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S.B. 72

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INCOME TAX AMENDMENTS

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Howard C. Nielson

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX ACT; REPEALING OBSOLETE
             6      LANGUAGE; REQUIRING THE STATE TAX COMMISSION TO MAKE CERTAIN
             7      INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX BRACKETS
             8      AND AMOUNT OF TAX; MODIFYING DEFINITIONS; CHANGING THE BASIS FOR
             9      CALCULATING INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES FROM FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME
             10      TO FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME; REPEALING THE ADDITION TO INCOME
             11      OF 25% OF A TAXPAYER'S FEDERAL PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS; REQUIRING
             12      TAXPAYERS TO ELECT TO SUBTRACT FROM ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME EITHER
             13      THE FEDERAL STANDARD DEDUCTION OR FEDERAL ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS;
             14      MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
             15      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             16      AMENDS:
             17          59-10-103, as last amended by Chapter 345, Laws of Utah 1995
             18          59-10-104, as last amended by Chapter 333, Laws of Utah 1996
             19          59-10-111, as last amended by Chapter 96, Laws of Utah 1987
             20          59-10-112, as last amended by Chapter 345, Laws of Utah 1995
             21          59-10-114, as last amended by Chapter 56, Laws of Utah 1997
             22          59-10-116, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1987
             23          59-10-117, as last amended by Chapters 311 and 345, Laws of Utah 1995
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 59-10-103 is amended to read:
             26           59-10-103. Definitions.
             27          (1) As used in this chapter:


             28          (a) "Adult with a disability" means a person over 21 years of age who is eligible for
             29      services under Title 62A, Chapter 5, Services to People with Disabilities.
             30          (b) "Corporation" includes associations, joint stock companies, and insurance companies.
             31          (c) "Dependent child with a disability" means a person 21 years of age or younger who is:
             32          (i) diagnosed by a school district representative under rules adopted by the State Board of
             33      Education as having a disability classified as autism, deafness, developmental delay (preschool),
             34      dual sensory impairment (deaf/blind), hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multidisability,
             35      orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment, who
             36      is not receiving residential services from the Division of Services for People with Disabilities or
             37      the schools for the deaf and blind, but is enrolled in a school district's special education program
             38      funded under Section 53A-17a-111 , or in the schools for the deaf and blind; or
             39          (ii) identified under guidelines of the Department of Health as qualified for Early
             40      Intervention or Infant Development Services.
             41          (d) "Employer," "employee," and "wages" are defined as provided in Section 59-10-401 .
             42          (e) "Fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator,
             43      or any person acting in any fiduciary capacity for any individual.
             44          (f) "Individual" means a natural person and includes aliens and minors.
             45          (g) "Nonresident individual" means an individual who is not a resident of this state.
             46          (h) "Nonresident trust" or "nonresident estate" means a trust or estate which is not a
             47      resident estate or trust.
             48          (i) (i) "Partnership" includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other
             49      unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or
             50      venture is carried on, and which is not, within the meaning of this chapter, a trust or estate or a
             51      corporation.
             52          (ii) "Partnership" does not include any organization not included under the definition of
             53      "partnership" contained in Section 761, Internal Revenue Code.
             54          (iii) "Partner" includes a member in such a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or
             55      organization.
             56          (j) "Resident individual" means:
             57          (i) an individual who is domiciled in this state for any period of time during the taxable
             58      year, but only for the duration of such period; or


             59          (ii) an individual who is not domiciled in this state but maintains a permanent place of
             60      abode in this state and spends in the aggregate 183 or more days of the taxable year in this state.
             61      For purposes of this Subsection (1)(j)(ii), a fraction of a calendar day shall be counted as a whole
             62      day.
             63          (k) (i) "Resident estate" or "resident trust" means:
             64          (A) an estate of a decedent who at his death was domiciled in this state;
             65          (B) a trust, or a portion of a trust, consisting of property transferred by will of a decedent
             66      who at his death was domiciled in this state; or
             67          (C) a trust administered in this state.
             68          (ii) For purposes of this chapter, a trust shall be considered to be administered in this state
             69      if:
             70          (A) the place of business where the fiduciary transacts a major portion of its administration
             71      of the trust is in this state; or
             72          (B) the usual place of business of the fiduciary is in this state.
             73          (iii) Where there are two or more fiduciaries, the residency status of the trust shall be
             74      determined by the situs of the corporate or professional fiduciary with primary responsibility for
             75      the administration of the trust as defined in the trust instrument.
             76          (iv) The commission may, by rule, provide additional guidelines to determine the
             77      residency status of a trust.
             78          [(l) "Taxable income" and "state taxable income" are defined as provided in Sections
             79      59-10-111 , 59-10-112 , 59-10-116 , 59-10-201.1 , and 59-10-204 .]
             80          [(m)] (l) "Taxpayer" means any individual, estate, or trust or beneficiary of an estate or
             81      trust, whose income is subject in whole or part to the tax imposed by this chapter.
             82          (2) Any term used in this chapter has the same meaning as when used in comparable
             83      context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes unless a different meaning
             84      is clearly required. Any reference to the Internal Revenue Code or to the laws of the United States
             85      shall mean the Internal Revenue Code or other provisions of the laws of the United States relating
             86      to federal income taxes which are in effect for the taxable year. Any reference to a specific section
             87      of the Internal Revenue Code or other provision of the laws of the United States relating to federal
             88      income taxes shall include any corresponding or comparable provisions of the Internal Revenue
             89      Code as hereafter amended, redesignated, or reenacted.


             90          Section 2. Section 59-10-104 is amended to read:
             91           59-10-104. Tax basis -- Rates.
             92          [(1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1996, but beginning before January
             93      1, 1997, a tax is imposed on the state taxable income, as defined in Section 59-10-112 , of every
             94      resident individual as follows:]
             95          [(a) For an individual, other than a husband and wife or head of household required to use
             96      the tax table under Subsection (1)(b), the tax under this section is imposed in accordance with the
             97      following table:]
             98      [If the state taxable income is:                The tax is:]
             99      [Less than or equal to $750                2.55% of the state taxable income]
             100      [Greater than $750 but less than or equal        $19, plus 3.5% of state taxable income]
             101          [to $1,500                        greater than $750]
             102      [Greater than $1,500 but less than or equal        $45, plus 4.4% of state taxable income]
             103          [to $2,250                        greater than $1,500]
             104      [Greater than $2,250 but less than or equal        $78, plus 5.35% of state taxable income]
             105          [to $3,000                        greater than $2,250]
             106      [Greater than $3,000 but less than or equal        $119, plus 6% of state taxable income]
             107          [to $3,750                        greater than $3,000]
             108      [Greater than $3,750                    $164, plus 7% of state taxable income]
             109                                      [greater than $3,750]
             110          [(b) For a husband and wife filing a single return jointly, or a head of household as defined
             111      in Section 2(b), Internal Revenue Code, filing a single return, the tax under this section is imposed
             112      in accordance with the following table:]
             113      [If the state taxable income is:                The tax is:]
             114      [Less than or equal to $1,500                2.55% of the state taxable income]
             115      [Greater than $1,500 but less than or equal        $38, plus 3.5% of state taxable income]
             116          [to $3,000                        greater than $1,500]
             117      [Greater than $3,000 but less than or equal        $91, plus 4.4% of state taxable income]
             118          [to $4,500                        greater than $3,000]
             119      [Greater than $4,500 but less than or equal        $157, plus 5.35% of state taxable income]
             120          [to $6,000                        greater than $4,500]


             121      [Greater than $6,000 but less than or equal        $237, plus 6% of state taxable income]
             122          [to $7,500                        greater than $6,000]
             123      [Greater than $7,500                    $327, plus 7% of state taxable income]
             124                                      [greater than $7,500]
             125          [(2)] (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1997, a tax is imposed on the
             126      state taxable income, as defined in Section 59-10-112 , of every resident individual as [follows]
             127      provided in Subsections (1)(a) and (b):
             128          (a) For an individual, other than a husband and wife or head of household required to use
             129      the tax table under Subsection [(2)] (1)(b), the tax under this section is imposed in accordance with
             130      the following table:
             131      If the state taxable income is:                The tax is:
             132      Less than or equal to $750                2.3% of the state taxable income
             133      Greater than $750 but less than or equal        $17, plus 3.3% of state taxable income
             134          to $1,500                        greater than $750
             135      Greater than $1,500 but less than or equal        $42, plus 4.2% of state taxable income
             136          to $2,250                        greater than $1,500
             137      Greater than $2,250 but less than or equal        $74, plus 5.2% of state taxable income
             138          to $3,000                        greater than $2,250
             139      Greater than $3,000 but less than or equal        $113, plus 6% of state taxable income
             140          to $3,750                        greater than $3,000
             141      Greater than $3,750                    $158, plus 7% of state taxable income
             142                                      greater than $3,750
             143          (b) For a husband and wife filing a single return jointly, or a head of household as defined
             144      in Section 2(b), Internal Revenue Code, filing a single return, the tax under this section is imposed
             145      in accordance with the following table:
             146      If the state taxable income is:                The tax is:
             147      Less than or equal to $1,500                2.3% of the state taxable income
             148      Greater than $1,500 but less than or equal        $35, plus 3.3% of state taxable income
             149          to $3,000                        greater than $1,500
             150      Greater than $3,000 but less than or equal        $84, plus 4.2% of state taxable income
             151          to $4,500                        greater than $3,000


             152      Greater than $4,500 but less than or equal        $147, plus 5.2% of state taxable income
             153          to $6,000                        greater than $4,500
             154      Greater than $6,000 but less than or equal        $225, plus 6% of state taxable income
             155          to $7,500                        greater than $6,000
             156      Greater than $7,500                    $315, plus 7% of state taxable income
             157                                      greater than $7,500
             158          (2) (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2001, the commission shall
             159      increase or decrease:
             160          (i) the individual income tax brackets under Subsection (1) in a percentage equal to the
             161      percentage difference between the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year and the
             162      consumer price index for calendar year 1999; and
             163          (ii) to the extent necessary to reflect the increase or decrease in the individual income tax
             164      brackets under Subsection (2)(a)(i), the amount of tax under Subsections (1)(a) and (b) prior to
             165      adding in the portion of the tax calculated as a percentage of state taxable income.
             166          (b) The commission may not increase or decrease the rate percentages provided in
             167      Subsection (1)(a) or (b).
             168          (c) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(i), the commission shall calculate the consumer price
             169      index as provided in Section 1(f)(4) and 1(f)(5), Internal Revenue Code.
             170          Section 3. Section 59-10-111 is amended to read:
             171           59-10-111. Federal taxable income defined.
             172          For purposes of this chapter "[Federal] federal taxable income" means taxable income as
             173      [currently] defined in Section 63, Internal Revenue Code [of 1986].
             174          Section 4. Section 59-10-112 is amended to read:
             175           59-10-112. State taxable income of resident individual.
             176          (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for purposes of this chapter "[State] state
             177      taxable income" in the case of a resident individual means [his] the individual's federal [taxable]
             178      adjusted gross income [(]as defined [by] in Section [ 59-10-111 )] 62, Internal Revenue Code, with
             179      the modifications, subtractions, and adjustments provided in Section 59-10-114 .
             180          (2) The state taxable income of a resident individual who is the beneficiary of an estate or
             181      trust shall be modified by the adjustments provided in Section 59-10-209 .
             182          Section 5. Section 59-10-114 is amended to read:


             183           59-10-114. Additions to and subtractions from federal adjusted gross income of an
             184      individual.
             185          (1) [There] A resident or nonresident taxpayer shall [be added] add the following amounts
             186      to the taxpayer's federal [taxable] adjusted gross income [of a resident or nonresident individual]:
             187          (a) if a taxpayer subtracts under Subsection (2)(l)(ii) the amount of federal itemized
             188      deductions the taxpayer is allowed for the taxable year, the taxpayer shall add to the taxpayer's
             189      federal adjusted gross income:
             190          (i) the amount of any income tax imposed by this or any predecessor Utah individual
             191      income tax law to the extent the taxpayer deducts the income tax on the taxpayer's federal
             192      individual income tax return in determining federal taxable income; and
             193          (ii) the amount of any income tax imposed by the laws of another state, the District of
             194      Columbia, or a possession of the United States, [to the extent deducted from federal adjusted gross
             195      income, as defined by Section 62, Internal Revenue Code, in determining federal taxable income]
             196      to the extent the taxpayer deducts the income tax on the taxpayer's federal individual income tax
             197      return in determining federal taxable income;
             198          (b) a lump sum distribution allowable as a deduction under Section 402(e)(3), Internal
             199      Revenue Code, to the extent deductible under Section 62(a)(8), Internal Revenue Code, in
             200      determining federal adjusted gross income;
             201          [(c) 25% of the personal exemptions, as defined and calculated in the Internal Revenue
             202      Code;]
             203          [(d)] (c) a withdrawal from a medical care savings account and any penalty imposed in the
             204      taxable year if:
             205          (i) the taxpayer did not deduct or include the amounts on [his] the taxpayer's federal
             206      individual income tax return pursuant to Section 220, Internal Revenue Code; and
             207          (ii) the withdrawal is subject to Subsections 31A-32-105 (1) and (2); and
             208          [(e)] (d) the amount refunded to a participant under Title 53B, Chapter 8a, Higher
             209      Education Savings Incentive Program, in the year in which the amount is refunded.
             210          (2) [There] A resident or nonresident taxpayer shall [be subtracted] subtract the following
             211      amounts from the taxpayer's federal [taxable] adjusted gross income [of a resident or nonresident
             212      individual]:
             213          (a) the interest or dividends on obligations or securities of the United States and its


             214      possessions or of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States, to the extent
             215      includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes but exempt from state income taxes
             216      under the laws of the United States, but the amount subtracted under this subsection shall be
             217      reduced by any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry the obligations
             218      or securities described in this subsection, and by any expenses incurred in the production of
             219      interest or dividend income described in this subsection to the extent that such expenses, including
             220      amortizable bond premiums, are deductible in determining federal taxable income;
             221          (b) 1/2 of the net amount of any income tax paid or payable to the United States after all
             222      allowable credits, as reported on the United States individual income tax return of the taxpayer for
             223      the same taxable year;
             224          (c) the amount of adoption expenses which, for purposes of this subsection, means any
             225      actual medical and hospital expenses of the mother of the adopted child which are incident to the
             226      child's birth and any welfare agency, child placement service, legal, and other fees or costs relating
             227      to the adoption;
             228          (d) amounts received by taxpayers under age 65 as retirement income which, for purposes
             229      of this section, means pensions and annuities, paid from an annuity contract purchased by an
             230      employer under a plan which meets the requirements of Section 404 (a)(2), Internal Revenue Code,
             231      or purchased by an employee under a plan which meets the requirements of Section 408, Internal
             232      Revenue Code, or paid by the United States, a state, or political subdivision thereof, or the District
             233      of Columbia, to the employee involved or the surviving spouse;
             234          (e) subject to the reductions provided for in Subsection (3)(b), for each taxpayer age 65
             235      or over before the close of the taxable year, a $7,500 personal retirement exemption;
             236          (f) 75% of the amount of the personal exemption, as [defined and] calculated in [the]
             237      Section 151, Internal Revenue Code, for each dependent child with a disability and adult with a
             238      disability who is claimed as a dependent on a taxpayer's return;
             239          (g) any amount included in federal taxable income that was received pursuant to any
             240      federal law enacted in 1988 to provide reparation payments, as damages for human suffering, to
             241      United States citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry who were interned during World
             242      War II;
             243          (h) subject to the limitations of Subsection (3)(e), 60% of the amounts paid by the taxpayer
             244      during the taxable year for health care insurance, as defined in Title 31A, Chapter 1, Insurance


             245      Code, for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and the taxpayer's dependents to the extent the
             246      amounts paid for health insurance were not deductible under Sections 125, 162, or 213, Internal
             247      Revenue Code, in determining federal taxable income;
             248          (i) except as [otherwise] provided in [this] Subsection (4), the amount of a contribution
             249      made in the tax year on behalf of the taxpayer to a medical care savings account and interest earned
             250      on a contribution to a medical care savings account established pursuant to Title 31A, Chapter 32,
             251      Medical Care Savings Account Act[,]:
             252          (A) to the extent the contribution is accepted by the account administrator as provided in
             253      the Medical Care Savings Account Act[,]; and
             254          (B) if the taxpayer did not deduct or include amounts on [his] the taxpayer's federal
             255      individual income tax return pursuant to Section 220, Internal Revenue Code[. A contribution
             256      deductible under this subsection may not exceed either of the following:];
             257          [(i) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act for
             258      the tax year multiplied by two for taxpayers who file a joint return, if neither spouse is covered by
             259      health care insurance as defined in Section 31A-1-301 or self-funded plan that covers the other
             260      spouse, and each spouse has a medical care savings account; or]
             261          [(ii) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act for
             262      the tax year for taxpayers:]
             263          [(A) who do not file a joint return; or]
             264          [(B) who file a joint return, but do not qualify under Subsection (2)(i)(i); and]
             265          (j) the amount included in federal taxable income that was derived from money paid by
             266      the taxpayer to the program fund and investment income earned on those payments under Title
             267      53B, Chapter 8a, Higher Education Savings Incentive Program[.];
             268          (k) the amount of personal exemptions the taxpayer is allowed for the taxable year under
             269      Section 151, Internal Revenue Code, for:
             270          (i) the taxpayer;
             271          (ii) the taxpayer's spouse; and
             272          (iii) the taxpayer's dependents; and
             273          (l) regardless of whether a taxpayer claims the federal standard deduction or itemizes
             274      deductions on the taxpayer's federal individual income tax return for the taxable year, the taxpayer
             275      shall elect to subtract from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for taxable year either:


             276          (i) the amount of the federal standard deduction the taxpayer is allowed for the taxable
             277      year; or
             278          (ii) the amount of the federal itemized deductions the taxpayer is allowed for the taxable
             279      year.
             280          (3) (a) For purposes of Subsection (2)(d), the amount of retirement income subtracted for
             281      taxpayers under 65 shall be the lesser of the amount included in federal taxable income, or $4,800,
             282      except that:
             283          (i) for married taxpayers filing joint returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned
             284      over $32,000, the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted shall be
             285      reduced by 50 cents;
             286          (ii) for married taxpayers filing separate returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             287      earned over $16,000, the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted shall
             288      be reduced by 50 cents; and
             289          (iii) for individual taxpayers, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned over $25,000,
             290      the amount of the retirement income exemption that may be subtracted shall be reduced by 50
             291      cents.
             292          (b) For purposes of Subsection (2)(e), the amount of the personal retirement exemption
             293      shall be [further] reduced according to the following schedule:
             294          (i) for married taxpayers filing joint returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned
             295      over $32,000, the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50 cents;
             296          (ii) for married taxpayers filing separate returns, for each $1 of adjusted gross income
             297      earned over $16,000, the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50
             298      cents; and
             299          (iii) for individual taxpayers, for each $1 of adjusted gross income earned over $25,000,
             300      the amount of the personal retirement exemption shall be reduced by 50 cents.
             301          (c) For purposes of Subsections (3)(a) and (b), adjusted gross income shall be calculated
             302      by adding to federal adjusted gross income any interest income not otherwise included in federal
             303      adjusted gross income.
             304          (d) (i) For purposes of determining ownership of items of retirement income common law
             305      doctrine will be applied in all cases even though some items may have originated from service or
             306      investments in a community property state.


             307          (ii) Amounts received by the spouse of a living retiree because of the retiree's having been
             308      employed in a community property state are not deductible as retirement income of such spouse.
             309          (e) For purposes of Subsection (2)(h), a subtraction for an amount paid for health care
             310      insurance as defined in Title 31A, Chapter 1, Insurance Code, is not allowed:
             311          (i) for an amount that is reimbursed or funded in whole or in part by the federal
             312      government, the state, or an agency or instrumentality of the federal government or the state; and
             313          (ii) for a taxpayer who is eligible to participate in a health plan maintained and funded in
             314      whole or in part by the taxpayer's employer or the taxpayer's spouse's employer.
             315          (4) A contribution deductible under Subsection (2)(i) may not exceed either of the
             316      following:
             317          (i) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act for
             318      the tax year multiplied by two for taxpayers who file a joint return, if neither spouse is covered by
             319      health care insurance as defined in Section 31A-1-301 or self-funded plan that covers the other
             320      spouse, and each spouse has a medical care savings account; or
             321          (ii) the maximum contribution allowed under the Medical Care Savings Account Act for
             322      the tax year for taxpayers:
             323          (A) who do not file a joint return; or
             324          (B) who file a joint return, but do not qualify under Subsection (2)(i)(i).
             325          Section 6. Section 59-10-116 is amended to read:
             326           59-10-116. Tax on nonresident individual's state taxable income.
             327          A tax is [hereby] imposed on the state taxable income, as defined in [Sections 59-10-111
             328      and] Section 59-10-112 , of every nonresident individual in accordance with the schedules in
             329      Section 59-10-104 , [but] except that the individual's Utah tax shall be only the portion of the
             330      resident tax [so calculated as] that the individual's federal adjusted gross income received from
             331      Utah sources [(]determined under Section 59-10-117 [)] for the taxable year bears to the
             332      individual's total federal adjusted gross income for the same taxable year.
             333          Section 7. Section 59-10-117 is amended to read:
             334           59-10-117. Federal adjusted gross income derived from Utah sources.
             335          (1) For the purpose of Section 59-10-116 , federal adjusted gross income derived from Utah
             336      sources [shall include] includes those items includable in federal ["]adjusted gross income[" (] as
             337      defined [by] in Section 62 [of the], Internal Revenue Code[)], attributable to or resulting from:


             338          (a) the ownership in this state of any interest in real or tangible personal property,
             339      [(]including real property or property rights from which ["]gross income from mining["], as
             340      defined [by] in Section 613(c) [of the], Internal Revenue Code, is derived[)]; or
             341          (b) the carrying on of a business, trade, profession, or occupation in this state.
             342          (2) For the purposes of Subsection (1):
             343          (a) Income from intangible personal property, including annuities, dividends, interest, and
             344      gains from the disposition of intangible personal property shall constitute income derived from
             345      Utah sources only to the extent that such income is from property employed in a trade, business,
             346      profession, or occupation carried on in this state.
             347          (b) Deductions with respect to capital losses, net long-term capital gains, and net operating
             348      losses shall be based solely on income, gain, loss, and deduction connected with Utah sources,
             349      under rules prescribed by the commission, but otherwise shall be determined in the same manner
             350      as the corresponding federal deductions.
             351          (c) Salaries, wages, commissions, and compensation for personal services rendered outside
             352      this state shall not be considered to be derived from Utah sources.
             353          (d) A nonresident shareholder's distributive share of ordinary income, gain, loss, and
             354      deduction derived from or connected with Utah sources shall be determined under Section
             355      59-10-118 .
             356          (e) A nonresident, other than a dealer holding property primarily for sale to customers in
             357      the ordinary course of [his] the dealer's trade or business, shall not be considered to carry on a
             358      trade, business, profession, or occupation in this state solely by reason of the purchase or sale of
             359      property for [his] the nonresident's own account.
             360          (f) If a trade, business, profession, or occupation is carried on partly within and partly
             361      without this state, items of income, gain, loss, and deductions derived from or connected with Utah
             362      sources shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-10-118 .
             363          (g) A nonresident partner's distributive share of partnership income, gain, loss, and
             364      deduction derived from or connected with Utah sources shall be determined under Section
             365      59-10-303 .
             366          (h) The share of a nonresident estate or trust and nonresident beneficiaries of any estate
             367      or trust in income, gain, loss, and deduction derived from or connected with Utah sources shall be
             368      determined under Section 59-10-207 .


             369          (i) Any dividend, interest, or distributive share of income, gain, or loss from a real estate
             370      investment trust, as defined in Section [ 59-7-116.5 ] 856, Internal Revenue Code, distributed or
             371      allocated to a nonresident investor in the trust, including any shareholder, beneficiary, or owner
             372      of a beneficial interest in the trust, shall:
             373          (a) be income from intangible personal property under Subsection (2)(a)[,]; and [shall]
             374          (b) constitute income derived from Utah sources only to the extent the nonresident investor
             375      is employing its beneficial interest in the trust in a trade, business, profession, or occupation
             376      carried on by the investor in this state.
             377          Section 8. Effective date.
             378          This act takes effect for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-8-98 2:29 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


Committee Note

The Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee voted this bill out without recommendation.


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