Section 23181 Of Article 3. Tax On Banks And Financial Corporations From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, an annual tax is
hereby imposed upon every bank doing business within the limits of
this state according to or measured by its net income, upon the basis
of its net income for the next preceding income year at the rate
provided under Section 23186.
(b) If a bank commences to do business and ceases doing business
in the same taxable year, the tax for such taxable year shall be
according to or measured by its net income for such year, at the rate
provided under Section 23186.
(c) With respect to a bank, other than a bank described in
subdivision (b), which ceases doing business after December 31, 1972,
the tax for the taxable year of cessation shall be:
(1) According to or measured by its net income for the next
preceding income year, to be computed at the rate prescribed in
Section 23186, plus
(2) According to or measured by its net income for the income year
during which the bank ceased doing business, to be computed at the
rate prescribed in Section 23186.
(d) In the case of a bank which ceased doing business before
January 1, 1973, but dissolves or withdraws on such date or
thereafter, the tax for the taxable year of dissolution or withdrawal
shall be according to or measured by its net income for the income
year during which the bank ceased doing business, unless such income
has previously been included in the measure of tax for any taxable
year, to be computed at the rate prescribed under Section 23186 for
the taxable year of dissolution or withdrawal.
(e) Commencing with income years ending in 1980, every bank shall
pay to the state a minimum tax (determined in accordance with Section
23153) or the measured tax imposed on its income, whichever is
greater.
(f) (1) For the first taxable year beginning on or after January
1, 2000, the tax imposed under this section shall be the sum of both
of the following:
(A) A tax according to or measured by net income, to be computed
at the rate provided under Section 23186 upon the basis of the net
income for the next preceding income year, but not less than the
minimum tax specified in Section 23153.
(B) A tax according to or measured by net income, to be computed
at the rate provided under Section 23186 upon the basis of the net
income for the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2000, but not less than the minimum tax specified in Section 23153.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2000, the tax imposed under this
section shall be a tax according to or measured by net income, to be
computed at the rate provided under Section 23186 upon the basis of
the net income for that taxable year, but not less than the minimum
tax specified in Section 23153.