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AB-1286 Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund.(2013-2014)

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Assembly Bill No. 1286
CHAPTER 664

An act to amend Section 18796 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

[ Approved by Governor  October 09, 2013. Filed with Secretary of State  October 09, 2013. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1286, Skinner. Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund.
The Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2018, to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be contributed to the California Breast Cancer Research Fund. The minimum contribution amount is adjusted each year to correct for inflation.
This bill would specify that for calendar years 2014 and 2015 the minimum contribution shall be equal to the minimum contribution amount for the 2013 calendar year.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 18796 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

18796.
 (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed.
(b) (1) By September 1, 2006, and by September 1 of each subsequent calendar year that the California Breast Cancer Research Fund appears on a tax return, the Franchise Tax Board shall do all of the following:
(A) Determine the minimum contribution amount required to be received during the next calendar year for the fund to appear on the tax return for the taxable year that includes that next calendar year.
(B) Provide written notification to the University of California of the amount determined in subparagraph (A).
(C) Determine whether the amount of contributions estimated to be received during the calendar year will equal or exceed the minimum contribution amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board for the calendar year pursuant to subparagraph (A). The Franchise Tax Board shall estimate the amount of the contributions to be received by using the actual amounts received and an estimate of the contributions that will be received by the end of that calendar year.
(2) If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the amount of contributions estimated to be received during a calendar year will not at least equal the minimum contribution amount for the calendar year, this article is repealed with respect to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of that calendar year.
(3) For purposes of this section, the minimum contribution amount for a calendar year means two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1997 calendar year or the minimum contribution amount adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c).
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 1998, the Franchise Tax Board shall adjust, on or before September 1 of that calendar year, the minimum contribution amount specified in subdivision (b) as follows:
(1) The minimum contribution amount for the calendar year shall be an amount equal to the product of the minimum contribution amount for the prior calendar year multiplied by the inflation factor adjustment as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041, rounded off to the nearest dollar.
(2) The inflation factor adjustment used for the calendar year shall be based on the figures for the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index that are received on or before August 1 of the calendar year pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(d) For calendar years 2014 and 2015 the minimum contribution shall be equal to the minimum contribution amount for the 2013 calendar year. This amount shall be adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c) beginning with the 2016 calendar year.
(e) Notwithstanding the repeal of this article, any contribution amounts designated pursuant to this article prior to its repeal shall continue to be transferred and disbursed in accordance with this article as in effect immediately prior to that repeal.