Section 19503 Of Article 1. Powers And Duties Of Franchise Tax Board From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe all rules and
regulations necessary for the enforcement of Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001), Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001), and this part and may prescribe the
extent to which any ruling (including any judicial decision or any
administrative determination other than by regulation) shall be
applied without retroactive effect.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, no
regulation relating to Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part
10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), Part 11 (commencing with
Section 23001), or this part shall apply to any taxable year ending
before the date on which any notice substantially describing the
expected contents of any regulation is issued to the public.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to either of the following:
(A) Regulations issued within 24 months of the date of the
enactment of the statutory provision to which the regulation relates.
(B) Regulations issued within 24 months of the date that temporary
or final federal regulations with respect to statutory provisions to
which California conforms are filed with the Federal Register.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board may provide that any regulation may
take effect or apply retroactively to prevent abuse.
(4) The Franchise Tax Board may provide that any regulation may
apply retroactively to correct a procedural defect in the issuance of
any prior regulation.
(5) The limitation of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
regulation relating to the Franchise Tax Board's policies, practices,
or procedures.
(6) The limitation of paragraph (1) may be superseded by a
legislative grant of authority to the Franchise Tax Board to
prescribe the effective date with respect to any regulation.
(7) The Franchise Tax Board may provide for any taxpayer to elect
to apply any regulation before the dates specified in paragraph (1).
(c) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision are
operative with respect to regulations which relate to California
statutory provisions enacted on or after January 1, 1998.