GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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SENATE BILL 605
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Short Title: Various Changes to the Revenue Laws. |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Rucho, Rabon, and Tillman (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
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March 30, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make various changes to the revenue laws.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 105‑153.5(b) is amended by adding the following new subdivisions to read:
"(b) Other Deductions. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer may deduct from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income any of the following items that are included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income:
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(10) The amount added to federal taxable income under section 108(8)(1) of the Code. This deduction applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
(11) The amount claimed under section 67(b)(9) of the Code related to when a taxpayer restores a substantial amount held under claim of right, less (i) the limitation provided under section 67(a) of the Code minus (ii) all other items deductible under section 67(b) of the Code, not to exceed the limitation provided under section 67(a) of the Code."
SECTION 1.(b) This section becomes effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 105‑153.5(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(c) Additions. – In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer must add to the taxpayer's adjusted gross income any of the following items that are not included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income:
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(6) The amount of net operating loss carried to and deducted on the federal return but not absorbed in that year and carried forward to a subsequent year."
SECTION 2.(b) This section becomes effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.
SECTION 3. G.S. 105‑163.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑163.1. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
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(6) Individual. – Defined in G.S. 105‑134.1.G.S. 105‑153.3.
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(13) Wages. – The term has the same meaning as in section
3401 of the Code except it does not include the either of the
following:
a. The amount of severance wages paid to an
employee during the taxable year that is exempt from State income tax for that
taxable year under G.S. 105‑134.6(b)(11).
b. The amount an employer pays an
employee as reimbursement for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by the
employee on behalf of the employer and in the furtherance of the business of
the employer.
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SECTION 4.(a) G.S. 105‑130.4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(s2) All apportionable income of a business in couriers and express delivery services industry group 4921 as defined by NAICS shall be apportioned by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the following two amounts: (i) the service's revenues from business carried on within this State from sources other than courier and package delivery services and (ii) the service's revenues from courier and package delivery services derived from business carried on within this State. The denominator of the fraction is the service's total sales revenue during the taxable year. The service's revenues from courier and package delivery services derived from business carried on within this State shall be computed by multiplying the service's total revenues from courier and package delivery services by the percentage of the service's total pickups and deliveries taking place in this State."
SECTION 4.(b) This section becomes effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
SECTION 5. G.S. 105‑164.3(44) reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑164.3. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
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(44) Storage. – The keeping or retention in this State
for any purpose, except sale in the regular course of business, of tangible
personal property or digital property purchased from a retailer. The term
does not include a purchaser's storage of tangible personal property or digital
property in any of the following circumstances:
a. When the purchaser is able to document
that at the time the purchaser acquires the property the property is designated
for the purchaser's use outside the State and the purchaser subsequently takes
it outside the State and uses it solely outside the State.
b. When the purchaser acquires the property
to process, fabricate, manufacture, or otherwise incorporate it into or attach
it to other property for the purchaser's use outside the State and, after
incorporating or attaching the purchased property, the purchaser subsequently
takes the other property outside the State and uses it solely outside the
State."
SECTION 6. G.S. 105‑242.2(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Statute of Limitations. – The period of
limitations for assessing a responsible person for unpaid taxes under this
section expires the later of (i) one year after the expiration of the
period of limitations for assessing the business entity.entity or (ii)
one year after a tax becomes collectible under G.S. 105‑241.22(4),
(5), or (6)."
SECTION 7. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.