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Laws of Minnesota 1983
CHAPTER 207--H.F.No. 381
An act relating to taxation; adopting certain federal
provisions relating to income taxes; updating certain
references to the Internal Revenue Code; adopting
certain federal provisions relating to the
determination of interest rates on taxes; imposing
penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, sections
270.75, subdivision 5; 290.01, subdivisions 20, 20a,
as amended, 20b, as amended, 20c, and 20f; 290.05,
subdivision 6; 290.068, subdivisions 3 and 4; 290.09,
subdivisions 2, 7, as amended, and 29; 290.091;
290.10; 290.135, subdivision 1, as amended; 290.16,
subdivisions 7 and 16; 290.17, subdivision 1; 290.26,
subdivision 2; 290.37, by adding a subdivision;
290.41, subdivisions 3, 8, and by adding a subdivision;
290.45, subdivision 1; 290.48, by adding a
subdivision; 290.53, subdivision 2, and by adding
subdivisions; 290.92, subdivisions 7, 13, 15, and by
adding a subdivision; 290.93, subdivisions 9, 10, and
11; 290.934, subdivision 4; 290.9725; 290.9726,
subdivisions 5 and 6; 290.974; 290A.03, subdivision 3;
proposing new law coded in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1982, section
290.01, subdivision 28.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 270.75,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. The rates of interest or amount in lieu of
interest contained in subdivisions 1 to 4 shall be adjusted by
the commissioner of revenue not later than October 15 of 1982
1983 and any year thereafter if the adjusted prime rate charged
by banks during September the six-month period ending on
September 30 of that year, rounded to the nearest full percent,
is at least a full percentage point more or less than the
interest rate which is then in effect. The adjusted rate of
interest or amount in lieu of interest shall be equal to the
adjusted prime rate charged by banks, rounded to the nearest
full percent, and shall become effective on January 1 of the
immediately succeeding year except as provided in subdivision
4. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "adjusted prime
rate charged by banks" means the average predominant prime rate
quoted by commercial banks to large businesses, as determined by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The
determination of the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision
shall not be considered a "rule" and shall not be subject to the
Administrative Procedure Act contained in chapter 14.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01,
subdivision 20, is amended to read:
Subd. 20. [GROSS INCOME.] Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, the term "gross income," as applied to
corporations includes every kind of compensation for labor or
personal services of every kind from any private or public
employment, office, position or services; income derived from
the ownership or use of property; gains or profits derived from
every kind of disposition of, or every kind of dealing in,
property; income derived from the transaction of any trade or
business; and income derived from any source.
The term "gross income" in its application to individuals,
estates, and trusts shall mean the adjusted gross income as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
the date specified herein for the applicable taxable year, with
the modifications specified in this subdivision and in
subdivisions 20a to 20f. For estates and trusts the adjusted
gross income shall be their federal taxable income as defined in
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through the date
specified herein for the applicable taxable year, with the
modifications specified in this subdivision and in subdivisions
20a to 20f, and with the modification that the federal deduction
for personal exemptions for trusts and estates shall not be
allowed.
(i) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 31, 1976, including the amendments made to section 280A
(relating to licensed day care centers) in H.R. 3477 as it
passed the Congress on May 16, 1977, shall be in effect for the
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976. The provisions
of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, P.L. 94-455, which affect
adjusted gross income shall become effective for purposes of
this chapter at the same time they become effective for federal
income tax purposes.
The provisions of section 4 of P.L. 95-458, sections 131,
133, 134, 141, 152, 156, 157, 405, and 543 of P.L. 95-600, and
section 2 of P.L. 96-608 (relating to pensions, individual
retirement accounts, deferred compensation plans, the sale of a
residence and to conservation payments to farmers) including the
amendments made to these sections in P.L. 96-222 shall be
effective at the same time that these provisions became
effective for federal income tax purposes.
(ii) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 31, 1979, shall be in effect for taxable years
beginning after December 31, 1979.
(iii) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 31, 1980, and as amended by sections 302(b) and 501 to
509 of Public Law Number 97-34, shall be in effect for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1980 including the provisions
of section 404 (relating to partial exclusions of dividends and
interest received by individuals) of the Crude Oil Windfall
Profit Tax Act of 1980, P.L. 96-223. The provisions of P.L.
96-471 (relating to installment sales) sections 122, 123, 126,
201, 202, 203, 204, 211, 213, 214, 251, 261, 264, 265,
311(g)(3), 313, 314(a)(1), 321(a), 501 to 507, 811, and 812 of
the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, Public Law Number 97-34
and section 113 of Public Law Number 97-119 shall be effective
at the same time that they become effective for federal income
tax purposes.
(iv) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 31, 1981, shall be in effect for taxable years
beginning after December 31, 1981. The provisions of sections
205(a), 214 to 222, 231, 232, 236, 247, 251, 252, 253, 265, 266,
285, 288, and 335 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility
Act of 1982, Public Law Number 97-248, section 6(b)(2) and (3)
of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982, Public Law Number
97-354, section 517 of Public Law Number 97-424, sections 101(c)
and (d), 102(a), (aa), (f)(4), (g), (j), (l), 103(c), 104(b)(3),
105, 305(d), 306(a)(9) of Public Law Number 97-448, and sections
101 and 102 of Public Law Number 97-473 shall be effective at
the same time that they become effective for federal income tax
purposes.
(v) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
January 15, 1983, shall be in effect for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1982.
References to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 in
subdivisions 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20e, and 20f shall mean the code
in effect for the purpose of defining gross income for the
applicable taxable year.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01,
subdivision 20a, as amended by Laws 1982, Third Special Session
chapter 1, article 5, section 1, is amended to read:
Subd. 20a. [MODIFICATIONS INCREASING FEDERAL ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME.] There shall be added to federal adjusted gross
income:
(1) Interest income on obligations of any state other than
Minnesota or a political subdivision of any other state exempt
from federal income taxes under the Internal Revenue Code of
1954;
(2) A business casualty loss if the taxpayer elected to
deduct the loss on the current year's federal income tax return
but had deducted the loss on the previous year's Minnesota
income tax return;
(3) Income taxes imposed by this state or any other taxing
jurisdiction, to the extent deductible in determining federal
adjusted gross income and not credited against federal income
tax;
(4) Interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to
purchase or carry securities the income from which is exempt
from tax under this chapter, to the extent deductible in
determining federal adjusted gross income;
(5) Amounts received as reimbursement for an expense of
sickness or injury which was deducted in a prior taxable year to
the extent that the deduction for the reimbursed expenditure
resulted in a tax benefit;
(6) The amount of any federal income tax overpayment for
any previous taxable year, received as refund or credited to
another taxable year's income tax liability, proportionate to
the percentage of federal income tax that was claimed as a
deduction in determining Minnesota income tax for the previous
taxable year. The amount of the federal income tax overpayment
shall be reported only to the extent that the amount resulted in
a reduction of the tax imposed by this chapter.
The overpayment refund or credit, determined with respect
to a husband and wife on a joint federal income tax return for a
previous taxable year, shall be reported on joint, combined, or
separate Minnesota income tax returns. In the case of combined
or separate Minnesota returns, the overpayment shall be reported
by each spouse proportionately according to the relative amounts
of federal income tax claimed as a deduction on his or her
combined or separate Minnesota income tax return for such
previous taxable year;
(7) In the case of a change of residence from Minnesota to
another state or nation, the amount of moving expenses which
exceed total reimbursements and which were therefore deducted in
arriving at federal adjusted gross income;
(8) The amount of any increase in the taxpayer's federal
tax liability under section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954 to the extent of the credit under section 38 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 that was previously allowed as a
deduction under subdivision 20b, clause (7);
(9) Expenses and losses arising from a farm which are not
allowable under section 290.09, subdivision 29;
(10) Expenses and depreciation attributable to substandard
buildings disallowed by section 290.101;
(11) The amount by which the gain determined pursuant to
section 41.59, subdivision 2 exceeds the amount of such gain
included in federal adjusted gross income;
(12) To the extent deducted in computing the taxpayer's
federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year, losses
recognized upon a transfer of property to the spouse or former
spouse of the taxpayer in exchange for the release of the
spouse's marital rights;
(13) Interest income from qualified scholarship funding
bonds as defined in section 103(e) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, if the nonprofit corporation is domiciled outside of
Minnesota;
(14) Exempt-interest dividends, as defined in section
852(b)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, not included
in federal adjusted gross income pursuant to section
852(b)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, except for
that portion of exempt-interest dividends derived from interest
income on obligations of the state of Minnesota, any of its
political or governmental subdivisions, any of its
municipalities, or any of its governmental agencies or
instrumentalities;
(15) The amount of any excluded gain recognized by a trust
on the sale or exchange of property as defined in section
641(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;
(16) To the extent not included in the taxpayer's federal
adjusted gross income, the amount of any gain, from the sale or
other disposition of property having a lower adjusted basis for
Minnesota income tax purposes than for federal income tax
purposes. This modification shall not exceed the difference in
basis. If the gain is considered a long term capital gain for
federal income tax purposes, the modification shall be limited
to 40 percent of the portion of the gain. This modification is
limited to property that qualified for the energy credit
contained in section 290.06, subdivision 14, and to property
acquired in exchange for the release of the taxpayer's marital
rights contained in section 290.14, clause (7);
(17) The amount of any loss from a source outside of
Minnesota which is not allowed under section 290.17 including
any capital loss or net operating loss carryforwards or
carrybacks resulting from the loss;
(18) The amount of a distribution from an individual
housing account which is to be included in gross income as
required under section 290.08, subdivision 25;
(19) To the extent deducted in computing the taxpayer's
federal adjusted gross income, interest, taxes and other
expenses which are not allowed under section 290.10, clause (9)
or (10);
(20) To the extent excluded from federal adjusted gross
income, in the case of a city manager or city administrator who
elects to be excluded from the public employees retirement
association and who makes contributions to a deferred
compensation program pursuant to section 353.028, the amount of
contributions made by the city manager or administrator which is
equal to the amount which would have been the city manager's or
administrator's employee contribution pursuant to section
353.27, subdivision 2, if he were a member of the public
employees retirement association;
(21) The deduction for two-earner married couples provided
in section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;
(22) Interest on all-savers certificates which is excluded
under section 128 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;
(23) Losses from the business of mining as defined in
section 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a) which is not subject
to the Minnesota income tax;
(24) Expenses and depreciation attributable to property
subject to Laws 1982, chapter 523, article 7, section 3 which
has not been registered;
(25) The amount of contributions to an individual
retirement account, including a qualified voluntary employee
contribution, simplified employee pension plan, or self-employed
retirement plan which is allowed under sections 311 and 312 of
Public Law Number 97-34, section 238 of Public Law Number
97-248, and section 103(d)(1)(B) of Public Law Number 97-448 to
the extent those contributions were not an allowable deduction
prior to the enactment of that law; and
(26) To the extent deducted in computing federal adjusted
gross income, living expenses of a member of congress in excess
of that allowable under section 290.09, subdivision 2, clause
(a)(3); and
(27) To the extent not included in the taxpayer's federal
adjusted gross income, the amount of any contributions to a
qualified pension plan, designated as employee contributions but
which the employing unit picks up and which are treated as
employer contributions pursuant to section 414(h)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01,
subdivision 20b, as amended by Laws 1982, Third Special Session
chapter 1, article 5, section 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 20b. [MODIFICATIONS REDUCING FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS
INCOME.] There shall be subtracted from federal adjusted gross
income:
(1) Interest income on obligations of any authority,
commission or instrumentality of the United States to the extent
includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes but
exempt from state income tax under the laws of the United States;
(2) The portion of any gain, from the sale or other
disposition of property having a higher adjusted basis for
Minnesota income tax purposes than for federal income tax
purposes, that does not exceed such difference in basis; but if
such gain is considered a long-term capital gain for federal
income tax purposes, the modification shall be limited to 40 per
centum of the portion of the gain. This modification shall not
be applicable if the difference in basis is due to disallowance
of depreciation pursuant to section 290.101.
(3) Income from the performance of personal or professional
services which is subject to the reciprocity exclusion contained
in section 290.081, clause (a);
(4) Losses, not otherwise reducing federal adjusted gross
income assignable to Minnesota, arising from events or
transactions which are assignable to Minnesota under the
provisions of sections 290.17 to 290.20, including any capital
loss or net operating loss carryforwards or carrybacks or out of
state loss carryforwards resulting from the losses, and
including any farm loss carryforwards or carrybacks;
(5) If included in federal adjusted gross income, the
amount of any credit received, whether received as a refund or
credit to another taxable year's income tax liability, pursuant
to chapter 290A, and the amount of any overpayment of income tax
to Minnesota, or any other state, for any previous taxable year,
whether the amount is received as a refund or credited to
another taxable year's income tax liability;
(6) To the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, or the amount reflected as the ordinary income portion
of a lump sum distribution under section 402(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, the amount received by any person (i) from the United
States, its agencies or instrumentalities, the Federal Reserve
Bank or from the state of Minnesota or any of its political or
governmental subdivisions or from any other state or its
political or governmental subdivisions, or a Minnesota volunteer
firefighter's relief association, by way of payment as a
pension, public employee retirement benefit, or any combination
thereof, or (ii) as a retirement or survivor's benefit made from
a plan qualifying under section 401, 403, 404, 405, 408, 409 or
409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The maximum amount
of this subtraction shall be $11,000 less the amount by which
the individual's federal adjusted gross income, plus the
ordinary income portion of a lump sum distribution as defined in
section 402(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, exceeds
$17,000. In the case of a volunteer firefighter who receives an
involuntary lump sum distribution of his pension or retirement
benefits, the maximum amount of this subtraction shall be
$11,000; this subtraction shall not be reduced by the amount of
the individual's federal adjusted gross income in excess of
$17,000;
(7) The amount of any credit to the taxpayer's federal tax
liability under section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
but only to the extent that the credit is connected with or
allocable against the production or receipt of income included
in the measure of the tax imposed by this chapter;
(8) To the extent included in the taxpayer's federal
adjusted gross income for the taxable year, gain recognized upon
a transfer of property to the spouse or former spouse of the
taxpayer in exchange for the release of the spouse's marital
rights;
(9) The amount of any distribution from a qualified pension
or profit sharing plan included in federal adjusted gross income
in the year of receipt to the extent of any contribution not
previously allowed as a deduction by reason of a change in
federal law which was not adopted by Minnesota law for a taxable
year beginning in 1974 or later;
(10) Interest, including payment adjustment to the extent
that it is applied to interest, earned by the seller of the
property on a family farm security loan executed before January
1, 1986 that is guaranteed by the commissioner of agriculture as
provided in sections 41.51 to 41.60;
(11) The first $3,000 of compensation for personal services
in the armed forces of the United States or the United Nations,
and the next $2,000 of compensation for personal services in the
armed forces of the United States or the United Nations wholly
performed outside the state of Minnesota. This modification
does not apply to compensation defined in subdivision 20b,
clause (6);
(12) The amount of any income earned for personal services
rendered outside of Minnesota prior to the date when the
taxpayer became a resident of Minnesota. This modification does
not apply to compensation defined in subdivision 20b, clause (6);
(13) In the case of wages or salaries paid or incurred on
or after January 1, 1977, the amount of any credit for
employment of certain new employees under sections 44B and 51 to
53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which is claimed as a
credit against the taxpayer's federal tax liability, but only to
the extent that the credit is connected with or allocable
against the production or receipt of income included in the
measure of the tax imposed by this chapter;
(14) In the case of work incentive program expenses paid or
incurred on or after January 1, 1979, the amount of any credit
for expenses of work incentive programs under sections 40, 50A
and 50B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which is claimed as
a credit against the taxpayer's federal tax liability, but only
to the extent that the credit is connected with or allocable
against the production or receipt of income included in the
measure of the tax imposed by this chapter;
(15) Unemployment compensation to the extent includible in
gross income for federal income tax purposes under section 85 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;
(16) To the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, severance pay that may be treated as a lump sum
distribution under the provisions of section 290.032,
subdivision 5;
(17) The amount of any income or gain which is not
assignable to Minnesota under the provisions of section 290.17;
(18) Minnesota exempt-interest dividends as provided by
subdivision 27;
(19) A business casualty loss which the taxpayer elected to
deduct on the current year's Minnesota income tax return but did
not deduct on the current year's federal income tax return;
(20) To the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, in the case of a city manager or city administrator who
elects to be excluded from the public employees retirement
association and who makes contributions to a deferred
compensation program pursuant to section 353.028, the amount of
payments from the deferred compensation program equivalent to
the amount of contributions taxed under subdivision 20a, clause
(20);
(21) Contributions to and interest earned on an individual
housing account as provided by section 290.08, subdivision 25;
(22) Interest earned on a contract for deed entered into
for the sale of property for agricultural use if the rate of
interest set in the contract is no more than nine percent per
year for the duration of the term of the contract. This
exclusion shall be available only if (1) the purchaser is an
individual who, together with his spouse and dependents, has a
total net worth valued at less than $150,000 and (2) the
property sold under the contract is farm land as defined in
section 41.52, subdivision 6 of no more than 1,000 acres that
the purchaser intends to use for agricultural purposes.
Compliance with these requirements shall be stated in an
affidavit to be filed with the first income tax return on which
the taxpayer claims the exclusion provided in this clause. Upon
request accompanied by the information necessary to make the
determination, the commissioner shall determine whether interest
to be paid on a proposed transaction will qualify for this
exclusion; the determination shall be provided within 30 days of
receipt of the request, unless the commissioner finds it
necessary to obtain additional information, or verification of
the information provided, in which case the determination shall
be provided within 30 days of receipt of the final item of
information or verification. The exclusion provided in this
clause shall apply to interest earned on contracts for deed
entered into after December 31, 1981 and before July 1, 1983;
(23) The penalty on the early withdrawal of an all-savers
certificate as provided in section 128(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 to the extent that the interest was
included in income under subdivision 20a, clause (22);
(24) Income from the business of mining as defined in
section 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a) which is not subject
to the Minnesota income tax; and
(25) To the extent included in federal adjusted gross
income, distributions from a qualified governmental pension plan
which represent a return of designated employee contributions to
the plan and which contributions were included in gross income
pursuant to subdivision 20a, clause (27) (26).
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01,
subdivision 20c, is amended to read:
Subd. 20c. [MODIFICATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS OF SMALL
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.] A modification affecting shareholders of
electing small business corporations under section 1372 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as it existed prior to October
19, 1982, shall be made where the election under section 1372 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as it existed prior to
October 19, 1982, antedates the election under this chapter and
at the close of the taxable year immediately preceding the
effective election under this chapter the corporation has a
reserve of undistributed taxable income previously taxed to
shareholders under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as it existed prior to October 19, 1982, in the event
and to the extent that the reserve is distributed to
shareholders the distribution shall be taxed as a dividend for
purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01,
subdivision 20f, is amended to read:
Subd. 20f. [MODIFICATION FOR ACCELERATED COST RECOVERY
SYSTEM.] A modification shall be made for the allowable
deduction under the accelerated cost recovery system as provided
in subdivision 28. The allowable deduction for the accelerated
cost recovery system as provided in section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be the same amount as provided in that
section for individuals, estates, and trusts with the following
modifications:
(1) For property placed in service after December 31, 1980,
and for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1982, 15
percent of the allowance provided in section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code shall not be allowed.
(2)(a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1981,
and before December 31, 1982, for 15 year real property as
defined in section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code, 40 percent
of the allowance provided in section 168 of the Internal Revenue
Code shall not be allowed and for all other property, 17 percent
of the allowance shall not be allowed.
(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982,
for 15 year real property as defined in section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code, 40 percent of the allowance provided in
section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be allowed
and for all other property 20 percent of the allowance shall not
be allowed.
(3) For property placed in service after December 31, 1980,
for which the taxpayer elects to use the straight line method
provided in section 168(b)(3) or a method provided in section
168(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the modifications
provided in clauses (1) and (2) do not apply.
(4) For property subject to the modifications contained in
clause (1) or (2) above, the following modification shall be
made after the entire amount of the allowable deduction for that
property under the provision of section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code has been obtained. The remaining depreciable basis
in those assets for Minnesota purposes shall be a depreciation
allowance computed by using the straight line method over the
following number of years:
(a) 3 year property - 1 year.
(b) 5 year property - 2 years.
(c) 10 year property - 5 years.
(d) All 15 year property - 7 years.
(5) The basis of property to which section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code applies shall be its basis as provided in
this chapter and including the modifications provided in this
subdivision. The recapture tax provisions provided in sections
1245 and 1250 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply but shall
be calculated using the basis provided in the preceding
sentence. When an asset is exchanged for another asset
including an involuntary conversion and under the provision of
the Internal Revenue Code gain is not recognized in whole or in
part on the exchange of the first asset, the basis of the second
asset shall be the same as its federal basis provided that the
difference in basis due to clause (1) or (2) can be written off
as provided in clause (4).
(6) The modifications provided in this subdivision shall
apply before applying any limitation to out of state losses
contained in section 290.17 or farm losses contained in section
290.09, subdivision 29.
(7) After the entire amount of the allowable deduction for
that property under the provisions of section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code has been obtained, the remaining
depreciable basis in those assets for Minnesota purposes that
shall be allowed as provided in clause (4) shall include the
amount of any basis reduction made for federal purposes under
section 48(q) of the Internal Revenue Code to reflect the
investment tax credit. No amount shall be allowed as a
deduction under section 196 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.05,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. The Internal Revenue Code referred to in any of
the subdivisions of this section means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 January 15, 1983.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.068,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [LIMITATION; CARRYBACK AND CARRYOVER.] (a)(1) The
credit for the taxable year shall not exceed the liability for
tax. "Liability for tax" for purposes of this section means the
tax imposed under this chapter for the taxable year reduced by
the sum of the credits allowed under section 290.06, except the
credit allowed under section 290.06, subdivision 13.
(2) In the case of an individual who
(A) owns an interest in an unincorporated business,
(B) is a partner in a partnership,
(C) is a beneficiary of an estate or trust, or
(D) is a shareholder in a small business corporation,
having a valid election in effect under section 1372 of the
Internal Revenue Code an S corporation,
the credit allowed for the taxable year shall not exceed
the lesser of the amount determined under clause (1) for the
taxable year or an amount (separately computed with respect to
such person's interest in the trade or business or entity) equal
to the amount of tax attributable to that portion of a person's
taxable income which is allocable or apportionable to the
person's interest in the trade or business or entity.
(b) If the amount of the credit determined under this
section for any taxable year exceeds the limitation under clause
(a), the excess shall be a research credit carryback to each of
the three preceding taxable years and a research credit
carryover to each of the 15 succeeding taxable years. The
entire amount of the excess unused credit for the taxable year
shall be carried first to the earliest of the taxable years to
which the credit may be carried and then to each successive year
to which the credit may be carried. The amount of the unused
credit which may be added under this clause shall not exceed the
taxpayer's liability for tax less the research credit for the
taxable year.
For the purposes of sections 290.46 and 290.50, if the
claim for refund relates to an overpayment attributable to a
research and experimental expenditure credit carryback under
this subdivision, in lieu of the period of limitation prescribed
in sections 290.46 and 290.50, the period of limitation shall be
that period which ends with the expiration of the 15th day of
the 46th month, or the 45th month, in the case of a corporation,
following the end of the taxable year in which the research and
experimental expenditure credit arises which results in the
carryback. In any case in which a taxpayer is entitled to a
refund in a carryback year due to the carryback of a research
and experimental expenditure credit, interest shall be computed
only from the end of the taxable year in which the credit arises.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.068,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [SMALL BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ESTATES AND TRUSTS;
PARTNERSHIPS.] In the case of small business corporations,
having a valid election in effect, under section 1372 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, estates and trusts, and
partnerships, the credit shall be allocated in the same manner
provided by section 44F(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.09,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [TRADE OR BUSINESS EXPENSES; EXPENSES FOR
PRODUCTION OF INCOME.] (a) In General. There shall be allowed
as a deduction all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or
incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or
business, including
(1) A reasonable allowance for salaries or other
compensation for personal services actually rendered;
(2) Traveling expenses (including amounts expended for
meals and lodging other than amounts which are lavish or
extravagant under the circumstances) while away from home in the
pursuit of a trade or business; and
(3) Rentals or other payments required to be made as a
condition to the continued use or possession, for purposes of
the trade or business, of property to which the taxpayer has not
taken or is not taking title or in which he has no equity. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the place of residence of a
member of congress within the state shall be considered his
home, but amounts expended by such members within each taxable
year for living expenses shall not be deductible for income tax
purposes in excess of $3,000.
(b) Expenses for Production of Income. In the case of an
individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction all the
ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the
taxable year.
(1) For the production or collection of income;
(2) For the management, conservation, or maintenance of
property held for the production of income; or
(3) In connection with the determination, collection, or
refund of any tax.
(c) Actual campaign expenditures in an amount not to exceed
one-third of the salary of the office sought, for the year the
election is held, by the candidate, but no less than $100, not
reimbursed, which have been personally paid by a candidate for
public office;
(d) No deduction shall be allowed under this subdivision
for any contribution or gift which would be allowable as a
deduction under section 290.21 were it not for the percentage
limitations set forth in such section;
(e) All expense money paid by the legislature to
legislators;
(f) The provisions of section 280A (disallowing certain
expenses in connection with the business use of the home and
rental of vacation homes) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended through December 31, 1981 1982, shall be applicable
in determining the availability of any deduction under this
subdivision.
(g) Entertainment, amusement, or recreation expenses shall
be allowed under this subdivision only to the extent that they
qualify as a deduction under section 274 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 1982.
(h) No deduction shall be allowed under this subdivision
for illegal bribes, kickbacks, and other payments, fines, and
penalties, or treble damage payments under the antitrust laws
except as provided in section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1982.
Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.09,
subdivision 7, as amended by Laws 1982, Third Special Session
chapter 1, article 7, section 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [DEPRECIATION.] (A) [CUMULATIVE DEPRECIATION.]
(a) There shall be allowed as a depreciation deduction a
reasonable allowance for the exhaustion, wear and tear
(including a reasonable allowance for obsolescence):
(1) of property used in the trade or business, or
(2) of property held for the production of income.
In the case of recovery property as provided in clause (c),
the deduction allowable under clause (c) shall be deemed to
constitute the reasonable allowance provided by this
subdivision, except for the provisions of Part (B) relating to
first year depreciation and except with respect to that portion
of the basis of the property to which section 167(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through January 15,
1983, applies.
(b) The term "reasonable allowance" as used in clause (a)
shall include (but shall not be limited to) an allowance
computed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
commissioner, under any of the following methods:
(1) the straight line method.
(2) the declining balance method, using a rate not
exceeding twice the rate which would have been used had the
annual allowance been computed under the method described in
paragraph (1).
(3) the sum of the years-digits method, and
(4) any other consistent method productive of an annual
allowance, which, when added to all allowances for the period
commencing with the taxpayer's use of the property and including
the taxable year, does not, during the first two-thirds of the
useful life of the property, exceed the total of such allowances
which would have been used had such allowances been computed
under the method described in (2). Nothing in this clause (b)
shall be construed to limit or reduce an allowance otherwise
allowable under clause (a).
(c) For purposes of this subdivision "reasonable allowance"
shall include be the accelerated cost recovery system provisions
of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 1, 1982 January 15, 1983, except as provided in
this subdivision. In the case of recovery property within the
meaning of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended through December 1, 1982 January 15, 1983, the term
"reasonable allowance" as used in clause (a) shall mean 85
percent of the deduction allowed pursuant to section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for property placed in service
after December 31, 1980 and for taxable years beginning before
January 1, 1982.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1981 the
term reasonable allowance as used in clause (a) shall mean the
following percent of the deduction allowed pursuant to section
168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 1, 1982 January 15, 1983:
(1) For 3, 5 and 10 year property and for 15 year public
utility property the allowable percentage is 83 percent and 80
percent for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982.
(2) For 15 year real property the allowable percentage is
60 percent.
For property placed in service after December 31, 1980 the
term "reasonable allowance" as used in clause (a) shall mean 100
percent of the deduction allowed pursuant to section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 where the taxpayer uses for
federal income tax purposes the straight line method provided in
section 168(b)(3) or a method provided in section 168(e)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December
1, 1982 January 15, 1983. For property placed in service after
December 31, 1980 and for which the full amount of the deduction
allowed under section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended through December 1, 1982 January 15, 1983 has been
allowed, the remaining depreciable basis in those assets for
Minnesota purposes shall be a depreciation allowance computed by
using the straight line method over the following number of
years:
(1) 3 year property - 1 year.
(2) 5 year property - 2 years.
(3) 10 year property - 5 years.
(4) All 15 year property - 7 years.
When an asset is exchanged for another asset including an
involuntary conversion and under the provision of the Internal
Revenue Code gain is not recognized in whole or in part on the
exchange of the first asset, the basis of the second asset shall
be the same as its federal basis provided that the difference in
basis due to the limitations provided in this clause can be
written off as provided in the preceding sentence.
After the full amount of the allowable deduction for that
property under the provision of section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through January 15, 1983, has
been obtained, the remaining depreciable basis in those assets
for Minnesota purposes that shall be allowed as a depreciation
allowance as provided above shall include the amount of any
basis reduction made for federal purposes under section 48(q) of
the Internal Revenue Code, as amended through January 15, 1983,
to reflect the investment tax credit. No amount shall be
allowed as a deduction under section 196 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended through January 15, 1983.
The provisions of section 168(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended through December 1, 1982 January 15,
1983 shall apply to restrict research credit carrybacks and net
operating loss carrybacks which are allocable to elected
qualified leased property, nothwithstanding section 290.068,
subdivision 3, or 290.095, subdivision 3.
The modification provided in this clause shall apply before
applying a limitation on farm losses as contained in subdivision
29.
(d) Paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of clause (b) shall apply
only in the case of property (other than intangible property)
described in clause (a) with a useful life of three years or
more.
(1) the construction, reconstruction, or erection of which
is completed after December 31, 1958, and then only to that
portion of the basis which is properly attributable to such
construction, reconstruction, or erection after December 31,
1958, or
(2) acquired after December 31, 1958, if the original use
of such property commenced with the taxpayer and commences after
such date.
(e) Where, under regulations rules prescribed by the
commissioner, the taxpayer and the commissioner have, after June
30, 1959, entered into an agreement in writing specifically
dealing with the useful life and rate of depreciation of any
property, the rate so agreed upon shall be binding on both the
taxpayer and the commissioner in the absence of facts or
circumstances not taken into consideration in the adoption of
such agreement. The responsibility of establishing the
existence of such facts and circumstances shall rest with the
party initiating the modification. Any change in the agreed rate
and useful life specified in the agreement shall not be
effective for taxable years before the taxable year in which
notice in writing by certified mail is served by the party to
the agreement initiating such change. This clause shall not
apply with respect to recovery property as defined in clause (c).
(f) In the absence of an agreement under clause (e)
containing a provision to the contrary, a taxpayer may at any
time elect in accordance with regulations rules prescribed by
the commissioner to change from the method of depreciation
prescribed in clause (b)(2) to the method described in clause
(b)(1).
(g) The basis on which exhaustion, wear and tear, and
obsolescence are to be allowed in respect of any property shall
be the adjusted basis provided in this chapter for the purpose
of determining the gain on the sale or other disposition of such
property.
(B) [FIRST YEAR DEPRECIATION.] The term "reasonable
allowance" as used in this subdivision may, at the election of
the taxpayer, include an amount as provided under section 179 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December
1, 1982 January 15, 1983.
Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.09,
subdivision 29, is amended to read:
Subd. 29. [DEDUCTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO FARMING.] (a)
[DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of this subdivision, income and
gains and expenses and losses shall be considered as "arising
from a farm" if such items are received or incurred in
connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with
raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural
commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for,
training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and
fur-bearing animals and wildlife, and all operations incident
thereto, including but not limited to the common use of
"hedging."
(b) [DEDUCTIONS LIMITED.] Except as provided in this
subdivision, expenses and losses, except for interest and taxes,
arising from a farm shall not be allowed as deductions in excess
of income and gains arising from a farm.
(c) [DEDUCTIONS ALLOWED; CARRYOVER DEDUCTIONS.] Expenses
and losses arising from a farm or farms shall be allowed as
deductions up to the amount of the income and gains arising from
a farm or farms in any taxable year, plus the first $15,000 of
nonfarm gross income, or nonfarm taxable net income in the case
of a corporation, provided however that in any case where
nonfarm income exceeds $15,000, the maximum allowable amount of
$15,000 shall be reduced by twice the amount by which the
nonfarm income exceeds the amount of $15,000. For this purpose
and for the purpose of applying the limitation in the following
paragraph regarding the application of any carryback or
carryforward, the term gross income shall include the ordinary
income portion of a lump sum distribution as defined in section
402(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 31, 1981, and no deduction shall be allowed for
two-earner married couples as provided in section 221 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1981. Any remaining balance of the deductions shall be carried
back three years and carried forward five years, in
chronological order, provided, however, that in any case in
which any individual, estate or trust which elects a net
operating loss carryforward under section 172(b)(3)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1981, such losses shall not be carried back but shall only be
carried forward.
Current expenses and losses shall be utilized as deductions
in any taxable year, to the extent herein allowable, prior to
the application of any carryback or carryover deductions. In
any event, the combined amounts of such current expenses and
losses and carryback or carryover deductions shall be allowed as
deductions up to the amount of the income and gains arising from
a farm or farms in any taxable year, plus the first $15,000 of
nonfarm gross income, or nonfarm taxable net income in the case
of a corporation, provided however that in any case where
nonfarm income exceeds $15,000, the maximum allowable amount of
$15,000 shall be reduced by twice the amount by which the
nonfarm income exceeds the amount of $15,000.
(d) [SHAREHOLDERS SEPARATE ENTITIES.] For purposes of this
subdivision, individual shareholders of an electing small
business corporation S corporation shall be considered separate
entities.
(e) [SPECIAL PERIOD OF LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO FARM LOSS
LIMITATION CARRYBACKS.] For the purposes of sections 290.46 and
290.50, if the claim for refund relates to an overpayment
attributable to a farm loss limitation carryback under this
subdivision, in lieu of the period of limitation prescribed in
sections 290.46 and 290.50, the period of limitation shall be
that period which ends with the expiration of the 15th day of
the 46th month (or the 45th month, in the case of a corporation)
following the end of the taxable year of the farm loss which
results in the carryback.
(f) [INTEREST ON CLAIMS.] In any case in which a taxpayer
is entitled to a refund in a carryback year due to the carryback
of a farm loss, interest shall be computed only from the end of
the taxable year in which the loss occurs.
(g) [ORDER OF APPLICATION.] The application of this
subdivision shall be made after applying any limitation to out
of state losses contained in section 290.17.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.091, is
amended to read:
290.091 [MINIMUM TAX ON PREFERENCE ITEMS.]
In addition to all other taxes imposed by this chapter
there is hereby imposed, a tax which, in the case of a resident
individual, shall be equal to 40 percent of the amount of the
taxpayer's minimum tax liability for tax preference items
pursuant to the provisions of sections 55 to 58 and 443(d) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended through December
31, 1981 January 15, 1983. For purposes of the tax imposed by
this section, the following modifications shall be made:
(1) Capital gain as defined in section 57(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall not include that portion of any gain
occasioned by sale, transfer or the granting of a perpetual
easement pursuant to any eminent domain proceeding or threat
thereof as described in section 290.13, subdivision 5. This
modification shall apply to the years in which the gain or
reduction in loss is actually included in federal adjusted gross
income even though amounts received pursuant to the eminent
domain proceedings were received in prior years.
(2) In the case of a corporate taxpayer, percentage
depletion shall not be a preference item.
(3) In the case of a corporate taxpayer, the capital gain
preference item shall not include the timber preference income
defined in section 57(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) The preference item of reserves for losses on bad debts
shall not include reserves allowable under section 593 of the
Internal Revenue Code, but which are not allowable under section
290.09, subdivision 6, clause (c).
(5) In the case of an individual, the preference item of
adjusted itemized deductions does not include any deduction for
charitable contributions in excess of the limitations contained
in section 290.21, subdivision 3, including any carryover amount
allowed for federal purposes alternative tax itemized deductions
shall include the amount allowable as a deduction for the
taxable year under section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code for
Minnesota income tax paid or accrued.
(6) The capital gain preference item shall be reduced where
the gain would be modified because some or all of the assets
have a higher basis for Minnesota purposes than for federal
purposes.
(7) In the case of a nonresident individual, or an estate
or trust, with a net operating loss that is a larger amount for
Minnesota than for federal, the capital gain preference item
shall be reduced to the extent it was reduced in the allowance
of the net operating loss.
(8) Federal preference items from the business of mining or
producing iron ore and other ores which are subject to the
occupation tax and exempt from taxation under section 290.05,
subdivision 1, shall not be a preference item for Minnesota.
(9) In the case of a corporate taxpayer, amortization of
certified pollution control facilities, shall not be a
preference item.
In the case of a resident individual, having preference
items which could not be taken to reduce income from sources
outside the state pursuant to section 290.17, subdivision 1, or
any other taxpayer the tax shall equal 40 percent of that
federal liability, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of
which is the amount of the taxpayer's preference item income
allocated to this state pursuant to the provisions of sections
290.17 to 290.20, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's
total preference item income for federal purposes.
The tax benefit rule contained in section 58(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code is applied to the Minnesota minimum tax
only to the extent that it determines if there is a federal
minimum tax. No separate tax benefit rule is allowable for the
Minnesota minimum tax.
For property placed in service after December 31, 1980, the
preference items contained in section 57 (a)(12) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981
January 15, 1983, shall not apply.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.10, is
amended to read:
290.10 [NONDEDUCTIBLE ITEMS.]
In computing the net income no deduction shall in any case
be allowed for:
(1) Personal, living or family expenses;
(2) Amounts paid out for new buildings or for permanent
improvements or betterments made to increase the value of any
property or estate, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
(3) Amounts expended in restoring property or in making
good the exhaustion thereof for which an allowance is or has
been made;
(4) Premiums paid on any life insurance policy covering the
life of the taxpayer or of any other person;
(5) The shrinkage in value, due to the lapse of time, of a
life or terminable interest of any kind in property acquired by
gift, devise, bequest or inheritance;
(6) Losses from sales or exchanges of property, directly or
indirectly, between related taxpayers as defined and as provided
in section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 31, 1981 1982;
(7) In computing net income, no deduction shall be allowed
under section 290.09, subdivision 2, relating to expenses
incurred or under section 290.09, subdivision 3, relating to
interest accrued as provided in section 267(a)(2) and (e) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1981 1982;
(8) (a) Contributions by employees under the federal
railroad retirement act and the federal social security act.
(b) Payments to Minnesota or federal public employee retirement
funds. (c) Three-fourths (75 percent) of the amount of taxes
imposed on self-employment income under section 1401 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1981 1982.
(9) Expenses, interest and taxes connected with or
allocable against the production or receipt of all income not
included in the measure of the tax imposed by this chapter.
(10) In situations where this chapter provides for a
subtraction from gross income of a specific dollar amount of an
item of income assignable to this state, and within the measure
of the tax imposed by this chapter, that portion of the federal
income tax liability assessed upon such income subtracted, and
any expenses attributable to earning such income, shall not be
deductible in computing net income.
(11) Amounts paid or accrued for such taxes and carrying
charges as, under regulations rules prescribed by the
commissioner, are chargeable to capital account with respect to
property, if the taxpayer elects, in accordance with such
regulations rules, to treat such taxes or charges as so
chargeable.
(12) No deduction or credit shall be allowed for any amount
paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any
trade or business if the trade or business (or the activities
which comprise the trade or business) consists of trafficking in
controlled substances (within the meaning of schedule I and II
of the federal Controlled Substances Act) which is prohibited by
federal law or the law of Minnesota.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.135,
subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 1982, Third Special Session
chapter 1, article 7, section 7, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [GENERAL RULE.] Gain or loss shall be
recognized to a corporation on the distribution of property in
partial or complete liquidation as provided in sections 336 to
346 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through
December 1, 1982 January 15, 1983.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.16,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [BONDS, OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS.] For the
purpose of this section, the treatment of amounts received by
the holder upon the retirement of bonds, debentures, notes or
certificates or other evidences of indebtedness, which are
capital assets in the hands of the taxpayer, shall be governed
by the provisions of section 1232 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 January 15, 1983.
The provisions of section 1232A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended through December 31, 1982, shall apply to
determine the amount of the original issue discount which shall
be included in gross income. The tax treatment of stripped
bonds shall be governed by the provisions of section 1232B of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December
31, 1982.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.16,
subdivision 16, is amended to read:
Subd. 16. [GAIN FROM DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN DEPRECIABLE
REALTY.] For purposes of this subdivision "depreciable realty"
shall mean "Section 1250 realty" as that phrase is defined in
Section 1250(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 31, 1981 January 15, 1983.
In determining net income of any corporate taxpayer, the
gain realized from the disposition of "depreciable realty" shall
be treated in the same manner as is provided by Section sections
1250 and 291 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 31, 1981 January 15, 1983, and regulations
rules adopted pursuant thereto except that the determination
shall be made using the basis computed under this chapter.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.17,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS.] The gross
income of individuals during the period of time when they are
residents of Minnesota shall be their gross income as defined in
section 290.01, subdivision 20, except that the amount of
otherwise deductible losses incurred in connection with income
derived from sources outside the state shall be reduced by the
sum of the taxpayer's items of tax preference as defined in
section 57, as limited by section 58(i)(7) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 1982,
which are attributable to losses incurred in connection with
sources of income outside the state.
Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.26,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.] Contributions of an
employer to an employee's trust or annuity plan and compensation
under a deferred-payment plan or to a simplified employee
pension shall be allowed as a deduction in accordance with the
provisions of section 404 or 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 1982, as adapted
to the provisions of this chapter under rules issued by the
commissioner of revenue.
Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.37, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [FURNISHING OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; PENALTY.]
(a) Any individual with respect to whom a return, statement, or
other document is required under this chapter to be made by
another person shall furnish to that other person the
individual's social security account number. Any person
required under this chapter to make a return, statement, or
other document with respect to another person who is an
individual shall request from that individual and shall include
in the return, statement, or other document, the individual's
social security account number. A return of an estate or trust
with respect to its liability for tax, and any statement or
other document in support thereof, shall be considered as a
return, statement, or other document with respect to each
individual beneficiary of the estate or trust, otherwise a
return of any individual with respect to his liability for tax,
or any statement or other document in support thereof, shall not
be considered as a return, statement, or other document with
respect to another person.
(b) If any person who is required under clause (a) to (l)
furnish his social security account number to another person, or
(2) include in any return, statement, or other document made
with respect to another person who is an individual the social
security account number of that individual; fails to comply with
the requirement at the time prescribed, that person shall,
unless it is shown that the failure is due to reasonable cause
and not to willful neglect, pay a penalty of $50 for each
failure except that the total amount imposed on a person for all
failures during any calendar year shall not exceed $25,000.
Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.41,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [BY BROKERS.] The commissioner of revenue may
require brokers every person doing business as a broker to
furnish him with the names of customers name and address of each
customer for whom they have transacted business, and with such
details regarding gross proceeds and other information as to
transactions of any customer as will enable him to determine
whether all income tax due on profits or gains of such customers
has been paid. The provisions of section 6045 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1982,
which define terms and provide the requirements that a statement
be furnished to the customer shall apply.
Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.41,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [FAILURE TO FILE RETURN.] In the case of each
failure to file, with the commissioner, a return required by
this section on the date prescribed therefor (determined with
regard to any extension of time for filing), unless it is shown
that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful
neglect, the payer person failing to file such return shall pay
to the commissioner a penalty of $10 $50 for each such failure,
but the total amount imposed on the delinquent payer person for
all such failures during any calendar year shall not exceed
$1,000 $25,000. If one or more failures to file a return are
due to intentional disregard of the filing requirement, then
with respect to the failures the penalty imposed under the
preceding sentence shall not be less than an amount equal to
(a) in the case of a return not described in clause (b) or
(c), ten percent of the aggregate amount of the items required
to be reported,
(b) in the case of a return required to be filed under
subdivision 3, five percent of the gross proceeds required to be
reported,
(c) in the case of a return required to be filed under
subdivision 9 relating to direct sales, $100 for each failure;
however, the total amount imposed on the delinquent person for
all intentional failures during any calendar year shall not
exceed $50,000. The penalty shall be collected in the same
manner as any delinquent income tax.
Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.41, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 9. [PAYMENTS OF REMUNERATION FOR SERVICES AND DIRECT
SALES.] Every person who is required to make a return under
section 6041A (relating to information returns regarding
payments of remuneration for services and direct sales) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1982, shall file with the commissioner a copy of the return
containing the information required under that section, and the
provisions of that section shall govern the requirements of a
statement that must be furnished to persons with respect to whom
information is required to be furnished, notwithstanding section
290.42, clause (7).
Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.45,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [DATE DUE, INSTALLMENTS.] The tax imposed
by this chapter shall be paid to the commissioner of revenue at
the time fixed for filing the return on which the tax is based,
except that at the election of the following taxpayers estates
and trusts the balance of tax due after applying any tax credit
and payment of estimated tax may be paid in two equal
installments, as follows:.
(a) as to estates and trusts, The first shall be paid at
the time fixed for filing the return, and the second on or
before six months thereafter.
(b) as to corporations, the first shall be paid at the time
fixed for filing the return and the second on or before three
months thereafter. If any installment is not paid on or before
the date fixed for its payment the whole amount of the tax
unpaid shall become due and payable. They shall be paid to the
commissioner or to the local officers designated by the
commissioner with whom the return is filed as hereinbefore
provided.
Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.48, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10. [PRESUMPTIONS WHERE OWNER OF LARGE AMOUNT OF
CASH IS NOT IDENTIFIED.] (a) If the individual who is in
physical possession of cash in excess of $10,000 does not claim
such cash as his, or as belonging to another person whose
identity the commissioner can readily ascertain and who
acknowledges ownership of such cash, then, for purposes of
subdivisions 3 and 4, it shall be presumed that the cash
represents gross income of a single individual for the taxable
year in which the possession occurs, and that the collection of
tax will be jeopardized by delay.
(b) In the case of any assessment resulting from the
application of clause (a), the entire amount of the cash shall
be treated as taxable income for the taxable year in which the
possession occurs, such income shall be treated as taxable at an
eight percent rate, and except as provided in clause (c), the
possessor of the cash shall be treated (solely with respect to
the cash) as the taxpayer for purposes of this chapter and the
assessment and collection of the tax.
(c) If, after an assessment resulting from the application
of clause (a), the assessment is abated and replaced by an
assessment against the owner of the cash, the later assessment
shall be treated for purposes of all laws relating to lien,
levy, and collection as relating back to the date of the
original assessment.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the definitions
contained in section 6867 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended through December 31, 1982, shall apply.
Sec. 26. [290.522] [ACTION TO ENJOIN PROMOTERS OF ABUSIVE
TAX SHELTERS.]
A civil action in the name of the state of Minnesota to
enjoin any person from further engaging in conduct subject to
penalty under section 28 (relating to penalty for promoting
abusive tax shelter), may be commenced at the request of the
commissioner. Any action under this section shall be brought by
the attorney general in the tax court or the district court for
the judicial district in which such person resides, has his
principal place of business, or has engaged in conduct subject
to penalty under section 28, or in the district court for Ramsey
county. The court may exercise its jurisdiction over the action
separate and apart from any other action brought by the state of
Minnesota against the person.
If the court finds that the person has engaged in any
conduct subject to penalty under section 28 (relating to penalty
for promoting abusive tax shelters), and that injunctive relief
is appropriate to prevent recurrence of the conduct, the court
may enjoin the person from engaging in the conduct or in any
other activity subject to penalty under section 28.
Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.53,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [FAILURE TO MAKE AND FILE RETURN.] In case of any
failure to make and file a return as required by this chapter
within the time prescribed by law or prescribed by the
commissioner in pursuance of law, there shall be added to the
tax in lieu of the penalty provided in subdivision 1: ten
percent if the failure is for not more than 30 days with an
additional five percent for each additional 30 days or fraction
thereof during which such failure continues, not exceeding 25
percent in the aggregate.
In the case of a failure to file a return of tax imposed by
this chapter within 60 days of the date prescribed for filing of
the return (determined with regard to any extensions of time for
filing), the amount added to the tax under this subdivision
shall not be less than the lesser of $50 or 100 percent of the
amount required to be shown as tax on the return.
The amount so added to any tax shall be collected at the
same time and in the same manner and as a part of the tax, and
the amount of said tax together with the amount so added shall
bear interest at the rate specified in section 270.75 from the
time such tax should have been paid until paid unless the tax
has been paid before the discovery of the neglect, in which case
the amount so added shall be collected in the same manner as the
tax.
For the purposes of this subdivision the amount of any
taxes required to be shown on the return shall be reduced by the
amount of any part of the tax which is paid on or before the
date prescribed for payment of the tax and by the amount of any
credit against the tax which may be claimed upon the return.
Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.53, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 9. [PENALTY FOR PROMOTING ABUSIVE TAX SHELTERS.] Any
person who (a)(1) organizes (or assists in the organization of)
a partnership or other entity, any investment plan or
arrangement, or any other plan or arrangement, or
(2) participates in the sale of any interest in an entity
or plan or arrangement referred to in clause (1), and
(b) makes or furnishes (in connection with the organization
or sale) a statement with respect to the allowability of any
deduction or credit, the excludability of any income, or the
securing of any other tax benefit by reason of holding an
interest in the entity or participating in the plan or
arrangement which the person knows or has reason to know is
false or fraudulent as to any material matter,
shall pay a penalty equal to the greater of $1,000 or ten
percent of the gross income derived or to be derived by the
person from the activity.
The penalty imposed by this subdivision is in addition to
any other penalty provided by this section. The penalty shall
be collected in the same manner as any delinquent income tax. In
any proceeding involving the issue of whether or not any person
is liable for this penalty, the burden of proof shall be upon
the commissioner.
Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.53, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10. [FRIVOLOUS INCOME TAX RETURN; PENALTY.] If any
individual files what purports to be an income tax return
required by this chapter, but which does not contain information
on which the substantial correctness of the self-assessment may
be judged, or contains information that on its face indicates
that the self-assessment is substantially incorrect; and the
conduct is due to a position which is frivolous, or a desire
(which appears on the purported return) to delay or impede the
administration of Minnesota income tax laws, then the individual
shall pay a penalty of $500. The penalty imposed by this
subdivision shall be in addition to any other penalty provided
by this section. The penalty shall be collected in the same
manner as any delinquent income tax. In any proceeding
involving the issue of whether or not any person is liable for
this penalty, the burden of proof shall be upon the commissioner.
Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.92,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [WITHHOLDING STATEMENT TO EMPLOYEE OR PAYEE AND
TO COMMISSIONER.] (1) Every person required to deduct and
withhold from an employee a tax under subdivision 2a or
subdivision 3, or who would have been required to deduct and
withhold a tax under subdivision 2a or subdivision 3, determined
without regard to subdivision 19, if the employee had claimed no
more than one withholding exemption, or who paid wages not
subject to withholding under subdivision 2a or 3 to an employee
in excess of $600, or who has entered into a voluntary
withholding agreement with a payee pursuant to subdivision 20,
shall furnish to each such employee in respect to the
remuneration paid by such person to such employee during the
calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding year,
or, if his employment is terminated before the close of such
calendar year, at the employee's request within 30 days after
the last payment of remuneration is made within 30 days after
the date of receipt of a written request from the employee if
the 30-day period ends before January 31, a written statement
showing the following:
(a) Name of such person,
(b) The name of the employee or payee and his social
security account number,
(c) The total amount of wages as that term is defined in
subdivision 1(1), and/or the total amount of remuneration
subject to withholding pursuant to subdivision 20, and the
amount of sick pay as required under section 6051(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1980,
(d) The total amount deducted and withheld as tax under
subdivision 2a or subdivision 3.
(2) The statement required to be furnished by this
subdivision in respect of any remuneration shall be furnished at
such other times, shall contain such other information, and
shall be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.
(3) The commissioner may prescribe regulations rules
providing for reasonable extensions of time, not in excess of 30
days, to employers or payers required to furnish such statements
to their employees or payees under this subdivision.
(4) A duplicate of any statement made pursuant to this
subdivision and in accordance with rules prescribed by the
commissioner, along with a reconciliation in such form as the
commissioner may prescribe of all such statements for the
calendar year (including a reconciliation of the quarterly
returns required to be filed pursuant to subdivision 6), shall
be filed with the commissioner on or before February 28 of the
year after the payments were made.
Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.92,
subdivision 13, is amended to read:
Subd. 13. [REFUNDS.] (1) Where the amount of the tax
withheld at the source under subdivision 2a or subdivision 3
exceeds by $1 or more the taxes (and any added penalties and
interest) reported in the return of the employee taxpayer or
imposed upon him by this chapter, the amount of such excess
shall be refunded to the employee taxpayer. If the amount of
such excess is less than $1 the commissioner shall not be
required to refund that amount. Where any amount of such excess
to be refunded exceeds $10, such amount on the original return
shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum,
computed from 90 days after (a) the due date of the return of
the employee taxpayer or (b) the date on which his return is
filed, whichever is later, to the date the refund is paid to the
taxpayer. A return shall not be treated as filed until it is in
processible form. A return is in processible form when it is
filed on a permitted form containing the taxpayer's name,
address, social security account number, the required signature,
and sufficient required information (whether on the return or on
required attachments) to permit the mathematical verification of
tax liability shown on the return. Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 290.50, written findings by the
commissioner, notice by mail to the taxpayer, and certificate
for refundment by the commissioner, shall not be necessary. The
provisions of section 270.10, shall not be applicable.
(2) Any action of the commissioner in refunding the amount
of such excess shall not constitute a determination of the
correctness of the return of the employee taxpayer within the
purview of section 290.46.
(3) The commissioner of finance shall cause any such refund
of tax and interest, to be paid out of the general fund in
accordance with the provisions of section 290.62, and so much of
said fund as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for that
purpose.
Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.92,
subdivision 15, is amended to read:
Subd. 15. [PENALTIES.] (1) If any tax required to be
deducted and withheld under subdivision 2a or subdivision 3, or
any portion thereof, is not paid to or deposited with the
commissioner within the time specified in subdivision 6 for the
payment thereof, there shall be added thereto a penalty equal to
ten percent of the amount so remaining unpaid. Such penalty
shall be collected as part of said tax, and the amount of said
tax not timely paid, together with said penalty, shall bear
interest at the rate specified in section 270.75 from the time
such tax should have been paid or deposited until paid. Where
an extension of time for payment has been granted under the
provisions of subdivision 6, interest shall be paid at the rate
specified in section 270.75 from the date when such payment or
deposit should have been made if no extension had been granted,
until such tax is paid. If payment is not made at the
expiration of the extended period the penalties provided in this
subdivision shall apply.
(2) In the case of any failure to withhold a tax on wages,
make and file quarterly returns or make payments to or deposits
with the commissioner of amounts withheld, as required by this
section, within the time prescribed by law, there shall be added
to the tax in lieu of the penalty provided in paragraph (1) a
penalty equal to ten percent of the amount of tax that should
have been properly withheld and paid over to or deposited with
the commissioner if the failure is for not more than 30 days
with an additional five percent for each additional 30 days or
fraction thereof during which such failure continues, not
exceeding 25 percent in the aggregate. The amount of the tax
together with this amount shall bear interest at the rate
specified in section 270.75 from the time the tax should have
been paid until paid. The amount so added to the tax shall be
collected at the same time and in the same manner and as a part
of the tax unless the tax has been paid before the discovery of
the negligence, in which case the amount so added shall be
collected in the same manner as the tax.
(3) (2) If any employer required to withhold a tax on
wages, make deposits, make and file quarterly returns and make
payments to the commissioner of amounts withheld, as required by
sections 290.92 to 290.97, willfully fails to withhold such a
tax or make such deposits, files a false or fraudulent return,
willfully fails to make such a payment or deposit, or willfully
attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any such tax or the
payment or deposit thereof, there shall also be imposed on such
employer as a penalty an amount equal to 50 percent of the
amount of tax (less any amount paid or deposited by such
employer on the basis of such false or fraudulent return or
deposit) that should have been properly withheld and paid over
or deposited with the commissioner. The amount of the tax
together with this amount shall bear interest at the rate
specified in section 270.75 from the time the tax should have
been paid until paid. The penalty imposed by this paragraph
shall be collected as a part of the tax, and shall be in
addition to any other penalties civil and criminal, prescribed
by this subdivision.
(4) (3) If any person required under the provisions of
subdivision 7 to furnish a statement to an employee or payee and
a duplicate statement to the commissioner, or to furnish a
reconciliation of such statements (and quarterly returns) to the
commissioner, willfully furnishes a false or fraudulent
statement to an employee or payee or a false or fraudulent
duplicate statement or reconciliation of statements (and
quarterly returns) to the commissioner, or willfully fails to
furnish a statement or such reconciliation in the manner, at the
time, and showing the information required by the provisions of
subdivision 7, or regulations rules prescribed by the
commissioner thereunder, there shall be imposed on such a person
a penalty of $10 $50 for each such act or failure to act, but
the total amount imposed on the delinquent person for all such
failures during any calendar year shall not exceed $25,000. The
penalty imposed by this paragraph shall become due and payable
within ten days after the mailing of a written demand therefor,
and may be collected in the manner prescribed in subdivision
6(8).
(5) (4) In addition to the penalties hereinbefore
prescribed, any person required to withhold a tax on wages, make
and file quarterly returns and make payments or deposits to the
commissioner of amounts withheld, as required by this section,
who willfully fails to withhold such a tax or truthfully make
and file such a quarterly return or make such a payment or
deposit, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(6) (5) In lieu of any other penalty provided by law,
except the penalty provided by paragraph (4) (3), any person
required under the provisions of subdivision 7 to furnish a
statement of wages to an employee and a duplicate statement to
the commissioner, who willfully furnishes a false or fraudulent
statement of wages to an employee or a false or fraudulent
duplicate statement of wages to the commissioner, or who
willfully fails to furnish such a statement in the manner, at
the time, and showing the information required by the provisions
of subdivision 7, or regulations rules prescribed by the
commissioner thereunder, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(7) (6) Any employee required to supply information to his
employer under the provisions of subdivision 5, who willfully
fails to supply information thereunder which would require an
increase in the tax to be deducted and withheld under
subdivision 2a or subdivision 3, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(8) (7) The term "person," as used in this section,
includes an officer or employee of a corporation, or a member or
employee of a partnership, who as such officer, employee, or
member is under a duty to perform the act in respect of which
the violation occurs.
(9) (8) All payments received may, in the discretion of the
commissioner of revenue, be credited first to the oldest
liability not secured by a judgment or lien, but in all cases
shall be credited first to penalties, next to interest, and then
to the tax due.
(10) (9) In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
any employee who furnishes a withholding exemption certificate
to his employer which the employee has reason to know contains a
materially incorrect statement shall be liable to the
commissioner of revenue for a penalty of $500 for each
instance. The penalty shall be immediately due and payable and
may be collected in the same manner as any delinquent income tax.
(11) (10) In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
any employer who fails to submit a copy of a withholding
exemption certificate required by section 26 subdivision 5a,
clause (1)(a), (1)(b), or (2) shall be liable to the
commissioner of revenue for a penalty of $50 for each instance.
The penalty shall be immediately due and payable and may be
collected in the manner provided in subdivision 6(8).
Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.92, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 26. [EXTENSION OF WITHHOLDING TO CERTAIN PAYMENTS
WHERE IDENTIFYING NUMBER NOT FURNISHED OR INACCURATE.] (a) If,
in the case of any backup withholding payment, (1) the payee
fails to furnish his social security account number to the
payor, or (2) the commissioner notifies the payor that the
number furnished by the payee is incorrect, then the payor shall
deduct and withhold from the payment a tax equal to five percent
of the payment.
(b) (1) In the case of any failure described in clause (a)
(1), clause (a) shall apply to any backup withholding payment
made during the period during which the social security account
number has not been furnished.
(2) In any case where there is a notification described in
clause (a)(2), clause (a) shall apply to any backup withholding
payment made (i) after the close of the 15th day after the day
on which the payor was so notified, and (ii) before the payee
furnishes another social security account number.
(3) Unless the payor otherwise elects, clause (a) shall
also apply to any backup withholding payment made after the
close of the period described in paragraph (1) or (2) (as the
case may be).
If the payor so elects, clause (a) shall also apply to any
backup withholding payment made during the 15-day period
described in paragraph (2).
(c) The provisions of section 3402(s) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1982,
shall apply and shall govern when withholding shall be required
and the definition of terms. The term "backup withholding
payment" shall include only those payments for personal
services. No tax shall be deducted or withheld under this
subdivision with respect to any amount for which withholding is
otherwise required under this section. For purposes of this
section, payments which are subject to withholding under this
subdivision shall be treated as if they were wages paid by an
employer to an employee.
(d) Whenever the commissioner notifies a payor under this
subdivision that the social security account number furnished by
any payee is incorrect, notwithstanding section 290.61, the
commissioner shall at the same time furnish a copy of the notice
to the payor, and the payor shall promptly furnish the copy to
the payee. If the commissioner notifies a payor under this
subdivision that the social security account number furnished by
any payee is incorrect and the payee subsequently furnishes
another social security account number to the payor, the payor
shall promptly notify the commissioner of the other social
security account number furnished.
Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.93,
subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9. [OVERPAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX.] (1) Where the
amount of an installment payment of estimated tax exceeds the
amount determined to be the correct amount of such installment
payment, the overpayment shall be credited against the unpaid
installments, if any. Where the total amount of the estimated
tax payments plus (a) the total amount of tax withheld at the
source under section 290.92, subdivision 2a or subdivision 3 (if
any) and (b) and other payments (if any) exceeds by $1 or more
the taxes (and any added penalties and interest) reported in the
return of the taxpayer or imposed upon him by this chapter, the
amount of such excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer. If the
amount of such excess is less than $1 the commissioner shall not
be required to refund that amount. Where any amount of such
excess to be refunded exceeds $10, such amount on the original
return shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum,
computed from 90 days after (a) the due date of the return of
the taxpayer or (b) the date on which his return is filed,
whichever is later, until the date the refund is paid to the
taxpayer. A return shall not be treated as filed until it is in
processible form. A return is in processible form when the
return is filed on a permitted form, and the return contains the
taxpayer's name, address, social security account number, the
required signature, and sufficient required information (whether
on the return or on required attachments) to permit the
mathematical verification of tax liability shown on the return.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.50, written
findings by the commissioner, notice by mail to the taxpayer,
and certificate for refundment by the commissioner, shall not be
necessary. The provisions of section 270.10, shall not be
applicable.
(2) Any action of the commissioner in refunding the amount
of such excess shall not constitute a determination of the
correctness of the return of the taxpayer within the purview of
section 290.46.
(3) The commissioner of finance shall cause any such refund
of tax and interest to be paid out of the general fund in
accordance with the provisions of section 290.62, and so much of
said fund as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for that
purpose.
Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.93,
subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10. [UNDERPAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX.] (1) In the case
of any underpayment of estimated tax by an individual, except as
provided in paragraph (4) or (5), there may be added to and
become a part of the taxes imposed by this chapter, for the
taxable year an amount determined at the rate specified in
section 270.75 upon the amount of the underpayment for the
period of the underpayment.
(2) For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the amount of
underpayment shall be the excess of
(a) The amount of the installment which would be required
to be paid if the estimated tax were equal to 80 percent (66 2/3
percent in the case of farmers referred to in subdivision 5(2)
of this section) of the taxes shown on the return for the
taxable year or the taxes for such year if no return was filed,
over
(b) The amount, if any, of the installment paid on or
before the last day prescribed for such payment.
(3) The period of the underpayment shall run from the date
the installment was required to be paid to whichever of the
following dates is the earlier
(a) The 15th day of the fourth month following the close of
the taxable year.
(b) With respect to any portion of the underpayment, the
date on which such portion is paid. For purposes of this
subparagraph, a payment of estimated tax on any installment date
shall be considered a payment of any previous underpayment only
to the extent such payment exceeds the amount of the installment
determined under paragraph (2) (a) for such installment date.
(4) The addition to the tax with respect to any
underpayment of any installment shall not be imposed if the
total amount of all payments of estimated tax made on or before
the last date prescribed for the payment of such installment
equals or exceeds the amount which would have been required to
be paid on or before such date if the estimated tax were
whichever of the following is the lesser
(a) The total tax liability shown on the return of the
individual for the preceding taxable year (if a return showing a
liability for such taxes was filed by the individual for the
preceding taxable year of 12 months), or
(b) An amount equal to the tax computed, at the rates
applicable to the taxable year, on the basis of the taxpayer's
status with respect to the personal credits for the taxable
year, but otherwise on the basis of the facts shown on his
return for, and the law applicable to the preceding taxable
year, or
(c) An amount equal to 80 percent (66 2/3 percent in the
case of farmers referred to in subdivision 5(2) of this section)
of the tax for the taxable year (after deducting personal
credits) computed by placing on an annualized basis the taxable
income for the months in the taxable year ending before the
month in which the installment is required to be paid. For
purposes of this subparagraph, the taxable income shall be
placed on an annualized basis by
(i) Multiplying by 12 (or in the case of a taxable year of
less than 12 months, the number of months in the taxable year)
the taxable income computed for the months in the taxable year
ending before the month in which the installment is required to
be paid.
(ii) Dividing the resulting amount by the number of months
in the taxable year ending before the month in which such
installment date falls, or
(d) An amount equal to 90 percent of the tax computed, at
the rates applicable to the taxable year, on the basis of the
actual taxable income for the months in the taxable year ending
before the month in which the installment is required to be paid.
(5) No addition to the tax shall be imposed under this
subdivision for any taxable year if:
(a) the individual did not have any liability for tax for
the preceding taxable year,
(b) the preceding taxable year was a taxable year of 12
months, and
(c) the individual was a resident of Minnesota throughout
the preceding taxable year.
(5) (6) For the purposes of applying this subdivision, the
estimated tax shall be computed without any reduction for the
amount which the individual estimates as his credit under
section 290.92, subdivision 12 (relating to tax withheld at
source on wages), and the refundable credits contained in
sections 290.06, subdivision 13, 290.067, and 290.501, and
chapter 290A which are allowed against income tax liability, and
the amount of such credits for the taxable year shall be deemed
a payment of estimated tax, and an equal part of such amounts
shall be deemed paid on each installment date (determined under
subdivisions 6 and 7 of this section) for such taxable year,
unless the taxpayer establishes the dates on which all amounts
were actually withheld, in which case the amounts so withheld
shall be deemed payments of estimated tax on the dates on which
such amounts were actually withheld.
Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.93,
subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. [FAILURE TO PAY.] Any individual required under
this section to pay any estimated tax, who willfully fails to
pay such estimated tax at the time or times required by law or
regulations rules, shall, in addition to other penalties
provided by law, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. This
subdivision shall not apply to an individual with respect to the
failure to pay estimated tax if there is no addition to the tax
under this section with respect to the failure to pay estimated
tax.
Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.934,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [EXCEPTION.] (a) Notwithstanding the provisions
of the preceding subdivisions, the addition to the tax with
respect to any underpayment of any installment shall not be
imposed if the total amount of all payments of estimated tax
made on or before the last date prescribed for the payment of
such installment equals or exceeds the amount which would have
been required to be paid on or before such date if the estimated
tax were whichever of the following is the lesser
(1) The tax shown on the return of the corporation for the
preceding taxable year, if a return showing a liability for tax
was filed by the corporation for the preceding taxable year and
such preceding year was a taxable year of 12 months.
(2) An amount equal to the tax computed at the rates
applicable to the taxable year but otherwise on the basis of the
facts shown on the return of the corporation for, and the law
applicable to, the preceding taxable year.
(3) (A) An amount equal to the tax for the taxable year
computed by placing on an annualized basis the taxable income:
(i) for the first two months of the taxable year, in the
case of the installment required to be paid in the third month,
(ii) for the first two months or for the first five months
of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to
be paid in the sixth month,
(iii) for the first six months or for the first eight
months of the taxable year in the case of the installment
required to be paid in the ninth month, and
(iv) for the first nine months or for the first 11 months
of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to
be paid in the 12th month of the taxable year.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the taxable income
shall be placed on an annualized basis by
(i) multiplying by 12 the taxable income referred to in
subparagraph (A), and
(ii) dividing the resulting amount by the number of months
in the taxable year (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 11, as the case may be)
referred to in clause (A).
(4) (A) If this paragraph is applicable, the amount
determined for any installment shall be determined in the
following manner:
(i) take the taxable income for all months during the
taxable year preceding the filing month,
(ii) divide that amount by the base period percentage for
all months during the taxable year preceding the filing month,
(iii) determine the tax on the amount determined under item
(ii), and
(iv) multiply the tax computed under item (iii) by the base
period percentage for the filing month and all months during the
taxable year preceding the filing month.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph:
(i) The "base period percentage" for any period of months
shall be the average percent which the taxable income for the
corresponding months in each of the three preceding taxable
years bears to the taxable income for the three preceding
taxable years.
(ii) The term "filing month" means the month in which the
installment is required to be paid.
(iii) This paragraph shall only apply if the base period
percentage for any six consecutive months of the taxable year
equals or exceeds 70 percent.
(iv) The commissioner may by rules provide for the
determination of the base period percentage in the case of
reorganizations, new corporations, and other similar
circumstances.
(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) (1) and (2), in the case of
a large corporation, the addition to the tax with respect to any
underpayment of any installment shall be imposed if the total
amount of all payments of estimated tax made on or before the
last date prescribed for the payment of the installment is less
than the amount required to be paid on or before the date. The
amount required to be paid as estimated tax for the taxable year
shall in no event be less than the applicable percentage of (A)
the tax shown on the return for the taxable year, or (B) if no
return was filed, the tax for the year. The term "large
corporation" means any corporation (or any predecessor
corporation) which had taxable net income of $1,000,000 or more
for any taxable year during the testing period. The term
"testing period" means the three taxable years immediately
preceding the taxable year involved. The term "applicable
percentage" means 65 percent for taxable years beginning after
April 30, 1982, 75 percent for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1982, and 80 90 percent for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1983.
Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.9725, is
amended to read:
290.9725 [ELECTION BY SMALL BUSINESS CORPORATION.]
Any corporation having a valid election in effect under
section 1372 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended through December 31, 1981 1982, shall not be subject to
the taxes imposed by this chapter, except the tax imposed under
section 290.92.
Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.9726,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [CREDIT ALLOWANCES.] The credits provided in
sections 290.06 and 290.501 to which the corporation is entitled
shall be allocated to the shareholders in the same percentage as
the undistributed income was apportioned under section 1373(b)
as provided in sections 1366 and 1377 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended through December 31, 1981 1982. The
limitations set forth in the computation of the credit shall be
applied to the shareholders.
Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.9726,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [BASIS.] The adjustments to basis described in
section 1376 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 31, 1981 as it existed prior to October 19,
1982, shall not be made for any year beginning before January 1,
1981 for which the corporation did not have a valid election to
be taxed as a small business corporation.
Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.974, is
amended to read:
290.974 [RETURN OF ELECTING SMALL BUSINESS S CORPORATION.]
Every electing small business S corporation under section
290.9725 shall make a small business corporation return for each
taxable year during which said election is in effect stating
specifically the names and addresses of all persons owning stock
in the corporation at any time during the taxable year, the
number of shares of stock owned by each shareholder at all times
during the taxable year, each shareholder's pro rata share of
each item of the corporation for the taxable year, and such
other information for the purposes of carrying out the
provisions of sections 290.01, subdivisions 20 to 20f and
290.9725 as the commissioner may by forms and regulations rules
prescribe.
Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290A.03,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [INCOME.] (1) "Income" means the sum of the
following:
(a) federal adjusted gross income as defined in the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended through December 31,
1981 January 15, 1983; and
(b) the sum of the following amounts to the extent not
included in clause (a):
(i) additions to federal adjusted gross income as provided
in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, subdivision 20a, clauses
(1), (3), (9), (14), (15), and (21);
(ii) all nontaxable income;
(iii) recognized net long term capital gains;
(iv) dividends and interest excluded from federal adjusted
gross income under sections 116 or 128 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954;
(v) cash public assistance and relief;
(vi) any pension or annuity (including railroad retirement
benefits, all payments received under the federal social
security act, supplemental security income, and veterans
benefits), which was not exclusively funded by the claimant or
spouse, or which was funded exclusively by the claimant or
spouse and which funding payments were excluded from federal
adjusted gross income in the years when the payments were made;
(vii) nontaxable interest received from the state or
federal government or any instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof;
(viii) workers' compensation;
(ix) unemployment benefits;
(x) nontaxable strike benefits; and
(xi) the gross amounts of payments received in the nature
of disability income or sick pay as a result of accident,
sickness, or other disability, whether funded through insurance
or otherwise. In the case of an individual who files an income
tax return on a fiscal year basis, the term "federal adjusted
gross income" shall mean federal adjusted gross income reflected
in the fiscal year ending in the calendar year. Federal
adjusted gross income shall not be reduced by the amount of a
net operating loss carryback.
(2) "Income" does not include
(a) amounts excluded pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code,
sections 101(a), 102, 117, and 121;
(b) amounts of any pension or annuity which was exclusively
funded by the claimant or spouse and which funding payments were
not excluded from federal adjusted gross income in the years
when the payments were made;
(c) surplus food or other relief in kind supplied by a
governmental agency;
(d) relief granted under sections 290A.01 to 290A.20;
(e) child support payments received under a temporary or
final decree of dissolution or legal separation;
(f) federal adjusted gross income shall be reduced by wage
or salary expense, or expense of work incentive programs which
are not allowed as a deduction under provisions of section 280C
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; or
(g) federal adjusted gross income shall be reduced by the
amount of the penalty on the early withdrawal of an all-savers
certificate as provided in section 128(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954.
Sec. 43. [INSTRUCTIONS TO THE REVISOR.]
In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of
statutes shall substitute the phrase "Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended through December 31, 1982" for the words
"Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 31,
1981" or for the words "Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended through December 1, 1982" wherever the phrase occurs in
chapter 290, except section 290.01, subdivision 20.
Sec. 44. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 290.01, subdivision 28, is
repealed.
Sec. 45. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 2 and 6 are effective for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1982, except as otherwise provided. Sections
4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 37, 39, 41, 43, and 44 are effective
for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982. Section 3
is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982
except that the provision concerning qualified voluntary
employee contributions is effective for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1981. Sections 7 and 19 are effective for
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1981. Sections 1,
10, 14, 21, 25, 26, 28, 30, 36, and 40 are effective the day
after final enactment. Section 11 is effective for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1982, except that the
reference to the straight line method and other methods and the
adoption of changes made in Public Law Number 97-448 and the
changes made in clauses (a) and (e) are effective for property
placed in service after December 31, 1980, in taxable years
ending after that date. Section 13 is effective for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1982, provided that the
adoption of section 204(b) of Public Law Number 97-248 is
effective at the same time it is effective for federal
purposes. Sections 15, 16, and 17 are effective at the same
time the changes made in Public Law Number 97-248 and Public Law
Number 97-448 are effective for federal income tax purposes.
Sections 20, 22, and 32 are effective for returns or statements
for which the due date is after December 31, 1983. Section 23
is effective for payments and sales made after December 31,
1982. Sections 29, 31, and 34 are effective for documents filed
after June 30, 1983. Section 33 is effective for payments made
after December 31, 1983. Section 35 is effective for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1982, except that the
amendment in clause (6) is effective for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1981. Section 38 is effective for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1982, however as provided in
section 6(b)(3) of Public Law Number 97-354, the new passive
income rules of that law shall apply to a taxable year beginning
in 1982. Section 42 is effective for claims based on rent paid
in 1982 and subsequent years and property taxes payable in 1983
and subsequent years.
Approved May 20, 1983
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes