Section 24633.5 Of Article 1. Accounting Periods From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 13. >> Article 1.
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. (a) In the case of any "S corporation" or personal service
corporation required to change its accounting period by the federal
Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) as modified by Section
10206 of Public Law 100-203 and Section 1008(e) of Public Law
100-647, that change shall be treated as initiated by the "S
corporation" or personal service corporation with the consent of the
Franchise Tax Board.
(b) With respect to any beneficiary, partner, or shareholder which
is required to include the items from more than one taxable year of
the trust, partnership, or corporation in any one taxable year, any
income in excess of expenses for the short taxable year resulting
from the change described in subdivision (a) or subdivision (a) of
Section 17551.5 shall be taken into account ratably in each of the
first four taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986, unless
the beneficiary, partner, or shareholder elects to include all that
income in the beneficiary's, partner's, or shareholder's taxable year
with or within which the trust's, partnership's, or corporation's
short taxable year ends.
(c) The spreading of income over four years, as allowed by
subdivision (b), shall not apply unless the taxpayer receives similar
treatment for federal income tax purposes.
(d) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, each
of the following shall apply:
(1) The adjusted basis of any partner's interest in a partnership
or shareholder's stock in an "S corporation" shall be determined as
if all of the income to be taken into account ratably in the four
taxable years referred to in subdivision (b) were included in gross
income for the first of those taxable years.
(2) If any interest in a partnership or stock in an "S corporation"
is disposed of before the last taxable year in the spread period,
all amounts which would be included in the gross income of the
partner or shareholder for subsequent taxable years in the spread
period under subdivision (b) and attributable to the interest or
stock disposed of shall be included in gross income for the taxable
year in which the disposition occurs. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the term "spread period" means the period consisting of the
four taxable years referred to in subdivision (b).