Section 19365 Of Article 1. Claim For Refund From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
19365
. (a) (1) A corporation electing to be treated as an "S
corporation" for a taxable year beginning in 2002 under Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 23800) of Part 11 may file an application
for the transfer of an overpayment with respect to payments of
estimated tax for taxable years beginning in 2002 to the personal
income tax accounts of its shareholders. An application under this
subdivision shall not constitute a claim for credit or refund.
(2) An application under this subdivision shall be verified in the
manner prescribed by Section 18621 in the case of the taxpayer, and
shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the Franchise Tax
Board. The application shall set forth all of the following:
(A) The amount the "S corporation" estimates as its tax liability
under this part for the taxable year, which shall not be less than
the greater of 1 1/2 percent of its net income or the applicable
minimum franchise tax.
(B) The amount and date of the estimated tax paid during the
taxable year.
(C) For each shareholder affected, his or her name, social
security account number, address, and percentage of ownership, and
any changes in that percentage of ownership for the S corporation's
taxable year, the amount of each overpayment to be transferred, and
the date the amount was paid.
(D) Any other information for purposes of carrying out this
section as may be required by the Franchise Tax Board.
(b) (1) Within a period of 45 days from the date on which an
application for a transfer is filed under subdivision (a), the
Franchise Tax Board shall make, to the extent it deems practicable in
that period, a limited examination of the application to discover
omissions and errors therein, and shall determine the final amount of
the transfers upon the basis of the application and the examination,
except that the Franchise Tax Board may disallow, without further
action, any application which it finds contains material omissions or
errors which it deems cannot be corrected within the 45-day period.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board, within the 45-day period referred to
in paragraph (1), may credit the amount of the overpayment against
any liability on the part of the taxpayer under Part 11 (commencing
with Section 23001).
(3) In the event the amount available for transfer is less than
requested by the taxpayer, the overpayment amount shall be allocated
among the shareholders on a pro rata basis based on their percentage
of ownership stated on the application.
(4) For purposes of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
11 (commencing with Section 23001), and this part, the transferred
amounts shall be treated as if they had been estimated tax payments
paid by the respective shareholders on the date originally paid by
the corporation.
(5) No application under subdivision (a) shall be allowed unless
the amount to be transferred equals or exceeds five hundred dollars
($500).
(6) Each S corporation which files an application for transfer of
overpayments under subdivision (a) shall furnish to each person who
is a shareholder at any time during the taxable year a statement
showing amounts and dates of the overpayments being transferred to
that person's personal income tax account.