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Rev. & Tax. Code, § 24416.1 · Article 2. Special Deductions

Rev. & Tax. Code, § 24416.1

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) A qualified taxpayer, as defined in Section 24416.4 or 24416.7, or Section 24416.2, 24416.5, or 24416.6, as those sections read on November 30, 2014, 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, relating to years to which loss may be carried, 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 24416.4 or 24416.7, as appropriate, or Section 24416.2, 24416.5, or 24416.6, as those sections read on November 30, 2014, 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.

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History

Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 236, Sec. 37. (SB 1435) Effective September 14, 2026. Applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, provided in Section 46\nof Stats. 2026, Ch. 236.

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