Section 23802 Of Chapter 4.5. Tax Treatment Of S Corporations And Their Shareholders From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 4.5.
23802
. (a) Section 1363(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating
to the taxability of an "S" corporation does not apply.
(b) Corporations that are "S" corporations under this chapter
shall continue to be subject to the taxes imposed under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 23101) and Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 23501), except as follows:
(1) The tax imposed under Section 23151 or 23501 shall be imposed
at a rate of 1 1/2 percent rather than the rate specified in those
sections.
(2) In the case of an "S" corporation that is also a financial
corporation, the rate of tax specified in paragraph (1) shall be
increased by the excess of the rate imposed under Section 23183 over
the rate imposed under Section 23151.
(c) An "S" corporation shall be subject to the minimum franchise
tax imposed under Section 23153.
(d) (1) For purposes of subdivision (b), an "S" corporation shall
be allowed a deduction under Section 24416 or 24416.1 (relating to
net operating loss deductions), but only with respect to losses
incurred during periods in which the corporation is an "S"
corporation for purposes of this part.
(2) Section 1371(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
denial of carryovers between "C" years and "S" years, shall apply for
purposes of the tax imposed under subdivision (b), except as
provided in paragraph (1).
(3) The provisions of this subdivision do not affect the amount of
any item of income or loss computed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1366 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
pass-thru of items to shareholders.
(4) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 17276, relating to
limitations on loss carryovers, losses passed through to shareholders
of an"S" corporation, to the extent otherwise allowable without
application of that subdivision, shall be fully included in the net
operating loss of that shareholder and then that subdivision shall be
applied to the entire net operating loss.
(e) For purposes of computing the taxes specified in subdivision
(b), an"S" corporation shall be allowed a deduction from income for
built-in gains and passive investment income for which a tax has been
imposed under this part in accordance with the provisions of Section
1374 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax imposed on
certain built-in gains, or Section 1375 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to tax imposed on passive investment income.
(f) For purposes of computing taxes imposed under this part, as
provided in subdivision (b):
(1) An "S" corporation shall compute its deductions for
amortization and depreciation in accordance with the provisions of
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2.
(2) Section 465 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
limitation of deductions to the amount at risk, shall be applied in
the same manner as in the case of an individual.
(3) (A) Section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
limitations on passive activity losses and credits, shall be applied
in the same manner as in the case of an individual. For purposes of
the tax imposed under Section 23151 or 23501, as modified by this
section, material participation shall be determined in accordance
with Section 469(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain
closely held "C" corporations and personal service corporations.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the "adjusted gross income" of
the"S" corporation shall be equal to its "net income," as determined
under Section 24341 with the modifications required by this
subdivision, except that no deduction shall be allowed for
contributions allowed by Section 24357.
(4) The exclusion provided under Section 18152.5 may not be
allowed to an "S" corporation.
(5) The deduction for bad debts under paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) of Section 24348 may not be allowed to an "S" corporation.
(g) (1) The provisions of Section 1363(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to recapture of LIFO benefits, shall be modified for
purposes of this part to refer to Section 19101 in lieu of Section
6601 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) For purposes of Section 19023, relating to the definition of
"estimated tax," and Section 19142, relating to an addition to tax
for underpayment of estimated tax, the tax imposed pursuant to this
subdivision is not a tax imposed by this part.