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S Corporation Returns, 1999
by Kelly Bennett

S

ince 1996, S corporations are the single largest
corporate entity type filing Form 1120, U.S.
Tax Return for a Corporation. For Tax
Year 1999, over 55.2 percent of all corporations filed
a Form 1120S, up from 53.4 percent filed for Tax
Year 1998. The total number of returns filed by
S corporations for Tax Year 1999 increased by over
5.3 percent to 2.7 million, from nearly 2.6 million for
Tax Year 1998.
The continued growth in S corporations for Tax
Year 1999 was affected by four legislative acts: the
Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1990, the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993,
and the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
[1]. Since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the average
annual growth is 9.9 percent (Figure A). Over the
same period, the number of all other corporations
experienced an average annual decline of 1.2 percent
[2]. More than 301.8 thousand corporations elected
subchapter S status for the first time during Tax Year
1999. Nearly 216.5 thousand (7.9 percent of all
S corporations) were newly incorporated businesses.
The remaining 85.3 thousand converted from taxable
corporation to S corporation in 1999. Even though
the growth rate for all corporations slowed from Tax
Year 1998 to Tax Year 1999, the number of businesses electing S corporation status continued to
increase.

SCorporationBasics
An S corporation is an incorporated entity that has
many of the same attributes as the traditional
C corporation, including limited liability, freely
transferable ownership, and unlimited life span. But
in exchange for certain limitations, an S corporation
obtains the advantage of a flow-through entity for
income tax purposes. The election to be treated as
an S corporation allows income and expenses to pass
through the corporate structure to the shareholders.
Any resulting tax liability is the responsibility of the
shareholders. This benefit eliminates double taxation
of the corporation’s net income or capital gains. This
treatment is different from the treatment of a taxable
corporation, which incurs a tax liability first at the
Kelly Bennett is an economist with the Corporation
Special Projects Section. This article was prepared
under the direction of Doug Shearer, Chief.

corporate level on its net income and capital gains
and again when profits are distributed to shareholders
in the form of dividends. The elimination of double
taxation can result in considerable tax savings for a
corporation that is eligible to make a Subchapter S
election. The tax benefits of an S election are
equally valuable for corporations that report net
losses, as the losses flow through to the individual
shareholders and, for shareholders with active
participation in the business, can be used to offset net
income from other sources.
To qualify under Subchapter S, a corporation
must meet all criteria in Subchapter S of the Internal
Revenue Code for an election and file Form 2553,
Election by a Small Business Corporation, with the
IRS Submission Processing Center where the corporation files its Federal tax forms. All shareholders of
the corporation must concur with the election on
Form 2553, and all eligibility requirements must be
met prior to the election [3]. The criteria for Tax
Year 1999 were that the corporation:

r be a domestic corporation (an unincorporated
association, that is treated as a corporation
under Internal Revenue Code section 7702, may
elect treatment as an S corporation);

r have no more than 75 shareholders (a husband
and wife (and their estates) are counted as one
shareholder for this requirement);

r have only individuals, estates, certain trusts, and
exempt organizations as shareholders [4];

r have no nonresident alien shareholders; and
r have only one class of stock.
Ineligible corporations were:

r affiliated group members eligible for inclusion on
a consolidated return;

r insurance companies subject to provisions of
Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code;

r Interest-Charge Domestic International Sales
Corporations (IC-DISC’s) or former Domestic
International Sales Corporations (DISC’s);

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Figure A
Form 1120 Series Returns by Percentage of Filings, Tax Years 1986-1999

Percentage of filings
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Tax years

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S corporations

r corporations eligible to elect the possessions tax
credit; and

r banks or thrift institutions that use the reserve
method of accounting for bad debts under
Internal Revenue Code section 585.
Form 1120S, U.S. Tax Return for an S Corporation, must be filed before the 15th day of the 3rd
month following the close of the tax year. Also,
S corporations must generally use a calendar year
for their tax year. While S corporations may obtain
an exemption from the calendar year rule if they can
establish a business purpose for a different tax year,
for Tax Year 1999, over 90.0 percent of all S corporations filed a calendar year return [5].

Subsidiaries
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The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
allowed an S corporation to own all of the stock of a

All other corporations

subsidiary and to elect to have the subsidiary’s
operations taxed as part of the parent and not separately [6]. The elected subsidiary is known as a
qualified subchapter S subsidiary or QSUB. A
QSUB is not treated as a separate corporation;
instead, all assets, liabilities, income, deductions, and
credit items are treated as part of the parent.
Since 1997 returns filed with a QSUB have
grown over 51.7 percent to nearly 2,900 for Tax
Year 1999 (Figure B). Approximately 1,900 S corporations reported a QSUB election in 1997. These
S corporations reported total assets of $153.6 billion
and total net income (less deficit) of $9.1 billion for
Tax Year 1999. Many of the S corporations that
made the election to treat a subsidiary as a qualified
subsidiary made the election for multiple subsidiaries
owned. Figure B displays S corporations reporting
the QSUB election for Tax Year 1999, along with
total assets and total net income (less deficit), by
industrial division.

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Figure B
S Corporation Filings with Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries, by Industrial Division,
Tax Year 1999
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]

Industrial division

Number of
returns
(1)

All industries........................................................................................................................
2,884

Total
assets

Total net income
(less deficit)

(2)

(3)

153,628,315

9,114,942

Raw materials and energy production........................................................................................................................
105
4,723,149
Goods production........................................................................................................................
668
33,884,970

140,740
4,668,081

Distribution and transportation of goods........................................................................................................................
889
19,664,426
Information........................................................................................................................
50
7,012,451

1,374,762
466,316

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing........................................................................................................................
423
28,531,189
1,103,529
Professional and business services........................................................................................................................
558
56,467,912
1,231,706
Education, health, and social assistance........................................................................................................................
13
380,691
29,198
Leisure, accommodation, and food services........................................................................................................................
104
2,651,296
Other services........................................................................................................................
*73
*312,231

58,455
*42,155

*Estimate should be used with caution because of the small number of sample returns on which it is based.
NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.

FinancialDataHighlights
Figure C presents total net income (less deficit) for
each industrial sector. For S corporations, total net
income (less deficit) includes the following: net
income (less deficit) from trade or business, real
estate rental income (less deficit), net income (less
deficit) from other rental activity, and portfolio
income (less loss) distributed to shareholders.
Table 1 groups the data for all S corporations by
industrial divisions and sectors. Total net income
(less deficit) increased to $193.8 billion for Tax Year
1999, a 6.6-percent increase over the $181.8 billion
reported for Tax Year 1998 [7]. The largest component of total net income (less deficit) is net income
(less deficit) from a trade or business. This accounted for 70.9 percent of total net income (less
deficit), as compared to 1998, when it accounted for
68.7 percent. Both portfolio income and net income
(less deficit) from other rental activity, elements of
net income less deficit, decreased from Tax Year
1998 to Tax Year 1999, reporting 2.5 percent and
24.6 percent respectively. (See definition of portfolio
income in Explanation of Selected Terms.) For Tax
Year 1999, net long-term capital gain (less loss) was
$33.9 billion, down from nearly $38.0 billion in 1998, a
decrease of 10.8 percent. S corporations reported a
372.6-percent increase in net short-term capital gain
(less loss) for Tax Year 1999, $2.4 billion compared
with $0.5 billion reported in Tax Year 1998.

Four industrial divisions earned over 85.0 percent
of total net income (less deficit) for Tax Year 1999
and accounted for 74.2 percent of all returns filed:
goods production; distribution and transportation of
goods; professional and business services; and finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing.
Goods production, which includes the construction
and manufacturing sectors, reported total net income
(less deficit) of $62.1 billion. Distribution and transportation of goods, which includes the wholesale and
retail trade and transportation and warehousing
sectors, accounted for $42.2 billion. Professional and
business services reported $39.0 billion, and the
finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
division reported $21.3 billion. The finance, insurance, real estate, and leasing division, although one of
the four largest divisions for Tax Year 1999, reported
a decrease in net income of 21.2 percent from Tax
Year 1998 when $27.0 billion were reported.
Table 2 presents S corporations that reported
positive total net income, by industrial division and
industrial sector. S corporations reported $240.6
billion in positive total net income for Tax Year 1999,
an increase of $16.6 billion from Tax Year 1998.
Over 1.7 million (64.8 percent) S corporations reported positive total net income, a slight increase
from 64.5 percent in Tax Year 1998. For Tax Year
1999, net income (less deficit) from a trade or business was $182.9 billion, up 9.6 percent from Tax
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Figure C
S Corporations: Total Net Income (Less Deficit), by Industrial Sector, Tax Year 1999
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]

All
Industries

Item

(1)

Agriculture,
forestry,
fishing, and
hunting
(2)

Mining

Utilities

(3)

(4)

Total net income (less deficit)......................................................................
193,756,411
1,365,099
2,037,505
Net income (less deficit) from a trade or business......................................................................
137,348,605
378,649
1,171,390
Portfolio income (less deficit) distributed to shareholders......................................................................
50,205,070
696,374
850,499
Dividend income......................................................................1,863,975
35,250
97,313
Interest income...................................................................... 11,209,086
265,901
219,764
Royalty income...................................................................... 684,217
38,577
93,579
Net short-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
2,396,942
12,176
17,763
Net long-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
33,857,755
334,389
420,935
Other portfolio income (net)......................................................................
193,096
10,081
1,144
Real estate rental net income (less deficit)......................................................................
5,510,971
251,626
10,914
Net income (less deficit) from other rental activity......................................................................
691,765
38,450
4,702

Item

Wholesale and
retail trade

Wholesale
trade

Retail
trade

(7)

(8)

(9)

242,427
186,061
56,406
1,369
50,141
14
*487
*4,395
-*-482
*443
Wholesale
and
retail trade
not allocable
(10)

Total net income (less deficit)......................................................................
39,471,708
21,390,089
18,075,378
Net income (less deficit) from a trade or business......................................................................
32,958,902
18,051,891
14,903,482
Portfolio income (less deficit) distributed to shareholders......................................................................
5,949,490
3,057,574
2,889,712
Dividend income...................................................................... 258,812
152,673
106,131
Interest income...................................................................... 1,982,476
922,172
1,057,859
Royalty income...................................................................... 179,957
137,986
41,941
Net short-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
-13,723
22,519
-21,783
Net long-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
3,482,352
1,814,674
1,653,497
Other portfolio income (net)......................................................................
59,616
7,550
52,066
Real estate rental net income (less deficit)......................................................................
373,834
172,125
201,365
Net income (less deficit) from other rental activity......................................................................
189,482
108,499
80,819

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Item

Finance
and
insurance

Real estate
and rental
and
leasing

Professional,
scientific,
and technical
services

(13)

(14)

(15)

Health care
and social
assistance

Arts,
entertainment,
and recreation

(19)

(20)

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*Estimate should be used with caution because of the small number of sample returns on which it is based.
NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.

(5)

(6)
37,082,034
28,768,846
8,104,704
242,965
1,436,954
86,872
67,394
6,266,943
3,577
143,258
65,226

Transportation
and warehousing

Information

(11)

(12)

6,242
3,529
2,205
8
2,445
30
*-14,459
14,181
-*344
165

2,765,560
2,075,641
662,153
36,020
232,871
327
20,531
369,309
3,096
53,224
-25,458

6,677,029
2,988,385
3,630,900
66,470
432,497
17,567
2,772
3,104,830
6,764
48,870
8,874

Management
of
companies
(16)
10,793,943
1,822,633
9,013,900
352,450
689,359
8,136
238,188
7,691,100
34,667
3,779
-46,369

6,084,902
4,412,903
1,627,443
21,058
247,060
*1,270
2,424
1,355,278
354
-1,049
45,605

Accommodation and food
services

Other
services

Total net income (less deficit)..........................................................................................................
7,600,475
2,806,814
Net income (less deficit) from a trade or business..........................................................................................................
6,793,519
1,178,085
Portfolio income (less deficit) distributed to shareholders......................................................................
766,123
1,565,451
Dividend income..........................................................................................................23,445
28,086
Interest income..........................................................................................................219,580
190,854
Royalty income..........................................................................................................
-130,356
Net short-term capital gain (less loss)..........................................................................................................
248,480
9,431
Net long-term capital gain (less loss)..........................................................................................................
278,135
1,190,313
Other portfolio income (net)..........................................................................................................
*-3,516
16,411
Real estate rental net income (less deficit)..........................................................................................................
35,636
54,485
Net income (less deficit) from other rental activity..........................................................................................................
5,197
8,793

Manufacturing

24,975,895
21,779,086
3,002,383
138,862
1,308,568
6,052
87,160
1,459,087
2,653
179,271
15,155

Administrative
and support
and waste
management
and remediation
services
(17)

Total net income (less deficit)......................................................................
9,587,976
11,714,772
22,149,530
Net income (less deficit) from a trade or business......................................................................
4,605,484
3,675,791
17,779,336
Portfolio income (less deficit) distributed to shareholders......................................................................
4,941,006
3,647,600
4,217,325
Dividend income...................................................................... 182,107
184,229
154,313
Interest income...................................................................... 1,106,736
1,592,536
724,461
Royalty income......................................................................
974
83,078
31,905
Net short-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
1,244,200
157,106
223,800
Net long-term capital gain (less loss)......................................................................
2,356,984
1,622,510
3,084,785
Other portfolio income (net)......................................................................
50,005
8,141
-1,939
Real estate rental net income (less deficit)......................................................................
37,408
4,100,083
106,764
Net income (less deficit) from other rental activity......................................................................
4,078
291,298
46,105
Item

Construction

(21)

(22)

3,838,744
2,839,843
911,172
24,257
340,194
4,013
59,380
481,305
*2,023
62,216
25,513

3,594,027
3,083,320
446,666
12,407
123,923
*1,517
19,114
289,685
*19
49,682
14,359

Educational
services

(18)
645,446
538,378
111,921
4,546
41,740
*23
200
65,412
--5,165
312
Nature of
business
not allocable
(23)
322,523
312,353
3,554
*16
3,471
-59
*8
-*6,617
--

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Year 1998 when $166.8 billion were reported. Net
income (less deficit) from other rental activity was
less than $1.0 billion, a decrease of 15.6 percent from
Tax Year 1998. This decrease is due to the reduction in net income (less deficit) from the finance,
insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing division,
which reported $0.5 billion. This sector is down 31.1
percent from the previous tax year when $0.7 billion
were reported.
Table 3 presents S corporation data reported on
the balance sheet, by industrial division and sector.
S corporation total assets increased 11.9 percent to
$1,628.7 billion for Tax Year 1999 [8]. The two
largest asset categories for Tax Year 1999 were net
depreciable assets and notes and accounts receivable. Net depreciable assets accounted for $372.8
billion, or 22.9 percent of total assets. Notes and
accounts receivable accounted for $352.4 billion, or
21.6 percent of total assets for all S corporations.
Overall, other investments increased 24.7 percent
$172.5 billion. This asset category reported the largest percentage increase. Other categories of assets
that displayed large percentage increases were net

intangible assets (amortizable), which increased 17.1
percent to $32.7 billion; tax exempt securities, which
increased 14.0 percent to $9.3 billion; and notes and
accounts receivable, which increased 13.3 percent to
$352.4 billion.
Four industrial divisions accounted for more than
85.0 percent (or $1,385.1 billion) in total assets:
goods production; distribution and transportation of
goods; finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and
leasing; and professional and business services (Figure D). With $447.2 billion, or 27.5 percent of total
assets for all S corporations, the goods production
division reflects the largest percentage of total assets.
S corporations in distribution and transportation of
goods held $432.1 billion in total assets, accounting
for 26.5 percent of all total assets. S corporations in
finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
accounted for $284.6 billion in total assets, or 17.5
percent of all total assets. Professional and business
services for S corporations held the fourth largest
share of total assets. These corporations reported
13.6 percent or $221.2 billion in total assets.

Figure D
S Corporation Total Assets, by Industrial Division, Tax Year 1999

All other ¹
15.0%
Goods production
27.5%

Professional and business
services
13.6%
$1.7 Trillion

Finance, insurance, real
estate, and rental and
leasing
17.5%

Distribution and
transportation of goods
26.5%

¹ All other includes: Not allocable, raw materials and energy production, other services, education services, information, and
leisure, accommodation and food services.
NOTE: Detail may not add to 100 percent because of rounding.

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IncomefromRentalRealEstate

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For the 1999 Tax Year, 225,049 S corporations
reported Rental Real Estate Income on Form 8825,
Rental Real Estate Income and Expenses of a
Partnership or an S Corporation. S corporations
report on Form 8825 income and deductible expenses
from rental real estate activities, including net income
(loss) from rental real estate activities that flow through
from partnerships, estates, and trusts. Table 4 shows
rental real estate income by selected industrial
divisions and industrial sectors. Net rental real estate
income (less deficit) increased 21.2 percent, from
$4.5 billion for Tax Year 1998 to $5.5 billion for 1999.
The real estate rental and leasing sector accounted
for the majority of net rental income (less deficit) at
74.4 percent. The real estate group reported 73.8
percent of all net rental income (less deficit) for all S
corporations. This group also represented 68.1
percent of all returns reporting income on Form 8825.
Net gain from sales of business property, an activity
related to rental real estate and reported on this form,
decreased 67.3 percent to $35.6 million from Tax
Year 1998 when $109 million in gains were reported.
This decrease was due not only to the decrease in
gains from sales of business property but also from
an increase in losses reported by the sales of business property. Gains from sales of business property
for Tax Year 1998 were $113.8 million, while, for
Tax Year 1999, they were $44.8 million. Gross
income for returns reporting rental real estate income
was $24.3 billion, an increase of 6.6 percent.
Net income (less deficit) from partnerships and
fiduciaries reported an increase from $490.0 million
to $725.9 million between Tax Years 1998 and 1999.

Data By Number of Shareholders

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Even though the Tax Year 1999 data show that 98.6
percent of S corporations are owned by 10 or fewer
shareholders, the number of S corporations with 11–30
shareholders increased 3.1 percent to 18,563 in Tax
Year 1999 from 18,000 in Tax Year 1998. Even with
this slight increase, the total number of returns in this
category is still 8.8 percent below the 20,369 reported
in Tax Year 1997. The number of S corporations
with more than 30 shareholders increased 80.0
percent from almost 1,400 in Tax Year 1998 to
nearly 2,500 in Tax Year 1999. Still, the majority of
all new S corporations, 98.7 percent, reported 10 or
fewer shareholders.

The number of shareholders for a small number
of existing S corporations increased. Nearly 1,700
S corporations had more than 35 shareholders during
Tax Year 1999, an increase of 136.2 percent from
Tax Year 1998 and an increase of 181.5 percent
since the inception of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. This act eased restrictions on the
limitation to the number of shareholders. (See Explanation of Selected Terms for further detail on the
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.) Overall,
the number of shareholders increased to 81,336 in
Tax Year 1999 from 34,319 in Tax Year 1998, for
returns with more than 35 shareholders.

SCorporationTaxation
S corporations, because they are flow-through
entities, generally do not pay income tax. However,
they may be liable for any of four types of Federal
income tax. The most common of these Federal
taxes is the “built-in gains” tax. The built-in gains tax
accounted for nearly $358.7 million, or 78.0 percent
of all Federal income tax reported by S corporations
in Tax Year 1999. The built-in gains tax does not
apply to S corporations that were incorporated before
1987 or had a valid S election in place since the
inception of the business. S corporations are liable for
the built-in gains tax if there is a gain realized from
the sale of an asset within 10 years from the first day
of the S corporation’s election to convert from a C
corporation. The built-in gains tax is limited to net
appreciation occurring prior to a C corporation’s
election as an S corporation [9].
S corporations are also subject to the net passive
income tax, the investment recapture tax, and the
LIFO recapture tax (included in “Adjustments to tax”
in Figure E). (See Explanation of Selected Terms.)
These taxes only apply to S corporations that operated as a taxable corporation prior to making an
S corporation election. S corporations with total net
passive investment income accounting for more than
25 percent of gross receipts and with subchapter C
earnings are subject to the excess net passive income
tax. (See definition of excess net passive income tax
in Explanation of Selected Terms). S corporations
are liable for the recapture attributable to credits
allowed in the years before the corporation made an
S corporation election. Finally, the LIFO recapture
tax applies to S corporations that used the last in, first
out (LIFO) method for maintaining inventory. The

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Figure E
S Corporation Taxes, Tax Years 1998 and 1999
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]

Items

1998

1999

Percent
change

(1)

(2)

(3)

increased to nearly 5.1 million, up 4.9 percent
from the previous year.

r Total assets increased 11.9 percent from $1.5
trillion in Tax Year 1998 to $1.6 trillion in Tax
Year 1999, with four industrial divisions accounting for 85.0 percent of total assets reported.

Total tax......................................................................
479,411
459,754
-4.1
Built-in gains tax........................................................................................................................
393,321
358,704
-8.8

r Total net income (less deficit) increased to

Excess net passive income tax........................................................................................................................
17,466
13,905
-20.4
Adjustments to tax........................................................................................................................
66,594
84,727
27.2
Investment credit recapture tax........................................................................................................................
*755
1,415
*87.4

$193.8 billion, or 6.6 percent. As the largest
component of total net income less deficit, net
Income tax adjustment........................................................................................................................
*1,275
1,004
*-21.3
income (less deficit) from a trade or business
*Estimate should be used with caution because of the small number of
sample returns on which it is based.
reported 70.9 percent of the total, or $137.3
NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
billion. Portfolio income (less deficit) fell slightly
to $50.2 billion. This decrease was largely due
to the 10.8-percent decline in net long-term
LIFO recapture amount is derived from the inventory
capital gains. The 372.6-percent growth in net
amount by which the first in, first out (FIFO) method
short-term capital gains helped offset the $4.1exceeds the valuation of inventory under the LIFO
billion drop in net long-term capital gains,
method. Inventory that is transferred to an S corpothereby causing portfolio income to decrease
ration during a tax-free reorganization of a C corpoonly 2.5 percent.
ration is also subject to the LIFO method.
The tax liability of S corporations for Tax Year
r Consistent with prior years, less than half of 1.0
1998 and Tax Year 1999 is shown in Figure E. The
percent of all S corporations reported Federal
adjustments to tax include Internal Revenue Code
tax liability, for a total tax liability of $459.8
section 1363(d) LIFO recapture taxes and interest
million. This was a 4.1-percent decrease from
due from Form 8697, Interest Computation under
Tax Year 1998, when $479.4 million were
Look-Back Method for Completed Long-Term
reported. The largest component of total tax
Contracts. The income tax adjustment includes
liability was the built-in gains tax, which repreInternal Revenue Code section 1291(c)(2) deferred
sented $358.7 million in total tax liability.
tax of a shareholder in a passive foreign investment
company.
r Qualified subchapter S subsidiaries have grown
Total net income of $193.8 billion and total tax
over 51.7 percent to nearly 2,900 QSUB elecliability of $0.5 billion were reported for S corporations since the first statistics were published in
tions in 1999. Of the 2.7 million S corporations that
1997. S corporations making the QSUB election
filed for 1999, only 9,800 posted a tax liability. Altoreported total assets of $153.6 billion and total
gether, S corporations reporting tax obligations reprenet income (less deficit) of $9.1 billion.
sent less than half of 1 percent (0.36 percent) of all S
corporation returns filed.
ExplanationofSelectedTerms
Built-in Gains Tax.--The built-in gains tax is a
Conclusion
corporate level tax on S corporations that dispose of
assets that appreciated in value during years when
r For Tax Year 1999, the number of S corporathe corporation was a C corporation. The S corporations grew with a 5.3-percent increase in the
tion may be liable for the tax on its built-in gains if: it
number of returns filed compared to Tax Year
was a C corporation prior to making its S corporation
1998. S corporations are the most popular
election; the S corporation election was made after
corporate entity with 55.2 percent of all U.S.
1986; it has net recognized built-in gain within the
corporations electing treatment under Subchapter
recognition period of 10 years; and the net recognized
S. The number of shareholders for S corporations
built-in gain for the tax year does not exceed the net

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unrealized gain minus the net recognized built-in gain
for prior years in the recognition period, to the extent
that such gains were subject to tax.
Excess Net Passive Income.--The excess net
passive income is the income that bears the same
ratio to net passive income as the amount of passive
investment income, exceeding 25 percent of gross
receipts, bears to passive investment income.
LIFO Recapture Tax.--The LIFO recapture
amount is the amount, if any, by which the amount of
inventory assets using the first-in, first out (FIFO)
method exceeds the inventory amount of such assets
under the LIFO method.
Limited Liability Company (LLC).--The limited
liability company is a State-registered entity that can
be taxed like a partnership for Federal income tax purposes, but its members, like corporate shareholders, are
not personally liable for the entity debts and liabilities.
Net Passive Income.--Net passive income is
passive investment income reduced by any allowable
deduction directly connected with the production of
such income except for the net operating loss deduction under Internal Revenue Code section 172 and
the special deductions allowed to corporations by
Internal Revenue Code section 241.
Passive Investment Income.--Passive investment income is gross receipts derived from royalties,
rents, dividends, interest (excluding interest on installment sales of inventory to customers and income of
certain lending and financing businesses), annuities,
and sales or exchanges of stock or securities to the
extent of any gain therefrom.
Portfolio Income.--Portfolio income (less deficit) consists of interest, dividends, annuities, and
royalties, as well as gain or loss from the disposition
of income-producing or investment property that is
not derived in the ordinary course of trade or business.
Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries (QSUB).-A qualified subchapter S subsidiary is any domestic
subsidiary of an S corporation (a) that is itself eligible
to be an S corporation under Subchapter S of the
Internal Revenue Code, and (b) in which the S corporation holds 100 percent of the stock and which the
S corporation elects to treat as a QSUB.
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.-The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 made
a number of changes related to S corporations.
Among the changes, it increased the number of
permitted shareholders for S corporations from 35 to

75, allowed an electing small business trust with
multiple beneficiaries to qualify as an S corporation
shareholder, allowed charitable organizations and
qualified retirement plans (but not individual retirement accounts) to be S corporation shareholders,
allowed S corporations to hold certain subsidiaries,
and provided a special qualified subchapter S subsidiary election so that wholly owned subsidiaries could
be considered part of the S corporation for Federal
income tax purposes.
Total Net Income (less deficit).--Since the Tax
Reform Act of 1986, total net income (less deficit) is
defined as the sum of: ordinary income (loss), ordinary dividends, interest income, royalty income, other
portfolio income, net income (loss) from rental real
estate activities, net income (loss) from other rental
activities, total net long-term capital gain (loss), and
net short-term capital gain (loss). Prior to 1987,
S corporation net income (less deficit) was represented by ordinary income (loss). The sum of the
above components is a comprehensive measure of S
corporation profits and losses which enables comparisons to be made with years prior to 1987.
Total Receipts.--Total receipts are defined as
the sum of business receipts; interest on government
obligations, State and local; net gain on noncapital
assets; and other receipts. S corporations report
receipts for interest, rents, royalties, net capital gains,
and dividends on Form 1120S, Schedule K and are
not included in these statistics.
Trusts.--Trust refers to “electing small business
trust” which can be an S corporation shareholder.
An electing trust is one that does not have as a beneficiary any person other than an individual, an estate,
or an organization eligible to accept charitable contributions under Internal Revenue Code section 170 and
does not have “potential current beneficiaries.” This
type of trust is different from the qualified subchapter
S trust (QSST).

DataSourcesandLimitations
The statistics for Tax Year 1999 are based on a
sample of S corporation income tax returns (Form
1120S) with accounting periods ending July 1999
through June 2000. These returns posted to the
Internal Revenue Service Business Master File
between July 1999 and the end of June 2001.
The estimates in this article were based on a
stratified probability sample of 44,676 S corporation

S Corporation Returns, 1999

returns drawn from a total population of 2,866,963
returns. Returns in the sample were stratified based
on combinations of total assets and ordinary income.
These returns were selected at rates ranging from
0.25 percent to 100 percent. The sample was selected after administrative processing, but before
audit examination. The sample for Tax Year 1999
included 43,503 active S corporation returns estimating a total population of 2,725,775.
Because the estimates are based on a sample,
they are subject to sampling error. To properly
interpret the statistical data provided, coefficients of
variation (CV’s) are used to measure the magnitude
of this sampling error. See the section on sampling
variability in the “SOI Sampling Methodology and
Data Limitations” appendix of this publication for a
definition of coefficients of variation. Figure F presents the CV’s for S corporations for selected variables by industrial division. The CV’s are intended
only as a general indication of the reliability of the
data. The smaller the coefficient of variation, the
more reliable the estimate is judged to be.

NotesandReferences
[1] For detailed information on the impact of these
legislative acts on S corporations, see the
following articles. For more information on the
impact of Tax Reform Act of 1986 on S corporations, see Gill, Amy, “S Corporation Returns,

1992,” Statistics of Income Bulletin, Spring
1995, Volume 14, Number 4; and Gill, Amy and
Wittman, Susan, “S Corporation Election After
the Tax Reform Act of 1986,” Statistics of
Income Bulletin, Spring 1998, Volume 17,
Number 4. For more information on the impact
of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993, see
Wittman, Susan, “S Corporation Returns, 1994,”
Statistics of Income Bulletin, Spring 1997,
Volume 16, Number 4. For more information on
the impact of the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, see Wittman, Susan, “S Corporation Returns, 1997,” Statistics of Income
Bulletin, Spring 2000, Volume 19, Number 4.
[2] For the purpose of this article, taxable corporations file the following types of returns: Form
1120, Form 1120-A, Form 1120F, Form 1120L,
and Form 1120-PC. Form 1120-REIT and Form
1120-RIC, while not filed by taxable corporations, are included in the statistics. Limited
liability companies that choose to be taxed as a
corporation can file Form 1120; however, only
an “LLC” designation in the name can identify
such entities as the form is not designed to
clearly identify these unincorporated associations. The number of returns with an “LLC”
designation in the Statistics of Income corporate
file is unpublished and small.

Figure F
Coefficients of Variation for Number of Returns, Number of Shareholders, Total Receipts, Dividends,
and Interest, by Industrial Division, Tax Year 1999
Industrial division

Number of
returns

Number of
shareholders

Total
receipts

Dividend
income

Interest
income

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

All industries ¹.........................................................................................
0.25
0.80
Raw materials and energy production.........................................................................................
4.38
5.81

0.68
4.21

3.89
6.66

1.84
4.49

Goods production.........................................................................................
1.71
2.22
Distribution and transportation of goods.........................................................................................
1.58
2.02
Information.........................................................................................
7.02
8.21

0.99
1.25
5.30

4.20
9.25
12.07

1.95
3.02
5.29

Finance, insurance, real estate, and
rental and leasing.........................................................................................
1.73

4.38

9.59

5.35

Professional and business services.........................................................................................
1.94
2.36
Education, health, and social assistance.........................................................................................
3.94
6.18
Leisure, accommodation, and food services.........................................................................................
2.71
3.59

2.68

2.81
5.54
2.55

9.53
20.46
12.38

6.42
11.52
5.45

Other services.........................................................................................
3.92

4.48

12.79

9.48

4.72

¹ Includes returns not allocable by industrial division.

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[3] Provisions exist to allow for late-filed elections
to be considered as timely made. See Revenue
Procedure 97-40 for extended filings. For
further detail on filing an S election, see Internal
Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Code,
Subchapter S [Section 1362(a), (b)].
[4] Eligible trusts are defined in the Internal
Revenue Code section 1361(c)(2)(A); eligible
trusts include trusts that are treated as owned by
an individual who is a citizen or resident of the
United States. Eligible exempt organizations are
described in Internal Revenue Code section
401(a) and section 501(c)(3); these organizations include qualified pension plans, profit
sharing plans, stock bonus plans, and certain
organizations exempt from Federal income taxes.
[5] S corporations may elect another tax year if a
business purpose can be estimated to the
satisfaction of the Internal Revenue Service

(IRS), or they may use an alternate tax year but
make “required payments” to the IRS per
Internal Revenue Code section 1378.
[6] For more information on the impact of the Small
Business Job Protection Act of 1996, see
Wittman, Susan, “S Corporation Returns, 1997,”
Statistics of Income Bulletin, Spring 2000,
Volume 19, Number 4.
[7] For further detail, see Wittman, Susan,
“S Corporation Returns, 1998,” Statistics of
Income Bulletin, Spring 2001, Volume 20,
Number 4.
[8] Ibid. (see [7]).
[9] For further detail, see Internal Revenue Service,
Internal Revenue Code, Subchapter S, Section
1374. Also see Gill, Amy, “S Corporation
Returns, 1992,” Statistics of Income Bulletin,
Spring 1995, Volume 14, Number 4.
SOURCE: IRS, Statistics of Income Bulletin,
Spring 2002, Publication 1136 (Revised 6-02).

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Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Raw materials and energy production
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
All
Item

industries

Support
Total

Forestry
Total

activities and

Agriculture

and

fishing,

production

logging

hunting,

Mining

Utilities

(3)

(4)

(5)

71,372

48,720

5,678

16,974

(7)
16,077

(8)
1,460

188,056

128,673

15,205

44,178

40,574

3,238

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
3,300,868,762
68,811,145

50,887,522

32,825,625

5,425,146

12,636,752

14,634,840

3,288,783

Business receipts...........................................................................................
3,242,797,429
64,116,477

47,316,333

29,769,918

5,340,553

12,205,861

13,622,233

3,177,912

and trapping
(1)

(2)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
2,725,775
88,909
Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
5,076,763
231,868

(6)

Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
1,350,743
51,044

40,125

36,820

*1,921

*1,384

10,457

462

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
6,234,481
569,983
302,009
Other receipts...........................................................................................
50,486,109
4,073,640
3,229,055

230,052
2,788,835

41,105
41,566

30,851
398,655

232,026
770,124

35,949
74,460

Total deductions...........................................................................................
3,162,169,414
67,024,001

50,468,748

32,875,878

5,479,904

12,112,966

13,452,993

3,102,260

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
2,059,319,673
35,407,805
26,352,113
Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
131,111,982
1,465,620
1,021,075

15,364,843
512,802

3,293,022
135,919

7,694,247
372,355

6,629,198
422,528

2,426,495
22,017

Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
335,790,495
5,157,467
Repairs...........................................................................................
20,333,638
1,471,752

4,131,084
1,221,444

2,888,593
799,229

351,387
148,243

891,105
273,972

904,530
240,294

121,853
10,014

Bad debts...........................................................................................
6,568,655
75,333
48,417
Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
77,617,605
2,473,701
2,059,053

40,223
1,803,033

3,386
54,067

4,808
201,952

24,785
369,470

2,131
45,179

Taxes paid...........................................................................................
66,861,519
1,465,712
Interest paid...........................................................................................
40,351,393
1,759,465

937,250
1,258,516

656,368
934,748

80,944
156,492

199,938
167,277

489,603
418,847

38,859
82,102

Amortization...........................................................................................
4,235,894
112,163
Depreciation...........................................................................................
56,874,046
3,243,818

61,444
2,230,841

48,720
1,569,046

2,338
262,537

10,385
399,258

45,140
916,452

5,579
96,526

Depletion...........................................................................................
691,031
305,631
Advertising...........................................................................................
31,483,025
277,660

167,119
251,708

21,274
184,527

145,163
4,682

682
62,499

137,411
20,862

1,101
5,090

Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
12,060,415
137,793
83,793

41,619

7,808

34,366

48,550

5,450

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
24,189,995
425,466
246,253
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
1,398,860
33,135
20,765

181,695
20,473

15,464
--

49,095
*291

169,564
12,332

9,649
38

7,808,685

818,453

1,750,737

2,603,429

230,176

-50,253

-54,759

523,786

1,181,847

186,523

-87,073
1,970,125

-56,680
165,466

522,402
841,779

1,171,390
1,850,650

186,061
260,293

2,598,721

2,057,198

222,146

319,377

679,260

74,232

distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
50,205,070
1,603,278
696,374
Dividend income...........................................................................................
1,863,974
133,932
35,250

600,575
22,507

43,466
2,078

52,333
10,665

850,499
97,313

56,406
1,369

Other deductions...........................................................................................
293,281,188
13,211,480

10,377,874

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
138,699,348
1,787,144
418,774
Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
137,348,605
1,736,100
378,649
Net income...........................................................................................
187,376,075
5,088,313
2,977,370
Deficit...........................................................................................
50,027,470
3,352,214
Portfolio income (less deficit)

Interest income...........................................................................................
11,209,087
535,807
Royalty income...........................................................................................
684,219
132,170

265,901
38,577

214,955
37,434

13,559
*1,079

37,387
64

219,764
93,579

50,141
14

Net short-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
2,396,941
30,426

12,176

11,613

345

*218

17,763

*487

Net long-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
33,857,754
759,719

334,389

304,061

26,328

4,000

420,935

*4,395

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
193,095
11,225
10,081

10,005

78

-1

1,144

-*-482

Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
5,510,971
262,058

251,626

241,376

2,462

7,788

10,914

Net income...........................................................................................
7,443,236
274,746

261,182

250,247

2,474

8,460

13,284

280

9,556

8,871

12

*673

2,369

*762

38,450

31,492

*740

*6,218

4,702

*443

39,255
*805

31,584
92

*1,082
342

*6,588
*370

4,852
150

*443
--

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
193,756,411
3,645,031
1,365,099
Net income...........................................................................................
240,561,633
6,561,691
3,653,779

786,370
2,574,079

-10,012
182,463

588,740
897,237

2,037,505
2,611,941

242,427
295,972

1,787,709

192,475

308,497

574,436

53,545

Deficit...........................................................................................
1,932,265

12,688

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
691,765
43,595
Net income...........................................................................................
1,140,058
44,550
Deficit...........................................................................................
448,293
955

Deficit...........................................................................................
46,805,222
2,916,660

2,288,680

Footnotes at end of table.

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Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Goods production
Construction

Manufacturing

Building,
Item

Total

Total

Special

developing,

Heavy

trade

and general

construction

contractors

Beverage
Total

Food

and tobacco

manufacturing

contracting
(9)

(10)

(11)

product
manufacturing

(13)

(14)

133,245

12,070

188,213

145,890

8,366

1,256

249,847

23,465

291,958

339,379

31,372

4,055

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
963,677,612
460,697,949

211,861,533

59,287,201

189,549,215

502,979,663

53,328,646

8,351,652

Business receipts...........................................................................................
954,730,995
456,551,484

209,643,656

58,358,141

188,549,687

498,179,511

52,889,352

8,229,045

Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
252,655
110,281

43,080

18,325

48,876

142,373

11,279

3,986

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
1,768,628
705,471
111,748

280,629

313,094

1,063,157

146,127

24,239

Number of returns...........................................................................................
479,418
333,527
Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
904,649
565,270

(12)

(15)

(16)

Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Other receipts...........................................................................................
6,925,335
3,330,713

2,063,049

630,106

637,558

3,594,622

281,888

94,383

Total deductions...........................................................................................
912,877,025
438,808,582

203,617,694

56,724,459

178,466,429

474,068,443

51,396,315

7,767,309

175,132,625

44,314,811

124,886,950

338,151,210

39,586,653

4,654,996

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
30,343,304
14,618,896
4,264,037
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
58,641,962
21,795,973
6,405,517

1,273,874
2,445,147

9,080,985
12,945,309

15,724,409
36,845,989

922,558
3,038,754

130,651
835,218

458,451
191,346

411,703
92,617

941,193
330,297

2,268,904
1,058,354

280,906
79,905

70,953
10,118

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
13,429,739
6,447,575
1,466,798

1,576,830

3,403,948

6,982,164

596,719

94,264

961,436
420,957

4,597,711
1,086,997

10,344,805
5,997,466

724,304
524,246

358,047
121,646

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
682,485,596
344,334,386

Repairs...........................................................................................
4,080,251
1,811,347
Bad debts...........................................................................................
1,672,614
614,260
Taxes paid...........................................................................................
17,968,380
7,623,575
Interest paid...........................................................................................
9,158,000
3,160,534

70

2,064,429
1,652,580

Amortization...........................................................................................
673,177
138,226

82,157

10,220

45,848

534,951

50,403

20,137

Depreciation...........................................................................................
19,499,632
6,525,725
Depletion...........................................................................................
371,937
25,395

1,256,376
630

1,913,570
20,536

3,355,779
4,229

12,973,907
346,542

1,099,255
--

311,227
3,053

Advertising...........................................................................................
6,039,858
1,322,542

760,999

4,717,316

865,708

460,981

504,407

57,136

Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
3,717,756
1,415,975
351,087

233,892

830,996

2,301,781

192,507

28,383

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
9,427,950
3,674,547
816,157
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
253,088
53,403
18,103

390,101
6,332

2,468,289
28,967

5,753,403
199,685

482,256
27,599

97,401
*19,396

8,952,996

2,595,296

13,697,933

29,867,558

2,924,542

550,837

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
50,800,587
21,889,367
8,243,839

2,562,742

11,082,786

28,911,220

1,932,331

584,344

Other deductions...........................................................................................
55,113,783
25,246,225
Net income (less deficit)

from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
50,547,932
21,779,086
8,200,759

2,544,417

11,033,910

28,768,846

1,921,052

580,358

10,518,044
2,317,284

2,943,769
399,352

12,135,870
1,101,960

34,446,421
5,677,575

2,375,604
454,552

683,299
102,941

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
11,107,087
3,002,383
1,457,839

100,981

Net income...........................................................................................
60,044,104
25,597,683
Deficit...........................................................................................
9,496,172
3,818,597

773,773

770,771

8,104,704

2,437,709

Dividend income...........................................................................................
381,827
138,862

71,159

24,986

42,717

242,965

17,975

9,400

Interest income...........................................................................................
2,745,522
1,308,568

751,728

226,472

330,368

1,436,954

113,655

31,272

Royalty income...........................................................................................
92,925
6,052
Net short-term capital gain

1,276

3,711

1,066

86,872

4,007

8

(less loss)...........................................................................................
154,553
87,160
Net long-term capital gain

56,868

19,246

11,046

67,394

4,974

-472

(less loss)...........................................................................................
7,726,030
1,459,087

580,813

493,428

384,847

6,266,943

2,296,031

60,749

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
6,230
2,653
-4,005

5,931

727

3,577

*1,067

25

Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
322,530
179,271

133,350

21,202

24,719

143,258

10,208

7,740

Net income...........................................................................................
469,646
300,557
Deficit...........................................................................................
147,116
121,286

246,162
112,811

24,370
3,168

30,025
5,306

169,088
25,830

12,083
1,875

7,846
*106

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
80,380
15,155

3,435

9,396

2,323

65,226

2,042

*3,735

Net income...........................................................................................
101,707
28,647

16,068

9,894

2,686

73,059

2,047

*3,757

Deficit...........................................................................................
21,326

12,633

497

362

7,834

5

22

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
62,057,930
24,975,895
9,795,384

3,348,788

11,831,723

37,082,035

4,371,012

692,813

Net income...........................................................................................
70,590,646
28,451,199

11,957,419

3,660,372

12,833,408

42,139,446

4,791,389

784,140

Deficit...........................................................................................
8,532,716
3,475,305

2,162,035

311,584

1,001,685

5,057,412

420,378

91,327

Footnotes at end of table.

70

13,493

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Goods production--continued
Manufacturing--continued
Textile mills
Item

Printing

Petroleum

and textile

Apparel

allied

product

Paper

and related

and coal

Chemical

product

manufacturing

product

manufacturing

manufacturing

support

products

manufacturing

activities

manufacturing

(20)

(21)

(22)

(23)

mills
(17)

Leather and

Wood

manufacturing
(18)

(19)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
2,910
7,852

(24)

1,111

6,214

1,718

19,212

190

3,911

1,880

13,885

6,100

35,741

461

11,832

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
13,511,400
23,363,523

3,024,388

30,699,129

16,413,779

31,107,399

3,458,225

17,214,220

Business receipts...........................................................................................
13,401,635
22,989,437

3,009,826

30,424,664

16,269,159

30,894,275

3,390,549

17,080,431

Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
4,696
3,347

*323

7,254

5,521

6,685

*941

6,527

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
4,966
7,677

*172

40,723

63,183

33,307

12,967

16,704

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
5,590
12,856
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Other receipts...........................................................................................
100,102
363,061

14,066

226,488

75,915

173,132

53,768

110,558

Total deductions...........................................................................................
13,044,058
22,656,975

2,845,556

29,070,176

15,760,332

29,602,457

3,279,838

16,099,265

1,836,205

23,023,844

11,369,090

17,535,101

2,511,458

10,342,296

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
422,861
791,822
114,185
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
805,915
1,959,673
349,990

630,191
1,506,307

437,897
1,177,516

1,648,857
3,162,119

52,896
200,302

582,180
1,651,885

5,225
3,986

129,855
34,685

83,165
26,289

214,659
97,993

37,805
4,180

94,489
57,885

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
122,924
349,125
50,770

233,310

221,089

849,259

48,957

259,380

Taxes paid...........................................................................................
232,364
514,709
Interest paid...........................................................................................
149,930
283,175

514,729
334,224

311,756
273,005

766,817
452,784

47,860
40,757

315,732
197,907

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
10,131,396
16,306,370

Repairs...........................................................................................
39,104
66,593
Bad debts...........................................................................................
29,628
56,916

57,319
54,488

Amortization...........................................................................................
6,844
10,231

2,611

13,586

18,986

67,217

3,014

50,248

Depreciation...........................................................................................
361,134
269,402
Depletion...........................................................................................
---

29,806
--

669,969
157,180

598,380
*170,020

1,184,500
59

134,717
1,710

412,796
1,194

Advertising...........................................................................................
45,582
246,304

65,509

162,612

47,684

326,941

15,047

235,535

Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
39,163
57,296
7,216

121,871

86,521

154,259

11,408

84,002

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
131,436
180,224
30,867
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
1,131
4,838
937

282,647
5,946

152,418
15,864

328,466
5,952

31,582
80

194,839
21,541

236,443

1,249,220

770,655

2,807,472

138,065

1,597,356

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
467,342
706,548
178,832

1,628,953

653,447

1,504,943

178,387

1,114,955

Other deductions...........................................................................................
524,648
1,560,299
Net income (less deficit)

from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
462,645
703,201
178,508
Net income...........................................................................................
653,219
1,028,420
Deficit...........................................................................................
190,574
325,219

1,621,699

647,925

1,498,258

177,446

1,108,428

229,553
51,044

1,811,589
189,890

907,650
259,724

1,966,611
468,354

189,102
11,656

1,329,407
220,979
452,103

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
62,180
155,360

769

198,243

124,585

158,912

19,992

Dividend income...........................................................................................
5,017
9,141

3,396

3,351

34,191

4,297

812

10,994

Interest income...........................................................................................
39,284
42,759

5,680

75,979

45,390

84,625

8,069

58,733

Royalty income...........................................................................................
1,752
11,715
Net short-term capital gain

24

*2,355

5,029

143

--

7,073

(less loss)...........................................................................................
276
2,255
Net long-term capital gain

-127

2,728

5,322

1,062

*227

22,063

(less loss)...........................................................................................
15,843
88,893

-8,205

113,419

34,557

68,785

10,884

353,208

--

412

96

--

--

32

(less deficit)...........................................................................................
307
5,663

*136

10,737

4,894

-975

932

4,728

Net income...........................................................................................
2,710
10,791
Deficit...........................................................................................
*2,403
*5,129

244
*108

12,945
2,208

6,199
1,304

3,222
4,197

932
--

5,505
*777

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
8
596
Real estate rental net income

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
1,024
2,065

--

11,850

*-375

7,153

*488

260

Net income...........................................................................................
1,046
2,065

--

11,867

*433

*7,281

*488

545

Deficit...........................................................................................
22

--

17

808

129

--

285

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
526,157
866,288
179,413

1,842,530

777,030

1,663,347

198,857

1,565,519

--

Net income...........................................................................................
703,518
1,157,557

235,141

2,005,368

988,490

2,090,345

208,145

1,736,143

Deficit...........................................................................................
177,361

55,727

162,838

211,460

426,998

9,288

170,624

291,269

Footnotes at end of table.

71

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Goods production--continued
Manufacturing--continued
Electrical
Item

Plastics and

Nonmetallic

Primary

Fabricated

rubber

mineral

metal

metal

products

products

manufacturing

products

manufacturing

manufacturing

(25)

(26)

Computer

equipment,

Machinery

and electronic

appliance, and

equipment

manufacturing

products

component

manufacturing

manufacturing

manufacturing

(30)

(31)

manufacturing
(27)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
7,066
4,727

(28)

(29)

Transportation

(32)

2,677

27,407

9,362

5,457

5,394

5,554

7,460

62,167

24,955

13,683

11,221

10,513

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
33,761,951
15,642,936

21,180,169

77,395,205

30,055,756

19,619,291

21,208,790

28,512,660

Business receipts...........................................................................................
33,426,604
15,498,113
Interest on Government obligations:

20,952,234

76,695,379

29,704,885

19,481,293

21,058,589

28,228,560

State and local ¹...........................................................................................
10,839
3,975

2,969

24,266

12,250

10,474

4,846

12,655

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
107,041
42,935
40,972
Other receipts...........................................................................................
217,465
97,913
183,994

210,260
465,300

126,835
211,786

11,028
116,497

8,532
136,823

61,139
210,306

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
17,857
9,928
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Total deductions...........................................................................................
31,636,078
14,506,223

72

20,490,075

71,953,848

28,074,449

18,136,024

19,589,644

26,688,235

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
22,725,364
9,766,895
16,557,764
Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
1,054,352
468,787
421,168

50,604,166
3,171,478

19,684,913
1,117,905

12,318,912
556,158

13,373,165
579,573

21,017,822
460,691

Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
2,189,530
1,239,637

886,618

5,359,263

2,165,010

2,011,241

2,116,521

1,565,168

Repairs...........................................................................................
148,910
138,663
Bad debts...........................................................................................
77,323
33,162

97,725
11,826

316,865
150,226

119,941
60,139

61,016
55,132

72,737
48,022

82,627
30,095

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
422,434
305,059
186,968

1,159,049

385,256

269,304

250,749

251,229

Taxes paid...........................................................................................
701,557
387,084
Interest paid...........................................................................................
447,917
186,506

1,802,162
916,727

720,213
380,372

422,944
178,110

419,932
210,909

574,732
256,405

310,172
381,074

Amortization...........................................................................................
34,701
15,733

15,497

77,090

29,669

17,210

21,314

21,062

Depreciation...........................................................................................
1,153,208
590,718
Depletion...........................................................................................
-12,184

477,057
640

2,412,943
2

790,618
--

457,035
--

430,294
41

553,780
--

Advertising...........................................................................................
189,100
133,055
Pension, profit-sharing, stock

29,376

380,198

199,876

186,394

357,585

161,415

bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
135,605
72,720
102,004

502,404

173,620

94,579

103,684

103,356

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
443,474
154,213
201,876
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
1,175
638
28,737

1,094,651
32,964

528,157
7,508

210,936
7,298

288,709
3,609

320,286
2,982

Other deductions...........................................................................................
1,911,430
1,001,169

3,973,660

1,711,253

1,289,754

1,312,800

1,286,584

5,441,357

1,981,307

1,483,268

1,619,146

1,824,425

781,574

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
2,125,872
1,136,712
690,094
Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
2,115,033
1,132,737
687,125

5,417,091

1,969,057

1,472,793

1,614,300

1,811,770

971,998
284,873

6,241,974
824,883

2,366,415
397,358

1,780,022
307,228

1,814,042
199,742

2,076,496
264,727

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
834,917
107,341
241,588

305,170

Net income...........................................................................................
2,504,763
1,299,570
Deficit...........................................................................................
389,730
166,833

1,381,370

381,070

322,513

434,841

Dividend income...........................................................................................
13,910
2,341

13,970

32,251

13,494

9,277

26,348

9,921

Interest income...........................................................................................
101,114
51,575
Royalty income...........................................................................................
4,372
753

70,408
7,562

245,093
6,509

99,927
10,644

59,109
3,281

69,854
5,066

87,478
10,504

(less loss)...........................................................................................
-303
3,359
Net long-term capital gain

8,009

12,284

2,762

871

-2,075

795

(less loss)...........................................................................................
715,632
49,298

141,740

Net short-term capital gain

1,084,844

254,208

249,976

335,645

196,421

-101

388

36

--

3

52

(less deficit)...........................................................................................
9,345
10,706

6,065

36,333

8,491

2,125

3,322

8,120

Net income...........................................................................................
9,690
11,744
Deficit...........................................................................................
345
*1,037

6,757
691

37,835
1,502

8,851
360

2,251
125

6,896
*3,574

8,155
34

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
-49
*243

2,517

10,840

13,936

-20

2,966

3,446

Net income...........................................................................................
237
*243

3,167

11,607

14,379

628

2,966

7,167

651

767

*443

648

--

3,721

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
2,959,247
1,251,027
937,295

6,845,634

2,372,554

1,797,412

2,055,429

2,128,506

1,161,625

7,554,382

2,733,050

2,084,498

2,247,309

2,373,788

224,330

708,748

360,496

287,086

191,880

245,282

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
192
15
Real estate rental net income

Deficit...........................................................................................
285

--

Net income...........................................................................................
3,293,316
1,395,960
Deficit...........................................................................................
334,070
Footnotes at end of table.

72

144,933

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Goods production--continued

Distribution and transportation of goods

Manufacturing--continued

Wholesale and retail trade

Furniture
Item

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

and related

Miscellaneous

products

manufacturing

Total

Total

Total

Durable goods

Nondurable
goods

(38)

(39)

Total
(40)

manufacturing
(33)

(34)

(35)

(36)

(37)

581,118

493,598

160,561

99,185

61,376

332,563

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
9,297
48,526
1,042,248

890,601

306,088

188,825

117,263

583,936

Number of returns...........................................................................................
4,371
21,137
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:
Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
14,007,825
41,122,719

1,463,711,480

1,374,315,838

578,846,923

281,524,539

297,322,383

794,656,255

Business receipts...........................................................................................
13,819,882
40,735,600

1,446,123,959

1,358,093,667

573,424,760

278,610,894

294,813,866

783,869,987

Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
1,748
7,791

141,526

129,207

76,838

43,966

32,873

52,368

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
9,453
94,897
1,428,348

725,308

381,232

284,016

97,216

343,777

Other receipts...........................................................................................
176,743
284,432

16,017,646

15,367,655

4,964,092

2,585,664

2,378,428

10,390,123

Total deductions...........................................................................................
13,146,812
38,324,775

1,428,535,411

1,341,227,729

560,718,193

270,487,783

290,230,410

779,700,405

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
9,514,915
25,289,885
1,106,394,920

1,073,672,781

451,575,571

210,985,873

240,589,697

621,497,377

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
403,850
1,756,348
28,198,458
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
1,063,754
3,561,570
106,468,017

25,587,965
93,302,276

12,761,662
37,381,860

7,679,988
20,970,718

5,081,674
16,411,141

12,817,246
55,840,860

Repairs...........................................................................................
52,974
154,695

6,987,239

5,101,302

1,973,974

908,713

1,065,262

3,124,723

Bad debts...........................................................................................
26,890
163,954
2,056,913
Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
195,965
730,354
27,768,556

1,904,528
21,743,177

1,004,129
6,673,430

578,162
3,641,050

425,967
3,032,379

893,581
15,053,088

Taxes paid...........................................................................................
308,262
854,111
Interest paid...........................................................................................
121,856
485,428

17,138,640
9,839,095

7,326,171
4,353,726

3,150,204
2,419,875

4,175,967
1,933,851

9,803,633
5,473,409

20,018,870
11,313,633

Amortization...........................................................................................
12,483
46,916

924,144

859,294

369,535

127,124

242,411

488,895

Depreciation...........................................................................................
243,660
793,410
Depletion...........................................................................................
-457

15,576,204
12,946

10,421,156
12,433

4,477,361
5,464

2,519,936
*5,129

1,957,425
334

5,936,170
*6,969

Advertising...........................................................................................
137,861
470,553

1,628,231

1,495,947

9,927,138

13,326,781

13,056,982

3,124,178

Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
44,937
186,247
2,629,549

2,307,295

1,346,049

801,176

544,874

960,885

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
140,196
458,768
6,374,488

5,331,785

2,317,272

1,355,389

961,883

3,012,099

Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
7,558
3,933
197,098
Other deductions...........................................................................................
871,651
3,368,147
80,287,594

181,629
60,767,392

70,838
25,956,975

42,539
13,673,677

28,299
12,283,298

110,653
34,753,678

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
861,014
2,797,944
35,176,069

33,088,109

18,128,730

11,036,756

7,091,973

14,955,850

Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
859,266
2,790,153
35,034,543

32,958,902

18,051,891

10,992,791

7,059,101

14,903,482

45,782,699
10,748,156

41,565,543
8,606,641

21,306,008
3,254,117

12,910,054
1,917,264

8,395,953
1,336,853

20,242,498
5,339,016

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
199,487
185,572
6,611,643

2,889,712

Net income...........................................................................................
986,589
3,230,101
Deficit...........................................................................................
127,323
439,948

5,949,490

3,057,574

1,551,551

1,506,023

Dividend income...........................................................................................
3,633
19,246

294,832

258,812

152,673

72,278

80,395

106,131

Interest income...........................................................................................
30,540
116,409

2,215,347

1,982,476

922,172

487,184

434,988

1,057,859

Royalty income...........................................................................................
111
5,966
Net short-term capital gain

180,284

179,957

137,986

103,147

34,839

41,941

(less loss)...........................................................................................
2,424
961
Net long-term capital gain

6,808

-13,723

22,519

-119

22,638

-21,783

(less loss)...........................................................................................
162,041
42,975

3,851,661

3,482,352

1,814,674

881,825

932,849

1,653,497

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
739
15
62,712

59,616

7,550

7,237

313

52,066

Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
1,656
12,724

427,058

373,834

172,125

91,511

80,615

201,365

Net income...........................................................................................
1,677
12,756
Deficit...........................................................................................
21
32

465,979
38,921

404,712
30,878

181,748
9,623

95,356
3,846

86,391
5,777

222,621
21,255

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
*138
2,969

164,025

189,482

108,499

80,725

27,774

80,819

Net income...........................................................................................
*138
2,998

262,666

209,316

114,907

86,583

28,324

94,245

Deficit...........................................................................................
--

98,642

19,834

6,409

5,858

*550

13,425

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
1,060,547
2,991,418
42,237,269

30

39,471,709

21,390,089

12,716,577

8,673,512

18,075,378

Net income...........................................................................................
1,177,130
3,418,152

52,046,324

47,227,365

24,183,612

14,410,749

9,772,863

23,024,830

Deficit...........................................................................................
116,583

9,809,055

7,755,656

2,793,523

1,694,172

1,099,351

4,949,452

426,734

Footnotes at end of table.

73

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Distribution and transportation of goods--continued
Wholesale and retail trade--continued
Retail trade--continued
Building
Item

Motor vehicle

Furniture

Electronics

material

Food,

Health

and

and home

and

and garden

beverage,

and

Gasoline

Clothing and
clothing

parts dealers

furnishings

appliance

equipment

and

personal care

stations

accessories

and supplies

liquor stores

stores

dealers
(41)

(42)

(43)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
52,712
17,990

(44)

(45)

(46)

(47)

(48)

16,549

21,218

49,049

21,455

19,335

26,412

32,162

40,570

91,966

34,867

35,531

43,008

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
406,669,415
30,009,341

26,424,979

42,661,693

90,236,677

26,397,662

58,624,314

17,989,760

Business receipts...........................................................................................
400,464,625
29,714,241
Interest on Government obligations:

26,036,113

42,412,399

88,953,630

26,294,716

58,108,199

17,830,790

State and local ¹...........................................................................................
5,224
12,103
4,529
Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
168,179
9,440
5,951

2,278
20,979

8,810
76,583

2,451
*555

8,316
23,333

3,893
731

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
88,559
34,052
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Other receipts...........................................................................................
6,031,387
273,557

378,386

226,037

1,197,654

99,940

484,467

154,346

Total deductions...........................................................................................
401,330,902
29,066,454
Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
350,780,702
18,411,084

25,654,904
19,041,413

41,005,139
30,187,987

88,705,125
65,779,768

25,494,047
17,757,073

58,154,068
49,285,268

17,512,733
10,387,367

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
3,936,172
875,403
533,966
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
19,350,671
3,603,572
2,528,143

997,167
3,915,682

1,328,142
8,546,142

1,178,514
2,816,450

532,131
2,765,511

625,588
2,175,387

66,755
51,759

223,851
85,847

693,340
79,723

77,747
16,409

325,133
24,386

180,169
26,770

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
3,544,842
1,291,103
497,312
Taxes paid...........................................................................................
3,175,140
593,581
414,913

818,302
764,020

2,355,407
1,574,863

733,899
410,225

979,724
645,831

1,197,411
412,075

Interest paid...........................................................................................
2,522,847
180,651
Amortization...........................................................................................
98,925
18,065

105,762
10,647

360,604
17,053

586,702
104,643

164,885
50,690

404,615
60,464

169,045
16,012

Depreciation...........................................................................................
1,645,887
236,811
Depletion...........................................................................................
750
--

184,732
--

430,681
2,396

1,031,430
*9

167,284
--

831,376
100

169,028
--

Advertising...........................................................................................
3,917,852
1,140,169
Pension, profit-sharing, stock

306,449

354,246

952,333

271,464

139,918

587,663

bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
232,937
76,367
41,491
Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
1,323,278
165,695
111,991

95,300
237,095

134,090
511,697

64,775
90,636

42,584
79,814

48,168
66,204

Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
25,250
6,739
*2,463
Other deductions...........................................................................................
9,658,072
2,235,316
1,757,108

3,940
2,510,968

9,054
5,017,780

*18,035
1,675,961

7,643
2,029,570

15,861
1,435,983

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
5,338,513
942,887
770,076

1,656,554

1,531,552

903,616

470,246

477,027

Repairs...........................................................................................
832,332
169,213
Bad debts...........................................................................................
285,246
62,684

74

Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
5,333,289
930,785
765,547

1,654,276

1,522,743

901,165

461,930

473,134

991,543
225,996

1,825,528
171,252

2,193,461
670,718

1,213,544
312,379

860,487
398,557

940,341
467,207

distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
1,122,816
264,342
307,430

Net income...........................................................................................
6,506,445
1,204,958
Deficit...........................................................................................
1,173,156
274,173
Portfolio income (less deficit)

120,033

359,269

92,741

106,639

36,211

Dividend income...........................................................................................
15,470
9,493
Interest income...........................................................................................
447,806
59,739

4,738
30,684

15,310
77,692

21,538
157,362

5,033
23,164

4,764
59,350

3,842
22,091

Royalty income...........................................................................................
231
807
Net short-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
9,907
606

--

7

1,223

220

1,740

5,215

9,598

10,892

-77,387

*470

8,313

1,390

Net long-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
648,309
143,248

262,411

16,131

256,430

63,854

32,407

3,673

--

--

104

--

65

--

1,733
*1,749

4,726
6,411

54,995
56,594

6,070
*8,138

25,295
28,939

276
1,592

16

*1,685

*1,599

*2,068

3,644

*1,317

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
1,093
*50,449
Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
50,605
8,172
Net income...........................................................................................
52,450
10,570
Deficit...........................................................................................
1,845

*2,398

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
37,732
*19,687

10

698

6,370

25

11,461

*313

Net income...........................................................................................
50,279
*19,687
Deficit...........................................................................................
12,547
--

10
--

1,556
857

6,370
--

25
--

11,461
--

*313
--

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
6,544,441
1,222,985
1,074,720
Net income...........................................................................................
7,573,370
1,464,572
1,287,888

1,779,733
1,939,656

1,943,377
2,647,631

1,000,001
1,285,660

605,325
963,153

509,934
967,886

159,923

704,255

285,659

357,828

457,953

Deficit...........................................................................................
1,028,929
241,587

74

Footnotes at end of table.

213,168

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Distribution and transportation of goods--continued
Wholesale and retail trade--continued

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade--continued
Item

Sporting

Wholesale

goods,

General

hobby, book,

merchandise

and music
(49)

Air, rail,

Miscellaneous

Nonstore

and retail trade

store

retailers

not allocable

(52)

(53)

Total

and water
transportation

Truck
transportation

retailers
(50)

(51)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
20,474
5,435

(54)

(55)

(56)

61,277

20,656

474

87,520

6,707

45,243

99,548

34,662

577

151,647

10,226

79,463

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
13,345,942
8,013,320

50,673,067

23,610,085

812,661

89,395,642

7,685,558

47,250,327

Business receipts...........................................................................................
13,160,676
7,897,821
Interest on Government obligations:

49,889,336

23,107,439

798,921

88,030,292

7,404,195

46,686,155

State and local ¹...........................................................................................
221
722
2,003
Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
2,243
272
14,681

1,820
20,830

-299

12,319
703,040

1,383
199,687

3,266
351,258

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
39,065
9,945
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Other receipts...........................................................................................
182,803
114,504

767,047

479,996

13,440

649,991

80,293

209,647

Total deductions...........................................................................................
13,074,729
7,732,164

49,171,661

22,798,480

809,131

87,307,682

8,033,414

46,128,144

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
8,424,825
5,183,922
32,927,867
Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
307,483
150,105
1,707,594
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
1,449,621
938,844
5,020,867

13,330,102
644,979
2,729,971

599,833
9,057
79,556

32,722,139
2,610,492
13,165,741

3,425,235
107,192
856,803

13,674,374
1,307,265
7,885,858

292,933
53,696

139,493
176,811

2,605
6,819

1,885,937
152,385

328,637
22,775

1,097,375
92,537

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
741,632
303,452
2,144,915
Taxes paid...........................................................................................
278,807
156,247
928,029

445,089
449,902

16,660
8,836

6,025,379
2,880,231

488,273
157,071

3,759,794
1,816,926

Interest paid...........................................................................................
128,816
77,475
Amortization...........................................................................................
8,123
3,610

542,259
51,214

229,749
49,450

11,960
*863

1,474,538
64,850

316,432
10,121

674,303
19,149

Depreciation...........................................................................................
198,867
72,736
Depletion...........................................................................................
---

547,526
*3,713

419,811
--

7,625
--

5,155,048
514

983,970
--

2,932,534
514

Advertising...........................................................................................
295,316
164,936
Pension, profit-sharing, stock

682,803

1,113,989

5,666

269,799

33,839

108,320

bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
15,379
16,288
102,322
Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
46,062
35,527
182,714

91,184
161,386

360
2,414

322,254
1,042,703

20,970
71,137

183,314
689,278

Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
*6,843
2,294
11,828
Other deductions...........................................................................................
1,076,965
568,712
3,971,380

703
2,815,862

138
56,739

15,470
19,520,202

*1,624
1,209,335

3,254
11,883,350

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
271,213
281,156
1,501,406

811,605

3,529

2,087,960

-347,856

1,122,183

Repairs...........................................................................................
76,374
47,383
Bad debts...........................................................................................
19,616
10,633

Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
270,992
280,434
1,499,403

809,785

3,529

2,075,641

-349,240

1,118,916

2,218,053
718,650

1,351,873
542,088

*17,037
13,508

4,217,156
2,141,515

458,168
807,408

1,832,053
713,137

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
76,593
3,396
177,701

Net income...........................................................................................
583,466
352,799
Deficit...........................................................................................
312,474
72,365

222,540

2,205

662,153

141,378

176,318

Dividend income...........................................................................................
2,226
628
Interest income...........................................................................................
14,645
11,498

17,761
76,412

5,327
77,416

8
2,445

36,020
232,871

4,656
59,330

9,922
78,059

Royalty income...........................................................................................
3
6
Net short-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
*-300
*-7

*29,025

3,464

30

327

83

17

7,632

7,103

-14,459

20,531

3,216

16,799

46,513

129,232

14,181

369,309

73,994

69,786

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
--*359

-3

--

3,096

98

*1,737

33,300
35,513

14,749
15,260

344
344

53,224
61,267

3,843
3,972

8,559
8,964

*2,214

511

--

8,043

*129

405

Net long-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
*60,018
*-8,729
Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
221
1,225
Net income...........................................................................................
*1,179
4,226
Deficit...........................................................................................
*958

*3,002

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
231
25

*407

*3,860

165

-25,458

-47,576

6,762

*413
6

*3,874
15

165
--

53,350
78,808

28,372
75,948

9,282
2,520

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
348,037
285,080
1,710,812
Net income...........................................................................................
655,747
363,721
2,377,537

1,050,934
1,498,008

6,242
*18,923

2,765,560
4,818,958

-251,596
592,962

1,310,555
1,967,944

447,075

12,681

2,053,399

844,558

657,389

Net income...........................................................................................
231
Deficit...........................................................................................
--

Deficit...........................................................................................
307,710

25
--

78,641

666,726

Footnotes at end of table.

75

S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Distribution and transportation of goods--continued

Information
Motion

Transportation and warehousing--continued
Transit and
Other
Warehousing
Item

ground

Pipeline

transportation

and

passenger

transportation

and support

storage

transportation
(57)

Total

picture

Broadcasting

Publishing

and sound

and telecom-

industries

recording

munications

activities
(58)

industries

(59)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
10,091
*201

(60)

(61)

(62)

(63)

(64)

22,292

2,986

58,468

16,151

14,522

17,402

37,392

11,654

116,157

34,590

22,381

40,413

22,043,000

5,938,743

52,333,653

21,743,933

8,429,911

16,201,310

21,783,498

5,786,355

50,894,824

20,937,637

8,256,671

16,357,249

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
12,461
*452
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:
Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
5,509,422
*968,591
Business receipts...........................................................................................
5,406,092
*963,997
Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
*43
--

4,028

3,599

58,126

21,221

10,113

26,139

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
67,025
*76
75,089
Other receipts...........................................................................................
36,262
*4,519
180,384

9,904
138,885

325,031
1,055,673

131,117
653,958

53,354
109,773

135,882
-317,961

21,264,080
11,165,615

5,558,599
2,030,989

49,287,142
18,333,514

19,814,780
7,583,427

8,262,921
3,133,179

16,101,466
5,810,074

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
232,209
*3,721
769,459
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
1,087,672
*3,993
2,302,161

190,646
1,029,252

3,294,799
8,627,902

1,403,472
3,998,980

730,310
925,566

661,304
2,827,175

207,618
25,461

116,949
4,508

345,350
204,609

99,189
96,912

65,068
12,814

149,993
84,084

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
344,436
*2,762
710,911
Taxes paid...........................................................................................
227,143
*2,080
482,078

719,202
194,932

1,372,826
1,372,411

435,530
539,297

375,716
181,449

361,372
481,368

Interest paid...........................................................................................
112,370
*2,353
Amortization...........................................................................................
8,491
*4,115

251,499
14,658

117,581
8,315

956,905
708,591

221,659
149,177

136,676
256,398

525,875
283,899

Depreciation...........................................................................................
369,234
*8,754
Depletion...........................................................................................
---

660,608
--

199,949
--

1,722,081
1

406,609
--

451,014
--

772,387
1

Advertising...........................................................................................
41,192
*102
72,017
Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
34,098
-46,939

14,329

839,460

389,720

101,156

300,917

36,934

357,072

194,513

50,386

72,004

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
86,308
-114,551
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
*1,254
-*8,433

81,429
905

524,418
33,223

294,335
2,242

37,711
*11,638

154,225
19,236

Other deductions...........................................................................................
1,101,744
*81,024

812,678

10,593,981

3,999,719

1,793,841

3,597,553

380,145

3,046,511

1,929,153

166,990

99,845

Total deductions...........................................................................................
5,370,716
*952,728
Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
1,582,692
*843,234

Repairs...........................................................................................
134,768
*590
Bad debts...........................................................................................
7,104
--

76

4,432,072

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
138,706
*15,864
778,919
Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
138,663
*15,864
774,891

376,546

2,988,385

1,907,932

156,877

73,705

1,190,992
416,100

411,423
34,878

6,420,790
3,432,405

2,540,537
632,605

986,773
829,897

1,839,167
1,765,462

distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
171,333
*2,065
104,675

Net income...........................................................................................
291,226
*33,294
Deficit...........................................................................................
152,563
*17,430
Portfolio income (less deficit)

66,384

3,630,900

686,288

1,131,304

1,285,599

Dividend income...........................................................................................
7,079
-Interest income...........................................................................................
11,789
*2,065
Royalty income...........................................................................................
---

12,262
35,647
226

2,101
45,981
2

66,470
432,497
17,567

32,769
128,661
5,383

8,458
65,283
*389

23,365
215,361
5,778

Net short-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
*418
--

-669

766

2,772

-12,620

23,011

-4,679

Net long-term capital gain
(less loss)...........................................................................................
150,837
--

57,145

Other portfolio income (net)...........................................................................................
*1,209
--

17,547

3,104,830

531,947

1,034,164

1,039,270

65

-13

6,764

149

*-2

*6,504

Real estate rental net income
(less deficit)...........................................................................................
2,867
Net income...........................................................................................
*2,941

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-5,425
1,777

43,381
43,613

48,870
50,056

19,795
20,187

10,358
11,010

11,481
11,605

Deficit...........................................................................................
74

--

*7,202

232

1,186

392

*652

124

Net income (less deficit)
from other rental activity...........................................................................................
6,129
8

*5,032

*4,187

8,874

1,946

*1,915

4,587

*5,364
332

*4,195
8

10,028
1,154

2,312
366

*1,930
15

5,360
773

Total net income (less deficit)...........................................................................................
318,991
*17,937
879,174
Net income...........................................................................................
435,930
*35,300
1,282,418

490,498
504,404

6,677,030
9,468,476

2,615,960
3,135,644

1,300,454
1,858,442

1,375,372
2,928,568

13,906

2,791,446

519,684

557,989

1,553,195

Net income...........................................................................................
6,129
Deficit...........................................................................................
--

8
--

Deficit...........................................................................................
116,939
*17,363
Footnotes at end of table.

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S Corporation Returns, 1999

Table 1.--S Corporations: Total Receipts and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total
Net Income, by Industrial Division, Sector, and Major Group--Continued
[All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars]
Information--

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing

continued

Finance and insurance
Securites,

Information
Item

services

Total

and data

Total

processing

Depository

Non-

commodity

Insurance

Other

credit

depository

contracts,

carriers and

financial

inter-

credit inter-

other financial

related

vehicles and

mediation

mediation

investments,

activities

services

other

and related

investment

activities
(65)

(66)

Number of returns...........................................................................................
10,394
410,939

(67)

(68)

(69)

(70)

companies
(71)

(72)

103,754

1,044

23,720

22,976

49,897

6,116

181,455

9,062

40,820

41,607

77,905

12,062

Total receipts ¹...........................................................................................
5,958,499
125,960,850

64,310,580

2,730,781

13,388,450

22,859,884

24,768,828

562,638

Business receipts...........................................................................................
5,343,268
116,596,231

58,089,202

1,061,549

11,818,069

20,328,533

24,379,380

501,671

Interest on Government obligations:
State and local ¹...........................................................................................
652
427,009

380,595

59,944

21,882

284,162

9,515

5,094

Net gain, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
4,677
1,027,575
191,400

47,230

45,348

80,391

16,749

*1,683

Number of shareholders...........................................................................................
18,774
891,865
Income and deductions from a trade
or business:

Other receipts...........................................................................................
609,902
7,910,036

5,649,382

1,562,058

1,503,151

2,166,798

363,184

54,191

Total deductions...........................................................................................
5,107,975
117,252,566

59,324,500

2,203,714

12,262,258

21,740,033

22,514,783

603,712

8,459,768

*8,195

2,285,286

1,379,341

4,657,271

*129,675

Compensation of officers...........................................................................................
499,712
13,063,342
8,806,930
Salaries and wages...........................................................................................
876,181
31,931,467
16,937,903

Cost of goods sold...........................................................................................
1,806,833
23,322,371

162,983
318,457

744,320
3,273,120

4,713,874
6,005,584

3,138,995
7,219,271

46,758
121,471

Repairs...........................................................................................
31,099
1,161,349
Bad debts...........................................................................................
10,799
949,343

313,651
641,191

24,249
43,975

72,946
444,985

77,180
62,804

135,543
53,450

3,734
35,978

Rent paid on business property...........................................................................................
200,208
5,040,180
2,027,872

50,290

461,019

595,315

904,890

16,358

Taxes paid...........................................................................................
170,297
3,653,631
Interest paid...........................................................................................
72,695
6,452,119

1,742,414
4,577,447

64,095
1,032,151

331,909
1,226,230

652,293
2,051,994

673,622
213,693

20,496
53,380

Amortization...........................................................................................
19,118
298,130

206,986

18,084

76,063

29,905

82,343

590

Depreciation...........................................................................................
92,072
4,550,627
Depletion...........................................................................................
-*156

768,546
*66

54,418
2

146,420
--

284,290
2

260,703
*63

22,716
--

Advertising...........................................................................................
47,667
1,911,766

821,975

34,260

255,186

164,558

362,274

5,696

Pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, and annuity plans...........................................................................................
40,169
927,501
590,862

15,238

37,222

292,748

244,241

*1,413

Employee benefit programs...........................................................................................
38,148
1,144,821
631,146
Net loss, noncapital assets...........................................................................................
*107
672,182
581,217

35,803
7,678

88,614
10,189

157,498
561,291

345,807
*789

3,424
1,270

Other deductions...........................................................................................
1,202,869
22,173,579

12,216,525

333,836

2,808,750

4,711,357

4,221,828

140,755

Total receipts less total deductions ¹...........................................................................................
850,524
8,708,284
4,986,080

527,067

1,126,193

1,119,850

2,254,045

-41,074

Net income (less deficit)
from a trade or business ¹...........................................................................................
849,872
8,281,275
4,605,484

467,123

1,104,311

835,689

2,244,530

-46,168

9,022,094
4,416,610

536,846
69,723

1,788,677
684,366

3,853,230
3,017,541

2,671,113
426,583

172,229
218,396

Portfolio income (less deficit)
distributed to shareholders...........................................................................................
527,710
8,588,605
4,941,006

485,035

Net income...........................................................................................
1,054,313
15,960,079
Deficit...........................................................................................
204,441
7,678,804

52,746

478,363

3,608,317

316,544

Dividend income...........................................................................................
1,878
366,336

182,107

2,144

7,690

126,530

26,376

19,366

Interest income...........................................................................................
23,192
2,699,272

1,106,736

32,506

245,015

540,643

194,477

94,093

Royalty income...........................................................................................
6,016
84,052
Net short-term capital gain

974

102

39

814

--

19

(less loss)......................................................................................

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