California Code of Regulations › Title 18 - Public Revenues › Division 3 - Franchise Tax Board › Chapter 2.5 - Personal Income Tax (Taxable Years Beginning After 12-31-54) › Subchapter 2 - Imposition of Tax › Article 1 - Joint Strike Fighter Wage Credit › Section 17053.36-6 - JSF Contract Bidding

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
JSF Contract Bidding -- (See Regulation
						17053.36-0
						for Table of Contents.)
(a) In
					 General. The JSF Wage Credit shall not be allowed unless the credit is
					 reflected within the bid that forms the basis for the qualified taxpayer's
					 contract or subcontract to manufacture property for ultimate use in a Joint
					 Strike Fighter.
(b) Bid. For
					 purposes of this regulation, the term "bid" shall mean a written bid or offer
					 to perform a contract to produce a product that is designed to be physically
					 attached to or installed in a Joint Strike Fighter in response to a request for
					 bids to construct all or a portion of the Joint Strike Fighter. The bid shall
					 be submitted in a competitive process where the contract will be awarded to the
					 lowest possible bidder or as otherwise indicated in the conditions under which
					 the bids will be received and the contract awarded. Where the scope of work,
					 request for proposal or relationship of the contracting parties is such that
					 only a single party will be submitting a proposal or contract to construct all
					 or a portion of the Joint Strike Fighter, the term "bid" shall include the
					 proposal submitted or contract ultimately executed.
(c) JSF Wage Credit Reflected Within the Bid.
					 For purposes of this regulation, the term "reflected within the bid" shall
					 mean:
(1) the bid that forms the basis of the
					 contact or subcontract is reduced by the amount of the JSF Wage Credit
					 allowable, and
(2) the face of the
					 bid, or an attachment to the bid, contains a calculation showing the original
					 bid price, the amount of the JSF Wage Credit allowable and the resulting
					 reduced bid amount.
The JSF Wage Credit allowable shall be a lump sum number
						reflected on the contract or subcontract and the aggregate credit allowable
						over the term of the contract or subcontract is not required to be calculated
						on the basis of the year in which the credit amount is expected to be
						claimed.
EXAMPLE 1: X, a qualified taxpayer, submits a bid to the
						prime contractor in the amount of $70 to manufacture retractable landing gear
						for the Joint Strike Fighter. The bid price without the JSF Wage Credit would
						have been $100. The bid form contains an attachment that states the JSF Wage
						Credit allowable for the subcontract is $30 ($100 contract price less JSF Wage
						Credit in the amount of $30 for a reduced contract price of $70). X is the
						successful bidder on the retractable landing gear and thereafter is awarded the
						contract to produce the part for the Joint Strike Fighter. X and the prime
						contractor execute a contract in the amount of $70. Under these facts, the $30
						JSF Wage Credit amount is reflected within the bid that forms the basis for X's
						subcontract to manufacture property for ultimate use in a Joint Strike Fighter
						and X may claim the $30 JSF Wage Credit if all of the other requirements of
						Revenue and Taxation Code section
						17053.36
						and this regulation are met.
EXAMPLE 2: Assume the same facts as in EXAMPLE 1, except
						that the bid form reflects a price of $100. In this circumstance, X is not
						eligible to claim the credit because X has not reduced the amount of the bid by
						the amount of the JSF Wage Credit allowable.
EXAMPLE 3: Assume the same facts as in EXAMPLE 1, except
						that the bid form reflects a price of $70, but the bid form does not contain an
						attachment showing the amount of the JSF Wage Credit allowable. In this
						circumstance, X is not eligible to claim the credit because even though the bid
						amount has been reduced by the amount of the credit allowable, the amount of
						the credit allowable is not included on the face of the bid or in an attachment
						to the bid.
EXAMPLE 4: Assume the same facts as in EXAMPLE 1, except
						that the scope of the project changes after the bid is submitted and X and the
						prime contractor execute a contract in the amount of $125, reflecting an
						increase of $55 dollars in the original bid amount. In this circumstance, the
						cost for the expanded scope of the contract was added to the original bid
						amount. As a result, X would only be allowed to claim a $30 JSF Wage Credit
						since this amount was reflected within the original bid.
EXAMPLE 5: X, a qualified taxpayer, is the prime
						contractor awarded the initial contract from the United States government for
						the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter
						Program. X does not include any reduction for the JSF Wage Credit in its bid
						for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase accepted by the United
						States government. Under these facts, X is not able to claim the JSF Wage
						Credit since the credit amount was not reflected within the bid that formed the
						basis for the initial contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing
						Development Phase.
EXAMPLE 6: Assume the same facts as in EXAMPLE 5, except
						that Y responds to a request from X and submits a bid to subcontract a portion
						of the scope of the work covered in the Engineering and Manufacturing
						Development Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. The bid form includes an
						attachment that shows the JSF Wage Credit allowable for the subcontract is $20
						($100 contract price less JSF Wage Credit in the amount of $20 for a reduced
						contract price of $80). Y is the successful bidder on that portion of the scope
						of the work and thereafter is awarded the contract to produce the part for the
						Joint Strike Fighter. X and Y execute a contract in the amount of $80. Under
						these facts, the $20 JSF Wage Credit amount is reflected within the bid that
						forms the basis for Y's subcontract to manufacture property for ultimate use in
						a Joint Strike Fighter. Even though X, the prime contractor, did not reduce its
						bid for the prime contract and is not eligible to claim the JSF Wage Credit,
						Y's bid met the bidding requirements for claiming the credit and Y may claim
						the $20 JSF Wage Credit if all of the other requirements of Revenue and
						Taxation Code section
						17053.36
						and this Regulation are met.
(3) With respect to a contract to construct
					 all or a portion of the Joint Strike Fighter that is executed on a "cost plus"
					 basis, the term "reflected within the bid" shall mean that (1) California
					 income or franchise taxes are treated as an item of cost to be reimbursed under
					 the terms of the contract, (2) the cost plus contract, or an attachment to the
					 contract, contains a calculation showing the amount of the JSF Wage Credit
					 allowable, and (3) the California income or franchise taxes reimbursed under
					 the contract reflect the reduction for the amount of the JSF Wage Credit
					 allowable.