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I. Investment in Tangible Properties in North Carolina Base (G.S.
105-122(d))
- Basis For the Investment Base
This base includes the original purchase price less reserve for
depreciation permitted for income tax purposes of all tangible
property, including real estate located in North Carolina at the
end of the income year immediately preceding the due date of the
return.
- What is Includable in the Investment Base (Section .1302)
Include all tangible assets located in North Carolina at original
purchase price less reserve for depreciation permitted for income
tax purposes. In addition to the types of property listed in the
schedule, include all other tangible property owned such as supplies
and tools. Typical items of tangible property would include: inventory
(valued at actual cost or by method consistent with the actual
flow of goods), consigned inventories to be included by consignor,
machinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures, containers, tools
and supplies, land, buildings, leasehold improvements, and all
other tangible assets.
- Treatment of Construction in Progress (Section .1303)
Construction in progress is excluded from this base only if such
property is not owned by the corporation filing the return.
- Indebtedness Deduction
- A deduction from the tangible property base is allowed for
existing indebtedness incurred in the purchase or permanent
improvement of real estate. The deductible amount cannot exceed
the book value (cost less depreciation) of the real estate
acquired or improvements made. Indebtedness incurred in the
purchase of personal property is not deductible even though
the funds borrowed may have been secured by a lien against
real estate.
- Indebtedness owed to a parent, subsidiary or affiliated
corporation constitutes a part of the debtor corporation's
capital and therefore, cannot be deducted from the tangible
property tax base (except to the extent explained below) even
though such indebtedness was incurred in the purchase or permanent
improvement of real estate. The extent to which such indebtedness
can be deducted is the amount of the total debt excluded by
the debtor corporation from its capital stock, surplus and
undivided profits tax base by application of the creditor
corporation's borrowed capital ratio.
Example: ABC Corporation owes its parent, XYZ Corporation,
$300,000, which it borrowed for the purchase of real estate.
XYZ's borrowed capital from non-affiliated sources is $500,000
and its assets total $750,000. Assuming ABC Corporation owns
no other tangible property, its tangible property base would
be computed as follows:
| Investment in real estate |
$300,000 |
Deductible indebtedness:
XYZ's borrowed capital
XYZ'S total assets
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$500,000
$750,000 x $300,000 = |
$200,000 |
| Net tangible property base |
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$100,000 |
- When real estate and personal property are acquired at a
lump sum price and the specific amount of indebtedness applicable
to each type of property cannot be determined, the deductible
amount is the proportion of the total amount that the cost
assigned to the real estate bears to the total cost of the
properties.
Example: ABC Corporation, which operates on a calendar-year
basis, purchased an entire plant for $1,000,000, paying $100,000
down and giving a mortgage for the balance. Costs were allocated
to specific assets as follows:
| Land |
$ 50,000 |
| Building |
300,000 |
| Machinery and other personal property |
650,000 |
| Total purchase price |
$1,000,000 |
As of December 31, 2001 the balance owed on the mortgage was
$850,000. The amount of indebtedness deductible from total
investment in tangible properties on the return due on March
15, 2002 would be computed as follows:
| Total cost of land and building |
$ 350,000 |
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| Total cost of plant |
$1,000,000 |
x $850,000 = $297,500 |
No interest accrued on the mortgage would be deductible or
used in the computation.
- Refinancing of a Loan (Section .1306)
When an existing loan incurred in the purchase or improvement
of real estate is refinanced and additional funds are secured
and spent for purposes other than the purchase or improvement
of real estate, the deductible portion of the new loan is determined
on the basis of the unpaid balance of the old loan to the total
of the new loan.
Example: A corporation operating on a March 31 fiscal year purchased
land and a building several years ago and incurred a mortgage
of $50,000. The balance of this mortgage at December 31, 2001
was $30,000. At that time the mortgage ws refinanced and the new
loan was $40,000. The additional $10,000 was used to buy machinery
and for working capital. At March 31, 2002 (end of fiscal year),
the mortgage was $39,000.
| Unpaid balance of original loan |
$30,000 |
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| Total balance of new loan |
$40,000 |
x $39,000 = $29,250 |
- Pollution Abatement Facilities
A deduction from the tangible property base is provided for the
cost of any air-cleaning device, or sewage or waste treatment
plant, including waste lagoons, and pollution abatement equipment
certified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
or the Environmental Management Commission. Cost should be net
of any depreciation on the equipment excluded from the base.
- Qualifying Recycling, Sewer Service, and Hazardous Waste
Facilities
A deduction from the tangible property base is provided for the
cost of installing equipment or constructing facilities for the
purpose of recycling or resource recovering of or from solid waste
certified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Deductions are also provided for the cost of constructing facilities
of any private or public utility built for the purpose of providing
sewer service to residential and outlying areas and the cost of
equipment and facilities acquired for the purpose of reducing
the volume of hazardous waste generated.
For purposes of this section, 'cost' should be net of any depreciation
on the equipment or facilities excluded from the tangible property
base.
- Determination of Inclusion by Depreciation Deduction (Section
.1309)
When two or more corporations are in doubt as to which should
include property, including leased property, in the investment
in tangible property base, such property shall be included by
the corporation allowed depreciation under the Federal Code.
- Holding Company
There is no limitation on the franchise tax payable by a holding
company on its investment in tangible property tax base.
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