Section 18534 Of Article 1. Individuals And Fiduciaries From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board,
if:
(1) An individual does not file a joint return for any taxable
year,
(2) That individual does not include in gross income for that
taxable year an item of community income properly includable therein,
(3) The individual establishes that he or she did not know of, and
had no reason to know of, that item of community income, and
(4) Taking into account all facts and circumstances, it is
inequitable to include that item of community income in that
individual's gross income, then, for purposes of Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001) and this part, that item of community income
shall be included in the gross income of the other spouse (and not in
the gross income of the individual).
Under procedures prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, if, taking
into account all the facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to
hold the individual liable for any unpaid tax or any deficiency (or
any portion of either) attributable to any item for which relief is
not available under the preceding sentence, the Franchise Tax Board
may relieve the individual of that liability.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board may disallow the benefits of any
community property law to any taxpayer with respect to any income if
that taxpayer acted as if solely entitled to that income and failed
to notify the taxpayer's spouse before the due date (including
extensions) for filing the return for the taxable year in which the
income was derived of the nature and amount of that income.
(c) 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 66(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended by Public Law 105-206, 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.
(d) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision shall
apply to any liability for tax arising after the effective date of
the act adding this subdivision and any liability for tax arising on
or before that date but remaining unpaid as of that date.