HF 1829

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/28/2019 02:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; income apportionment; requiring the attribution of receipts
for services performed for certain investment company funds to the state where
the shareholders reside; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.191,
subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.191, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Determination of sales factor.

For purposes of this section, the following rules
apply in determining the sales factor.

(a) The sales factor includes all sales, gross earnings, or receipts received in the ordinary
course of the business, except that the following types of income are not included in the
sales factor:

(1) interest;

(2) dividends;

(3) sales of capital assets as defined in section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(4) sales of property used in the trade or business, except sales of leased property of a
type which is regularly sold as well as leased; and

(5) sales of debt instruments as defined in section 1275(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code or sales of stock.

(b) Sales of tangible personal property are made within this state if the property is
received by a purchaser at a point within this state, regardless of the f.o.b. point, other
conditions of the sale, or the ultimate destination of the property.

(c) Tangible personal property delivered to a common or contract carrier or foreign
vessel for delivery to a purchaser in another state or nation is a sale in that state or nation,
regardless of f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c), when intoxicating liquor, wine, fermented
malt beverages, cigarettes, or tobacco products are sold to a purchaser who is licensed by
a state or political subdivision to resell this property only within the state of ultimate
destination, the sale is made in that state.

(e) Sales made by or through a corporation that is qualified as a domestic international
sales corporation under section 992 of the Internal Revenue Code are not considered to have
been made within this state.

(f) Sales, rents, royalties, and other income in connection with real property is attributed
to the state in which the property is located.

(g) Receipts from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, including finance
leases and true leases, must be attributed to this state if the property is located in this state
and to other states if the property is not located in this state. Receipts from the lease or rental
of moving property including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft,
vessels, or mobile equipment are included in the numerator of the receipts factor to the
extent that the property is used in this state. The extent of the use of moving property is
determined as follows:

(1) A motor vehicle is used wholly in the state in which it is registered.

(2) The extent that rolling stock is used in this state is determined by multiplying the
receipts from the lease or rental of the rolling stock by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the miles traveled within this state by the leased or rented rolling stock and the denominator
of which is the total miles traveled by the leased or rented rolling stock.

(3) The extent that an aircraft is used in this state is determined by multiplying the
receipts from the lease or rental of the aircraft by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of landings of the aircraft in this state and the denominator of which is the total
number of landings of the aircraft.

(4) The extent that a vessel, mobile equipment, or other mobile property is used in the
state is determined by multiplying the receipts from the lease or rental of the property by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the taxable year the property
was in this state and the denominator of which is the total days in the taxable year.

(h) Royalties and other income received for the use of or for the privilege of using
intangible property, including patents, know-how, formulas, designs, processes, patterns,
copyrights, trade names, service names, franchises, licenses, contracts, customer lists, or
similar items, must be attributed to the state in which the property is used by the purchaser.
If the property is used in more than one state, the royalties or other income must be
apportioned to this state pro rata according to the portion of use in this state. If the portion
of use in this state cannot be determined, the royalties or other income must be excluded
from both the numerator and the denominator. Intangible property is used in this state if the
purchaser uses the intangible property or the rights therein in the regular course of its business
operations in this state, regardless of the location of the purchaser's customers.

(i) Sales of intangible property are made within the state in which the property is used
by the purchaser. If the property is used in more than one state, the sales must be apportioned
to this state pro rata according to the portion of use in this state. If the portion of use in this
state cannot be determined, the sale must be excluded from both the numerator and the
denominator of the sales factor. Intangible property is used in this state if the purchaser used
the intangible property in the regular course of its business operations in this state.

(j) Receipts from the performance of services must be attributed to the state where the
services are received. For the purposes of this section, receipts from the performance of
services provided to a corporation, partnership, or trust may only be attributed to a state
where it has a fixed place of doing business. If the state where the services are received is
not readily determinable or is a state where the corporation, partnership, or trust receiving
the service does not have a fixed place of doing business, the services shall be deemed to
be received at the location of the office of the customer from which the services were ordered
in the regular course of the customer's trade or business. If the ordering office cannot be
determined, the services shall be deemed to be received at the office of the customer to
which the services are billed.

(k) For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 6, paragraph (l), receipts from
management, distribution, or administrative services performed by a new text begin person or new text end corporation
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title 15, deleted text begin sections 80a-1 through 80a-64 deleted text end new text begin chapter 2D, subchapter I new text end , must be attributed to the
state where the shareholder of the fund resides. Under this paragraph, receipts for services
attributed to shareholders are determined on the basis of the ratio of: (1) the average of the
outstanding shares in the fund owned by shareholders residing within Minnesota at the
beginning and end of each year; and (2) the average of the total number of outstanding
shares in the fund at the beginning and end of each year. Residence of the shareholder, in
the case of an individual, is determined by the mailing address furnished by the shareholder
to the fund. Residence of the shareholder, when the shares are held by an insurance company
as a depositor for the insurance company policyholders, is the mailing address of the
policyholders. In the case of an insurance company holding the shares as a depositor for
the insurance company policyholders, if the mailing address of the policyholders cannot be
determined by the taxpayer, the receipts must be excluded from both the numerator and
denominator. Residence of other shareholders is the mailing address of the shareholder.

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new text begin This section is effective for taxable years beginning after December
31, 2018.
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