Section 24357.1 Of Article 1. Deductions From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The amount of any charitable contribution of property
otherwise taken into account under Section 24357 shall be reduced by
the amount of gain that would have been realized if the property
contributed had been sold by the taxpayer at its fair market value
(determined at the time of that contribution).
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), in the case of a charitable
contribution of less than the taxpayer's entire interest in the
property contributed, the taxpayer's adjusted basis in that property
shall be allocated between the interest contributed and any interest
not contributed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Franchise Tax Board.
(c) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall apply in the case of a
charitable contribution of tangible personal property if either of
the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The use by the donee is unrelated to the purpose or function
constituting the basis for its exemption under Section 501 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 23701, or, in the case of a
governmental unit, to any purpose or function described in Section
24359.
(2) The tangible personal property is applicable property that is
sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of by the donee before the
last day of the taxable year in which the contribution was made and
with respect to which the donee has not made a certification in
accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (d).
(d) (1) In the case of an applicable disposition of applicable
property, there shall be included in the income of the donor of that
property for the taxable year of the donor in which the applicable
disposition occurs an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
following amount:
(A) The amount of the deduction allowed to the donor under Section
24357 with respect to that property, over
(B) The donor's basis in that property at the time that property
was contributed.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(A) "Applicable disposition" means any sale, exchange, or other
disposition by the donee of applicable property after the last day of
the taxable year of the donor in which that property was
contributed, and before the last day of the three-year period
beginning on the date of the contribution of that property, unless
the donee makes a certification in accordance with paragraph (3).
(B) "Applicable property" means charitable deduction property, as
defined in Section 6050L(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, that
is tangible personal property, the use of which is identified by the
donee as related to the purpose or function constituting the basis of
the donee's exemption under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code
or Section 23701, and for which a deduction in excess of the donor's
basis is allowed.
(3) A certification meets the requirements of this paragraph if it
is a written statement, which is signed under penalty of perjury by
an officer of the donee organization, that meets either of the
following conditions:
(A) Certifies that the use of the property by the donee was
related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for the
donee's exemption under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or
Section 23701 and describes how the property was used and how that
use furthered that purpose or function.
(B) States the intended use of the property by the donee at the
time of the contribution and certifies that the intended use has
become impossible or infeasible to implement.
(e) (1) For purposes of Section 24357 and subdivision (a), and
notwithstanding Section 24912, in the case of a charitable
contribution of taxidermy property that is made by the person who
prepared, stuffed, or mounted the property, or by any person who paid
or incurred the cost of such preparation, stuffing, or mounting,
only the cost of the preparing, stuffing, or mounting shall be
included in the basis of that property.
(2) For purposes of this section, "taxidermy property" means any
work of art that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(A) Is the reproduction or preservation of an animal, in whole or
in part.
(B) Is prepared, stuffed, or mounted for purposes of recreating
one or more characteristics of the animal.
(C) Contains a part of the body of the dead animal.
(f) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to contributions made on or after January 1,
2010, without regard to taxable year.