24870-24900
REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE
SECTION 24870-24900
24870. 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. 24871. (a) (1) Section 852(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to imposition of tax on regulated investment companies, does not apply. (2) Every regulated investment company shall be subject to the taxes imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501), except that its "net income" shall be equal to its "investment company income," as defined in subdivision (b). (b) "Investment company income" means investment company taxable income, as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, modified as follows: (1) Section 852(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to an exclusion for net capital gain, does not apply. (2) Section 852(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to net operating losses, is modified to deny the deduction allowed under Sections 24416 and 24416.1, in lieu of denying the deduction allowed by Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) In lieu of the provision of Section 852(b)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special deductions for corporations, no deduction shall be allowed under Sections 24402, 24406, 24410, and 25106. (4) The deduction for dividends paid, under Section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, is modified to allow capital gain dividends and exempt interest dividends (to the extent that interest is included in gross income under this part) to be included in the computation of the deduction. (c) Section 852(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to capital gains, does not apply. (d) Section 852(b)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of exempt interest dividends by shareholders, does not apply. (e) Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitations applicable to dividends received from regulated investment companies, is modified to refer to Sections 24402, 24406, 24410, and 25106, in lieu of Section 243 of the Internal Revenue Code. 24872. (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 23101) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501), except that its "net income" shall be equal to its "real estate investment trust income," as defined in subdivision (c). (c) "Real estate investment trust income" means real estate investment company taxable income, as defined in Section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, modified as follows: (1) In lieu of Section 857(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special deductions for corporations, no deduction shall be allowed under Section 24402. (2) Section 857(b)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to an exclusion for an amount equal to the net income from foreclosure property, shall not apply. (3) Section 857(b)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to a deduction for an amount equal to the tax imposed in the case of failure to meet certain requirements for the taxable year, shall not apply. (4) Section 857(b)(2)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to an exclusion for an amount equal to any net income derived from prohibited transactions, shall not apply. (d) Section 857(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to an alternative tax in case of capital gains, shall not apply. (e) Section 857(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the imposition of tax on income from foreclosure property, shall not apply. (f) 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. (g) Section 857(b)(6)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the imposition of tax on income from prohibited transactions, shall not apply. (h) Section 857(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to income from redetermined rents, redetermined deductions, and excess interest, shall not apply. (i) Section 857(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to restrictions applicable to dividends received from real estate investment trusts, is modified to refer to Sections 24402, 24406, 24410, and 25106, in lieu of Section 243 of the Internal Revenue Code. (j) The amendments to this section by Chapter 878 of the Statutes of 1993 are clarifications of legislative intent and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987. 24872.4. (a) Section 856(d)(7)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the phrase "if received by an organization described in subdivision (b) of Section 17651 of Part 10 or Section 23731" for the phrase "if received by an organization described in section 511(a)(2)." (b) (1) An election under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes is treated for purposes of this part as an election made by the real estate investment trust under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for state purposes and a separate election under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 is not allowed. (2) Any revocation of an election under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes is treated for purposes of this part as a revocation of the election made by the real estate investment trust under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for state purposes and a separate election under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 is not allowed with respect to the property for any subsequent taxable year. (3) If the real estate investment trust fails to make an election under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes with respect to any property, that property may not be treated for purposes of this part as foreclosure property, an election under Section 856(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code for state purposes with respect to that property is not allowed, and a separate election under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 is not allowed with respect to that property. 24872.6. (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) (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 under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 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 described in paragraph (1) under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 shall not be allowed. (3) This subdivision shall apply to any election to be a real estate investment trust that is effective for federal purposes for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2001. 24872.7. (a) (1) (A) Whenever a penalty is imposed for federal purposes under Section 857(f)(2)(A) or (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever is applicable, it shall be deemed that the real estate investment trust has failed to comply with the requirements of Section 857(f)(2)(A) or (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever is applicable, for state purposes for that taxable year and a penalty equal to the penalty determined for federal purposes under Section 857(f)(2)(A) or (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever is applicable, shall be imposed and shall be paid on notice and demand and in the same manner as tax. (B) No penalty shall be imposed under this paragraph if the Secretary of the Treasury, under Section 857(f)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, has determined that the failure to comply is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. (2) (A) Whenever a penalty is imposed for federal purposes under Section 857(f)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code it shall be deemed that the real estate investment trust has failed to comply with the requirements of Section 857(f)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code for state purposes for that taxable year and an additional penalty equal to the penalty determined for federal purposes under Section 857(f) (2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be imposed and shall be paid on notice and demand and in the same manner as tax. (B) No penalty shall be imposed under this paragraph if the Secretary of the Treasury, under Section 857(f)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, has determined that the failure to comply is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. (b) This section shall apply to taxable years beginning after August 5, 1997. (c) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998. 24873. Section 860F(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the 100 percent tax on prohibited transactions, shall not apply. 24874. A real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC) shall be subject to the minimum franchise tax imposed under Section 23153. 24875. (a) A financial asset securitization investment trust (FASIT) shall be subject to the minimum franchise tax imposed under Section 23153. (b) 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 23101, of the holder of the ownership interest in the FASIT. (2) Section 860H(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall not apply. (c) Section 860J(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to affiliated groups, shall not apply. (d) A reference to the "rate of tax specified in Section 23151" 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. (e) Section 860L(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax on prohibited transactions, shall not apply. (f) 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. 24875.5. (a) 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." (b) 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. (c) This section shall apply on and after September 1, 1997. (d) This section shall not apply to income years beginning on or after January 1, 1998. 24900. (a) The Franchise Tax Board may include in the gross income of the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) in that taxable year the taxpayer's pro rata share (or the pro rata share of a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) of any of those insurers' current earnings and profits in that taxable year, but not to exceed an amount equal to the specific insurer's net income attributable to investment income for that year minus that insurer's net written premiums received in that same taxable year, if all of the following apply: (1) For any taxable year an insurer is a member of a taxpayer's commonly controlled group. (2) The ratio of the five-year average net written premiums to the five-year average total income of all insurers in the commonly controlled group is equal to or less than 0.10 (or, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, 0.15). (3) The accumulation of earnings and profits of the insurers in the commonly controlled group had a substantial purpose of avoidance of taxes on, according to, or measured by income, of this state or any other state. The amount so included shall be treated as a dividend received from an insurance company during the taxable year, and to the extent applicable, Section 24410 shall apply to that amount. (b) If the insurer members of the commonly controlled group constitute a predominantly captive insurance group (as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision (e)), then the ratio described in subdivision (a) shall be 0.40. (c) To the extent that amounts are included in the gross income of a taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) pursuant to subdivision (a), those amounts shall not again be considered as investment income in the application of the ratio described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). (d) The amounts included in gross income under subdivision (a) shall not again be included in gross income when subsequent distributions are made to the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group), or another taxpayer that acquires an interest in the stock of the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group with respect to which subdivision (a) was applied), or any successor or assign of the respective taxpayers (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) described in this subdivision. For purposes of applying this subdivision, distributions from an insurer shall be considered first made from amounts included under subdivision (a). (e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Except as otherwise provided, the phrases "net written premiums," "five-year average net written premiums" and the "five-year average total income" shall each have the same meaning, respectively, as applicable for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 24410, whether or not a dividend is actually received from any insurer member of the taxpayer's commonly controlled group in that taxable year. (2) "Net income attributable to investment income" means net income of the insurer multiplied by a ratio, the numerator of which is the insurer's gross investment income from interest, dividends (other than dividends from members of the taxpayer's commonly controlled group), rent, and realized gains or losses, and the denominator of which is the insurer's gross income (other than dividends from members of the taxpayer's commonly controlled group) from all sources. In the application of the preceding sentence, if an insurer is required to file a Statutory Annual Statement pursuant to the Annual Statement Instructions and Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, "net income" means net income required to be reported in the insurer's Statutory Annual Statement. (3) 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. (4) The phrase "commonly controlled group" shall have the same meaning as that phrase has under Section 25105. (5) The phrase "combined reporting group" means those corporations whose income is required to be included in the same combined report pursuant to Section 25101 or 25110. (6) A "predominantly captive insurance group" means the insurer members of a commonly controlled group where the insurers receive more than 50 percent of their net written premiums (without regard to the weighting factors in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 24410) from members of the commonly controlled group or the ratios in clause (i) or clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 24410 is greater than 50 percent. The provisions of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 24410 shall apply for purposes of this paragraph. (7) (A) The taxpayer's "pro rata share" of the current earnings and profits of an insurer member of a commonly controlled group is the amount that would have been received as a dividend by the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) if both of the following apply: (i) The insurer had directly distributed its current earnings and profits with respect to its stock held by the taxpayer (or member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group). (ii) In the case of an insurer holding the stock of another insurer, all other insurer members of the taxpayer's commonly controlled group had distributed the same current earnings and profits with respect to their stock, in the same taxable year, until amounts were received as a dividend by the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group) from an insurer member of the commonly controlled group. (B) In the application of this section, amounts treated as a dividend received by a partnership shall be considered a dividend received by each partner that is a member of the commonly controlled group, either directly or through a series of tiered partnerships. (f) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe those regulations that are appropriate to describe conditions under which the accumulation of earnings and profits of those insurers described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) do not have the substantial purpose of avoidance of taxes on, according to, or measured by income, of this state or any other state. (g) If this section or any portion of this section is held invalid, or the application of this section to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions of the act adding this section, or the provisions of this section that are severable.