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Article 2. Uniform Division Of Income For Tax Purposes Act of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 17. >> Article 2.
As used in Sections 25120 to 25139, inclusive, which shall
hereafter be referred to as "this act," unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) "Business income" means income arising from transactions and activity in the regular course of the taxpayer's trade or business and includes income from tangible and intangible property if the acquisition, management, and disposition of the property constitute integral parts of the taxpayer's regular trade or business operations.
(b) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which the trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed.
(c) "Compensation" means wages, salaries, commissions and any other form of remuneration paid to employees for personal services.
(d) "Nonbusiness income" means all income other than business income.
(e) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, "sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under Sections 25123 to 25127, inclusive.
(f) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011:
(1) "Sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under Sections 25123 to 25127, inclusive.
(2) "Gross receipts" means the gross amounts realized (the sum of money and the fair market value of other property or services received) on the sale or exchange of property, the performance of services, or the use of property or capital (including rents, royalties, interest, and dividends) in a transaction that produces business income, in which the income, gain, or loss is recognized (or would be recognized if the transaction were in the United States) under the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for purposes of this part. Amounts realized on the sale or exchange of property shall not be reduced by the cost of goods sold or the basis of property sold. Gross receipts, even if business income, shall not include the following items:
(A) Repayment, maturity, or redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, mutual fund, certificate of deposit, or similar marketable instrument.
(B) The principal amount received under a repurchase agreement or other transaction properly characterized as a loan.
(C) Proceeds from issuance of the taxpayer's own stock or from sale of treasury stock.
(D) Damages and other amounts received as the result of litigation.
(E) Property acquired by an agent on behalf of another.
(F) Tax refunds and other tax benefit recoveries.
(G) Pension reversions.
(H) Contributions to capital (except for sales of securities by securities dealers).
(I) Income from discharge of indebtedness.
(J) Amounts realized from exchanges of inventory that are not recognized under the Internal Revenue Code.
(K) Amounts received from transactions in intangible assets held in connection with a treasury function of the taxpayer's unitary business and the gross receipts and overall net gains from the maturity, redemption, sale, exchange, or other disposition of those intangible assets. For purposes of this subparagraph, "treasury function" means the pooling, management, and investment of intangible assets for the purpose of satisfying the cash flow needs of the taxpayer's trade or business, such as providing liquidity for a taxpayer's business cycle, providing a reserve for business contingencies, and business acquisitions, and also includes the use of futures contracts and options contracts to hedge foreign currency fluctuations. A taxpayer principally engaged in the trade or business of purchasing and selling intangible assets of the type typically held in a taxpayer's treasury function, such as a registered broker-dealer, is not performing a treasury function, for purposes of this subparagraph, with respect to income so produced.
(L) Amounts received from hedging transactions involving intangible assets. A "hedging transaction" means a transaction related to the taxpayer's trading function involving futures and options transactions for the purpose of hedging price risk of the products or commodities consumed, produced, or sold by the taxpayer.
(3) Exclusion of an item from the definition of "gross receipts" shall not be determinative of its character as business or nonbusiness income.
(4) The changes to this section by the act adding this sentence pertaining to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, constitute clarifying, nonsubstantive changes.
(g) "State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof.
(a) "Business income" means income arising from transactions and activity in the regular course of the taxpayer's trade or business and includes income from tangible and intangible property if the acquisition, management, and disposition of the property constitute integral parts of the taxpayer's regular trade or business operations.
(b) "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which the trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed.
(c) "Compensation" means wages, salaries, commissions and any other form of remuneration paid to employees for personal services.
(d) "Nonbusiness income" means all income other than business income.
(e) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, "sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under Sections 25123 to 25127, inclusive.
(f) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011:
(1) "Sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under Sections 25123 to 25127, inclusive.
(2) "Gross receipts" means the gross amounts realized (the sum of money and the fair market value of other property or services received) on the sale or exchange of property, the performance of services, or the use of property or capital (including rents, royalties, interest, and dividends) in a transaction that produces business income, in which the income, gain, or loss is recognized (or would be recognized if the transaction were in the United States) under the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for purposes of this part. Amounts realized on the sale or exchange of property shall not be reduced by the cost of goods sold or the basis of property sold. Gross receipts, even if business income, shall not include the following items:
(A) Repayment, maturity, or redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, mutual fund, certificate of deposit, or similar marketable instrument.
(B) The principal amount received under a repurchase agreement or other transaction properly characterized as a loan.
(C) Proceeds from issuance of the taxpayer's own stock or from sale of treasury stock.
(D) Damages and other amounts received as the result of litigation.
(E) Property acquired by an agent on behalf of another.
(F) Tax refunds and other tax benefit recoveries.
(G) Pension reversions.
(H) Contributions to capital (except for sales of securities by securities dealers).
(I) Income from discharge of indebtedness.
(J) Amounts realized from exchanges of inventory that are not recognized under the Internal Revenue Code.
(K) Amounts received from transactions in intangible assets held in connection with a treasury function of the taxpayer's unitary business and the gross receipts and overall net gains from the maturity, redemption, sale, exchange, or other disposition of those intangible assets. For purposes of this subparagraph, "treasury function" means the pooling, management, and investment of intangible assets for the purpose of satisfying the cash flow needs of the taxpayer's trade or business, such as providing liquidity for a taxpayer's business cycle, providing a reserve for business contingencies, and business acquisitions, and also includes the use of futures contracts and options contracts to hedge foreign currency fluctuations. A taxpayer principally engaged in the trade or business of purchasing and selling intangible assets of the type typically held in a taxpayer's treasury function, such as a registered broker-dealer, is not performing a treasury function, for purposes of this subparagraph, with respect to income so produced.
(L) Amounts received from hedging transactions involving intangible assets. A "hedging transaction" means a transaction related to the taxpayer's trading function involving futures and options transactions for the purpose of hedging price risk of the products or commodities consumed, produced, or sold by the taxpayer.
(3) Exclusion of an item from the definition of "gross receipts" shall not be determinative of its character as business or nonbusiness income.
(4) The changes to this section by the act adding this sentence pertaining to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, constitute clarifying, nonsubstantive changes.
(g) "State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof.
Any taxpayer having income from business activity which is
taxable both within and without this state shall allocate and
apportion its net income as provided in this act.
For purposes of allocation and apportionment of income under
this act, a taxpayer is taxable in another state if (a) in that
state it is subject to a net income tax, a franchise tax measured by
net income, a franchise tax for the privilege of doing business, or a
corporate stock tax, or (b) that state has jurisdiction to subject
the taxpayer to a net income tax regardless of whether, in fact, the
state does or does not.
Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal property,
capital gains, interest, dividends, or patent or copyright
royalties, to the extent that they constitute nonbusiness income,
shall be allocated as provided in Sections 25124 through 25127 of
this act.
(a) Net rents and royalties from real property located in
this state are allocable to this state.
(b) Net rent and royalties from tangible personal property are allocable to this state:
(1) If and to the extent that the property is utilized in this state, or
(2) In their entirety if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state and the taxpayer is not organized under the laws of or taxable in the state in which the property is utilized.
(c) The extent of utilization of tangible personal property in a state is determined by multiplying the rents and royalties by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of physical location of the property in the state during the rental or royalty period in the taxable year and the denominator of which is the number of days of physical location of the property everywhere during all rental or royalty periods in the taxable year. If the physical location of the property during the rental or royalty period is unknown or unascertainable by the taxpayer, tangible personal property is utilized in the state in which the property was located at the time the rental or royalty payer obtained possession.
(b) Net rent and royalties from tangible personal property are allocable to this state:
(1) If and to the extent that the property is utilized in this state, or
(2) In their entirety if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state and the taxpayer is not organized under the laws of or taxable in the state in which the property is utilized.
(c) The extent of utilization of tangible personal property in a state is determined by multiplying the rents and royalties by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of physical location of the property in the state during the rental or royalty period in the taxable year and the denominator of which is the number of days of physical location of the property everywhere during all rental or royalty periods in the taxable year. If the physical location of the property during the rental or royalty period is unknown or unascertainable by the taxpayer, tangible personal property is utilized in the state in which the property was located at the time the rental or royalty payer obtained possession.
(a) Capital gains and losses from sales of real property
located in this state are allocable to this state.
(b) Capital gains and losses from sales of tangible personal property are allocable to this state if:
(1) The property had a situs in this state at the time of the sale, or
(2) The taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state and the taxpayer is not taxable in the state in which the property had a situs.
(c) Except in the case of the sale of a partnership interest, capital gains and losses from sales of intangible personal property are allocable to this state if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(d) Gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest is allocable to this state in the ratio of the original cost of partnership tangible property in the state to the original cost of partnership tangible property everywhere, determined at the time of the sale. In the event that more than 50 percent of the value of partnership's assets consist of intangibles, gain or loss from the sale of the partnership interest is allocated to this state in accordance with the sales factor of the partnership for its first full tax period immediately preceding the tax period of the partnership during which the partnership interest was sold.
(b) Capital gains and losses from sales of tangible personal property are allocable to this state if:
(1) The property had a situs in this state at the time of the sale, or
(2) The taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state and the taxpayer is not taxable in the state in which the property had a situs.
(c) Except in the case of the sale of a partnership interest, capital gains and losses from sales of intangible personal property are allocable to this state if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(d) Gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest is allocable to this state in the ratio of the original cost of partnership tangible property in the state to the original cost of partnership tangible property everywhere, determined at the time of the sale. In the event that more than 50 percent of the value of partnership's assets consist of intangibles, gain or loss from the sale of the partnership interest is allocated to this state in accordance with the sales factor of the partnership for its first full tax period immediately preceding the tax period of the partnership during which the partnership interest was sold.
Interest and dividends are allocable to this state if the
taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(a) Patent and copyright royalties are allocable to this
state:
(1) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized by the payor in this state, or
(2) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized by the payor in a state in which the taxpayer is not taxable and the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(b) A patent is utilized in a state to the extent that it is employed in production, fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing in the state or to the extent that a patented product is produced in the state. If the basis of receipts from patent royalties does not permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures do not reflect states of utilization, the patent is utilized in the state in which the taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
(c) A copyright is utilized in a state to the extent that printing or other publication originates in the state. If the basis of receipts from copyright royalties does not permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures do not reflect states of utilization, the copyright is utilized in the state in which the taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
(1) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized by the payor in this state, or
(2) If and to the extent that the patent or copyright is utilized by the payor in a state in which the taxpayer is not taxable and the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in this state.
(b) A patent is utilized in a state to the extent that it is employed in production, fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing in the state or to the extent that a patented product is produced in the state. If the basis of receipts from patent royalties does not permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures do not reflect states of utilization, the patent is utilized in the state in which the taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
(c) A copyright is utilized in a state to the extent that printing or other publication originates in the state. If the basis of receipts from copyright royalties does not permit allocation to states or if the accounting procedures do not reflect states of utilization, the copyright is utilized in the state in which the taxpayer's commercial domicile is located.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 38006, for taxable years
beginning before January 1, 2013, all business income shall be
apportioned to this state by multiplying the business income by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the
payroll factor plus twice the sales factor, and the denominator of
which is four, except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) If an apportioning trade or business derives more than 50 percent of its "gross business receipts" from conducting one or more qualified business activities, all business income of the apportioning trade or business shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying business income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor plus the sales factor, and the denominator of which is three.
(c) For purposes of this section, a "qualified business activity" means the following:
(1) An agricultural business activity.
(2) An extractive business activity.
(3) A savings and loan activity.
(4) A banking or financial business activity.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Gross business receipts" means gross receipts described in subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 25120 (other than gross receipts from sales or other transactions within an apportioning trade or business between members of a group of corporations whose income and apportionment factors are required to be included in a combined report under Section 25101, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110), whether or not the receipts are excluded from the sales factor by operation of Section 25137.
(2) "Agricultural business activity" means activities relating to any stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animal, or truck farm, plantation, ranch, nursery, or range. "Agricultural business activity" also includes activities relating to cultivating the soil or raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including, but not limited to, the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, or management of animals on a farm as well as the handling, drying, packing, grading, or storing on a farm any agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state, but only if the owner, tenant, or operator of the farm regularly produces more than one-half of the commodity so treated.
(3) "Extractive business activity" means activities relating to the production, refining, or processing of oil, natural gas, or mineral ore.
(4) "Savings and loan activity" means any activities performed by savings and loan associations or savings banks which have been chartered by federal or state law.
(5) "Banking or financial business activity" means activities attributable to dealings in money or moneyed capital in substantial competition with the business of national banks.
(6) "Apportioning trade or business" means a distinct trade or business whose business income is required to be apportioned under Sections 25101 and 25120, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110, using the same denominator for each of the applicable payroll, property, and sales factors.
(7) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) shall apply only if the Franchise Tax Board adopts the Proposed Multistate Tax Commission Formula for the Uniform Apportionment of Net Income from Financial Institutions, or its substantial equivalent, and shall become operative upon the same operative date as the adopted formula.
(8) In any case where the income and apportionment factors of two or more savings associations or corporations are required to be included in a combined report under Section 25101, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110, both of the following shall apply:
(A) The application of the more than 50 percent test of subdivision (b) shall be made with respect to the "gross business receipts" of the entire apportioning trade or business of the group.
(B) The entire business income of the group shall be apportioned in accordance with either subdivision (a) or (b), or Section 25128.5 or 25128.7, as applicable.
(b) If an apportioning trade or business derives more than 50 percent of its "gross business receipts" from conducting one or more qualified business activities, all business income of the apportioning trade or business shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying business income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor plus the sales factor, and the denominator of which is three.
(c) For purposes of this section, a "qualified business activity" means the following:
(1) An agricultural business activity.
(2) An extractive business activity.
(3) A savings and loan activity.
(4) A banking or financial business activity.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Gross business receipts" means gross receipts described in subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 25120 (other than gross receipts from sales or other transactions within an apportioning trade or business between members of a group of corporations whose income and apportionment factors are required to be included in a combined report under Section 25101, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110), whether or not the receipts are excluded from the sales factor by operation of Section 25137.
(2) "Agricultural business activity" means activities relating to any stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animal, or truck farm, plantation, ranch, nursery, or range. "Agricultural business activity" also includes activities relating to cultivating the soil or raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including, but not limited to, the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, or management of animals on a farm as well as the handling, drying, packing, grading, or storing on a farm any agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state, but only if the owner, tenant, or operator of the farm regularly produces more than one-half of the commodity so treated.
(3) "Extractive business activity" means activities relating to the production, refining, or processing of oil, natural gas, or mineral ore.
(4) "Savings and loan activity" means any activities performed by savings and loan associations or savings banks which have been chartered by federal or state law.
(5) "Banking or financial business activity" means activities attributable to dealings in money or moneyed capital in substantial competition with the business of national banks.
(6) "Apportioning trade or business" means a distinct trade or business whose business income is required to be apportioned under Sections 25101 and 25120, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110, using the same denominator for each of the applicable payroll, property, and sales factors.
(7) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) shall apply only if the Franchise Tax Board adopts the Proposed Multistate Tax Commission Formula for the Uniform Apportionment of Net Income from Financial Institutions, or its substantial equivalent, and shall become operative upon the same operative date as the adopted formula.
(8) In any case where the income and apportionment factors of two or more savings associations or corporations are required to be included in a combined report under Section 25101, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110, both of the following shall apply:
(A) The application of the more than 50 percent test of subdivision (b) shall be made with respect to the "gross business receipts" of the entire apportioning trade or business of the group.
(B) The entire business income of the group shall be apportioned in accordance with either subdivision (a) or (b), or Section 25128.5 or 25128.7, as applicable.
Notwithstanding Section 38006, for taxable years beginning
on or after January 1, 2013, all business income of an apportioning
trade or business, other than an apportioning trade or business
described in subdivision (b) of Section 25128, shall be apportioned
to this state by multiplying the business income by the sales factor.
The property factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is
the average value of the taxpayer's real and tangible personal
property owned or rented and used in this state during the taxable
year and the denominator of which is the average value of all the
taxpayer's real and tangible personal property owned or rented and
used during the taxable year.
Property owned by the taxpayer is valued at its original
cost. Property rented by the taxpayer is valued at eight times the
net annual rental rate. Net annual rental rate is the annual rental
rate paid by the taxpayer less any annual rental rate received by the
taxpayer from subrentals.
The average value of property shall be determined by
averaging the values at the beginning and ending of the taxable year
but the Franchise Tax Board may require the averaging of monthly
values during the taxable year if reasonably required to reflect
properly the average value of the taxpayer's property.
The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is
the total amount paid in this state during the taxable year by the
taxpayer for compensation, and the denominator of which is the total
compensation paid everywhere during the taxable year.
Compensation is paid in this state if:
(a) The individual's service is performed entirely within the state; or
(b) The individual's service is performed both within and without the state, but the service performed without the state is incidental to the individual's service within the state; or
(c) Some of the service is performed in the state and (1) the base of operations or, if there is no base of operations, the place from which the service is directed or controlled is in the state, or (2) the base of operations or the place from which the service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the service is performed, but the individual's residence is in this state.
(a) The individual's service is performed entirely within the state; or
(b) The individual's service is performed both within and without the state, but the service performed without the state is incidental to the individual's service within the state; or
(c) Some of the service is performed in the state and (1) the base of operations or, if there is no base of operations, the place from which the service is directed or controlled is in the state, or (2) the base of operations or the place from which the service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the service is performed, but the individual's residence is in this state.
The sales factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is
the total sales of the taxpayer in this state during the taxable
year, and the denominator of which is the total sales of the taxpayer
everywhere during the taxable year.
(a) Sales of tangible personal property are in this state
if:
(1) The property is delivered or shipped to a purchaser, other than the United States government, within this state regardless of the f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale.
(2) The property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory, or other place of storage in this state and (A) the purchaser is the United States government or (B) the taxpayer is not taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, for purposes of determining whether sales are in this state and included in the numerator of the sales factor, all sales of the combined reporting group properly assigned to this state under this section shall be included in the sales factor numerator for this state regardless of whether the member of the combined reporting group making the sale is subject to the taxes imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501) of this part. All sales not assigned to this state pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be included in the sales factor numerator for this state if a member of the combined reporting group of the taxpayer is taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
(1) The property is delivered or shipped to a purchaser, other than the United States government, within this state regardless of the f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale.
(2) The property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory, or other place of storage in this state and (A) the purchaser is the United States government or (B) the taxpayer is not taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, for purposes of determining whether sales are in this state and included in the numerator of the sales factor, all sales of the combined reporting group properly assigned to this state under this section shall be included in the sales factor numerator for this state regardless of whether the member of the combined reporting group making the sale is subject to the taxes imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501) of this part. All sales not assigned to this state pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be included in the sales factor numerator for this state if a member of the combined reporting group of the taxpayer is taxable in the state of the purchaser.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 38006, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2013, sales, other than sales of
tangible personal property, are in this state if:
(1) Sales from services are in this state to the extent the purchaser of the service received the benefit of the services in this state.
(2) Sales from intangible property are in this state to the extent the property is used in this state. In the case of marketable securities, sales are in this state if the customer is in this state.
(3) Sales from the sale, lease, rental, or licensing of real property are in this state if the real property is located in this state.
(4) Sales from the rental, lease, or licensing of tangible personal property are in this state if the property is located in this state.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
(1) Sales from services are in this state to the extent the purchaser of the service received the benefit of the services in this state.
(2) Sales from intangible property are in this state to the extent the property is used in this state. In the case of marketable securities, sales are in this state if the customer is in this state.
(3) Sales from the sale, lease, rental, or licensing of real property are in this state if the real property is located in this state.
(4) Sales from the rental, lease, or licensing of tangible personal property are in this state if the property is located in this state.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2013, a qualified taxpayer that apportions its business income under
Section 25128.7 shall apply the following provisions:
(1) Notwithstanding Section 25137, qualified sales assigned to this state shall be equal to 50 percent of the amount of qualified sales that would be assigned to this state pursuant to Section 25136 but for the application of this section. The remaining 50 percent shall not be assigned to this state.
(2) All other sales shall be assigned pursuant to Section 25136.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Qualified taxpayer" means a member, as defined in paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 25106.5 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section, of a combined reporting group that is also a qualified group.
(2) "Qualified group" means a combined reporting group, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 25106.5 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations, as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section, that satisfies the following conditions:
(A) Has satisfied the minimum investment requirement for the taxable year.
(B) For the combined reporting group's taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006, the combined reporting group derived more than 50 percent of its United States network gross business receipts from the operation of one or more cable systems.
(C) For purposes of satisfying the requirements of subparagraph (B), the following rules shall apply:
(i) If a member of the combined reporting group for the taxable year was not a member of the same combined reporting group for the taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006, the gross business receipts of that nonincluded member shall be included in determining the combined reporting group's gross business receipts for its taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006 as if the nonincluded member were a member of the combined reporting group for the taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006.
(ii) The gross business receipts shall include the gross business receipts of a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of a member's interest in the partnership.
(3) "Cable system" and "network" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code, as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section. "Network services" means video, cable, voice, or data services.
(4) "Gross business receipts" means gross receipts as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 25120 (other than gross receipts from sales or other transactions between or among members of a combined reporting group, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110).
(5) "Minimum investment requirement" means qualified expenditures of not less than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) by a combined reporting group during the calendar year that includes the beginning of the taxable year.
(6) "Qualified expenditures" means any combination of expenditures attributable to this state for tangible property, payroll, services, franchise fees, or any intangible property distribution or other rights, paid or incurred by or on behalf of a member of a combined reporting group.
(A) An expenditure for other than tangible property shall be attributable to this state if the member of the combined reporting group received the benefit of the purchase or expenditure in this state.
(B) A purchase of or expenditure for tangible property shall be attributable to this state if the property is placed in service in this state.
(C) Qualified expenditures shall include expenditures by a combined reporting group for property or services purchased, used, or rendered by independent contractors in this state.
(D) Qualified expenditures shall also include expenditures by a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of the member's interest in the partnership.
(7) "Qualified partnership" means a partnership if the partnership' s income and apportionment factors are included in the income and apportionment factors of a member of the combined reporting group, but only to the extent of the member's interest in the partnership.
(8) "Qualified sales" means gross business receipts from the provision of any network services, other than gross business receipts from the sale or rental of customer premises equipment. "Qualified sales" shall include qualified sales by a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of a member's interest in the partnership.
(c) The rules in this section with respect to qualified sales by a qualified partnership are intended to be consistent with the rules for partnerships under paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 25137-1 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations.
(1) Notwithstanding Section 25137, qualified sales assigned to this state shall be equal to 50 percent of the amount of qualified sales that would be assigned to this state pursuant to Section 25136 but for the application of this section. The remaining 50 percent shall not be assigned to this state.
(2) All other sales shall be assigned pursuant to Section 25136.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Qualified taxpayer" means a member, as defined in paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 25106.5 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section, of a combined reporting group that is also a qualified group.
(2) "Qualified group" means a combined reporting group, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 25106.5 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations, as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section, that satisfies the following conditions:
(A) Has satisfied the minimum investment requirement for the taxable year.
(B) For the combined reporting group's taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006, the combined reporting group derived more than 50 percent of its United States network gross business receipts from the operation of one or more cable systems.
(C) For purposes of satisfying the requirements of subparagraph (B), the following rules shall apply:
(i) If a member of the combined reporting group for the taxable year was not a member of the same combined reporting group for the taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006, the gross business receipts of that nonincluded member shall be included in determining the combined reporting group's gross business receipts for its taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006 as if the nonincluded member were a member of the combined reporting group for the taxable year beginning in calendar year 2006.
(ii) The gross business receipts shall include the gross business receipts of a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of a member's interest in the partnership.
(3) "Cable system" and "network" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code, as in effect on the effective date of the act adding this section. "Network services" means video, cable, voice, or data services.
(4) "Gross business receipts" means gross receipts as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 25120 (other than gross receipts from sales or other transactions between or among members of a combined reporting group, limited, if applicable, by Section 25110).
(5) "Minimum investment requirement" means qualified expenditures of not less than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) by a combined reporting group during the calendar year that includes the beginning of the taxable year.
(6) "Qualified expenditures" means any combination of expenditures attributable to this state for tangible property, payroll, services, franchise fees, or any intangible property distribution or other rights, paid or incurred by or on behalf of a member of a combined reporting group.
(A) An expenditure for other than tangible property shall be attributable to this state if the member of the combined reporting group received the benefit of the purchase or expenditure in this state.
(B) A purchase of or expenditure for tangible property shall be attributable to this state if the property is placed in service in this state.
(C) Qualified expenditures shall include expenditures by a combined reporting group for property or services purchased, used, or rendered by independent contractors in this state.
(D) Qualified expenditures shall also include expenditures by a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of the member's interest in the partnership.
(7) "Qualified partnership" means a partnership if the partnership' s income and apportionment factors are included in the income and apportionment factors of a member of the combined reporting group, but only to the extent of the member's interest in the partnership.
(8) "Qualified sales" means gross business receipts from the provision of any network services, other than gross business receipts from the sale or rental of customer premises equipment. "Qualified sales" shall include qualified sales by a qualified partnership, but only to the extent of a member's interest in the partnership.
(c) The rules in this section with respect to qualified sales by a qualified partnership are intended to be consistent with the rules for partnerships under paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 25137-1 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations.
If the allocation and apportionment provisions of this act
do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business
activity in this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the
Franchise Tax Board may require, in respect to all or any part of the
taxpayer's business activity, if reasonable:
(a) Separate accounting;
(b) The exclusion of any one or more of the factors;
(c) The inclusion of one or more additional factors which will fairly represent the taxpayer's business activity in this state; or
(d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable allocation and apportionment of the taxpayer's income.
(a) Separate accounting;
(b) The exclusion of any one or more of the factors;
(c) The inclusion of one or more additional factors which will fairly represent the taxpayer's business activity in this state; or
(d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable allocation and apportionment of the taxpayer's income.
This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general
purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Enactment of Article IV of the Multistate Tax Compact (as set forth
in Section 38006 of the code) pertaining to the allocation and
apportionment of income shall be construed as a reenactment of
Sections 25120 to 25137, inclusive, without any inference that a
change in interpretation is implied by such enactment.
Sections 25120 to 25139, inclusive, may be cited as the
Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act.
Accounting procedures shall be adopted which will separately
reflect the revenues attributable to dividends received by
corporations having commercial domiciles in this state.
In view of pending litigation concerning the proper treatment of
intercompany dividends, it is not intended by enactment of this act
that any inference be drawn from it in such litigation.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) "Entity" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, or any combination thereof.
(2) "Person" means an individual or corporation.
(3) "Professional athletic team" means any entity which has all of the following characteristics:
(A) Employs concurrently during the taxable year five or more persons, who are compensated for being participating members of an athletic team engaging in public contests.
(B) Is a member of a league composed of at least five entities which are engaged in the operation of an athletic team and which are located in this and other states or in other countries.
(C) Has total minimum paid attendance in the aggregate for all contests wherever played during the taxable year of 40,000 persons.
(D) Has minimum gross income in the taxable year of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a team shall be considered to have its operations based in the state or country in which the team derives its territorial rights under the rules of the league of which it is a member.
(c) The business income of a professional athletic team derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team shall be allocated to this state pursuant to the following three-factor formula:
(1) Computation of the property factor under Section 25129:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the average value of all real and tangible personal property, wherever located, and owned or rented and used during the taxable year, shall be deemed to have been owned or rented and used in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the average value of all real and tangible personal property, wherever located, and owned or rented and used during the taxable year, shall be deemed to have been owned or rented and used outside this state during the taxable year.
(2) Computation of the payroll factor under Section 25132:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the total compensation paid everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been paid in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the total compensation paid everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been paid outside this state during the taxable year.
(3) Computation of the sales factor under Section 25134:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the total sales everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been made in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the total sales everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been made outside this state during the taxable year.
(d) If any team that has its operations based in this state is required to allocate or apportion a part of its business income derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team to another state or country by the laws, regulations, or requirements of the other state or country and pays an income or franchise tax measured by income thereon as a result of the allocation or apportionment, then all of the following shall apply:
(1) The business income of the team otherwise subject to this section shall be reduced for purposes of this section by the amount of the business income which is allocated or apportioned to and taxed by the other state or country.
(2) This section shall not apply to any team in the same league that has its operations based in the other state or country, and the business income of any such team derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team shall be allocated or apportioned to this state in a manner consistent with the method of allocation or apportionment imposed by the other state or country on the business income of the team that has its operations based in this state.
(e) For purposes of the minimum tax imposed under Sections 23151 and 23151.1, an entity which operates a professional athletic team shall be treated as a corporation. The liability under Sections 23151 and 23151.1 of any corporation owning any portion or share of an entity shall be satisfied by payment of the minimum tax by that entity, if the corporation is not otherwise doing business in this state.
(1) "Entity" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, or any combination thereof.
(2) "Person" means an individual or corporation.
(3) "Professional athletic team" means any entity which has all of the following characteristics:
(A) Employs concurrently during the taxable year five or more persons, who are compensated for being participating members of an athletic team engaging in public contests.
(B) Is a member of a league composed of at least five entities which are engaged in the operation of an athletic team and which are located in this and other states or in other countries.
(C) Has total minimum paid attendance in the aggregate for all contests wherever played during the taxable year of 40,000 persons.
(D) Has minimum gross income in the taxable year of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a team shall be considered to have its operations based in the state or country in which the team derives its territorial rights under the rules of the league of which it is a member.
(c) The business income of a professional athletic team derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team shall be allocated to this state pursuant to the following three-factor formula:
(1) Computation of the property factor under Section 25129:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the average value of all real and tangible personal property, wherever located, and owned or rented and used during the taxable year, shall be deemed to have been owned or rented and used in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the average value of all real and tangible personal property, wherever located, and owned or rented and used during the taxable year, shall be deemed to have been owned or rented and used outside this state during the taxable year.
(2) Computation of the payroll factor under Section 25132:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the total compensation paid everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been paid in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the total compensation paid everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been paid outside this state during the taxable year.
(3) Computation of the sales factor under Section 25134:
(A) For a team that has its operations based in this state, the total sales everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been made in this state during the taxable year.
(B) For a team that has its operations based outside of this state, the total sales everywhere during the taxable year shall be deemed to have been made outside this state during the taxable year.
(d) If any team that has its operations based in this state is required to allocate or apportion a part of its business income derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team to another state or country by the laws, regulations, or requirements of the other state or country and pays an income or franchise tax measured by income thereon as a result of the allocation or apportionment, then all of the following shall apply:
(1) The business income of the team otherwise subject to this section shall be reduced for purposes of this section by the amount of the business income which is allocated or apportioned to and taxed by the other state or country.
(2) This section shall not apply to any team in the same league that has its operations based in the other state or country, and the business income of any such team derived directly or indirectly from its operations as a professional athletic team shall be allocated or apportioned to this state in a manner consistent with the method of allocation or apportionment imposed by the other state or country on the business income of the team that has its operations based in this state.
(e) For purposes of the minimum tax imposed under Sections 23151 and 23151.1, an entity which operates a professional athletic team shall be treated as a corporation. The liability under Sections 23151 and 23151.1 of any corporation owning any portion or share of an entity shall be satisfied by payment of the minimum tax by that entity, if the corporation is not otherwise doing business in this state.
