Cal. RTC § 18178
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 18178, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
Section 1272 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be modified as follows:
(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, and before the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed, the amount included in gross income under this part shall be the same as the amount included in gross income on the federal tax return.
(b) The difference between the amount included in gross income on the federal return and the amount included in gross income under this part, with respect to obligations issued after December 31, 1984, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, shall be included in gross income in the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed.
(c) Section 1004(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34), relating to the effective date for determination of original issue discount where pooled debt obligations are subject to acceleration, is modified to provide that the changes to Section 1272(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, and the amount taken into account under Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be taken into account ratably over the four-taxable-year period beginning with the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, and before the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed, the amount included in gross income under this part shall be the same as the amount included in gross income on the federal tax return.
(b) The difference between the amount included in gross income on the federal return and the amount included in gross income under this part, with respect to obligations issued after December 31, 1984, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, shall be included in gross income in the taxable year in which the debt obligation matures or is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed.
(c) Section 1004(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34), relating to the effective date for determination of original issue discount where pooled debt obligations are subject to acceleration, is modified to provide that the changes to Section 1272(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, and the amount taken into account under Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be taken into account ratably over the four-taxable-year period beginning with the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
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