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Statutes > California > Rtc > 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.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Rtc > 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.



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Statutes > California > Rtc > 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.