Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17071. Section 17071.
Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to gross income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
ARTICLE 1. Definition of Gross Income, Adjusted Gross Income, Taxable Income, etc. [17071. - 17078.]
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in effectCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17072. Section 17072.
(a)
Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to adjusted gross income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b)
Section 62(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, shall not apply.
(c)
Section 62(a)(21) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to attorneys fees relating to awards to whistleblowers, shall not apply.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17073. Section 17073.
(a)
Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to taxable income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b)
The deduction allowed by Section 17208.1, relating to interest on loans or financed indebtedness obtained from a publicly owned utility for the purchase and installation of energy efficient products or equipment, may not be treated as a miscellaneous itemized deduction under Section 67(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the 2-percent
floor on miscellaneous deductions.
(c)
For individuals who do not itemize deductions, the standard deduction computed in accordance with Section 17073.5 shall be allowed as a deduction in computing taxable income.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17073.5. Section 17073.5.
(a)
A taxpayer may elect to take a standard deduction as follows:
(1)
In the case of a taxpayer, other than a head of a household or a surviving spouse (as defined in Section 17046) or a married couple filing a joint return, the standard deduction shall be one thousand eight hundred eighty dollars ($1,880).
(2)
In the case of a head of household or a surviving spouse (as defined in Section 17046) or a
married couple filing a joint return, the standard deduction shall be three thousand seven hundred sixty dollars ($3,760).
(b)
The standard deduction provided for in subdivision (a) shall be in lieu of all deductions other than those which are to be subtracted from gross income in computing adjusted gross income under Section 17072.
(c)
(1)
The provisions of this section shall be applied in lieu of the provisions of Sections 63(c) and 63(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to standard deductions.
(2)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Section 63(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitations on the standard deduction of certain dependents, and Section 63(c)(6)of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain individuals not eligible for the standard deduction, shall apply, except
as otherwise provided. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount specified in Section 63(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be adjusted for inflation in accordance with the provisions of Section 63(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d)
For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1988, the Franchise Tax Board shall recompute the standard deduction amounts prescribed in subdivision (a). That computation shall be made as follows:
(1)
The California Department of Industrial Relations shall transmit annually to the Franchise Tax Board the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index for all items from June of the prior calendar year to June of the current calendar year, no later than August 1 of the current calendar year.
(2)
The Franchise Tax Board shall compute an inflation adjustment
factor by adding 100 percent to that portion of the percentage change figure which is furnished pursuant to paragraph (1) and dividing the result by 100.
(3)
The Franchise Tax Board shall multiply the standard deduction amounts in the preceding taxable year by the inflation adjustment factor determined in paragraph (2), and round off the resulting products to the nearest one dollar ($1).
(4)
In computing the standard deduction amounts pursuant to this subdivision, the amount provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall be twice the amount provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17074. Section 17074.
Section 64 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to ordinary income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17075. Section 17075.
Section 65 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to ordinary loss defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17076. Section 17076.
(a)
Section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b)
A deduction allowable under this part that exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000) and is described in Section 17049, relating to computation of tax where the taxpayer restores a substantial amount held under claim of right, may not be treated as a miscellaneous itemized deduction under Section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for purposes of this part.
(c)
Section 67(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to suspension
for taxable years 2018 to 2025, shall not apply.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17077. Section 17077.
Section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to overall limitation on itemized deductions, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(a)
“Six percent” shall be substituted for “3 percent” in Section 68(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b)
Section 68(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall not apply and in lieu thereof the term “applicable amount” in each place it appears in Section 68(a) of the Internal Revenue Code means one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the case of a single individual, or a spouse filing a separate return, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in the case of a head of household, and two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in the case of a surviving spouse, or spouses filing a joint return.
(c)
Section 68(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inflation adjustments, shall not apply. However, for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1992, the applicable amounts specified in subdivision (b) shall be recomputed annually in the same manner as the recomputation of income tax brackets under subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(d)
Section 68(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to phaseout of limitation,
shall not apply.
(e)
Section 68(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to termination, shall not apply.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 17078. Section 17078.
(a)
Section 988 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of certain foreign currency transactions, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
(b)
Section 988(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to source, shall not apply.
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