Rev. & Tax. Code, § 23802.5 · Chapter 4.5. Tax Treatment of S Corporations and Their Shareholders
Rev. & Tax. Code, § 23802.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Section 1366(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to determination of shareholder’s tax liability, is modified to apply to the final taxable year of a trust or estate that terminates before the end of the corporation’s taxable year.
(b) Section 1366(d)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to losses and deductions that cannot exceed shareholder’s basis in stock and debt, is modified to additionally provide that the adjusted basis of a shareholder’s stock in the “S corporation” is to be decreased by distributions by the corporation that were not includable in the income of the shareholder by reason of Section 1368 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) Section 1366(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to carryover of disallowed losses and deductions to post-termination transition period, is modified to provide that to the extent that any increase in adjusted basis described in Section 1366(d)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code would have increased the shareholder’s amount at risk under Section 465 if the increase had occurred on the day preceding the commencement of the post-termination transition period, rules similar to the rules described in Section 1366(d)(3)(A) to (C), inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to any losses disallowed by reason of Section 465(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 268, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.
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