Req. No. 2346 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) SENATE BILL 1790 By: Garvin AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to income tax adjustments; am ending 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2358, which relates to determination of taxable income; modify ing exemption for military retirement benefits; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2 021, Section 2358, is amended to read as follows: Section 2358. For all tax years beginning after December 31, 1981, taxable income and adjusted gross income shall be adjusted to arrive at Oklahoma taxable income and O klahoma adjusted gross income as required by this section. A. The taxable income of any taxpayer shall be adjusted to arrive at Oklahoma taxable income for corporations and Oklahoma adjusted gross income for individuals, as follows: 1. There shall be added interest income on obligations of any state or political subdivision thereto which is not otherwise exempted pursuant to other laws of this state, to the extent that Req. No. 2346 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 such interest is not included in taxable income and adjusted gross income. 2. There shall be deducted amounts included in s uch income that the state is prohibited from taxing because of the provisions of the Federal Constitution, the State Constitution, federal laws or laws of Oklahoma. 3. The amount of any federal net operating loss deduc tion shall be adjusted as follows: a. For carryovers and carrybacks to taxable years beginning before January 1, 1981, the amount of any net operating loss deduction allowed to a taxpayer for federal income tax purposes shall be reduced to an amount which is the same portion thereof as the lo ss from sources within this state, as determined pu rsuant to this section and Section 2362 of this title, for the taxable year in which such loss is sustained is of the total loss for such year; b. For carryovers and ca rrybacks to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1980, the amount of any net operating loss deduction allowed for the taxable year shall be an amount equal to the aggregate of the Oklahoma net operating loss carryovers and carrybacks to such year. Oklahoma net operating losses shall be separately determined by reference to Section 172 of Req. No. 2346 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172, as modified by the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, Section 2351 et seq. of this title, and shall be allowed without regard to the existence of a federal net o perating loss. For tax years beginning after Decem ber 31, 2000, and ending before January 1, 2008, the years to which such losses may be carried shall be determined solely by reference to Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172, w ith the exception that the terms “net operating loss” and “taxable income” shall be replaced with “Oklahoma net operating loss” and “Oklahoma taxable income ”. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and ending before January 1, 2009, years to whi ch such losses may be carried back shall be limited to two (2) years. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2008, the years to which such losses may be carried back shall be determined solely by reference to Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172, with the exception that the terms “net operating loss” and “taxable income” shall be replaced with “Oklahoma net operating loss ” and “Oklahoma taxable income”. Req. No. 2346 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4. Items of the following nature s hall be allocated as indicated. Allowable deductions attributable to items separately allocable in subparagraphs a, b and c of this paragraph, whether or not such items of income were actually received, shall be allocated on the same basis as those items: a. Income from real and tangible per sonal property, such as rents, oil and mining produ ction or royalties, and gains or losses from sales of such property, shall be allocated in accordance with the situs of such property; b. Income from intangible persona l property, such as interest, dividends, patent or copyright royalties, and gains or losses from sales of such property, shall be allocated in accordance with the domiciliary situs of the taxpayer, except that: (1) where such property has acquired a nonuni tary business or commercial situs apa rt from the domicile of the taxpayer such income sh all be allocated in accordance with such business or commercial situs; interest income from investments held to generate working capital for a unitary business enterpri se shall be included in apportionable income; a resident trust or resident estate shall be treated as having a Req. No. 2346 Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 separate commercial or business situs insofar as undistributed income is concerned, but shall not be treated as having a separate commercial or business situs insofar as distributed income is concerned, (2) for taxable years beginnin g after December 31, 2003, capital or ordinary gains or losses from the sale of an ownership interest in a publicly traded partnership, as defined by Section 7704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be allocated to this state in the ratio of the origina l cost of such partnership’s tangible property in this state to the original cost of such partnership ’s tangible property everywhere, as determined at the time of the sale; if more than fifty percent (50%) of the value of the partnership ’s assets consists of intangible assets, capital or ordinary gains or losses from the sale of an ownership interest in the partnership shall be allocated to this state in accordance with the sales factor of the partnership f or its first full tax period immediately preceding its tax period during which the ownership interest in the partnership was sold; the provisions of this Req. No. 2346 Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 division shall only apply if the capital or ordinary gains or los ses from the sale of an ownership interest in a partnership do not constitute qualifying gain receiving capital treatment as defined in subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of subsection F of this section, (3) income from such property which is required to be allocated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this subsection shall be allocated a s herein provided; c. Net income or loss from a business activity which is not a part of business carried on within or without the state of a unitary character shall be separately allocated to the state in which such activity is conducted; d. In the case of a manufacturing or processing enterprise the business of which in Oklahoma consists solely of marketing its products by: (1) sales having a situs without this state, shipped directly to a point from with out the state to a purchaser within the state, comm only known as interstate sales, (2) sales of the product stored in public warehouses within the state pursuant to “in transit” Req. No. 2346 Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 tariffs, as prescribed and allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to a purchaser within the state, (3) sales of the product stored in public warehouses within the state where the shipment to such warehouses is not covered by “in transit” tariffs, as prescribed and allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to a purchaser within or without the state, the Oklahoma net inco me shall, at the option of the taxpayer, be that portion of the total net income of the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes derived from the manufacture and/or pro cessing and sales everywhere as determined by the ratio of the sales defined in this section made to the purchaser within the state to the total sales everywhere . The term “public warehouse” as used in this subparagraph means a licensed public warehouse, the principal business of which is warehousing merchandise for the public; e. In the case of insurance companies, Oklahoma taxable income shall be taxable income of the taxpayer for federal tax purposes, as adjusted for the adjustments provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection, apportioned as follows: Req. No. 2346 Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (1) except as otherwise provided by division (2) of this subparagraph, taxable income of an insurance company for a taxable year shall be apportioned to this state by multipl ying such income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the direct premiums written for insurance on property or risks in this state, and the denominator of which is the direct premiums written for insurance on property or risks everywhere . For purposes of this subsection, the term “direct premiums written” means the total amount of direct premiums written, assessments and annuity considerations as reported for the taxable year on the annual statement filed by the company with the Insurance Commissioner in the form approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or such oth er form as may be prescribed in lieu thereof, (2) if the principal source of premiums written by an insurance company consists of premiums for reinsurance accepted by i t, the taxable income of such company shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying such income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (a) direct Req. No. 2346 Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 premiums written for insurance on property or risks in this state, plus (b) premiums written for reinsurance accepted in respect o f property or risks in this state, and the denomina tor of which is the sum of (c) direct premiums written for insurance on property or risks everywhere, plus (d) premiums written for reinsurance accepted in respect of p roperty or risks everywhere. For purposes of this paragraph, premiums written for reins urance accepted in respect of property or risks in this state, whether or not otherwise determinable, may at the election of the company be determined on the basis of the proportion which premiums written for insurance accepted from companies commercially domiciled in Oklahoma bears to premiums written for reinsurance accepted from all sources, or alternatively in the proportion which the sum of the direct premiums writt en for insurance on property or risks in this state by each ceding company from which re insurance is accepted bears to the sum of the total direct premiums written by each such ceding company for the taxable year. Req. No. 2346 Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5. The net income or loss remaining after the separate allocation in paragraph 4 of this subsection, being that which is derived from a unitary business enterprise, shall be apportioned to this state on the basis of the arithmetical average of three factors consisting of property, payroll and sal es or gross revenue enumerated as subparagraphs a, b and c of this paragraph . Net income or loss as used in this paragraph includes that derived from patent or copyright royalties, purchase discounts, and interest on accounts receivable relating to or ari sing from a business activity, the income from which is apportioned pursuant to this sub section, including the sale or other disposition of such property and any other property used in the unitary enterprise . Deductions used in computing such net income o r loss shall not include taxes based on or measured by income . Provided, for corporatio ns whose property for purposes of the tax imposed by Section 2355 of this title has an initial investment cost equaling or exceeding Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000.00) and such investment is mad e on or after July 1, 1997, or for corporations whi ch expand their property or facilities in this state and such expansion has an investment cost equaling or exceeding Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000.00) over a period not to exceed three (3) year s, and such expansion is commenced on or after Janu ary 1, 2000, the three factors shall be apportioned with property and payroll, each comprising twenty -five percent (25%) of the apportionment factor and sales comprisin g fifty Req. No. 2346 Page 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 percent (50%) of the apportio nment factor. The apportionment factors shall be computed as follows: a. The property factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the average value of the taxpayer ’s real and tangible personal property owned or ren ted and used in this state during the tax period and the denominator of which is the average value of all the taxpayer’s real and tangible personal property everywhere owned or rented and used during the tax period. (1) Property, the income from which is s eparately allocated in paragraph 4 of this subsection, shall not be included in determin ing this fraction. The numerator of the fraction shall include a portion of the investment in transportation and other equipment having no fixed situs, such as rolling stock, buses, trucks and trailers, including machinery and equipment carried thereon, airplanes, salespersons’ automobiles and other similar equipment, in the proportion that miles traveled in Oklahoma by such equipment bears to total miles traveled, (2) Property owned by the taxpayer is val ued at its original cost. Property rented by the t axpayer is valued at eight times the net annual rental Req. No. 2346 Page 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 rate. Net annual rental rate is the annual rental rate paid by the taxpayer, less any annual rental rate received by the taxpayer from subrentals, (3) The average value of property shall be determined by averaging the values at the beginning and ending of the tax period but the Oklahoma Tax Commission may require the averaging of monthly values during the tax period if reasonably required to reflect pr operly the average value of the taxpayer’s property; b. The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the total compensation for services rendered in the state during the tax period, and the denominator of which is the total compensation for services rendered everywhere during the tax period . “Compensation”, as used in this subsection means those paid-for services to the extent related to the unitary business but does not include officers ’ salaries, wages and other compensation. (1) In the case of a transportation enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall include a portion of such expenditure in connection with employees operating equipment over a fixed route, such as Req. No. 2346 Page 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 railroad employees, airline pilot s, or bus drivers, in this state only a part of the time, in the proportion that milea ge traveled in Oklahoma bears to total mileage traveled by such employees, (2) In any case the numerator of the fraction shall include a portion of such expenditures in connection with itinerant employees, s uch as traveling salespersons, in this state onl y a part of the time, in the proportion that time spent in Oklahoma bears to total time spent in furtherance of the enterprise by such employees; c. The sales factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the total sales or gross revenue of the taxpayer in this state during the tax period, and the denominator of which is the total sales or gross revenue of the taxpayer everywhere during the tax period . “Sales”, as used in this subsection does not include sa les or gross revenue which are separately alloc ated in paragraph 4 of this subsection. (1) Sales of tangible personal property have a situs in this state if the property is delivered or shipped to a purchaser other than the United States government, within this state regardless Req. No. 2346 Page 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of the FOB point or oth er conditions of the sale; or the property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory or other place of storage in this state and (a) the purchaser is the United States government or (b) the taxpayer is not doing business in the state of the dest ination of the shipment. (2) In the case of a railroad or interurban railway enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall not be less than the allocation of revenues to this state as shown in its annual repo rt to the Corporation Commission. (3) In the case of an airline, truck or bus enterprise or freight car, tank car, refrigerator car or other railroad equipment enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall include a p ortion of revenue from interstate tra nsportation in the proportion that interstat e mileage traveled in Oklahoma bears to total interstate mileage traveled. (4) In the case of an oil, gasoline or gas pipeline enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall be either the total of traffic units of the enterprise within Oklahoma or the re venue Req. No. 2346 Page 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 allocated to Oklahoma based upon miles moved, at the option of the taxpayer, and the denominator of which shall be the total of traffic units of the enterprise or the rev enue of the enterprise everywhere as appropriate to the numerator . A “traffic unit” is hereby defined as the transportation for a distance of one (1) mile of one (1) barrel of oil, one (1) gallon of gasoline or one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of natural o r casinghead gas, as the case may be. (5) In the case of a telephone or telegra ph or other communication enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall include that portion of the interstate revenue as is allocated pursuant to the accounting procedures pr escribed by the Federal Communication s Commission; provided that in respect to each corporation or business entity required by the Federal Communications Commission to keep its books and records in accordance with a uniform system of accounts prescribed by such Commission, the intrastate net income shall be determined separately in t he manner provided by such uniform system of accounts and only the interstate income shall be subject to allocation Req. No. 2346 Page 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 pursuant to the provisions of this subsection . Provided further, that the gross revenue factors shall be those as are determined pursuant t o the accounting procedures prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission. In any case where the apportionment of the three factors prescribed in this paragraph attributes to Oklahoma a portion of net income of the enterprise out of all appropriate proportion to the property owned and/or business transacted within this state, because of the fact that one or more of the factors so prescribed are not employed to any appreciab le extent in furtherance of the enter prise; or because one or more factors not so prescribed are employed to a considerable extent in furtherance of the enterprise; or because of other reasons, the Tax Commission is empowered to permit, after a showing by taxpayer that an excessive portion of net income has been attributed to Oklaho ma, or require, when in its judgment an insufficient portion of net income has been attributed to Oklahoma, the elimination, substitution, or use of additional factors, or reduction or increase in the weight of such prescribed factors. Provided, however, that any such variance from such prescribed factors which has the effect of increasing the portion of net income attributable to Oklahoma must not be inherently arbitrary, and application of the recomputed final app ortionment to the net income Req. No. 2346 Page 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of the enterprise must attribute to Oklahoma only a reasonable portion thereof. 6. For calendar years 1997 and 1998, the owner of a new or expanded agricultural commodity processing facilit y in this state may exclude from Okla homa taxable income, or in the case of a n individual, the Oklahoma adjusted gross income, fifteen percent (15%) of the investment by the owner in the new or expanded agricultural commodity processing facility . For calendar year 1999, and all subsequent ye ars, the percentage, not to exceed fifte en percent (15%), available to the owner of a new or expanded agricultural commodity processing facility in this state claiming the exemption shall be adjusted annually so that th e total estimated reduction in tax liability does not exceed One Million Doll ars ($1,000,000.00) annually. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules for determining the percentage of the investment which each eligible taxpayer may exclude . The exclusion provided by this paragraph shall be taken in the taxable year when the invest ment is made. In the event the total reduction in tax liability authorized by this paragraph exceeds One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in any calendar year, the Tax Commission shall permit any excess over One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) and shall fa ctor such excess into the percentage for subsequent years . Any amount of the exemption permitted to be excluded pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph but not used in any y ear may be carried forward as an Req. No. 2346 Page 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 exemption from income pursuant to the provis ions of this paragraph for a period not exceeding six (6) years following the year in which the investment was originally made. For purposes of this paragraph: a. “Agricultural commodity processing facility ” means building, structures, fixtures and impro vements used or operated primarily for the processing or production of marketable products from agricultural commodities . The term shall also mean a dairy operation that requires a depreciable investment of at least T wo Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($25 0,000.00) and which produces milk from dairy cows . The term does not include a facility that provides only, and nothing more than, storage, cleaning, drying or transportation of agricultural commodities, and b. “Facility” means each part of the facility which is used in a process primarily for: (1) the processing of agricultural commodities , including receiving or storing agricultural commodities, or the production of milk at a dair y operation, (2) transporting the agr icultural commodities or product before, during or after the processing, or Req. No. 2346 Page 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (3) packaging or otherwise preparing the product for sale or shipment. 7. Despite any provision to the contrary in paragraph 3 of this subsection, for taxable years beginning afte r December 31, 1999, in the case of a taxpayer which has a farming loss, such farming loss shall be considered a net operating loss carryback in accordance with and to the extent of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172(b)(G). However, the amount of the net operating loss carryback shall not exceed the lesser of: a. Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00), or b. the loss properly shown on Schedule F of the Internal Revenue Service Form 1040 reduced by one -half (1/2) of the income from all other sou rces other than reflected on Schedule F. 8. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995, all qualified wages equal to the federal income tax credit set forth in 26 U.S.C.A., Section 45A, shall be deducted from t axable income. The deduction allowed pursuant to this paragraph sh all only be permitted for the tax years in which the federal tax credit pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A., Section 45A, is allowed . For purposes of this paragraph, “qualified wages” means those wages used to calculate the federal credit pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A., Sec tion 45A. 9. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, an employer that is eligible for and utilizes the Safety Pays OSHA Req. No. 2346 Page 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Consultation Service provided by the Oklahoma Department of Labor shall receive an exemption from taxable income in the am ount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the tax year that the service is utilized. 10. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, there shall be added to Oklahoma taxable income an amount equal to the amount of deferred income not incl uded in such taxable in come pursuant to Section 108(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. No. 111 -5). There shall be subtracted from Oklahoma taxable income an amo unt equal to the amount of deferred income included in such taxable income pursuant to Section 108(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code by Section 1231 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. No. 111 -5). 11. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2 019, there shall be subtracted from Oklahoma taxable income or adjusted gross income any item of income or gain, and there shall be added to Oklahoma taxable income or adjusted gross income any item of los s or deduction that in the absence of an election p ursuant to the provisions of the Pass -Through Entity Tax Equity Act of 2019 would be allocated to a member or to an indirect member of an electing pass-through entity pursuant to Section 2351 et seq. of th is title, if (i) the electing pass-through entity has accounted for such item in computing its Oklahoma net entity income or loss pursuant to the Req. No. 2346 Page 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 provisions of the Pass -Through Entity Tax Equity Act of 2019, and (ii) the total amount of tax attributable to any resulting Oklahoma net entity income has been paid. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules for the reporting of such exclusion to direct and indirect members of the electing pass -through entity. As used in this paragraph, “electing pass-through entity”, “indirect member”, and “member” shall be defined in the same manner as prescribed by Section 2355.1P-2 of this title. Notwithstanding the application of this paragraph, the adjusted tax basis of any ow nership interest in a pass-through entity for purposes of Sectio n 2351 et seq. of this title shall be equal to its adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes. B. 1. The taxable income of any corporation shall be further adjusted to arrive at Okla homa taxable income, except those corporations electing treatme nt as provided in subchap ter S of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 1361 et seq., and Section 2365 of this title, deductions pursuant to the provisions of the Accelerated Cost Recov ery System as defined and allowed in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, Public Law 9 7-34, 26 U.S.C., Section 168, for depreciation of assets placed into service after December 31, 1981, shall not be allowed in calculating Oklahoma taxable income. Such corporations shall be allowed a dedu ction for depreciation of assets placed into servic e after December 31, 1981, in accordance with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 Req. No. 2346 Page 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 U.S.C., Section 1 et seq., in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Accelerated Cost Recovery System . The Oklahoma tax basis for all such assets placed in to service after December 31, 1981, calculated in this section shall be retained and utilized for all Oklahoma income tax purposes through the final disposition of such assets. Notwithstanding any other pr ovisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, Section 2351 et seq. of this title, or of the Internal Revenue Code to the contrary, this subsection shall control calculation of depreciation of assets placed into service after December 31, 1981, and before January 1, 1983. For assets placed in service and held by a corporation in which accelerated cost recovery system was previously disallowed, an adjustment to taxable income is required in the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 1982, to reconcile the basis of such assets to the basis allowed in the I nternal Revenue Code. The purpose of this adjustment is to equalize the basis and allowance for depreciation accounts between that reported to the Internal Revenue Service and that reported to Oklahoma. 2. For tax years beginn ing on or after January 1, 2 009, and ending on or before December 31, 2009, there shall be added to Oklahoma taxable income any amount in excess of One Hundred Seventy - five Thousand Dollars ($175, 000.00) which has been deducted as a Req. No. 2346 Page 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 small business expense under Internal Revenue Code, Section 179 as provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. C. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1987, the taxable income of any c orporation shall be further adjusted to arrive at Oklahoma taxable income for transfers of technology to qualified small businesses located in Oklahoma . Such transferor corporation shall be allowed an exemption from taxable income of an amount equal to the amount of royalty payment received as a result of such transfer; provided, however, su ch amount shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of gross proceeds received by such transferor corporation as a result of the technology transfer . Such exemption shall be allowed for a period no t to exceed ten (10) y ears from the date of receipt of the first royalty payment accruing from such transfer. No exemption may be claimed for transfers of technology to qualified small businesses made prior to January 1, 1988. 2. For purposes of this sub section: a. “Qualified small business” means an entity, whether organized as a corporation, partnership, or proprietorship, organized for profit with its principal place of business located within this state and which meets the following criteria: (1) Capitalization of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), Req. No. 2346 Page 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (2) Having at least fifty percent (50%) of its employees and assets located in Oklahoma at the time of the transfer, and (3) Not a subsidiary or affiliate of the transferor corporation; b. “Technology” means a proprietary process , formula, pattern, device or compilation of scientific or technical information which is not in the public domain; c. “Transferor corporation ” means a corporation whic h is the exclusive and undisputed own er of the technology at the time the transfer is ma de; and d. “Gross proceeds” means the total amount of consideration for the transfer of technology, whether the consideration is in money or otherwise. D. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31 , 2005, the taxable income of any corporation, esta te or trust, shall be further adjusted for qualifying gains receiving capital treatment . Such corporations, estates or trusts shall be allowed a deduction from Oklahoma taxable income for the amount of qu alifying gains receiving capital treatment earned b y the corporation, estate or trust during the taxable year and included in the federal taxable income of such corporation, estate or trust. 2. As used in this subsecti on: Req. No. 2346 Page 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 a. “qualifying gains receiving ca pital treatment” means the amount of net capital ga ins, as defined in Section 1222(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, included in the federal income tax return of the corporation, estate or trust that result from: (1) the sale of real property or tangible p ersonal property located within Oklahoma that has b een directly or indirectly owned by the corporation, estate or trust for a holding period of at least five (5) years prior to the date of the transaction from which suc h net capital gains arise, (2) the sale of stock or on the sale of an ownership interest in an Oklahoma company, limited liability company, or partnership where such stock or ownership interest has been directly or indirectly owned by the corporation, esta te or trust for a holding period of a t least three (3) years prior to the date of the tr ansaction from which the net capital gains arise, or (3) the sale of real property, tangible personal property or intangible personal property located within Oklahoma as part of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of an Oklahoma Req. No. 2346 Page 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 company, limited liability company, or partnership where such property has been directly or indirectly owned by such entity owned by the owners of such entity, and used in or deriv ed from such entity for a period of a t least three (3) years prior to the date of the tr ansaction from which the net capital gains arise, b. “holding period” means an uninterrupted period of time. The holding period shall include any additional period when the property was held by another individual or entity, if such additional period is included in the taxpayer’s holding period for the asset pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, c. “Oklahoma company”, “limited liability company ”, or “partnership” means an entity whose primary headquarters have been located in Oklahoma for at least three (3) uninterrupted years prior to the date of the transaction from which the net capital gains arise, d. “direct” means the taxpayer directly owns the asset, and e. “indirect” means the taxpayer owns an inter est in a pass-through entity (or chain of pass -through Req. No. 2346 Page 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 entities) that sells the asset that gives rise to the qualifying gains receiving capital treatment. (1) With respect to sales of real property or tangible personal property located within Oklahoma, the deduction described in this subsection shall not a pply unless the pass- through entity that makes the sale has held the property for not less than five (5) uninterrupted years prior to the date of the transaction that created the capital gain, and each pas s-through entity included in the chain of ownership has been a member, partner, or shareholder of the pass-through entity in the tier immediately below it for an uninterrupted period of not less than five (5) years. (2) With respect to sales of stock or ow nership interest in or sales of all or substantiall y all of the assets of an Oklahoma company, limited liability company, or partnership, the deduction described in this subsection shall not apply unless the pass-through entity that makes the sale has held the stock or ownership interest or the assets for not less than three (3) uninterrupted years prior to the date of the Req. No. 2346 Page 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 transaction that created the capital gain, and each pass-through entity included in the chain of ownership has been a member, partner or shareholder of the pass -through entity in the tier immediately below it for an uninterrupted period of not less than three (3) years. E. The Oklahoma adjusted gross income of any individual taxpayer shall be further a djusted as follows to arrive at Oklah oma taxable income: 1. a. In the case of individual s, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow personal exemptions of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in lieu of the person al exemptions allowed by the Internal Revenue Code. b. There shall be allowed an additio nal exemption of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each taxpayer or spouse who is blind at the close of the tax year . For purposes of this subparagraph, an individu al is blind only if the central visu al acuity of the individual does not exceed 20/200 i n the better eye with correcting lenses, or if the visual acuity of the individual is greater than 20/200, but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision su ch that the Req. No. 2346 Page 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 widest diameter of the v isual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees. c. There shall be allowed an additional exemption of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each taxpayer or spouse who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the close of the tax year based upon the filing status and federal adjusted gro ss income of the taxpayer. Taxpayers with the following filing status may claim this exemption if the federal adjusted gross income does not exceed: (1) Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) if married and filing jointly; (2) Twelve Thousand Five Hund red Dollars ($12,500.00) if married and filing separately; (3) Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) if single; and (4) Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) if a qualifying head of household. Provided, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, amounts included in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income pursuant to the conversion of a traditional individual retirement account to a Roth individual ret irement account shall be excluded from federal adjusted gross income for Req. No. 2346 Page 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 purposes of the income thresholds provided in this subparagraph. 2. a. For taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2005, in the case of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may b e, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to the larger of fifteen percent (15%) of the Ok lahoma adjusted gross income or One Thousand Dollars ($1,00 0.00), but not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), except that in the case of a married individual filing a separate return such deduction shall be the larger o f fifteen percent (15%) of such Oklahoma adjusted gross income or Five Hundred Dollars ( $500.00), but not to exceed the maximum amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, and before January 1, 20 07, in the case of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable inc ome, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard Req. No. 2346 Page 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 deduction allowed by the Inter nal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to: (1) Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), if the filing status is married filing joint, head of household or qualifying widow; or (2) Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), if the filing status is single or married filing separate. c. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2007, and ending December 31, 2007, in the case of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference nece ssary to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to: (1) Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00), if the filing status is married filing joint or qualifying widow; or (2) Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($4,125.00) for a head of household; or (3) Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,750.00), if the filing status is single or married filing separate. d. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2008, and ending December 31, 2008, in the case of individuals Req. No. 2346 Page 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard ded uction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to: (1) Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00), if the filing status is married filing joint or qualifying widow, or (2) Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy -five Dollars ($4,875.00) for a head of household, or (3) Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($3,250.00), if the filing status is single or married filing separate. e. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009, in the case of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deduc ted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equ al to: (1) Eight Thousand Five Hundre d Dollars ($8,500.00), if the filing status is marr ied filing joint or qualifying widow, or Req. No. 2346 Page 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (2) Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy -five Dollars ($6,375.00) for a head of household, or (3) Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($4,250.00), if the filing s tatus is single or married filing separate. Oklahoma adjusted gross income shall be increased by any amounts paid for motor vehicle excise taxes which were deducted as allowed by the Internal Revenue Code. f. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 2016, in the c ase of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction equal to the st andard deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Co de, based upon the amount and filing status prescribed by such Code for purposes of filing federal individual income tax returns. g. For taxable years beginning on or a fter January 1, 2017, in the case of individuals who use the standard deduction in determining taxable income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in Req. No. 2346 Page 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 lieu of the standard deduction al lowed by the Internal Revenue Code, as follows: (1) Six Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dol lars ($6,350.00) for single or married filing separately, (2) Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($12,700.00) for married filing jointly or qualifying widower with d ependent child, and (3) Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($9,350.00) for head o f household. 3. a. In the case of resident and part -year resident individuals having adjusted gross income from sources both within and without the state, the itemized or standard deductions and personal e xemptions shall be reduced to an amount which is th e same portion of the total thereof as Oklahoma adjusted gross income is of adjusted gross income . To the extent itemized deductions include allowable moving expense, proration of moving expense shall not be required or permitted but allowable moving expe nse shall be fully deductible for those taxpayers moving within or into Oklahoma and no part of moving expense shall be deductible for those taxpayers moving without or out of Oklahoma. All other itemized or standard deductions and personal Req. No. 2346 Page 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 exemptions shall be subject to proration as provided by law. b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the net amount of itemized deductions allowable on an Oklahoma income tax return, subject to the provisions of paragraph 24 of this subsection, shall not exceed Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) . For purposes of this subparagraph, charitable contributions and medical expenses deductible for federal income tax purposes shall be excluded from the amount of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) a s specified by this subparagraph. 4. A resident individual with a physical disability constituting a substantial handicap to employment may deduct from Oklahoma adjusted gross income such expenditures to modify a motor vehicle, home or workplace as are ne cessary to compensate for his or her handicap. A veteran certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the federal government as having a service -connected disability shall be conclusively presumed t o be an individual with a physical disability const ituting a substantial handicap to employment. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules containing a list of combinations of common disabilities and modifications whic h may be presumed to qualify for this deduction. The Tax Commission shall prescribe necessary requirements for verification. Req. No. 2346 Page 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5. a. Before July 1, 2010, the first One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) received by any person from the United States a s salary or compensation in any form, other than retirement benefits, as a member of any component of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be deducted from taxable income. b. On or after July 1, 2010, one hundred percent (100%) of the income receive d by any person from the United States as salary or compensation in any form, other than retirement benefits, as a member of any component of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be deducted from taxable income. c. Whenever the filing of a timely in come tax return by a member of the Armed Forces of the United States is made impracticable or impossible of accomplishment by reason of: (1) absence from the United States, which term includes only the states and the District of Columbia; (2) absence from the State of Oklahoma this state while on active duty; or (3) confinement in a hospital within the United States for treatment of wounds, injuries or disease, Req. No. 2346 Page 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the time for filing a return and paying an income tax shall be and is hereby extended without incu rring liability for interest or pena lties, to the fifteenth day of the third month foll owing the month in whic h: (a) Such individual shall return to the United States if the extension is granted pursuant to subparagraph a of this paragraph, return to the State of Oklahoma this state if the extension is granted pu rsuant to subparagraph b of this paragraph or be discharged from such hospital if the extension is granted pursuant to subparagraph c of this paragraph; or (b) An executor, administrator, or conserv ator of the estate of the taxpayer is appointed, whichever event occurs the earliest. Provided, that the Tax Commission m ay, in its discretion, grant any member of the Armed Forces of the United States an extension of time for filing of income tax returns and payment of income tax without incurring liabilities fo r interest or penalties . Such extension may be granted only wh en in the judgment of the Tax Commission a good cause exists therefor and may be for a period in excess of six (6) months . A record of every such extension granted, and the reason therefor, sh all be kept. Req. No. 2346 Page 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6. Before July 1, 2010, the salary or any other f orm of compensation, received from the United States by a member of any component of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be deducted from taxable income during the time in which the pe rson is detained by the enemy in a conflict, is a prisoner of w ar or is missing in action and not deceased; provided, after July 1, 2010, all such salary or compensation shall be subject to the dedu ction as provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsecti on. 7. a. An individual taxpayer, whether resident or nonresident, may deduct an amount equal to the federal income taxes paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year. b. Federal taxes as described in subparagraph a of this paragraph shall be deductible by any individual taxpayer, whether resident or nonresident, only to the extent they relate to income subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act. The maximum amount allowable in the preceding paragraph shall be prorated on the ratio of the Oklahoma adjusted gross income to federal adj usted gross income. c. For the purpose of this paragraph, “federal income taxes paid” shall mean federal income taxes, surtaxes imposed on incomes or excess profits taxes, as though Req. No. 2346 Page 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the taxpayer was on the accrual basis . In determining the amount of deduction for federal income taxes for tax year 2001, the amount of the deduction shall not be adjusted by the amount of any accelerated ten percent (10%) tax rate bracket credit or advanced refund of the credit received during the tax year provided pursuant to the federal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, P.L. No. 107 - 16, and the advanced refund of such credit shall n ot be subject to taxation. d. The provisions of this parag raph shall apply to all taxable years ending after December 31, 1978, and beginning before January 1, 2006. 8. Retirement benefits not to exceed Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00) for t he 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7, 500.00) for the 2005 tax year and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the 2006 tax year and all subsequent tax years, which are received by an individual from the civil service of the United States, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, the employee retirement systems created by counties pursuant to Section 951 et seq. of Tit le 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, th e Req. No. 2346 Page 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Retirement Plan, or the employee retirement systems created by municipalities pursuant to Sectio n 48- 101 et seq. of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from taxable income. 9. In taxable years beginning after Decembe r 3l, 1984, Social Security benefits received by an indivi dual shall be exempt from taxable income, to the extent such be nefits are included in the federal adjusted gross income pursuant to the provisions of Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S. C., Section 86. 10. For taxable years beginning after Dec ember 31, 1994, lump - sum distributions from employer plans of d eferred compensation, which are not qualified plans within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Secti on 401(a), and which are deposited in and accounted for wi thin a separate bank account or brokerage account in a financia l institution within this state, shall be excluded from taxable income in the same manner as a qualifying rollover contribution to an i ndividual retirement account within the meaning of Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 408. Amounts withdrawn from such bank or brokerage account, including any earnings thereon, shall be included in taxable income when withdrawn in the same manner as withdrawals from Req. No. 2346 Page 41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 individual retirement accounts within the meanin g of Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code. 11. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995, contributions made to and interest received from a medical saving s account established pursuant to Sections 2621 through 26 23 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from ta xable income. 12. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, the Oklahoma adjusted gross income of any individual taxpayer w ho is a swine or poultry producer may be further adjusted for the deduction for depreciation allowed for new construction or expansion costs which may be computed using the same depreciation method elected for federal income tax purposes except that the us eful life shall be seven (7) years for purposes of this pa ragraph. If depreciation is allowed as a deduction in determin ing the adjusted gross income of an individual, any depreciation calculated and claimed pursuant to this section shall in no event be a duplication of any depreciation allowed or permitted on t he federal income tax return of the individual. 13. a. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2002, nonrecurring adoption expenses paid by a resident individual taxpayer in connection with: (1) the adoption of a minor, or (2) a proposed adoption of a minor which did not result in a decreed adoption, Req. No. 2346 Page 42 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 may be deducted from the Oklahoma adjusted gross income. b. The deductions for adoptions and proposed adoptions authorized by this paragraph shall not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per calen dar year. c. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to imple ment the provisions of this paragraph which shall contain a specific list of nonrecurring adoption expenses which may be presumed to qu alify for the deducti on. The Tax Commission shall prescri be necessary requirements for verification. d. “Nonrecurring adoption expenses” means adoption fees, court costs, medical expenses, attorney fees and expenses which are directly related to the lega l process of adoption of a child including, but not limited to, costs relating to the ad option study, health and psycholog ical examinations, transportation and reasonable costs of lodging and food for the child or adoptive parents which are incurred to com plete the adoption process and are not reimbursed by other sources. The term “nonrecurring adoption expenses ” shall not include attorney fees incurred for the purpose of litigating a contested adoption, from and after the point of the initiation of the co ntest, Req. No. 2346 Page 43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 costs associated with physical remodeling, renovatio n and alteration of the adopt ive parents’ home or property, except for a special needs child as authorized by the court. 14. a. In taxable years beginning before January 1, 2005, retirement benefits not to exceed the am ounts specified in this paragraph, wh ich are received by an individual sixty-five (65) years of age or older and whose Oklahoma adjusted gross income is Twenty -five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or less if the filing status is single, head of household, or married filing separate, or Fifty Th ousand Dollars ($50,000.00) o r less if the filing status is mar ried filing joint or qualifying widow, shall be exempt from taxable income . In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, retirement benefits not to exceed the amounts specified in this paragraph, which are received by an individual whose Oklahoma a djusted gross income is less than the qualifying amount specified in this paragraph, shall be exempt from taxable income. b. For purposes of this paragraph, the qualifying amount shall be as follows: (1) in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, and prior to January 1, 2007, the Req. No. 2346 Page 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 qualifying amount shall be Thirty -seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($37,500.00) or less if the filing status is single, head of household, or married filing separate, or Seventy -five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) or les s if the filing status is married filing jointly or qualifying widow, (2) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2007, the qualifying amount shall be Fift y Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or le ss if the filing status is single, head of household, or marrie d filing separate, or One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less if the filing status is married filing jointly or qualify ing widow, (3) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2008, the qualifying amount shall be Sixty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($62,500.00) or less if the filing status is single, head of household, or married filing separate, or One Hundred Twenty - five Thousand Dollars ($125 ,000.00) or less if the filing status is married filing jointly or qualifying widow, (4) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2009, the qualifying amount shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less if the Req. No. 2346 Page 45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 filing status is single, head o f household, or married filing separa te, or Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) or less if th e filing status is married filing jointly or qualifying widow, and (5) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2010, and subsequent taxable years, there sh all be no limitation upon the qualify ing amount. c. For purposes of this paragraph, “retirement benefits” means the total distributions or withdrawals from the following: (1) an employee pension benefit plan which satisfies the requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S. C., Section 401, (2) an eligible deferred compensation plan tha t satisfies the requirements of Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 457, (3) an individual retirem ent account, annuity or trust or simplified employee pension that satisfies the requirements of Sec tion 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 408, (4) an employee annuity subject to the provisions of Section 403(a) or (b) of the Internal Re venue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 403 (a) or (b), Req. No. 2346 Page 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (5) United States Retirem ent Bonds which satisfy the requirements of Section 86 of the I nternal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 86, or (6) lump-sum distributions from a retirement plan which satisfies the re quirements of Section 402(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 402(e). d. The amount of the exemption provided by this pa ragraph shall be limited to Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00) for the 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the 20 05 tax year and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the tax year 2006 and for all subsequent tax y ears. Any individual who claims the exemption provided for in paragraph 8 of this subsection shall not be permitted to claim a combined total exemption pur suant to this paragraph and paragraph 8 of this subsection in an a mount exceeding Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00) for the 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the 2005 tax ye ar and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000. 00) for the 2006 tax year and all subsequent tax years. 15. In taxable years beginning after Decemb er 31, 1999, for an individual engaged in production agriculture who has filed a Req. No. 2346 Page 47 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Schedule F form with the taxpayer ’s federal income tax return for such taxable year, there shall be excluded fro m taxable income any amount which was included as federal taxab le income or federal adjusted gross income and which consists of the discharge of an obligation by a creditor of the t axpayer incurred to finance the production of agricultural products. 16. In taxable years beginning Dec ember 31, 2000, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of any scholarship or stipend received from participation in the Oklahoma P olice Corps Program, as established in Section 2-140.3 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exem pt from taxable income. 17. a. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2005, there shall be allowed a deduction in the amount of contributions to accounts established pursuant to the Oklahoma C ollege Savings Plan Act. The deduction shall equal the amount of contributions to accounts, but in no event shall the deduction for each contributor exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) each taxable yea r for each account. b. In taxable years beginning after December 3 1, 2004, each taxpayer shall be al lowed a deduction for contributions to accounts established pursuant to the Oklahoma College Savings Plan Act . The maximum annual Req. No. 2346 Page 48 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 deduction shall equal the amount of contributions to all such accounts plus any contributio ns to such accounts by the taxpaye r for prior taxable years after December 31, 2004, which were not deducted, but in no event shall the deduction for each tax year exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each individual taxpayer or Twenty Thousand Dol lars ($20,000.00) for taxpayers filing a joint return. Any amount of a contribution that is not deducted by the taxpayer in the year for which the c ontribution is made may be carried forward as a deduction from income for the succeeding five (5) years . For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, deductions may be taken for contributions and rollovers made during a taxable year and up to Apri l 15 of the succeedi ng year, or the due date of a taxpayer’s state income tax return, excluding extensions, whichever is later. Provided, a deduction for the same contribution may not be taken for two (2) different taxable years. c. In taxable years begi nning after December 31, 2006, deductions for contributions made pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragrap h shall be limited as follows: Req. No. 2346 Page 49 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (1) for a taxpayer who qualified for the five -year carryforward election and who takes a rollover or nonqualified withdrawal during that p eriod, the tax deduction otherwise available pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragra ph shall be reduced by the amount which is equal to the rollover or nonqualified withdrawal, and (2) for a taxpayer who elects to take a rollover or nonqualified withdra wal within the same t ax year in which a contribution was m ade to the taxpayer’s account, the tax deduction otherwise available pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragraph shall be reduced by the amount of the contribution which is e qual to the rollover or nonqualified withdra wal. d. If a taxpayer elects to take a rollover on a contribution for which a deduction has been tak en pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragraph within one (1) year of the date of contribution, the amount of such rollover shall be i ncluded in the adjust ed gross income of the taxpayer in th e taxable year of the rollover. e. If a taxpayer makes a nonqua lified withdrawal of contributions for which a deduction was taken pursuant Req. No. 2346 Page 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 to subparagraph b of this paragrap h, such nonqualified withdrawal and any earnin gs thereon shall be included in the adjusted gross income of the t axpayer in the taxable year of the nonqualified withdrawal. f. As used in this paragraph: (1) “non-qualified withdrawal ” means a withdrawal from an Oklahoma College Savi ngs Plan account other than one of the following: (a) a qualified withdrawal, (b) a withdrawal made as a result of the de ath or disability of the designated beneficiary of an account, (c) a withdrawal that is made on the accou nt of a scholarship or the all owance or payment described in Section 135(d)(1)(B) or (C) or by the Internal Revenue C ode, received by the designated beneficiary to the extent the amount of the refund does not exceed the amount of the scholarship, allowance , or payment, or (d) a rollover or change of design ated beneficiary as permitted by subs ection F of Section 3970.7 of Title 70 of Oklahoma Statutes, and Req. No. 2346 Page 51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (2) “rollover” means the transfer of funds from the Oklahoma College Savings Plan to any other plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. 18. For taxable years beginning after Dece mber 31, 2005 tax years 2006 through 2022, retirement benefits received by an individual from any component of the Armed Forces of the United States in an amount not to exceed the greater of se venty-five percent (75%) of such benefits or Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) shall be exempt from taxable income but in no case less than the amount of the exemption provided by paragraph 14 of this subsection. For tax year 2022 and subsequent tax years, ret irement benefits received by an individual from any compon ent of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be exempt from taxable income. 19. For taxable years beginning after Dec ember 31, 2006, retirement benefits received by federal civi l service retirees, including survivor annuities, paid in lieu of Social Security benefits shall be exempt from taxable income to the extent such benefits are included in the federal adjusted gros s income pursuant to the provisions of Section 86 of the Int ernal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 86, according to the following sc hedule: a. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2007, twenty percent (20%) of such benefits shall be exempt, b. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2008, forty percent (40%) of such benefits shall be exempt, Req. No. 2346 Page 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 c. in the taxable year beginning Januar y 1, 2009, sixty percent (60%) of such benefits shall be exempt, d. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2010, eight y percent (80%) of such benefits shall be exempt, and e. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2 011, and subsequent taxable years, on e hundred percent (100% ) of such benefits shall be exempt. 20. a. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, a resident individual may deduct up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from Oklahoma adjusted gros s income if the individual, or the de pendent of the individual, while living, donates one or more human organs of the individual to another human being for human organ transplantation . As used in this paragraph, “human organ” means all or part of a liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, o r bone marrow. A deduction that is claimed under this paragraph may be claimed in the taxable year in which the human organ transplantation occurs. b. An individual may claim this ded uction only once, and the deduction may be claimed only for unreimbursed expenses that are incu rred by the individual and related to the organ donation of the individual. Req. No. 2346 Page 53 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 c. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this paragraph which shall contain a specific list of expenses which may be presumed to qualify for the deduction. The Tax Commission shall prescribe necessary requirements for verification. 21. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, there shall be exempt from taxable income any amount received by the beneficiary of the death benefit for an emergency medical technician or a registered emergency medical responder provided by Section 1- 2505.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 22. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, taxable income shall be inc reased by any unemploym ent compensation exempted under Section 85(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 85(c)(2009). 23. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2 008, there shall be exempt from tax able income any payment in an amount less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) received by a person as an award for participation in a competitive lives tock show event. For purposes of this paragraph, the payment shall be treated as a scholarship amount pai d by the entity sponsoring the event and the sponsoring entity shall cause the payment to be categorized as a scholarship in its books and records. Req. No. 2346 Page 54 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, taxable income shall be increased by any amoun t of state and local sales or income taxes deducted under 26 U.S.C., Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code . If the amount of state and local taxe s deducted on the federal return is limited, taxable income on the state return shall be increased only by the amount actually deducted after any such limitations are applied. 25. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, each taxpayer shall be allowed a deduction for contributions to accounts established pursuant to the Achieving a Better Life Expe rience (ABLE) Program as established in Section 4001.1 et se q. of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes . For any tax year, the deduction provided for in this paragraph shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for an individual taxpayer or Twenty Tho usand Dollars ($20,000.00) for taxpay ers filing a joint retu rn. Any amount of contribution not deducted by the taxpayer in the tax year for which the contribution is made may be carried forward as a deduction from income for up to five (5) tax years. Deductions may be taken for contributions made during the tax y ear and through April 15 of the succeeding tax year, or through the due date of a taxpay er’s state income tax return excluding extensions, whichever is later. Provided, a deduction for the same co ntribution may not be taken in more than one (1) tax year. Req. No. 2346 Page 55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 F. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, a deduction from the Oklaho ma adjusted gross income of any individual taxpayer shall be allowed for q ualifying gains receiving capital treatment that are included in the fe deral adjusted gross inc ome of such individual taxpayer during the taxable year. 2. As used in this subsectio n: a. “qualifying gains receiving capital treatment ” means the amount of net capital gains, as defined in Sect ion 1222(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, included in an individual taxpayer’s federal income tax return that result from: (1) the sale of real property or tangible personal property located within Oklahoma that has been directly or indirectly owned by th e individual taxpayer for a holding period of at least five (5) years prior to the date of the transaction from which such net capital gains ari se, (2) the sale of stock or the sale of a direct or indirect ownership inter est in an Oklahoma company, limited liability company, or partnership where such stock or owner ship interest has been directly or indirectly owned by the individual taxpayer for a holding period of at least two (2) years prior to the date of the Req. No. 2346 Page 56 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 transaction from which the net capital gains arise, or (3) the sale of real prope rty, tangible personal property or intangible personal property located within Oklahoma as part of the sal e of all or substantially all of the assets of an Oklahoma company, limited lia bility company, or partnership or an Oklahoma proprietorship business enterprise where such pro perty has been directly or indirectly owned by such entity or business enterprise or owned by the owners of such entity or business enterprise for a period of at least two (2) years prior to the d ate of the transaction from which th e net capital gains arise, b. “holding period” means an uninterrupted period of time. The holding period shall include any additional period when the property was held by another individual or entity, if such additional period is included in the taxpayer ’s holding period for the asset pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, c. “Oklahoma company,” “limited liability company,” or “partnership” means an entity whose primary headquarters have been located in Oklahoma for at Req. No. 2346 Page 57 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 least three (3) uninterrupted years p rior to the date of the transaction from which the net capital gains arise, d. “direct” means the individual taxpayer directly owns the asset, e. “indirect” means the individual taxpaye r owns an interest in a pass-through entity (or chain of pass- through entities) that sells the asset that gives rise to the qualifying gains receiving capital treatment. (1) With respect to sales of real property or tangible personal property located withi n Oklahoma, the deduction described in this subsection shall not apply unless the pass- through entity that makes the sale has held the property for not less than five (5) u ninterrupted years prior to the date of the transaction that created the capital gai n, and each pass-through entity included in the chain of ownership has been a member, partner, or shareholder of the pass-through entity in the tier immediately below it for an uninterrupted period of not less than five (5) years. (2) With respect to sales of stock or ownership interest in or sales of all or substantially all Req. No. 2346 Page 58 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of the assets of an Okl ahoma company, limited liability company, partnership or Oklahoma proprietorship business enterprise, the deduction described in this subsection shall not apply unless the pass-through entity that makes the sale has held the stock o r ownership interest for not less than two (2) uninterrupted years prior to the date of the transact ion that created the capital gain, and each pass -through entity included in the chain of ownership has been a member, partner or shareholder of the pass- through entity in the tier immediately below it for an uninterrupted period of not less than two (2) years. For purposes of this division, uninterrupted ownership prior to July 1, 2007, shall be included in the determinati on of the required holding period pr escribed by this division, and f. “Oklahoma proprietorship business enterprise ” means a business enterprise whose income and expenses have been reported on Schedule C or F of an individ ual taxpayer’s federal income tax r eturn, or any similar successor schedule published by the In ternal Revenue Service and whose primary headquarters have been Req. No. 2346 Page 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 located in Oklahoma for at least three (3) uninterrupted years prior to the date of the transaction from which the net capital gains arise. G. 1. For purposes of comp uting its Oklahoma taxab le income under this section, the dividends -paid deduction otherwise allow ed by federal law in computing net income of a real estate investment trust that is subject to federal income tax shall be added back in computing the tax imp osed by this state under this title if the real estate investment trust is a captive real estate i nvestment trust. 2. For purposes of computing its Oklahoma taxable income under this section, a taxpayer shall add back o therwise deductible rents and interest expenses paid to a ca ptive real estate investment trust that is not subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection. As used in this subsection: a. the term “real estate investment trust” or “REIT” means the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code, b. the term “captive real estate investment trust ” means a real estate investment trust, the shares or beneficial interests of which are not r egularly traded on an established securities market and more than fifty percent (50%) of the vo ting power or value of the beneficial interests or shares of which are owned Req. No. 2346 Page 60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 or controlled, directly or indirectly, or constructively, by a single entity that is : (1) treated as an association tax able as a corporation under the Inte rnal Revenue Code, and (2) not exempt from federal income tax pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The term shall not include a real estate investm ent trust that is intended to be re gularly traded on an established securities market, and that satisfies the requirements of Section 856(a)(5) and (6) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code by reason of Section 856(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, c. the term “association taxable as a corpor ation” shall not include the followi ng entities: (1) any real estate investment trust as defined in paragraph a of this subsec tion other than a “captive real estate investment trust ”, or (2) any qualified real estate inve stment trust subsidiary under Secti on 856(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, other than a qualifi ed REIT subsidiary of a “captive real estate investment trust”, or Req. No. 2346 Page 61 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (3) any Listed Australian Property Trust (meaning an Australian unit trust registered as a “Managed Investment Scheme” under the Australian Corporations Act in which the principal class of units is listed on a recognized stock exchange in Australia and is regularly traded on an established securities market), or an entity organized as a trust, prov ided that a Listed Australian Property Trust owns or controls, directly or indirectly, seventy -five percent (75%) or more of the voting power or value of the beneficial interests or shares of such trust, or (4) any Qualified Foreign Entity, meaning a corporation, trust, association or partn ership organized outside the laws of the United States and which satisfies the following criteria: (a) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the entity’s total asset value at the close of its taxable year is represented by real estate assets, as defined i n Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the Intern al Revenue Code, thereby including shares or certificates of beneficial interest in an y real estate Req. No. 2346 Page 62 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 investment trust, cash and cash equivalents, and U.S. Government securities, (b) the entity receives a dividend-paid deduction comparable to Section 561 of the Internal Revenue Cod e, or is exempt from entity level tax, (c) the entity is required to distribute at least eighty-five percent (85%) of its taxable income, as computed in the jurisdiction in which it is organized, to the holders of its shares or cert ificates of beneficial interest on an annual basis, (d) not more than ten percent ( 10%) of the voting power or value in such entity is held directly or indirectly or constructively by a single entity or individual, or th e shares or beneficial interests of such entity are regularly traded on an established securities market, and (e) the entity is organized in a country which has a tax treaty with the United States. 3. For purposes of this subsection, the constructive owne rship rules of Section 318(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall apply in Req. No. 2346 Page 63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 determining the ownership of stock, assets, or net profits of any person. 4. A real estate investment trust that does not become regularly traded on an e stablished securities ma rket within one (1) year of the date on which it first b ecomes a real estate investment trust shall be deemed not to have been regularly traded on an established securities market, retroactive to the date it first became a real estate investment trust, and shall file an amended return reflecting such retroactiv e designation for any tax year or part year occurring during its initial year of status as a real estate investment trust. For purposes of this subsection, a real estate investment trust becomes a re al estate investment trust on the first day it has both met the requirements of Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code and has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust pursuant to Section 856(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. 58-2-2346 QD 1/20/2022 7:17:08 PM