Section 19141.5 - Applicability of IRC Section 6038A(a)(1) Section 6038A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to information with respect to certain foreign-owned corporations, shall apply.(2) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to furnish information or maintain records and that penalty shall be determined in accordance with Section 6038A of the Internal Revenue Code.(3) Section 11314 of Public Law 101-508, relating to application of amendments made by Section 7403 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989 to taxable years beginning on or before July 10, 1989, shall apply.(4) Section 6038A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to enforcement of requests for certain records, is modified as follows:(A) Each reference to Section 7602, 7603, or 7604 of the Internal Revenue Code shall instead refer to Section 19504.(B) Each reference to "summons" shall instead refer to "subpoena duces tecum."(C) Section 6038A(e)(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code shall refer to "superior courts of the State of California for the Counties of Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego, and for the City and County of San Francisco," instead of "United States district court for the district in which the person (to whom the summons is issued) resides or is found."(b) In the case of a corporation, each of the following shall apply: (1) Section 6038B of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to notice of certain transfers to foreign persons, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.(2) The information required to be filed with the Franchise Tax Board under this subdivision shall be a copy of the information required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service.(3)(A) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to furnish information and that penalty shall be determined in accordance with Section 6038B of the Internal Revenue Code, except as otherwise provided.(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any transfer described in Section 6038B(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code.(c)(1) Section 6038C of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to information with respect to foreign corporations engaged in United States business, shall apply.(2) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to furnish information or maintain records and that penalty shall be determined in accordance with Section 6038C of the Internal Revenue Code.(3) Section 6038C(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to enforcement of requests for certain records, is modified as follows:(A) Each reference to Section 7602, 7603, or 7604 of the Internal Revenue Code shall instead refer to Section 19504.(B) Each reference to "summons" shall instead refer to "subpoena duces tecum."(d)(1) Section 6038D of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to information with respect to foreign financial assets, shall apply.(2) A penalty shall be imposed under this part for failure to furnish information and that penalty shall be determined in accordance with Section 6038D of the Internal Revenue Code.(e) For purposes of this part, the information required to be filed with the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section shall be a copy of the information filed with the Internal Revenue Service.(f) For purposes of this section, each of the following shall apply: (1) Section 7701(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the term "domestic," shall apply.(2) Section 7701(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the term "foreign," shall apply.(3) Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the term "United States person," shall apply. However, the term "United States person" shall not include any corporation that is not subject to the tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101), Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 23400), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501), of Part 11.(g) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.Ca. Rev. and Tax. Code § 19141.5
Amended by Stats 2015 ch 359 (AB 154),s 21, eff. 9/30/2015, op. for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2015.