2023 California Code › Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC › DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES › PART 11 - CORPORATION TAX LAW › CHAPTER 14.5 - Regulated Investment Companies, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits, and Financial Asset Securitization Investment Trusts › Section 24871.

24871. (a) (1) Section 852(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to imposition of tax on regulated investment companies, shall not apply.
(2) Every regulated investment company shall be subject to the taxes imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501), except that its “net income” shall be equal to its “investment company income,” as defined in subdivision (b).
(3) (A) Section 851(d)(2)(C)(i)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting “$12,500” for “$50,000.”
(B) Section 851(d)(2)(C)(i)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the phrase “the rate of tax specified in Section 23151” for the phrase “the highest rate of tax specified in section 11” contained therein.
(C) Section 851(d)(2)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to administrative provisions, is modified by substituting the phrase “Article 3 of Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 19031), a tax imposed by this subparagraph shall be treated as a tax with respect to which the deficiency procedures of such article apply” for the phrase “subtitle F, a tax imposed by this subparagraph shall be treated as an excise tax with respect to which the deficiency procedures of such subtitle apply” contained therein.
(D) Section 851(i)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to imposition of tax on failures, shall not apply.
(b) “Investment company income” means investment company taxable income, as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, modified as follows:
(1) Section 852(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to an exclusion for net capital gain, does not apply.
(2) Section 852(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to net operating losses, is modified to deny the deduction allowed under Sections 24416 and 24416.1, in lieu of denying the deduction allowed by Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) In lieu of the provision of Section 852(b)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special deductions for corporations, no deduction shall be allowed under Sections 24402, 24406, 24410, and 25106.
(4) The deduction for dividends paid, under Section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, is modified to allow capital gain dividends and exempt interest dividends (to the extent that interest is included in gross income under this part) to be included in the computation of the deduction.
(c) Section 852(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to imposition of tax, shall not apply.
(d) (1) Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to exempt-interest dividends, is modified by substituting the phrase “that, when held by an individual, the interest therefrom is exempt from taxation by this state” for the phrase “described in section 103(a)” contained therein.
(2) Section 852(b)(5)(A)(iv)(V) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to exempt interest, is modified by substituting the phrase “on obligations that, if held by an individual, is exempt from taxation by this state, over the amounts disallowed as deductions under subdivision (b) of Section 24360 or Section 24425” for the phrase “excludable from gross income under section 103(a) over the amounts disallowed as deductions under sections 265 and 171(a)(2)” contained therein.
(3) Section 852(b)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of exempt-interest dividends by shareholders, shall not apply.
(e) Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitations applicable to dividends received from regulated investment companies, is modified to refer to Sections 24402, 24406, 24410, and 25106, in lieu of Section 243 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(f) Section 852(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the phrase “subdivision (a) of Section 17145” for the phrase “the first sentence of subsection (b)(5)” contained therein.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 359, Sec. 38. (AB 154) Effective September 30, 2015. Applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, as provided in Sec. 41 of Stats. 2015, Ch. 359.)