. (b) A nonresident shareholder in an S corporation may claim credit on the shareholder's North Carolina individual income tax return for the tax paid on his or her behalf by the S corporation to North Carolina on his or her share of the S corporation income. (c) A nonresident shareholder in an S corporation shall not be required to file a North Carolina individual income tax return when the only income from North Carolina sources is his or her share of S corporation income and the S corporation pays the tax on his or her behalf.
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