North Carolina Department of Revenue
XI. CORPORATE INCOME TAX
G.S. 105-130.4(j)(3) - Conforming Change: This subsection
was amended to add a reference to a "conversion" as a reason why a corporation
would cease operations before the end of its income year. The change was made
to reflect changes made in the corporation business laws concerning mergers,
conversions, and consolidations.
(Effective December 15, 1999; SB 835, s. 5.4, S.L. 99-369.)
G.S. 105-130.5(b)(4) - Net Economic Loss Carryforward:
This statute was amended in 1998 to allow net economic losses to be carried
forward for 15 years instead of 5 years. The change first takes effect for tax
year 1999. The change accompanies the change made in 1998 to G.S. 105-130.8.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999, and applies
to losses incurred for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1993;
HB 1326, s. 7, S.L. 98-171.)
G.S. 105-130.5(b)(18) - Deduction for Income of Tobacco Settlement
Trust: National tobacco companies have proposed to create a National Tobacco
Growers Settlement Trust into which the companies will pay funds to provide
payments to tobacco growers and allotment holders to offset the potential adverse
economic consequences of likely changes in the tobacco market on the grower
states such as North Carolina. This new subdivision provides a deduction from
federal taxable income for any interest, investment earnings, and gains of a
trust established by two or more manufacturers that signed a settlement agreement
with the State to settle claims for damages attributable to a product of the
manufacturers. The tax exemption will result in more funds being available to
the beneficiaries.
The exemption was added to both the corporate income tax laws and the individual
income tax laws, in G.S. 105-134.6(b)(15), because it was uncertain when this
exemption was enacted whether the trust would be established as a qualified
settlement trust fund or as a regular trust. A qualified settlement trust fund
is taxed as a corporation and a regular trust is taxed under the individual
income tax laws. The exemption was added to both the corporate and individual
income tax laws to cover both possibilities.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999; HB 74, s.
2, S.L. 99-333.)
G.S. 105-130.8 - Economic Loss Carryforward: This statute
was amended in 1998 to increase the number of years a net economic loss may
be carried forward from five to fifteen years and to clarify the extent to which
a return that is outside the statute of limitations can be adjusted for purposes
of determining the net economic loss carryforward for a year that is within
the statute of limitations. The fifteen-year carryforward is effective for tax
years beginning on or after January 1, 1999, and applies to losses incurred
for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1993. For tax years 1999, 2000,
and 2001, a loss that is more than 5 years old may offset no more than 15% of
taxable income, but any remaining portion may be carried forward. For years
beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the percentage limitation is repealed.
The Secretary or the taxpayer can redetermine an item of income or loss originating
in a closed year for the purpose of determining the correct amount of a net
economic loss carried forward to a year that is open.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999; HB 1326,
s. 6 and 8, S.L. 98-171.)
G.S. 105-130.16 - Technical Change: This statute concerning
the filing of a return was rewritten to incorporate more modern language, to
divide it into three subsections, and to remove an obsolete reference to the
specific wording of an affirmation set out in G.S. 105-130.17 before its revision
in 1998. A reference to the penalty provisions of G.S. 105-236 was deleted because
it is unnecessary. All of the penalties in G.S. 105-236 apply to a corporate
return.
(Effective July 22, 1999; SB 55, s. 22, S.L. 99-337.)
G.S. 105-130.17(e) - Conforming Change: This subsection
was amended to add a reference to a "conversion" as a reason why a corporation
would cease operations before the end of its income year. The change was made
to reflect changes made in the corporation business laws concerning mergers,
conversions, and consolidations.
(Effective December 15, 1999; SB 835, s. 5.5, S.L. 99-369.)
G.S. 105-130.23 - Recodified: The credit for solar energy
equipment in residential buildings was repealed and its provisions were incorporated
in new G.S. 105-129.16A, the consolidated credit in Article 3B for investing
in renewable energy property.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.26 - Repealed: The credit for conversion of
an industrial boiler to wood fuel was repealed because it was not used. Research
established that it had never been claimed.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.27A - Repealed: The credit for construction
of a peat facility was repealed because it was not used. Research established
that it had never been claimed.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.29 - Repealed: The credit for construction
of an olivine brick facility was repealed because it was not used. Research
established that it had never been claimed.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.30 - Recodified: The credit for construction
of a methane gas facility was repealed and its provisions were incorporated
in new G.S. 105-129.16A, the consolidated credit in Article 3B for investing
in renewable energy property.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.31 - Recodified: The credit for installation
of a wind energy device was repealed and its provisions were incorporated in
new G.S. 105-129.16A, the consolidated credit in Article 3B for investing in
renewable energy property.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.32 - Recodified: The credit for installation
of solar energy equipment for the production of heat or electricity in certain
processes was repealed and its provisions were incorporated in new G.S. 105-129.16A,
the consolidated credit in Article 3B for investing in renewable energy property.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000; HB 1472,
s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.33 - Technical Change and Recodification:
A technical change added the missing word "generator" from subsection (a). Subsequently,
the credit for installation of a hydroelectric generator was repealed and its
provisions were incorporated in new G.S. 105-129.16A, the consolidated credit
in Article 3B for investing in renewable energy property.
(Technical change effective July 22, 1999; SB 55, s. 23, S.L. 99-337; repeal
and recodification effective for taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2000; HB 1472, s. 1, S.L. 99-342.)
G.S. 105-130.34 - Conservation Tax Credit Cap Raised: This
section was amended in 1998 to increase the maximum annual credit allowed for
donating conservation property from $250,000 to $500,000. The change first takes
effect for tax year 1999.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999; SB 1366,
s. 29A.13, S.L. 98-212.)
G.S. 105-130.42 - Recodified: The credit for rehabilitating
an historic structure was repealed and its provisions were incorporated in new
Article 3D.
(Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999; SB 251,
S.L. 99-389.)
G.S. 105-130.45 - New Credit for Manufacturing Cigarettes for
Export: This new statute was enacted to provide a corporate income tax credit
to R.J. Reynolds. Other taxpayers that meet the requirements of the statute
will also be eligible for the tax credit. The credit is for manufacturing cigarettes
in the United States for exportation to a foreign country. The amount of credit
is determined by comparing the current year exportation volume to the volume
exported during calendar year 1998. The following credit amounts are allowed
based on the comparison:
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Percent of base year
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Credit per 1000 cigarettes exported
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120% or more
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40¢
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119% - 100%
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35¢
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99% - 80%
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30¢
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79% - 60%
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25¢
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59% - 50%
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20¢
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Less than 50%
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none
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The credit is limited to $6,000,000 per taxpayer or 50% of the
income tax liability, whichever is less. Any unused credit may be carried forward
for five years.
(Effective for taxable years beginning January 1, 1999, and is repealed effective
for cigarettes exported on or after January 1, 2005; HB 74, s. 4, S.L. 99-333.)
G.S. 105-131.7(d) - Conforming Change: The statute was
amended to delete the reference to "Division" and substitute a reference to
"Part". In 1998, the five Divisions in Article 4 were redesignated as Parts
to establish uniform designations throughout the statutes. This needed conforming
change was not made at that time.
(Effective July 22, 1999; SB 55, s. 24, S.L. 99-337.)
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