Source: http://ga.elaws.us/law/section48-7-21
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 04:10:11+00:00

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(a) Every domestic corporation and every foreign corporation shall pay annually an income tax equivalent to 6 percent of its Georgia taxable net income. Georgia taxable net income of a corporation shall be the corporation's taxable income from property owned or from business done in this state. A corporation's taxable income from property owned or from business done in this state shall consist of the corporation's taxable income as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with the adjustments provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section and allocated and apportioned as provided in Code Section 48-7-31.
(b)(1)(A) When interest income is derived from obligations of any state or political subdivision except this state and political subdivisions of this state, the interest income shall be added to taxable income to the extent that the interest income is not included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Interest or dividends on obligations of any authority, commission, instrumentality, territory, or possession of the United States which by the laws of the United States are exempt from federal income tax but not from state income tax shall also be added to taxable income.
(B) There shall be subtracted from taxable income interest or dividends on obligations of the United States and its territories and possessions or of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the extent such interest or dividends are includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes but exempt from state income taxes under the laws of the United States. There shall also be subtracted from taxable income any income derived from the authorized activities of a domestic international banking facility operating pursuant to the provisions of Article 5A of Chapter 1 of Title 7, the "Domestic International Banking Facility Act," and any income arising from the conduct of a banking business with persons or entities located outside the United States, its territories, or possessions. Any amount subtracted pursuant to this subparagraph shall be reduced by any interest expenses directly or indirectly attributable to the production of the interest or dividend income.
(2) There shall be added to taxable income any taxes on, or measured by, net income or net profits paid or accrued within the taxable year imposed by the authority of the United States or any foreign country, by any state except the State of Georgia, or by any territory, county, school district, municipality, or other tax subdivision of any state, territory, or foreign country to the extent such taxes are deducted in determining federal taxable income.
(3) No portion of any deductions or losses which occurred in a year in which the taxpayer was not subject to taxation in this state including, but not limited to, net operating losses may be deducted in any tax year. When the federal adjusted gross income or net income of a corporation includes such deductions or losses, an adjustment deleting them shall be made under rules established by the commissioner. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit the carry-over of any deductions or losses including, but not limited to, net operating losses of any taxpayer which were incurred in a year or years in which the taxpayer was subject to methods of taxation in this state other than the corporate income tax.
(4) Income, losses, and deductions previously used in computing Georgia taxable income shall not again be used in computing Georgia taxable income. The commissioner shall provide for needed adjustments by regulation.
(5) All elections under Section 338 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall also apply under this article.
(6) This article shall not be construed to repeal any tax exemptions contained in other laws of this state not referred to in this article. Those exemptions and the exemptions provided for by federal law and treaty shall be deducted on forms provided by the commissioner.
(A)(i) Affiliated corporations which file a consolidated federal income tax return must file separate income tax returns with this state unless they have prior approval or have been requested to file a consolidated return by the department. The commissioner shall by regulation provide the time period within which the permission must be requested. A request for permission beyond such time period will not be considered and will result in the filing of separate income tax returns for the applicable year.
(I) "Bank" means any financial institution chartered under the laws of this state or under the laws of the United States and domiciled in this state which is authorized to receive deposits in this state and which has a corporate structure authorizing the issuance of capital stock.
(II) "Depository financial institution" means a "bank" or a "savings and loan association."
(B) Subchapter "S" elections apply only if all stockholders are subject to tax in this state on their portion of the corporate income. If all nonresident stockholders pay the Georgia income tax on their portion of the corporate income, the election shall be allowed.
(iii) Income attributable to an increase in United States property by a controlled foreign corporation.
(B) Corporations from affiliated corporations within the United States, when the corporation receiving the dividends is engaged in business in this state and is subject to the payment of taxes under the income tax laws of this state, to the extent that the dividends have been included in net income under this Code section. Dividends from affiliates shall be reduced by any expenses directly attributable to the dividend income.
(9) Where a corporation's salary and wage deductions are reduced in computing federal taxable income because the corporation has taken a federal jobs tax credit which required, as a condition to using the federal jobs tax credit, the elimination of salary and wage deductions, the eliminated salary and wage deductions shall be subtracted from taxable income.
(10) Georgia taxable income shall be adjusted as provided in Code Section 48-7-28.3.
(F) The commissioner shall have the authority to promulgate regulations regarding net operating losses with respect to this paragraph and with respect to consolidated return net operating losses.
(11) There shall be subtracted from taxable income a portion of qualified payments to minority subcontractors, as provided in Code Section 48-7-38.
(12) Georgia taxable income shall, if the taxpayer so elects, be adjusted with respect to federal depreciation deductions as provided in Code Section 48-7-39.
(13) If the taxpayer claims the tax credit provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 48-7-40.6 with respect to qualified child care property, Georgia taxable income shall be increased by any depreciation deductions attributable to such property to the extent such deductions are used in determining federal taxable income.
(14) There shall be subtracted from taxable income the deduction provided and allowed by Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as enacted on or before January 1, 2005, to the extent the deduction has not been included in the corporation's taxable income, as defined under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(15) Georgia taxable income shall be increased by the amount of the payments, compensation, or other economic benefit disallowed by Code Section 48-7-21.1.
(16) Georgia taxable income shall be adjusted as provided in Code Section 48-7-28.4.
Ga. L. 1931, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 4; Code 1933, § 92-3102; Ga. L. 1935, p. 121, § 1; Ga. L. 1937, p. 109, § 3; Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 150, § 3; Ga. L. 1949, Ex. Sess., p. 18, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 27, § 2; Ga. L. 1964, p. 67, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 114, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 924, § 3; Ga. L. 1976, p. 646, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 980, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1133, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 888, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-3602, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 5, § 63; Ga. L. 1979, p. 888, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 48; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1350, § 11; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 48; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1644, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 48; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1649, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 117, § 8; Ga. L. 1996, p. 130, § 8; Ga. L. 1996, p. 181, § 6; Ga. L. 1999, p. 13, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1445, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 30, § 2/HB 191; Ga. L. 2005, p. 157, § 1/HB 282; Ga. L. 2005, p. 159, §§ 8-10, 11/HB 488; Ga. L. 2007, p. 271, § 1/SB 184; Ga. L. 2008, p. 898, § 4/HB 1151; Ga. L. 2009, p. 796, § 1/HB 379; Ga. L. 2010, p. 895, § 2/HB 1138.

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