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Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC

DIVISION 2. OTHER TAXES [6001 - 61050]

  ( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 279. )
  

PART 11. CORPORATION TAX LAW [23001 - 25141]

  ( Heading of Part 11 amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 543, Sec. 21. )
  

CHAPTER 4. Exempt Corporations [23701 - 23778]

  ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 557. )
  

ARTICLE 1. Exemptions From This Part [23701 - 23712]
  ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 557. )

  
23703.  

(a) For purposes of this section, “charitable corporation” means a corporation defined in Section 12582.1 of the Government Code that is required to comply with the filing requirements set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) (1) The exemption granted to a charitable corporation under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 23701) shall be revoked by the Franchise Tax Board in accordance with this section if the charitable corporation fails to file with the Attorney General any registration or periodic report required by Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) A revocation shall occur under this section only after the Attorney General has first notified the Franchise Tax Board in writing that a charitable corporation has failed to file any registration or periodic report on or before the due date thereof, and the Franchise Tax Board has mailed a notice to the charitable corporation stating that the Franchise Tax Board intends to revoke the exemption if the charitable corporation does not file with the Attorney General all past due and currently due documents required by Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(3) After receipt of all required documents from a charitable corporation, the Attorney General shall provide prompt notification to the Franchise Tax Board and the charitable corporation that the charitable corporation has filed all past due and currently due documents required by Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(c) (1) If the Franchise Tax Board does not obtain notification from the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) that the charitable corporation has complied with the filing requirements described in subdivision (b) by the last day of the applicable period, the Franchise Tax Board shall revoke the exemption granted to the charitable corporation pursuant to Section 23777 on the first day after the applicable period.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the applicable period means:

(A) For notifications of noncompliance from the Attorney General that are received by the Franchise Tax Board before the effective date of the act adding this section, the applicable period shall be 120 days after the effective date of the act adding this section.

(B) For notifications of noncompliance from the Attorney General that are received by the Franchise Tax Board on or after the effective date of the act adding this section, the applicable period shall be 120 days after the Franchise Tax Board mails notification of the intent to revoke the exemption granted to the charitable corporation.

(d) For a charitable corporation whose exemption has been disallowed pursuant to Section 23703, as amended by Section 94 of Chapter 862 of the Statutes of 2000, prior to the effective date of the act adding this section, the Franchise Tax Board may reestablish that charitable corporation’s exempt status under Section 23778, after receipt of notification from the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) that the filing requirements set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 12580) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code have been fulfilled. For purposes of reestablishing the charitable corporation’s exempt status under Section 23778, disallowance under Section 23703, as amended by Section 94 of Chapter 862 of the Statutes of 2000, shall be considered a revocation of exemption.

(e) This section shall apply with respect to notifications of noncompliance received from the Attorney General before, on, or after the effective date of the act adding this section.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 710, Sec. 2. (SB 1341) Effective January 1, 2013.)