California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC |
Division 2. OTHER TAXES |
Part 11. CORPORATION TAX LAW |
Chapter 7. Net Income |
ARTICLE 1. Deductions |
Section 24356.6.
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(a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998, a qualified taxpayer may elect to treat 40 percent of the cost of any Section 24356.6 property as an expense that is not chargeable to a capital account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which the qualified taxpayer places the Section 24356.6 property in service.
(b) (1) An election under this section for any taxable year shall do both of the following:
(A) Specify the items of Section 24356.6 property to which the election applies and the percentage of the cost of each of those items that are to be taken into account under subdivision (a).
(B) Be made on the qualified taxpayer's original return of the tax imposed by this part for the taxable year.
(2) Any election made under this section, and any specification contained in that election, may not be revoked except with the consent of the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) (1) For purposes of this section, "Section 24356.6 property" means any recovery property that is:
(A) Section 1245 property (as defined in Section 1245(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code).
(B) Purchased and placed in service by the qualified taxpayer for exclusive use in a trade or business conducted within a targeted tax area designated pursuant to Chapter 12.93 (commencing with Section 7097) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(C) Purchased and placed in service before the date the targeted tax area designation expires, is revoked, is no longer binding, or becomes inoperative.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), "purchase" means any acquisition of property, but only if all of the following apply:
(A) The property is not acquired from a person whose relationship to the person acquiring it would result in the disallowance of losses under Section 267 or 707(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, in applying Sections 267(b) and 267(c) for purposes of this section, Section 267(c)(4) shall be treated as providing that the family of an individual shall include only the individual's spouse, ancestors, and lineal descendants.
(B) The property is not acquired by one member of an affiliated group from another member of the same affiliated group.
(C) The basis of the property in the hands of the person acquiring it is not determined in whole or in part by reference to the adjusted basis of that property in the hands of the person from who it is acquired.
(3) For purposes of this section, the cost of property does not include that portion of the basis of that property that is determined by reference to the basis of other property held at any time by the person acquiring that property.
(4) This section shall not apply to any property for which the qualified taxpayer may not make an election under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code because of the application of the provisions of Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) For purposes of subdivision (b), both of the following apply:
(A) All members of an affiliated group shall be treated as one qualified taxpayer.
(B) The qualified taxpayer shall apportion the dollar limitation contained in subdivision (f) among the members of the affiliated group in whatever manner the board shall prescribe.
(6) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (5), "affiliated group" means "affiliated group" as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that, for these purposes, the phrase "more than 50 percent" shall be substituted for the phrase "at least 80 percent" each place it appears in Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) (1) For purposes of this section, "qualified taxpayer" means a corporation that meets both of the following:
(A) Is engaged in conducting a trade or business within a targeted tax area designated pursuant to Chapter 12.93 (commencing with Section 7097) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(B) Is engaged in those lines of business described in Codes 2000 to 2099, inclusive; 2200 to 3999, inclusive; 4200 to 4299, inclusive; 4500 to 4599, inclusive, and 4700 to 5199, inclusive, of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual published by the United States Office of Management and Budget, 1987 edition.
(2) In the case of any pass-through entity, the determination of whether a taxpayer is a qualified taxpayer under this section shall be made at the entity level and any deduction under this section or Section 17267.6 shall be allowed to the pass-through entity and passed through to the partners or shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions of this part or Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001). For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "pass-through entity" means any partnership or S corporation.
(e) Any qualified taxpayer who elects to be subject to this section shall not be entitled to claim additional depreciation pursuant to Section 24356 with respect to any property that constitutes Section 24356.6 property. However, the qualified taxpayer may claim depreciation by any method permitted by Section 24349 commencing with the taxable year following the taxable year in which Section 24356.6 property is placed in service.
(f) The aggregate cost of all Section 24356.6 property that may be taken into account under subdivision (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the following applicable amount for the taxable year of the designation of the relevant targeted tax area and taxable years thereafter:
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The applicable
amount is:Taxable year of designation ........................
$100,000
1st taxable year thereafter ........................
?100,000
2nd taxable year thereafter ........................
??75,000
3rd taxable year thereafter ........................
??75,000
Each taxable year thereafter ........................
??50,000
(g) Any amounts deducted under subdivision (a) with respect to Section 24356.6 property that ceases to be used in the qualified taxpayer's trade or business within a targeted tax area at any time before the close of the second taxable year after the property is placed in service shall be included in income in the taxable year in which the property ceases to be so used.
(h) This section shall cease to be operative for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and shall be repealed on December 1, 2014.