Section 24416.1 - Election to take deduction provided by IRC Section 172(a) A qualified taxpayer, as defined in Section 24416.2, 24416.4, 24416.5, 24416.6, or 24416.7, may elect to take the deduction provided by Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the net operating loss deduction, as modified by Section 24416, in computing net income under Section 24341, with the following exceptions to Section 24416: (1) Subdivision (a) of Section 24416, relating to years in which allowable losses are sustained, shall not be applicable.(2) Subdivision (b) of Section 24416, relating to the 50-percent reduction of losses, shall not be applicable.(3) The provisions of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of Section 172 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply. To the extent applicable to California law, net operating losses attributable to entities with losses described by Section 172(b)(1)(J) shall be applied in accordance with Section 172(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Internal Revenue Code.(b) Corporations whose income is subject to the provisions of Section 25101 or 25101.15 shall make the computations required by Section 25108.(c) The election to compute the net operating loss under this section shall be made in a statement attached to the original return, timely filed for the year in which the net operating loss is incurred and shall be irrevocable. In addition to the exceptions specified in subdivision (a), Section 24416.2, 24416.4, 24416.5, 24416.6, or 24416.7, as appropriate, shall be applicable.(d) Any carryover of a net operating loss sustained by a qualified taxpayer, as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 24416.2 as that section read immediately prior to January 1, 1997, shall, if previously elected, continue to be a deduction, as provided in subdivision (a), applied as if the provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 24416.2, as that section read prior to January 1, 1997, still applied.Ca. Rev. and Tax. Code § 24416.1
Amended by Stats 2001 ch 623 (AB 238), s 5, eff. 10/8/2001.