(1) In most cases an allowable deduction of a taxpayer will be applicable
only to the business income arising from a particular trade or business or to a
particular item of non-business income.
In some cases an allowable deduction may be applicable to the business
incomes of more than one trade or business and/or to several items of
non-business income. In such cases, the
deduction shall be prorated among such trades or business and such items of
non-business income in a manner which fairly distributes the deduction among
the classes of income to which it is applicable.
(2) In filing returns with this state, if the
taxpayer departs from or modifies the manner of prorating any such deduction
used in returns for prior years, the taxpayer shall disclose in the return for
the current year the nature and extent of the modification.
(3) If the returns or reports filed by a
taxpayer with all states to which the taxpayer reports under Article IV of the
Multistate Tax Compact or the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act
are not uniform in the application or proration of any deduction, the taxpayer
shall disclose in its return to this state the nature and extent of the
variance.