Article 3.5. Credit For Prepaid Tax of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.5.

(a) In the case of a taxpayer whose tax for the first taxable year was computed under Sections 23222 to 23224, inclusive (or corresponding sections of prior laws), there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax for the taxable year of dissolution or withdrawal, the excess of the tax paid over the minimum tax for the first taxable year which constituted a full 12 months of doing business in this state and whose income has been included in the measure of tax of a succeeding taxable year.
  (b) Any credit previously allowed under this section or for a year in which the taxpayer ceased doing business shall not be allowed again in computing a credit under this section.

(a) In the case of a taxpayer who has been a transferee in a reorganization to which Sections 23251 to 23254, inclusive, or corresponding sections of prior laws, were applicable, there shall be allowed as a credit for the taxable year of dissolution or withdrawal, the excess of the tax paid over the minimum tax paid by prior transferors or by the transferee as a transferor under Sections 23222 to 23224, inclusive, or corresponding sections of prior laws, for the first taxable year of the transferors that constituted a full 12 months of doing business and whose income has been included in the measure of tax of a succeeding taxable year.
  (b) The credit allowable under this section shall be in addition to any credit that may be allowable to the taxpayer under Section 23201. However, any credit previously allowed under Section 23201, under this section, or for a year in which the taxpayer or transferor ceased doing business, shall not be allowed again in computing a credit under this section.

The credits provided by Sections 23201 and 23202 shall be allowable only upon submission by the taxpayer of evidence establishing to the satisfaction of the Franchise Tax Board the amount of the tax paid pursuant to Sections 23222 to 23224, inclusive (or corresponding sections of prior laws), and with respect to which the credit is claimed.

(a) No credit under this article shall be allowed or made after four years from the last day prescribed for filing the return for the taxable year of dissolution or withdrawal, or within the periods prescribed under Article 1 of Chapter 22, whichever period expires the latest, unless before the expiration of such period a claim therefor is filed by the taxpayer.
  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23204(a), no credit under this article shall be allowed or made to a taxpayer which has been suspended for a period of four continuous years beginning on or after January 1, 1975.