Bill Text: VA HB154 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Commonwealth's tax system; conformity with federal law, emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015) [HB154 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB154-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §58.1-301 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§58.1-301. Conformity to Internal Revenue Code.
A. Any term used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes, unless a different meaning is clearly required.
B. Any reference in this chapter to the laws of the United
States relating to federal income taxes shall mean the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and amendments thereto, and other provisions of
the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes, as they existed
on December 31, 2016 February 9, 2018, except for:
1. The special depreciation allowance for certain property provided for under §§168(k), 168(l), 168(m), 1400L, and 1400N of the Internal Revenue Code;
2. The carry-back of certain net operating losses for five years under §172(b)(1)(H) of the Internal Revenue Code;
3. The original issue discount on applicable high yield discount obligations under §163(e)(5)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code;
4. The deferral of certain income under §108(i) of the
Internal Revenue Code. For Virginia income tax purposes, income from the
discharge of indebtedness in connection with the reacquisition of an
"applicable debt instrument" (as defined under §108(i) of the
Internal Revenue Code) reacquired in the taxable year shall be fully included
in the taxpayer's Virginia taxable income for the taxable year, unless the
taxpayer elects to include such income in the taxpayer's Virginia taxable
income ratably over a three-taxable-year period beginning with taxable year
2009 for transactions completed in taxable year 2009, or over a
three-taxable-year period beginning with taxable year 2010 for transactions
completed in taxable year 2010 on or before April 21, 2010. For purposes of
such election, all other provisions of §108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code
shall apply mutatis mutandis. No other deferral shall be allowed for income
from the discharge of indebtedness in connection with the reacquisition of an
"applicable debt instrument"; and
5. The amount of the deduction allowed for domestic production activities pursuant to §199 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010. For Virginia income tax purposes, two-thirds of the amount deducted pursuant to §199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes during the taxable year may be deducted for Virginia income tax purposes for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010. For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013, the entire amount of the deduction allowed for domestic production activities pursuant to §199 of the Internal Revenue Code may be deducted for Virginia income tax purposes;
6. The provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) enacted December 22, 2017, as Public Law 115-97, provided, however, that this exception shall not apply to the following:
a. Treatment of certain individuals performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt pursuant to §11026 of the Act;
b. Relief for 2016 disaster areas pursuant to §11028 of the Act;
c. Any other provision of the Act that affects the computation of federal adjusted gross income of individuals or federal taxable income of corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2018, other than the temporary reduction in the medical expense deduction floor pursuant to §11027 of the Act; and
7. The provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 enacted February 9, 2018, as Public Law 115-123, that affect any taxable year other than a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2018.
The Department of Taxation is hereby authorized to develop procedures or guidelines for implementation of the provisions of this section, which procedures or guidelines shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§2.2-4000 et seq.).
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
