Tax Treatment of S Corporations and Their Shareholders
Cal. RTC § 23809
California Statutes
There is hereby imposed a tax on built-in gains attributable to California sources, determined in accordance with the provisions of
Section of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to tax imposed on certain built-in gains, as modified by this section. (a)
(1) The rate of tax specified in
Section 1374(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be equal to the rate of tax imposed under
Section in lieu of the rate of tax specified in
Section 11(
b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(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 over the rate imposed under
Section 23151. (
b) The provisions of
Section 1374(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to credits, are modified to provide that the tax imposed under subdivision (
a) may not be reduced by any credits allowed under this part. (
c) The provisions of
Section 1374(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to coordination with
Section 1201(a), do not apply to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2018, and ending before January 1, 2025. (d)
(1) For corporations described in paragraph (2), the provisions of Sections 1374(c)(1) and 1374(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code apply, based upon the effective date of the election to be treated as an “S” corporation for federal tax purposes, regardless of the date on which the corporation became an “S” corporation for state tax purposes.
(2) This subdivision applies to a corporation that, for its last taxable year beginning before January 1, 2002, was an “S” corporation for federal tax purposes and a “C” corporation for purposes of
Part 10 (commencing with
Section 17001),
Part 10.2 (commencing with
Section 18401), and this part, and, as a result of the enactment of
Chapter of the Statutes of 2002, is an “S” corporation for the corporation’s taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002. (
e) Section 1374(d)(7)(
A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to recognition period, is modified by substituting “10-year” in lieu of “5-year.” (
f) The amendments to this
section made by