18151-18181
REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE
SECTION 18151-18181
18151. 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. 18151.5. Section 301 of Title III of Division A of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), relating to gain or loss from sale of certain preferred stock, shall not apply. 18152. (a) Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to 50-percent exclusion for gain from certain small business stock, shall not apply. (b) Any reference in the Internal Revenue Code to the "exclusion allowed under Section 1202" shall, for purposes of this part, be modified to refer to the exclusion allowed under Section 18152.5. 18152.5. (a) For purposes of this part, gross income shall not include 50 percent of any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years. (b) (1) If the taxpayer has eligible gain for the taxable year from one or more dispositions of stock issued by any corporation, the aggregate amount of the gain from dispositions of stock issued by the corporation which may be taken into account under subdivision (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed the greater of either of the following: (A) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) reduced by the aggregate amount of eligible gain taken into account by the taxpayer under subdivision (a) for prior taxable years and attributable to dispositions of stock issued by the corporation. (B) Ten times the aggregate adjusted bases of qualified small business stock issued by the corporation and disposed of by the taxpayer during the taxable year. For purposes of subparagraph (B), the adjusted basis of any stock shall be determined without regard to any addition to basis after the date on which the stock was originally issued. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "eligible gain" means any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years. (3) (A) In the case of a married individual filing a separate return, subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting five million dollars ($5,000,000) for ten million dollars ($10,000,000). (B) In the case of a married taxpayer filing a joint return, the amount of gain taken into account under subdivision (a) shall be allocated equally between the spouses for purposes of applying this subdivision to subsequent taxable years. (C) For purposes of this subdivision, marital status shall be determined under Section 7703 of the Internal Revenue Code. (c) For purposes of this section: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term "qualified small business stock" means any stock in a C corporation which is originally issued after August 10, 1993, if both of the following apply: (A) As of the date of issuance, the corporation is a qualified small business. (B) Except as provided in subdivisions (f) and (h), the stock is acquired by the taxpayer at its original issue (directly or through an underwriter) in either of the following manners: (i) In exchange for money or other property (not including stock). (ii) As compensation for services provided to the corporation (other than services performed as an underwriter of the stock). (2) (A) Stock in a corporation shall not be treated as qualified small business stock unless, during substantially all of the taxpayer' s holding period for the stock, the corporation meets the active business requirements of subdivision (e) and the corporation is a C corporation. (B) (i) Notwithstanding subdivision (e), a corporation shall be treated as meeting the active business requirements of subdivision (e) for any period during which the corporation qualifies as a specialized small business investment company. (ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term "specialized small business investment company" means any eligible corporation (as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (e)) that is licensed to operate under Section 301(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (as in effect on May 13, 1993). (3) (A) Stock acquired by the taxpayer shall not be treated as qualified small business stock if, at any time during the four-year period beginning on the date two years before the issuance of the stock, the corporation issuing the stock purchased (directly or indirectly) any of its stock from the taxpayer or from a related person (within the meaning of Section 267(b) or 707(b)) to the taxpayer. (B) Stock issued by a corporation shall not be treated as qualified small business stock if, during the two-year period beginning on the date one year before the issuance of the stock, the corporation made one or more purchases of its stock with an aggregate value (as of the time of the respective purchases) exceeding 5 percent of the aggregate value of all of its stock as of the beginning of the two-year period. (C) If any transaction is treated under Section 304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as a distribution in redemption of the stock of any corporation, for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), the corporation shall be treated as purchasing an amount of its stock equal to the amount treated as a distribution in redemption of the stock of the corporation under Section 304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. (d) For purposes of this section: (1) The term "qualified small business" means any domestic corporation (as defined in Section 7701(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code) which is a C corporation if all of the following apply: (A) The aggregate gross assets of the corporation (or any predecessor thereof) at all times on or after July 1, 1993, and before the issuance did not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). (B) The aggregate gross assets of the corporation immediately after the issuance (determined by taking into account amounts received in the issuance) do not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). (C) At least 80 percent of the corporation's payroll, as measured by total dollar value, is attributable to employment located within California. (D) The corporation agrees to submit those reports to the Franchise Tax Board and to shareholders as the Franchise Tax Board may require to carry out the purposes of this section. (2) (A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "aggregate gross assets" means the amount of cash and the aggregate adjusted basis of other property held by the corporation. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the adjusted basis of any property contributed to the corporation (or other property with a basis determined in whole or in part by reference to the adjusted basis of property so contributed) shall be determined as if the basis of the property contributed to the corporation immediately after the contribution was equal to its fair market value as of the time of the contribution. (3) (A) All corporations which are members of the same parent-subsidiary controlled group shall be treated as one corporation for purposes of this subdivision. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "parent-subsidiary controlled group" means any controlled group of corporations as defined in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that both of the following shall apply: (i) "More than 50 percent" shall be substituted for "at least 80 percent" each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. (ii) Section 1563(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply. (e) (1) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the requirements of this subdivision are met by a corporation for any period if during that period both of the following apply: (A) At least 80 percent (by value) of the assets of the corporation are used by the corporation in the active conduct of one or more qualified trades or businesses in California. (B) The corporation is an eligible corporation. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), if, in connection with any future qualified trade or business, a corporation is engaged in: (A) Startup activities described in Section 195(c)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) Activities resulting in the payment or incurring of expenditures which may be treated as research and experimental expenditures under Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code, or (C) Activities with respect to in-house research expenses described in Section 41(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, then assets used in those activities shall be treated as used in the active conduct of a qualified trade or business. Any determination under this paragraph shall be made without regard to whether a corporation has any gross income from those activities at the time of the determination. (3) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "qualified trade or business" means any trade or business other than any of the following: (A) Any trade or business involving the performance of services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, athletics, financial services, brokerage services, or any trade or business where the principal asset of the trade or business is the reputation or skill of one or more of its employees. (B) Any banking, insurance, financing, leasing, investing, or similar business. (C) Any farming business (including the business of raising or harvesting trees). (D) Any business involving the production or extraction of products of a character with respect to which a deduction is allowable under Section 613 or 613A of the Internal Revenue Code. (E) Any business of operating a hotel, motel, restaurant, or similar business. (4) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "eligible corporation" means any domestic corporation, except that the term shall not include any of the following: (A) A DISC or former DISC. (B) A corporation with respect to which an election under Section 936 of the Internal Revenue Code is in effect or which has a direct or indirect subsidiary with respect to which the election is in effect. (C) A regulated investment company, real estate investment trust (REIT), or real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC). (D) A cooperative. (5) (A) For purposes of this subdivision, stock and debt in any subsidiary corporation shall be disregarded and the parent corporation shall be deemed to own its ratable share of the subsidiary's assets, and to conduct its ratable share of the subsidiary's activities. (B) A corporation shall be treated as failing to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) for any period during which more than 10 percent of the value of its assets (in excess of liabilities) consists of stock or securities in other corporations which are not subsidiaries of the corporation (other than assets described in paragraph (6)). (C) For purposes of this paragraph, a corporation shall be considered a subsidiary if the parent owns more than 50 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or more than 50 percent in value of all outstanding stock, of the corporation. (6) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the following assets shall be treated as used in the active conduct of a qualified trade or business: (A) Assets that are held as a part of the reasonably required working capital needs of a qualified trade or business of the corporation. (B) Assets that are held for investment and are reasonably expected to be used within two years to finance research and experimentation in a qualified trade or business or increases in working capital needs of a qualified trade or business. For periods after the corporation has been in existence for at least two years, in no event may more than 50 percent of the assets of the corporation qualify as used in the active conduct of a qualified trade or business by reason of this paragraph. (7) A corporation shall not be treated as meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) for any period during which more than 10 percent of the total value of its assets consists of real property that is not used in the active conduct of a qualified trade or business. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the ownership of, dealing in, or renting of, real property shall not be treated as the active conduct of a qualified trade or business. (8) For purposes of paragraph (1), rights to computer software that produces active business computer software royalties (within the meaning of Section 543(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code) shall be treated as an asset used in the active conduct of a trade or business. (9) A corporation shall not be treated as meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) for any period during which more than 20 percent of the corporation's total payroll expense is attributable to employment located outside of California. (f) If any stock in a corporation is acquired solely through the conversion of other stock in the corporation that is qualified small business stock in the hands of the taxpayer, both of the following shall apply: (1) The stock so acquired shall be treated as qualified small business stock in the hands of the taxpayer. (2) The stock so acquired shall be treated as having been held during the period during which the converted stock was held. (g) (1) If any amount included in gross income by reason of holding an interest in a pass-through entity meets the requirements of paragraph (2), then both of the following shall apply: (A) The amount shall be treated as gain described in subdivision (a). (B) For purposes of applying subdivision (b), the amount shall be treated as gain from a disposition of stock in the corporation issuing the stock disposed of by the pass-through entity and the taxpayer's proportionate share of the adjusted basis of the pass-through entity in the stock shall be taken into account. (2) An amount meets the requirements of this paragraph if both of the following apply: (A) The amount is attributable to gain on the sale or exchange by the pass-through entity of stock that is qualified small business stock in the hands of the entity (determined by treating the entity as an individual) and that was held by that entity for more than five years. (B) The amount is includable in the gross income of the taxpayer by reason of the holding of an interest in the entity that was held by the taxpayer on the date on which the pass-through entity acquired the stock and at all times thereafter before the disposition of the stock by the pass-through entity. (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any amount to the extent the amount exceeds the amount to which paragraph (1) would have applied if the amount was determined by reference to the interest the taxpayer held in the pass-through entity on the date the qualified small business stock was acquired. (4) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "pass-through entity" means any of the following: (A) Any partnership. (B) Any S corporation. (C) Any regulated investment company. (D) Any common trust fund. (h) For purposes of this section: (1) In the case of a transfer described in paragraph (2), the transferee shall be treated as meeting both of the following: (A) Having acquired the stock in the same manner as the transferor. (B) Having held the stock during any continuous period immediately preceding the transfer during which it was held (or treated as held under this subdivision) by the transferor. (2) A transfer is described in this subdivision if the transfer is any of the following: (A) By gift. (B) At death. (C) From a partnership to a partner of stock with respect to which requirements similar to the requirements of subdivision (g) are met at the time of the transfer (without regard to the five-year holding period requirement). (3) Rules similar to the rules of Section 1244(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply for purposes of this section. (4) (A) In the case of a transaction described in Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code or a reorganization described in Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code, if qualified small business stock is exchanged for other stock that would not qualify as qualified small business stock but for this subparagraph, the other stock shall be treated as qualified small business stock acquired on the date on which the exchanged stock was acquired. (B) This section shall apply to gain from the sale or exchange of stock treated as qualified small business stock by reason of subparagraph (A) only to the extent of the gain that would have been recognized at the time of the transfer described in subparagraph (A) if Section 351 or 368 of the Internal Revenue Code had not applied at that time. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the stock that is treated as qualified small business stock by reason of subparagraph (A) is issued by a corporation that (as of the time of the transfer described in subparagraph (A)) is a qualified small business. (C) For purposes of this paragraph, stock treated as qualified small business stock under subparagraph (A) shall be so treated for subsequent transactions or reorganizations, except that the limitation of subparagraph (B) shall be applied as of the time of the first transfer to which the limitation applied (determined after the application of the second sentence of subparagraph (B)). (D) In the case of a transaction described in Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code, this paragraph shall apply only if immediately after the transaction the corporation issuing the stock owns directly or indirectly stock representing control (within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) of the corporation whose stock was exchanged. (i) For purposes of this section: (1) In the case where the taxpayer transfers property (other than money or stock) to a corporation in exchange for stock in the corporation, both of the following shall apply: (A) The stock shall be treated as having been acquired by the taxpayer on the date of the exchange. (B) The basis of the stock in the hands of the taxpayer shall in no event be less than the fair market value of the property exchanged. (2) If the adjusted basis of any qualified small business stock is adjusted by reason of any contribution to capital after the date on which the stock was originally issued, in determining the amount of the adjustment by reason of the contribution, the basis of the contributed property shall in no event be treated as less than its fair market value on the date of the contribution. (j) (1) If the taxpayer has an offsetting short position with respect to any qualified small business stock, subdivision (a) shall not apply to any gain from the sale or exchange of the stock unless both of the following apply: (A) The stock was held by the taxpayer for more than five years as of the first day on which there was such a short position. (B) The taxpayer elects to recognize gain as if the stock was sold on that first day for its fair market value. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the taxpayer shall be treated as having an offsetting short position with respect to any qualified small business stock if any of the following apply: (A) The taxpayer has made a short sale of substantially identical property. (B) The taxpayer has acquired an option to sell substantially identical property at a fixed price. (C) To the extent provided in regulations, the taxpayer has entered into any other transaction that substantially reduces the risk of loss from holding the qualified small business stock. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any reference to the taxpayer shall be treated as including a reference to any person who is related (within the meaning of Section 267(b) or 707(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) to the taxpayer. (k) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe those regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this section through splitups, shell corporations, partnerships, or otherwise. (l) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in construing this section, any regulations that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 1202(k) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the extent that those regulations do not conflict with this section or with any regulations that may be promulgated by the Franchise Tax Board. 18155. No deduction shall be allowed for capital loss carrybacks provided by Section 1212 of the Internal Revenue Code. 18155.5. Section 1223 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to holding period of property, is modified to additionally provide that in determining the period for which the taxpayer has held property the acquisition of which resulted under Section 18038.5 in the nonrecognition of any part of the gain realized on the sale of other property, there shall be included the period for which that other property has been held as of the date of the sale. 18155.6. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, specific reference to Sections 1223(4) to (16), inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code in this part shall instead be treated as a reference to Sections 1223(3) to (15), inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code, respectively. 18165. (a) Section 1245(a)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain deductions treated as amortization, is modified to also refer to Sections 17252.5, 17265, and 17266. (b) Section 1245(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to disposition of amortizable Section 197 intangibles, shall apply to dispositions of property on or after January 1, 2010. 18171. Section 1250(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to additional depreciation, is modified as follows: (a) "Depreciation adjustments," as defined in Section 1250(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, do not include the following: (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1983, amortization under Section 17251 or under Section 188 of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) For taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1983, amortization under former Section 17226, relating to pollution control facilities, or former Section 17227, relating to trademarks. (b) "Additional depreciation," as defined in Section 1250(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, includes the following: (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1983, amortization under Section 167(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 1983, amortization under former Section 17211.7, relating to low-income rental housing, or former Section 17228.5, relating to certified historic structures. 18171.5. Section 1250(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified as follows: (a) The date "December 31, 1970" is substituted for "July 24, 1969," and "December 31, 1969." (b) The date "January 1, 1971" is substituted for "January 1, 1970." (c) The date "December 31, 1976" is substituted for "December 31, 1975." (d) The date "January 1, 1977" is substituted for "January 1, 1976." 18177. Section 1275(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the definition of tax-exempt obligations, does not apply but instead the term "tax-exempt obligation" means an obligation the interest on which is exempt from tax under this part. 18178. Section 1272 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be modified as follows: (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, and before the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed, the amount included in gross income under this part shall be the same as the amount included in gross income on the federal tax return. (b) The difference between the amount included in gross income on the federal return and the amount included in gross income under this part, with respect to obligations issued after December 31, 1984, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, shall be included in gross income in the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed. (c) Section 1004(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34), relating to the effective date for determination of original issue discount where pooled debt obligations are subject to acceleration, is modified to provide that the changes to Section 1272 (a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, and the amount taken into account under Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be taken into account ratably over the four-taxable-year period beginning with the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998. 18180. (a) Section 7872 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of loans with below market interest rates, shall apply, except as otherwise provided. (b) Section 7872(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to exception for loans to qualified continuing care facilities, shall apply to calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, with respect to loans made before, on, or after that date. 18181. Part VI of Subchapter P of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of certain passive foreign investment companies, shall not apply.