§ 24357.1. — 24357.1. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 14, Sec. 71.)

California § 24357.1.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code RTC: Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
• Div. 2.: DIVISION 2. OTHER TAXES
• Part 11.: PART 11. CORPORATION TAX LAW
• Ch. 7.: CHAPTER 7. Net Income
• Art. 1.: ARTICLE 1. Deductions

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(a)
The amount of any charitable contribution of property otherwise taken into account under Section 24357 shall be reduced by the amount of gain that would have been realized if the property contributed had been sold by the taxpayer at its fair market value (determined at the time of that contribution).
(b)
For purposes of subdivision (a), in the case of a charitable contribution of less than
the taxpayer’s entire interest in the property contributed, the taxpayer’s adjusted basis in that property shall be allocated between the interest contributed and any interest not contributed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(c)
The provisions of subdivision (a) shall apply in the case of a charitable contribution of tangible personal property if either of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1)
The use by the donee is unrelated to the purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 23701, or, in the case of a governmental unit, to any purpose or function described in Section 24359.
(2)
The tangible personal property is applicable property that is sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of by the donee before
the last day of the taxable year in which the contribution was made and with respect to which the donee has not made a certification in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (d).
(d)
(1)
In the case of an applicable disposition of applicable property, there shall be included in the income of the donor of that property for the taxable year of the donor in which the applicable disposition occurs an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the following amount:
(A)
The amount of the deduction allowed to the donor under Section 24357 with respect to that property, over
(B)
The donor’s basis in that property at the time that property was contributed.
(2)
For purposes of this section:
(A)
“Applicable disposition” means any sale, exchange, or other disposition by the donee of applicable property after the last day of the taxable year of the donor in which that property was contributed, and before the last day of the three-year period beginning on the date of the contribution of that property, unless the donee makes a certification in accordance with paragraph (3).
(B)
“Applicable property” means charitable deduction property, as defined in Section 6050L(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is tangible personal property, the use of which is identified by the donee as related to the purpose or function constituting the basis of the donee’s exemption under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 23701, and for which a deduction in excess of the donor’s basis is allowed.
(3)
A
certification meets the requirements of this paragraph if it is a written statement, which is signed under penalty of perjury by an officer of the donee organization, that meets either of the following conditions:
(A)
Certifies that the use of the property by the donee was related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for the donee’s exemption under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 23701 and describes how the property was used and how that use furthered that purpose or function.
(B)
States the intended use of the property by the donee at the time of the contribution and certifies that the intended use has become impossible or infeasible to implement.
(e)
(1)
For purposes of Section 24357 and subdivision (a), and notwithstanding Section 24912, in the case of a
charitable contribution of taxidermy property that is made by the person who prepared, stuffed, or mounted the property, or by any person who paid or incurred the cost of such preparation, stuffing, or mounting, only the cost of the preparing, stuffing, or mounting shall be included in the basis of that property.
(2)
For purposes of this section, “taxidermy property” means any work of art that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(A)
Is the reproduction or preservation of an animal, in whole or in part.
(B)
Is prepared, stuffed, or mounted for purposes of recreating one or more characteristics of the animal.
(C)
Contains a part of the body of the dead animal.
(f)
The amendments
made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to contributions made on or after January 1, 2010, without regard to taxable year.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 14, Sec. 71. (SB 401) Effective January 1, 2011.