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Statutes > Utah > Title-59 > Chapter-10 > 59-10-10359-10-103. Definitions.
(1) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Adjusted gross income":
(i) for a resident or nonresident individual, is as defined in Section 62, Internal RevenueCode; or
(ii) for a resident or nonresident estate or trust, is as calculated in Section 67(e), InternalRevenue Code.
(b) "Corporation" includes:
(i) an association;
(ii) a joint stock company; and
(iii) an insurance company.
(c) "Distributable net income" is as defined in Section 643, Internal Revenue Code.
(d) "Employee" is as defined in Section 59-10-401.
(e) "Employer" is as defined in Section 59-10-401.
(f) "Federal taxable income":
(i) for a resident or nonresident individual, means taxable income as defined by Section63, Internal Revenue Code; or
(ii) for a resident or nonresident estate or trust, is as calculated in Section 641(a) and (b),Internal Revenue Code.
(g) "Fiduciary" means:
(i) a guardian;
(ii) a trustee;
(iii) an executor;
(iv) an administrator;
(v) a receiver;
(vi) a conservator; or
(vii) any person acting in any fiduciary capacity for any individual.
(h) "Guaranteed annuity interest" is as defined in 26 C.F.R. Sec. 1.170A-6(c)(2).
(i) "Homesteaded land diminished from the Uintah and Ouray Reservation" means thehomesteaded land that was held to have been diminished from the Uintah and Ouray Reservationin Hagen v. Utah, 510 U.S. 399 (1994).
(j) "Individual" means a natural person and includes aliens and minors.
(k) "Irrevocable trust" means a trust in which the settlor may not revoke or terminate allor part of the trust without the consent of a person who has a substantial beneficial interest in thetrust and the interest would be adversely affected by the exercise of the settlor's power to revokeor terminate all or part of the trust.
(l) "Military service" is as defined in Pub. L. No. 108-189, Sec. 101.
(m) "Nonresident individual" means an individual who is not a resident of this state.
(n) "Nonresident trust" or "nonresident estate" means a trust or estate which is not aresident estate or trust.
(o) (i) "Partnership" includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or otherunincorporated organization:
(A) through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carriedon; and
(B) which is not, within the meaning of this chapter:
(I) a trust;
(II) an estate; or
(III) a corporation.
(ii) "Partnership" does not include any organization not included under the definition of"partnership" in Section 761, Internal Revenue Code.
(iii) "Partner" includes a member in a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, ororganization described in Subsection (1)(o)(i).
(p) "Qualified nongrantor charitable lead trust" means a trust:
(i) that is irrevocable;
(ii) that has a trust term measured by:
(A) a fixed term of years; or
(B) the life of a person living on the day on which the trust is created;
(iii) under which:
(A) a portion of the value of the trust assets is distributed during the trust term:
(I) to an organization described in Section 170(c), Internal Revenue Code; and
(II) as a:
(Aa) guaranteed annuity interest; or
(Bb) unitrust interest; and
(B) assets remaining in the trust at the termination of the trust term are distributed to abeneficiary:
(I) designated in the trust; and
(II) that is not an organization described in Section 170(c), Internal Revenue Code;
(iv) for which the trust is allowed a deduction under Section 642(c), Internal RevenueCode; and
(v) under which the grantor of the trust is not treated as the owner of any portion of thetrust for federal income tax purposes.
(q) (i) "Resident individual" means:
(A) an individual who is domiciled in this state for any period of time during the taxableyear, but only for the duration of the period during which the individual is domiciled in this state;or
(B) an individual who is not domiciled in this state but:
(I) maintains a place of abode in this state; and
(II) spends in the aggregate 183 or more days of the taxable year in this state.
(ii) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, andfor purposes of Subsection (1)(q)(i)(B), the commission shall by rule define what constitutesspending a day of the taxable year in the state.
(r) "Resident estate" or "resident trust" is as defined in Section 75-7-103.
(s) "Servicemember" is as defined in Pub. L. No. 108-189, Sec. 101.
(t) "State income tax percentage for a nonresident estate or trust" means a percentageequal to a nonresident estate's or trust's state taxable income for the taxable year divided by thenonresident estate's or trust's total adjusted gross income for that taxable year after making theadjustments required by:
(i) Section 59-10-202;
(ii) Section 59-10-207;
(iii) Section 59-10-209.1; or
(iv) Section 59-10-210.
(u) "State income tax percentage for a nonresident individual" means a percentage equalto a nonresident individual's state taxable income for the taxable year divided by the differencebetween:
(i) subject to Section 59-10-1405, the nonresident individual's total adjusted grossincome for that taxable year, after making the:
(A) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(B) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115; and
(ii) if the nonresident individual described in Subsection (1)(u)(i) is a servicemember, thecompensation the servicemember receives for military service if the servicemember is serving incompliance with military orders.
(v) "State income tax percentage for a part-year resident individual" means, for a taxableyear, a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which is the sum of:
(A) subject to Section 59-10-1404.5, for the time period during the taxable year that thepart-year resident individual is a resident, the part-year resident individual's total adjusted grossincome for that time period, after making the:
(I) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(II) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115; and
(B) for the time period during the taxable year that the part-year resident individual is anonresident, an amount calculated by:
(I) determining the part-year resident individual's adjusted gross income for that timeperiod, after making the:
(Aa) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(Bb) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115; and
(II) calculating the portion of the amount determined under Subsection (1)(v)(i)(B)(I)that is derived from Utah sources in accordance with Section 59-10-117; and
(ii) the denominator of which is the difference between:
(A) the part-year resident individual's total adjusted gross income for that taxable year,after making the:
(I) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(II) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115; and
(B) if the part-year resident individual is a servicemember, any compensation theservicemember receives for military service during the portion of the taxable year that theservicemember is a nonresident if the servicemember is serving in compliance with militaryorders.
(w) "Taxable income" or "state taxable income":
(i) subject to Section 59-10-1404.5, for a resident individual, means the residentindividual's adjusted gross income after making the:
(A) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(B) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115;
(ii) for a nonresident individual, is an amount calculated by:
(A) determining the nonresident individual's adjusted gross income for the taxable year,after making the:
(I) additions and subtractions required by Section 59-10-114; and
(II) adjustments required by Section 59-10-115; and
(B) calculating the portion of the amount determined under Subsection (1)(w)(ii)(A) thatis derived from Utah sources in accordance with Section 59-10-117;
(iii) for a resident estate or trust, is as calculated under Section 59-10-201.1; and
(iv) for a nonresident estate or trust, is as calculated under Section 59-10-204.
(x) "Taxpayer" means any individual, estate, trust, or beneficiary of an estate or trust, thathas income subject in whole or part to the tax imposed by this chapter.
(y) "Trust term" means a time period:
(i) beginning on the day on which a qualified nongrantor charitable lead trust is created;and
(ii) ending on the day on which the qualified nongrantor charitable lead trust described inSubsection (1)(y)(i) terminates.
(z) "Uintah and Ouray Reservation" means the lands recognized as being included withinthe Uintah and Ouray Reservation in:
(i) Hagen v. Utah, 510 U.S. 399 (1994); and
(ii) Ute Indian Tribe v. Utah, 114 F.3d 1513 (10th Cir. 1997).
(aa) "Unadjusted income" means an amount equal to the difference between:
(i) the total income required to be reported by a resident or nonresident estate or trust onthe resident or nonresident estate's or trust's federal income tax return for estates and trusts for thetaxable year; and
(ii) the sum of the following:
(A) fees paid or incurred to the fiduciary of a resident or nonresident estate or trust:
(I) for administering the resident or nonresident estate or trust; and
(II) that the resident or nonresident estate or trust deducts as allowed on the resident ornonresident estate's or trust's federal income tax return for estates and trusts for the taxable year;
(B) the income distribution deduction that a resident or nonresident estate or trustdeducts under Section 651 or 661, Internal Revenue Code, as allowed on the resident ornonresident estate's or trust's federal income tax return for estates and trusts for the taxable year;
(C) the amount that a resident or nonresident estate or trust deducts as a deduction forestate tax or generation skipping transfer tax under Section 691(c), Internal Revenue Code, asallowed on the resident or nonresident estate's or trust's federal income tax return for estates andtrusts for the taxable year; and
(D) the amount that a resident or nonresident estate or trust deducts as a personalexemption under Section 642(b), Internal Revenue Code, as allowed on the resident ornonresident estate's or trust's federal income tax return for estates and trusts for the taxable year.
(bb) "Unitrust interest" is as defined in 26 C.F.R. Sec. 1.170A-6(c)(2).
(cc) "Ute tribal member" means a person who is enrolled as a member of the Ute IndianTribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
(dd) "Ute tribe" means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
(ee) "Wages" is as defined in Section 59-10-401.
(2) (a) Any term used in this chapter has the same meaning as when used in comparablecontext in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes unless a differentmeaning is clearly required.
(b) Any reference to the Internal Revenue Code or to the laws of the United States shallmean the Internal Revenue Code or other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to
federal income taxes that are in effect for the taxable year.
(c) Any reference to a specific section of the Internal Revenue Code or other provision ofthe laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes shall include any corresponding orcomparable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as amended, redesignated, or reenacted.
Amended by Chapter 202, 2010 General Session
