BILL NUMBER: SB 1376 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 16, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Gaines
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend and repeal Section 22352 of
the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles 1656.1 of the
Civil Code, and to amend Sections 6026, 17073, 17552, 17731.5, 18401,
18402, 18403, 18405, 18413, 18 414, 18417, 18510, 18535,
18621, 18622, 18633, 18662, 18666, 18668, 19001, 19007, 19009,
19041.5, 19043, 19043.5, 19054, 19057, 19063, 19066, 19066.5, 19071,
19101, 19132, 19141.5, 19142, 19144, 19145, 19147, 19164, 19164.5,
19169, 19173, 19179, 19184, 19195, 19201, 19202, 19221, 19222, 19254,
19255, 19280, 19290, 19301, 19313, 19314, 19340, 19371, 19374,
19377, 19441, 19443, 19501, 19503, 19504, 19504.5, 19512, 19521,
19525, 19533, 19542.1, 19547, 19549, 19563, 19565, 19566,
19570, 19591, 19604, 19701, 19702, 19705, 19706, 19712, 19772, 19777,
and 19801 of, to amend and repeal Sections 6356.5, 6356.6, 6357.1,
6357.7, 6358.5, and 6378 of, to add Sections 6002.5, 6208, 7108,
9508, 17039.3, 17041.3, 17064, 17938, 17947.5, 17948.5, 18612, 18613,
19011.7, 19029, 19030, 19135.5, 19139, 19141.8, 19188, 23005, and
35004 to, to add Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 17100) to
Chapter 3 of Part 10 of Division 2 of, to add Article 3 (commencing
with Section 18421) to Chapter 1 of, to add Article 2.5 (commencing
with Section 18611) to Chapter 2 of, and to add Article 2.5
(commencing with Section 19028) to Chapter 4 of, Part 10.2 of
Division 2 of, to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7227) to
Part 1.5 of, to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7239) to Part
1.55 of, to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 7279.8) to Part
1.6 of, to add Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 7293) to Part 1.7
of, to add Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 8527) to
Part 2 of, to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 9356) to Part 3
of, to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11703) to Part 6 of,
to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11936) to Part 6.7 of,
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 16952) to Part 9.5, to add Chapter
11 (commencing with Section 38909) to Part 18.5 of, and to add
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 60710) to Part 31 of, Division 2
of, to add Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) to Division 2 of,
to repeal Sections 17039.1, 17087.5, 17733, 18633.5, 19061, 19149,
19164.1, and 19365 of, to rep eal Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 6001) of Part 1 of Division 2 of, to repeal Article 1
(commencing with Section 6051) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2
of, to repeal Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3
of Part 1 of Division 2 of, to repeal Chapter 2.1 (commencing with
Section 17062), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 17935), Chapter
10.6 (commencing with Section 17941), and Chapter 10.7 (commencing
with Section 17948), of Part 10 of Division 2 of, to
repeal Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), Part 1.55 (commencing
with Section 7231), Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), Part
1.7 (commencing with Section 7280), Part 2 (commencing with Section
7301), Part 3 (commencing with Section 8601), Part 4 (commencing with
Section 9501), Part 6 (commencing with Section 11201), Part 6.7
(commencing with Section 11901), and Part 9.5 (commencing with
Section 16700), Part 15 (commencing with Section 35001), Part 18.5
(commencing with Section 38101), and Part 31 (commencing with Section
60001) of Division 2 of, to repeal and amend Section 18407 of, and
to repeal and add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7108) of Part 1
of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to repeal
Section 976.6 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to
taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1376, as amended, Gaines. Vehicles: prima facie speed
limits. Sales and use taxes: transaction and use
taxes: excise taxes: Business Net Receipts Tax Law: corporate tax
repeal: income taxes: rates: deduction: credits: AMT: annual tax:
employment training tax.
Existing
(1) Existing law provides that
the prima facie speed limit is 15 miles per hour under certain
circumstances, including when on any alley or traversing a railway
grade crossing or highway without a clear unobstructed view, as
specified, and 25 miles per hour under other specified circumstances
involving a highway in a business or residence district, school
buildings, and senior centers or facilities. Existing law requires
that the prima facie speed limit be applicable unless changed as
authorized in the Vehicle Code and, if so changed, only when signs
have been erected giving notice of that speed limit. Violation of
these provisions is a crime imposes a sales tax on retailers
measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal
property sold at retail in this state, or a use tax on the storage,
use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property
purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in
this state. Existing law also imposes, or authorizes the imposition
of, various taxes, including local sales and use taxes, local
transactions and use taxes, the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law,
the Use Fuel Tax Law, the Local Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxation Law, the
Private Railroad Car Tax Law, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, the
Generation Skipping Transfer Tax, local subscription television
taxes, the Timber Yield Tax Law, and the Diesel Fuel Tax Law .
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions would, beginning January 1, 201
3, repeal the imposition of, or the authority to impose,
the above-mentioned taxes .
(2) The Personal Income Tax Law imposes taxes on taxable income at
specified rates based upon the amount of taxable income. That law
allows various deductions and credits in computing income subject to
taxation, and also imposes an alternative minimum tax in modified
conformity with federal income tax laws.
This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2013, impose a single tax rate of 5.8%, allow itemized deductions
only for specified items, disallow specified credits, and repeal the
alternative minimum tax. This bill would, for taxable years beginning
on or after January 1, 2013, eliminate a specified annual tax and
fee imposed on limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships,
and limited liability companies, as provided.
(3) This bill would establish the Business Net Receipts Tax Law
pursuant to which a tax would be imposed on specified business
entities at a rate of an unspecified percentage of net receipts, as
defined, for the taxable year. That law would provide specified
exemptions, deductions, and credits in computing the tax.
This bill would also provide specified conforming administrative
provisions and transfer of rules for certain business entities.
(4) Existing law imposes a 0.1% tax on employers, as defined, on
the first $7,000 of wages paid to each employee in a calendar year,
and deposits the revenues derived therefrom into the Employment
Training Fund.
This bill would repeal the imposition of this tax.
(5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
(6) This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no yes .
State-mandated local program: no yes .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:
(a) California's long-term prosperity requires that employers and
entrepreneurs invest, remain, and grow in the state and that workers
desire to live in the state.
(b) California's current tax system was designed for the economy
of the last century. Meanwhile, California's economy has changed
significantly, shifting from a primarily manufacturing- and
agriculturally-based economy to an information- and innovation-based
economy.
(c) This bill would establish a new tax structure that better fits
with the state's economy by reducing and removing tax burdens by
imposing a flat tax rate on individual taxpayers, establishing a
business net receipts tax, removing the sales and use taxes imposed
at the state and local level, and removing some of the business tax
burdens on businesses within the state.
(d) It is imperative that the Legislature continue to identify and
remove unnecessary tax burdens on businesses within the state.
SEC. 2. Section 1656.1 of the Civil
Code is amended to read:
1656.1. (a) Whether a retailer may add sales tax reimbursement to
the sales price of the tangible personal property sold at retail to
a purchaser depends solely upon the terms of the agreement of sale.
It shall be presumed that the parties agreed to the addition of sales
tax reimbursement to the sales price of tangible personal property
sold at retail to a purchaser if:
(1) The agreement of sale expressly provides for such addition of
sales tax reimbursement;
(2) Sales tax reimbursement is shown on the sales check or other
proof of sale; or
(3) The retailer posts in his or her premises in a location
visible to purchasers, or includes on a price tag or in an
advertisement or other printed material directed to purchasers, a
notice to the effect that reimbursement for sales tax will be added
to the sales price of all items or certain items, whichever is
applicable.
(b) It shall be presumed that the property, the gross receipts
from the sale of which is subject to the sales tax, is sold at a
price which includes tax reimbursement if the retailer posts in his
or her premises, or includes on a price tag or in an advertisement
(whichever is applicable) one of the following notices:
(1) "All prices of taxable items include sales tax reimbursement
computed to the nearest mill."
(2) "The price of this item includes sales tax reimbursement
computed to the nearest mill."
(c) (1) The State Board of Equalization shall prepare and make
available for inspection and duplication or reproduction a sales tax
reimbursement schedule which shall be identical with the following
tables up to the amounts specified therein:
4 3/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .10 .................................. .00
.11- .31 .................................. .01
.32- .52 .................................. .02
.53- .73 .................................. .03
.74- .94 .................................. .04
.95-1.15 .................................. .05
5 percent
Price Tax
.01- .09 .................................. .00
.10- .29 .................................. .01
.30- .49 .................................. .02
.50- .69 .................................. .03
.70- .89 .................................. .04
.90-1.09 .................................. .05
5 1/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .09 .................................. .00
.10- .28 .................................. .01
.29- .47 .................................. .02
.48- .66 .................................. .03
.67- .85 .................................. .04
.86-1.04 .................................. .05
5 1/2 percent
Price Tax
.01- .09 .................................. .00
.10- .27 .................................. .01
.28- .45 .................................. .02
.46- .63 .................................. .03
.64- .81 .................................. .04
.82- .99 .................................. .05
1.00-1.18 ................................ .06
5 3/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .08 .................................. .00
.09- .26 .................................. .01
.27- .43 .................................. .02
.44- .60 .................................. .03
.61- .78 .................................. .04
.79- .95 .................................. .05
.96-1.13 .................................. .06
6 percent
Price Tax
.01- .08 .................................. .00
.09- .24 .................................. .01
.25- .41 .................................. .02
.42- .58 .................................. .03
.59- .74 .................................. .04
.75- .91 .................................. .05
.92-1.08 .................................. .06
6 1/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .07 .................................. .00
.08- .23 .................................. .01
.24- .39 .................................. .02
.40- .55 .................................. .03
.56- .71 .................................. .04
.72- .87 .................................. .05
.88-1.03 .................................. .06
6 1/2 percent
Price Tax
.01- .07 .................................. .00
.08- .23 .................................. .01
.24- .38 .................................. .02
.39- .53 .................................. .03
.54- .69 .................................. .04
.70- .84 .................................. .05
.85- .99 .................................. .06
1.00-1.15 ................................ .07
6 3/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .07 .................................. .00
.08- .22 .................................. .01
.23- .3 7.................................. .02
.38- .5 1.................................. .03
.52- .66 .................................. .04
.67- .81 .................................. .05
.82- .96 .................................. .06
.97-1.11 .................................. .07
7 percent
Price Tax
.01- .07 .................................. .00
.08- .21 .................................. .01
.22- .35 .................................. .02
.36- .49 .................................. .03
.50- .64 .................................. .04
.65- .78 .................................. .05
.79- .92 .................................. .06
.93-1.07 .................................. .07
7 1/4 percent
Price Tax
.01- .06 .................................. .00
.07- .20 .................................. .01
.21- .34 .................................. .02
.35- .48 .................................. .03
.49- .62 .................................. .04
.63- .75 .................................. .05
.76- .89 .................................. .06
.90-1.03 .................................. .07
7 1/2 percent
Price Tax
.01- .06 .................................. .00
.07- .19 .................................. .01
.20- .33 .................................. .02
.34- .46 .................................. .03
.47- .59 .................................. .04
.60- .73 .................................. .05
.74- .86 .................................. .06
.87- .99 .................................. .07
1.00-1.13 ................................ .08
(2) Reimbursement on sales prices in excess of those shown in the
schedules may be computed by applying the applicable tax rate to the
sales price, rounded off to the nearest cent by eliminating any
fraction less than one-half cent and increasing any fraction of
one-half cent or over to the next higher cent.
(3) If sales tax reimbursement is added to the sales price of
tangible personal property sold at retail, the retailer shall use a
schedule provided by the board, or a schedule approved by the board.
(d) The presumptions created by this section are rebuttable
presumptions.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 3. Section 6002.5 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
6002.5. On and after January 1, 2013, except where the context
requires, any reference to "this part" is modified to read "Section
35 of Article XIII of the California Constitution."
SEC. 4. Section 6026 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code is amended to read:
6026. For purposes of this act:
(a) "Agreement" means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
(b) "Board" means the board of governance, as defined in this act,
or the board's designee.
(c) "Certified automated system" means software certified jointly
by the states that are signatories to the agreement to calculate the
tax imposed by each jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the
amount of tax to remit to the appropriate state, and maintain a
record of the transaction.
(d) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified jointly
by the states that are signatories to the agreement to perform all of
the seller's sales tax functions.
(e) "Person" means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary,
partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity.
(f) "Sales tax" means the tax levied by Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 6051) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of
Section 35 of Article XIII of the California Constitution .
(g) "Purchaser" means a person to whom a sale of tangible personal
property is made or to whom a service is provided.
(h) "Seller" means any person making sales, leases, or rentals of
personal property of services.
(i) "Sourcing" means determining the tax situs of a transaction.
(j) "State" means any state of the United States and the District
of Columbia.
(k) "Signatory state" means a state that has entered into the
agreement.
( l ) "Use tax" means the tax levied by
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201) of Part 1 of Division 2 of
the Revenue and Taxation Code paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 35 of Article XIII of the
California Constitution .
SEC. 5. Section 6056 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
6056. This Article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 6. Section 6208 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
6208. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 7. Section 6356.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6356.5. (a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this
part the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage and use of,
or other consumption in this state of, farm equipment and machinery,
and the parts thereof, purchased for use by a qualified person to be
used primarily in producing and harvesting agricultural products.
(b) For purposes of this section, both of the following shall
apply:
(1) "Qualified person" means any person engaged in a line of
business described in Codes 0111 to 0291, inclusive, of the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual published by the United States
Office of Management and Budget, 1987 Edition, and any other person
that uses farm equipment and machinery to assist this person in the
lines of business described in this paragraph in producing and
harvesting agricultural products.
(2) "Farm equipment and machinery" means implements of husbandry,
as defined in Section 411.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by this section does not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of those laws.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the exemption established by
this section does not apply with respect to any tax levied pursuant
to Sections 6051.2 and 6201.2, or pursuant to Section 35 of Article
XIII of the California Constitution.
(d) The exemption provided by this section shall be effective
starting September 1, 2001.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 8. Section 6356.6 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6356.6. (a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this
part the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage and use of,
or other consumption in this state of, equipment and machinery
designed primarily for off-road use in commercial timber harvesting
operations, and the parts thereof, that is purchased for use by a
qualified person to be used primarily in harvesting timber.
(b) The State Board of Equalization may adopt emergency
regulations to specify equipment and machinery exempted by this
section, and may revise those regulations from time to time.
(c) For purposes of this section, "qualified person" means any
person engaged in commercial timber harvesting.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by this section does not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of those laws.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the exemption established by
this section does not apply with respect to any tax levied pursuant
to Section 6051.2 and 6201.2, or pursuant to Section 35 of Article
XIII of the California Constitution.
(e) The exemption provided by this section shall be effective
starting September 1, 2001.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 9. Section 6357.1 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6357.1. (a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this
part, the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the
storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, diesel fuel used
in farming activities and food processing. This section shall be
implemented as soon as possible, but in no case later than September
1, 2001.
(b) For purposes of this section, "farming activities" has the
same meaning as "farming business" as set forth in Section 263A of
the Internal Revenue Code. "Farming activities" also includes the
transportation and delivery of farm products to the marketplace.
(c) The exemption established by this section does not apply with
respect to either of the following:
(1) A tax imposed under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and
Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200)) or in
accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6
(commencing with Section 7251)).
(2) A tax imposed under Section 6051.2 or 6201.2, or under Section
35 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 10. Section 6357.7 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6357.7. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, there are exempted from
the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale in
this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this
state of, motor vehicle fuel, as defined in Section 7326.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by this section shall not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of those laws.
(2) The exemption established by this section shall not apply with
respect to any tax levied pursuant to Section 6051.2, 6051.5,
6201.2, or 6201.5, or pursuant to Section 35 of Article XIII of the
California Constitution.
(c) On and after July 1, 2010, the State Board of Equalization and
the Department of Finance shall recognize that the state no longer
receives state sales and use tax revenues from the sale of, and the
storage, use, or other consumption of, motor vehicle fuel for
purposes of any estimates required to be performed under paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7102, and Section 7104.2.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 11. Section 6358.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6358.5. (a) (1) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this
part, the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the
storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, any racehorse
breeding stock.
(2) For purposes of this section "racehorse breeding stock" means
a horse that is capable of reproduction and for which the purchaser
states that it is the purchaser's sole intent to use the horse for
breeding purposes.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by this section does not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of those laws.
(2) The exemption established by this section does not apply with
respect to any tax levied pursuant to either Section 6051.2 or
6201.2, or pursuant to Section 35 of Article XIII of the California
Constitution.
(c) The exemption provided by this section shall be effective
starting September 1, 2001.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 12. Section 6378 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
6378. (a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part
the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other
consumption in this state of, any of the following:
(1) Tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified
person to be used primarily in teleproduction or other postproduction
services.
(2) Tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified
person to be used primarily to maintain, repair, measure, or test any
property described in paragraph (1).
(b) This exemption shall not apply to any tangible personal
property that is used primarily in administration, general
management, or marketing.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Primarily" means tangible personal property used 50 percent
or more of the time in an activity described in subdivision (a).
(2) "Qualified person" means any person that is primarily engaged
in teleproduction or other postproduction activities that are
described in Code 512191 of the North American Industry
Classification System Manual published by the United States Office of
Management and Budget, 1997 edition.
(3) "Teleproduction or other postproduction services" means
services for film or video that include editing, film and video
transfers, transcoding, dubbing, subtitling, credits, close
captioning, audio production, special effects (visual or sound),
graphics, or animation.
(4) "Tangible personal property" includes, but is not limited to,
all of the following:
(A) Machinery and equipment, including component parts.
(B) All equipment or devices used or required to operate, control,
regulate, or maintain the machinery, including, without limitation,
computers, data processing equipment, and computer software, together
with all repair and replacement parts with a useful life of one or
more years, whether purchased separately or in conjunction with a
complete machine and regardless of whether the machine or component
parts are assembled by the taxpayers or another party.
(5) "Tangible personal property" does not include furniture,
inventory, or equipment used to store products.
(d) No exemption shall be allowed under this section unless the
purchaser furnishes the retailer with an exemption certificate,
completed in accordance with any instructions or regulations as the
board may prescribe, and the retailer subsequently furnishes the
board with a copy of the exemption certificate. The exemption
certificate shall contain the sales price of the machinery and
equipment that is exempt pursuant to subdivision (a).
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by the section shall not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of these laws.
(2) The exemption established by this section shall not apply with
respect to any tax levied pursuant to Sections 6051.2 and 6201.2, or
pursuant to Section 35 of Article XIII of the California
Constitution.
(3) The exemption established by this section shall not apply to
any sale or use of property that, within one year from the date of
purchase, is either removed from California or converted from an
exempt use under subdivision (a) to some other use not qualifying for
the exemption.
(f) If a purchaser certifies in writing to the seller that the
property purchased without payment of the tax will be used in a
manner entitling the seller to regard the gross receipts from the
sale as exempt from the sales tax, and within one year from the date
of purchase, the purchaser (1) removes that property outside
California, (2) converts that property for use in a manner not
qualifying for the exemption, or (3) uses that property in a manner
not qualifying for the exemption, the purchaser shall be liable for
payment of sales tax, with applicable interest, as if the purchaser
were a retailer making a retail sale of the property at the time the
property is so removed, converted, or used, and the sales price of
the property to the purchaser shall be deemed the gross receipts from
that retail sale.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 13. Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7101)
is added to Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 9. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS
7101. All fees, taxes, interest, and penalties imposed and all
amounts of tax required to be paid to the state under this part, and
restitution orders or any other amounts otherwise authorized by law
to be collected by the board, or any other amounts imposed by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be paid to the board shall, except as
provided in Section 6452.1, be paid to the board in the form of
remittances payable to the State Board of Equalization of the State
of California. The board shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer
to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local
Public Safety Fund.
SEC. 14. Section 7108 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
7108. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 15. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7227)
is added to Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 3. REPEAL
7227. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 16. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7239)
is added to Part 1.55 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 3. REPEAL
7239. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 17. Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
7279.8) is added to Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 5. REPEAL
7279.8. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 18. Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section
7293) is added to Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 3.8. REPEAL
7293. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 19. Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 8527)
is added to Part 2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 13. REPEAL
8527. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 20. Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 9356)
is added to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 10. REPEAL
9356. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 21. Section 9508 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
9508. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 22. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11703)
is added to Part 6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 8. REPEAL
11703. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 23. Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11936)
is added to Part 6.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 5. REPEAL
11936. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 24. Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1
6952) is added to Part 9.5 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 9. REPEAL
16952. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 25. Section 17039.1 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
17039.1. Notwithstanding Section 17039 or any other provision in
this part to the contrary, the credit allowed by Section 17053.30
(relating to natural heritage) may reduce the tax imposed under
Section 17041 or 17048 plus the tax imposed under Section 17504
(relating to the separate tax lump-sum distributions) below the
tentative minimum tax, as defined by Section 17062, but only after
allowance of the credit allowed by Section 17063.
SEC. 26. Section 17039.3 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17039.3. Notwithstanding this part or Part 10.2 (commencing with
Section 18401), for each taxable year beginning on or after January
1, 2014, any credit otherwise allowable under Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 17041) or Section 17063, including the carryover of any
credit under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 17041) from a prior
taxable year, any former provision of that chapter, or Section 17063,
shall not be allowed against the "net tax," as defined in Section
17039, except the credits allowed under Section 17053.5 and Chapter
12 (commencing with Section 18001).
SEC. 27. Section 17041.3 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17041.3. (a) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after
January 1, 2014, Section 17041 is modified to provide that the
percentages and income tax brackets specified in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) shall be the percentages and income tax brackets in
paragraph (2) in lieu of each of the percentages and income tax
brackets contained therein.
(2) If the taxable The tax is:
income is:
Over $1 5.8% of the taxable
income
(b) (1) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2014, Section 17041 is modified to provide that the percentages and
income tax brackets specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c)
shall be the percentages and income tax brackets in paragraph (2) in
lieu of each of the percentages and income tax brackets contained
therein.
(2) If the taxable The tax is:
income is:
Over $1 5.8% of the taxable
income
(c) The income tax brackets in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
and paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall not be recomputed in
accordance with subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
SEC. 28. Section 17064 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17064. This chapter shall not apply to taxable years beginning on
or after January 1, 2013, and shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 29. Section 17073 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
17073. (a) Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
taxable income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b) The deduction allowed by Section 17208.1, relating to interest
on loans or financed indebtedness obtained from a publicly owned
utility for the purchase and installation of energy efficient
products or equipment, may not be treated as a miscellaneous itemized
deduction under Section 67(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous deductions.
(c) For individuals who do not itemize deductions, the standard
deduction computed in accordance with Section 17073.5 shall be
allowed as a deduction in computing taxable income.
(b) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2013,
Section 63(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified to provide
that the term "taxable income" means adjusted gross income (as
defined in Section 17072), minus either "itemized deductions" (as
defined in subdivision (c)) or the standard deduction computed in
accordance with Section 17073.5.
(c) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2013,
Section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to itemized
deductions, is modified to provide that the term "itemized deductions"
means only the deductions for each of the following:
(1) The deduction for qualified residence interest under Section
163 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The deduction under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to charitable, etc., contributions and gifts.
(3) The deduction for interest on education loans under Section
221 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) The deduction for interest with respect to insurance contracts
under Section 264(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) The deduction for interest with respect to tax-exempt income
under Section 265(a)(2) and (6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SEC. 30. Section 17087.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
17087.5. Subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to tax treatment of "S corporations" and their
shareholders, shall apply, except as otherwise provided under this
part or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
SEC. 31. Section 17552 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
17552. (a) Notwithstanding
Section 17565, a return for a period of less than 12 months shall
also be made when the Franchise Tax Board terminates the taxpayer's
taxable year under Section 19082 (relating to tax in jeopardy).
(b) Section 443(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
adjustment in deduction for personal exemption, is modified by
substituting the phrase "the credit allowed under Section 17054" for
the phrase "the exemptions allowed as a deduction under section 151
(and any deduction in lieu thereof)."
SEC. 32. Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
17100) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 10 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
Article 2.5. Tax Treatment of "S" Corporations and their
Shareholders
17100. Subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to the tax treatment of "S" corporations and
their shareholders, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
17101. (a) A corporation that has in effect for federal income
tax purposes a valid election under Section 1362(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be an "S" corporation for purposes of this part
and Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401).
(b) A corporation that is an "S" corporation for federal income
tax purposes shall be an "S" corporation for purposes of this part,
Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and its shareholders shall
be shareholders of an "S" corporation without regard to whether the
corporation is qualified to do business or is incorporated in this
state.
(c) (1) A termination of a federal election pursuant to Section
1362(d) of the Internal Revenue Code that is not an inadvertent
termination pursuant to Section 1362(f) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall simultaneously terminate the "S" corporation election for
purposes of this part and Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401).
(2) A federal termination by revocation shall be effective for
purposes of this part and shall be reported to the Franchise Tax
Board in the form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board no
later than the last date allowed for filing federal termination for
that year under Section 1362(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) Section 1362(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
circumstances where passive investment income exceeds 25 percent of
gross receipts for three consecutive taxable years and the
corporation has accumulated earnings and profits, shall not apply
unless the "S" election is terminated for federal income tax
purposes.
(e) (1) The provisions of Section 1362(b)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to authority to treat late elections, etc., as
timely, shall apply only for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 1997, with respect to elections under Section 1362(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 1997.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if for any taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2003, a corporation fails to qualify
as an "S" corporation for federal income tax purposes solely because
the federal Form 2553 (Election by a Small Business Corporation) was
not filed timely, the corporation shall be treated for purposes of
this part as an "S" corporation for the taxable year the "S"
corporation election should have been made, and for each subsequent
year until terminated, if the corporation and its shareholders have
filed with the Internal Revenue Service a federal Form 2553
requesting automatic relief with respect to the late "S" corporation
election, in full compliance with the federal Revenue Procedure
1997-48, I.R.B. 1997-43, and have received notification of the
acceptance of the untimely filed "S" corporation election from the
Internal Revenue Service. A copy of the notification shall be
provided to the Franchise Tax Board upon request.
(f) The provisions of Section 1362(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to inadvertent invalid elections or terminations,
shall apply only for taxable years beginning on or after January I,
1997, with respect to elections under Section 1362(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on or after January I,
1997.
17102. (a) For purposes of this part, Part 10.2 (commencing with
Section 18401), and Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001):
(1) (A) Section 1361(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall not apply and, in lieu thereof, subparagraph (B) shall apply
and all references to Section 1361(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be treated as a reference to subparagraph (B).
(B) All activities, assets, liabilities, receipts, purchases, and
items of income, deduction, and credit of a qualified Subchapter S
subsidiary shall be treated as activities (including activities for
purposes of Part 12), assets, liabilities, receipts, purchases, and
those items, as the case may be, of the "S" corporation.
(2) Section 1361(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to include the following requirements in addition to the
requirements contained therein:
(A) The "S" corporation has in effect a valid election to treat
the corporation as a qualified Subchapter S subsidiary for federal
income tax purposes.
(B) An election made by the "S" corporation under Section 1361(b)
(3)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code to treat the corporation as a
qualified Subchapter S subsidiary for federal income tax purposes
shall be treated for purposes of this part as an election made by the
"S" corporation under this subdivision and a separate election under
paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5 shall not be
allowed.
(C) No election under this subdivision shall be allowed unless the
"S" corporation has made the election under Section 1361(b)(3)(B)
(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code to treat the corporation as a
qualified Subchapter S subsidiary for federal income tax purposes.
(b) Section 1361(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
certain exempt organizations permitted as shareholders, is modified
by substituting a reference to Section 17631 or Section 27701d in
lieu of the reference to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code and by substituting a reference to Section 17631 or Section
27701 in lieu of the reference to Section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(c) Section 1361(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to certain trusts not eligible, is modified by substituting
"under this part" in lieu of "under this subtitle."
(d) Section 1361(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
election, is modified to include the following provisions:
(1) An election made by the trustee under Section 1361(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code to be an electing small business trust for
federal income tax purposes shall be treated for purposes of this
part as an election made by the trustee under this subdivision and a
separate election under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section
17024.5 shall not be allowed. Any election made shall apply to the
taxable year of the trust for which that election is made and to all
subsequent taxable years of that trust, unless revoked with the
consent of the Franchise Tax Board.
(2) No election under this subdivision shall be allowed unless the
trustee has made the election under Section 1361(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code to be an electing small business trust for federal
income tax purposes.
17103. For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 17276, relating
to limitations on loss carryovers, losses passed through to
shareholders of an "S" corporation, to the extent otherwise allowable
without application of that subdivision, shall be fully included in
the net operating loss of that shareholder and then that subdivision
shall be applied to the entire net operating loss.
17104. (a) Section 1366(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to determination of shareholder's tax liability, is modified
to apply to the final taxable year of a trust or estate that
terminates before the end of the corporation's taxable year.
(b) Section 1366(d)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to losses and deductions that cannot exceed shareholder's basis in
stock and debt, is modified to additionally provide that the adjusted
basis of a shareholder's stock in the "S" corporation is to be
decreased by distributions by the corporation that were not
includable in the income of the shareholder by reason of Section 1368
of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) Section 1366(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
carryover of disallowed losses and deductions to post-termination
transition period, is modified to provide that to the extent that any
increase in adjusted basis described in Section 1366(d)(3)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code would have increased the shareholder's amount
at risk under Section 465 if the increase had occurred on the day
preceding the commencement of the post-termination transition period,
rules similar to the rules described in Section 1366(d)(3)(A) to
(C), inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to any
losses disallowed by reason of Section 465(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
17105. (a) Section 1366(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to special rules, shall be modified as follows:
(1) The amount of tax used to compute the loss allowed by Section
1366(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be the amount of tax
imposed on built-in gains under former Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001).
(2) The amount of tax used to compute the reduction allowed by
Section 1366(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be the amount
of tax imposed on excess net passive income under former Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001).
17106. Section 1367(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to adjustments in case of inherited stock, shall apply for decedents
dying after December 31, 1996.
17107. (a) Section 1371(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to application of Subchapter C rules, is modified to provide that,
notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (e) of Section 17024.5, any
election by an "S" corporation or its shareholders under Section 338
of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain stock purchases
treated as asset acquisitions, for federal purposes shall be treated
as an election for purposes of this part and a separate election
under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 17024.5 shall not
be allowed.
(b) No election under Section 338 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to certain stock purchases treated as asset acquisitions,
shall be allowed for state purposes unless the "S" corporation or its
shareholders made a valid election for federal purposes under
Section 338 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) Section 1371(d) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.
17108. Section 1372 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be
modified so that references to partnership treatment shall be to
Internal Revenue Code partnership provisions, as modified by this
part.
17109. Sections 1373 and 1379 of the Internal Revenue Code shall
not apply.
17110. Section 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax
imposed on certain built-in gains, shall not apply.
17111. Section 1375 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax
imposed on passive investment income, shall not apply.
17112. Section 1377(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to determination defined, is modified to include, in addition to the
items specified therein, the following:
(a) A decision by the State Board of Equalization that has become
final.
(b) A closing agreement made under Article 6 (commencing with
Section 19441) of Chapter 6 of Part 10.2.
(c) A final disposition by the Franchise Tax Board of a claim for
refund.
17113. Any reference to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
23800) of Part 11 or any provision thereof shall also be a reference
to this article or a provision of this article which is substantially
the same as the provision referenced in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with
Section 23800) of Part 11.
17114. This article shall be operative for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
SEC. 33. Section 17731.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
17731.5. (a) Section 641(c)
(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified to read: "The amount
of the tax imposed by subdivision (e) of Section 17041 shall be
determined by using the highest rate of tax applicable to an
individual under subdivision (a) of Section 17041."
(b) Section 641(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to read: "The credit allowed under subdivision (b) of Section 17733
shall be zero."
SEC. 34. Section 17733 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
17733. (a) An estate shall be allowed a credit of ten dollars
($10) against the tax imposed under Section 17041, less any amounts
imposed under paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) or paragraph (1) of
subdivision (e), or both, of Section 17560.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a trust shall be
allowed a credit of one dollar ($1) against the tax imposed under
Section 17041, less any amounts imposed under paragraph (1) of
subdivision (d) or paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), or both, of
Section 17560.
(2) (A) A disability trust, as defined in Section 642(b)(2)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code, shall be allowed a credit in an amount
equal to the personal exemption credit authorized for a single
individual pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 17054.
(B) The credit authorized by subparagraph (A) shall be subject to
the credit reduction provisions of Section 17054.1. For purposes of
making the adjustments required by Section 17054.1, the adjusted
gross income of the disability trust shall be computed in accordance
with Section 67(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
determination of adjusted gross income in case of estates and trusts.
(C) This paragraph applies to taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2004.
(c) The credits allowed by this section shall be in lieu of the
credits allowed under Section 17054 (relating to credit for personal
exemption).
SEC. 35. Section 17938 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17938. This chapter shall not apply to taxable years beginning on
or after January 1, 2013, and shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 36. Section 17947.5 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17947.5. This chapter shall not apply to taxable years beginning
on or after January 1, 2013, and shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 37. Section 17948.5 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
17948.5. This chapter shall not apply to taxable years beginning
on or after January 1, 2013, and shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 38. Section 18401 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18401. Each provision of this part shall apply to Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001) and ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), and Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), unless otherwise provided.
SEC. 39. Section 18402 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18402. (a) Except where the context otherwise requires, the
general provisions and definitions provided in Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 17001) of Part 10 and in ,
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 23001) of Part 11 , and
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 27001) of Part 12 shall
apply to this part.
(b) For purposes of this part, "person" includes an individual,
fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or
organization exempt from taxation under Section 23701.
(c) (1) Whenever provisions of this part are applied in connection
with Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), the terms "taxpayer,"
"corporation" and "taxable year" have the same meaning as defined in
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17001) of Part 10.
(2) Whenever provisions of this part are applied in connection
with Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), the terms "taxpayer,"
"corporation," "income year," and "taxable year" have the same
meaning as defined in Article 2 (commencing with Section 23030) of
Chapter 1 of Part 11.
(3) Whenever provisions of this part are applied in connection
with Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), the terms "taxpayer,"
"business entity," and "taxable year" shall have the same meaning as
defined in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 27001) of part 12.
SEC. 40. Section 18403 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18403. For purposes of this part, any return, declaration,
report, statement, or other document required to be made or filed
under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001) shall be deemed to have been
required to be made or filed under this part.
SEC. 41. Section 18405 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18405. (a) In the case of a new statutory provision in Part 7.5
(commencing with Section 13201), Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), or
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) , or the addition of a new
part, the Franchise Tax Board itself is authorized to grant relief as
set forth in subdivision (b) from the requirements of the new
statutory provision in a manner as provided in subdivision (c).
(b) The relief provided in subdivision (a) may be granted only for
the first taxable year for which the new statutory provision is
operative and only when substantial unintentional noncompliance with
the new provision has occurred by a class of affected taxpayers. The
relief is limited to waiving penalties or perfecting elections and
may be granted only to taxpayers who timely paid taxes and other
required amounts shown on the return consistent with the election and
who timely filed their return (with regard to extension).
(c) The relief granted in this section shall, upon the
recommendation of the Executive Officer of the Franchise Tax Board,
be made by resolution of the Franchise Tax Board that sets forth the
conditions, time, and manner as the Franchise Tax Board determines
are necessary. The resolution shall be adopted only by an affirmative
vote of each of the three members of the Franchise Tax Board.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) "New statutory provision" means a complete, newly established
tax program, tax credit, exemption, deduction, exclusion, penalty, or
reporting or payment requirement and does not mean amendments made
to existing tax provisions that make minor modifications or technical
changes.
(2) "Perfecting elections" includes correcting omissions or errors
only when substantial evidence is present with the filed return that
the taxpayer intended to make the election and does not include
making an election where one was not previously attempted to be made.
(3) "Substantial unintentional noncompliance," for purposes of
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), includes any case in which
the taxpayer filed a water's-edge contract with a timely filed
original return and timely paid all taxes and other required amounts
shown on the return consistent with the water's-edge election, but
where the taxpayer's election is or might be invalidated by reason of
the act or omission of an affiliated corporation that is not the
parent or a subsidiary of the taxpayer. In that case, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this section, relief shall be deemed
granted to validate the taxpayer's water's-edge election, conditioned
only upon an agreement by the affiliated corporation to either (A)
file a water's-edge contract and pay all taxes and other required
amounts consistent with that election, or (B) waive any right, with
respect to any taxable year for which the corporation did not make a
water's-edge election on its own timely filed return, to determine
its income derived from or attributable to sources within this state
pursuant to that election, whichever measure produces the greater
amount of tax.
(e) This section shall apply to any Franchise Tax Board resolution
adopted after the effective date of this section with respect to any
taxable year that is subject to an open statute of limitations on
the date of the resolution.
SEC. 42. Section 18407 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , as amended by Section 326
of Chapter 183 of the Statutes of 2004, is repealed.
18407. Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
general requirement of return, statement, or list, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
(a) Section 6011(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
general rule, is modified as follows:
(1) The phrase "any person liable for any tax imposed by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), or this part," shall be substituted for the phrase "when
required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary any person made
liable for any tax imposed by this title," contained therein.
(2) "Secretary of the Treasury under Section 6011 of the Internal
Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax
Board" shall be substituted for "Secretary."
(3) To additionally provide that "reportable transaction" includes
any transaction of a type that the Secretary of the Treasury under
Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax
purposes or the Franchise Tax Board under this section for California
income or franchise tax purposes determines as having a potential
for tax avoidance or evasion including deductions, basis, credits,
entity classification, dividend elimination, or omission of income,
and shall be reported on the return or the statement required to be
made.
(4) To additionally provide that "listed transaction" includes any
transaction that is the same as, or substantially similar to, a
transaction specifically identified by the Secretary of the Treasury
under Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income
tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax Board under this section for
California income or franchise tax purposes, as a tax avoidance
transaction including deductions, basis, credits, entity
classification, dividend elimination, or omission of income and shall
be reported on the return or statement required to be made.
(A) The Franchise Tax Board shall identify and publish "listed
transactions" (whether identified by the Secretary of the Treasury
under Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income
tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax Board) through the use of
Franchise Tax Board Notices or other published positions. In
addition, the "listed transactions" identified and published pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be published on the Web site of the
Franchise Tax Board.
(B) The Franchise Tax Board shall conduct a public outreach
program to make taxpayers aware of the new and increased penalties
associated with the use of tax avoidance transactions including
deductions, basis, credits, entity classification, dividend
elimination, or omission of income.
(5) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to any
standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant
to paragraph (4).
(b) Section 6011(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
identification of taxpayer, does not apply and, in lieu thereof,
Section 18408 shall apply.
(c) Section 6011(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
returns, etc., of DISCs and former DISCs and FSCs and former FSCs,
does not apply.
(d) Section 6011(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
authority to require information concerning Section 912 allowances,
does not apply.
(e) Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
regulations requiring returns on magnetic media, etc., shall take
into account Section 18408 and shall also include the modifications
made to Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code by Section
18408.
(f) Section 6011(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
incentives, does not apply.
SEC. 43. Section 18407 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , as amended by Section 327
of Chapter 183 of the Statutes of 2004, is amended to read:
18407. Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
general requirement of return, statement, or list, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
(a) Section 6011(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
general rule, is modified as follows:
(1) The phrase "any person liable for any tax imposed by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part," shall be substituted for the phrase "when required by
regulations prescribed by the Secretary any person made liable for
any tax imposed by this title," contained therein.
(2) "Secretary of the Treasury under Section 6011 of the Internal
Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax
Board" shall be substituted for "Secretary."
(3) To additionally provide that "reportable transaction" includes
any transaction of a type that the Secretary of the Treasury under
Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax
purposes or the Franchise Tax Board under this section for California
income or franchise tax purposes determines as having a potential
for tax avoidance or evasion including deductions, basis, credits,
entity classification, dividend elimination, or omission of income,
and shall be reported on the return or the statement required to be
made.
(4) To additionally provide that "listed transaction" includes any
transaction that is the same as, or substantially similar to, a
transaction specifically identified by the Secretary of the Treasury
under Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income
tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax Board under this section for
California income or franchise tax purposes, as a tax avoidance
transaction including deductions, basis, credits, entity
classification, dividend elimination, or omission of income and shall
be reported on the return or statement required to be made.
(A) The Franchise Tax Board shall identify and publish "listed
transactions" (whether identified by the Secretary of the Treasury
under Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income
tax purposes or by the Franchise Tax Board) through the use of
Franchise Tax Board Notices or other published positions. In
addition, the "listed transactions" identified and published pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be published on the Web site of the
Franchise Tax Board.
(B) The Franchise Tax Board shall conduct a public outreach
program to make taxpayers aware of the new and increased penalties
associated with the use of tax avoidance transactions including
deductions, basis, credits, entity classification, dividend
elimination, or omission of income.
(5) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to any
standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant
to paragraph (4).
(b) Section 6011(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
identification of taxpayer, does not apply and, in lieu thereof,
Section 18408 shall apply.
(c) Section 6011(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
returns, etc., of DISCs and former DISCs and FSCs and former FSCs,
does not apply.
(d) Section 6011(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
authority to require information concerning Section 912 allowances,
does not apply.
(e) Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
regulations requiring returns on magnetic media, etc., shall take
into account Section 18408 and shall also include the modifications
made to Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code by Section
18408.
(f) Section 6011(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
incentives, does not apply.
SEC. 44. Section 18413 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18413. The repeal of any provision in Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) made by the
act adding or amending this section shall not affect any
act done or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit, appeal, or
other proceeding having commenced under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), before
that repeal; but all rights and liabilities under that law shall
continue, and may be enforced in the same manner, as if that repeal
had not been made.
SEC. 45. Section 18414 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18414. Any provision of this part that refers to the application
of any portion of this part to a prior period (or which depends upon
the application to a prior period of any portion of this part) shall,
when appropriate and consistent with the purpose of that provision,
be deemed to refer to (or depend upon the application of) the
corresponding provision of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
or , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing w ith Section 27001),
as was applicable to the prior period.
SEC. 46. Section 18417 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18417. Provisions in other codes or general law statutes that are
related to this part include all of the following:
(a) Chapter 20.6 (commencing with Section 9891) of Division 3 of
the Business and Professions Code, relating to tax preparers.
(b) Sections 1502, 2204 to 2206, inclusive, 6210, 6810, 8210, and
8810 of the Corporations Code, relating to the corporation officer
statement penalty.
(c) Section 2104 of the Corporations Code, which prevents the
application of any provision of this part against any foreign lending
institution whose activities in this state are limited to those
described in subdivision (d) of Section 191 of the Corporations Code.
(d) Sections 15700 to 15702.1, inclusive, of the Government Code,
relating to the Franchise Tax Board.
(e) Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of this division,
relating to the Personal Income Tax Law.
(f) Part 10.5 (commencing with Section 20501) of this division,
relating to the Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance and
Postponement Law.
(g) Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001) of this division,
relating to the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights.
(h) Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of this division,
relating to the Corporation Tax Law.
(i) Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) of this division,
relating to the Business Net Receipts Tax Law.
SEC. 47. Article 3 (commencing with Section 18421)
is added to Chapter 1 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
Article 3. Other Matters
18421. (a) Notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, regulation,
rule or decision to the contrary, no city, county, city and county,
governmental subdivision, district, public and quasi-public
corporation, municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not or
whether chartered or not, shall levy or collect or cause to be levied
or collected any tax upon income which is excludable from gross
income and exempt from state taxes pursuant to Section 24320.
(b) This section shall not be construed to authorize any such
entity to levy a tax on, according to, or measured by, income or
profits paid or accrued.
SEC. 48. Section 18510 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18510. (a) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall revise the returns
required to be filed pursuant to this article, Article 2 (commencing
with Section 18601), Section 18633, Section 18633.5, and
Article 3 (commencing with Section 23771) of Chapter 4 of
Part 11, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 27771) of
Chapter 4 of Part 12, and the accompanying instructions for
filing those returns, in a form and manner approved by the State
Board of Equalization, to allow a person to report and pay qualified
use tax in accordance with the provisions of Section 6452.1.
(2) Within 10 working days of receiving from the Franchise Tax
Board the returns and instructions described in paragraph (1), the
State Board of Equalization shall do either of the following:
(A) Approve the form and manner of the returns and instructions
and notify the Franchise Tax Board of this approval.
(B) Submit comments to the Franchise Tax Board regarding changes
to the returns and instructions that shall be incorporated before the
State Board of Equalization approves the form and manner of the
returns and instructions.
(b) Any payments and credits shown on the return, together with
any other credits associated with that person's account, of a person
that elects to report qualified use tax on an acceptable tax return
shall be applied in the following order:
(1) Taxes imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), including penalties and
interest, if any, imposed under this part.
(2) Qualified use tax as reported on the acceptable tax return, in
accordance with Section 6452.1.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board shall transfer the qualified use tax
received pursuant to Section 6452.1, and any information the State
Board of Equalization deems necessary for its administration of the
use tax, to the State Board of Equalization within 60 days from the
date the use tax is received or the acceptable tax return is
processed, whichever is later.
(d) This section shall be operative for returns filed for taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.
(e) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision shall
apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning on and after
January 1, 2011.
SEC. 49. Section 18535 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18535. (a) In lieu of electing nonresident partners filing a
return pursuant to Section 18501, the Franchise Tax Board may,
pursuant to requirements and conditions set forth in forms and
instructions, provide for the filing of a group return for one or
more electing nonresident partners by a partnership doing business
in, or deriving income from, sources in California. The tax rate or
rates applicable to each electing partner's distributive share shall
consist of the highest marginal rate or rates provided by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001) plus, in the case of any electing
nonresident partner included on the group return who would be subject
to Section 17043 when filing individually, an additional tax rate of
1 percent. Except as provided in subdivision (b), no deductions
shall be allowed except those necessary to determine each partner's
distributive share, and no credits shall be allowed except those
directly attributable to the partnership. As required by the
Franchise Tax Board, the partnership as agent for the electing
partners shall make the payments of tax, additions to tax, interest,
and penalties otherwise required to be paid by the electing partners.
(b) Deductions provided by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
17501) of Part 10, attributable to earned income of a partner derived
from a partnership filing a group return on behalf of electing
nonresident partners under subdivision (a), shall be allowed if the
partner certifies, in the form and manner as the Franchise Tax Board
may prescribe, that he or she has no earned income from any other
source.
(c) This section shall also be applicable to a nonresident
shareholder of a corporation which is treated as an "S" corporation
under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 23800) of Part 11
Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 17100) of
Chapter 3 of Part 10 . In that case, the provisions of
subdivisions (a) and (b) are modified to refer to"shareholder or
shareholders" in lieu of "partners" and to "S" corporation in lieu of
"partnership."
(d) This section shall also be applicable to a nonresident
individual with a membership or economic interest in a limited
liability company, registered limited liability partnership, or
foreign limited liability partnership, which is classified as a
partnership for California tax purposes. In that case, the provisions
of subdivisions (a) and (b) are modified to refer to "holders of a
membership or economic interest" in lieu of "partners" and to
"limited liability companies" in lieu of "partnerships," and
"partnerships" shall include registered limited liability
partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships.
(e) The Franchise Tax Board may adjust the income of an electing
nonresident taxpayer included in a group return filed under this
section to properly reflect income under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), including Chapter 11 thereof (commencing with Section
17951), this part (commencing with Section 18401), and Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), including Chapter 17 thereof
(commencing with Section 25101).
SEC. 50. Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
18611) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
Article 2.5. Business Entities
18611. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every taxpayer
subject to the tax imposed by Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
shall, on or before the 15th day of the third month following the
close of its taxable year, transmit to the Franchise Tax Board a
return in a form prescribed by it, specifying for the taxable year,
all the facts as it may by rule, or otherwise, require in order to
carry out that part of this part.
(b) In the case of any taxpayer that has gross receipts (as
defined in Article 3 (commencing with Section 27521) of Chapter 3 of
Part 12) of less than $500,000 during the taxable year, including for
this purpose any gross receipts that are part of the unitary
business of the taxpayer, no return is required to be filed for that
taxable year under this article.
SEC. 51. Section 18612 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
18612. (a) The Franchise Tax Board may grant a reasonable
extension of time for filing any return, declaration, statement, or
other document required by Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001),
in the manner and form as the Franchise Tax Board may determine. No
extension or extensions shall aggregate more than seven months from
the due date for filing the return.
(b) An extension of time granted pursuant to this section is not
an extension of time for payment of tax required to be paid on or
before the due date of the return without regard to extension.
Underpayment of tax penalties shall be imposed as provided by law
without regard to any extension granted under this section.
SEC. 52. Section 18613 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
18613. (a) In cases where receivers, trustees in a case under
Title 11 of the United States Code, or assignees are operating the
property or business of a business entity those receivers, trustees,
or assignees shall make returns for that business entity in the same
manner and form as that business entity is required to make a return.
(b) Any tax due on the basis of returns made by receivers,
trustees, or assignees shall be collected in the same manner as if
collected from the business entity of whose business or property they
have custody and control.
SEC. 53. Section 18621 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18621. Except as otherwise provided by the Franchise Tax Board
and in Section 18621.5, any return, declaration, statement, or other
document required to be made under any provision of Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), this
part, or any applicable
regulation shall contain, or be verified by, a written declaration
that it is made under the penalties of perjury. Those returns, and
all other returns, declarations, statements, or other documents or
copies thereof required, shall be in any form as the Franchise Tax
Board may from time to time prescribe, including, but not limited to,
on paper, on magnetic media pursuant to Section 19524, or by
electronic technology or electronic imaging technology pursuant to
Section 18621.5, and shall be filed with the Franchise Tax Board. The
Franchise Tax Board shall prepare blank forms for the returns,
declarations, statements, or other documents and shall distribute
them throughout the state and furnish them upon application. Failure
to receive or secure the form does not relieve any taxpayer from
making any return, declaration, statement, or other document
required.
SEC. 54. Section 18622 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18622. (a) If any item required to be shown on a federal tax
return, including any gross income, deduction, penalty, credit, or
tax for any year of any taxpayer is changed or corrected by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue or other officer of the United
States or other competent authority, or where a renegotiation of a
contract or subcontract with the United States results in a change in
gross income or deductions, or gross receipts or purchases,
that taxpayer shall report each change or correction, or the
results of the renegotiation, within six months after the date of
each final federal determination of the change or correction or
renegotiation, or as required by the Franchise Tax Board, and shall
concede the accuracy of the determination or state wherein it is
erroneous. For any individual subject to tax under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), changes or corrections need not be
reported unless they increase the amount of tax payable under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001) for any year.
(b) Any taxpayer filing an amended return with the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue shall also file within six months thereafter an
amended return with the Franchise Tax Board which shall contain any
information as it shall require. For any individual subject to tax
under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), an amended return need
not be filed unless the change therein would increase the amount of
tax payable under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) for any
year.
(c) Notification of a change or correction by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue or other officer of the United States or other
competent authority, or renegotiation of a contract or subcontract
with the United States that results in a change in any item or the
filing of an amended return must be sufficiently detailed to allow
computation of the resulting California tax change and shall be
reported in the form and manner as prescribed by the Franchise Tax
Board.
(d) For purposes of this part, the date of each final federal
determination shall be the date on which each adjustment or
resolution resulting from an Internal Revenue Service examination is
assessed pursuant to Section 6203 of the Internal Revenue Code.
SEC. 55. Section 18633 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18633. (a) (1) Every
partnership, on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following
the close of its taxable year, shall make a return for that taxable
year, stating specifically the items of gross income and the
deductions allowed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001). Except
as otherwise provided in Section 18621.5, the return shall include
the names, addresses, and taxpayer identification numbers of the
persons, whether residents or nonresidents, who would be entitled to
share in the net income if distributed and the amount of the
distributive share of each person. The return shall contain or be
verified by a written declaration that it is made under penalty of
perjury, signed by one of the partners.
(2) In addition to returns required by paragraph (1), every
limited partnership subject to the tax imposed by subdivision (b) of
Section 17935, on or before the 15th day of the fourth month
following the close of its taxable year, shall make a return for that
taxable year, containing the information identified in paragraph
(1). In the case of a limited partnership not doing business in this
state, the Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe the manner and extent
to which the information identified in paragraph (1) shall be
included with the return required by this paragraph.
(b) Each partnership required to file a return under subdivision
(a) for any taxable year shall (on or before the day on which the
return for that taxable year was required to be filed) furnish to
each person who is a partner or who holds an interest in that
partnership as a nominee for another person at any time during that
taxable year a copy of the information required to be shown on that
return as may be required by regulations.
(c) Any person who holds an interest in a partnership as a nominee
for another person shall do both of the following:
(1) Furnish to the partnership, in the manner prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board, the name, address, and taxpayer identification
number of that other person, and any other information for that
taxable year as the Franchise Tax Board may by form and regulation
prescribe.
(2) Furnish to that other person, in the manner prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board, the information provided by that partnership
under subdivision (b).
(d) The provisions of Section 6031(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to the separate statement of items of unrelated
business taxable income, shall apply.
(e) The provisions of Section 6031(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to electing investment partnerships, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
SEC. 56. Section 18633.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
18633.5. (a) Every limited liability company which is classified
as a partnership for California tax purposes that is doing business
in this state, organized in this state, or registered with the
Secretary of State shall file its return on or before the fifteenth
day of the fourth month following the close of its taxable year,
stating specifically the items of gross income and the deductions
allowed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001). The return shall
include the names, addresses, and taxpayer identification numbers of
the persons, whether residents or nonresidents, who would be entitled
to share in the net income if distributed and the amount of the
distributive share of each person. The return shall contain or be
verified by a written declaration that it is made under penalty of
perjury, signed by one of the limited liability company members. In
the case of a limited liability company not doing business in this
state, and subject to the tax imposed by subdivision (b) of Section
17941, the Franchise Tax Board shall, for returns required to be
filed on or after January 1, 1998, prescribe the manner and extent to
which the information identified in this subdivision shall be
included with the return required by this subdivision.
(b) Each limited liability company required to file a return under
subdivision (a) for any limited liability company taxable year
shall, on or before the day on which the return for that taxable year
was required to be filed, furnish to each person who holds an
interest in that limited liability company at any time during that
taxable year a copy of that information required to be shown on that
return as may be required by forms and instructions prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board.
(c) Any person who holds an interest in a limited liability
company as a nominee for another person shall do both of the
following:
(1) Furnish to the limited liability company, in the manner
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, the name, address, and
taxpayer identification number of that person, and any other
information for that taxable year as the Franchise Tax Board may
prescribe by forms and instructions.
(2) Furnish to that other person, in the manner prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board, the information provided by that limited
liability company under subdivision (b).
(d) The provisions of Section 6031(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to the separate statement of items of unrelated
business taxable income, shall apply.
(e) (1) A limited liability company shall file with its return
required under subdivision (a), in the form required by the Franchise
Tax Board, the agreement of each nonresident member to file a return
pursuant to Section 18501, to make timely payment of all taxes
imposed on the member by this state with respect to the income of the
limited liability company, and to be subject to personal
jurisdiction in this state for purposes of the collection of income
taxes, together with related interest and penalties, imposed on the
member by this state with respect to the income of the limited
liability company. If the limited liability company fails to timely
file the agreements on behalf of each of its nonresident members,
then the limited liability company shall, at the time set forth in
subdivision (f), pay to this state on behalf of each nonresident
member of whom an agreement has not been timely filed an amount equal
to the highest marginal tax rate in effect under Section 17041, in
the case of members which are individuals, estates, or trusts, and
Section 23151, in the case of members that are corporations,
multiplied by the amount of the member's distributive share of the
income source to the state reflected on the limited liability company'
s return for the taxable period, reduced by the amount of tax
previously withheld and paid by the limited liability company
pursuant to Section 18662 and the regulations thereunder with respect
to each nonresident member. A limited liability company shall be
entitled to recover the payment made from the member on whose behalf
the payment was made.
(2) If a limited liability company fails to attach the agreement
or to timely pay the payment required by paragraph (1), the payment
shall be considered the tax of the limited liability company for
purposes of the penalty prescribed by Section 19132 and interest
prescribed by Section 19101 for failure to timely pay the tax.
Payment of the penalty and interest imposed on the limited liability
company for failure to timely pay the amount required by this
subdivision shall extinguish the liability of a nonresident member
for the penalty and interest for failure to make timely payment of
all taxes imposed on that member by this state with respect to the
income of the limited liability company.
(3) No penalty or interest shall be imposed on the limited
liability company under paragraph (2) if the nonresident member
timely files and pays all taxes imposed on the member by this state
with respect to the income of the limited liability company.
(f) Any agreement of a nonresident member required to be filed
pursuant to subdivision (e) shall be filed at either of the following
times:
(1) The time the annual return is required to be filed pursuant to
this section for the first taxable period for which the limited
liability company became subject to tax pursuant to Chapter 10.6
(commencing with Section 17941).
(2) The time the annual return is required to be filed pursuant to
this section for any taxable period in which the limited liability
company had a nonresident member on whose behalf an agreement
described in subdivision (e) has not been previously filed.
(g) Any amount paid by the limited liability company to this state
pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) shall be considered to
be a payment by the member on account of the income tax imposed by
this state on the member for the taxable period.
(h) Every limited liability company that is classified as a
corporation for California tax purposes shall be subject to the
requirement to file a tax return under the provisions of Part 10.2
(commencing with Section 18401) and the applicable taxes imposed by
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(i) (1) Every limited liability company doing business in this
state, organized in this state, or registered with the Secretary of
State, that is disregarded pursuant to Section 23038 shall file a
return that includes information necessary to verify its liability
under Sections 17941 and 17942, provides its sole owner's name and
taxpayer identification number, includes the consent of the owner to
California tax jurisdiction, and includes other information necessary
for the administration of this part, Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(2) If the owner's consent required under paragraph (1) is not
included, the limited liability company shall pay on behalf of its
owner an amount consistent with, and treated the same as, the amount
to be paid under subdivision (e) by a limited liability company on
behalf of a nonresident member for whom an agreement required by
subdivision (e) is not attached to the return of the limited
liability company.
(3) The return required under paragraph (1) shall be filed on or
before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the close of the
taxable year of the owner subject to tax under Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) of Division 2 or on or before the fifteenth day
of the third month after the close of the taxable year of the owner
subject to tax under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101) of
Part 11 of Division 2, whichever is applicable.
(4) For limited liability companies disregarded pursuant to
Section 23038, "taxable year of the owner" shall be substituted for
"taxable year" in Sections 17941 and 17942.
(j) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision apply
to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005.
SEC. 57. Section 18662 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18662. (a) The Franchise Tax Board may, by regulation, require
any person, in whatever capacity acting, including lessees or
mortgagors of real or personal property, fiduciaries, employers, and
any officer or department of the state, or any political subdivision
or agency of the state, or any city organized under a freeholder's
charter, or any political body not a subdivision or agency of the
state, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of
items of income specified in subdivision (b), to withhold an amount,
determined by the Franchise Tax Board to reasonably represent the
amount of tax due when the items of income are included with other
income of the taxpayer, and to transmit the amount withheld to the
Franchise Tax Board at the time as it may designate.
(b) The items of income referred to in subdivision (a) are
interest, dividends, rents, prizes and winnings, premiums, annuities,
emoluments, compensation for services, including bonuses,
partnership income or gains, and other fixed or determinable annual
or periodical gains, profits, and income.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may authorize the tax under
subdivision (a) to be deducted and withheld from the interest upon
any securities the owners of which are not known to the withholding
agent.
(d) Any person that fails to withhold from any payments any
amounts required to be withheld by this section or fails to remit the
taxes withheld is liable for the amount specified in Section 18668.
(e) (1) This subdivision applies to any disposition of a
California real property interest by:
(A) Any person , other than either of the following:
subject to tax under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001).
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a
corporation, including an entity classified for tax purposes as a
corporation under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a
partnership, as determined in accordance with Subchapter K of Chapter
1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, including an entity
classified as a partnership for tax purposes under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001).
(B) A corporation or partnership
passthrough entity , if that corporation or
partnership immediately after the transfer of the title to the
California real property has no permanent place of business in
California. For purposes of this subdivision, a corporation or
partnership has no permanent place of business in California if all
of the following apply: any income resulting from the
disposition of California real property, when distributed, is subject
to tax under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001). For purposes
of this subparagraph, "passthrough entity" means a partnership or an
"S" corporation.
(i) It is not organized and existing under the laws of California.
(ii) It does not qualify with the office of the Secretary of State
to transact business in California.
(iii) It does not maintain and staff a permanent office in
California.
(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in the case of any
disposition of a California real property interest by a transferor
described in paragraph (1), the transferee, including for this
purpose any intermediary or accommodator in a deferred exchange, is
required to withhold an amount equal to 31/3 percent of the sales
price of the California real property conveyed.
(B) If the transferor makes an election under this subparagraph,
the transferee, including any intermediary or accommodator in a
deferred exchange, is required to withhold an amount equal to an
amount certified by the transferor in writing under penalty of
perjury. The amount certified shall not be less than the gain
required to be recognized under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) on the disposition
of the California real property multiplied by the rate
specified in either Section 23151 or Section 23186, as applicable,
for transferors that are corporations, or the highest rate
specified in Section 17041 for transferors other than
corporations . For purposes of applying the previous
sentence, the following shall apply:
(i) The
highest rate specified in Section 17041 is determined without regard
to any other tax rate specified under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) irrespective of whether the applicable statute
provides that tax shall be treated as if imposed under Section 17041.
(ii) For corporations that are "S" corporations subject to the
modified tax rate specified in Section 23802, the rate shall be the
sum of the rate specified in subdivision (b) of Section 23802 and the
highest rate specified in Section 17041, as described in clause (i).
(C) (i) The written certification required by subparagraph (B)
shall be in a form, as prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board. The
form shall provide as follows:
"Title and escrow persons and exchange accommodators are not
authorized to provide legal or accounting advice for purposes of
determining withholding amounts. Transferors are strongly encouraged
to consult with a competent tax professional for this purpose."
(ii) The Franchise Tax Board shall make this form available
electronically on its Web site in a format that allows a transferor
to complete and print the form. The Franchise Tax Board shall also
provide electronic means to enable the transferor to estimate the
amount of gain required to be recognized by the transferor in the
transaction. Any form or worksheet, electronic or otherwise,
developed for this purpose shall provide as follows:
"Title and escrow persons and exchange accommodators are not
authorized to provide legal or accounting advice for purposes of
determining withholding amounts. Transferors are strongly encouraged
to consult with a competent tax professional for this purpose."
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, all
of the following shall apply:
(A) No transferee is required to withhold any amount under this
subdivision unless the sales price of the California real property
conveyed exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(B) No transferee, other than an intermediary or an accommodator
in a deferred exchange, is required to withhold any amount under this
subdivision unless written notification of the withholding
requirements of this subdivision has been provided by the real estate
escrow person.
(C) (i) No transferee, trustee under a deed of trust, or mortgagee
under a mortgage with a power of sale is required to withhold under
this subdivision when the transferee has acquired California real
property at a sale pursuant to a power of sale under a mortgage or
deed of trust or a sale pursuant to a decree of foreclosure or has
acquired the property by a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
(ii) No transferee is required to withhold under this subdivision
when the transferor is a bank acting as trustee other than a trustee
of a deed of trust.
(D) No transferee, including for this purpose any intermediary or
accommodator in a deferred exchange, is required to withhold any
amount under this subdivision if the transferee, in good faith and
based on all the information of which he or she has knowledge, relies
on a written certificate executed by the transferor, certifying,
under penalty of perjury, one of the following:
(i) (I) The California real property being conveyed is the seller'
s or decedent's principal residence, within the meaning of Section
121 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(II) The last use of the property being conveyed was use by the
transferor as the transferor's principal residence within the meaning
of Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(ii) (I) The California real property being conveyed is being
exchanged, or will be exchanged, for property of like kind, within
the meaning of Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, but only to
the extent of the amount of the gain not required to be recognized
for California income or franchise tax purposes under Section 1031 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(II) Subclause (I) may not apply if an exchange does not qualify
for nonrecognition treatment for California income or franchise tax
purposes under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, in whole or
in part, due to the failure of the transaction to comply with the
provisions of Section 1031(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to the requirement that property be identified and that the
exchange be completed not more than 180 days after the transfer of
the exchanged property.
(III) In any case where clause (ii) applies, the transferee,
including for this purpose any intermediary or accommodator in a
deferred exchange, is required to notify the Franchise Tax Board in
writing within 10 days of the expiration of the statutory periods
specified in Section 1031(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and
thereafter remit the applicable withholding amounts determined under
this subdivision in accordance with paragraph (4).
(iii) The California real property has been compulsorily or
involuntarily converted, within the meaning of Section 1033 of the
Internal Revenue Code, and the transferor intends to acquire property
similar or related in service or use so as to be eligible for
nonrecognition of gain for California income tax purposes under
Section 1033 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(iv) The transaction will result in either a net loss or a net
gain not required to be recognized for California income or franchise
tax purposes.
(v) The transferor is a corporation with a permanent place of
business in California.
(E) (i) In the case of any transaction otherwise subject to this
subdivision that qualifies as an "installment sale," within the
meaning of Section 453(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, for
California income tax purposes, the provisions of this subdivision
shall be separately applied to each principal payment to be made
under the terms of the installment sale agreement between the
parties.
(ii) For purposes of clause (i), subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3)
does not apply to each individual payment to be received under the
terms of the installment sale agreement.
(4) (A) Amounts withheld and payments made in accordance with this
subdivision shall be reported and remitted to the Franchise Tax
Board in the form and manner and at the time specified by the
Franchise Tax Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, funds withheld on
individual transactions by real estate escrow persons may, at the
option of the real estate escrow person, be remitted by the 20th day
of the month following the close of escrow for the individual
transaction, or may be remitted on a monthly basis in combination
with other transactions closed during that month.
(B) The transferor shall submit a copy of the written certificate
and supporting documentation for the reduced withholding specified in
subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(2) or subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3), executed by the
transferor, to the Franchise Tax Board upon request.
(5) For purposes of this subdivision, "California real property
interest" means an interest in real property located in California
and defined in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6) For purposes of this subdivision, "real estate escrow person"
means any of the following persons involved in the real estate
transaction:
(A) The person, including any attorney, escrow company, or title
company, responsible for closing the transaction.
(B) If no person described in subparagraph (A) is responsible for
closing the transaction, then any other person who receives and
disburses the consideration or value for the interest or property
conveyed.
(7) (A) Unless the real estate escrow person provides "assistance,"
it shall be unlawful for any real estate escrow person to charge any
customer for complying with the requirements of this subdivision.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, "assistance" includes, but is
not limited to, helping the parties clarify with the Franchise Tax
Board the issue of whether withholding is required under this
subdivision or, upon request of the parties, withholding an amount
under this subdivision and remitting that amount to the Franchise Tax
Board.
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, "assistance" does not include
providing the written notification of the withholding requirements of
this subdivision.
(D) In a case where the real estate escrow person provides
"assistance" in complying with the withholding requirements of this
subdivision, it shall be unlawful for the real estate escrow person
to charge any customer a fee that exceeds forty-five dollars ($45).
(8) For purposes of this subdivision, "sales price" means the sum
of all of the following:
(A) The cash paid, or to be paid, but excluding for this purpose
any stated or unstated interest or original issue discount, as
determined under Sections 1271 through 1275, inclusive, of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(B) The fair market value of other property transferred, or to be
transferred.
(C) The outstanding amount of any liability assumed by the
transferee or to which the California real property interest is
subject immediately before and after the transfer.
(9) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe, by forms, instructions,
published notices, or regulations, any requirements necessary for
the efficient administration of this subdivision relating to the
treatment of "de minimis" amounts otherwise required under this
section.
(f) Withholding is not required under this section with respect to
wages, salaries, fees, or other compensation paid by a corporation
for services performed in California for that corporation to a
nonresident corporate director for director services, including
attendance at a board of directors' meeting.
(g) In the case of any payment described in subdivision (f), the
person making the payment shall do each of the following:
(1) File a return with the Franchise Tax Board at the time and in
the form and manner specified by the Franchise Tax Board.
(2) Provide the payee with a statement at the time and in the form
and manner specified by the Franchise Tax Board.
(h) (1) The amendments to this section made by Chapter 488 of the
Statutes of 2002 apply to dispositions of California real property
interests that occur on or after January 1, 2003.
(2) In the case of any payments received on or after January 1,
2003, pursuant to an installment sale agreement relating to a
disposition occurring before January 1, 2003, the amendments to this
section made by Chapter 488 of the Statutes of 2002 do not apply to
those payments.
(i) (1) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to dispositions of California real property
interests that occur on or after January 1, 2009.
(2) In the case of any payments received on or after January 1,
2009, pursuant to an installment sale agreement relating to a
disposition occurring before January 1, 2009, the amendments made to
this section by the act adding this subdivision do not apply to those
payments.
SEC. 58. Section 18666 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18666. (a) Section 1446 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply
to the extent that the amounts represent income from California
sources, except as otherwise provided.
(b) (1) The rate of tax referred to in Section 1446(b)(2)(A) of
the Internal Revenue Code shall be the maximum tax rate specified in
Section 17041, rather than the rate specified in Section 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The rate of tax referred to in Section 1446
(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be the rate
specified in Section 23151, 23181, or 23183, as applicable, rather
than the rate specified in Section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code
not apply .
SEC. 59. Section 18668 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
18668. (a) Every person required under this article to deduct and
withhold any tax is hereby made liable for that tax, to the extent
provided by this section. Any amount required to be deducted and paid
to the Franchise Tax Board under this article shall be considered
the tax of that person. Unless it is shown that the failure is due to
reasonable cause, any person who fails to withhold from any payments
any amount required to be withheld under this article or who fails
to transmit the withheld amounts to the Franchise Tax Board on or
before the due date required by regulations is liable for the amount
actually withheld, or the amount of taxes due from the taxpayer to
whom the payments are made, whichever is greater, but not in excess
of the amount required to be withheld.
(b) If any amount required to be withheld under this article is
not paid to the Franchise Tax Board on or before the due date
required by regulations, interest shall be assessed at the adjusted
annual rate established pursuant to Section 19521, computed from the
due date to the date paid.
(c) Whenever any person has withheld any amount pursuant to this
article, the amount so withheld shall be held to be a special fund in
trust for the State of California.
(d) In lieu of the amount provided for in subdivision (a), unless
it is shown that the failure to withhold is due to reasonable cause,
whenever any transferee is required to withhold any amount pursuant
to subdivision (e) of Section 18662, the transferee is liable for the
greater of the following amounts for failure to withhold only after
the transferee, as specified, is notified in writing of the
requirements under subdivision (e) of Section 18662:
(1) Five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) Ten percent of the amount required to be withheld under
subdivision (e) of Section 18662.
(e) (1) Unless it is shown that the failure to notify is due to
reasonable cause, the real estate escrow person is liable for the
amount specified in subdivision (d), when written notification of the
withholding requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 18662 is not
provided to the transferee, other than a transferee that is an
intermediary or accommodator in a deferred exchange, and the
California real property disposition is subject to withholding under
subdivision (e) of Section 18662.
(2) The real estate escrow person shall provide written
notification to the transferee (other than a transferee that is an
intermediary or accommodator in a deferred exchange) in substantially
the same form as follows:
"In accordance with Section 18662 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code, a buyer may be required to withhold an amount equal to 31/3
percent of the sales price or the amount that is specified in a
written certificate executed by the transferor in the case of a
disposition of California real property interest by either:
1. A seller who is an individual, trust, or estate or when the
disbursement instructions authorize the proceeds to be sent to a
financial intermediary of the seller, OR
2. A corporate or partnership seller that has no
permanent place of business in California immediately after the
transfer of title to the California real property.
passthrough entity, if any income resulting from the disposition of
California real property, when distributed, is subject to tax under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001). For purposes of
this subparagraph, "passthrough entity" means a partnership or an "S"
corporation.
The buyer may become subject to penalty for failure to withhold an
amount equal to the greater of 10 percent of the amount required to
be withheld or five hundred dollars ($500).
However, notwithstanding any other provision included in the
California statutes referenced above, no buyer will be required to
withhold any amount or be subject to penalty for failure to withhold
if:
1. The sales price of the California real property conveyed does
not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), OR
2. The seller executes a written certificate, under the penalty of
perjury, certifying that the seller is a corporation or a
partnership with a permanent place of business in California, OR
3. The seller, who is an individual, trust, estate,
partnership, or a corporation without a permanent place of business
in California passthrough entity, if any income
resulting from the disposition of California real property by the
passthrough entity, when distributed, is subject to tax under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), executes a written
certificate, under the penalty of perjury, of any of the following:
A. The California real property being conveyed is the seller's or
decedent's principal residence, within the meaning of Section 121 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
B. The last use of the property being conveyed was use by the
transferor as the transferor's principal residence within the meaning
of Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code.
C. The California real property being conveyed is or will be
exchanged for property of like kind, within the meaning of Section
1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, but only to the extent of the
amount of gain not required to be recognized for California income
tax purposes under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.
D. The California real property has been compulsorily or
involuntarily converted, within the meaning of Section 1033 of the
Internal Revenue Code, and that the seller intends to acquire
property similar or related in service or use so as to be eligible
for nonrecognition of gain for California income tax purposes under
Section 1033 of the Internal Revenue Code.
E. The California real property transaction will result in a loss
or a net gain not required to be recognized for California income tax
purposes.
The seller is subject to penalty for knowingly filing a fraudulent
certificate for the purpose of avoiding the withholding requirement."
(3) The real estate escrow person is not liable under this
subdivision if the tax due as a result of the disposition of
California real property is paid by the original or extended due date
of the transferor's return for the taxable year in which the
disposition occurred.
(4) The real estate escrow person or transferee is not liable
under paragraph (1) or subdivision (d), if the failure to withhold is
the result of his or her reliance, based on good faith and on all
the information of which he or she has knowledge, upon a written
certificate executed by the transferor under penalty of perjury
pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of
Section 18662.
(5) Any transferor who for the purpose of avoiding the withholding
requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 18662 knowingly executes
a false certificate pursuant to that section is liable for twice the
amount specified in subdivision (d).
(f) The amount of tax required to be deducted, withheld, and
remitted under this article shall be assessed, collected, and paid
upon notice and demand. Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031),
relating to deficiency assessments, shall not apply with respect to
the assessment or collection of any amount due under this article.
SEC. 60. Section 19001 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19001. Except as provided by Article 2 (commencing with Section
19021), the tax imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), and Part
11 12 (commencing with Section
23001 27001 ) shall be paid at the time and
place fixed for filing the return (determined without regard to any
extension of time for filing the return).
SEC. 61. Section 19007 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19007. Payment of the estimated tax, or any installment thereof,
shall be considered payment on account of the taxes imposed under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) for the taxable year.
SEC. 62. Section 19009 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19009. (a) Whenever any person or employer who is required to
collect, account for, and pay over any tax--
(1) At the time and in the manner prescribed by law or regulations
(A) fails to collect, truthfully account for, or pay over the tax,
or (B) fails to make deposits, payments, or returns of the tax, and
(2) Is notified, by notice delivered in hand or by registered mail
of the failure, then all the requirements of subdivision (b) shall
be complied with. In the case of a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or trust, notice to an officer, partner, manager,
member, or trustee, shall, for purposes of this section, be deemed to
be sufficient notice to the corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or trust and to all officers, partners, managers,
members, trustees, and employees thereof.
(b) Any person or employer who is required to collect, account
for, and pay over any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or , Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
, if notice has been delivered to that person or employer in
accordance with subdivision (a), shall collect the taxes, which
become collectible after delivery of the notice, shall (not later
than the end of the second banking day after any amount of the taxes
is collected) deposit that amount in a separate account in a bank
located within the limits of this state, and shall keep the amount of
those taxes in that account until payment over to the Franchise Tax
Board. The account shall be designated as a special fund in trust for
the Franchise Tax Board, payable to the Franchise Tax Board by that
person or employer as trustee.
(c) Whenever the Franchise Tax Board is satisfied, with respect to
any notification made under subdivision (a), that all requirements
of law and regulations with respect to the taxes, will henceforth be
complied with, it may cancel the notification. The cancellation shall
take effect at the time as is specified in the notice of the
cancellation.
SEC. 63. Section 19011.7 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19011.7. (a) All payments required under this part, regardless of
the taxable year to which the payments apply, shall be remitted to
the Franchise Tax Board by electronic funds transfer pursuant to
Division 11 (commencing with Section 11101) of the Commercial Code,
once any of the following conditions are met:
(1) With respect to any business entity subject to tax under Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001), any installment payment of
estimated tax made pursuant to Section 19028 or the payment made
pursuant to Section 18612 with regard to an extension of time to file
exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in any taxable year.
(2) With respect to any business entity subject to tax under Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001), the total tax liability exceeds
eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) in any taxable year. For purposes
of this section, total tax liability shall be the total tax liability
as shown on the original return, after any adjustment made pursuant
to Section 19051.
(3) A taxpayer submits a request to the Franchise Tax Board and is
granted permission to make electronic funds transfers.
(b) A taxpayer required to remit payments to the Franchise Tax
Board by electronic funds transfer may elect to discontinue making
payments where the threshold requirements set forth in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subdivision (a) were not met for the preceding taxable
year. The election shall be made in a form and manner prescribed by
the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) Any taxpayer required to remit payment by electronic funds
transfer pursuant to this section who makes payment by other means
shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount paid, unless it is
shown that the failure to make payment as required was for reasonable
cause and was not the result of willful neglect.
(d) Any taxpayer required to remit payments by electronic funds
transfer pursuant to this section may request a waiver of those
requirements from the Franchise Tax Board. The Franchise Tax Board
may grant a waiver only if it determines that the particular amounts
paid in excess of the threshold amounts established in this section
were not representative of the taxpayer's tax liability. If a
taxpayer is granted a waiver, subsequent remittances by electronic
funds transfer shall be required only on those terms set forth in the
waiver.
(e) Electronic funds transfer procedures, in addition to those
described in subdivision (f), shall be as prescribed by the Franchise
Tax Board. Payment is deemed complete on the date the electronic
funds transfer is initiated, if settlement to the state's demand
account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state's demand account
does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated, payment is deemed to occur on the date
settlement occurs.
(f) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds, other
than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper
instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal,
telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape, so as to order,
instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an
account. Electronic funds transfer shall be accomplished by an
automated clearinghouse debit, automated clearinghouse credit, a
Federal Reserve Wire Transfer (Fedwire), or by an international funds
transfer.
(2) "Automated clearinghouse" means any federal reserve bank, or
an organization established by agreement with the National Automated
Clearing House Association, that operates as a clearinghouse for
transmitting or receiving entries between banks or bank accounts and
that authorizes an electronic transfer of funds between those banks
or bank accounts.
(3) "Automated clearinghouse debit" means a transaction in which
any department of the state, through its designated depository bank,
originates an automated clearinghouse transaction debiting the
taxpayer's bank account and crediting the state's bank account for
the amount of tax. Banking costs incurred for the automated
clearinghouse debit transaction by the taxpayer shall be paid by the
state.
(4) "Automated clearinghouse credit" means an automated
clearinghouse transaction in which the taxpayer, through its own
bank, originates an entry crediting the state's bank account and
debiting its own bank account. Banking costs incurred by the state
for the automated clearinghouse credit transaction may be charged to
the taxpayer.
(5) "Fedwire" means any transaction originated by the taxpayer and
utilizing the national electronic payment system to transfer funds
through federal reserve banks, pursuant to which the taxpayer debits
its own bank account and credits the state's bank account. Electronic
funds transfers may be made by Fedwire only if prior approval is
obtained from the Franchise Tax Board and the taxpayer is unable, for
reasonable cause, to make payments pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4).
Banking costs charged to the taxpayer and to the state may be
charged to the taxpayer.
(6) "International funds transfer" means any transaction
originated by the taxpayer and utilizing the international electronic
payment system to transfer funds, pursuant to which the taxpayer
debits its own bank account and credits the state's bank account.
(7) In determining whether a payment or total tax liability
exceeds the amounts established in subdivision (a), the income of all
taxpayers whose income derived from, or attributable to, sources
within this state is required to be determined by a combined report
shall be aggregated and the total aggregate amount shall be
considered to be the income of a single taxpayer for purposes of
determining the payment or total tax liability of a single taxpayer.
SEC. 64. Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
19028) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
Article 2.5. Business Entities
19028. (a) For purposes of this article, in the case of a
business entity subject to tax under Part 12 (commencing with Section
27001), the term "estimated tax" means the amount which the business
entity estimates as the amount of the tax imposed by Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001).
(b) Estimated tax shall be paid in installments as follows:
If
the The following percentages of the
estimated requirements
tax shall be paid on the 15th day of the--
of this ---------------------------------------
subdivision + + +
are first 4th 6th 9th 12th
met-- month month month month
Before the 25 25 25 25
1st day of
the 4th
month of the
taxable year.
After the
last day of
the 3rd
month and
before the
1st day of
the 6th
month of the
taxable year. __ 33 /3 33 /3 33 /3
After the
last day of
the 5th
month and
before the
1st day of
the 9th
month of the
taxable year. __ __ 50 50
After the
last day of
the 8th
month and
before the
1st day of
the 12th
month of the
taxable year. __ __ __ 100
SEC. 65. Section 19029 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19029. If, after paying any installment of estimated tax required
by of Section 19028, the taxpayer makes a new estimate, the amount
of each remaining installment (if any) shall be the amount which
would have been payable if the new estimate had been made when the
first estimate for the taxable year was made, increased or decreased
(as the case may be) by the amount computed by dividing the amount
specified in subdivision (a) by the number specified in subdivision
(b).
(a) The difference between:
(1) The amount of estimated tax required to be paid before the
date on which the new estimate is made, and
(2) The amount of estimated tax which would have been required to
be paid before that date if the new estimate had been made when the
first estimate was made.
(b) The number of installments remaining to be paid on or after
the date on which the new estimate is made.
SEC. 66. Section 19030 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19030. The application of this article to taxable years of less
than 12 months shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by
the Franchise Tax Board.
SEC. 67. Section 19041.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19041.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), or Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001), or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001), the provisions of Section 6603 of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to deposits made to suspend the running of
interest on potential underpayments, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided. A deposit shall not be considered a payment of tax for
purposes of filing a claim for refund pursuant to Section 19306,
converting an administrative action to an action on a claim pursuant
to Section 19335, or filing an action pursuant to Section 19384,
until either of the following occurs:
(1) The taxpayer provides a written statement to the Franchise Tax
Board specifying that the deposit shall be a payment of tax for
purposes of Section 19306, 19335, or 19384.
(2) The deposit is used to pay a final tax liability.
(b) Section 6603(d) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified to
substitute the phrase "notice of proposed deficiency assessment under
Article 3 of Chapter 4 of this part" for "30-day letter" in each
place that the phrase "30-day letter" appears.
(c) In
the case of any amount held by the Franchise Tax Board as a deposit
in the nature of a cash bond pursuant to the provisions of this
section prior to the amendments made by the act adding this
subdivision, the date that the taxpayer identifies that amount as a
deposit made pursuant to this section, as amended by the act adding
this subdivision, shall be treated as the date that the amount is
deposited for purposes of this section, as amended by the act adding
this subdivision.
SEC. 68. Section 19043 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19043. (a) For purposes of this part, "deficiency" means the
amount by which the tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or , Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Sectio n
27001) exceeds the excess of--
(1) The sum of--
(A) The amount shown as the tax by the taxpayer on an original or
amended return, if an original or amended return was filed, plus
(B) The amounts previously assessed (or collected without
assessment) as a deficiency, over--
(2) The amount of rebates, as defined in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b), made.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) The tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
and , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , and Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) and
the tax shown on an original or amended return shall both be
determined without regard to payments on account of estimated tax,
and without regard to the credit under Section 19002.
(2) "Rebate" means so much of an abatement, credit, refund, or
other repayment, as was made on the ground that the tax imposed by
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) was less than the excess of the
amount specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) over the
rebates previously made.
SEC. 69. Section 19043.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19043.5. (a) (1) If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the
amount of a carryover disclosed by the taxpayer on an original or
amended return, including an amended return reporting federal
adjustments pursuant to Section 18622, is more than the amount of the
carryover disclosed by its own examination, it may mail a notice or
notices to the taxpayer of the proposed carryover adjustment and the
proposed adjusted carryover amount.
(2) For purposes of this section, "carryover" means the amount of
a credit, loss, deduction, or other item that is shown on an original
or amended return for carry forward to a subsequent taxable year.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions
of this article applicable to a proposed deficiency assessment shall
be applicable to a proposed adjusted carryover amount, including
protest and appeal rights as if that proposed adjusted carryover
amount were a proposed deficiency assessment.
(c) (1) A proposed adjusted carryover amount shall become a final
adjusted carryover amount under this section following a
determination of the board regarding that proposed adjusted carryover
amount that becomes final pursuant to the provisions of Section
19048.
(2) A final adjusted carryover amount shall be binding and
conclusive with respect to the amount of that carryover for purposes
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), this part, and
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), and Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), except in the following
circumstances:
(A) In the event of fraud, malfeasance, or misrepresentation of a
material fact.
(B) Subject to any provision of the Revenue and Taxation Code that
expressly provides that effect be given to that provision
notwithstanding any other law or rule of law.
(C) Subject to any law that is, or becomes, operative with respect
to a taxable year affected by the final adjusted carryover amount.
(D) Subject to any final federal adjustment that is made with
respect to the taxpayer's federal income tax liability for a taxable
year affected by the final adjusted carryover amount.
(E) In an action brought pursuant to provisions of Section 19382.
(d) (1) In any case where there is a final adjusted carryover
amount with respect to a carryover, the taxpayer shall report that
final adjusted carryover amount on an original or amended return for
any subsequent year.
(2) If a taxpayer fails to comply with paragraph (1), then any
adjustment required to make the amount of the carryover shown on the
return for any year consistent with the final adjusted carryover
amount shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical error and
assessed and collected under Section 19051.
(e) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this section shall not
affect the determination, issuance, assessment, collection, or
validity of a deficiency assessment under this part.
SEC. 70. Section 19054 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19054. (a) If on any return or claim for refund of taxes imposed
under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part
12 (commencing with 27001) , there is an overstatement of the
credit for income tax withheld, or of the amount paid as estimated
income tax, the amount so overstated which is allowed against the tax
shown on the return or which is allowed as a credit or refund may be
assessed by the Franchise Tax Board in the same manner as is
provided by Section 19051 in the case of a mathematical error
appearing on the return.
(b) No unpaid amount of estimated tax under Section 19025 or 19136
shall be assessed.
SEC. 71. Section 19057 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19057. (a) Except in the case of a false or fraudulent return and
except as otherwise expressly provided in this part, every notice of
a proposed deficiency assessment shall be mailed to the taxpayer
within four years after the return was filed. No deficiency shall be
assessed or collected with respect to the year for which the return
was filed unless the notice is mailed within the four-year period or
the period otherwise provided. For purposes of this chapter, the term
"return" means the return required to be filed by the taxpayer and
does not include a return of any person from whom the taxpayer has
received an item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit.
(b) The running of the period of limitations provided in
subdivision (a) on mailing a notice of proposed deficiency assessment
shall, in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code, be
suspended for any period during which the Franchise Tax Board is
prohibited by reason of that case from mailing the notice of proposed
deficiency assessment and for 60 days thereafter.
(c) Where, within the 60-day period ending on the day on which the
time prescribed in this section for the assessment of any tax
imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) ,
or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) for any taxable
year would otherwise expire, the Franchise Tax Board receives a
written document, other than an amended return or a report required
by Section 18622, signed by the taxpayer showing that the taxpayer
owes an additional amount of that tax for that taxable year, the
period for the assessment of an additional amount in excess of the
amount shown on either an original or amended return shall not expire
before the day 60 days after the day on which the Franchise Tax
Board receives that document.
(d) If a taxpayer determines in good faith that it is an exempt
organization and files a return as an exempt organization under
Section 23772, and if the taxpayer is thereafter held to be a taxable
organization for the taxable year for which the return is filed,
that return shall be deemed the return of the organization for the
purposes of this section.
SEC. 72. Section 19061 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
19061. In case of a deficiency described in Sections 24945 and
24946, and in Sections 1033(a)(2)(C) and 1033(a)(2)(D) of the
Internal Revenue Code, the deficiency may be assessed at any time
prior to the expiration of the time therein provided.
SEC. 73. Section 19063 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19063. (a) In the case of any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) with respect to any person, the period for
assessing a deficiency attributable to any partnership item of a
federally registered partnership shall not expire before the later of
the following:
(1) The date which is five years after the date on which the
partnership return of the federally registered partnership for the
partnership taxable year in which the item arose was filed (or later,
if the date prescribed for filing the return).
(2) If the name or address of the person does not appear on the
partnership return, the date which is one year after the date on
which the information is furnished to the Franchise Tax Board in the
manner and at the place as it may prescribe.
(b) For purposes of this section, "partnership item" means both of
the following:
(1) Any item required to be taken into account for the partnership
taxable year under any provision of subchapter K of Chapter 1 of
Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that regulations
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board provide that for purposes of
this part that item is more appropriately determined at the
partnership level than at the partner level.
(2) Any other item to the extent affected by an item described in
paragraph (1).
(c) The extensions referred to in subsection (c)(4) of Section
6501 of the Internal Revenue Code, insofar as they relate to
partnership items, may, with respect to any person, be consented by
either of the following:
(1) Except to the extent the Franchise Tax Board is otherwise
notified by the partnership, by a general partner of the partnership.
(2) By any person authorized to do so by the partnership in
writing.
(d) For purposes of this section, "federally registered
partnership" means, with respect to any partnership taxable year, any
partnership for which either of the following apply:
(1) Interests have been offered for sale at any time during that
taxable year or a prior taxable year in any offering required to be
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(2) At any time during that taxable year or a prior taxable year,
was subject to the annual reporting requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission which relate to the protection of investors
in the partnership.
SEC. 74. Section 19066 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19066. (a) For the purposes of Sections 19057, 19058, and 19065,
a return of tax imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
or , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001),
except a return required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 18661)
of Chapter 2 (relating to withholding), filed before the last day
prescribed by law for filing (determined without regard to any
extension of time for filing the return), shall be considered as
filed on that day. For purposes of Section 19306, payment of any
portion of the tax made before the last day prescribed for the
payment of the tax shall be considered made on the last day.
(b) For purposes of this section, if a return required by Article
5 (commencing with Section 18661) of Chapter 2 (relating to
withholding) or a return of tax imposed by Section 13020 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code (relating to withholding tax on wages),
for any period ending with or within a calendar year is filed before
April 15 of the succeeding calendar year, that return shall be
considered filed on April 15 of that calendar year.
SEC. 75. Section 19066.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19066.5. In the case of any information that is required to be
reported to the Franchise Tax Board under Section 19141.2 or 19141.5,
the time for assessment of any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001),
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), or this part with
respect to any event or period to which that information relates
shall not expire before the date that is four years after the date on
which the Franchise Tax Board is furnished the information required
to be reported under Section 19141.2 or 19141.5, or within the
periods provided in Section 19057, 19058, 19059, 19060, 19065, 24945,
24946, Section 1033(a)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
Section 1033(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever period
expires later.
SEC. 76. Section 19071 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19071. The taxes imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) upon any taxpayer other than a
transferee for which any person other than the taxpayer is liable may
be assessed against that person in the manner provided for the
assessment of deficiencies. The taxes may be assessed at any time
within which deficiency assessments may be made against the taxpayer;
provided, however, the running of the period of limitations upon the
assessment of the liability imposed upon any person other than the
taxpayer shall, after the mailing of the notice provided for in
Section 19033 to the taxpayer, be suspended for the period during
which the taxpayer exercises an administrative remedy as provided in
Section 19041, 19045, or 19048.
SEC. 77. Section 19101 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19101. (a) If any amount of tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001), is not paid on or before the last date
prescribed for payment, interest on that amount at the adjusted
annual rate established under Section 19521 shall be paid for the
period from that last date to the date paid.
(b) For purposes of this article, the last date prescribed for
payment of the tax shall be determined under Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 19001), with the application of the following rules:
(1) The last date prescribed for payment shall be determined
without regard to any extension of time for payment or any
installment agreement entered into under Section 19008.
(2) The last date prescribed for payment shall be determined
without regard to any notice and demand for payment issued, by reason
of jeopardy as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section
19081), prior to the last date otherwise prescribed for that payment.
(3) In all other cases in which the last date for payment is not
otherwise prescribed, the last date for payment shall be deemed to be
the date the liability for tax arises (and in no event shall be
later than the date notice and demand for the tax is made by the
Franchise Tax Board).
(c) Except as provided in this article:
(1) Interest prescribed under this article on any tax shall be
paid upon notice and demand, and shall be assessed, collected, and
paid in the same manner as taxes. Any reference in Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part (except Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031), relating to
deficiency assessments) to any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) shall be deemed also to refer to interest
imposed by this article on that tax.
(2) (A) Interest shall be imposed under subdivision (a) in respect
to any assessable penalty, additional amount, or addition to the tax
(other than an addition to tax imposed under Section 19131, 19132,
or 19164) only if that assessable penalty, additional amount, or
addition to the tax is not paid within 15 calendar days from the date
of notice and demand therefor, and in that case interest shall be
imposed only for the period from the date of the notice and demand to
the date of payment.
(B) Interest shall be imposed under this article with respect to
any addition to tax imposed by Section 19131 (relating to failure to
file a return on or before the due date), Section 19132 (relating to
underpayment of tax), or Section 19164 (relating to imposition of the
accuracy-related penalty), for the period that:
(i) Begins on the date on which the return of the tax with respect
to which that addition to tax is imposed is required to be filed
(including any extensions), and
(ii) Ends on the date of payment of that addition to tax.
(3) If notice and demand is made for payment of any amount and if
that amount is paid within 15 calendar days after the date of the
notice and demand, interest under this article on the amount so paid
shall not be imposed for the period after the date of the notice and
demand.
(d) This article shall not apply to any failure to pay estimated
tax required by Section 19025 or 19136.
SEC. 78. Section 19132 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19132. (a) (1) Unless it is shown that the failure is due to
reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, a penalty computed
in accordance with paragraph (2) is hereby imposed in the case of
failure to pay any of the following:
(A) The amount shown as tax on any return on or before the date
prescribed for payment of that tax determined with regard to any
extension of time for payment.
(B) Any amount in respect of any tax required to be shown on a
return which is not so shown including an assessment made pursuant to
Section 19051 within 15 days of the date of the notice and demand
therefor.
(C) The amount required to be paid by Section 19021, if
applicable, that is not paid.
(D) The amount required to be paid by Section 17941 or 23091, if
applicable, that is not paid.
(E) The amount required to be paid by Section 17948 or 23097, if
applicable, that is not paid.
(2) The penalty imposed under paragraph (1) shall consist of both
of the following:
(A) Five percent of the total tax unpaid as defined in subdivision
(c).
(B) An amount computed at the rate of 0.5 percent per month of the
"remaining tax" as defined in subdivision (d) for each additional
month or fraction thereof not to exceed 40 months during which the
"remaining tax" is greater than zero.
(3) The aggregate amount of penalty imposed by this subdivision
shall not exceed 25 percent of the total unpaid tax and shall be due
and payable upon notice and demand by the Franchise Tax Board. The
tender of a check or money order does not constitute payment of the
tax for purposes of this section unless the check or money order is
paid on presentment.
(b) The penalty prescribed by subdivision (a) shall not be
assessed if, for the same taxable year, the sum of any penalties
imposed under Section 19131 relating to failure to file return and
Section 19133 relating to failure to file return after demand is
equal to or greater than the subdivision (a) penalty. In the event
the penalty imposed under subdivision (a) is greater than the sum of
any penalties imposed under Sections 19131 and 19133, the penalty
imposed under subdivision (a) shall be the amount which exceeds the
sum of any penalties imposed under Sections 19131 and 19133.
(c) For purposes of this section, total tax unpaid means the
amount of tax shown on the return reduced by both of the following:
(1) The amount of any part of the tax which is paid on or before
the date prescribed for payment of the tax.
(2) The amount of any credit against the tax which may be claimed
upon the return.
(d) For purposes of this section, "remaining tax" means total tax
unpaid reduced by the amount of any payment of the tax.
(e) If the amount required to be shown as a tax on a return is
less than the amount shown as tax on that return, subdivisions (a),
(c), and (d) shall be applied by substituting that lower amount.
(f) No interest shall accrue on the portion of the penalty
prescribed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(g) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision are
operative for notices issued on or after January 1, 1998.
SEC. 79. Section 19135.5 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19135.5. If a foreign limited liability business entity that
fails to qualify to do business in this state or whose powers,
rights, and privileges have been forfeited, or any domestic limited
liability business entity which has been suspended, and that is doing
business in this state, within the meaning of Section 27101, fails
to make and file a return as required by this part, the Franchise Tax
Board shall impose a penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per
taxable year, unless the failure to file is due to reasonable cause
and not willful neglect. The penalty shall be in addition to any
other penalty that may be due under this part. The penalty shall be
imposed if the return is not filed within 60 days after the Franchise
Tax Board sends the taxpayer a notice and demand to file the
required return.
SEC. 80. Section 19139 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19139. (a) (1) A taxpayer subject to the tax imposed under Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001) with an understatement of tax in
excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any taxable year shall
be subject to the penalty imposed under this section.
(2) For taxpayers included in a combined report under Section
28101 or authorized to be included in a combined report under Section
28101.5, the threshold amount prescribed in paragraph (1) shall
apply to the aggregate amount of tax liability under Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) for all taxpayers that are required
to be or authorized to be included in a combined report.
(b) The penalty under this section shall be an amount equal to 20
percent of any understatement of tax. For purposes of this section,
"understatement of tax" means the amount by which the tax imposed by
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) exceeds the amount of tax
shown on an original return or shown on an amended return filed on or
before the original or extended due date of the return for the
taxable year.
(c) The penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to
any other penalty imposed under Part 12 (commencing with Section
27001) or this part.
(d) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031), relating to
deficiency assessments, shall not apply with respect to the
assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision (a).
(e) A refund or credit for any amounts paid to satisfy a penalty
imposed under this section may be allowed only on the grounds that
the amount of the penalty was not properly computed by the Franchise
Tax Board.
(f) (1) No penalty shall be imposed under this section on any
understatement to the extent that the understatement is attributable
to a change in law that is enacted, promulgated, issued, or becomes
final after the earlier of either of the following dates:
(A) The date the taxpayer files the return for the taxable year
for which the change is operative.
(B) The extended due date for the return of the taxpayer for the
taxable year for which the change is operative.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, a "change of law" means a
statutory change or an interpretation of law or rule of law by
regulation, legal ruling of counsel, within the meaning of
subdivision (b) of Section 11340.9 of the Government Code, or a
published federal or California court decision.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall implement this subdivision in a
reasonable manner.
(g) No penalty shall be imposed under this section to the extent
that a taxpayer's understatement is attributable to the taxpayer's
reasonable reliance on written advice of the Franchise Tax Board, but
only if the written advice was a legal ruling by the Chief Counsel,
within the meaning of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section
21012.
SEC. 81. Section 19141.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19141.5. (a) (1) Section 6038A of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to information with respect to certain foreign-owned
corporations, shall apply.
(2) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to
furnish information or maintain records and that penalty shall be
determined in accordance with Section 6038A of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(3) Section 11314 of Public Law 101-508, relating to application
of amendments made by Section 7403 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act
of 1989 to taxable years beginning on or before July 10, 1989, shall
apply.
(4) Section 6038A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
enforcement of requests for certain records, is modified as follows:
(A) Each reference to Section 7602, 7603, or 7604 of the Internal
Revenue Code shall instead refer to Section 19504.
(B) Each reference to "summons" shall instead refer to "subpoena
duces tecum."
(C) Section 6038A(e)(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
refer to "superior courts of the State of California for the Counties
of Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego, and for the City and
County of San Francisco," instead of "United States district court
for the district in which the person (to whom the summons is issued)
resides or is found."
(b) In the case of a
corporation, each of the following shall apply:
(1) Section 6038B of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to notice
of certain transfers to foreign persons, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
(2) The information required to be filed with the Franchise Tax
Board under this subdivision shall be a copy of the information
required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
(3) (A) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to
furnish information and that penalty shall be determined in
accordance with Section 6038B of the Internal Revenue Code, except as
otherwise provided.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any transfer described in
Section 6038B(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) (1) Section 6038C of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
information with respect to foreign corporations engaged in United
States business, shall apply.
(2) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to
furnish information or maintain records and that penalty shall be
determined in accordance with Section 6038C of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(3) Section 6038C(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
enforcement of requests for certain records, is modified as follows:
(A) Each reference to Section 7602, 7603, or 7604 of the Internal
Revenue Code shall instead refer to Section 19504.
(B) Each reference to "summons" shall instead refer to "subpoena
duces tecum."
(d) For purposes of this part, the information required to be
filed with the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section shall be
a copy of the information filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
(e) For purposes of this section, each of the following shall
apply:
(1) Section 7701(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the term "domestic," shall apply.
(2) Section 7701(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the term "foreign," shall apply.
(3) Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the term "United States person," shall apply. However, the term
"United States person" shall not include any corporation
business entity that is not subject to the tax
imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101),
Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 23400), or Chapter 3 (commencing
with Section 23501), of Part 11 12
(commencing with Section 27001) .
SEC. 82. Section 19141.8 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19141.8. (a) Each taxpayer subject to tax under Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) shall maintain (in the location, in
the manner, and to the extent prescribed in regulations promulgated
by the Franchise Tax Board) and make available upon request all of
the following:
(1) Any records as may be appropriate to determine the correct
treatment of the components that are a part of one or more unitary
businesses for purposes of determining the net receipts derived from
or attributable to this state.
(2) Any records as may be appropriate to determine the correct
treatment of amounts that are attributable to the classification of
an item as business or nonbusiness income.
(3) Any records as may be appropriate to determine the correct
treatment of the apportionment factors.
(4) Documents and information, including any questionnaires
completed and submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, that are
necessary to audit issues involving the determination of income
subject to tax by this state.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) Information for any year shall be retained for that period of
time in which the taxpayers' business net receipts tax liability to
this state may be subject to adjustment, including all periods in
which additional taxes may be assessed, not to exceed eight years
from the due date or extended due date of the return, or during which
a protest is pending before the Franchise Tax Board, or an appeal is
pending before the State Board of Equalization, or a lawsuit is
pending in the courts of this state or the United States with respect
to California business net receipts tax.
(2) "Related party" means entities that are related because one
owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the
stock of the other or because more than 50 percent of the voting
stock of each is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
same interests.
(3) "Records" includes any books, papers, or other data.
(c) (1) If a taxpayer subject to this section fails to maintain or
fails to cause another to maintain records as required by
subdivision (a), that taxpayer shall pay a penalty of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for each taxable year with respect to which the
failure occurs.
(2) If any failure described in paragraph (1) continues for more
than 90 days after the day on which the Franchise Tax Board mails
notice of the failure to the taxpayer, that taxpayer shall pay a
penalty (in addition to the amount required under paragraph (1)) of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each 30-day period (or fraction
thereof) during which the failure continues after the expiration of
the 90-day period. The additional penalty imposed by this subdivision
shall not exceed a maximum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if
the failure to maintain or the failure to cause another to maintain
is not willful.
(3) For purposes of this section, the time prescribed by
regulations to maintain records (and the beginning of the 90-day
period after notice by the Franchise Tax Board) shall be treated as
not earlier than the last day on which (as shown to the satisfaction
of the Franchise Tax Board) reasonable cause existed for failure to
maintain the records.
(d) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may apply the rules of paragraph
(2) whether or not the board begins a proceeding to enforce a
subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum, if subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)
apply:
(A) For purposes of determining the correct treatment under Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001) of the items described in
subdivision (a), the Franchise Tax Board issues a subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum to a taxpayer to produce (either directly or as
agent for the related party) any records or testimony.
(B) The subpoena or subpoena duces tecum is not quashed in a
proceeding begun under paragraph (3) and is not determined to be
invalid in a proceeding begun under Section 19504 to enforce the
subpoena or subpoena duces tecum.
(C) The taxpayer does not substantially comply in a timely manner
with the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and the Franchise Tax Board
has sent by certified or registered mail a notice to that taxpayer
that it has not substantially complied.
(D) If the taxpayer fails to maintain or fails to cause another to
maintain records as required by subdivision (a), and by reason of
that failure, the subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum, is quashed in a
proceeding described in subparagraph (B) or the taxpayer is not able
to provide the records requested in the subpoena or subpoena duces
tecum, the Franchise Tax Board may apply the rules of paragraph (2)
to any of the items described in subdivision (a) to which the records
relate.
(2) (A) All of the following shall be determined by the Franchise
Tax Board in the Franchise Tax Board's sole discretion from the
Franchise Tax Board's own knowledge or from information the Franchise
Tax Board may obtain through testimony or otherwise:
(i) The components that are a part of one or more unitary
businesses for purposes of determining the business net receipts
derived from or attributable to this state pursuant to Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 28101) of Part 12.
(ii) Amounts that are attributable to the classification of an
item as business or nonbusiness for purposes of Chapter 3 (commencing
with Section 27501) of Part 12.
(iii) The apportionment factors for purposes of Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 28001 of Part 12.
(iv) The correct amount of income under Section 882 of, or Subpart
F of Part III of Subchapter N of, or similar provisions of, the
Internal Revenue Code.
(B) This paragraph shall apply to determine the correct treatment
of the items described in subdivision (a) unless the taxpayer is
authorized by its related parties (in the manner and at the time as
the Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe) to act as the related
parties' limited agent solely for purposes of applying Section 19504
with respect to any request by the Franchise Tax Board to examine
records or produce testimony related to any item described in
subdivision (a) or with respect to any subpoena or subpoena duces
tecum for the records or testimony. The appearance of persons or the
production of records by reason of the taxpayer being an agent shall
not subject those persons or records to legal process for any purpose
other than determining the correct treatment under Part 12 of the
items described in subdivision (a).
(C) Determinations made in the sole discretion of the Franchise
Tax Board pursuant to this paragraph may be appealed to the State
Board of Equalization, in the manner and at the time prescribed by
Section 19045 or 19324, or may be the subject of an action to recover
tax, in the manner and at a time prescribed by Section 19382. The
review of determinations by the board or the court shall be limited
to whether the determinations were arbitrary or capricious, or are
not supported by substantial evidence.
(3) (A) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law, any
reporting taxpayer to which the Franchise Tax Board issues a subpoena
or subpoena duces tecum referred to in subparagraph (A) of paragraph
(1) shall have the right to begin a proceeding to quash the subpoena
or subpoena duces tecum not later than the 90th day after the
subpoena or subpoena duces tecum was issued. In that proceeding, the
Franchise Tax Board may seek to compel compliance with the subpoena
or subpoena duces tecum.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law, any reporting
taxpayer that has been notified by the Franchise Tax Board that it
has determined that the taxpayer has not substantially complied with
a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum referred to in paragraph (1) shall
have the right to begin a proceeding to review the determination not
later than the 90th day after the day on which the notice referred
to in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) was mailed. If the proceeding
is not begun on or before the 90th day, the determination by the
Franchise Tax Board shall be binding and shall not be reviewed by any
court.
(C) The superior courts of the State of California for the
Counties of Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego, and for the City
and County of San Francisco, shall have jurisdiction to hear any
proceeding brought under subparagraphs (A) and (B). Any order or
other determination in the proceeding shall be treated as a final
order that may be appealed.
(D) If any taxpayer takes any action as provided in subparagraphs
(A) and (B), the running of any period of limitations under Sections
19057 to 19064, inclusive (relating to the assessment and collection
of tax), or under Section 19704 (relating to criminal prosecutions)
with respect to that taxpayer, that taxpayer shall be suspended for
the period during which the proceedings, and appeals therein, are
pending. In no event shall any period expire before the 90th day
after the day on which there is a final determination in the
proceeding.
SEC. 83. Section 19142 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read :
19142. (a) Except as provided in Sections 19147 and 19148 and
subdivision (b), in the case of any underpayment of tax imposed under
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) or Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), there shall be added to the tax for the
taxable year an amount determined at the rate established under
Section 19521 on the amount of the underpayment for the period of the
underpayment.
(b) (1) No addition to tax shall be imposed under this section to
the extent that the underpayment was created or increased by any
provision of law that is chaptered during and operative for the
taxable year of the underpayment.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 18415, this subdivision applies to
penalties imposed on and after January 1, 2005.
SEC. 84. Section 19144 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19144. For the purposes of Section 19142 the amount of the
underpayment shall be the excess of--
(a) (1) The amount of the
installment which would be required to be paid if the estimated tax
were equal to the applicable percentage of the tax shown on the
return for the taxable year, or (2) in the case of the tax
imposed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 23181) of Chapter 2 of
Part 11 an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the lesser of
the tax computed at the rate provided by Section 19024 (but
otherwise on the basis of the facts shown on the return and the law
applicable to the taxable year), or the tax shown on the return for
the taxable year as prescribed by Section 19021, or (3) if
no return was filed, the applicable percentage of the tax for that
year, over
(b) The amount, if any, of the installment paid on or before the
last date prescribed for payment.
(c) For purposes of this section, the "applicable percentage"
shall be as follows:
(1) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 1998, 95
percent.
(2) For taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, 100 percent.
SEC. 85. Section 19145 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to rea d:
19145. For purposes of Section 19142, the period of the
underpayment shall run from the date the installment was required to
be made to whichever of the following dates is the earlier:
(a) The 15th day of the third month following the close of the
taxable year , except in the case of an organization
described in Section 23731 subject to the tax imposed under Section
23731, in which case "fifth" shall be substituted for "third."
.
(b) With respect to any portion of the underpayment, the date on
which that portion is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, a
payment of estimated tax on any installment date shall be considered
a payment of any previous underpayment only to the extent the payment
exceeds the amount of the installment determined under subdivision
(a) of Section 19144 for the installment date.
SEC. 86. Section 19147 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19147. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19142 to 19145, inclusive,
the addition to the tax with respect to any underpayment of any
installment shall not be imposed if the total amount of all payments
of estimated tax paid on or before the last date prescribed for the
payment of the installment equals or exceeds the amount which would
have been required to be paid on or before that date if the estimated
tax were whichever of the following is the lesser:
(1) (A) The tax shown on the return of the taxpayer for the
preceding taxable year if a return showing a liability for tax was
filed by the taxpayer for the preceding year and that preceding year
was a year of 12 months. The tax shown on the return, in the
case of the tax imposed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 23181)
of Chapter 2 of Part 11, means the amount of tax shown on the return
for the taxable year as prescribed in Section 19021.
(B) In the case of a large corporation, subparagraph (A) shall not
apply, except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii).
(i) Subparagraph (A) shall apply for purposes of determining the
amount of the first required installment for any taxable year.
(ii) Any reduction in the first required installment by reason of
clause (i) shall be recaptured by increasing the amount of the next
required installment by the amount of that reduction.
(2) (A) An amount equal to the applicable percentage specified in
Section 19144 of the tax for the taxable year computed by placing on
an annualized basis the taxable income
business net receipts :
(i) For the first three months of the taxable year, in the case of
the installment required to be paid in the fourth month.
(ii) For the first three months of the taxable year, in the case
of the installment required to be paid in the sixth month.
(iii) For the first six months of the taxable year, in the case of
the installment required to be paid in the ninth month.
(iv) For the first nine months of the taxable year, in the case of
the installment required to be paid in the 12th month of the taxable
year.
(B) (i) If the taxpayer makes an election under this clause, each
of the following shall apply:
(I) Clause (i) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "two months" for "three months."
(II) Clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "four months" for "three months."
(III) Clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "seven months" for "six months."
(IV) Clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "ten months" for "nine months."
(ii) If the taxpayer makes an election under this clause, each of
the following shall apply:
(I) Clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "five months" for "three months."
(II) Clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "eight months" for "six months."
(III) Clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "eleven months" for "nine months."
(iii) An election under clause (i) or (ii) shall apply to the
taxable year for which the election is made and shall be effective
only if the election is made on or before the date required for the
payment of the first required installment for that taxable year.
(iv) This subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning on
or after January 1, 1997.
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the taxable income shall be
placed on an annualized basis in the following manner:
(i) Multiply by 12 the taxable income referred to in subparagraph
(A).
(ii) Divide the resulting amount by the number of months in the
taxable year referred to in subparagraph (A).
"Taxable income"
"Business net receipts" as used in this paragraph means
"net income" includable in the measure of tax or
"alternative minimum taxable income" (as defined by Section 23455)
"business net receipts" subject to tax under Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) .
(D) In the case of any corporation which is subject to the tax
imposed under Section 23731, any reference to taxable income shall be
treated as including a reference to unrelated business taxable
income and, except in the case of an election under subparagraph (B),
each of the following shall apply:
(i) Clause (i) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "two months" for "three months."
(ii) Clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "four months" for "three months."
(iii) Clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "seven months" for "six months."
(iv) Clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting "ten months" for "nine months."
(3) The applicable percentage specified in Section 19144 or more
of the tax for the taxable year was paid by withholding of tax
pursuant to Section 18662.
(4) The applicable percentage specified in Section 19144 or more
of the net income business net receipts
for the taxable year consists of items from which an amount was
withheld pursuant to Section 18662, the amount of the first
installment under Section 19025 equals at least the minimum franchise
tax specified in Section 23153, and the amount of any installment
under Section 19025 includes an amount equal to the applicable tax
under Section 23800.5.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, "large corporation" means
any corporation if that corporation (or any predecessor corporation)
had taxable income (computed without regard to net operating loss
deductions) of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more for any
taxable year during the testing period.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "testing period" means the
three taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year involved.
(c) (1) Any dividend received from a closely held real estate
investment trust by any person that owns (after application of
Sections 856(d)(5) and 856( l )(3)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code) 10 percent or more (by vote or value) of the stock or
beneficial interests in the trust shall be taken into account in
computing annualized income installments under paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) in a manner similar to the manner under which
partnership income inclusions are taken into account.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "closely held real
estate investment trust" means a real estate investment trust with
respect to which five or fewer persons own (after application of
Sections 856(d)(5) and 856( l )(3)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code) 50 percent or more (by vote or value) of the stock or
beneficial interests in the trust.
(3) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to estimated tax payments due on or after
January 1, 2001.
SEC. 87. Section 19149 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
19149. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 19142
to 19151, inclusive, if the amount of estimated tax due and payable
under Section 19025 is only the minimum franchise tax imposed by
Section 23153 and, if applicable, the tax of a wholly owned
subsidiary under Section 23800.5, then the addition to the tax with
respect to any underpayment of any installment imposed by Section
19142 shall be calculated only on the basis of the amount of the
minimum franchise tax and the amount of the tax of each wholly owned
subsidiary.
(b) This section shall not apply to a large corporation as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 19147.
SEC. 88. Section 19164 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19164. (a) (1) (A) An accuracy-related penalty shall be imposed
under this part and shall be determined in accordance with Section
6662 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to imposition of
accuracy-related penalty on underpayments, as amended by Section 1409
(b) of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
(Public Law 111-152), except as otherwise provided.
(B) (i) Except for understatements relating to reportable
transactions to which Section 19164.5 applies, in the case of any
proposed deficiency assessment issued after the last date of the
amnesty period specified in Chapter 9.1 (commencing with Section
19730) for any taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 2003, the
penalty specified in Section 6662(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall be computed by substituting "40 percent" for "20 percent."
(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to any taxable year of a taxpayer
beginning prior to January 1, 2003, if, as of the start date of the
amnesty program period specified in Section 19731, the taxpayer is
then under audit by the Franchise Tax Board, or the taxpayer has
filed a protest under Section 19041, or the taxpayer has filed an
appeal under Section 19045, or the taxpayer is engaged in settlement
negotiations under Section 19442, or the taxpayer has a pending
judicial proceeding in any court of this state or in any federal
court relating to the tax liability of the taxpayer for that taxable
year.
(2) With respect to corporations, this subdivision shall apply to
all of the following:
(A) All taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990 ,
and before January 1, 2013 .
(B) Any other taxable year for which an assessment is made after
July 16, 1991.
(C) For purposes of this section, references in Section 6662(e) of
the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder, relating
to treatment of an affiliated group that files a consolidated federal
return, are modified to apply to those entities required to be
included in a combined report under Section 25101 or 25110. For these
purposes, entities included in a combined report pursuant to
paragraph (4) or (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 25110 shall be
considered only to the extent required to be included in the combined
report.
(3) With respect to business entities subject to tax under Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), this subdivision shall apply to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
(3)
(4) Section 6662(d)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
is modified to provide that in the case of a corporation,
other than an "S" corporation, taxpayer subject to tax
under Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), there is a
substantial understatement
of tax for any taxable year if the amount of the understatement for
the taxable year exceeds the lesser of:
(A) Ten percent of the tax required to be shown on the return for
the taxable year (or, if greater, two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500)).
(B) Five million dollars ($5,000,000).
(4) Section 6662(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to additionally provide that the excess determined under Section
6662(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be determined
without regard to items to which Section 19164.5 applies and without
regard to items with respect to which a penalty is imposed by Section
19774.
(5) The provisions of Sections 6662(e)(1) and 6662(h)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall apply to returns filed on or after
January 1, 2010.
(b) For purposes of Section 6662(d) of the Internal Revenue Code,
Section 6664 of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 6694(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and this part, the Franchise Tax Board may
prescribe a list of positions for which the Franchise Tax Board
believes there is not substantial authority or there is no reasonable
belief that the tax treatment is more likely than not the proper tax
treatment. That list (and any revisions thereof) shall be published
through the use of Franchise Tax Board Notices or other published
positions. In addition, the "listed transactions" identified and
published pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be published on
the Web site of the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) A fraud penalty shall be imposed under this part and shall be
determined in accordance with Section 6663 of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to imposition of fraud penalty, except as otherwise
provided.
(d) (1) Section 6664 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
definitions and special rules, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(2) Section 6664(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to
returns filed on or after January 1, 2010.
(3) Section 6664(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to
appraisals prepared with respect to returns or submissions filed on
or after January 1, 2010.
(e) Except for purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 19774,
Section 6662(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.
(f) Except for purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 19774,
Section 6662(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to increase in
penalty in case of nondisclosed noneconomic substance transactions,
shall not apply.
(g) Section 6665 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
applicable rules, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(h) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to notices mailed on or after January 1,
2012.
SEC. 89. Section 19164.1 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
19164.1. (a) Any understatement determined pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 19164 (relating to the accuracy-related
penalty) may not include amounts that are attributable to the credit
allowed under Section 17052.2 (relating to the teacher retention tax
credit).
(b) This section applies only to tax credits claimed under Section
17052.2 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, and
before January 1, 2001.
SEC. 90. Section 19164.5 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19164.5. (a) A reportable transaction accuracy-related penalty
shall be imposed under this part and shall be determined in
accordance with Section 6662A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to the imposition of an accuracy-related penalty on understatements
with respect to reportable transactions, except as otherwise
provided.
(b) (1) The reportable transaction understatement, as determined
under Section 6662A(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, is modified to
not include amounts to which the penalty of Section 19774 is imposed.
(2) Section 6662A(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code is
modified to substitute the phrase "Sections 17041, 23151, 23181, or
23501" for "section 1 (section 11 in the case of a taxpayer which is
a corporation)."
(3) Section 6662A(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code is
modified to substitute the phrase "Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or , Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
" for "subtitle A."
(4) Section 6662A(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code is
modified to substitute the phrase "income or franchise
business net receipts tax" for "Federal income
tax."
(5) Section 6662A(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to additionally provide that the amount of the understatement is
increased by noneconomic transaction understatements, as defined in
Section 19774.
(c) Section 6662A(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to additionally provide that Section 6662A of the Internal Revenue
Code does not apply to amounts to which a penalty is imposed under
Section 19774.
(d) The provisions of subdivision (f) of Section 19772, relating
to the rescission of the penalty by the Chief Counsel, shall apply to
any penalty imposed by this section.
SEC. 91. Section 19169 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19169. (a) In addition to the criminal penalty provided by
Section 19712, any tax preparer who endorses or otherwise negotiates
(directly or through an agent) any warrant made in respect of the
taxes imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) ,
or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) which is issued to
a taxpayer (other than the tax preparer) shall pay a penalty of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250) with respect to each warrant. The
preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the deposit by a
bank (as defined by Section 581 of the Internal Revenue Code) of the
full amount of the warrant in the taxpayer's account in that bank for
the benefit of the taxpayer.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), "tax preparer" means any
person who prepares for compensation, or who employs one or more
persons to prepare for compensation, any return of tax imposed by
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) or any claim for refund of tax
imposed by Part 10 or , Part 11 ,
or Part 12 . For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
preparation of a substantial portion of a return or claim for refund
shall be treated as if it were the preparation of that return or
claim for refund.
A person shall not be a "tax preparer" merely because the person
does any of the following:
(1) Furnishes typing, reproducing, or other mechanical assistance.
(2) Prepares a return or claim for refund of the employer (or of
an officer or employee of the employer) by whom that person is
regularly and continuously employed.
(3) Prepares as a fiduciary a return or claim for refund for any
person.
(c) This section shall not apply where the tax preparer has
advanced the taxpayer an amount of money equal to or greater than the
amount of the taxpayer's refund.
SEC. 92. Section 19173 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19173. (a) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure
to maintain lists of advisees with respect to reportable
transactions and shall be determined in accordance with Section 6708
of the Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise provided.
(b) If a material advisor fails to meet the requirements of
subdivision (d) of Section 18648 with respect to a listed
transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code, an additional penalty shall be imposed equal to the
greater of:
(1) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(2) Fifty percent of the gross income that the material advisor
derived from that activity.
(c) A penalty imposed under this section does not apply if it is
shown that the additional information required under paragraph (1) of
subdivision (d) of Section 18648 was not identified in a Franchise
Tax Board notice issued prior to the date the transaction or shelter
was entered into.
(d) The penalty imposed by subdivision (a) shall be assessed
against the person required to maintain or provide a list under
Section 18648. The penalty may be assessed at any time during the
period ending eight years after the failure has occurred.
(e) (1) The Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board may rescind
all or any portion of any penalty imposed by this section with
respect to a list required to be maintained or provided under Section
18648, if all of the following apply:
(A) The violation is with respect to a reportable transaction,
other than a listed transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) The person on whom the penalty is imposed has a history of
complying with the requirements of this part and Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) .
(C) It is shown that the violation is due to an unintentional
mistake of fact.
(D) Imposing the penalty would be against equity and good
conscience.
(E) Rescinding the penalty would promote compliance with the
requirements of this part and Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
or , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) and
effective tax administration.
(2) The exercise of authority under paragraph (1) shall be at the
sole discretion of the Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board and
may not be delegated.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law, any
determination under this subdivision may not be reviewed in any
administrative or judicial proceeding.
(f) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of this chapter
(relating to deficiency assessments) shall not apply with respect to
the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision
(a).
(g) The penalty imposed by this section is in addition to any
penalty imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , or this part.
SEC. 93. Section 19179 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19179. (a) A penalty shall be imposed for filing a frivolous
return and shall be determined in accordance with Section 6702 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise provided.
(b) Section 6702 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied to
returns required to be filed under this part.
(c) Section 6702 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as
follows:
(1) (A) By substituting the phrase "tax imposed under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001),
or this part" for the phrase "tax imposed by this title"
contained therein.
(B) By substituting the phrase "frivolous or is based on a
position that the Franchise Tax Board has identified as frivolous
under subdivision (d) of Section 19179" for the term "frivolous"
contained therein.
(C) By substituting the phrase "reflects a desire to delay or
impede the administration of federal income tax laws as determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury or the administration of the tax
imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001), or this part as determined by the Franchise Tax
Board" for the phrase "reflects a desire to delay or impede the
administration of Federal tax laws" contained therein.
(D) By substituting the phrase "is based on a position which the
Secretary of the Treasury has identified as frivolous under Section
6702(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or the Franchise Tax Board has
identified as frivolous under subdivision (d)" for the phrase "is
based on a position which the Secretary has identified as frivolous
under subsection (c)."
(E) By substituting the phrase "If the Franchise Tax Board
provides a person with notice that a submission is a specified
frivolous submission and the person withdraws that submission within
30 days after the notice, the penalty imposed under Section 6702(b)
(1) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply with respect to that
submission" for the phrase "If the Secretary provides a person with
notice that a submission is a specified frivolous submission and such
person withdraws such submission within 30 days after such notice,
the penalty imposed under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to such submission."
(2) Section 6702(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not
apply and, in lieu thereof, the phrase "specified submission" means
any of the following:
(A) A protest under Section 19041.
(B) A request for a hearing under Section 19044.
(C) An application under any of the following sections:
(i) Section 19008, relating to agreements for payment of tax
liability in installments.
(ii) Section 19443, relating to compromises.
(iii) Section 21004, relating to actions of the Taxpayers' Rights
Advocate.
(iv) Section 21015.5, relating to a request for review prior to
levy.
(d) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe (and periodically
revise) a list of positions which the Secretary of the Treasury for
federal income tax purposes or the Franchise Tax Board has identified
as being frivolous for purposes of this section.
(2) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to any
standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board
pursuant to paragraph (1).
(e) (1) The Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board may rescind
all or any portion of any penalty imposed by this section if both of
the following apply:
(A) Imposing the penalty would be against equity and good
conscience.
(B) Rescinding the penalty would promote compliance with the
requirements of this part and Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or 17001), Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
and effective tax administration.
(2) The exercise of authority under paragraph (1) shall be at the
sole discretion of the Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board and
may not be delegated.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law, any
determination under this subdivision may not be reviewed in any
administrative or judicial proceeding.
(f) The penalties imposed by this section shall be in addition to
any other penalty provided by law.
SEC. 94. Section 19184 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19184. (a) A penalty of fifty dollars ($50) shall be imposed for
each failure, unless it is shown that the failure is due to
reasonable cause, by any person required to file who fails to file a
report at the time and in the manner required by any of the following
provisions:
(1) Subdivision (c) of Section 17507, relating to individual
retirement accounts.
(2) Section 220(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
medical savings accounts for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 1997.
(3) Subdivision (b) of Section 17140.3 or subdivision (b)
of Section 23711 relating to qualified tuition programs.
(4) Subdivision (e) of Section 23712, relating to Coverdell
education savings accounts.
(b) (1) Any individual who:
(A) Is required to furnish information under Section 17508 as to
the amount designated nondeductible contributions made for any
taxable year, and
(B) Overstates the amount of those contributions made for that
taxable year, shall pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for
each overstatement unless it is shown that the overstatement is due
to reasonable cause.
(2) Any individual who fails to file a form required to be filed
by the Franchise Tax Board under Section 17508 shall pay a penalty of
fifty dollars ($50) for each failure unless it is shown that the
failure is due to reasonable cause.
(c) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of this chapter
(relating to deficiency assessments) shall not apply in respect of
the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed under this
section.
SEC. 95. Section 19188 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
19188. With respect to any penalty or addition to tax that is
imposed on a taxpayer subject to tax under Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) under a provision of this article and that provision
refers to the Internal Revenue Code, any reference to income or
taxable income in the applicable provision of the Internal Revenue
Code shall be interpreted to mean gross receipts or business net
receipts, respectively, subject to tax under Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001).
SEC. 96. Section 19195 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19195. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
Section 6254.21 of the Government Code, the Franchise Tax Board shall
make available as a matter of public record at least twice each
calendar year a list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies in excess
of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) under Part 10 and
, Part 11 , and Part 12 of this
division. For purposes of compiling the list, a tax delinquency means
the total amount owed by a taxpayer to the State of California for
which a notice of state tax lien has been recorded in any county
recorder's office in this state, pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing
with Section 7150) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(b) For purposes of the list, a tax delinquency does not include
any of the following and may not be included on the list:
(1) A delinquency for which payment arrangements have been agreed
to by both the taxpayer and the Franchise Tax Board and the taxpayer
is in compliance with the arrangement.
(2) A delinquency for which the taxpayer has filed for bankruptcy
protection pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code.
(3) A delinquency for which the person or persons liable for the
tax have contacted the Franchise Tax Board and for which resolution
of the tax delinquency has been accepted by the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) Each list shall, with respect to each delinquency, include all
the following:
(1) The name of the person or persons liable for payment of the
tax and that person's or persons' address.
(2) The amount of tax delinquency as shown on the notice or
notices of state tax lien and any applicable interest or penalties,
less any amounts paid.
(3) The earliest date that a notice of state tax lien was filed.
(4) The type of tax that is delinquent.
(5) The type, status, and license number of any occupational or
professional license held by the person or persons liable for payment
of the tax.
(6) The names and titles of the principal officers of the person
liable for payment of the tax if that person is a limited liability
company or corporation. The Franchise Tax Board shall refer to the
limited liability company's or the corporation's Statement of
Information filed with the Secretary of State or to the limited
liability company's or the corporation's tax return filed pursuant to
this part to determine the principal officers of the limited
liability company or corporation. Principal officers appearing on a
list solely pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to
Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code, or Section
10295.4 of the Public Contract Code.
(d) Prior to making a tax delinquency a matter of public record as
required by this section, the Franchise Tax Board shall provide a
preliminary written notice to the person or persons liable for the
tax by certified mail, return receipt requested. If within 30 days
after issuance of the notice, the person or persons do not remit the
amount due or make arrangements with the Franchise Tax Board for
payment of the amount due, the tax delinquency shall be included on
the list.
(e) The list described in subdivision (a) shall include the
following:
(1) The telephone number and address of the Franchise Tax Board
office to contact if a person believes placement of his or her name
on the list is in error.
(2) The aggregate number of persons that have appeared on the list
who have satisfied their delinquencies in their entirety and the
dollar amounts, in the aggregate, that have been paid attributable to
those delinquencies.
(f) As promptly as feasible, but no later than five business days
from the occurrence of any of the following, the Franchise Tax Board
shall remove that taxpayer's name from the list of tax delinquencies:
(1) Tax delinquencies for which the person liable for the tax has
contacted the Franchise Tax Board and resolution of the delinquency
has been arranged.
(2) Tax delinquencies for which the Franchise Tax Board has
verified that an active bankruptcy proceeding has been initiated.
(3) Tax delinquencies for which the Franchise Tax Board has
verified that a bankruptcy proceeding has been completed and there
are no assets available with which to pay the delinquent amount or
amounts.
(4) Tax delinquencies that the Franchise Tax Board has determined
to be uncollectible.
(g) A person whose delinquency appears on the list, and who
satisfies that delinquency in whole or in part, may request the
Franchise Tax Board to include in its list any payments that person
made to satisfy the delinquency. Upon receipt of that request, the
Franchise Tax Board shall include those payments on the list as
promptly as feasible.
(h) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person whose delinquency
appeared on the list and whose name has been removed pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) shall comply with the terms of the
arranged resolution. If the person fails to do so, the Franchise Tax
Board may add that person's name to the list of delinquencies without
providing the prior written notice otherwise required by subdivision
(d).
SEC. 97. Section 19201 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19201. If any amount due under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) , or any amount that may be
collected by the Franchise Tax Board as though it were a tax, is not
paid, the Franchise Tax Board may file in the Office of the County
Clerk of Sacramento County, or any other county, a certificate
specifying the amount due, the name and last known address of the
taxpayer liable for the amount due, and the fact that the Franchise
Tax Board has complied with all provisions of the law in the
computation and levy of the amount due, and a request that judgment
be entered against the taxpayer in the amount set forth in the
certificate.
SEC. 98. Section 19202 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19202. The county clerk immediately upon the filing of the
certificate shall enter a judgment for the people of the State of
California against the taxpayer in the amount set forth in the
certificate. The county clerk may file the judgment in a loose-leaf
book entitled "Personal Income Tax Judgments , "
or "Bank and Corporation Tax Judgments," or "Business
Net Receipts Tax Judgments," as appropriate.
SEC. 99. Section 19221 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19221. (a) If any taxpayer or person fails to pay any liability
imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or
, Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) ,
or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) at the time that it
becomes due and payable, the amount thereof, (including any interest,
additional amount, addition to tax, or penalty, together with any
costs that may accrue in addition thereto) shall thereupon be a
perfected and enforceable state tax lien. This lien is subject to
Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7150) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
the Government Code.
(b) For the purpose of this section, amounts are "due and payable"
on the following dates:
(1) For amounts of any liability disclosed on a return filed on or
before the date payment is due (with regard to any extension of time
to pay), the date the amount is established on the records of the
Franchise Tax Board, except that in no case will it be prior to the
day after the payment due date;
(2) For amounts of any liability disclosed on a return filed after
the date payment is due (with regard to any extension of time to
pay), the date the amount is established on the records of the
Franchise Tax Board;
(3) For amounts of any liability determined under Section 19081 or
19082 (pertaining to jeopardy assessments), the date the notice of
the Franchise Tax Board's finding is mailed or issued;
(4) For all other amounts of liability, the date the assessment is
final.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), during any period that
Section 362 of Title 11 of the United States Code applies, any tax
lien that would otherwise attach to property by reason of subdivision
(a) shall not take effect, unless the tax is a debt of the debtor
that will not be discharged in the bankruptcy proceeding and the
property or its proceeds are transferred out of the bankruptcy estate
to, or otherwise revested in, the debtor.
SEC. 100. Section 19222 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19222. For the purposes of this section, if any certified,
treasurer's, or cashier's check (or other guaranteed draft), or any
money order received in payment of any liability imposed under Part
10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part is not duly paid, the state shall, in addition to its right to
exact payment from the party originally indebted therefor, have a
perfected and enforceable state tax lien for the amount of that check
(or draft) upon all the assets of the financial institution on which
drawn or for the amount of that money order upon all the assets of
the issuer thereof. The lien referred to in the preceding sentence
shall be subject to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7150) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code.
SEC. 101. Section 19254 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19254. (a) (1) If any person, other than an organization exempt
from taxation under Section 23701 or 27701 , fails to pay
any amount of tax, penalty, addition to tax, interest, or other
liability imposed and delinquent under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), or this part, a collection
cost recovery fee shall be imposed if the Franchise Tax Board has
mailed notice to that person for payment that advises that continued
failure to pay the amount due may result in collection action,
including the imposition of a collection cost recovery fee. The
collection cost recovery fee shall be in the amount of:
(A) In the case of an individual , partnership, limited
liability company classified as a partnership for California income
tax purposes, or fiduciary, eighty-eight dollars ($88) or
an amount as adjusted under subdivision (b).
(B) In the case of a business entity subject to tax under
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), other than an individual
corporation or limited liability company classified as
a corporation for California income tax purposes , one
hundred sixty-six dollars ($166) or an amount as adjusted under
subdivision (b).
(2) If any person, other than an organization exempt from taxation
under Section 23701 or 27701 , fails or refuses to make
and file a tax return required by Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), or this part, within 25 days
after formal legal demand to file the tax return is mailed to that
person by the Franchise Tax Board, the Franchise Tax Board shall
impose a filing enforcement cost recovery fee in the amount of:
(A) In the case of an individual , partnership, limited
liability company classified as a partnership for California income
tax purposes, or fiduciary, fifty-one dollars ($51) or an
amount as adjusted under subdivision (b).
(B) In the case of a business entity subject to tax under
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), other than an individual
corporation or limited liability company classified as
a corporation for California income tax purposes , one
hundred nineteen dollars ($119) or an amount as adjusted under
subdivision (b).
(b) For fees imposed under this section during the fiscal year
1993-94 and fiscal years thereafter, the amount of those fees shall
be set to reflect actual costs and shall be specified in the annual
Budget Act.
(c) Interest shall not accrue with respect to the cost recovery
fees provided by this section.
(d) The amounts provided by this section are obligations imposed
by this part and may be collected in any manner provided under this
part for the collection of a tax.
(e) Subdivision (a) is operative with respect to the notices for
payment or formal legal demands to file, either of which is mailed on
or after September 15, 1992.
(f) The Franchise Tax Board shall determine the total amount of
the cost recovery fees collected or accrued through June 30, 1993,
and shall notify the Controller of that amount. The Controller shall
transfer that amount to the Franchise Tax Board, and that amount is
hereby appropriated to the board for the 1992-93 fiscal year for
reimbursement of its collection and filing enforcement efforts.
SEC. 102. Section 19255 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19255. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and
(e), after 20 years have lapsed from the date the latest tax
liability for a taxable year or the date any other liability that is
not associated with a taxable year becomes "due and payable" within
the meaning of Section 19221, the Franchise Tax Board may not collect
that amount and the taxpayer's liability to the state for that
liability is abated by reason of lapse of time. Any actions taken by
the Franchise Tax Board to collect an uncollectible liability shall
be released, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated by the Franchise Tax
Board, and no subsequent administrative or civil action shall be
taken or brought to collect all or part of that uncollectible amount.
Any amounts received in contravention of this section shall be
considered an overpayment pursuant to Section 19306 that may be
credited and refunded in accordance with Section 19301.
(b) If a timely civil action filed pursuant to Article 2 of
Chapter 6 of this part is commenced, or a claim is filed in a probate
action, the period for which the liability is collectable shall be
extended and shall not expire until that liability, probate claim, or
judgment against the taxpayer arising from that liability is
satisfied or becomes unenforceable under the laws applicable to the
enforcement of civil judgments.
(c) For purposes of this section, both of the following apply:
(1) "Tax liability" means a liability imposed under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), or this
part, and includes any additions to tax, interest, penalties, fees
and any other amounts relating to the imposed liability.
(2) If more than one liability is "due and payable" for a
particular taxable year, with the exception of a liability resulting
from a penalty imposed under Section 19777.5, the "due and payable"
date that is later in time shall be the date upon which the 20-year
limitation of subdivision (a) commences.
(d) This section shall not apply to amounts subject to collection
by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to Article 5, 5.5, or 6 of this
chapter, or any other amount that is not a tax imposed under Part 10
or , Part 11, or Part 12,
but which the Franchise Tax Board is collecting as though it were a
final personal income tax delinquency.
(e) (1) The expiration of the period of limitation on collection
under this section shall be suspended for the following periods:
(A) The period that the Franchise Tax Board is prohibited from
involuntary collection under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b) of Section 19271 relating to collection of child
support delinquencies, plus 60 days thereafter.
(B) The period during which the Franchise Tax Board is prohibited
by reason of a bankruptcy case from collecting, plus six months
thereafter.
(C) The period described under subdivision (d) of Section 19008
relating to installment payment agreements.
(D) The period during which collection is postponed by operation
of law under Section 18571, related to postponement by reason of
service in a combat zone, or under Section 18572, related to
postponement by reason of presidentially declared disaster or
terroristic or military action.
(E) During any other period during which collection of a tax is
suspended, postponed, or extended by operation of law.
(2) A suspension of the period of limitation under this
subdivision shall apply with respect to both parties of any liability
that is joint and several.
(f) This section shall be applied on and after July 1, 2006, to
any liability "due and payable" before, on, or after that date.
SEC. 103. Section 19280 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19280. (a) (1) Fines, state or local penalties, bail,
forfeitures, restitution fines, restitution orders, or any other
amounts imposed by a superior court of the State of California upon a
person or any other entity that are due and payable in an amount
totaling no less than one hundred dollars ($100), in the aggregate,
for criminal offenses, including all offenses involving a violation
of the Vehicle Code, and any amounts due pursuant to Section 903.1 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code may, no sooner than 90 days after
payment of that amount becomes delinquent, be referred by the
superior court, the county, or the state to the Franchise Tax Board
for collection under guidelines prescribed by the Franchise Tax
Board. Unless the victim of the crime notifies the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to the contrary, the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation may refer a restitution order to the
Franchise Tax Board, in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(2), for any person subject to the restitution order who is or has
been under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision:
(A) The amounts referred by the superior court, the county, or
state under this section may include an administrative fee and any
amounts that a government entity may add to the court-imposed
obligation as a result of the underlying offense, trial, or
conviction. For purposes of this article, those amounts shall be
deemed to be imposed by the court.
(B) Restitution orders may be referred to the Franchise Tax Board
only by a government entity, as agreed upon by the Franchise Tax
Board, provided that all of the following apply:
(i) The government entity has the authority to collect on behalf
of the state or the victim.
(ii) The government entity shall be responsible for distributing
the restitution order collections, as appropriate.
(iii) The government entity shall ensure, in making the referrals
and distributions, that it coordinates with any other related
collection activities that may occur by superior courts, counties, or
other state agencies.
(iv) The government entity shall ensure compliance with laws
relating to the reimbursement of the State Restitution Fund.
(C) The Franchise Tax Board shall establish criteria for referral,
which shall include setting forth a minimum dollar amount subject to
referral and collection.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board, in conjunction with the Judicial
Council, shall seek whatever additional resources are needed to
accept referrals from all 58 counties or superior courts.
(c) Upon written notice to the debtor from the Franchise Tax
Board, any amount referred to the Franchise Tax Board under
subdivision (a) and any interest thereon, including any interest on
the amount referred under subdivision (a) that accrued prior to the
date of referral, shall be treated as final and due and payable to
the State of California, and shall be collected from the debtor by
the Franchise Tax Board in any manner authorized under the law for
collection of a delinquent personal income tax liability, including,
but not limited to, issuance of an order and levy under Article 4
(commencing with Section 706.070) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title
9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure in the manner provided
for earnings withholding orders for taxes.
(d) (1) Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), this part, Part
10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), and Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , and Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) shall apply to amounts referred under this
article in the same manner and with the same force and effect and to
the full extent as if the language of those laws had been
incorporated in full into this article, except to the extent that any
provision is either inconsistent with this article or is not
relevant to this article.
(2) Any information, information sources, or enforcement remedies
and capabilities available to the court or the state referring to the
amount due described in subdivision (a), shall be available to the
Franchise Tax Board to be used in conjunction with, or independent
of, the information, information sources, or remedies and
capabilities available to the Franchise Tax Board for purposes of
administering Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), this part,
Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), or Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001) .
(e) The activities required to implement and administer this part
shall not interfere with the primary mission of the Franchise Tax
Board to administer Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
and , Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001)
, and Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) .
(f) For amounts referred for collection under subdivision (a),
interest shall accrue at the greater of the rate applicable to the
amount due being collected or the rate provided under Section 19521.
When notice of the amount due includes interest and is mailed to the
debtor and the amount is paid within 15 days after the date of
notice, interest shall not be imposed for the period after the date
of notice.
(g) In no event shall a collection under this article be construed
as a payment of income taxes imposed under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or , Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) .
SEC. 104. Section 19290 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19290. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall enter
into an agreement with the Franchise Tax Board that transfers
responsibility from the department to the Franchise Tax Board for the
collection of delinquent fees, wages, penalties, and costs, and any
interest thereon, effective July 1, 1995. Under the agreement, the
Franchise Tax Board shall collect unsatisfied judgments that are
issued pursuant to Sections 98.2, 226.5, 1023, 1289, 2681, and 6650
of the Labor Code. The agreement shall also provide for the
collection of delinquent debts that result from a final determination
by the department after the exhaustion of appeal remedies pursuant
to Sections 98.3, 210, 1174.5, 1193.6, 1194, 1194.2, 1197.1, 1197.5,
1771, 1774, 3722, 7314, 7350, 7721, and 7904 of the Labor Code. The
agreement shall specify the terms under which fees, wages, penalties,
and costs, and any interest thereon, become subject to collection by
the Franchise Tax Board.
The agreement may also provide for reimbursement to the Franchise
Tax Board on the basis of a percentage of the amount of revenue
realized as a result of the Franchise Tax Board's services, provided
that the amount of any reimbursement shall not exceed the actual
costs of collection, including court costs and reasonable attorney's
fees. Wherever possible the collection costs shall be borne by the
judgment debtor. Any fee for the recovery of wages shall not be paid
by the workers. The department shall adopt rules and regulations to
provide for a reasonable fee to cover actual collection costs. The
Franchise Tax Board shall be entitled to court costs and reasonable
attorney's fees as a judgment creditor under subdivision (i) of
Section 98.2 of the Labor Code.
(b) Upon written notice to the obligor from the Franchise Tax
Board, any amount referred to the Franchise Tax Board under
subdivision (a) and any interest thereon, including any interest on
the amount referred under subdivision (a) that accrued prior to the
date of referral and any fee imposed to cover collection costs as
provided under subdivision (a), shall be treated as final and due and
payable to the State of California, and shall be collected from the
obligor by the Franchise Tax Board in any manner authorized under the
law for collection of a delinquent personal income tax liability,
including, but not limited to, issuance of an order and levy under
Article 4 (commencing with Section 706.070) of Chapter 5 of Division
2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in the manner
provided for earnings withholding orders for taxes.
(c) (1) Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), this part, Part
10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), and Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , and Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) shall apply to amounts referred under this
article in the same manner and with the same force and effect and to
the full extent as if the language of those laws had been
incorporated in full into this article, except to the extent that any
provision is either inconsistent with this article or is not
relevant to this article.
(2) Any information, information sources, or enforcement remedies
and capabilities available to the agency referring the amount due
described in subdivision (a), shall be available to the Franchise Tax
Board to be used in conjunction with, or independent of, the
information, information sources, or remedies and capabilities
available to the Franchise Tax Board for purposes of administering
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), this part, Part 10.7
(commencing with Section 21001), or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) .
(d) The activities required to implement and administer this part
shall not interfere with the primary mission of the Franchise Tax
Board to administer Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
and , Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001)
, and Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) .
(e) For amounts referred for collection under subdivision (a),
interest shall accrue at the greater of the rate applicable to the
amount due being collected or the rate provided under Section 19521.
When notice of the amount due includes interest and is mailed to the
obligor, and the amount is paid within 15 days after the date of
notice, interest shall not be imposed for the period after the date
of notice.
(f) In no event shall a collection under this article be construed
as a payment of income taxes imposed under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(g) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision are
operative for notices issued on or after January 1, 1998.
SEC. 105. Section 19301 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19301. (a) If the Franchise Tax Board or the board, as the case
may be, finds that there has been an overpayment of any liability
imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , or this part by a taxpayer for any year for
any reason, the amount of the overpayment may be credited against any
amount then due from the taxpayer and the balance shall be refunded
to the taxpayer.
(b) In the case of a joint return filed under Section 18521, the
amount of the overpayment may be credited against the amount then due
from both taxpayers and the balance shall be refunded to both
taxpayers in the names under which the return was paid.
(c) In the case of a corporation, the balance shall be refunded to
the taxpayer or its successor through reorganization, merger, or
consolidation, or to its shareholders upon dissolution.
SEC. 106. Section 19313 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19313. (a) In the case of any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) with respect to any person, the period for
filing a claim for credit or refund of any overpayment attributable
to any partnership item of a federally registered partnership shall
not expire before the later of the following:
(1) The date which is five years after the date prescribed by law
(including extensions thereof) for filing the partnership return for
the partnership taxable year in which the item arose.
(2) If an agreement under Section 6501(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 extending the period for the assessment of any
deficiency attributable to the partnership item is made before the
date specified in paragraph (1), the date six months after the
expiration of the extension.
In any case to which the preceding sentence applies, the amount of
the credit or refund may exceed the portion of the tax paid within
the period provided in Section 19306 or 19308, whichever is
applicable.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "partnership item" and
"federally registered partnership" have the same meanings as when
used in Section 19063.
SEC. 107. Section 19314 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19314. (a) Notwithstanding any statute of limitations otherwise
provided for in this part, any overpayment due a taxpayer for any
year, shall be allowed as an offset in computing any deficiency in
tax, for the same or any other year, if the overpayment results from
any of the following:
(1) A transfer of items of income or deductions or both to or from
another year for the same taxpayer.
(2) A transfer of items of income or deductions or both for the
same year for a related taxpayer described in Section 19110.
(3) A transfer of items of income , receipt,
purchase, or deductions , or both, to or from
another taxpayer for the same or different years if the items of
income , receipt, purchase, or deductions are transferred
between affiliated taxpayers whose tax is determined under Chapter 17
(commencing with Section 25101) of Part 11 or Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 28001) of Part 12 .
(b) The offset provided under subdivision (a) shall not be allowed
after the expiration of seven years from the due date of the return
or returns on which the overpayment is determined.
(c) No refund shall be allowed under subdivision (a) unless before
the period set forth in Section 19306 a claim therefor is filed by
the taxpayer or unless before the expiration of that period the
Franchise Tax Board has allowed a credit or made a refund.
SEC. 108. Section 19340 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19340. Interest shall be allowed and paid on any overpayment in
respect of any tax, at the adjusted annual rate established pursuant
to Section 19521 as follows:
(a) In the case of a credit, from the date of the overpayment to
the due date of the amount for which the credit is allowed. Any
interest allowed on any credit shall first be credited on any amounts
due from the taxpayer under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
this part, or Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) .
(b) In the case of a refund, including a refund in excess of tax
liability as prescribed in subdivision (j) of Section 17053.5, from
the date of the overpayment to a date preceding the date of the
refund warrant by not more than 30 days, the date to be determined by
the Franchise Tax Board.
SEC. 109. Section 19365 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is repealed.
19365. (a) (1) A corporation electing to be treated as an "S
corporation" for a taxable year beginning in 2002 under Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 23800) of Part 11 may file an application
for the transfer of an overpayment with respect to payments of
estimated tax for taxable years beginning in 2002 to the personal
income tax accounts of its shareholders. An application under this
subdivision shall not constitute a claim for credit or refund.
(2) An application under this subdivision shall be verified in the
manner prescribed by Section 18621 in the case of the taxpayer, and
shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the Franchise Tax
Board. The application shall set forth all of the following:
(A) The amount the "S corporation" estimates as its tax liability
under this part for the taxable year, which shall not be less than
the greater of 11/2 percent of its net income or the applicable
minimum franchise tax.
(B) The amount and date of the estimated tax paid during the
taxable year.
(C) For each shareholder affected, his or her name, social
security account number, address, and percentage of ownership, and
any changes in that percentage of ownership for the S corporation's
taxable year, the amount of each overpayment to be transferred, and
the date the amount was paid.
(D) Any other information for purposes of carrying out this
section as may be required by the Franchise Tax Board.
(b) (1) Within a period of 45 days from the date on which an
application for a transfer is filed under subdivision (a), the
Franchise Tax Board shall make, to the extent it deems practicable in
that period, a limited examination of the application to discover
omissions and errors therein, and shall determine the final amount of
the transfers upon the basis of the application and the examination,
except that the Franchise Tax Board may disallow, without further
action, any application which it finds contains material omissions or
errors which it deems cannot be corrected within the 45-day period.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board, within the 45-day period referred to
in paragraph (1), may credit the amount of the overpayment against
any liability on the part of the taxpayer under Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001).
(3) In the event the amount available for transfer is less than
requested by the taxpayer, the overpayment amount shall be allocated
among the shareholders on a pro rata basis based on their percentage
of ownership stated on the application.
(4) For purposes of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001), and this part, the transferred
amounts shall be treated as if they had been estimated tax payments
paid by the respective shareholders on the date originally paid by
the corporation.
(5) No application under subdivision (a) shall be allowed unless
the amount to be transferred equals or exceeds five hundred dollars
($500).
(6) Each S corporation which files an application for transfer of
overpayments under subdivision (a) shall furnish to each person who
is a shareholder at any time during the taxable year a statement
showing amounts and dates of the overpayments being transferred to
that person's personal income tax account.
SEC. 110. Section 19371 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19371. (a) At any time within 10 years after the determination of
liability for any tax, penalties, and interest, or within the period
during which a lien is in force as the result of the recording of an
abstract under Section
19203 or of the recording or filing of a notice of state tax lien
under Section 7171 of the Government Code, the Franchise Tax Board
may bring an action in the courts of this state, of any other state,
or of the United States in the name of the people of the State of
California to recover the amount of any taxes, penalties, and
interest due and unpaid under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part.
(b) The amendments made by Sections 41 and 108 of Chapter 117 of
the Statutes of 1991 shall apply to any of the following:
(1) Taxes assessed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), or this part after July 16, 1991.
(2) Taxes assessed on or before July 16, 1991, under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), or this part, if the period specified in subdivision (a),
determined without regard to those amendments, has not expired on
July 16, 1991.
SEC. 111. Section 19374 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19374. In the action a certificate by the Franchise Tax Board
showing the delinquency shall be prima facie evidence of the levy of
the tax, penalties and interest of the delinquency, and of the
compliance by the Franchise Tax Board and the board with all the
provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001, and this part in relation to the computation and
levy of the tax.
SEC. 112. Section 19377 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19377. (a) The Franchise Tax Board may enter into agreement with
one or more persons for the purpose of collecting delinquent accounts
with respect to amounts assessed or imposed under Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), or this
part, provided the agreements do not cause the net displacement of
civil service employees. The agreement may provide for the rate and
manner of payment for the contracted collection services. However,
the consideration payable by the Franchise Tax Board under the
agreement shall not be included in the amounts to be collected from
the tax debtor by the contractor providing collection services.
(b) For purposes of this section, "displacement" includes layoff,
demotion, involuntary transfer to a new class, involuntary transfer
to a new location requiring a change of residence, and time base
reductions. "Displacement" does not include changes in shifts or days
off, nor does it include reassignment to any other position within
the same class and general location.
SEC. 113. Section 19441 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19441. (a) The Franchise Tax Board or any person authorized in
writing by the Franchise Tax Board is authorized to enter into an
agreement in writing with any person (or the person or estate for
whom that person acts) in respect of any tax, interest, penalty, or
addition to tax levied under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), or this part for any taxable period.
(b) If the agreement is approved by the Franchise Tax Board,
itself, within the time as may be stated in the agreement, or later
agreed to, the agreement shall be final and conclusive, and except
upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance, or misrepresentation of a
material fact:
(1) The case shall not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon
or the agreement modified, by any officer, employee, or agent of the
state, and
(2) In any suit, action, or proceeding, the agreement, or any
determination, assessment, collection, payment, abatement, refund, or
credit made in accordance therewith, shall not be annulled,
modified, set aside, or disregarded.
SEC. 114. Section 19443 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19443. (a) (1) The Executive Officer and Chief Counsel of the
Franchise Tax Board, jointly, or their delegates, may compromise any
final tax liability in which the reduction of tax is seven thousand
five hundred dollars ($7,500) or less.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Franchise Tax Board,
upon recommendation by its executive officer and chief counsel,
jointly, may compromise a final tax liability involving a reduction
in tax in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500). Any
recommendation for approval of an offer in compromise that is not
either approved or disapproved by the Franchise Tax Board, itself,
within 45 days of the submission of the recommendation shall be
deemed approved.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board, itself, may by resolution delegate to
the executive officer and the chief counsel, jointly, the authority
to compromise a final tax liability in which the reduction of tax is
in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) but less
than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(b) For purposes of this section, "a final tax liability" means
any final tax liability arising under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or , Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section
27001), or related interest, additions to tax, penalties, or
other amounts assessed under this part.
(c) For an amount to be compromised under this section, the
following conditions shall exist:
(1) The taxpayer shall establish that the:
(A) Amount offered in payment is the most that can be expected to
be paid or collected from the taxpayer's present assets or income,
and
(B) Taxpayer does not have reasonable prospects of acquiring
increased income or assets that would enable the taxpayer to satisfy
a greater amount of the liability than the amount offered, within a
reasonable period of time.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall have determined that acceptance
of the compromise is in the best interest of the state.
(d) A determination by the Franchise Tax Board that it would not
be in the best interest of the state to accept an offer in compromise
in satisfaction of a final tax liability shall not be subject to
administrative appeal or judicial review.
(e) When an offer in compromise is either accepted or rejected, or
the terms and conditions of a compromise agreement are fulfilled,
the Franchise Tax Board shall notify the taxpayer in writing.
(f) In the case of a joint and several liability, the acceptance
of an offer in compromise from one liable spouse shall not relieve
the other spouse from paying the entire liability. However, the
amount of the liability shall be reduced by the amount of the
accepted offer.
(g) Whenever a compromise of tax or penalties or total tax and
penalties in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) is approved, there
shall be placed on file for at least one year in the office of the
Executive Officer of the Franchise Tax Board a public record with
respect to that compromise. The public record shall include all of
the following information:
(1) The name of the taxpayer.
(2) The amount of unpaid tax, and related penalties, additions to
tax, interest, or other amounts involved.
(3) The amount offered.
(4) A summary of the reason why the compromise is in the best
interest of the state.
The public record shall not include any information that relates
to any trade secret, patent, process, style of work, apparatus,
business secret, or organizational structure, that if disclosed,
would adversely affect the taxpayer or the national defense. No list
shall be prepared and no releases distributed by the Franchise Tax
Board in connection with these statements.
(h) Any compromise made under this section may be rescinded, all
compromised liabilities may be reestablished (without regard to any
statute of limitations that otherwise may be applicable), and no
portion of the amount offered in compromise refunded, if either of
the following occurs:
(1) The Franchise Tax Board determines that any person did any of
the following acts regarding the making of the offer:
(A) Concealed from the Franchise Tax Board any property belonging
to the estate of any taxpayer or other person liable for the tax.
(B) Received, withheld, destroyed, mutilated, or falsified any
book, document, or record or made any false statement, relating to
the estate or financial condition of the taxpayer or other person
liable for the tax.
(2) The taxpayer fails to either:
(A) Comply with any of the terms and conditions relative to the
offer.
(B) File subsequent required returns and pay subsequent final tax
liabilities within 20 days after the Franchise Tax Board issues
notice and demand to the person stating that the continued failure to
file or pay the tax may result in rescission of the compromise.
(i) This section shall become operative on the effective date of
the act adding this section without regard to the taxable year at
issue.
SEC. 115. Section 19501 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19501. The Franchise Tax Board shall administer and enforce Part
10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 10.7 (commencing with
Section 21001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), and this part. For this
purpose, it may divide the state into a reasonable number of
districts, in each of which a branch office or offices may be
maintained during all or part of the time as may be necessary.
SEC. 116. Section 19503 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19503. (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe all rules and
regulations necessary for the enforcement of Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , and this part and may prescribe the extent to
which any ruling (including any judicial decision or any
administrative determination other than by regulation) shall be
applied without retroactive effect.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, no
regulation relating to Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) ,
or this part shall apply to any taxable year ending before the date
on which any notice substantially describing the expected contents of
any regulation is issued to the public.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to either of the following:
(A) Regulations issued within 24 months of the date of the
enactment of the statutory provision to which the regulation relates.
(B) Regulations issued within 24 months of the date that temporary
or final federal regulations with respect to statutory provisions to
which California conforms are filed with the Federal Register.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board may provide that any regulation may
take effect or apply retroactively to prevent abuse.
(4) The Franchise Tax Board may provide that any regulation may
apply retroactively to correct a procedural defect in the issuance of
any prior regulation.
(5) The limitation of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
regulation relating to the Franchise Tax Board's policies, practices,
or procedures.
(6) The limitation of paragraph (1) may be superseded by a
legislative grant of authority to the Franchise Tax Board to
prescribe the effective date with respect to any regulation.
(7) The Franchise Tax Board may provide for any taxpayer to elect
to apply any regulation before the dates specified in paragraph (1).
(c) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision are
operative with respect to regulations which relate to California
statutory provisions enacted on or after January 1, 1998.
SEC. 117. Section 19504 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19504. (a) The Franchise Tax Board, for the purpose of
administering its duties under this part, including ascertaining the
correctness of any return; making a return where none has been made;
determining or collecting the liability of any person in respect of
any liability imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), or this part (or the liability at law or
in equity of any transferee in respect of that liability); shall have
the power to require by demand, that an entity of any kind
including, but not limited to, employers, persons, or financial
institutions provide information or make available for examination or
copying at a specified time and place, or both, any book, papers, or
other data which may be relevant to that purpose. Any demand to a
financial institution shall comply with the California Right to
Financial Privacy Act set forth in Chapter 20 (commencing with
Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
Information that may be required upon demand includes, but is not
limited to, any of the following:
(1) Addresses and telephone numbers of persons designated by the
Franchise Tax Board.
(2) Information contained on Federal Form W-2 (Wage and Tax
Statement), Federal Form W-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance
Certificate), or State Form DE-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance
Certificate).
(b) The Franchise Tax Board may require the attendance of the
taxpayer or of any other person having knowledge in the premises and
may take testimony and require material proof for its information and
administer oaths to carry out this part.
(c) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may issue subpoenas or subpoenas
duces tecum, which subpoenas must be signed by any member of the
Franchise Tax Board, and may be served on any person for any purpose.
(2) For taxpayers that have been contacted by the Franchise Tax
Board regarding the use of an abusive tax avoidance transaction, as
defined in Section 19777, the subpoena may be signed by any member of
the Franchise Tax Board, the Executive Officer of the Franchise Tax
Board, or any designee.
(d) Obedience to subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum issued in
accordance with this section may be enforced by application to the
superior court as set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section
11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.
(e) When examining a return, the Franchise Tax Board shall not use
financial status or economic reality examination techniques to
determine the existence of unreported income of any taxpayer unless
the Franchise Tax Board has a reasonable indication that there is a
likelihood of unreported income. This subdivision applies to any
examination beginning on or after October 10, 1999.
(f) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to subpoenas issued on or after the effective
date of the act adding this subdivision.
SEC. 118. Section 19504.5 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19504.5. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no
subpoena may be issued under this part and the Franchise Tax Board
may not begin any action under Article 2 (commencing with Section
1180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code to enforce any subpoena to produce or analyze any
tax-related computer software source code.
(2) Any software and related materials that are provided to the
Franchise Tax Board under this part shall be subject to the
safeguards under subdivision (c).
(b) (1) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to any
portion, item, or component of the tax-related computer software
source code if all of the following apply:
(A) The Franchise Tax Board is unable to otherwise reasonably
ascertain the correctness of any item on a return from either of the
following:
(i) The taxpayer's books, papers, records, or other data.
(ii) The computer software executable code (and any modifications
thereof) to which the source code relates and any associated data
which, when executed, produces the output to ascertain the
correctness of the item.
(B) The Franchise Tax Board identifies with reasonable specificity
the portion, item, or component of the source code needed to verify
the correctness of the item on the return.
(C) The Franchise Tax Board determines that the need for the
portion, item, or component of the source code with respect to the
item outweighs the risks of unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets.
(2) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to any of the
following:
(A) Any inquiry into any offense connected with the administration
or enforcement of this part, Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), or
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001) .
(B) Any tax-related computer software source code acquired or
developed by the taxpayer or related person primarily for internal
use by the taxpayer or that person rather than for commercial
distribution.
(C) Any communications between the owner of the tax-related
computer software source code and the taxpayer or related persons.
(D) Any tax-related computer software source code which is
required to be provided or made available pursuant to any other
provision of this part, Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) .
(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Franchise Tax Board shall
be treated as meeting the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of that paragraph if all of the following apply:
(A) The Franchise Tax Board determines that it is not feasible to
determine the correctness of an item without access to the computer
software executable code and associated data described in clause (ii)
of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
(B) The Franchise Tax Board makes a formal request to the taxpayer
for the code and data and to the owner of the computer software
source code for the executable code.
(C) The code and data are not provided within 180 days of that
request.
(4) In any proceeding brought under Article 2 (commencing with
Section 1180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code to enforce a subpoena issued under the authority of
this subdivision, the court shall, at the request of any party, hold
a hearing to determine whether the applicable requirements of this
section have been met.
(c) (1) In any court proceeding to enforce a subpoena for any
portion of software, the court may receive evidence and issue any
order necessary to prevent the disclosure of trade secrets or other
confidential information with respect to that software, including
requiring that any information be placed under seal to be opened only
as directed by the court.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and in
addition to any protections ordered pursuant to paragraph (1), in the
case of software that comes into the possession or control of the
Franchise Tax Board in the course of any examination with respect to
any taxpayer, all of the following shall apply:
(A) The software may be used only in connection with the
examination of that taxpayer's return, any protest or appeal by the
taxpayer, any judicial proceeding and any appeals therefrom, or any
inquiry into any offense connected with the administration or
enforcement of this part, Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), or Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001) .
(B) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide, in advance, to the
taxpayer and the owner of the software a written list of the names of
all individuals who will analyze or otherwise have access to the
software.
(C) (i) The software shall be maintained in a secure area or
place, and in the case of computer software source code, shall not be
removed from the owner's place of business unless the owner permits,
or a court orders, that removal.
(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the owner shall make available
any necessary equipment or materials for analysis of computer
software source code required to be conducted on the owner's
premises.
(D) The software may not be copied except as necessary to perform
an analysis, and the Franchise Tax Board shall number all copies made
and certify in writing that no other copies have been or will be
made.
(E) At the end of the period during which the software may be used
under subparagraph (A), both of the following apply:
(i) The software and all copies thereof shall be returned to the
person from whom they were obtained and any copies thereof made under
subparagraph (D) on the hard drive of a machine or other mass
storage device shall be permanently deleted.
(ii) The Franchise Tax Board shall obtain from any person who
analyzes or otherwise had access to that software a written
certification under penalty of perjury that all copies and related
materials have been returned and that no copies were made of them.
(F) The software may not be decompiled or disassembled.
(G) (i) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide to the taxpayer and
the owner of any interest in the software, as the case may be, a
written agreement, between the Franchise Tax Board and any person who
is not an officer or employee of the State of California and who
will analyze or otherwise have access to that software, which
provides that the person agrees not to do either of the following:
(I) Disclose the software to any person other than persons to whom
the information could be disclosed for tax administration purposes
under Section 19542.
(II) Participate for two years in the development of software
which is intended for a similar purpose as the software examined.
(ii) The owner of any interest in the software shall be considered
a party to any agreement described in clause (i).
(H) The software shall be treated as return information for
purposes of Section 19542.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Software" includes computer software source code and computer
software executable code.
(2) "Computer software source code" means all of the following:
(A) The code written by a programmer using a programming language
which is comprehensible to appropriately trained persons and is not
capable of directly being used to give instructions to a computer.
(B) Related programmers' notes, design documents, memoranda, and
similar documentation.
(C) Related customer communications.
(3) "Computer software executable code" means both of the
following:
(A) Any object code, machine code, or other code readable by a
computer when loaded into its memory and used directly by the
computer to execute instructions.
(B) Any related user manuals.
(4) "Owner" includes, with respect to any software, the developer
of the software.
(5) A person shall be treated as related to another person if the
persons are related persons under Section 267 or 707(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(6) "Tax-related computer software source code" means the computer
source code for any computer software program intended for
accounting, tax return preparation or compliance, or tax planning.
(e) This section and Section 19542.3 shall not apply to any
software acquired or developed for internal use by the Franchise Tax
Board.
(f) This section shall apply to subpoenas issued, and software
acquired, after the effective date of the act adding this section. In
the case of any software acquired on or before the effective date of
the act adding this section, the requirements of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) shall apply after the 90th day after the effective
date of the act adding this section. The preceding sentence shall not
apply to the requirement under clause (ii) of subparagraph (G) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
SEC. 119. Section 19512 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19512. Any person acting in a fiduciary capacity shall assume the
duties and, upon giving notice to the Franchise Tax Board, shall
assume the rights and privileges of the taxpayers in respect of any
tax, additions to tax, penalties, and interest imposed by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part except as otherwise specifically provided, until he or she
gives notice that his or her fiduciary has terminated. He or she
shall give notice under this section pursuant to rules and
regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
SEC. 120. Section 19521 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19521. (a) The rate established under this section (referred to
in other code sections as "the adjusted annual rate") shall be
determined in accordance with Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue
Code, except that:
(1) (A) For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment
rate specified in Section 6621(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall be modified to be equal to the underpayment rate determined
under Section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) In the case of any corporation, for purposes of determining
interest on overpayments for periods beginning before July 1, 2002,
the overpayment rate specified in Section 6621(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be modified to be equal to the underpayment rate
determined under Section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(C) In the case of any corporation, for purposes of determining
interest on overpayments for periods beginning on or after July 1,
2002, the overpayment rate specified in Section 6621(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall be modified to be the lesser of 5 percent
or the bond equivalent rate of 13-week United States Treasury bills,
determined as follows:
(i) The bond equivalent rate of 13-week United States Treasury
bills established at the first auction held during the month of
January shall be utilized in determining the appropriate rate for the
following July 1 to December 31, inclusive. Any such rate shall be
rounded to the nearest full percent (or, if a multiple of one-half of
1 percent, that rate shall be increased to the next highest full
percent).
(ii) The bond equivalent
rate of 13-week United States Treasury bills established at the
first auction held during the month of July shall be utilized in
determining the appropriate rate for the following January 1 to June
30, inclusive. Any such rate shall be rounded to the nearest full
percent (or, if a multiple of one-half of 1 percent, that rate shall
be increased to the next highest full percent).
(2) The determination specified in Section 6621(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be modified to be determined semiannually as
follows:
(A) The rate for January shall apply during the following July
through December, and
(B) The rate for July shall apply during the following January
through June.
(b) (1) For purposes of this part, Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , Part
12 (commencing with Section 27001) , and any other provision of
law referencing this method of computation, in computing the amount
of any interest required to be paid by the state or by the taxpayer,
or any other amount determined by reference to that amount of
interest, that interest and that amount shall be compounded daily.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply for purposes of computing the
amount of any addition to tax under Section 19136 or 19142.
(c) Section 6621(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
increase in underpayment rate for large corporate underpayments, is
modified as follows:
(1) The applicable date shall be the 30th day after the earlier of
either of the following:
(A) The date on which the proposed deficiency assessment is
issued.
(B) The date on which the notice and demand is sent.
(2) This subdivision shall apply for purposes of determining
interest for periods after December 31, 1991.
(3) Section 6621(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
apply for purposes of determining interest for periods after December
31, 1998.
(d) Section 6621(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the
elimination of interest on overlapping periods of tax overpayments
and underpayments, shall not apply.
SEC. 121. Section 19525 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19525. The Franchise Tax Board, under regulations prescribed by
the Franchise Tax Board, may establish a reward program for
information resulting in the identification of underreported or
unreported income subject to taxes imposed by Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) . Any reward may not exceed 10 percent of the
taxes collected as a result of the information provided. Any person
employed by or under contract with any state or federal tax
collection agency shall not be eligible for a reward provided for
pursuant to this section.
SEC. 122. Section 19533 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19533. In the event the debtor has more than one debt being
collected by the Franchise Tax Board and the amount collected by the
Franchise Tax Board is insufficient to satisfy the total amount
owing, the amount collected shall be applied in the following
priority:
(a) Payment of any delinquencies transferred for collection under
Article 5 (commencing with Section 19270) of Chapter 5.
(b) Payment of any taxes, additions to tax, penalties, interest,
fees, or other amounts due and payable under Part 7.5 (commencing
with Section 13201), Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), or this part, and amounts
authorized to be collected under Section 19722.
(c) Payment of delinquent wages collected pursuant to the Labor
Code.
(d) Payment of delinquencies collected under Section 10878.
(e) Payment of any amounts due that are referred for collection
under Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 19280) of Chapter 5.
(f) Payment of any amounts that are referred for collection
pursuant to Section 62.9 of the Labor Code.
(g) Payment of delinquent penalties collected for the Department
of Industrial Relations pursuant to the Labor Code.
(h) Payment of delinquent fees collected for the Department of
Industrial Relations pursuant to the Labor Code.
(i) Payment of delinquencies referred by the Student Aid
Commission.
(j) Payment of any delinquencies referred for collection under
Article 7 (commencing with Section 19291) of Chapter 5.
(k) Notwithstanding the payment priority established by this
section, voluntary payments designated by the taxpayer as payment for
a personal income tax liability or as a payment on amounts
authorized to be collected under Section 19722, shall not be applied
pursuant to this priority, but shall instead be applied as
designated.
SEC. 123. Section 19542.1 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19542.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, it
shall be unlawful for any person described in Section 19542 to
willfully inspect any confidential information furnished or secured
pursuant to this part, Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) ,
or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) . For purposes of
this section, "inspection" means any examination of confidential
information. Any willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted
disclosure or use of confidential information by the persons
described in Section 19542 is a misdemeanor.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board shall notify a taxpayer of any known
incidents of willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted
disclosure or use of his or her confidential tax records, but only if
criminal charges have been filed for the willful unauthorized
inspection or unwarranted disclosure.
SEC. 124. Section 19547 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19547. In a matter involving tax administration under this part,
a return or return information shall be open to inspection by the
Attorney General or other legal representatives of the state, if any
of the following apply:
(a) The taxpayer is or may be a party to the proceeding, or the
proceeding arose out of, or in connection with, determining the
taxpayer's civil or criminal liability, or the collection of the
taxpayer's civil liability with respect to any tax imposed under Part
10 (commencing with Section 17001) or ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) .
(b) The treatment of an item reflected on the return is or may be
related to the resolution of an issue in the proceeding or
investigation.
(c) The return or return information relates or may relate to a
transactional relationship between a person who is a party to the
proceeding and the taxpayer, which affects or may affect, the
resolution of an issue in the proceeding or investigation.
In addition, the Attorney General may inspect any report or return
required under this part when required in the enforcement of any
public or charitable trust or in compelling adherence to any
charitable purposes for which any nonprofit corporation is formed.
SEC. 125. Section 19549 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19549. For purposes of this article:
(a) "Return" means any tax or information return, or claim for
refund required by, or provided for or permitted under, the
provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , or this part which is filed with the Franchise
Tax Board by, on behalf of, or with respect to any person, estate,
or trust, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including
supporting schedules, attachments, or lists which are supplemental
to, or part of, the return so filed.
(b) "Return information" means a taxpayer's identity, the nature,
source, or amount of his, her, or its income, payments, receipts,
deductions, exemptions, credits, assets, liabilities, net worth, tax
liability, tax withheld, deficiencies, overassessments, or tax
payments, whether the taxpayer's return was, is being, or will be
examined or subject to other investigation or processing, or any
other data, received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or
collected by the Franchise Tax Board with respect to a return or with
respect to the determination of the existence, or possible
existence, of liability, or the amount thereof, of any person under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) ,
or this part for any tax, addition to tax, penalty, interest, fine,
forfeiture, or other imposition, or offense.
(c) "Taxpayer return information" means return information as
defined in subdivision (b) which is filed with, or furnished to, the
Franchise Tax Board by or on behalf of the taxpayer to whom the
return information relates.
(d) "Tax administration" means the administration, management,
conduct, direction, and supervision of the execution and application
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 10.7 (commencing
with Section 21001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) ,
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , and this part.
SEC. 126. Section 19563 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19563. This article does not prohibit the publication of
statistics, so classified as to prevent the identification of
particular reports or returns and the items thereof, or the
publication of the percentage of dividends paid by any corporation
that is deductible by the recipient under Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
.
SEC. 127. Section 19565 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19565. (a) (1) If an organization is exempt from taxation under
Section 23701 or Section 27701 for any taxable year, the
application filed by the organization with respect to which the
Franchise Tax Board made its determination that the organization was
entitled to exemption under Section 23701 or Section 27701
, together with any papers submitted in support of the application,
and any letter or other document issued by the Franchise Tax Board,
with respect to the application, shall be open to public inspection.
After the application of any organization has been opened to public
inspection under this subdivision, the Franchise Tax Board shall, on
the request of any person with respect to the organization, furnish a
statement indicating the section which it has been determined
describes the organization.
(2) If an organization is exempt from taxation for any taxable
year pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 23701d or
subdivision (c) of Section 27701d , any documents submitted to
the Franchise Tax Board to verify the organization's federal
exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
including any copy of the notification issued by the Internal Revenue
Service approving the organization's tax-exempt status pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which is submitted by
the organization to the Franchise Tax Board, and the acknowledgment
letter or other document issued by the Franchise Tax Board, shall be
open to public inspection.
(3) Any inspection under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subdivision
may be made at times, and in the manner, as the Franchise Tax Board
shall by regulation prescribe.
(b) Upon request of the organization submitting any supporting
papers described in subdivision (a), the Franchise Tax Board shall
withhold from public inspection any information contained therein
which it determines relates to any trade secret, patent, process,
style of work, or apparatus, of the organization, if it determines
that public disclosure of the information would adversely affect the
organization. The Franchise Tax Board shall withhold from public
inspection any information contained in supporting papers described
in subdivision (a) the public disclosure of which it determines would
adversely affect the national defense.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may impose a reasonable charge for
supplying any information the disclosure of which is permitted under
this section.
SEC. 128. Section 19566 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19566. Any information provided to or secured by the Franchise
Tax Board for purposes of administering Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or , Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section
27001) may be used by Franchise Tax Board for purposes of
administering Section 10878 or Article 6 (commencing with Section
19280) of Chapter 5.
SEC. 129. Section 19570 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19570. The provisions of Sections 1798.35, 1798.36, 1798.37, and
Article 9 (commencing with Section 1798.45) of Chapter 1 of Title 1.8
of the Civil Code shall not be applied, directly or indirectly, to
the determination of the existence or possible existence of liability
(or the amount thereof) of any person for any tax, penalty,
interest, fine, forfeiture, or other imposition or offense to which
the provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , or this part apply.
SEC. 130. Section 19591 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19591. (a) Specialized tax services fees shall be imposed upon
the following services provided by the board:
(1) Installment payment programs.
(2) Expedited services for:
(A) Corporation and business ent ity revivor
requests.
(B) Tax clearance certificate requests.
(C) Tax-exempt status requests.
(D) Limited partnership revival confirmation letter requests.
(b) (1) For periods on or after the effective date of this section
and prior to January 1, 2006, the Franchise Tax Board shall publish
by notice a schedule of specialized tax services fees to be imposed,
which notice shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code. The amounts of these fees under this paragraph
shall be calculated in the same general manner as required under
paragraph (2).
(2) Commencing on January 1, 2006, the amount of the specialized
tax services fees shall be established by the board through
regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and
shall be established in the manner and in the amounts necessary to
reimburse the board for the costs of administering the specialized
services, including the board's direct and indirect costs for
providing specialized tax services.
(3) For periods on or after the effective date of this section,
and prior to January 1, 2011, the amount of the specialized tax
service fee for limited partnership revival confirmation letter
requests shall be one hundred dollars ($100). Commencing on January
1, 2011, the specialized tax service fee for limited partnership
revival confirmation letter requests shall be calculated in the same
general manner as required under paragraph (2).
SEC. 131. Section 19604 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19604. (a) (1) Except for fees received for
services under Section 23305e, all moneys and remittances received
by the Franchise Tax Board as amounts imposed under Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), and related penalties, additions to
tax, fees, and interest imposed under this part, shall be deposited
in a special fund in the State Treasury, to be designated the
Corporation Tax Fund. The moneys in the fund shall, upon the order of
the Controller, be drawn therefrom for the purpose of making refunds
under this part or be transferred into the General Fund. All
undelivered refund warrants shall be redeposited into the Corporation
Tax Fund upon receipt by the Controller. Fees received for services
under Section 23305e shall be treated as reimbursement of the
Franchise Tax Board's costs and shall be deposited into the General
Fund.
(2) All moneys and remittances received by the Franchise Tax Board
as amounts imposed under Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001),
and related penalties, additions to tax, fees, and interest imposed
under this part, shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
Treasury, to be designated the Business Net Receipts Tax Fund. The
moneys in the fund shall, upon the order of the Controller, be drawn
therefrom for the purpose of making refunds under this part or be
transferred into the General Fund. All undelivered refund warrants
shall be redeposited into the Business Net Receipts Tax Fund upon
receipt by the Controller.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all
moneys in the Corporation Tax Fund are hereby continuously
appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the Franchise Tax
Board for purposes of making all payments as provided in this
section.
SEC. 132. Section 19701 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19701. Any person who does any of the following is liable for a
penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000):
(a) With or without intent to evade any requirement of Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part or any lawful requirement of the Franchise Tax Board,
repeatedly over a period of two years or more, fails to file any
return or to supply any information required, or who, with or without
that intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or
fraudulent return or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent
information, resulting in an estimated delinquent tax liability of at
least fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
(b) Aids, abets, advises, encourages, or counsels any person to
evade the tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
or , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) by not
filing any return or supplying any information required under Part
10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) , or this
part, or, by making, rendering, signing, or verifying any false or
fraudulent return or statement, or by supplying false or fraudulent
information.
(c) Under this part, is required to pay any estimated tax or tax,
who willfully fails to pay that estimated tax or tax, at the time or
times required by law or regulations.
The penalty shall be recovered in the name of the people in any
court of competent jurisdiction. Counsel for the Franchise Tax Board
may, upon request of the district attorney or other prosecuting
attorney, assist the prosecuting attorney in presenting the law or
facts to recover the penalty at the trial of a criminal proceeding
for violation of this section.
That person is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon
conviction be fined not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or
be imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of
the court, together with costs of investigation and prosecution. The
preceding sentence shall not apply to any person who is mentally
incompetent, or suffers from dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or
similar condition.
(d) For purposes of subdivision (a), the president of a
corporation, or the chief operating officer, is the person presumed
to be responsible for filing any return or supplying information
required from that corporation.
SEC. 133. Section 19702 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19702. The prosecutor may, with the consent of the Franchise Tax
Board, compromise any penalty for which he or she may bring action
under this chapter. The penalties provided by this chapter are
additional to all other penalties provided in Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001),
Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001), or this part.
SEC. 134. Section 19705 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19705. (a) Any person who does any of the following shall be
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisoned pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or both, together
with the costs of investigation and prosecution:
(1) Willfully makes and subscribes any return, statement, or other
document, that contains or is verified by a written declaration that
it is made under penalty of perjury, and he or she does not believe
to be true and correct as to every material matter.
(2) Willfully aids or assists in, or procures, counsels, or
advises the preparation or presentation under, or in connection with
any matter arising under, the Personal Income Tax Law or the
Corporation Tax Law, of a return, affidavit, claim, or other
document, that is fraudulent or is false as to any material matter,
whether or not that falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent
of the person authorized or required to present that return,
affidavit, claim, or document.
(3) Simulates or falsely or fraudulently executes or signs any
bond, permit, entry, or other document required by the provisions of
the Personal Income Tax Law or , the
Corporation Tax Law, or the Business Net Receipts Tax Law,
or by any regulation pursuant to that law, or procures the same to
be falsely or fraudulently executed or advises, aids in, or connives
at that execution.
(4) Removes, deposits, or conceals, or is concerned in removing,
depositing, or concealing, any goods or commodities for or in respect
whereof any tax is or shall be imposed, or any property upon which
levy is authorized by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19201); or
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 688.010) of Division 1 of, and
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 706.010) of Division 2 of, Title 9
of the Code of Civil Procedure, with intent to evade or defeat the
assessment or collection of any tax, additions to tax, penalty, or
interest imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001), or this part.
(5) In connection with any settlement under Section 19442, or
offer of that settlement, or in connection with any closing agreement
under Section 19441 or offer to enter into that agreement, or
compromise under Section 19443, or offer of that compromise,
willfully does any of the following:
(A) Conceals from any officer or employee of this state any
property belonging to the estate of a taxpayer or other person liable
in respect of the tax.
(B) Receives, withholds, destroys, mutilates, or falsifies any
book, document, or record, or makes any false statement, relating to
the estate or financial condition of the taxpayer or other person
liable in respect of the tax.
(b) In the case of a corporation, the fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) limitation specified in subdivision (a) shall be increased
to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
(c) The fact that an individual's name is signed to a return,
statement, or other document filed, including a return, statement, or
other document filed using electronic technology pursuant to Section
18621.5, shall be prima facie evidence for all purposes that the
return, statement, or other document was actually signed by him or
her.
(d) For purposes of this section, "person" means the taxpayer, any
member of the taxpayer's family, any corporation, agent, fiduciary,
or representative of, or any other individual or entity acting on
behalf of, the taxpayer, or any other corporation or entity owned or
controlled by the taxpayer, directly or indirectly, or which owns or
controls the taxpayer, directly or indirectly.
(e) The changes made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision apply to offers made on or after January 1, 1999.
SEC. 135. Section 19706 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19706. Any person or any officer or employee of any corporation
who, within the time required by or under the provisions of this
part, willfully fails to file any return or to supply any information
with intent to evade any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) or , Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001) , or Part 12 ( commencing with
Section 27001) , or who, willfully and with like intent, makes,
renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return or
statement or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is
punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year,
or in the state prison, or by fine of not more than twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the
discretion of the court, together with the costs of investigation and
prosecution.
SEC. 136. Section 19712 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19712. Any tax preparer, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section
19169, who endorses or otherwise negotiates (directly or through an
agent) any warrant made in respect of the taxes imposed by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001) or ,
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001) which is issued to a taxpayer (other than
the tax preparer) shall, in addition to other penalties provided by
law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned
not more than one year, or both, together with the costs of
prosecution.
This section shall not apply where the tax preparer has advanced
the taxpayer an amount of money equal to or greater than the amount
of the taxpayer's tax refund.
SEC. 137. Section 19772 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19772. (a) Section 6707A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to penalty for failure to include reportable transactions information
with a return, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b) The penalty amounts in Section 6707A(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall not apply, and in lieu thereof, the following
shall apply:
(1) Except as provided
in paragraph (2), the amount of the penalty shall be fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000).
(2) The amount of the penalty with respect to a listed transaction
shall be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
(c) (1) Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code is
modified to include reportable transactions within the meaning of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 18407.
(2) Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
to include listed transactions within the meaning of paragraph (4) of
subdivision (a) of Section 18407.
(d) The penalty under this section only applies to taxpayers with
taxable income greater than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
(e) Section 6707A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to a
penalty reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission, shall not
apply.
(f) Section 6707A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the
authority to rescind a penalty, shall not apply, and in lieu
thereof, the following shall apply:
(1) The Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board may rescind all
or any portion of any penalty imposed by this section with respect to
any violation if all of the following apply:
(A) The violation is with respect to a reportable transaction
other than a listed transaction.
(B) The person on whom the penalty is imposed has a history of
complying with the requirements of this part and Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) or , Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) , or Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001) .
(C) It is shown that the violation is due to an unintentional
mistake of fact.
(D) Imposing the penalty would be against equity and good
conscience.
(E) Rescinding the penalty would promote compliance with the
requirements of this part and Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
or , Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001) , or Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) and
effective tax administration.
(2) The exercise of authority under paragraph (1) shall be at the
sole discretion of the Chief Counsel of the Franchise Tax Board and
may not be delegated.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law, any
determination under this subdivision may not be reviewed in any
administrative or judicial proceeding.
(g) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of Chapter 4
(relating to deficiency assessments) shall not apply with respect to
the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed under this
section.
(h) The penalty imposed by this section is in addition to any
penalty imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) , or this part.
SEC. 138. Section 19777 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19777. (a) If a taxpayer has been contacted by the Franchise Tax
Board regarding an abusive tax avoidance transaction, and has a
deficiency attributable to an abusive tax avoidance transaction,
there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to 100 percent of the
interest payable under Section 19101 for the period beginning on the
last date prescribed by law for the payment of that tax (determined
without regard to extensions) and ending on the date the notice of
proposed assessment is mailed.
(b) For purposes of this section, "abusive tax avoidance
transaction" means any of the following:
(1) A tax shelter as defined in Section 6662(d)(2)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this chapter, Section 6662(d)
(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the
phrase "income or franchise tax" for "Federal income tax."
(2) A reportable transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to which the requirements of
Section 6664(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code are not met.
(3) A listed transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(4) A gross misstatement, within the meaning of Section 6404(g)(2)
(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) Any transaction to which Section 19774 applies.
(c) The penalty imposed by this section is in addition to any
other penalty imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), or this part.
(d) (1) If a taxpayer files an amended return reporting an abusive
tax avoidance transaction, described in subdivision (b), after the
taxpayer is contacted by the Franchise Tax Board regarding that
abusive tax avoidance transaction but before a notice of proposed
assessment is issued under Section 19033, then the amount of the
penalty under this section shall be 50 percent of the interest
payable under Section 19101 with respect to the amount of any
additional tax reflected in the amended return attributable to that
abusive tax avoidance transaction.
(2) If a notice of proposed assessment under Section 19033, with
respect to an abusive tax avoidance transaction as described in
subdivision (a), is issued after the amended return described in
paragraph (1) is filed, the penalty imposed pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be applicable to the additional tax reflected in the notice
of proposed assessment attributable to that abusive tax avoidance
transaction in excess of the additional tax shown on the amended
return.
(e) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to notices mailed on or after the effective
date of that act and to amended returns filed more than 90 days after
that effective date with respect to taxable years for which the
statute of limitations for mailing a notice of proposed assessment
has not expired as of that date.
SEC. 139. Section 19801 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code is amended to read:
19801. In the determination of any issue of law or fact under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001) , Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) ,
or this part, neither the Franchise Tax Board nor any officer or
agency having any administrative duties under this part nor any court
is bound by the determination of any other officer or administrative
agency of the state.
SEC. 140. Section 23005 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
23005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Part 12 (commencing
with Section 27001), this part shall cease to be operative for
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
SEC. 141. Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) is added to Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code , to read:
PART 12. BUSINESS NET RECEIPTS TAX LAW
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1. General Provisions
27001. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Business
Net Receipts Tax Law.
27003. Whenever this part refers to "regulations of the Franchise
Tax Board," or makes similar reference, the reference authorizes the
Franchise Tax Board to make rules and regulations as to the subject
matter concerning that reference.
Article 2. Definitions
27011. Except where the context otherwise requires, the
definitions given in this chapter govern the construction of this
part.
27013. "Fiscal year" means an accounting period of 12 months or
less ending on the last day of any month other than December.
27014. "Paid or incurred" and "paid or accrued" shall be
construed according to the method of accounting upon the basis of
which net receipts is computed.
27015. "State" means any state of the United States, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or
possession of the United States, and any foreign country or political
subdivision thereof.
27016. "Counsel for the Franchise Tax Board" means attorney or
attorneys appointed or employed by the Franchise Tax Board and acting
subject to the approval and under the supervision of the Attorney
General.
27017. The term "tax" means the tax imposed under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 27101).
27018. "Taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed
under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 27101).
27019. (a) For purposes of the tax imposed under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 27101), "business entity" means any entity
engaged in a trade or business, including an incorporated entity, an
association, a partnership, including an eligible business entity
classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, a
business trust, and a business owned by an individual and operated as
a sole proprietorship.
(b) For purposes of this part, the classification of a business
entity as a partnership or an association taxable as a corporation
shall be the same as the classification of that entity for federal
income tax purposes. If the separate existence of an eligible
business entity is disregarded for federal income tax purposes, the
separate existence of that business entity shall not be disregarded
for purposes of this part.
(c) The following entities shall not be subject to the tax imposed
under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 27101):
(1) An estate, except to the extent the estate relates to a
business owned by an individual and operated as a sole
proprietorship.
(2) A trust, other than a business trust.
27020. "Bank" includes national banking associations, and also
includes any "bank" operated by any receiver, liquidator, referee,
trustee, or other officers or agents appointed by any court, or an
assignee for the benefit of creditors.
27021. Receipts derived from or attributable to sources within
this state includes receipts from tangible or intangible property
located or having a situs in this state and receipts from any
activity carried on in this state, regardless of whether carried on
in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce.
27022. For purposes of the tax imposed under this part, "taxable
year" means all of the following:
(a) The calendar year or the fiscal year for which the tax is
payable.
(b) The calendar year or fiscal year upon the basis of which the
net receipts are computed.
(c) A period of 12 months or less.
27023. (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided, the terms
"Internal Revenue Code," "Internal Revenue Code of 1954," or
"Internal Revenue Code of 1986," for purposes of this part, mean
Title 26 of the United States Code, including all amendments thereto,
as applicable for federal purposes for the applicable taxable year.
27024. If any chapter, article, section, subdivision, paragraph,
subparagraph, clause, subclause, sentence, or phrase of this part
that is reasonably separable from the remaining provisions of this
part, or the application thereof to any person, taxpayer, or
circumstance, is for any reason determined unconstitutional, that
determination shall not affect the remainder of this part, nor shall
the application of the provision to any other person, taxpayer, or
circumstance be affected thereby.
27025. Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the
provisions of any act:
(a) That affect the imposition or computation of tax, penalties,
or the allowance of credits against the tax, shall be applied to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of the year in which
the act takes effect.
(b) That otherwise affect the provisions of this part shall be
applied on and after the date the act takes effect.
27026. Provisions in other codes or statutes that are related to
this part include all of the following:
(a) Sections 15700 to 15702.1, inclusive, of the Government Code,
relating to the Franchise Tax Board.
(b) Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), relating to the
Personal Income Tax Law.
(c) Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), relating to the
administration of franchise and income taxes.
(d) Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), relating to the
Taxpayers' Bill of Rights.
(e) Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), relating to the
Corporation Tax Law.
CHAPTER 2. THE BUSINESS NET RECEIPTS TAX
Article 1. Definitions and General Provisions
27101. (a) A taxpayer is doing business in this state for a
taxable year if any of the following applies:
(1) The taxpayer is organized or commercially domiciled in this
state.
(2) Sales, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 28120, of the
taxpayer in this state exceed the lesser of five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000) or 25 percent of the taxpayer's total sales. For
purposes of this paragraph:
(A) Sales of the taxpayer include sales by an agent or independent
contractor of the taxpayer.
(B) Sales in this state shall be determined using the rules for
assigning sales under Sections 28135 and 28136 and the regulations
thereunder, as modified by regulations under Section 28137.
(3) The real property and tangible personal property of the
taxpayer in this state exceed the lesser of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or 25 percent of the taxpayer's total real property and
tangible personal property. The value of real and tangible personal
property and the determination of whether property is in this state
shall be determined using the rules contained in Sections 28129 to
28131, inclusive, and the regulations thereunder, as modified by
regulations under Section 28137.
(4) The amount paid in this state by the taxpayer for
compensation, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 29120, exceeds
the lesser of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or 25 percent of the
total compensation paid by the taxpayer. Compensation in this state
shall be determined using the rules for assigning payroll contained
in Section 28133 and the regulations thereunder, as modified by
regulations under Section 28137.
(b) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall annually revise the amounts
in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (b) in accordance with
subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(2) For purposes of the adjustment required by paragraph (1),
subdivision (h) of Section 17041 shall be applied by substituting
"2012" in lieu of "1988."
(c) The sales, property, and payroll of the taxpayer include the
taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share from pass-through entities.
For purposes of this subdivision, "pass-through entities" means a
partnership or an "S" corporation.
27102. The tax imposed under this chapter shall attach whether a
taxpayer has a taxable year of 12 months or less.
27103. A business entity shall not be subject to the taxes
imposed by this chapter if the business entity did no business in
this state during the taxable year and the taxable year was 15 days
or less.
Article 2. Tax on Business Entities Other than Banks and
Financial Business Entities
27151. (a) With the exception of banks and financial business
entities, each business entity doing business within the limits of
this state and not expressly exempted from taxation by the California
Constitution or by this part, shall annually pay to the state, for
the privilege of exercising its franchise within this state, a tax
computed at the rate of 5.8percent of its net receipts for the
taxable year.
Article 3. Tax on Financial Institutions
27161. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each financial
institution doing business within this state and not expressly
exempted from taxation by the California Constitution or this part,
shall annually pay to the state, for the privilege of exercising its
franchise within this state, a tax computed at the rate of 5.8
percent of its net business receipts for the taxable year.
27162. The tax imposed under this part upon financial
institutions is in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, state,
county, and municipal, upon those financial institutions except taxes
upon their real property, local utility user taxes, sales and use
taxes, state energy resources surcharge, state emergency telephone
users surcharge, and motor vehicle and other vehicle registration
license fees, and any other tax or license fee imposed by the state
upon vehicles, motor vehicles, or the operation thereof.
27163. (a) For purposes of this part, "financial institution"
means:
(1) Any corporation or other business entity registered under
state law as a bank holding company or registered under the Federal
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or registered as a
savings and loan holding company under the Federal National Housing
Act, as amended.
(2) A national bank organized and existing as a national bank
association pursuant to the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 21 et
seq.).
(3) A savings association or federal savings bank as defined in
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1813(b)(1)).
(4) Any bank or thrift institution incorporated or organized under
the laws of any state.
(5) Any corporation organized under Sections 611 to 631,
inclusive, of the United States Code.
(6) Any agency or branch of a foreign depository as defined in
Section 3101 of the United States Code.
(7) A state credit union the loan assets of which exceed fifty
million dollars ($50,000,000) as of the first day of its taxable
year.
(8) A production credit association organized under the Federal
Farm Credit Act of 1933, all of whose stock held by the Federal
Production Credit Corporation has been retired.
(9) Any corporation whose voting stock is more than 50 percent
owned, directly or indirectly, by any person or business entity
described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, other than an
insurance company.
(10) A corporation or other business entity that derives more than
50 percent of its total gross income for financial accounting
purposes from finance leases. For purposes of this paragraph, a
"finance lease" means any lease transaction that is the functional
equivalent of an extension of credit and that transfers substantially
all of the benefits and risks incident to the ownership of property.
"Finance lease" includes any "direct financing lease" or "leverage
lease" that meets the criteria of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 13, "Accounting for Leases" or any other lease
that is accounted for as a financing by a lessor under generally
accepted accounting principles. For this classification to apply, the
average of the gross income in the current taxable year and
immediately preceding two taxable years shall satisfy the more than
50 percent requirement and gross income from incidental or occasional
transactions shall be disregarded.
(11) Any other person or business entity, other than an insurance
company, that derives more than 50 percent of its gross income from
activities that a person described in paragraphs (2) to (8),
inclusive, and paragraph (10) is authorized to transact. For purposes
of this paragraph, the computation of gross income shall not include
income from nonrecurring, extraordinary items.
(12) The Franchise Tax Board is authorized to exclude any person
from the application of paragraph (11) upon the person proving, by
clear and convincing evidence, that the income-producing activity of
the person is not in substantial competition with those persons
described in paragraphs (2) to (8), inclusive, and paragraph (10).
Article 3.5. Suspension and Revivor
27191. Except for purposes of filing an application for exempt
status or amending the articles of incorporation or organization as
necessary either to perfect that application or to set forth a new
name, the powers, rights, and privileges of a domestic limited
liability taxpayer may be suspended, and the exercise of the powers,
rights, and privileges of a foreign limited liability taxpayer in
this state may be forfeited, if any of the following conditions
occur:
(a) If any tax, penalty, or interest, or any portion thereof, that
is due and payable under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19001)
of Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), or under this part,
either at the time the return is required to be filed or on or before
the 15th day of the ninth month following the close of the taxable
year, is not paid on or before 6 p.m. on the last day of the 12th
month after the close of the taxable year.
(b) If any tax, penalty, or interest, or any portion thereof, due
and payable under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19001) of Part
10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), or under this part, upon notice
and demand from the Franchise Tax Board, is not paid on or before 6
p.m. on the last day of the 11th month following the due date of the
tax.
(c) If any liability, or any portion thereof, that is due and
payable under Article 7 (commencing with Section 19131) of Chapter 4
of Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), is not paid on or
before 6 p.m. on the last day of the 11th month following the date
that the tax liability is due and payable.
27192. Except for the purposes of filing an application for
exempt status or amending the articles of incorporation or
organization as necessary either to perfect that application or to
set forth a new name, the powers, rights, and privileges of a
domestic limited liability taxpayer may be suspended, and the
exercise of the powers, rights, and privileges of a foreign limited
liability taxpayer in this state may be forfeited, if a taxpayer
fails to file a tax return required by this part or Part 10.2
(commencing with Section 18401).
27193. Sections 27191, 27192, and 27775 shall apply to a foreign
limited liability taxpayer only if the taxpayer is qualified to do
business in this state. A taxpayer that is required under Section
2105 of the Corporations Code to qualify to do business shall not be
deemed to have qualified to do business for purposes of this article
unless the taxpayer has qualified with the Secretary of State.
27194. (a) Forfeiture or suspension of a limited liability
taxpayer's powers, rights, and privileges pursuant to Section 27191,
27192, or 27775 shall occur and become effective only as expressly
provided in this section in conjunction with Section 21020, which
requires notice prior to the suspension of a taxpayer's corporate
powers, rights, and privileges.
(b) The notice requirements of Section 21020 shall also apply to
any forfeiture of a taxpayer's corporate powers, rights, and
privileges pursuant to Section 27191, 27192, or 27775 and to any
voidability pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 27196.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board shall transmit the names of taxpayers
to the Secretary of State as to which the suspension or forfeiture
provisions of Section 27191, 27192, or 27775 are or become
applicable, and the suspension or forfeiture therein provided for
shall thereupon become effective. The certificate of the Secretary of
State shall be prima facie evidence of the suspension or forfeiture.
(d) If a taxpayer's powers, rights, and privileges are forfeited
or suspended pursuant to Section 27191, 27192, or 27775, without
limiting any other consequences of the forfeiture or suspension, the
taxpayer shall not be entitled to sell, transfer, or exchange real
property in this state during the period of forfeiture or suspension.
27195. Notwithstanding Section 27191 or 27192, any limited
liability entity that transacts business or receives business net
receipts within the period of its suspension or forfeiture shall be
subject to tax under this chapter.
27196. (a) Every contract made in this state by a limited
liability taxpayer during the time that the taxpayer's powers,
rights, and privileges are suspended or forfeited pursuant to Section
27191, 27192, or 27775 shall, subject to Section 27197, be voidable
at the instance of any party to the contract other than the limited
liability taxpayer.
(b) If a foreign limited liability taxpayer that neither is
qualified to do business nor has a business entity account number
from the Franchise Tax Board, fails to
file a tax return required under this part, any
contract made in this state by that taxpayer during the applicable
period specified in subdivision (c) shall, subject to Section 27197,
be voidable at the instance of any party to the contract other than
the taxpayer.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), the applicable period shall
be the period beginning on January 1, 2013, or the first day of the
taxable year for which the taxpayer has failed to file a return,
whichever is later, and ending on the earlier of the date the
taxpayer qualified to do business in this state or the date the
taxpayer obtained a business entity account number from the Franchise
Tax Board.
(d) If a taxpayer fails to file a tax return required under this
part, to pay any tax or other amount owing to the Franchise Tax Board
under this part or to file any statement or return required under
Section 27772 or 27774, within 60 days after the Franchise Tax Board
mails a written demand, any contract made in this state by the
taxpayer during the period beginning at the end of the 60-day demand
period and ending on the date relief is granted under Section
27198.1, or the date the taxpayer qualifies to do business in this
state, whichever is earlier, shall be voidable at the instance of any
party to the contract other than the taxpayer. This subdivision
shall apply only to a taxpayer if the taxpayer has a corporate
account number from the Franchise Tax Board, but has not qualified to
do business under Section 2105 of the Corporations Code. In the case
of a taxpayer that has not complied with the 60-day demand, the
taxpayer's name, Franchise Tax Board corporate account number, date
of the demand, date of the first day after the end of the 60-day
demand period, and the fact that the taxpayer did not within that
period pay the tax or other amount or file the statement or return,
as the case may be, shall be a matter of public record.
27197. A party that has the right to declare a contract to be
voidable pursuant to Section 27196 may exercise that right only in a
lawsuit brought by either party with respect to the contract in a
court of competent jurisdiction and the rights of the parties to the
contract shall not be affected by Section 27196 except to the extent
expressly provided by a final judgment of the court, which judgment
shall not be issued unless the taxpayer is allowed a reasonable
opportunity to cure the voidability under Section 27198.1. If the
court finds that the contract is voidable under Section 27196, the
court shall order the contract to be rescinded. However, in no event
shall the court order rescission of a taxpayer's contract unless the
taxpayer receives full restitution of the benefits provided by the
taxpayer under the contract.
27198. Any taxpayer that has suffered the suspension or
forfeiture provided for in Section 27191 or 27192 may be relieved
upon making application in writing to the Franchise Tax Board and
upon the filing of all tax returns required under this part, and the
payment of the tax, additions to tax, penalties, interest, and any
other amounts for nonpayment of which the suspension or forfeiture
occurred, together with all other taxes, additions to tax, penalties,
interest, and any other amounts due under this part, and upon the
issuance by the Franchise Tax Board of a certificate of revivor.
Application for the certificate on behalf of any taxpayer that has
suffered suspension or forfeiture may be made by any stockholder or
creditor, by a majority of the surviving trustees or directors, by an
officer, or by any other person who has interest in the relief from
suspension or forfeiture.
27198.1. (a) A taxpayer may make an application to the Franchise
Tax Board for relief from the voidability provisions of Section
27196. To be relieved from voidability, the taxpayer shall do all of
the following:
(1) Provide the Franchise Tax Board with an application for relief
from contract voidability in a form and manner prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board.
(2) Include on the application the period for which relief is
requested in accordance with subdivision (b).
(3) File any tax returns required to be filed under this part and
Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401) with the Franchise Tax
Board, including returns for the period for which relief is
requested.
(4) Pay any tax, additions to tax, penalties, interest, and any
other amounts owing to the Franchise Tax Board, including any
liability attributable to the period for which relief is requested.
(5) Pay any penalty imposed under subdivision (b) for the period
for which relief is requested.
(6) In the case of a taxpayer that applies for and enters into an
approved voluntary disclosure agreement in accordance with Article 8
(commencing with Section 19191) of Chapter 4 of Part 10.2, for
purposes of this section, the taxpayer shall be considered to have
met the requirements of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) if the taxpayer
fulfills to the satisfaction of the Franchise Tax Board all the
specifications of the voluntary disclosure agreement within the
meaning of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 19191 and if
the Franchise Tax Board has not found that any of the circumstances
described in Section 19194 has rendered the voluntary disclosure
agreement null and void.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), both of the following
shall apply:
(A) The period for which relief is requested shall begin on the
date that one of the taxpayer's taxable years begins and ends on the
date that relief is granted.
(B) The Franchise Tax Board shall assess a daily penalty equal to
one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of the period for which
relief from voidability is granted, but not to exceed a total penalty
equal to the amount of the tax for the period for which relief is
requested.
(2) If an application for relief from voidability is filed for a
period in which an application for revivor has been filed and the
certificate of revivor has been issued, all of the following shall
apply:
(A) The period for which relief is requested shall begin on the
date the taxpayer's powers, rights, and privileges had been suspended
or forfeited and ends on the date relief is granted.
(B) The Franchise Tax Board shall assess a daily penalty equal to
one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of the period for which
relief from voidability is granted, but not to exceed a total penalty
equal to that amount of the tax that would be imposed under Section
27151 for the period for which relief is requested.
(C) In the case of an exempt organization or trust subject to the
tax on unrelated business net receipts under Article 2 (commencing
with Section 27731) of Chapter 4 (the tax on unrelated business net
receipts), the daily penalty provided in subparagraph (B) shall not
exceed a total penalty equal to the amount of tax imposed upon its
unrelated business taxable income for the period for which relief is
requested.
(3) Any penalty imposed under this subdivision shall, subject to
Section 27198.2, be due and payable on demand by the Franchise Tax
Board.
(c) (1) Upon satisfaction of the conditions specified in
subdivision (a), including through the application of Section
27198.2, the following shall apply:
(A) All contracts entered into during the period for which relief
is granted that have not been rescinded by a final court order
pursuant to Section 27196 may be enforced in the same manner and to
the same extent, with regard to both the parties to the contract and
any third parties, as if the contract had never been voidable.
(B) Any sale, transfer, or exchange of real property in this state
during the period for which relief is granted and which the taxpayer
at that time was not entitled to sell, transfer, or exchange by
reason of subdivision (d) of Section 27194 and which has not been
rescinded by a final court order pursuant to Section 27197, shall be
as valid as if the taxpayer had not been subject to subdivision (d)
of Section 27194 at the time of the sale, transfer, or exchange.
(2) Upon being granted relief from voidability, the Franchise Tax
Board shall certify that relief to the taxpayer in a form and manner
as prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board. The certificate shall be
issued or mailed to the taxpayer, or as directed by the taxpayer, and
shall indicate the period for which relief is granted.
(d) The fact that a certificate of relief from voidability was
issued pursuant to this section and the information contained on that
certificate shall be subject to public disclosure. The certificate
shall be prima facie evidence of the relief from voidability for
contracts entered into during the period of relief stated on the
certificate and the certificate may be recorded in the office of the
county recorder of any county in this state.
27198.2. Notwithstanding Sections 27198 and 27198.5 that require
a taxpayer to pay any liability to the Franchise Tax Board as a
condition to revivor or relief from voidability, the Franchise Tax
Board shall issue a certificate of revivor under Section 27198, or of
relief from voidability under Section 27198.5, if the taxpayer
provides the Franchise Tax Board with an assumption of liability, or
a bond, deposit, or other security for taxpayer's liability, that is
acceptable to the Franchise Tax Board. The Franchise Tax Board shall
notify the person filing the application for revivor or relief from
voidability of the amount of the bond, deposit, or other security, or
of the terms of an assumption of liability, that must be furnished
as a condition of the revivor or the relief from voidability.
Obtaining revivor or voidability relief by securing the debt pursuant
to this section shall not constitute an admission of liability by
the taxpayer, nor relieve the taxpayer or any individual or
corporation from liability for any taxes, additions to tax,
penalties, or interest imposed by this part. A taxpayer that provides
an assumption of liability or a bond, deposit, or other security to
obtain revivor or relief from voidability may, notwithstanding
Section 27198 or 27198.5, file any returns required under those
sections within a reasonable time after relief is granted by the
Franchise Tax Board.
27198.5. For the purposes of this article, "limited liability
taxpayer" means any business entity that is organized under the laws
of a state, the United States, or a foreign country where, pursuant
to those laws, one or more owners of the business entity are not
liable for the obligations of the business entity.
27198a. Before the certificate of revivor is issued by the
Franchise Tax Board, it shall obtain from the Secretary of State an
endorsement upon the application of the fact that the name of the
taxpayer that is an incorporated entity then meets the requirements
of subdivision (b) of Section 201 of the Corporations Code in the
case of a domestic incorporated taxpayer or of subdivision (b) of
Section 2106 of the Corporations Code in the case of a foreign
incorporated taxpayer that has qualified to do business. The
reference to amendment of the articles of incorporation to set forth
a new name contained in Sections 27191, 27192, and 27775 includes in
the case of a foreign taxpayer the filing of an amended statement and
designation to set forth its new name or to set forth an assumed
name under subdivision (b) of Section 2106 of the Corporations Code.
Upon the issuance of the certificate by the Franchise Tax Board the
incorporated taxpayer therein named shall become reinstated but the
reinstatement shall be without prejudice to any action, defense, or
right that has accrued by reason of the original suspension or
forfeiture, except that contracts that were voidable pursuant to
Section 27196, but that have not been rescinded pursuant to Section
27197, may have that voidability cured in accordance with Section
27198.1. The certificate of revivor shall be prima facie evidence of
the reinstatement and the certificate may be recorded in the office
of the county recorder of any county in this state.
27198b. Notwithstanding Section 27198, the Franchise Tax Board
may revive a limited liability taxpayer to good standing without full
payment of the taxes, penalties, and interest due if it determines
that the revivor will improve the prospects for collection of the
full amount due. This revivor may be limited as to time or may limit
the functions the revived limited liability taxpayer can perform, or
both. The powers, rights, and privileges may again be suspended or
forfeited if the Franchise Tax Board determines that the prospects
for collection of the full amount due have not been improved by the
revivor of the limited liability taxpayer.
27198c. (a) Upon issuance of the certificate of revivor, the
Franchise Tax Board shall transmit to the Secretary of State the
revived taxpayer's name and registration number.
(b) The taxpayer's name and registration number, the fact that the
taxpayer's powers, rights, and privileges have been revived and the
effective date of the revivor shall be a matter of public record.
(c) If the Franchise Tax Board determines that a suspension or
forfeiture was in error by the Franchise Tax Board, the Franchise Tax
Board shall, in connection with the revivor, indicate that the
taxpayer is "restored." The status of the restored taxpayer shall be
retroactive to the date of suspension or forfeiture as if there had
been no suspension or forfeiture.
(d) If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the mailing of the
60-day demand notice referred to in subdivision (d) of Section 27196
was in error or that the Franchise Tax Board's original determination
as to compliance with the 60-day demand notice was in error, the
Franchise Tax Board's revised conclusions shall also be part of the
public record referred to in that subdivision.
27198d. A certificate of suspension or forfeiture from the
Franchise Tax Board setting forth that the suspended or forfeited
taxpayer has been notified of its liability for tax or requirement to
file a return under this part and that the tax has not been paid or
the return has not been filed, shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the facts.
27198e. (a) The Franchise Tax Board may provide letters of good
standing, verifying a corporation's status for doing business in
California, at a charge reflecting the reasonable costs to the
department of responding to these requests.
(b) Fees received under this section shall be handled pursuant to
Section 19604.
CHAPTER 3. COMPUTATION OF NET RECEIPTS
Article 1. General
27501. For purposes of the tax imposed under Section 27151, "net
receipts" means business net receipts apportioned to this state and
nonbusiness net receipts allocated to this state.
Article 2. Net Receipts
27511. "Business net receipts" means business gross receipts less
business purchases from other businesses.
27512. "Nonbusiness net receipts" means nonbusiness gross
receipts less nonbusiness purchases from other businesses, and
includes all net receipts other than business net receipts.
Article 3. Receipts
27521. "Business gross receipts" means gross receipts that
satisfy either of the following:
(a) Gross receipts arising from transactions and activity in the
regular course of the taxpayer's trade or business.
(b) Gross receipts from the sale or exchange of tangible and
intangible property if the acquisition, management, and disposition
of the property constitute integral parts of the taxpayer's regular
trade or business operations.
27522. "Nonbusiness gross receipts" means gross receipts other
than business gross receipts.
27523. (a) (1) "Gross receipts" means gross amounts realized (the
sum of money and the fair market value of other property or services
received) on the sale, rental, licensing, or exchange of property,
or from the performance of services.
(2) For financial institutions subject to tax under Article 3
(commencing with Section 27161) of Chapter 2, gross receipts includes
interest received.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), "gross
receipts" shall not include, among other items, any of the following:
(1) Interest, dividends, principal, and any amount realized from
loans, bonds, mutual funds, certificates of deposit, repurchase
agreements, derivative financial instruments (including but not
limited to futures contracts, forward contracts, and options), or any
other financial instruments, whether the financial instruments are
traded in connection with a treasury function, a hedging function, or
any other purpose.
(2) Proceeds from the issuance of the taxpayer's own stock or from
the sale of treasury stock.
(3) Proceeds that constitute contributions to capital to the
business entity.
(4) Proceeds from selling a division, subsidiary, or interest in
another business, except to the extent of the gain realized on the
sale of that interest.
(5) Damages and other amounts received as the result of
litigation, unless the recipient is a law firm.
(6) Property acquired by an agent on behalf of another.
(7) Tax refunds.
(8) Pension reversions.
(9) Income from discharge of indebtedness, except as otherwise
provided.
(10) Price of commodities or other goods that are traded for
similar commodities or other goods, whether the trading is done for
hedging or other purposes.
(11) Proceeds from selling accounts receivables.
(12) Proceeds from selling land, except to the extent of the gain
realized on the sale of that land.
(13) Proceeds from intercompany transactions that are eliminated
under regulations issued by the Franchise Tax Board.
(14) Receipts allocated or apportioned to a business entity in its
capacity as a member of, or holder of, an economic interest in a
pass-through entity if those receipts are directly or indirectly
attributable to receipts that are subject to the tax imposed under
this part. For purposes of this paragraph, pass-through entity means
a partnership or an "S" corporation.
27524. The following amounts, as calculated under the rules set
forth below, are specifically included as items of gross receipts
within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 27523:
(a) The provisions of Section 72(u) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to the treatment of annuity contracts not held by natural
persons, shall be applicable.
(b) Amounts received other than amounts paid by reason of the
death of the insured under life insurance, endowment or annuity
contracts, either during the term or at maturity or upon surrender of
the contract, equal to the total amount of premiums paid. In the
case of a transfer for a valuable consideration by assignment or
otherwise, of a life insurance, endowment, or annuity contract or any
interest therein, only the actual value of the consideration and the
amount of the premiums and other sums subsequently paid by the
transferee shall be excluded from gross income under Section 24305 or
this section. The preceding sentence shall not apply in the case of
that transfer if the contract or interest has a basis for determining
gain or loss in the hands of a transferee determined in whole or in
part by reference to that basis of that contract or interest in the
hands of the transferor or to a corporation in which the insured is a
shareholder or officer.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), amounts received
under life insurance policies and contracts paid by reason of the
death of the insured but if the amounts are held by the insurer under
an agreement to pay interest, the interest payments shall be
included in gross income.
(2) Proceeds of flexible premium contracts payable by reason of
death shall be excluded from gross income only in accordance with
Section 101(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) (1) Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
income from discharge of indebtedness, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
(2) Section 108(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
general business credit, is modified by substituting "this part" in
lieu of "Section 38 (relating to general business credit)."
(3) Section 108(b)(2)(G) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
foreign tax credit carryovers, shall not apply.
(4) Section 108(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
credit carryover reduction, is modified by substituting "11.1 cents"
in lieu of "33 1/3 cents" in each place in which it appears. In the
case where more than one credit is allowable under this part, the
credits shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.
(5) Section 108(g)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
adjusted tax attributes, is modified by substituting "$9" in lieu of
"$3."
(e) (1) Section 110 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
qualified lessee construction allowances for short-term leases, shall
apply, except as otherwise provided.
(2) Section 110(b) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by
substituting the phrase "(including for purposes of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (e) of former Section 24349)" for the phrase "(including
for purposes of Section 168(i)(8)(B)."
(3) Section 110(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by
substituting the phrase "(as determined under the rules of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (e) of former Section 24349)" for the phrase "(as
determined under the rules of Section 168(i)(3))."
(f) (1) Section 111 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
recovery of tax benefit items, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(2) Sections 111(b) and 111(c) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to credits and treatment of credit carryovers, shall be
applicable with respect to credits allowable under this part.
Article 4. Purchases
27531. (a) "Business purchases from other businesses" means
purchases from other businesses that satisfy either of the following:
(1) Arising from transactions and activity in the regular course
of the taxpayer's trade or business.
(2) Purchases or acquisitions of tangible and intangible property
if the acquisition, management, and disposition of the property
constitute integral parts of the taxpayer's regular trade or business
operations.
(b) (1) "Purchases from other businesses" means purchases from
other entities that are utilized in the production of the gross
receipts subject to the tax imposed by this part, and includes
purchases from entities not subject to the tax imposed by this part,
including nonprofit entities, insurance companies and governmental
entities, and specifically means all of the following:
(A) Inventory acquired during the taxable year, including freight,
shipping, delivery, or engineering charges included in the original
contract price for that inventory.
(B) Assets, including the costs of fabrication and installation,
acquired during the taxable year of a type that are, or under the
Internal Revenue Code will become, eligible for depreciation,
amortization, or accelerated capital cost
recovery for federal income tax purposes.
(C) To the extent not included in inventory or depreciable
property, materials, and supplies, including repair parts and fuel.
(D) Payments for the rental or leasing of property.
(E) For a staffing company, compensation of personnel supplied to
customers of staffing companies.
(F) As used in this paragraph:
(i) "Compensation" means that term as defined under Section 28120,
plus all payroll tax and worker's compensation costs directly
related thereto.
(ii) "Staffing company" means a taxpayer whose business activities
are included in industry group 736 under the Standard Industrial
Classification Code, as compiled by the United States Department of
Labor.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "inventory" means all of the
following:
(A) The stock of goods held for resale in the regular course of
trade of a retail or wholesale business, including electricity or
natural gas purchased for resale.
(B) Finished goods, goods in process, and raw materials of a
manufacturing business purchased from another person.
(C) For a person that is a securities trader, broker, or dealer or
a person included in the unitary business group of that securities
trader, broker, or dealer that buys and sells for its own account,
contracts that are subject to the Commodity Exchange Act, (7 U.S.C.
Secs. 1-27f, incl.), the cost of securities as defined under Section
475(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and for a securities trader
the cost of commodities as defined under Section 475(e)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and for a broker or dealer the cost of
commodities as defined under Section 475(e)(2)(b), (c), and (d) of
the Internal Revenue Code, excluding interest expense other than
interest expense related to repurchase agreements. As used in this
subparagraph:
(i) "Broker" means that term as defined under Section 78c(a)(4) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 78c).
(ii) "Dealer" means that term as defined under Section 78c(a)(5)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 78c).
(iii) "Securities trader" means a person that engages in the trade
or business of purchasing and selling investments and trading
assets.
(3) For financial institutions subject to tax under Article 3
(commencing with Section 27161) of Chapter 2, purchases includes
interest paid.
27532. There shall be allowed as a deduction for a taxable year
an amount equal to the net excess purchase carryover to that taxable
year. For purposes of this section, the term "net excess purchase"
means the excess of the purchases allowed to reduce gross receipts
under this chapter over the gross receipts for a taxable year. A net
excess purchase for any taxable year shall be a net excess purchase
carryover to each of the five taxable years following the taxable
year of excess purchases. The Franchise Tax Board shall issue
regulations to implement this section, which shall be comparable to
the provisions of Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code and the
applicable regulations.
27533. The following amounts, as calculated under the rules set
forth below, are specifically excluded as business purchases from
other businesses within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section
27531:
(a) (1) Amounts paid by a taxpayer with respect to acquisition
from a club which restricts membership or the use of its services or
facilities on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed or
defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code.
(2) A club described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) holding
an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with
Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, except a club
holding an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to Section 23425
thereof, shall provide on each receipt furnished to a taxpayer a
printed statement as follows: "The expenditures covered by this
receipt are nondeductible for state income tax purposes or net
receipts tax purposes."
(3) For purposes of this subdivision:
(A) "Amounts paid" means those amounts otherwise treated as
purchases under this article, and includes, but is not limited to,
club membership dues and assessments, food and beverage expenses,
expenses for services furnished by the club, and reimbursements or
salary adjustments to officers or employees for any of the preceding
expenses.
(B) "Club" means a club as defined in Division 9 (commencing with
Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, except a club as
defined in Section 23425.
(b) The amount of any bad debt deduction under the Internal
Revenue Code for the taxable year that is in excess of the amount of
any debts that become worthless within the taxable year.
(c) (1) Any amounts directly attributable to illegal activities,
as defined in Chapters 9 (commencing with Section 319), 10
(commencing with Section 330), or 10.5 (commencing with Section
337.1) of Title 9 of Part 1 of the Penal Code.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, a prior, final determination
by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state in any criminal
proceedings or any proceeding in which the state, county, city and
county, city or other political subdivision was a party on the merits
of the legality of the activities of a taxpayer or predecessor in
interest of a taxpayer shall be binding in determining whether this
subdivision applies.
(d) (1) Any amounts, including deductions for cost of goods sold,
directly attributable to illegal activities as defined in Sections
266h or 266i of, or in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 211) of
Title 8 of, Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 311) of Title 9 of,
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 314) of Title 9 of, or Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 459), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
484), or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 503) of Title 13 of, Part
1 of the Penal Code, or as defined in Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 11350) of Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, a prior, final determination
by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state in any criminal
proceedings or any proceeding in which the state, county, city and
county, city, or other political subdivision was a party on the
merits of the legality of the activities of a taxpayer or predecessor
in interest of a taxpayer shall be binding in determining whether
this subdivision applies.
(e) (1) Any amounts paid or incurred in the taxable year with
respect to substandard housing located in this state, except as
provided in paragraph (5).
(2) "Substandard housing" means occupied dwellings from which the
taxpayer derives rental income or unoccupied or abandoned dwellings
for which both of the following apply:
(A) Either of the following occurs:
(i) For occupied dwellings from which the taxpayer derives rental
income, a state or local government regulatory agency has determined
that the housing violates state law or local codes dealing with
health, safety, or building.
(ii) For dwellings that are unoccupied or abandoned for at least
90 days, a state or local government regulatory agency has cited the
housing for conditions that constitute a serious violation of state
law or local codes dealing with health, safety, or building, and that
constitute a threat to public health and safety.
(B) Either of the following occurs:
(i) After written notice of violation by the regulatory agency,
specifying the applicability of this section, the housing has not
been repaired or brought to a condition of compliance within six
months after the date of the notice or the time prescribed in the
notice, whichever period is later.
(ii) Good faith efforts for compliance have not been commenced, as
determined by the regulatory agency. "Substandard housing" also
means employee housing that has not, within 30 days of the date of
the written notice of violation or the date for compliance prescribed
in the written notice of violation, been brought into compliance
with the conditions stated in the written notice of violation of the
Employee Housing Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of
Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code) issued by the enforcement
agency that specifies the application of this section. The regulatory
agency may, for good cause shown, extend the compliance date
prescribed in a violation notice.
(3) (A) When the period specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(2) of this subdivision has expired without compliance, the
government regulatory agency shall mail to the taxpayer a notice of
noncompliance. The notice of noncompliance shall be in a form and
shall include information prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board,
shall be mailed by certified mail to the taxpayer at his or her last
known address, and shall advise the taxpayer of (i) an intent to
notify the Franchise Tax Board of the noncompliance within 10 days
unless an appeal is filed, (ii) where an appeal may be filed, and
(iii) a general description of the tax consequences of that filing
with the Franchise Tax Board. Appeals shall be made to the same body
and in the same manner as appeals from other actions of the
regulatory agency. If no appeal is made within 10 days or if after
disposition of the appeal the regulatory agency is sustained, the
regulatory agency shall notify, in writing, the Franchise Tax Board
of the noncompliance.
(B) The notice of noncompliance shall contain the legal
description or the lot and block numbers of the real property, the
assessor's parcel number, and the name of the owner of record as
shown on the latest equalized assessment roll. In addition, the
regulatory agency shall, at the same time as notification of the
notice of noncompliance is sent to the Franchise Tax Board, record a
copy of the notice of noncompliance in the office of the recorder for
the county in which the substandard housing is located that includes
a statement of tax consequences that may be determined by the
Franchise Tax Board. However, the failure to record a notice with the
county recorder does not relieve the liability of any taxpayer nor
does it create any liability on the part of the regulatory agency.
(C) The regulatory agency may charge the taxpayer a fee in an
amount not to exceed the regulatory agency's costs incurred in
recording any notice of noncompliance or issuing any release of that
notice. The notice of compliance shall be recorded and shall serve to
expunge the notice of noncompliance. The notice of compliance shall
contain the same recording information required for the notice of
noncompliance. No deduction by the taxpayer, or any other taxpayer
who obtains title to the property subsequent to the recordation of
the notice of noncompliance, shall be allowed for the items provided
in paragraph (1) of this subdivision from the date of the notice of
noncompliance until the date the regulatory agency determines that
the substandard housing has been brought to a condition of
compliance. The regulatory agency shall mail to the Franchise Tax
Board and the taxpayer a notice of compliance, which notice shall be
in the form and include the information prescribed by the Franchise
Tax Board. In the event the period of noncompliance does not cover an
entire taxable year, the deductions shall be denied at the rate of
one-twelfth for each full month during the period of noncompliance.
(D) If the property is owned by more than one owner or the
recorded title is in the name of a fictitious owner, the notice
requirements provided in subdivision (b) and this subdivision shall
be satisfied for each owner if the notices are mailed to one owner or
to the fictitious name owner at the address appearing on the latest
available property tax bill. However, notices made pursuant to this
subdivision shall not relieve the regulatory agency from furnishing
taxpayer identification information required to implement this
section to the Franchise Tax Board.
(4) For purposes of this section, a notice of noncompliance shall
not be mailed by the regulatory agency to the Franchise Tax Board if
any of the following occurs:
(A) The housing was rendered substandard solely by reason of
earthquake, flood, or other natural disaster unless the condition
remains for more than three years after the disaster.
(B) The owner of the substandard housing has secured financing to
bring the housing into compliance with those laws or codes that have
been violated, causing the housing to be classified as substandard,
and has commenced repairs or other work necessary to bring the
housing into compliance.
(C) The owner of substandard housing that is not within the
meaning of housing accommodation, as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 35805 of the Health and Safety Code, has done both of the
following:
(i) Attempted to secure financing to bring the housing into
compliance with those laws or codes that have been violated, causing
the housing to be classified as substandard.
(ii) Been denied that financing solely because the housing is
located in a neighborhood or geographical area in which financial
institutions do not provide financing for rehabilitation of any of
that type of housing.
(5) This section shall not apply to deductions from gross receipts
derived from property rendered substandard solely by reason of a
change in applicable state or local housing standards unless those
violations cause substantial danger to the occupants of the property,
as determined by the regulatory agency that has served notice of
violation pursuant to paragraph (2).
(6) The owner of substandard housing found to be in noncompliance
shall, upon total or partial divestiture of interest in the property,
immediately notify the regulatory agency of the name and address of
the person or persons to whom the property has been sold or otherwise
transferred and the date of the sale or transference.
(7) By July 1 of each year, the regulatory agency shall report, to
the appropriate legislative body of its jurisdiction, all of the
following information, for the preceding calendar year, regarding its
activities to secure code enforcement, which shall be public
information:
(A) The number of written notices of violation issued for
substandard housing under paragraph (2).
(B) The number of violations complied with within the period
prescribed in paragraph (2).
(C) The number of notices of noncompliance issued pursuant to
paragraph (3).
(D) The number of appeals from those notices pursuant to paragraph
(3).
(E) The number of successful appeals by owners.
(F) The number of notices of noncompliance mailed to the Franchise
Tax Board pursuant to paragraph (3).
(G) The number of cases in which a notice of noncompliance was not
sent pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4).
(H) The number of extensions for compliance granted pursuant to
paragraph (2) and the mean average length of the extensions.
(I) The mean average length of time from the issuance of a notice
of violation to the mailing of a notice of noncompliance to the
Franchise Tax Board where the notice is actually sent to the
Franchise Tax Board.
(J) The number of cases where compliance is achieved after a
notice of noncompliance has been mailed to the Franchise Tax Board.
(K) The number of instances of disallowance of tax deductions by
the Franchise Tax Board resulting from referrals made by the
regulatory agency. This information may be filed in a supplemental
report in succeeding years as it becomes available.
(8) The provisions of this section relating to substandard housing
consisting of abandoned or unoccupied dwellings do not apply to any
lender engaging in a "federally related transaction," as defined in
Section 11302 of the Business and Professions Code, who acquires
title through judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure, or accepts a deed
in lieu of foreclosure. The exception provided in this subdivision
covers only substandard housing consisting of abandoned or unoccupied
dwellings involved in the federally related transaction.
Article 5. Treatment of Preenactment Credits, Excess Capital
Losses, and Net Operating Losses
27541. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001), for taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 2013, the amount of any remaining net operating
loss, excess capital loss, or credit carryforward calculated under
Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) shall be allowed to be taken
against net receipts in the case of net operating loss and excess
capital loss carryovers or against the tax liability in the case of
credit carryovers under the net business receipts tax under Part 12
(commencing with Section 27001), subject to the annual limitation
specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).
(b) For purposes of this section, the following rules shall apply:
(1) The amount of any net operating loss, excess capital loss, or
credit carryover remaining on the first day of the first taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2013, shall, regardless of the
number of years remaining in the carryover period under Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), be allowed to be carried forward
under this part for a period of up to 20 years, until exhausted.
(2) The limitation in paragraph (3) upon the amount of any net
operating loss, excess capital loss, or credit carryover that may be
used in any taxable year under this part shall be computed after
first applying against the net business receipts tax liability any
credits allowed under Sections 17039.3 and 27811, including any
carryovers of those credits allowed under this part.
(3) The annual limitation under this section shall be computed as
follows:
(A) For net operating loss carryovers, no more than 5 percent of
the net business receipts under Part 12 (commencing with Section
27001) before the application of any net operating loss carryovers.
(B) For excess capital losses, no more than 5 percent of the net
business receipts under Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001)
before the application of any excess capital losses.
(C) For credit carryovers, no more than 5 percent of the net
business receipts tax liability under Part 12 (commencing with
Section 27001) after the application of any credits under this part
and before the application of any credit carryovers.
(D) The annual limitation under this paragraph shall not exceed 5
percent of the aggregate of the amounts specified in subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C).
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe by forms and
instructions any rules necessary to implement this section.
Article 6. Assignment of Credits
27542. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for each taxable
year beginning on or after January 1, 2013, any credit allowed to a
taxpayer under Chapter 3.5 of Part 11 (commencing with Section 23604)
that is an "eligible credit," within the meaning of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b), may be assigned by that taxpayer to any "eligible
assignee" within the meaning of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).
(2) Except as specifically provided in this section, following an
assignment of any eligible credit under this section, the eligible
assignee shall be treated as if it originally earned the assigned
credit.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Affiliated corporation" means a corporation that is a member
of a commonly controlled group as defined in Section 25105.
(2) "Eligible credit" means either of the following:
(A) Any credit earned by the taxpayer in a taxable year beginning
before January 1, 2013, that is eligible to be carried forward to the
taxpayer's first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2013,
under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(B) Any credit earned under Section 27811 in any taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
(3) "Eligible assignee" means any affiliated corporation that is
properly treated as a member of the same combined reporting group
pursuant to Section 28101 or 28110 as the taxpayer assigning the
eligible credit as of:
(A) In the case of credits earned in taxable years beginning
before January 1, 2013:
(i) December 31, 2012.
(ii) The last day of the taxable year of the assigning taxpayer in
which the eligible credit is assigned.
(B) In the case of credits earned in taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 2013:
(i) The last day of the first taxable year in which the credit was
allowed to the taxpayer.
(ii) The last day of the taxable year of the assigning taxpayer in
which the eligible credit is assigned.
(c) (1) The election to assign any credit under subdivision (a)
shall be irrevocable once made, and shall be made by the taxpayer
allowed that credit on its original return for the taxable year in
which the assignment is made.
(2) The taxpayer assigning any credit under this section shall
reduce the amount of its unused credit by the face amount of any
credit assigned under this section, and the amount of the assigned
credit shall not be available for application against the assigning
taxpayer's "business net receipts tax" in any taxable year, nor shall
it thereafter be included in the amount of any credit carryover of
the assigning taxpayer.
(3) The eligible assignee of any credit under this section may
apply all or any portion of the assigned credits against the
"business net receipts tax," as defined in Section 27036, of the
eligible assignee for the taxable year in which the assignment
occurs, or any subsequent taxable year, subject to any carryover
period limitations that apply to the assigned credit and the rules of
Section 27541 limiting the amount of carryover credits which may be
applied in any taxable year.
(4) The eligible assignee shall not sell, otherwise transfer, or
thereafter assign the assigned credit to any other taxpayer.
(d) (1) Consideration shall not be required to be paid by the
eligible assignee to the assigning taxpayer for assignment of any
credit under this section.
(2) If any consideration is paid by the eligible assignee to the
assigning taxpayer for the transfer of an eligible credit under this
section, then:
(A) Any amounts paid to the eligible assignee under this part with
respect to the assignment shall not be treated as a purchase.
(B) Any amounts received by the assigning taxpayer shall not be
treated as a gross receipt under this part.
(e) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall specify the form and manner
in which the election required under this section shall be made, as
well as any necessary information that shall be required to be
provided by the taxpayer assigning the credit to the eligible
assignee.
(2) Any taxpayer who assigns any credit under this section shall
report any information, in the form and manner specified by the
Franchise Tax Board, necessary to substantiate any credit assigned
under this section and verify the assignment and subsequent
application of any assigned credit.
(3) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any
standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant
to paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) The Franchise Tax Board may issue any regulations necessary to
implement this section, including any regulations necessary to
specify the treatment of any assignment that does not comply with the
requirements of this section (including, for example, where the
taxpayer and eligible assignee are not properly treated as members of
the same combined reporting group on any of the dates specified in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).
(f) (1) The taxpayer and the eligible assignee shall be jointly
and severally liable for any tax, addition to tax, or penalty that
results from the disallowance, in whole or in part, of any eligible
credit assigned under this section.
(2) This section shall not limit the authority of the Franchise
Tax Board to audit either the assigning taxpayer or the eligible
assignee with respect to any eligible credit assigned under this
section.
CHAPTER 4. EXEMPT BUSINESS ENTITIES
Article 1. Exemptions from this Part
27701. Organizations that are organized and operated for
nonprofit purposes within the provisions of a specific section of
this article are exempt from taxes imposed under this part, except as
provided in this article or in Article 2 (commencing with Section
27731) of this chapter, if all of the following apply:
(a) An application for exemption is submitted in the form
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(b) A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) is paid with each
application for exemption filed with the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board issues a determination exempting the
organization from tax.
This section shall not prevent a determination from having
retroactive effect and shall not prevent the issuance of a
determination with respect to a domestic organization that was in
existence prior to January 1, 1970, and exempt under prior law
without the submission of a formal application or payment of a filing
fee. For purposes of this section, the term "domestic" means created
or organized under the laws of this state. The Franchise Tax Board
may issue rulings and regulations as are necessary and reasonable to
carry out this article.
27701a. Labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations other
than cooperative organizations described in Section 27904 or 27905
(unless the cooperative organization is determined by the Internal
Revenue Service to be an organization described in Section 501(c)(5)
of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended). For purposes of this
section, the term "agricultural" includes the art or science of
cultivating land, harvesting crops or aquatic resources, or raising
livestock.
27701b. A fraternal order described in Section 501(c)(8) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
27701c. A cemetery company described in Section 501(c)(13) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
27701d. (a) A corporation, community chest or trust, organized
and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific,
testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to
foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only
if no part of its activities involved the provision of athletic
facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to
children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to
the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial
part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise
provided in Section 27704.5), and which does not participate in, or
intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of
statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition
to) any candidate for public office. An organization is not organized
exclusively for exempt purposes listed above unless its assets are
irrevocably dedicated to one or more purposes listed in this section.
Dedication of assets requires that in the event of dissolution of an
organization or the impossibility of performing the specific
organizational purposes, the assets would continue to be devoted to
exempt purposes. Assets shall be deemed irrevocably dedicated to
exempt purposes if the articles of organization provide that upon
dissolution the assets will be distributed to an organization which
is exempt under this section or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code or to the federal government, or to a state or local
government for public purposes; or by a provision in the articles of
organization, satisfactory to the Franchise Tax Board, that the
property will be distributed in trust for exempt purposes; or by
establishing that the assets are irrevocably dedicated to exempt
purposes by operation of law. The irrevocable dedication requirement
shall not be a sole basis for revocation of an exempt determination
made by the Franchise Tax Board prior to the effective date of this
amendment.
(b) (1) In the case of a qualified amateur sports organization.
(A) The requirement of subdivision (a) that no part of its
activities involves the provision of athletic facilities or equipment
shall not apply.
(B) That organization shall not fail to meet the requirements of
subdivision (a) merely because its membership is local or regional in
nature.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "qualified amateur sports
organization" means any organization organized and operated
exclusively to foster national or international amateur sports
competition if that organization is also organized and operated
primarily to conduct national or international competition in sports
or to support and develop amateur athletes for national or
international competition in sports.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section
27701, an organization organized and operated for nonprofit purposes
in accordance with this section shall be exempt from taxes imposed by
this part, except as provided in this article or in Article 2
(commencing with Section 27731), upon its submission to the Franchise
Tax Board of a copy of the notification issued by the Internal
Revenue Service approving the organization's tax-exempt status
pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The
effective date of an organization's tax-exempt status for state
income tax purposes pursuant to this subdivision shall be no later
than the effective date of the organization's tax-exempt status,
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, for federal
income tax purposes.
(2) If, for federal income tax purposes, an organization's
tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code is suspended or revoked, the organization shall notify the
Franchise Tax Board of the suspension or revocation, in the form and
manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board. Upon notification, the
board shall suspend or revoke, whichever is applicable, for state
income tax purposes, an organization's tax-exempt status granted
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision.
(3) This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent the
Franchise Tax Board from revoking the exemption of an organization
that is not organized or operated in accordance with this chapter or
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules and regulations to
implement this section.
27701e. A business league, chamber of commerce, real estate
board, or a board of trade described in Section 501(c)(6) of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that the phrase "or professional
football leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for
football players)" shall not apply.
27701f. (a) A civic league, social welfare organization, or local
organization of employees described in Section 501(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise provided.
(b) An organization is not organized exclusively for exempt
purposes under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code unless
its assets are irrevocably dedicated to one or more purposes listed
in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
27701g. A social organization described in Section 501(c)(7) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
27701h. (a) A corporation described in Section 501(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain title-holding companies.
(b) For purposes of applying Section 501(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code under this section, the term "corporation" includes a
limited liability company that is classified as a partnership.
27701i. A voluntary employees' beneficiary association described
in Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code.
27701j. A teachers' retirement fund association described in
Section 501(c)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
27701k. Religious or apostolic corporations, if those
corporations have a common treasury or community treasury even if
those corporations engaged in business for the common benefit of the
members, but only if the members thereof include (at the time of
filing their returns) in their gross income their entire pro rata
shares, whether distributed or not, of the net income of the
corporation for the year. Any amount so included in the gross income
of a member shall be treated as a dividend received.
27701l. (a) A domestic fraternal society described in Section 501
(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise provided.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "domestic" means
created or organized in the United States or under the law of the
United States or of any state or territory therein.
27701n. (a) A supplemental unemployment compensation trust
described in Section 501(c)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code, except
as otherwise provided.
(b) The following references in Section 501(c)(17)(E) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall be modified as follows:
(1) The phrase "under Section 27701" shall be substituted for the
phrase "under subsection (a)."
(2) The phrase "Section 27701i" shall be substituted for the
phrase "paragraph (9) of this subsection."
27701p. A trust or plan which meets the requirements of Public
Law 87-792, 76 U.S. Stats. 809, approved October 10, 1962 (the
Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Bill of 1962), but only if
such trust or plan is not exempt from taxation under Section 17631.
27701r. (a) A political organization. However, a political
organization shall be subject to tax under this part with respect to
its "political organization net receipts" and such net receipts shall
be subject to tax as provided by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
27101).
(b) For purposes of this section, the political organization net
receipts of any organization for any taxable year is an amount equal
to the excess over one hundred dollars ($100), if any, of the gross
receipts for the taxable year (excluding any exempt function
receipts), divided by the deductions allowed by this part which are
directly connected with the production of the gross receipts
(excluding exempt function receipts).
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "exempt function net
receipts" means any amount received as the following:
(1) A contribution of money or other property.
(2) Membership dues, a membership fee or assessment from a member
of the political organization.
(3) Proceeds from a political fundraising or entertainment event,
or proceeds from the sale of political campaign materials, that are
not received in the ordinary course of any trade or business, to the
extent the amount is segregated for use only for the exempt function
of the political organization.
(d) For purposes of this part, if any political organization:
(1) Contributes any amount to or for the use of any political
organization that is treated as exempt from tax under subdivision (a)
of this section.
(2) Contributes any amount to or for the use of any organization
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of Section 509(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code, that is exempt from tax under Section 27701.
(3) Deposits any amount in the General Fund or the Treasury of the
United States or in the General Fund of any state or local
government, such amount shall be treated as an amount not diverted
for the personal use of the candidate or any other person. No
deduction shall be allowed under this part for the contribution or
deposit of any amount described in the preceding sentence.
(e) For purposes of this section:
(1) The term "political organization" means a party, committee,
association, fund (including the trust of an individual candidate),
or other organization (whether or not incorporated) organized and
operated primarily for the purpose of directly or indirectly
accepting contributions or making expenditures, or both, for an
exempt function.
(2) The term "exempt function" means the function of influencing
or attempting to influence the selection, nomination, election, or
appointment of any individual to any federal, state, or local public
office or office in a political organization, or the election of
Presidential or Vice Presidential electors, whether or not such
individual or electors are selected, nominated, elected, or
appointed. The term includes the making of expenditures relating to
an office described in the preceding sentence which, if incurred by
the individual, would be allowable as a deduction under Section 162
(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) The term "contributions" has the meaning given to that term by
Section 271(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) The term "expenditures" has the meaning given to that term by
Section 271(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(f) For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), a separate
segregated fund (within the meaning of Section 610 of Title 18 of the
United States Code or of any similar state statute, or within the
meaning of any state statute that permits the segregation of dues
money for exempt functions, within the meaning of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (e)) that is maintained by an organization described in
Sections 27701a to 27701p, inclusive, or Section 27701s that is
exempt from tax under Section 27701 shall be treated as a separate
organization.
(g) (1) For purposes of this section, a fund established and
maintained by an individual who holds, has been elected to, or is a
candidate (within the meaning of paragraph (3)) for nomination or
election to, any federal, state, or local elective public office for
use by that individual exclusively for the preparation and
circulation of that individual's newsletter shall, except as provided
in paragraph (2), be treated as if that fund constituted a political
organization.
(2) In the case of any fund described in paragraph (1), the exempt
function shall be only the preparation and circulation of the
newsletter.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), "candidate" means with respect
to any federal, state, or local elective public office, an individual
who does both of the following:
(A) Publicly announces that he or she is a candidate for
nomination or election to that office.
(B) Meets the qualifications prescribed by law to hold that
office.
(h) The requirements set forth in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c)
of Section 27701 shall not apply to a political organization or
newsletter fund described in this section.
(i) The requirements set forth in Section 27772 or Section 27774
shall not apply to a political organization or newsletter fund.
Further, the requirements set forth in Sections 18505, 18506, and
18601 shall not apply to a political organization or newsletter fund
described in this section, except that if it has political
organization net receipts for any taxable year, the political
organization shall be required to file income tax returns or
statements as determined by the Franchise Tax Board under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 27101).
27701s. (a) An employee-funded pension trust described in Section
501(c)(18) of the Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise
provided.
(b) The last sentence in Section 501(c)(18) of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to excess contributions under Section 4979 of
the Internal Revenue Code, shall not apply.
27701t. (a) A homeowners' association organized and operated to
provide for the acquisition, construction, management, maintenance,
and care of residential association property if all of the following
apply:
(1) Sixty percent or more of the gross income of the organization
for the taxable year consists solely of amounts received as
membership dues, fees, and assessments from either of the following:
(A) Tenant-stockholders or owners of residential units,
residences, or lots.
(B) Owners of time-share rights to use, or time-share ownership
interests in, association property in the case of a time-share
association.
(2) Ninety percent or more of the expenditures of the organization
for the taxable year are expenditures for the acquisition,
construction, management, maintenance, and care of association
property and, in the case of a time-share association, for activities
provided to or on behalf of members of the association.
(3) No part of the net earnings inures (other than by providing
management, maintenance, and care of association property or by a
rebate of excess membership dues, fees, or assessments) to the
benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(4) Amounts received as membership dues, fees, and assessments not
expended for association purposes during the taxable year are
transferred to and held in trust to provide for the management,
maintenance, and care of association property and common areas.
(b) The term "association property" means:
(1) Property held by the organization.
(2) Property held in common by the members of the organization.
(3) Property within the organization privately held by the members
of the organization. In the case of a time-share association,
"association property" includes property in which the time-share
association, or members of the association, have rights arising out
of recorded easements, covenants, or other recorded instruments to
use property related to the time-share project.
(c) A homeowners' association shall be subject to tax under this
part with respect to its "homeowners' association net receipts," and
those net receipts shall be subject to tax as provided by Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 27101).
(1) For purposes of this section, the term "homeowners'
association net receipts" of any organization for any taxable year
means an amount equal to the excess over one hundred dollars ($100),
if any, of the gross receipts for the taxable year (excluding any
exempt function receipts), divided by the deductions allowed by this
part that are directly connected with the production of the gross
receipts (excluding exempt function receipts).
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "exempt function gross
receipts" means any amount received as membership fees, dues, and
assessments from tenant-shareholders or owners of residential units,
residences, or lots, or owners of time-share rights to use, or
time-share ownership interests in, association property in the case
of a time-share association.
(d) The term "homeowners' association" includes a condominium
management association, a residential real estate management
association, a time-share association, and a cooperative housing
corporation.
(e) "Cooperative housing corporation" includes, but is not limited
to, a limited-equity housing cooperative, as defined in Section
33007.5 of the Health and Safety Code, organized either as a
nonprofit public benefit corporation pursuant to Part 2 (commencing
with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code,
or a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation pursuant to Part 3
(commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the
Corporations Code.
(f) The term "time-share association" means any organization
(other than a condominium management association) organized and
operated to provide for the acquisition, construction, management,
maintenance, and care of association property if any member thereof
holds a time-share right to use, or a time-share ownership interest
in, real property constituting association property.
27701u. An organization is operated exclusively for exempt
purposes listed in Section 27701f and its net earnings are devoted
exclusively to charitable purposes if that organization is a
nonprofit public benefit corporation organized under Part 2
(commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the
Corporations Code, and if the specific and primary purpose for which
the corporation is formed is to render financial assistance to
government by financing, refinancing, acquiring, constructing,
improving, leasing, selling, or otherwise conveying property of any
kind to government. This financing ability shall be limited to the
issuance of certificates of participation, or similar security
arrangements. For purposes of this section, "government" means this
state, a city, city and county, county, school district, board of
education, public corporation, hospital district, and any other
special district. An organization is not organized exclusively for
the exempt purposes referred to in the first paragraph unless its
assets are irrevocably dedicated to one or more purposes listed in
Section 27701f. Dedication of assets requires that in the event of
dissolution of an organization or the impossibility of performing the
specific organizational purposes, including default of lease
payments, the assets would continue to be devoted to exempt purposes.
Assets shall be deemed irrevocably dedicated to exempt purposes if
the articles of organization provide that upon dissolution the assets
will be distributed to an organization that is exempt under this
section, Section 27701d, or Section 27701f, or under Section 501(c)
(3) or Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or to the
federal government, or to a state or local government for public
purposes; or by a provision in the articles of organization,
satisfactory to the Franchise Tax Board, that the property will be
distributed in trust for exempt purposes; or by establishing that the
assets are irrevocably dedicated to exempt purposes by operation of
law. Any organization that has had its exemption revoked by the
Franchise Tax Board for failure to comply with Section 27701f may
request a further review of its status under this section.
27701v. (a) An organization of owners of manufactured homes or
mobilehomes, who are tenants in a mobilehome park, formed for the
purpose of purchasing the mobilehome park to convert it to
condominium, stock cooperative, or other resident ownership
interests.
(b) An organization shall not fail to meet the requirements of
subdivision (a) merely because it manages, maintains, or cares for
the mobilehome park it has purchased.
27701w. A veterans' organization, as defined by
Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.
27701x. (a) A corporation or trust described in Section 501(c)
(25) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain title-holding
companies.
(b) For purposes of applying Section 501(c)(25) of the Internal
Revenue Code under this section, the term "corporation" includes a
limited liability company that is classified as a partnership.
27701y. A credit union as defined in Section 14002 of the
Financial Code. In addition, those credit unions are exempt from all
other taxes and licenses, state, county, and municipal, imposed upon
those credit unions, except taxes upon their real property, local
utility user taxes, sales and use taxes, state energy resources
surcharges, state emergency telephone users surcharges, unrelated
business net receipts taxes pursuant to Section 27731, motor vehicle
and other vehicle registration license fees, and any other tax or
license fee imposed by the state upon vehicles, motor vehicles, or
the operation thereof.
27701z. An organization established pursuant to Section 5005.1 of
the Corporations Code by three or more corporations as an
arrangement for the pooling of self-insured claims or losses of those
corporations.
27702. Section 502 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
feeder organizations, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(a) Exemption shall not be allowed to any organization on the
basis that all of its profits are payable to another organization
exempt from taxation under either Section 501 of the Internal Revenue
Code or this article, if that business activity is being conducted
by a separate organization.
(b) The reference to Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to exemption, shall be modified to refer to Section 27701.
(c) The reference to Sections 512 and 512(b)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to the exclusion of the deriving of rents from
the definition of "trade or business," shall be modified to refer to
Section 27732.
27703. (a) No exemption shall be allowed under this article to
any charitable corporation as defined in Sections 12582.1 and 12583
of the Government Code for any year or years for which it fails to
file with the Attorney General, on or before the due date, any
registration or periodic report required by Article 7 (commencing
with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2
of the Government Code.
(b) The exemption shall be disallowed under this section only
after the Attorney General has notified the Franchise Tax Board in
writing that a charitable corporation subject to the provisions of
subdivision (a) has failed to file any such registration or periodic
report on or before the due date thereof.
(c) If an exemption is disallowed under this section, the
exemption may be reinstated when the registration or periodic reports
are filed.
(d) The Franchise Tax Board may make any regulations that it deems
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
27703.5. Section 501(p) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
suspension of tax-exempt status of terrorist organizations, shall
apply, except as otherwise provided:
(a) References to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall be modified to refer to Section 27701.
(b) Section 501(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by
substituting the phrase "under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) and this part" for the phrase "under any provision of this
title, including Sections 170, 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055,
2106(a)(2), and 2522" contained therein.
(c) This section shall apply only during the period described in
Section 501(p)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that the federal tax
exemption of the organization described in Section 501(p)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code is suspended for federal income tax purposes
under Section 501(p)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) Section 501(p)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply
and in lieu thereof, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
organization or other person may challenge a suspension under this
section, a designation or identification described in Section 501(p)
(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the period of suspension described
in Section 501(p)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a denial of a
deduction under Section 501(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code as
modified in subdivision (b) in any administrative or judicial
proceeding relating to the California tax liability of the
organization or other person.
(e) (1) Credit or refund (with interest) with respect to an
overpayment shall be made if all of the following apply with respect
to that overpayment:
(A) The tax exemption of any organization described in Section 501
(p)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code is suspended under this section.
(B) Each designation and identification described in Section 501
(p)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code which has been made with respect
to that organization is determined to be erroneous under Section 501
(p)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes.
(C) The erroneous designations and identifications result in an
overpayment of income tax for any taxable year by that organization.
(2) If the credit or refund of any overpayment of tax described in
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) is prevented at any time by the
operation of any law or rule of law (including res judicata), the
credit or refund may nevertheless be allowed or made if the claim
therefor is filed before the close of the one-year period beginning
on the date of the last determination described in subparagraph (B)
of paragraph (1).
27704. Section 501(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
cooperative hospital service organizations, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
(a) References to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to charitable organizations, shall be modified to refer to
Section 27701d.
(b) References to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to exemptions, shall be modified to refer to Section 27701.
(c) The services which may be provided under Section 501(e)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code shall include laundry services.
(d) Section 501(e)(1)(B)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code is
modified by substituting the phrase "owned and operated by the United
States, the State, or a county or political subdivision thereof, or
an agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing" for the phrase
"owned and operated by the United States, a State, the District of
Columbia, or a possession of the United States, or a political
subdivision or an agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing."
(e) References to Section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to the deductibility of contributions to
hospitals, shall be modified to refer to subdivision (e) of Section
27736.
27704.3. Section 501(o) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
treatment of hospitals participating in provider-sponsored
organizations, shall apply, except that the reference to Section 501
(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to charitable
organizations, shall be modified to refer to Section 27701d.
27704.4. Section 501(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the treatment of certain organizations providing care of children,
shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(a) The reference to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to charitable organizations, shall be modified to
refer to Section 27701d.
(b) The reference to Section 2522(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to the computation of taxable gifts, or Section 2055
of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to transfers for public,
charitable, and religious uses, shall not apply.
27704.5. Section 501(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
expenditures by public charities engaged in activities to influence
legislation, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(a) The reference to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to exemption from taxation, shall be modified to refer to
Section 27701.
(b) The reference to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to charitable organizations, shall be modified to
refer to Section 27701d.
27704.6. Section 504 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
status after organization ceases to qualify for exemption under
Section 501(c)(3) because of substantial lobbying or because of
political activities, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(a) The reference to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to exemption from taxation, shall be modified to refer to
Section 27701.
(b) The reference to Section 501a(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to charitable organizations, shall be modified to
refer to Section 27701d.
(c) The reference to Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and
local associations of employees, shall be modified to refer to
Section 27701f.
27705. (a) (1) An organization described in Section 27701i
(voluntary employee's beneficiary associations) or 27701q (qualified
group legal service plans) which is part of a plan of an employer
shall not be exempt from tax under Section 27701, unless that plan
meets the requirements of Section 505(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any organization described in
Section 505(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) A copy of any notice filed with the Secretary of the Treasury,
pursuant to Section 505(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
application for tax-exempt status, shall be filed at the same time
and in the same manner with the Franchise Tax Board.
27706. Any exemption from the net receipts tax under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 27101) granted by any statute of this state
on or after January 1, 1985, for an organization that is an
instrumentality of this state, shall be provided for in this part.
27707. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the status of
any organization as a private foundation shall be terminated only if
either of the following occurs:
(1) The organization notifies the Franchise Tax Board (at such
time and in such manner as the Franchise Tax Board may by regulations
prescribe) of its intent to accomplish such termination.
(2) The organization has been terminated by the Attorney General
of this state or by action taken pursuant to Section 507 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(b) (1) The status as a private foundation of any organization
shall be terminated only if either of the following occurs:
(A) The organization distributes all of its net assets to one or
more organizations described below (other than clause (vii), (viii),
(ix), or (x)) each of which has been in existence and so described
for a continuous period of at least 60 calendar months immediately
preceding the distribution and exempt from tax under Section 27701d
of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code during the last 60 months, or:
(i) A church or a convention or association of churches,
(ii) An educational organization that normally maintains a regular
faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of
pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational
activities are regularly carried on,
(iii) An organization the principal purpose or functions of which
are the providing of medical or hospital care or medical education or
medical research, if the organization is a hospital, or if the
organization is a medical research organization directly engaged in
the continuous active conduct of medical research in conjunction with
a hospital, and during the calendar year in which the contribution
is made the organization is committed to spend such contributions for
the research before January 1 of the fifth calendar year which
begins after the date the contribution is made.
(iv) An organization that normally receives a substantial part of
its support (exclusive of income received in the exercise or
performance by such organization of its charitable, educational, or
other purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption
under Section 27701d) from the United States or any state or
political subdivision thereof or from direct or indirect
contributions from the general public, and that is organized and
operated exclusively to receive, hold, invest, and administer
property and to make expenditures to or for the benefit of a college
or university that is an organization referred to in clause (ii) of
this subparagraph and that is an agency or instrumentality of a state
or political subdivision thereof, or that is owned or operated by a
state or political subdivision thereof or by an agency or
instrumentality of one or more states or political subdivisions,
(v) A governmental unit referred to in Section 170(c)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code,
(vi) An organization referred to in Section 170(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code that normally receives a substantial part of
its support (exclusive of income received in the exercise or
performance by the organization of its charitable, educational, or
other purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption
under Section 27701d) from a governmental unit referred to in Section
170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or from direct or indirect
contributions from the general public,
(vii) A private operating foundation (as defined in Section 4942
(j) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code),
(viii) Any other private foundation (as defined in Section 509(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code) that, not later than the 15th day of
the third month after the close of the foundation's taxable year in
which contributions are received, makes qualifying distributions (as
defined in Section 4942(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended
by Public Law 94-455, without regard to paragraph (3) thereof), that
are treated, after the application of Section 4942(g)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code as distributions out of corpus (in accordance
with Section 4942(h) of the Internal Revenue Code) in an amount equal
to 100 percent of the contributions, and with respect to which the
taxpayer maintains adequate records or other sufficient evidence from
the foundation showing that the foundation made the qualifying
distributions,
(ix) A private foundation all of the contributions to which are
pooled in a common fund and which would be described in paragraph (3)
of Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code but for the right of
any substantial contributor (hereafter in this clause called "donor")
or his spouse to designate annually the recipients, from among
organizations described in paragraph (1) of Section 509(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, of the income attributable to the donor's
contribution to the fund and to direct (by deed or by will) the
payment, to an organization described in paragraph (1), of the corpus
in the common fund shall apply only if all the income of the common
fund is required to be (and is) distributed to one or more
organizations described in paragraph (1) not later than the 15th day
of the third month after the close of the taxable year in which the
income is realized by the fund and only if all of the corpus
attributable to any donor's contribution to the fund is required to
be (and is) distributed to one or more of the organizations not later
than one year after his or her death or after the death of his or
her surviving spouse if he or she has the right to designate the
recipients of the corpus, and
(x) An organization described in paragraph (2) or (3) of Section
509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) The organization meets the requirements of Section 507(b)(1)
(B) or paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of Section 509(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code, whichever applies, and furnishes copies of its federal
notice of termination of its private foundation status to the
Franchise Tax Board.
(2) For purposes of this part, in the case of a transfer of assets
of any private foundation to another private foundation pursuant to
any liquidation, merger, redemption, recapitalization, or other
adjustment, organization, or reorganization, the transferee
foundation shall not be treated as a newly created organization.
27708. (a) For purposes of this part, unless otherwise indicated
in context, the term "an organization exempt from tax" shall mean an
organization that has satisfied the provisions of Section 27701.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any organization
(including an organization in existence on December 31, 1970) that is
described in Section 27701d and that does not notify the Franchise
Tax Board at the time and the manner as the Franchise Tax Board may
prescribe, that it is not a private foundation shall be presumed to
be a private foundation. The time prescribed for giving notice under
this subdivision shall not expire before the 90th day after the day
on which the regulations first prescribed under this subdivision
become final.
(c) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to the following:
(1) Churches, their integrated auxiliaries, and conventions or
associations of churches.
(2) Any organization that is not a private foundation (as defined
in Section 27709).
(3) The Franchise Tax Board may by regulations exempt (to the
extent and subject to those conditions as may be prescribed in the
regulations) the following from subdivision (b):
(A) Educational organizations that normally maintain a regular
faculty and curriculum and normally have a regularly enrolled body of
pupils or students in attendance at the place where their
educational activities are regularly carried on.
(B) Any other class of organizations with respect to which the
Franchise Tax Board determines that full compliance with subdivision
(b) is not necessary to the efficient administration of this part
relating to private foundations.
(d) (1) A private foundation shall not be exempt from taxation
under Section 27701d unless its governing instrument includes
provisions the effects of which are both of the following:
(A) To require its income for each taxable year to be distributed
at the time and in the manner as not to subject the foundation to tax
under Section 4942 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by
Public Law 94-455.
(B) To prohibit the foundation from engaging in any act of
self-dealing (as defined in Section 4941 of the Internal Revenue
Code) from retaining any excess business holdings (as defined in
Section 4943 of the Internal Revenue Code), from making any
investments in the manner as to subject the foundation to tax under
Section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) In the case of any organization organized before January 1,
1970, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following:
(A) To any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1972.
(B) To any period after December 31, 1971, during the pendency of
any judicial proceeding begun before January 1, 1972, by the private
foundation which is necessary to reform, or to excuse such foundation
from compliance with, its governing instrument or any other
instrument in order to meet the requirements of paragraph (1).
(C) To any period after the termination of any judicial proceeding
described in subparagraph (B) during which its governing instrument
or any other instrument does not permit it to meet the requirements
of paragraph (1).
(3) This subdivision shall not apply to require the inclusion in
governing instruments of any provisions inconsistent with this
subdivision.
(e) Notwithstanding any of the requirements of this section, if
they are determined to be met under federal law they are also met for
state purposes.
27709. (a) For the purposes of this part the term "private
foundation" means a domestic or foreign organization defined in the
Internal Revenue Code as a private foundation.
(b) For the purposes of this part, if an organization is a private
foundation (within the meaning of subdivision (a)) on December 31,
1970, or becomes a private foundation on any subsequent date, the
organization shall be treated as a private foundation for all periods
after December 31, 1970, or after that subsequent date, unless its
status as such is terminated.
(c) For purposes of this part, an organization the status of which
as a private foundation is terminated shall be treated as an
organization created on the day after the date of the termination,
except in the case of a transfer of assets of any private foundation
to another private foundation pursuant to any liquidation, merger,
redemption, recapitalization, or other adjustment, organization, or
reorganization, the transferee shall not be treated as a newly
created organization.
(d) For purposes of this part, the term "support" includes, but is
not limited to, the following:
(1) Gifts, grants, contributions, or membership fees.
(2) Gross receipts from admissions, sales of merchandise,
performance of services, or furnishing of facilities in any activity
that is not an unrelated trade or business (within the meaning of
Section 27734).
(3) Net receipts from unrelated business activities, whether or
not such activities are carried on regularly as a trade or business.
(4) Gross investment receipts (as defined in subdivision (e)).
(5) Tax revenues levied for the benefit of an organization and
either paid to or expended on behalf of the organization.
(6) The value of services or facilities (exclusive of services or
facilities generally furnished to the public without charge)
furnished by a governmental unit referred to in Section 170(c)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code to an organization without charge. The term
does not include any gain from the sale or other disposition of
property that would be considered as gain from the sale or exchange
of a capital asset, or the value of exemption from any federal,
state, or local tax or any similar benefit.
(e) For purposes of this section, the term "gross investment
receipts" means the gross amount of interest, dividends, rents, and
royalties, but not including any such receipts to the extent included
in computing the tax imposed by Section 27731.
27710. Any organization exempted from taxes imposed under this
part pursuant to this article shall not be disqualified for the
exemption on the basis that it conducts bingo games pursuant to
Section 326.5 of the Penal Code, provided that the proceeds from
those games are used exclusively for charitable purposes.
27711. Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
qualified state tuition programs, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(a) Section 529(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as
follows:
(1) By substituting the phrase "under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) and this part" in lieu of the phrase "under this
subtitle."
(2) By substituting "Article 2 (commencing with Section 27731)" in
lieu of "section 511."
(b) A copy of the report required to be filed with
the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 529(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be filed with the Franchise Tax Board at the same
time and in the same manner as specified in that section.
27711.5. The Golden State Scholarshare Trust, established
pursuant to Article 19 (commencing with Section 69980) of Chapter 2
of Part 42 of the Education Code, is an instrumentality of this state
and the receipts of the Scholarshare trust shall be exempt from
taxes imposed under this part. The Scholarshare trust is established
and shall be maintained as a qualified state tuition program as
defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
27712. Section 530 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
Coverdell education savings accounts, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
(a) Section 530(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as
follows:
(1) By substituting the phrase "under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) and this part" in lieu of the phrase "under this
subtitle."
(2) By substituting "Article 2 (commencing with Section 27731)" in
lieu of "section 511."
(b) Section 530(d) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as
follows:
(1) By substituting the phrase "under Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001) in the manner as provided in Section 72(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code, as modified by Part 10" in lieu of the phrase
"in the manner as provided in Section 72(b)" in Section 530(d)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) (A) By substituting the phrase "tax imposed by Part 10
(commencing with Section 17001)" in lieu of the phrase "tax imposed
by this chapter" in Section 530(d)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(B) By substituting the phrase "increased by 2 1/2 percent" in
lieu of the phrase "increased by 10 percent" in Section 530(d)(4)(A)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
(C) By substituting the phrase "shall be included in the
contributor's gross income under Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001) or this part" in lieu of the phrase "shall be included in
gross income" in Section 530(d)(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) For purposes of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) and
this part, in the case of a custodial account treated as a trust by
reason of Section 530(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, the custodian
of that account shall be treated as the trustee thereof.
(d) A copy of the report, which is required to be filed with the
Secretary of the Treasury under Section 530(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code, shall be filed with the Franchise Tax Board at the same
time and in the same manner as specified in that section.
Article 2. Taxation of Unrelated Business Net Receipts of
Certain Article 1 Organizations
27731. Every organization or trust exempt under this chapter,
except as provided in this article, is subject to the tax imposed
upon its unrelated business net receipts, as defined in Section
27732, as follows:
(a) Business entities, including business trusts, are subject to
the tax imposed under Section 27101.
(b) Trusts, other than business trusts, are subject to the tax
imposed by subdivision (e) of Section 17041.
27732. Section 512 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
unrelated business taxable income, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(a) (1) Section 512(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be
modified as follows:
(A) By substituting "gross business receipts," as defined in this
part, for "gross income" each place it appears.
(B) By substituting "deductions allowed by this part" for
"deductions allowed by this chapter."
(2) Section 512(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special rules for foreign organizations, shall not be applicable.
(b) Section 512(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special rules applicable to certain organizations, shall be modified
as follows:
(1) The reference to Section 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to clubs organized for pleasure, recreation, and other
nonprofitable purposes, shall be modified to refer to Section
27701g.
(2) The reference to Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to voluntary employees' beneficiary associations,
shall be modified to refer to Section 27701i.
(3) The reference to Section 501(c)(17) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to trusts providing for payment of supplemental
unemployment compensation benefits, shall be modified to refer to
Section 27701n.
(4) The reference to Section 501(c)(20) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to qualified group legal services plans, shall be
modified to refer to Section 27701q.
(c) Section 512(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
treatment of dues of agricultural or horticultural organizations,
shall be modified by substituting "Section 27701a" in lieu of
"Section 501(c)(5)" of the Internal Revenue Code.
27734. (a) Section 513 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
unrelated trade or business, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(b) Section 513(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
certain pole rentals, shall not apply.
27735. (a) Section 514 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
unrelated debt-financed income, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(b) An interest in a participation agreement, as defined in
subdivision (i) of Section 69980 of the Education Code, shall not be
treated as debt.
27736. Sections 27736.1 to 27736.4, inclusive, shall apply to any
organization described in Section 27701d or Section 27701n except
the following:
(a) A religious organization (other than a trust).
(b) An educational organization that normally maintains a regular
faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of
pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational
activities are regularly carried on.
(c) An organization that normally receives a substantial part of
its support (exclusive of income received in the exercise or
performance by such organization of its charitable, educational, or
other purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption
under Section 27701d) from the United States or any state or
political subdivision thereof or from direct or indirect
contributions from the general public.
(d) An organization that is operated, supervised, controlled, or
principally supported by a religious organization (other than a
trust) that is itself not subject to this article.
(e) An organization the principal purposes or functions of which
are the providing of medical or hospital care or medical education or
medical research.
27736.1. (a) For the purposes of this article, the term
"prohibited transaction" means any transaction in which an
organization subject to this article--
(1) Lends any part of its income or corpus, without the receipt of
adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, to;
(2) Pays any compensation, in excess of a reasonable allowance for
salaries or other compensation for personal services actually
rendered, to;
(3) Makes any part of its services available on a preferential
basis, to;
(4) Makes any substantial purchase of securities or any other
property, for more than adequate consideration in money or money's
worth, from;
(5) Sells any substantial part of its securities or other
property, for less than an adequate consideration in money or money's
worth, to; or
(6) Engages in any other transaction that results in a substantial
diversion of its income or corpus to;
The creator of the organization (if a trust); a person who has
made a substantial contribution to the organization; a member of the
family (as defined in Section 267(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code)
of an individual who is the creator of that trust or who has made a
substantial contribution to that organization; or a corporation
controlled by that creator or person through the ownership, directly
or indirectly, of 50 percent or more of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock entitled to vote or 50 percent or more
of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of the
corporation.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), a bond, debenture, note, or
certificate or other evidence of indebtedness (hereinafter in this
section referred to as "obligation") acquired by a trust described in
Section 27701n shall not be treated as a loan made without the
receipt of adequate security if:
(1) The obligation is acquired:
(A) On the market, either (i) at the price of the obligation
prevailing on a national securities exchange that is registered with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (ii) if the obligation is
not traded on a national securities exchange, at a price not less
favorable to the trust than the offering price for the obligation as
established by current bid and asked prices quoted by persons
independent of the issuer.
(B) From an underwriter, at a price (i) not in excess of the
public offering price for the obligation as set forth in a prospectus
or offering circular filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and (ii) at which a substantial portion of the same issue
is acquired by persons independent of the issuer.
(C) Directly from the issuer, at a price not less favorable to the
trust than the price paid currently for a substantial portion of the
same issue by persons independent of the issuer.
(2) Immediately following acquisition of that obligation both of
the following apply:
(A) Not more than 25 percent of the aggregate amount of
obligations issued in that issue and outstanding at the time of
acquisition is held by the trust.
(B) At least 50 percent of the aggregate amount referred to in
subparagraph (A) is held by persons independent of the issuer.
(3) Immediately following acquisition of the obligation, not more
than 25 percent of the assets of the trust is invested in obligations
of persons described in subdivision (a).
(4) In the application of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), if a
trust described in Section 27701n forming part of a supplemental
unemployment compensation benefit plan lends any money to another
trust described in Section 27701n forming part of the same plan, that
loan shall not be treated as an indebtedness of the borrowing trust,
except to the extent that the loaning trust:
(A) Incurs any indebtedness in order to make that loan.
(B) Incurred indebtedness before the making of that loan which
would not have been incurred but for the making of that loan.
(C) Incurred indebtedness after the making of that loan which
would not have been incurred but for the making of that loan and that
was reasonably foreseeable at the time of making that loan.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to a loan made by a trust
described in Section 27701n to the employer (or to a renewal of that
loan or, if the loan is repayable upon demand, to a continuation of
that loan) if the loan bears a reasonable rate of interest, and if
(in the case of a making or renewal) all of the following apply:
(1) The employer is prohibited (at the time of that making or
renewal) by any law of the United States or regulation thereunder
from directly or indirectly pledging, as security for the loan, a
particular class or classes of his or her assets the value of which
(at that time) represents more than one-half of the value of all his
or her assets.
(2) The making or renewal, as the case may be, is approved in
writing as an investment that is consistent with the exempt purposes
of the trust by a trustee who is independent of the employer, and no
other independent trustee had previously refused to give that written
approval.
(3) Immediately following the making or renewal, as the case may
be, the aggregate amount loaned by the trust to the employer, without
the receipt of adequate security, does not exceed 25 percent of the
value of all the assets of the trust.
(4) For purposes of paragraph (2) the term "trustee" means, with
respect to any trust for which there is more than one trustee who is
independent of the employer, a majority of those independent
trustees. For purposes of paragraph (3), the determination as to
whether any amount loaned by the trust to the employer is loaned
without the receipt of adequate security shall be made without regard
to subdivision (b).
27736.2. An organization described in Section 27701d that is
subject to this article, except any specified in Section 27736, shall
not be exempt from taxation under Article 1 of this chapter if it
has engaged in a prohibited transaction after January 1, 1951; and an
organization described in Section 27701n that is subject to this
article shall not be exempt from taxation under Article 1 if it has
engaged in a prohibited transaction after December 31, 1960.
27736.3. An organization described in Section 27701n or Section
27701d, except as specified in Section 27736, shall be denied
exemption under Section 27736.2 only for taxable years subsequent to
the taxable years during which it is notified by the Franchise Tax
Board that it has engaged in a prohibited transaction, unless such
organization entered into the prohibited transaction with the purpose
of diverting corpus or income of the organization from its exempt
purposes, and the transaction involved a substantial part of the
corpus or income of the organization.
27736.4. Any organization denied exemption under Section 27701d
or Section 27701n by reason of the provisions of Section 27736.2 with
respect to any taxable year following the taxable year in which
notice of denial of exemption was received, may, under regulations
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, file claim for exemption, and
if the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to the regulations, is satisfied
that the organizations will not knowingly again engage in a
prohibited transaction, the organization shall be exempt with respect
to taxable years subsequent to the year in which the claim is filed.
27737. In the case of any organization described in Section
27701d to which this article is applicable, exemption under Article 1
(commencing with Section 27701) shall be denied for the taxable year
if the amounts accumulated out of income during the taxable year or
any prior taxable year and not actually paid out by the end of the
taxable year are either of the following:
(a) Are unreasonable in amount or duration in order to carry out
the charitable, educational, or other purpose or function
constituting the basis for such organization's exemption under
Section 27701d.
(b) Are used to a substantial degree for purposes or functions
other than those constituting the basis for such organization's
exemption under Section 27701d.
(c) Are invested in such a manner as to jeopardize the carrying
out of the charitable, educational, or other purpose or function
constituting the basis for such organization's exemption under
Section 27701d.
27740. Section 4911 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax
on excess expenditures to influence legislation, shall apply, except
as otherwise provided.
(a) Section 4911(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not
apply.
(b) Section 4911(f)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
include efforts to influence legislation with respect to acts, bills,
resolutions, or similar items by the Legislature.
27741. Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, in the
case of a church exempt from taxes imposed under this part pursuant
to Article 1 (commencing with Section 27701) of Chapter 4, any rental
income received, directly or indirectly, from another church exempt
from taxes imposed under this part pursuant to Article 1 (commencing
with Section 27701) of Chapter 4 for rental of exempt function church
property is exempt from any tax imposed by this part.
Article 3. Returns of Exempt Organizations
27771. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every
organization, otherwise exempt under Article 1 (commencing with
Section 27701), but having receipts of the character described in
Article 2 (commencing with Section 27731), shall file a return,
verified by an executive officer under penalty of perjury in the form
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, on or before the 15th day of
the fifth month following the close of the taxable year, reporting
its net receipts from those activities and shall pay a tax as
required by Section 27731 on its unrelated business net receipts as
defined in Section 27732.
(b) An education IRA described in Section 27712 shall file a
return described in subdivision (a) on or before the 15th day of the
fourth month following the close of the taxable year.
27772. (a) For the purposes of this part:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), every organization exempt
from taxation under Section 27701 and every trust treated as a
private foundation because of Section 4947(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall file an annual return, stating specifically the
items of gross receipts and purchases, and any other information for
the purpose of carrying out the laws under this part as the Franchise
Tax Board may by rules or regulations prescribe, and shall keep any
records, render under oath any statements, make any other returns,
and comply with any rules and regulations as the Franchise Tax Board
may from time to time prescribe. The return shall be filed on or
before the 15th day of the fifth full calendar month following the
close of the taxable year.
(2) Exceptions from filing:
(A) Mandatory exceptions, paragraph (1) does not apply to:
(i) Churches, their integrated auxiliaries, and conventions or
associations of churches.
(ii) Any organization (other than a private foundation as defined
in Section 27709), the gross receipts of which in each taxable year
are normally not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(iii) The exclusively religious activities of any religious order.
(B) Discretionary exceptions:
(i) The Franchise Tax Board may permit the filing of a simplified
return for organizations based on either gross receipts or total
assets, or both gross receipts and total assets.
(ii) The Franchise Tax Board may permit the filing of an
information statement (without fee).
(iii) The Franchise Tax Board may permit the filing of a group
return for incorporated or unincorporated branches of a state or
national organization where it determines that an information return
is not necessary to the efficient administration of this part.
(3) An organization that is required to file an annual information
return shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10) on or before the
due date for filing the annual information return (determined with
regard to any extension of time for filing the return) required by
this section. In case of failure to pay the fee on or before the due
date, unless it is shown that the failure is due to reasonable cause,
the filing fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). All collection
remedies provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 18661) of
Chapter 2 of Part 10.2 are applicable to collection of the filing
fee. However, the filing fee does not apply to the organization
described in paragraph (4).
(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to:
(A) A religious organization exempt under Section 27701d.
(B) An educational organization exempt under Section 27701d, if
that organization normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum
and normally has a regularly organized body of pupils or students in
attendance at the place where its educational activities are
regularly carried on.
(C) A charitable organization, or an organization for the
prevention of cruelty to children or animals, exempt under Section
27701d, if that organization is supported, in whole or in part, by
funds contributed by the United States or any state or political
subdivision thereof, or is primarily supported by contributions of
the general public.
(D) An organization exempt under Section 27701d, if that
organization is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in
connection with a religious organization described in subparagraph
(A).
(b) Every organization described in Section 27701d that is subject
to the requirements of subdivision (a) is required to furnish
annually information, at the time and in the manner as the Franchise
Tax Board may by rules or regulations prescribe, setting forth all of
the following:
(1) Its gross income for the year.
(2) Its expenses attributable to gross income and incurred within
the year.
(3) Its disbursements within the year for the purposes for which
it is exempt.
(4) A balance sheet showing its assets, liabilities, and net worth
as of the beginning of that year.
(5) The total of the contributions and gifts received by it
during the year, and the names and addresses of all substantial
contributors.
(6) The names and addresses of its foundation manager (within the
meaning of Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code) and highly
compensated employees.
(7) The compensation and other payments made during the year to
each individual described in paragraph (6).
(8) In the case of an organization with respect to which an
election under Section 27704.5 is effective for the taxable year, the
following amounts for that organization for that taxable year:
(A) The lobbying expenditures (as defined in Section 4911(c)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code).
(B) The lobbying nontaxable amount (as defined in Section 4911(c)
(2) of the Internal Revenue Code).
(C) The grassroots expenditures (as defined in Section 4911(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code).
(D) The grassroots nontaxable amount (as defined in Section 4911
(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code). For purposes of this paragraph,
if Section 27740 applies to the organization for the taxable year,
the organization shall furnish the amounts with respect to the
affiliated group as well as with respect to the organization.
(9) Other information with respect to direct or indirect transfers
to, and other direct or indirect transactions and relationships
with, other organizations described in Sections 27701a to 27701w,
inclusive (other than Sections 27701d, 27701k, and 27701t), as the
Franchise Tax Board may require to prevent either of the following:
(A) Diversion of funds from the organization's exempt purpose.
(B) Misallocation of revenue or expense.
(10) Any other relevant information as the Franchise Tax Board may
prescribe.
(c) For the purposes of this part:
(1) In the case of a failure to file a return required under this
section on the date and in the manner prescribed therefor (determined
with regard to any extension of time for filing), unless it is shown
that the failure is due to reasonable cause, there shall be paid (on
notice and demand by the Franchise Tax Board and in the same manner
as tax) by the exempt organization or trust failing so to file, five
dollars ($5) for each month or part thereof during which the failure
continues, but the total amount imposed hereunder on
any organization for failure
to file any return may not exceed forty dollars ($40).
(2) The Franchise Tax Board may make written demand upon a private
foundation failing to file under paragraph (1) specifying therein a
reasonable future date by which the filing shall be made, and if the
filing is not made on or before that date, and unless it is shown
that failure so to file is due to reasonable cause, there shall be
paid (on notice and demand by the Franchise Tax Board and in the same
manner as tax) by the person failing so to file, in addition to the
penalty prescribed in paragraph (1), a penalty of five dollars ($5)
each month or part thereof after the expiration of the time specified
in the written demand during which the failure continues, but the
total amount imposed hereunder on all persons for the failure to file
shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25). If more than one person
is liable under this paragraph for a failure to file, all of those
persons shall be jointly and severally liable with respect to the
failure. The term "person" as used herein means any officer,
director, trustee, employee, member, or other individual who is under
a duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs.
27774. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every
organization exempt from filing an annual information return by
reason of subdivision (a) of Section 27772, may be required to file
an annual statement on or before the 15th day of the fifth calendar
month following the close of the taxable year setting forth in the
manner as may be required by the Franchise Tax Board the following
information: the name and address of the organization, its major
activities, its sources of gross receipts, and the section of the
Internal Revenue Code under which it is exempt. Organizations other
than those described in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 23772 may also be
required by the Franchise Tax Board to furnish information with
respect to their gross receipts and their assets.
(b) Every religious organization exempt from filing an annual
information return by reason of subdivision (a) of Section 27772,
that because of sincerely held religious convictions refuses to file
an annual statement as prescribed in subdivision (a), may submit in
lieu thereof a notarized statement on its organizational letterhead
containing the following information: the name and address of the
organization, its major activities, its sources of gross receipts,
and the section of the Internal Revenue Code under which it is
exempt. That information shall be for the sole purpose of verifying
the absence of unrelated business net receipts of the organization.
The statement shall be submitted on or before the 15th day of the
fifth calendar month following the close of the taxable year.
27775. Except for purposes of amending the articles of
incorporation or organization to set forth a new name, under
regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, the powers,
rights, and privileges of an exempt domestic limited liability
business entity may be suspended and the exercise of the powers,
rights, and privileges of a foreign exempt limited liability entity
in this state may be forfeited if the organization fails to file the
annual return or statement required under Section 27772 or 27774, or
pay any amount due under Section 27703 or 27772 on or before the last
day of the 12th month following the close of the taxable year.
27776. (a) Any organization that has suffered the suspension or
forfeiture provided for in Section 27775 may, in accordance with
Section 27198a, be relieved therefrom upon the filing of all of the
following:
(1) An application for revivor.
(2) When required by the Franchise Tax Board, a new application
for exemption under Section 27701.
(3) Any returns, statements, notifications, or amounts due under
Section 27772, 27774, or 27775 that were not previously submitted or
paid and which resulted in the suspension or forfeiture.
(4) An information return or statement and the amounts specified
under Section 27772 for each year, or part thereof, during the period
of suspension or forfeiture in which the organization conducted any
activities or received income, grants, gifts, or any other asset.
(b) Any organization exempt from tax under Section 27701 which has
suffered the suspension or forfeiture provided for in Section 27191
or 27192 may be required by the Franchise Tax Board to file a new
application for exemption in connection with an application for
revivor under Section 27198.
27777. The exemption granted to any organization under Article 1
(commencing with Section 27701) may be revoked by the Franchise Tax
Board if the organization fails to do any of the following:
(a) File any return required under this chapter or pay any amount
due under this part or Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401) on
or before the last day of the 12th month following the close of the
taxable year.
(b) Comply with Section 19504 (relating to powers of the Franchise
Tax Board to examine records and subpoena witnesses).
(c) Confine its activities to those permitted by the section under
which the exemption was granted.
27778. An organization whose exemption was revoked under Section
27777 may be reestablished as an exempt organization upon:
(a) The filing or payment of:
(1) A new application for exemption and payment of the filing fee
required under Section 27701.
(2) Any returns, statements, or payments of any amounts due under
this part or Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401) that were not
previously submitted or paid and which resulted in the revocation.
(b) When revocation occurred under subdivision (c) of Section
27777, satisfactory proof that:
(1) The organization has corrected its nonexempt activities.
(2) That it will operate in an exempt manner in the future.
(3) The payment of any tax for periods the organization was not
qualified for exemption.
27779. For purposes of this chapter, any reference to the
Internal Revenue Code or a provision thereof, means the Internal
Revenue Code or provision thereof, as in effect January 1, 2009.
27780. Any reference to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701)
of Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) or any provision thereof
shall also be a reference to this article or a provision of this
chapter that is substantially the same as the provision referenced in
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001).
CHAPTER 5. CREDITS
Article 1. Small Business Credit
27801. (a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2013, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
under Article 2 (commencing with Section 27151) of Chapter 2 the
amount determined under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) subdivision
(b).
(b) (1) If net receipts exceed purchases, the credit shall be
equal to an amount determined as follows:
(A) Multiply twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) by a fraction, the
numerator of which is net receipts and the denominator of which is
gross receipts.
(B) Multiply the amount by which gross receipts exceeds five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) by 0.008.
(C) The amount of the credit allowed under this paragraph equals
the amount by which the amount determined under subparagraph (A)
exceeds the amount determined in subparagraph (B).
(2) If purchases equal or exceed net receipts, the credit shall be
equal to an amount determined as follows:
(A) One less a fraction, the numerator of which is purchases and
the denominator of which is gross receipts, carried out to ____
decimal places.
(B) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) divided by the
number determined under subparagraph (A).
(C) Multiply the amount by which gross receipts exceeds the amount
determined in subparagraph (B) by 0.008.
(D) The amount of the credit under this paragraph equals ten
thousand dollars ($10,000), reduced by the amount determined in
subparagraph (C).
Article 2. Research and Development Credit
27811. For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2013, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
under Article 2 (commencing with Section 27151) of Chapter 2 an
amount determined in accordance with Section 41 of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to credit for increasing research activities,
except as follows:
(a) The reference to "20 percent" in Section 41(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code is modified to read "____ percent."
(b) The reference to "20 percent" in Section 41(a)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code is modified to read "____ percent."
(c) (1) With respect to any expense paid or incurred after the
operative date of Section 6378, Section 41(b)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code is modified to exclude from the definition of "qualified
research expense" any amount paid or incurred for tangible personal
property that is eligible for the exemption from sales or use tax
provided by Section 6378.
(2) "Qualified research" and "basic research" shall include only
research conducted in California.
(d) The provisions of Section 41(e)(7)(A) of the Internal Revenue
Code, shall be modified so that "basic research," for purposes of
this section, includes any basic or applied research including
scientific inquiry or original investigation for the advancement of
scientific or engineering knowledge or the improved effectiveness of
commercial products, except that the term does not include any of the
following:
(1) Basic research conducted outside California.
(2) Basic research in the social sciences, arts, or humanities.
(3) Basic research for the purpose of improving a commercial
product if the improvements relate to style, taste, cosmetic, or
seasonal design factors.
(4) Any expenditure paid or incurred for the purpose of
ascertaining the existence, location, extent, or quality of any
deposit of ore or other mineral (including oil and gas).
(e) (1) In the case of a taxpayer engaged in any biopharmaceutical
research activities that are described in codes 2833 to 2836,
inclusive, or any research activities that are described in codes
3826, 3829, or 3841 to 3845, inclusive, of the Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) Manual published by the United States Office of
Management and Budget, 1987 edition, or any other biotechnology
research and development activities, the provisions of Section 41(e)
(6) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be modified to include both of
the following:
(A) A qualified organization as described in Section 170(b)(1)(A)
(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code and owned by an institution of
higher education as described in Section 3304(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(B) A charitable research hospital owned by an organization that
is described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, is
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code, is not a private foundation, is designated a "specialized
laboratory cancer center," and has received Clinical Cancer Research
Center status from the National Cancer Institute.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision:
(A) "Biopharmaceutical research activities" means those activities
that use organisms or materials derived from organisms, and their
cellular, subcellular, or molecular components, in order to provide
pharmaceutical products for human or animal therapeutics and
diagnostics. Biopharmaceutical activities make use of living
organisms to make commercial products, as opposed to pharmaceutical
activities that make use of chemical compounds to produce commercial
products.
(B) "Other biotechnology research and development activities"
means research and development activities consisting of the
application of recombinant DNA technology to produce commercial
products, as well as research and development activities regarding
pharmaceutical delivery systems designed to provide a measure of
control over the rate, duration, and site of pharmaceutical delivery.
(f) In the case where the credit allowed by this section exceeds
the "tax," the excess may be carried over to reduce the "tax" in the
following year, and succeeding years if necessary, until the credit
has been exhausted.
(g) The reference to "Section 501(a)" in Section 41(b)(3)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code, relating to contract research expenses, is
modified to read "this part or Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001)."
(h) (1) (A) The reference to "2.65 percent" in Section 41(c)(4)(A)
(i) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified to read "one and
forty-nine hundredths of one percent."
(B) The reference to "3.2 percent" in Section 41(c)(4)(A)(ii) of
the Internal Revenue Code is modified to read "one and ninety-eight
hundredths of one percent."
(C) The reference to "3.75 percent" in Section 41(c)(4)(A)(iii) of
the Internal Revenue Code is modified to read "two and forty-eight
hundredths of one percent."
(2) Section 41(c)(4)(B) shall not apply and in lieu thereof an
election under Section 41(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code may
be made. That election shall apply to the taxable year for which made
and all succeeding taxable years unless revoked with the consent of
the Franchise Tax Board.
(3) Section 41(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
gross receipts, is modified to take into account only those gross
receipts from the sale of property held primarily for sale to
customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade or business
that is delivered or shipped to a purchaser within this state,
regardless of f.o.b. point or any other condition of the sale.
(i) Section 41(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
termination, shall not apply.
(j) Section 41(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special rule for passthrough of credit, is modified by each of the
following:
(1) The last sentence shall not apply.
(2) If the amount determined under Section 41(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code for any taxable year exceeds the limitation of Section
41(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, that amount may be carried over
to other taxable years under the rules of subdivision (f), except
that the limitation of Section 41(g) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall be taken into account in each subsequent taxable year.
(k) For purposes of this section, references to the Internal
Revenue Code mean the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect January 1,
2009.
CHAPTER 6. ACCOUNTING RULES
Article 1. Foreign Governments and International Organizations
27901. (a) Section 892 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
income of foreign governments and of international organizations,
shall apply.
(b) In applying Section 892 of the Internal Revenue Code for
purposes of this part, "gross receipts" and "net receipts" shall be
substituted for "income" wherever appropriate.
Article 2. Cooperatives
27904. In the case of farmers, fruit growers, or like
associations organized and operated in whole or in part on a
cooperative or mutual basis, (a) for the purpose of marketing the
products of members or other producers, and turning back to them the
proceeds of sales, less the necessary marketing expenses, which may
include reasonable reserves, on the basis of either the quantity or
the value of the products furnished by them, or (b) for the purpose
of purchasing, or producing, supplies and equipment for the use of
members or other persons, and turning over such supplies and
equipment to them at actual cost, plus necessary expenses, all net
receipts resulting from or arising out of such business activities
for or with their members carried on by them or their agents; or when
done on a nonprofit basis for or with nonmembers. For the purposes
of this section "all net receipts resulting from or arising out of
such business activities for or with their members" shall include all
amounts, whether or not derived from patronage, allocated to members
during the taxable year. Amounts allocated include cash,
merchandise, capital stock, revolving fund certificates, certificates
of indebtedness, retain certificates, letters of advice, or written
instruments which in some other manner disclose to each member the
dollar amount allocated to him. Allocations made after the close of
the taxable year and on or before the fifteenth day of the ninth
month following the close of such year shall be considered as made on
the last day of such taxable year to the extent the allocations are
attributable to net receipts derived before the close of such year.
27905. (a) In the case of other associations organized and
operated in whole or in part on a cooperative or a mutual basis, all
net receipts resulting from or arising out of business activities for
or with their members carried on by them or their agents, or when
done on a nonprofit basis for or with nonmembers, shall be an
allowable deduction. However, the deduction allowable under this
section shall not apply to those cooperative or mutual associations
whose net receipts is principally derived from the sale in the
regular course of business of tangible personal property other than
water, agricultural products, or food sold at wholesale.
(b) For the purposes of subdivision (a), "food sold at wholesale"
means a sale of food to anyone engaged in the business of selling
food who holds a seller's permit issued pursuant to Section 6066, and
who at the time of purchasing the food either:
(1) Intends to sell it in the regular course of business.
(2) Is unable to ascertain at the time of purchase whether the
food will be sold or used for some other purpose.
(c) For the purposes of subdivision (a), a credit union's
activities are "for or with" the members of the credit union if the
activities involve the investment of surplus member savings capital
in investments permitted for credit unions pursuant to Sections
14406, 14652, 14653, 14653.5, 14654, 14655, and 14656 of the
Financial Code. "Surplus member savings capital" means the savings
capital of credit union members which is in excess of the amount of
savings capital which is loaned to members of the credit union. The
term "savings capital" shall have the meaning set forth in
subdivision (a) of Section 14400 of the Financial Code.
(d) For purposes of subdivision (a), "net receipts resulting from
or arising out of business activities for or with their members"
includes, but is not limited to, all net receipts resulting from
reciprocal transactions with member credit unions.
27906. In the case of other associations organized and operated
as cooperative corporations pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with
Section 12200) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code,
whose net receipts are principally derived from the sale in the
regular course of business of tangible personal property other than
water, agricultural products, or food sold at wholesale, all
patronage refunds paid or accrued to patrons if the patronage refunds
are made and allocated as follows:
(a) Made pursuant to a preexisting obligation which is created by
the association's bylaws or other written instrument.
(b) Made from earnings which are attributable to business done by
the association with the patrons to whom the patronage refunds are
made, and allocated ratably according to patronage.
(c) Allocated, and the patrons to whom the patronage refunds are
to be made are notified of the allocation, on or before the due date
for the filing of the association's franchise tax return, including
any extension of time, pursuant to this part, for the year in which
the patronage occurred.
27906.5. (a) In the case of gas producers' cooperative
associations organized and operated as cooperative corporations
pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3001) of Part 4 of
Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, whose net receipts are
principally derived from the sale in the regular course of business
of tangible personal property other than water, agricultural products
or food sold at wholesale, all patronage refunds paid or accrued to
patrons if the patronage refunds are made and allocated as follows:
(1) Made pursuant to a preexisting obligation which is created by
the association's bylaws or other written instrument.
(2) Made from earnings that are attributable to business done by
the association with the patrons to whom the patronage refunds are
made, and allocated ratably according to patronage.
(3) Allocated, and the patrons to whom the patronage refunds are
to be made are notified of the allocation, on or before the due date
for the filing of the association's franchise tax return, including
any extension of time, pursuant to this part, for the year in which
the patronage occurred.
(b) Each cooperative corporation shall certify to the Franchise
Tax Board its eligibility for the deduction provided by this section.
Certification shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed
by the Franchise Tax Board in forms or instructions.
27906.6. For purposes of Sections 27904 to 27906.5, inclusive,
net earnings shall not be reduced by amounts paid during the year as
dividends on capital stock or other proprietary capital interests of
the organization to the extent that the articles of incorporation,
bylaws of the organization, or other contract with patrons provide
that those dividends are in addition to amounts otherwise payable to
patrons that are derived from business done for or with patrons
during the taxable year.
Article 3. Certain Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
27911. Subchapter C of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to corporate distributions and adjustments,
shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
27912. (a) (1) If, in connection with any exchange described in
Section 332, 351, 354, 356, or 361 of the Internal Revenue Code, a
taxpayer transfers property to an insurer, the insurer shall not, for
purposes of determining the extent to which gain shall be recognized
on that transfer, be considered to be a corporation for purposes of
this part.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any of the following types of
transactions, unless that transaction has the effect (directly or
indirectly) of transferring appreciated property from a taxpayer
subject to tax under this part (or a member of the taxpayer's
combined reporting group) to an insurer:
(A) An exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 368(a)(2)(D) or
Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) A transfer of stock in an 80 percent-owned insurer for the
purpose of filing a consolidated tax return or for financial or
regulatory reporting.
(C) A transfer or exchange of publicly owned stock of the parent
corporation.
(3) If a transaction described in paragraph (2) would qualify
under that paragraph but for the fact that the transaction has the
effect (directly or indirectly) of transferring appreciated property
from a taxpayer subject to tax under this part (or a member of the
taxpayer's combined
reporting group) to an insurer, then, if the property is used in the
active trade or business of the insurer, subdivision (b) shall be
deemed to apply to that transfer.
(4) For purposes of this subdivision, "appreciated property" means
property whose fair market value, as of the date of the transfer
subject to this section, exceeds its adjusted basis as of that date.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (c), or as otherwise
provided by regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, if
property subject to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) or to
subdivision (g) is transferred to an insurer for use in the active
conduct of a trade or business of the insurer, then any gain
otherwise required to be recognized under that subdivision shall be
deferred until the date that the property is no longer owned by an
insurer in the taxpayer's commonly controlled group (or a member of
the taxpayer's combined reporting group), or the property is no
longer used in the active conduct of the insurer's trade or business
(or the trade or business of another member in the taxpayer's
combined reporting group), or the holder of the property is no longer
held by an insurer in the commonly controlled group of the
transferor (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group).
(2) Any of the events described in paragraph (1) shall be treated
as a disposition of the property under this subdivision, irrespective
of whether any other provision in this part or in the Internal
Revenue Code would otherwise permit nonrecognition treatment of the
transaction described in this subdivision.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an insurer that becomes a
member of the taxpayer's commonly controlled group or a corporation
that becomes a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group, as
a result of a transaction of which a transfer referred to in this
subdivision is a part, shall be treated as a member of the taxpayer's
commonly controlled group or a member of the taxpayer's combined
reporting group at the time of the transfer for purposes of this
subdivision.
(4) For purposes of this subdivision, stock of an insurance
subsidiary constitutes property used in the active trade or business
of the insurer.
(5) If the deferred gain required to be taken into account under
this subdivision is business income (as defined by subdivision (a) of
Section 28120), the gain shall be apportioned using the
apportionment percentage for the taxable year that the gain is
required to be taken into account under this subdivision. Except as
provided in regulations under Section 28137, for purposes of the
sales factor for that taxable year, the transaction giving rise to
that gain shall be treated as a sale occurring in the taxable year
the gain is taken into account. The amount of any gain required to be
recognized under this subdivision upon any disposition described in
this subdivision shall not exceed the lesser of the deferred gain or
the gain realized in the transaction in which gain is required to be
recognized under this subdivision.
(6) For purposes of computing the amount of gain required to be
recognized under this subdivision, appropriate adjustments may be
made, pursuant to regulations issued by the Franchise Tax Board, to
the basis of stock to reflect the disallowance of any expenses under
this part.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations providing
for an annual reporting requirement in the form of a statement or
other form, to be attached to the transferor taxpayer's return,
regarding the current ownership of any property for which any gains
were previously deferred pursuant to subdivision (b). If the
transferor taxpayer fails to provide any information required by the
Franchise Tax Board pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Franchise
Tax Board may, in lieu of the year described by subdivision (b),
require that the transferor taxpayer take those gains into account in
the first taxable year in which the current ownership of the
property is not reported. The preceding sentence shall not apply so
long as the property is still owned by the transferee and the failure
to provide the information was due to reasonable cause and not
willful neglect. Notwithstanding any other law, if a taxpayer fails
to satisfy the reporting requirements of this subdivision, then a
notice of proposed deficiency assessment resulting from adjustments
attributable to gains previously deferred pursuant to subdivision (b)
with respect to which the reporting requirements were not satisfied
may be mailed to the taxpayer within four years from the date on
which the reporting requirements are satisfied by the taxpayer.
(d) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to any property described by
Section 367(a)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Except as provided by regulations prescribed by the Franchise
Tax Board, a transfer by a taxpayer of an interest in a partnership
to an insurer in a transaction described in subdivision (a) shall be
treated as a transfer to that insurer of the taxpayer's pro rata
share of the assets of the partnership.
(f) For purposes of this section, any distribution described by
Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code (or so much of Section 356
of the Internal Revenue Code as it relates to Section 355 of the
Internal Revenue Code) shall be treated as an exchange under this
section, whether or not the distribution is an exchange. This
subdivision shall not apply to any distribution in which either of
the following applies:
(1) The distributing corporation is an insurer.
(2) The distributee is a person other than an insurer.
(g) For purposes of this part, any transfer of property to an
insurer as a contribution to capital of that insurer by one or more
persons who, immediately after the transfer, own (within the meaning
of Section 318 of the Internal Revenue Code) stock possessing at
least 80 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of that insurer that are entitled to vote shall be treated as
an exchange of that property for stock of the insurer equal in value
to the fair market value of the property transferred.
(h) (1) In the case of any distribution described in Section 355
of the Internal Revenue Code (or so much of Section 356 of the
Internal Revenue Code as it relates to Section 355 of the Internal
Revenue Code) by a taxpayer to an insurer, to the extent provided in
regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, gain shall be
recognized under principles similar to the principles of this
section.
(2) In the case of any liquidation to which Section 332 of the
Internal Revenue Code applies, except as provided in regulations
prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, both of the following shall
apply:
(A) Sections 337(a) and 337(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall not apply, where the 80 percent distributee is an insurer.
(B) Where the distributor is an insurer, the distributee shall
treat the distribution as a distribution from the insurer's earnings
and profits, to the extent thereof.
(3) For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the deemed
distribution from earnings and profits shall be treated as if
actually distributed as a dividend.
(i) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) An insurer is any insurer within the meaning of Section 28 of
Article XIII of the California Constitution, whether or not the
insurer is engaged in business in California.
(2) The phrase "commonly controlled group" shall have the same
meaning as that phrase has under Section 28105.
(3) The phrase "combined reporting group" means those corporations
whose income is required to be included in the same combined report
pursuant to Section 28101 or 28110.
(j) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe any regulations that may
be appropriate to carry out the purpose of this section, which
purpose is to prevent the removal of gain inherent in property at the
time of a transfer from taxation under this part. Those regulations
may provide for appropriate adjustments to the amount of deferred
income described in subdivision (b) to avoid the double inclusion of
income for situations, including but not limited to, the property
transferred to an insurer member of the commonly controlled group is
later acquired by a noninsurer member of the taxpayer's combined
reporting group.
(k) Upon an adequate showing by a taxpayer that a transaction
referred to in subdivision (a) or (h) would not violate the purposes
of this section to prevent the removal of gain inherent in property
at the time of a transfer from taxation under this part, the
Franchise Tax Board may grant relief from the application of this
section. In an appeal filed with the State Board of Equalization, or
an action filed under Section 19382 or 19385, the State Board of
Equalization or the court, as the case may be, shall have
jurisdiction to grant that relief only upon a specific finding that
the transfer did not remove gain inherent in property at the time of
transfer from taxation under this part.
(l) This section applies to transactions entered into on or after
January 1 through June 23, 2004, or transactions entered into after
June 23, 2004, pursuant to a binding written contract in existence on
June 23, 2004. For purposes of this subdivision, transactions
entered into on or after June 23, 2004, that were given final
approval by a regulatory insurance commissioner before June 23, 2004,
shall be considered a transaction entered into before June 23, 2004,
pursuant to a binding written contract in existence on June 23,
2004.
27913. Section 381(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
items of the distributor or transferor corporation, is modified to
provide that, in lieu of paragraph (24), relating to credit under
Section 38, and paragraph (25), relating to credit under Section 53,
the acquiring corporation shall take into account (to the extent
proper to carry out the purposes of Section 381 of the Internal
Revenue Code) the items required to be taken into account for
purposes of each credit allowable under this part with respect to the
distributor or transferor corporation.
27914. Section 383 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special limitations on certain excess credits, etc., is modified to
apply to credits allowable under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
27801).
Article 4. Accounting Periods and Methods of Accounting
27921. (a) Receipts shall be computed on the basis of the
taxpayer's taxable year.
(b) For purposes of this part, the term "taxable year" means any
of the following:
(1) The taxpayer's annual accounting period, if it is a calendar
year or a fiscal year.
(2) The calendar year, if subdivision (g) applies.
(3) The period for which the return is made, if a return is made
for a period of less than 12 months.
(c) For purposes of this part, the term "annual accounting period"
means the annual period on the basis of which the taxpayer regularly
computes its receipts in keeping its books.
(d) For purposes of this part, the term "calendar year" means a
period of 12 months ending on December 31.
(e) For purposes of this part, the term "fiscal year" means a
period of 12 months ending on the last day of any month other than
December. In the case of any taxpayer who has made the election
provided by subdivision (f), the term means the annual period
(varying from 52 to 53 weeks) so elected.
(f) (1) A taxpayer who, in keeping its books, regularly computes
its receipts on the basis of an annual period which varies from 52 to
53 weeks and ends always on the same day of the week and ends
always:
(A) On whatever date such same day of the week last occurs in a
calendar month.
(B) On whatever date such same day of the week falls which is
nearest to the last day of a calendar month, may (in accordance with
the regulations prescribed under paragraph (3)) elect to compute its
receipts for purposes of this part on the basis of such annual
period.
(2) (A) In any case in which the effective date or the
applicability of any provision of this part is expressed in terms of
taxable years beginning or ending with reference to a specified date
which is the first or last day of a month, a taxable year described
in paragraph (1) shall be treated as either of the following:
(i) As beginning with the first day of the calendar month
beginning nearest to the first day of such taxable year.
(ii) As ending with the last day of the calendar month ending
nearest to the last day of such taxable year, as the case may be.
(B) In the case of a change from or to a taxable year described in
paragraph (1):
(i) If such change results in a short period (within the meaning
of Section 27924) of 359 days or more, or less than seven days,
Section 27926 shall not apply.
(ii) If such change results in a short period of less than seven
days, such short period shall, for purposes of this part, be added to
and deemed a part of the following taxable year.
(iii) If such change results in a short period to which Section
24634 applies, the income for such short period shall be placed on an
annual basis for purposes of such subsection by multiplying such
income by 365 and dividing the result by the number of days in a
short period, and the tax shall be the same part of the tax computed
on the annual basis as the number of days in the short period is of
365 days.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe those regulations as
it deems necessary for the application of this subsection.
(g) Except as provided in Section 27924 (relating to returns for
periods of less than 12 months), the taxpayer's taxable year shall be
the calendar year if any of the following applies:
(1) The taxpayer keeps no books.
(2) The taxpayer does not have an annual accounting period.
(3) The taxpayer has an annual accounting period, but such period
does not qualify as a fiscal year.
27922. The taxable year of a taxpayer may not be different than
the taxable year used for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code,
unless initiated or approved by the Franchise Tax Board, or otherwise
required under Section 27924.
27923. If a taxpayer changes its annual accounting period, the
new accounting period shall become the taxpayer's taxable year only
if the change is approved by the Franchise Tax Board. For purposes of
this part, if a taxpayer to whom subdivision (g) of Section 27921
applies adopts an annual accounting period (as defined in subdivision
(c) of Section 27921) other than a calendar year, the taxpayer shall
be treated as having changed its annual accounting period.
27924. (a) A return for a period of less than 12 months (referred
to in this article as "short period") shall be made under any of the
following circumstances:
(1) When the taxpayer, with the approval of the Franchise Tax
Board, changes its annual accounting period. In such a case, the
return shall be made for the short period beginning on the day after
the close of the former taxable year and ending at the close of the
day before the day designated as the first day of the new taxable
year.
(2) When the taxpayer is in existence during only part of what
would otherwise be its taxable year, except if the taxpayer's
existence terminates as a result of a reorganization described in
Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) When the Franchise Tax Board terminates the taxpayer's taxable
year under Sections 19081 and 19082 (relating to tax in jeopardy).
(4) When the taxpayer is required to make a federal return for a
period of less than 12 months.
(b) This section shall apply whether or not a federal return is
required to be filed for a period of less than 12 months.
(c) If a return is required to be filed under this section for a
period of less than 12 months, that period shall be deemed to be a
taxable year.
27926. (a) If a separate return is made by a taxpayer under
Section 27924 on account of a change in the accounting period, the
net receipts computed on the basis of the period for which the
separate return is made, referred to in this section as "the short
period," shall be placed on an annual basis by multiplying the amount
thereof by 12, and dividing by the number of months in the short
period. The Franchise Tax Board shall compute the amount of a tax on
the receipts placed on such annual basis. The tax due under this
section shall be such part of the tax computed on such annual basis
as the number of months in the short period is of 12 months.
(b) If a taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Chapter 2
establishes the amount of its net receipts for the period of 12
months beginning with the first day of the short period, computed as
if such 12-month period were a taxable year, under the law applicable
to such year, then the tax for the short period shall be reduced to
an amount which is such part of the tax computed on the net receipts
for such 12-month period as the net receipts computed on the basis of
the short period is of the net receipts for the 12-month period. The
taxpayer (other than a taxpayer to which the next sentence applies)
shall compute the tax and file its return without the application of
this section. If the taxpayer has disposed of substantially all its
assets prior to the end of such 12-month period, then in lieu of the
net receipts for such 12-month period there shall be used for the
purposes of this section the net receipts for the 12-month period
ending with the last day of the short period. The tax computed under
this section shall in no case be less than the tax computed on the
net receipts for the short period without placing such receipts on an
annual basis. The benefits of this section shall not be allowed
unless the taxpayer, at such time as regulations prescribed hereunder
require (but not after the time prescribed for the filing of the
return for the first taxable year which ends on or after 12 months
after the beginning of the short period), makes application therefor
in accordance with such regulations. Such application, in case the
return was filed without regard to this section, shall be considered
a claim for credit or refund with respect to the amount by which the
tax is reduced under this section. The Franchise Tax Board shall
prescribe such regulations as it may deem necessary for the
application of this section.
27927. Section 444 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
election of taxable year other than required taxable year, shall be
applicable, except that Section 444(c)(1), relating to effect of
election, shall not apply.
Article 5. Methods of Accounting
27931. (a) Receipts shall be computed under the method of
accounting on the basis of which the taxpayer regularly computes its
receipts in keeping its books.
(b) If no method of accounting has been regularly used by the
taxpayer, or if the method used does not clearly reflect receipts,
the computation of receipts shall be made under such method as, in
the opinion of the Franchise Tax Board, does clearly reflect
receipts.
(c) Subject to subdivisions (a) and (b) and Section 27974, a
taxpayer may compute receipts under any of the following methods of
accounting:
(1) The cash receipts and disbursements method.
(2) An accrual method.
(3) Any other method permitted by this part.
(4) Any combination of the foregoing methods permitted under
regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(d) A taxpayer engaged in more than one trade or business may, in
computing receipts, use a different method of accounting for each
trade or business.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this part, a
taxpayer who changes the method of accounting on the basis of which
it regularly computes its receipts in keeping its books shall, before
computing its receipts under the new method, secure the consent of
the Franchise Tax Board.
(f) If the taxpayer does not file with the Franchise Tax Board a
request to change the method of accounting, the absence of the
consent of the Franchise Tax Board to a change in the method of
accounting shall not be taken into account for either of the
following:
(1) To prevent the imposition of any penalty, or the addition of
any amount to tax, under this part.
(2) To diminish the amount of that penalty or addition to tax.
27932. Section 447 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
method of accounting for corporations engaged in farming, shall
apply, except as otherwise provided.
27934. Section 448 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
limitation on use of cash method of accounting, shall apply, except
as otherwise provided.
Article 6. Year of Inclusion
27941. Section 451 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the
general rule for taxable year of inclusion, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
27942. Where a business entity subject to the tax imposed by
Chapter 2 is engaged in the performance of a contract in this state
which will require more than a year to complete, the Franchise Tax
Board may require that the gross receipts from the contract be
reported on the basis of percentage of completion unless the business
entity furnishes bond or other security guaranteeing the payment of
a tax measured by the gross receipts received on the completion of
the contract even though the business entity is not doing business in
this state in the year subsequent to the year of completion.
27943. (a) Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special rules for long-term contracts, shall apply, except as
otherwise provided.
(b) (1) Section 804(d) of Public Law 99-514, relating to the
effective date of modifications in the method of accounting for
long-term contracts, shall apply to taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 1987.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after February 28,
1986, during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1987, an
adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract,
if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of
income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between
state and federal law for the taxable year in which the contract
began.
(c) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code
made by Section 10203 of Public Law 100-203, relating to a reduction
in the percentage of items taken into account under the completed
contract method, shall apply to each taxable year beginning on or
after January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after October 13, 1987,
during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, an
adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract,
if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of
income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between
state and federal law for each taxable year beginning
prior to January 1, 1990.
(d) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code
made by Section 5041 of Public Law 100-647, relating to a reduction
in the percentage of items taken into account under the completed
contract method, shall apply to each taxable year beginning on or
after January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after June 20, 1988,
during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, an adjustment
to income shall be made upon completion of the contract, if
necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of income,
for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between state
and federal law for each taxable year beginning prior to January 1,
1990.
(e) (1) The amendments to Section 460 of the Internal Revenue Code
made by Section 7621 of Public Law 101-239, relating to the repeal
of the completed contract method of accounting for long-term
contracts, shall apply to each taxable year beginning on or after
January 1, 1990.
(2) In the case of a contract entered into after July 10, 1989,
during a taxable year beginning on or before January 1, 1990, an
adjustment to income shall be made upon completion of the contract,
if necessary, to correct any underreporting or overreporting of
income, for purposes of this part, resulting from differences between
state and federal law for each taxable year beginning prior to
January 1, 1990.
(f) For purposes of applying paragraphs (2) to (6), inclusive, of
Section 460(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the
look-back method, any adjustment to income computed under paragraph
(2) of subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e) shall be deemed to have been
reported in the taxable year from which the adjustment arose, rather
than the taxable year in which the contract was completed.
27944. Section 461 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the
general rule for taxable year of deduction of purchases, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
27945. Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
adjustments required by changes in method of accounting, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
27946. The provisions of Section 482 of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to allocation of income and deductions among
taxpayers, shall be applicable, except as provided in Article 2
(commencing with Section 28110) of Chapter 7.
Article 7. Regulated Investment Companies, Real Estate
Investment Trusts, and Real Estate Mortgage Investment Trusts
27950. Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to regulated investment companies, real estate
investment trusts, real estate mortgage investment conduits, and
financial asset securitization investment trusts, shall apply, except
as otherwise provided in this part.
27951. Section 852(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to imposition of tax on regulated investment companies, does not
apply.
27952. (a) A real estate investment trust shall be deemed to have
satisfied the distribution requirements of Section 857(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code for purposes of this part if it satisfies the
distribution requirements of Section 857(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code for federal purposes.
(b) (1) Section 857(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to imposition of tax on real estate investment trusts, shall not
apply.
(2) Every real estate investment trust shall be subject to the
taxes imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 27151).
(c) Section 857(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the imposition of tax on income from foreclosure property, shall not
apply.
(d) Section 857(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the imposition of tax in case of failure to meet certain
requirements, shall not apply.
(e) Section 857(b)(6)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the imposition of tax on income from prohibited transactions, shall
not apply.
(f) Section 857(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
income from redetermined rents, redetermined deductions, and excess
interest, shall not apply.
(g) (1) A corporation, trust, or association that is a real estate
investment trust for any taxable year for federal purposes under
Part II (commencing with Section 856) of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of
Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code (as applicable for federal
purposes for the taxable year) shall be a real estate investment
trust for purposes of this part for the same taxable year.
(2) A corporation, trust, or association that is not a real estate
investment trust for any taxable year for federal purposes under
Part II (commencing with Section 856) of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of
Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code (as applicable for federal
purposes for the taxable year) shall not be a real estate investment
trust for purposes of this part for the same taxable year.
(h) (1) An election to be a real estate investment trust for
federal purposes under Section 856(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
(as applicable for federal purposes for the taxable year) shall be
treated, for purposes of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and this part, as an
election to be a real estate investment trust for state purposes for
the same taxable year and a separate election shall not be allowed.
(2) The termination or revocation of an election described in
paragraph (1) for federal purposes under Section 856(g) of the
Internal Revenue Code (as applicable for federal purposes for the
taxable year) shall be treated, for purposes of Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001), Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401), and
this part, as a termination or revocation, as the case may be, of an
election described in paragraph (1) for state purposes and a separate
termination or revocation of an election shall not be allowed.
27953. Section 860F(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
the 100 percent tax on prohibited transactions, shall not apply.
27954. (a) Section 860H(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to the taxation of holder of ownership interest, shall be modified
as follows:
(1) All activities of a FASIT shall be treated as activities,
including for purposes of Section 27101, of the holder of the
ownership interest in the FASIT.
(2) Section 860H(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall not
apply.
(b) Section 860J(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
affiliated groups, shall not apply.
(c) A reference to the "rate of tax specified in Section 27151"
shall be substituted for "highest rate of tax specified in Section 11
(b)(1)" of the Internal Revenue Code, contained in Section 860K of
the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of transfers of
high-yield interests to disqualified holders.
(d) Section 860L(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified
by substituting the phrase "on or after the startup date" for the
phrase "after the startup date."
(e) Section 860L(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by
substituting a reference to Section 860I(b)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code in lieu of the reference to Section 860I(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(f) Section 860L(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax
on prohibited transactions, shall not apply.
(g) For purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 10.2 (commencing with
Section 19001) the taxes imposed by this section shall be treated as
taxes to which the deficiency procedures of that article apply.
Article 8. Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property
27961. (a) The gain from the sale or other disposition of
property shall be the excess of the amount realized therefrom over
the adjusted basis provided in Section 27971 for determining gain,
and the loss shall be the excess of the adjusted basis provided in
that section for determining loss over the amount realized.
(b) The amount realized from the sale or other disposition of
property shall be the sum of any money received plus the fair market
value of the property (other than money) received. In determining the
amount realized:
(1) There shall not be taken into account any amount received as
reimbursement for real property taxes.
(2) There shall be taken into account amounts representing real
property taxes.
(c) In the case of a sale or exchange of property, the extent to
which the gain or loss determined under this section shall be
recognized for purposes of this part shall be determined under
Section 27962.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent (in the
case of property sold under contract providing for payment in
installments) the taxation of that portion of any installment payment
representing gain or profit in the year in which that payment is
received.
(e) (1) In determining gain or loss from the sale or other
disposition of a term interest in property, that portion of the
adjusted basis of that interest which is determined pursuant to
Sections 27974 and 27975 (to the extent that the adjusted basis is a
portion of the entire adjusted basis of the property) shall be
disregarded.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "term interest in
property" means any of the following:
(A) A life interest in property.
(B) An interest in property for a term of years.
(C) An income interest in a trust.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a sale or other disposition
which is a part of a transaction in which the entire interest in
property is transferred to any person or persons.
27962. On the sale or exchange of property, the following rules
shall apply:
(a) In the case of the sale or exchange of property acquired prior
to January 1, 2012, the entire amount of the gain or loss,
determined under Section 27961, shall be recognized and included in
gross receipts.
(b) In the case of the sale or exchange of property acquired after
December 31, 2012, the entire amount of money or other property
received shall be included in gross receipts.
27965. (a) Section 988 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
treatment of certain foreign currency transactions, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
(b) Section 988(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
source, shall not apply.
Article 9. Basis for Computation of Gain or Loss
27971. The adjusted basis for determining the gain or loss from
the sale or other disposition of property acquired prior to January
1, 2013, shall be the basis (determined under Section 27912) or other
applicable sections of Article 8 (relating to gain or loss on
disposition of property) and Article 3 (relating to corporate
distributions and adjustments), adjusted as provided in Sections
27976 and 27977.
27972. The basis of property shall be the cost of the property,
except as otherwise provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
27911), relating to corporate distributions and adjustments, and this
chapter. The cost of real property shall not include any amount in
respect of real property taxes which are treated as imposed on a
taxpayer.
27973. If the property should have been included in the last
inventory, the basis shall be the last inventory value thereof.
27974. (a) If the property was acquired by gift after December
31, 1920, the basis shall be the same as it would be in the hands of
the donor or the last preceding owner by whom it was not acquired by
gift, except that if such basis (adjusted for the period before the
date of the gift as provided in Sections 27976 and 27977) is greater
than the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift,
then for the purpose of determining loss the basis shall be such fair
market value. If the facts necessary to determine the basis in the
hands of the donor or the last preceding owner are unknown to the
donee, the Franchise Tax Board shall, if possible, obtain such facts
from such donor or last preceding owner, or any other person
cognizant thereof. If the Franchise Tax Board finds it impossible to
obtain such facts, the basis in the hands of such donor or last
preceding owner shall be the fair market value of such property as
found by the Franchise Tax Board as of the date or approximate date
at which, according to the best information that the Franchise Tax
Board is able to obtain, such property was acquired by such donor or
last preceding owner.
(b) If the property was acquired after December 31, 1920, by a
transfer in trust (other than by a transfer in trust by a gift,
bequest, or devise), the basis shall be the same as it would be in
the hands of the grantor increased in the amount of gain or decreased
in the amount of loss recognized to the grantor on such transfer
under the law applicable to the year in which the transfer was made.
27975. (a) If the property is acquired by gift on or after the
date of the enactment of this section, the basis shall be the basis
determined under Section 27974, increased (but not above the fair
market value of the property at the time of the gift) by the amount
of federal gift tax paid with respect to such gift or the property
was acquired by gift before the date of the enactment of this section
and has not been sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of before
such date, the basis of the property shall be increased on such date
by the amount of federal gift tax paid with respect to such gift, but
such increase shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount by
which the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift
exceeded the basis of the property in the hands of the donor at the
time of the gift.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), the amount of federal gift
tax paid with respect to any gift is an amount which bears the same
ratio to the amount of gift tax paid under Chapter 12 of Subtitle B
of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to all gifts made by the
donor for the calendar year in which such gift is made as the amount
of such gift bears to the taxable gifts (as defined in Section 2503
(a) of the Internal Revenue Code but computed without the deduction
allowed by Section 2521 of the Internal Revenue Code) made by the
donor during such calendar year. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the amount of any gift shall be the amount included with
respect to such gift in determining (for the purposes of Section 2503
(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) the total amount of gifts made
during the calendar year, reduced by the amount of any deduction
allowed with respect to such gift under Section 2522 of the Internal
Revenue Code (relating to charitable deduction) or under Section 2523
of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to marital deduction).
(c) For purposes of subdivision (a), where the donor and his or
her spouse elected, under Section 2513 of the Internal Revenue Code
to have the gift considered as made one-half by each, the amount of
gift tax paid with respect to such gift under Chapter 12 of Subtitle
B of the Internal Revenue Code shall be the sum of the amounts of tax
paid with respect to each half of such gift (computed in the manner
provided in subdivision (b)).
(d) For purposes of Section 27977, an increase in basis under
subdivision (a) shall be treated as an adjustment under Section
27976.
(e) With respect to any property acquired by gift before 1955,
references in this section to any provision of this part shall be
deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Internal
Revenue Code or prior revenue laws which was effective for the year
in which such gift was made.
27976. In the case of any property acquired prior to January 1,
2012, proper adjustment with regard to the property shall in all
cases be made as follows:
(a) For expenditures, receipts, losses, or other items properly
chargeable to capital account.
(b) For exhaustion, wear and tear, obsolescence, amortization, and
depletion:
(1) In the case of taxpayers subject to the tax imposed by Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 27101), to the extent sustained prior to
January 1, 1928, and to the extent allowed (but not less than the
amount allowable) under this part, except that no deduction shall be
made for amounts in excess of the amount that would have been
allowable had depreciation not been computed on the basis of January
1, 1928, value and amounts in excess of the adjustments required by
Section 113(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Revenue Act of 1938 for depletion
prior to January 1, 1932.
(2) In the case of a taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 27501), to the extent sustained
prior to January 1, 1937, and for periods thereafter to the extent
allowed (but not less than the amount allowable) under the provisions
of this part.
(3) If a taxpayer has not claimed an amortization deduction for an
emergency facility, the adjustment under paragraph (1) shall be made
only to the extent ordinarily provided.
(c) In the case of stock (to the extent not provided for in the
foregoing subdivisions) for the amount of distributions previously
made which, under the law applicable to the year in which the
distribution was made, either were tax free or were applicable in
reduction of basis (not including distributions made by a
corporation, which was classified as a personal service corporation
under the provisions of the Federal Revenue Act of 1918 or 1921, out
of its earnings or profits which were taxable in accordance with the
provisions of Section 218 of the Federal Revenue Act of 1918 or
1921).
(d) (1) In the case of corporations subject to the tax imposed by
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 27101), in the case of any bond,
to the extent of the deductions allowable with respect thereto.
(2) In the case of taxpayers subject to the tax imposed by Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 27501), in the case of any bond, the
interest on which is wholly exempt from the tax imposed by this part,
to the extent of the amortizable bond premium disallowable as a
deduction, and in the case of any other bond, to the extent of the
deductions allowable with respect thereto.
(3) In the case of property pledged to the Commodity Credit
Corporation, to the extent of the amount received as a loan from the
Commodity Credit Corporation and treated by the taxpayer as a gross
receipt for the year in which received, and to the extent of any
deficiency on that loan with respect to which the taxpayer has been
relieved from liability.
(e) For amounts allowed as deductions as deferred expenses under
Section 616(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain
expenditures in the development of mines, and resulting in a
reduction of the taxpayer's tax, but not less than the amounts
allowable under that section for the taxable year and prior years.
(f) For amounts allowable as deductions as deferred expenses under
Section 617(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain
exploration expenditures, and resulting in a reduction of the
taxpayer's tax, but not less than the amounts allowable under that
section for the taxable year and prior years.
(g) For amounts allowed as deductions as deferred expenses ,
relating to research and experimental expenditures, and resulting in
a reduction of the corporation's taxes under this part, but not less
than the amounts allowable under that section for the taxable year
and prior years.
(h) (1) To the extent provided in Section 179A(e)(6)(A) of the
Internal Revenue Code, relating to basis reduction for clean-fuel
vehicles and certain refueling property.
(2) This subdivision shall apply to property placed in service
after June 30, 1993, without regard to taxable year.
(i) In the case of property the acquisition of which resulted
under Section 1044 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to rollover
of publicly traded securities gain into specialized small business
investment companies, in the nonrecognition of any part of the gain
realized on the sale of other property, to the extent provided in
Section 1044(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to basis
adjustments.
27976.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 27976, no
adjustment shall be made for (a) abandonment fees paid in respect of
property on which the open-space easement is terminated under Section
51061 or 51093 of the Government Code or (b) tax recoupment fees
paid under Section 51142 of the Government Code.
27977. Whenever it appears that the basis of property in the
hands of the corporation is a substituted basis, then the adjustments
provided in Section 27976 shall be made after first making in
respect of that substituted basis proper adjustments of a similar
nature in respect of the period during which the property was held by
the transferor, donor, or grantor, or during which the other
property was held by the person for whom the basis is to be
determined. A similar rule shall be applied in the case of a series
of substituted bases.
27978. (a) Section 1017 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
discharge of indebtedness, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
(b) References to affiliated groups which file a consolidated
return under Section 1501 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be
treated as meaning members of the same unitary group which file a
combined report under Article 1 (commencing with Section 28101) of
Chapter 7.
27979. Neither the basis nor the adjusted basis of any portion of
real property shall, in the case of the lessor of such property, be
increased or diminished on account of income derived by the lessor in
respect of such property and excludable from gross income under
Section 24309 (relating to improvements by lessee on lessor's
property). If an amount representing any part of the value of real
property attributable to buildings erected or other improvements made
by a lessee in respect of such property was included in gross income
of the lessor for any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1942,
the basis of each portion of such property shall be properly
adjusted for the amount so included in gross income.
Article 10. Exchanges and Special Rules
27981. Part III of Subchapter O of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the
Internal Revenue Code, relating to common nontaxable exchanges,
shall not apply.
27982. If the basis of an asset acquired by a taxpayer before the
operative date of this part is relevant for determining the tax
imposed under this part, the basis of that asset, as of the last day
of the last taxable year of that taxpayer subject to Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) shall be the basis of that asset, as
of the first day of the first taxable year of the taxpayer subject to
this part.
27983. Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
special allocation rules for certain asset acquisitions, shall apply,
except as otherwise provided.
27988. Subchapter P of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to capital gains and losses, shall apply,
except as otherwise
provided.
CHAPTER 7. ALLOCATION OF BUSINESS NET RECEIPTS
Article 1. Basis of Allocation
28101. When the net receipts of a taxpayer subject to the tax
imposed under this part is derived from or attributable to sources
both within and without this state, the tax shall be measured by the
net receipts derived from or attributable to sources within this
state in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with
Section 28120). If the Franchise Tax Board reapportions net receipts
upon its examination of any return, it shall, upon the written
request of the taxpayer, disclose to it the basis upon which its
reapportionment has been made.
28101.15. If the net receipts of two or more taxpayers derived
solely from sources within this state and their business activities
are such that if conducted within and without this state a combined
report would be required to determine their business net receipts
derived from sources within this state, then such taxpayers shall be
allowed to determine their business net receipts in accordance with
Section 28101.
28102. In the case of two or more persons, as defined in Section
19 of this code, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the
same interests, the Franchise Tax Board may permit or require the
filing of a combined report and such other information as it deems
necessary and is authorized to impose the tax due under this part as
though the combined entire net receipts was that of one person, or to
distribute, apportion, or allocate the gross receipts or purchases
between or among such persons, if it determines that such
consolidation, distribution, apportionment, or allocation is
necessary in order to reflect the proper net receipts of any such
persons.
28103. In the case of a business entity doing business within the
meaning of this part, whether under agreement or otherwise, in such
manner as either directly or indirectly to benefit the owners of the
business entity, or any of them, or any person or persons, directly
or indirectly interested in such business, by rendering services of
any nature whatsoever, or acquiring or disposing of its products or
the goods or commodities in which it deals, at less than a fair price
therefor, the Franchise Tax Board, in order to prevent evasion of
taxes or clearly to reflect the net receipts of such corporation, may
require a report of such facts as it deems necessary, and may
determine the amount which shall be deemed to be the entire net
receipts allocable or apportionable to this state of the business of
such business entity for the calendar or fiscal year, and compute the
tax upon such net receipts. In determining the entire net receipts,
the Franchise Tax Board shall have regard to the fair profits which,
but for any agreement, arrangement, or understanding, might be or
could have been obtained from dealing in such products, goods, or
commodities.
28104. In the case of a business entity liable to report under
this part owning or controlling, either directly or indirectly,
another business entity, or other business entities, and in the case
of a business entity liable to report under this part and owned or
controlled, either directly or indirectly, by another business
entity, the Franchise Tax Board may require a consolidated report
showing the combined net receipts or such other facts as it deems
necessary. The Franchise Tax Board is authorized and empowered, in
such manner as it may determine, to assess the tax against either of
the business entities whose net receipts is involved in the report
upon the basis of the combined entire net receipts and such other
information as it may possess, or it may adjust the tax in such other
manner as it shall determine to be equitable if it determines it to
be necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or to clearly
reflect the net receipts earned by said business entity or business
entities from business done in this state.
28105. (a) For purposes of this article, other than Section
28102, the net receipts and sales factors of two or more business
entities shall be included in a combined report only if the business
entity, otherwise meeting the requirements of Section 28101 or
28101.15, are members of a commonly controlled group.
(b) For purposes of this section, the words "common controlled
group" shall mean that more than 50 percent of the voting control of
each member of the group is directly or indirectly owned by a common
owner or owners, either corporate or noncorporate, whether or not the
owner or owners are members of the combined group. A group of
corporations under common ownership may be engaged in one or more
unitary businesses.
(c) Any business conducted by a partnership shall be treated as
the business of the partners, whether the partnership interest is
directly held or indirectly held through a series of partnerships, to
the extent of the partner's distributive share of the partnership's
income, regardless of the magnitude of the partner's ownership
interest or its distributive share of partnership income.
(d) A business conducted directly or indirectly by one corporation
is unitary with that portion of a business conducted by another,
commonly owned corporation through its direct or indirect interest in
a partnership if the activities conducted by the former corporation
and the partnership are unitary, regardless of the magnitude of the
partner's ownership interest or its distributive or any other share
of partnership income.
28105.5. The Franchise Tax Board may adopt regulations necessary
to ensure that the tax liability or net receipts of any taxpayer
whose net receipts derived from or attributable to sources within
this state which is required to be determined by a combined report
pursuant to Section 28101 or 28110 of this chapter, and of each
entity included in the combined report, both during and after the
period of inclusion in the combined report is properly reported,
determined, computed, assessed, collected, or adjusted.
Article 2. Water's-Edge Combined Reporting
28110. (a) Business entities that comprise a unitary business
shall file a combined report on a water's-edge basis.
(b) The term "unitary business" shall mean the activities of a
group of two or more entities under common control that are
sufficiently interdependent, integrated, or interrelated through
their activities so as to provide mutual benefit and produce a
significant sharing or exchange of value among them or a significant
flow of value between the separate parts. The term unitary business
shall be construed to the broadest extent permitted under the United
States Constitution.
(c) A taxpayer that is a member of a water's-edge group shall
combine the business net receipts of each business entity in the
group, so as to allow the offset of the excess business purchases
(from other businesses) of one entity against the net business
receipts of another entity in the same group.
(d) A taxpayer that is a member of a water's-edge group shall take
into account the net receipts and sales factor of the following
affiliated entities to the extent provided below:
(1) The entire business net receipts and single sales factor of
any of the following:
(A) Domestic international sales corporations, as described in
Sections 991 to 994, inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code and
foreign sales corporations as described in Sections 921 to 927,
inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) Any corporation or other business entity (other than a bank),
regardless of the place where it is incorporated if the average of
its property, payroll, and sales factors within the United States is
20 percent or more.
(C) Corporations and other business entities that are incorporated
or formed in the United States, excluding corporations making an
election pursuant to Sections 931 to 936, inclusive, of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(D) Export trade corporations, as described in Sections 970 to
972, inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code.
(E) (i) Subject to clause (ii), any business entity that, for any
portion of the taxable year, has business net receipts derived from
or attributable to, a tax haven.
(ii) If the application of subparagraph (A) results in the
inclusion of a business activity in, or business net receipts derived
from or attributable to, a tax haven that constitutes either a
substantial economic presence or significant economic activity in
that jurisdiction, the taxpayer may petition the Franchise Tax Board
to treat the activity and business net receipts of that corporation
as not having been conducted in, or derived from or attributable to,
the tax haven.
(iii) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe any regulation that
may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
subparagraph, including regulations prescribing the extent to which
an activity in, or business net receipts derived from or attributable
to, a tax haven will be presumed to be either a substantial economic
presence or significant economic activity, and the extent to which
business net receipts will be presumed to be not derived from or
attributable to a tax haven.
(2) With respect to a business entity that is not described in
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1):
(A) The business net receipts and single sales factor of such
business entity to the extent of its business net receipts derived
from or attributable to sources within the United States and its
single sales factor assignable to a location within the United States
in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). The business
net receipts of a business entity are derived from or attributable to
sources within the United States if the related gross income is
derived from or attributable to sources within the United States as
determined by federal income tax laws.
(B) Any business entity that earns more than 20 percent of its
receipts, directly or indirectly, from intangible property or service
related activities that are deductible against the business receipts
of other members of the combined group, to the extent of those
receipts and the apportionment factors related thereto.
(3) For purposes of this section, a "tax haven" means any of the
39 jurisdictions that, as of December of ____, were identified as tax
havens by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD).
28114. (a) The Franchise Tax Board, for purposes of administering
this article, may examine all returns filed by taxpayers subject to
these provisions.
(b) (1) In the case of any transfer, or license, of intangible
property, within the meaning of Section 936(h)(3)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code, the net receipts with respect to that transfer or
license shall be commensurate with the net receipts attributable to
the intangible property.
(2) In making distributions, apportionments, and allocations under
this section, the Franchise Tax Board shall generally follow the
rules, regulations, and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service in
making audits under Section 482 of the Internal Revenue Code. Any of
these rules, regulations, and procedures adopted by the Franchise
Tax Board shall not be subject to review by the Office of
Administrative Law.
(3) If the Internal Revenue Service has conducted a detailed audit
pursuant to Section 482 of the Internal Revenue Code or Subchapter N
of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code and has made
adjustments pursuant to those provisions, it shall be presumed, to
the extent that the provisions relate to the determination of the
amount of net receipts and amounts in the sales factor required to be
taken into account pursuant to Section 28110, that no further
adjustments are necessary for this state's purposes. If the Internal
Revenue Service has conducted a detailed audit pursuant to Section
482 of the Internal Revenue Code or Subchapter N of Chapter 1 of
Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code and has made or proposed no
adjustments to the transactions examined, it shall be presumed, to
the extent that the provisions relate to the determination of the
amount of net receipts and amounts in the sales factor required to be
taken into account pursuant to Section 28110, that no adjustment is
necessary for this state's purposes. These presumptions apply to all
Internal Revenue Service audit determinations, including
determinations made by the Appeals and Competent Authority. These
presumptions shall be overcome if the Franchise Tax Board or the
taxpayer demonstrates that an adjustment or a failure to make an
adjustment was erroneous, if it demonstrates that the results of such
an adjustment would produce a minimal tax change for federal
purposes because of correlative or offsetting adjustments or for
other reasons, or if substantially the same federal tax result was
obtained under other sections of the Internal Revenue Code. No
inference shall be drawn from an Internal Revenue Service failure to
audit international transactions pursuant to Section 482 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Subchapter N of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of
the Internal Revenue Code and it shall not be presumed that any of
those transactions were correctly reported.
Article 3. Allocation and Apportionment of Net Receipts
28120. As used in Sections 28120 to 28139, inclusive, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) "Business receipts" means receipts arising from transactions
and activity in the regular course of the taxpayer's trade or
business and includes receipts from tangible and intangible property
if the acquisition, management, and disposition of the property
constitute integral parts of the taxpayer's regular trade or business
operations.
(b) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which the
trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed.
(c) "Compensation" means wages, salaries, commissions, and any
other form of remuneration paid to employees for personal services.
(d) "Nonbusiness receipts" means all receipts other than business
receipts.
(e) (1) "Sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not
allocated under Sections 28123 to 28127, inclusive.
(2) "Gross receipts" means the gross amounts realized (the sum of
money and the fair market value of other property or services
received) on the sale or exchange of property, the performance of
services, or the use of property or capital (including rents,
royalties, interest, and dividends) in a transaction that produces
business income, in which the income, gain, or loss is recognized (or
would be recognized if the transaction were in the United States)
under the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for purposes of this
part. Amounts realized on the sale or exchange of property shall not
be reduced by the cost of goods sold or the basis of property sold.
Gross receipts, even if business income, shall not include the
following items:
(A) Repayment, maturity, or redemption of the principal of a loan,
bond, mutual fund, certificate of deposit, or similar marketable
instrument.
(B) The principal amount received under a repurchase agreement or
other transaction properly characterized as a loan.
(C) Proceeds from issuance of the taxpayer's own stock or from
sale of treasury stock.
(D) Damages and other amounts received as the result of
litigation.
(E) Property acquired by an agent on behalf of another.
(F) Tax refunds and other tax benefit recoveries.
(G) Pension reversions.
(H) Contributions to capital (except for sales of securities by
securities dealers).
(I) Income from discharge of indebtedness.
(J) Amounts realized from exchanges of inventory that are not
recognized under the Internal Revenue Code.
(K) Amounts received from transactions in intangible assets held
in connection with a treasury function of the taxpayer's unitary
business and the gross receipts and overall net gains from the
maturity, redemption, sale, exchange, or other disposition of those
intangible assets. For purposes of this subparagraph, "treasury
function" means the pooling, management, and investment of intangible
assets for the purpose of satisfying the cash flow needs of the
taxpayer's trade or business, such as providing liquidity for a
taxpayer's business cycle, providing a reserve for business
contingencies, and business acquisitions, and also includes the use
of futures contracts and options contracts to hedge foreign currency
fluctuations. A taxpayer principally engaged in the trade or business
of purchasing and selling intangible assets of the type typically
held in a taxpayer's treasury function, such as a registered
broker-dealer, is not performing a treasury function, for purposes of
this subparagraph, with respect to income so produced.
(L) Amounts received from hedging transactions involving
intangible assets. A "hedging transaction" means a transaction
related to the taxpayer's trading function involving futures and
options transactions for the purpose of hedging price risk of the
products or commodities consumed, produced, or sold by the taxpayer.
(M) Where substantial amounts of gross receipts arise from an
occasional sale of a fixed asset or other property held or used in
the regular course of the taxpayer's trade or business, such gross
receipts shall be excluded from the sales factor. For example, gross
receipts from the sale of a factory, patent, or affiliate's stock
will be excluded if substantial. For purposes of this subdivision,
sales of assets to the same purchaser in a single year will be
aggregated to determine if the combined gross receipts are
substantial.
(i) For purposes of this subparagraph, a sale is substantial if
its exclusion results in a 5 percent or greater decrease in the sales
factor denominator of the taxpayer or, if the taxpayer is part of a
combined reporting group, a 5 percent or greater decrease in the
sales factor denominator of the group as a whole.
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, a sale is occasional if
the transaction is outside of the taxpayer's normal course of
business and occurs infrequently.
(3) Exclusion of an item from the definition of "gross receipts"
shall not be determinative of its character as business or
nonbusiness income.
(f) "State" means any state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or
possession of the United States, and any foreign country or political
subdivision thereof.
28121. Any taxpayer having receipts from business activity which
is taxable both within and without this state shall allocate and
apportion its net receipts as provided in this article.
28122. For purposes of allocation and apportionment of net
receipts under this article, a taxpayer is taxable in another state
if (a) in that state it is subject to a value-added tax, an income
tax, a franchise tax measured by income, a franchise tax for the
privilege of doing business, or a corporate stock tax, or (b) that
state has jurisdiction to subject the taxpayer to a value-added tax
or to an income tax regardless of whether, in fact, the state does or
does not.
28123. Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal
property, capital gains, a patent or copyright royalties, to the
extent that they constitute nonbusiness receipts, shall be allocated
as provided in Sections 28124 to 28127, inclusive, of this article.
28124. (a) Rents and royalties from real property located in this
state are allocable to this state.
(b) Rent and royalties from tangible personal property are
allocable to this state:
(1) If and to the extent that the property is utilized in this
state.
(2) In their entirety if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in
this state and the taxpayer is not organized under the laws of or
taxable in the state in which the property is utilized.
(c) The extent of utilization of tangible personal property in a
state is determined by multiplying the rents and royalties by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of physical
location of the property in the state during the rental or royalty
period in the taxable year and the denominator of which is the number
of days of physical location of the property everywhere during all
rental or royalty periods in the taxable year. If the physical
location of the property during the rental or royalty period is
unknown or unascertainable by the taxpayer, tangible personal
property is utilized in the state in which the property was located
at the time the rental or royalty payer obtained possession.
28125. (a) Gross receipts from sales of real property located in
this state are allocable to this state.
(b) Gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property are
allocable to this state if:
(1) The property had a situs in this state at the time of the
sale.
(2) The taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state and the
taxpayer is not taxable in the state in which the property had a
situs.
(c) Except in the case of the sale of a partnership interest,
capital gains and losses from sales of intangible personal property
are allocable to this state if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is
in this state.
28127. (a) Patent and copyright royalties are allocable to this
state:
(1) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized
by the payer in this state.
(2) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized
by the payer in a state in which the taxpayer is not taxable and the
taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(b) A patent is utilized in a state to the extent that it is
employed in production, fabrication, manufacturing, or other
processing in the state or to the extent that a patented product is
produced in the state. If the basis of receipts from patent royalties
does not permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures
do not reflect states of utilization, the patent is utilized in the
state in which the taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
(c) A copyright is utilized in a state to the extent that printing
or other publication originates in the state. If the basis of
receipts from copyright royalties does not permit allocation to
states or if the accounting procedures do not reflect states of
utilization, the copyright is utilized in the state in which the
taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
28128. All business receipts shall be apportioned to this state
by multiplying the business net receipts by the sales factor.
28129. The property in this state means the average value of the
taxpayer's real and tangible personal property owned or rented and
used in this state during the taxable year.
28130. Property owned by the taxpayer is valued at its original
cost. Property rented by the taxpayer is valued at eight times the
net annual rental rate. Net annual rental rate is the annual rental
rate paid by the taxpayer less any annual rental rate received by the
taxpayer from subrentals.
28131. The average value of
property shall be determined by averaging the values at the beginning
and ending of the taxable year but the Franchise Tax Board may
require the averaging of monthly values during the taxable year if
reasonably required to reflect properly the average value of the
taxpayer's property.
28133. Compensation is paid in this state if:
(a) The individual's service is performed entirely within the
state.
(b) The individual's service is performed both within and without
the state, but the service performed without the state is incidental
to the individual's service within the state.
(c) Some of the service is performed in the state and (1) the base
of operations or, if there is no base of operations, the place from
which the service is directed or controlled is in the state, or (2)
the base of operations or the place from which the service is
directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the
service is performed, but the individual's residence is in this
state.
28134. The sales factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is
the total sales of the taxpayer in this state during the taxable
year, and the denominator of which is the totals sales of the
taxpayer everywhere during the taxable year.
28135. Sales of tangible personal property are in this state if:
(a) The property is delivered or shipped to a purchaser, other
than the United States government, within this state regardless of
the f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale.
(b) The property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse,
factory, or other place of storage in this state and (1) the
purchaser is the United States government or (2) the taxpayer is not
taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(c) For purposes of determining whether sales are in this state
and included in the numerator of the sales factor, all sales of the
combined reporting group properly assigned to this state under this
section shall be included in the sales factor numerator for this
state regardless of whether the member of the combined reporting
group making the sale is subject to the business net receipts tax
imposed under Section 27151. All sales not assigned to this state
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be included in the sales factor
numerator for this state if a member of the combined reporting group
of the taxpayer is taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(d) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary
or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
28136. (a) Sales, other than sales of tangible personal property,
are in this state as follows:
(1) Sales from services are in this state to the extent the
purchaser of the service received the benefit of the service in this
state.
(2) Sales from intangible property are in this state to the extent
the property is used in this state. In the case of marketable
securities, sales are in this state if the customer is in this state.
(3) Sales from the sale, lease, rental, or licensing of real
property are in this state if the real property is located in this
state.
(4) Sales from the rental, lease, or licensing of tangible
personal property are in this state if the property is located in
this state.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary
or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
28137. If the allocation and apportionment provisions of this
article do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's market
in this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the Franchise Tax
Board may require, in respect to all or any part of the taxpayer's
business activity, if reasonable:
(a) Separate accounting.
(b) The exclusion of any one or more of the factors.
(c) The inclusion of one or more additional factors which will
fairly represent the taxpayer's business activity in this state.
(d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable
allocation and apportionment of the taxpayer's net receipts.
SEC. 142. Section 35004 is added to the
Revenue and Taxation Code , to read:
35004. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 143. Chapter 11 (commencing with Section
38909) is added to Part 18.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 11. REPEAL
38909. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 144. Chapter 12 (commencing with Section
60710) is added to Part 31 of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code , to read:
CHAPTER 12. REPEAL
60710. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 145. Section 976.6 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code is repealed.
976.6. In addition to other contributions required by this
division, every employer, except an employer defined by Section 676,
684, or 685, and except an employer that has elected an alternate
method of financing its liability for unemployment compensation
benefits pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 801), or
Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of Chapter 3, shall pay into
the Employment Training Fund contributions at the rate of 0.1 percent
of wages specified in Section 930. The contributions shall be
collected in the same manner and at the same time as any
contributions required under Sections 977 and 977.5.
SEC. 146. The amendments made by this act to Part
10.2 pertaining to Part 12 (commencing with Section 27001) of the
Revenue and Taxation Code shall apply to taxable years beginning on
or after January 1, 2012.
SEC. 147. No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.
SEC. 148. This act provides for a tax levy within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.
SECTION 1. Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
22352. The prima facie speed limits are as follows and shall be
applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if so
changed, only when signs have been erected giving notice of that
speed limit:
(a) Fifteen miles per hour:
(1) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the last
100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not have a
clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of any traffic on the
railway for a distance of 400 feet in both directions along the
railway. This subdivision does not apply in the case of any railway
grade crossing where a human flagman is on duty or a clearly visible
electrical or mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed
but does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway train
or car.
(2) When traversing any intersection of highways if during the
last 100 feet of the driver's approach to the intersection the driver
does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection and
of any traffic upon all of the highways entering the intersection for
a distance of 100 feet along all those highways, except at an
intersection protected by stop signs or yield right-of-way signs or
controlled by official traffic control signals.
(3) On any alley.
(b) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(1) On any highway other than a state highway, in any business or
residence district unless a different speed is determined by local
authority under procedures set forth in this code.
(2) When approaching or passing a school building or the grounds
thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a standard "SCHOOL"
warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school
either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The
prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching or passing any
school grounds which are not separated from the highway by a fence,
gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by
children and the highway is posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning
sign. For purposes of this subparagraph, standard "SCHOOL" warning
signs may be placed at any distance up to 500 feet away from school
grounds.
(3) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily used
by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a state highway
and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning sign. A local authority
is not required to erect any sign pursuant to this paragraph until
donations from private sources covering those costs are received and
the local agency makes a determination that the proposed signing
should be implemented. A local authority may, however, utilize any
other funds available to it to pay for the erection of those signs.