PRINTER'S NO. 930
No. 842 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LAWLESS, BOYES, GODSHALL, PETTIT, LYNCH, LEH,
L. I. COHEN, GORDNER, KUKOVICH, HERMAN, ROBERTS, HUTCHINSON,
ROONEY, ARMSTRONG, KING, COY, FAJT, GEIST, RAYMOND,
COLAFELLA, TRELLO, HERSHEY, KENNEY, STERN, FARMER, DRUCE,
RUBLEY, WOGAN, FLEAGLE, E. Z. TAYLOR, STEELMAN, MERRY, FARGO,
BROWN, CLYMER, SERAFINI, DEMPSEY, MILLER, ADOLPH,
S. H. SMITH, BAKER, J. TAYLOR, HENNESSEY, SEMMEL, BROWNE,
CIVERA, SCHULER, LAUGHLIN AND SCHRODER, FEBRUARY 14, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 14, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An
2 act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying
3 and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing
4 taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment,
5 collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing
6 for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and
7 imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain
8 employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations
9 and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and
10 penalties," removing the $500,000 cap on net loss deductions.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 401(3)4 of the act of March 4, 1971
14 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, amended
15 June 16, 1994 (P.L.279, No.48), is amended to read:
16 Section 401. Definitions.--The following words, terms, and
17 phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning
18 ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
19 clearly indicates a different meaning:
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2 (3) "Taxable income." * * *
3 4. (a) For taxable years beginning in 1982 through taxable
4 years beginning in 1990 and for the taxable year beginning in
5 1995 and each taxable year thereafter, a net loss deduction
6 shall be allowed from taxable income as arrived at under
7 subclause 1 or, if applicable, subclause 2. For taxable years
8 beginning in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994, the net loss deduction
9 allowed for years prior to 1991 shall be suspended, and no
10 carryover of net losses from taxable years 1988, 1989, 1990,
11 1991, 1992 and 1993 shall be utilized in calculating net income
12 for the 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 taxable years, but such net
13 losses may be used as provided in paragraph (c) in calculating
14 net income for the 1995 taxable year and for two taxable years
15 thereafter.
16 (b) A net loss for a taxable year is the negative amount for
17 said taxable year determined under subclause 1 or, if
18 applicable, subclause 2. Negative amounts under subclause 1
19 shall be allocated and apportioned in the same manner as
20 positive amounts.
21 (c) The net loss deduction shall be the [lesser of $500,000
22 or the] amount of the net loss or losses which may be carried
23 over to the taxable year or taxable income as determined under
24 subclause 1 or, if applicable, subclause 2. A net loss for a
25 taxable year may only be carried over pursuant to the following
26 schedule:
27 Taxable Year Carryover
28 1981 1 taxable year
29 1982 2 taxable years
30 1983-1987 3 taxable years
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1 1988 2 taxable years plus
2 1 taxable year
3 starting with the
4 1995 taxable year
5 1989 1 taxable year plus
6 2 taxable years
7 starting with the
8 1995 taxable year
9 1990-1993 3 taxable years
10 starting with the
11 1995 taxable year
12 1994 1 taxable year
13 1995 2 taxable years
14 1996 and thereafter 3 taxable years
15 The earliest net loss shall be carried over to the earliest
16 taxable year to which it may be carried under this schedule.
17 [The total net loss deduction allowed in any taxable year shall
18 not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).]
19 (d) No loss shall be a carryover from a taxable year when
20 the corporation elects to be treated as a Pennsylvania S
21 corporation pursuant to section 307 of Article III of this act
22 to a taxable year when the corporation is subject to the tax
23 imposed under this article.
24 (e) Paragraph (d) shall not prevent a taxable year when a
25 corporation is a Pennsylvania S corporation from being
26 considered a taxable year for determining the number of taxable
27 years to which a net loss may be a carryover.
28 (f) For purposes of the net loss deduction, the short
29 taxable year of a corporation, after the revocation or
30 termination of an election to be treated as a Pennsylvania S
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1 corporation pursuant to sections 307.3 and 307.4 of Article III
2 of this act, shall be treated as a taxable year.
3 (g) In the case of a change in ownership by purchase,
4 liquidation, acquisition of stock or reorganization of a
5 corporation in the manner described in section 381 or 382 of the
6 Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, the limitations
7 provided in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to net
8 operating losses shall apply for the purpose of computing the
9 portion of a net loss carryover recognized under paragraph
10 (3)4(c) of this section. When any acquiring corporation or a
11 transferor corporation participated in the filing of
12 consolidated returns to the Federal Government, the entitlement
13 of the acquiring corporation to the Pennsylvania net loss
14 carryover of the acquiring corporation or the transferor
15 corporation will be determined as if separate returns to the
16 Federal Government had been filed prior to the change in
17 ownership by purchase, liquidation, acquisition of stock or
18 reorganization.
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20 Section 2. This act shall apply to the taxable year
21 beginning January 1, 1995, and each taxable year thereafter.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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