H0377B2849A05357       SFL:CMM 01/15/08    #90             A05357
                        AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 377
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE TURZAI
                                           Printer's No. 2849

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 11, by removing the period after
     2    "poverty" and inserting
     3               ; and, in corporate net income, further providing for
     4               the definition of "taxable income."

     5       Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 26 and 27
     6       Section 2.  Section 401(3)4(c) of the act, amended July 12,
     7    2006 (P.L.1137, No.116), is amended to read:
     8       Section 401.  Definitions.--The following words, terms, and
     9    phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning
    10    ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
    11    clearly indicates a different meaning:
    12       * * *
    13       (3)  "Taxable income."  * * *
    14       4.  * * *
    15       (c)  (1)  The net loss deduction shall be the lesser of:
    16       (A)  (I)  For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2007,
    17    two million dollars ($2,000,000);

    18       (II)  For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006,
    19    and before January 1, 2008, the greater of twelve and one-half
    20    per cent of taxable income as determined under subclause 1 or,
    21    if applicable, subclause 2 or three million dollars
    22    ($3,000,000); [or]
    23       (III)  For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007,
    24    one hundred per cent of taxable income as determined under
    25    subclause 1 or, if applicable, subclause 2; or
    26       (B)  The amount of the net loss or losses which may be
    27    carried over to the taxable year or taxable income as determined
    28    under subclause 1 or, if applicable, subclause 2.
    29       [(1.1)  In no event shall the net loss deduction include more
    30    than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), in the aggregate,
    31    of net losses from taxable years 1988 through 1994.]
    32       (2)  (A)  A net loss for a taxable year may only be carried
    33    over pursuant to the following schedule:
    34               Taxable Year                        Carryover
    35                   1981                        1 taxable year
    36                   1982                        2 taxable years
    37                   1983-1987                   3 taxable years
    38                   1988                        2 taxable years plus
    39                                               1 taxable year
    40                                               starting with the


     1                                               1995 taxable year
     2                   1989                        1 taxable year plus
     3                                               2 taxable years
     4                                               starting with the
     5                                               1995 taxable year
     6                   1990-1993                   3 taxable years
     7                                               starting with the
     8                                               1995 taxable year
     9                   1994                        1 taxable year
    10                   1995-1997                   10 taxable years
    11                   1998 and thereafter         20 taxable years
    12       (B)  The earliest net loss shall be carried over to the
    13    earliest taxable year to which it may be carried under this
    14    schedule. The total net loss deduction allowed in any taxable
    15    year shall not exceed:
    16       (I)  Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for taxable years
    17    beginning before January 1, 2007.
    18       (II)  The greater of twelve and one-half per cent of the
    19    taxable income as determined under subclause 1 or, if
    20    applicable, subclause 2 or three million dollars ($3,000,000)
    21    for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006[.], and
    22    before January 1, 2008.
    23       (III)  One hundred per cent of taxable income as determined
    24    under subclause 1 or, if applicable, subclause 2 for taxable
    25    years beginning after December 31, 2007.
    26       * * *
    27       Section 3.  The amendment of section 401(3)4(c) of the act
    28    shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.

    29       Amend Sec. 2, page 2, line 27, by striking out "2" and
    30    inserting
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