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Managing NOLs in Federal and State Tax Complianceand State Tax ComplianceNavigating Federal Restrictions and State NOL Matches by a Multi‐State Company

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Douglas Bekker, Partner, National Tax Services, BDO USA, Grand Rapids, Mich.g , , , , p ,

Caleb Gauen, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York

Lance S. Jacobs, Of Counsel, Pepper Hamilton, Washington, D.C.

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M i NOL i F d l d St t Managing NOLs in Federal and State Tax Compliance Seminar

June 7, 2012

Caleb Gauen, [email protected]

Douglas Bekker, BDO [email protected]

Lance S. Jacobs, Pepper Hamilton [email protected]

Today’s Program

Federal NOL Treatment[Douglas Bekker]

Slide 7 – Slide 24

State NOL Treatment[Caleb Gauen]

Slide 25 – Slide 41

Special Situations At The State Level Involving NOLs[Lance S. Jacobs]

Slide 42 – Slide 51[Lance S. Jacobs]

FEDERAL NOL TREATMENTDouglas Bekker, BDO USA

FEDERAL NOL TREATMENT

Agenda For This SectionCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Agenda For This Section

• Computation of federal net operating loss• Computation of federal net operating loss

• Limitations on carryforwards and carrybacks

• Sect. 382

• Latest developments

2012 Federal Net Operating Loss Update

Federal Net Operating Loss (NOL)Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Federal Net Operating Loss (NOL)

• Corporate taxpayers – negative taxable income Sect. 199 deduction cannot create or enlarge a NOL. Charitable contributions cannot create an NOL.

• Generally calculated on a consolidated basis, for consolidated return filers

• Separate computation must be done, for AMT purposes.

l h h h h h d d l • Flow-through entities: Loss passes through to the individual. Individual NOL computation is more complex.


Federal NOL CarrybacksCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

And Carryforwards• NO’s must first be carried back 2 years.

Irrevocable election to forgo carryback period

• Remaining NOL carried forward 20 yearsRemaining NOL carried forward 20 years

• Consolidated groups: Watch the SRLY rulesSeparate return limitation year Separate return limitation year

Can apply to limit ability to use loss carryforwards or carrybacks for entities joining or leaving the consolidated group


Federal NOL Carrybacks Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

And Carryforwards (Cont.)• AMT NOL follows the same carryback and carryforward rules.

• Only 90% of current year AMTI can be offset by AMT NOL carryforward or carryback

• Special exception for any AMT NOL generated in Sect. 172(h) election yearelection year


General Operation Of Sect 382Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

General Operation Of Sect. 382

• Limitations apply following an “ownership change ”• Limitations apply following an ownership change.

• Use of “pre-change” losses to offset “post-change” income subject to l S t 382 li it tiannual Sect. 382 limitation

• Limitations may also apply to recognized built-in losses.


General Policies Of Sect 382Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

General Policies Of Sect. 382

• Anti trafficking rules• Anti-trafficking rules

• Neutrality principle regarding use of capital

• Purpose of acquisition is irrelevant.


Ownership Change DefinedCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Ownership Change Defined

• An “ownership change” occurs on a testing date when the stock of the • An ownership change occurs on a testing date when the stock of the loss corporation owned by one or more 5% shareholders increases by more than 50 percentage points during a testing period, when compared with the lowest ownership by each shareholder during that period.


5% ShareholdersCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

5% Shareholders

• An actual direct owner of at least 5% of loss corporation’s stock• An actual direct owner of at least 5% of loss corporation s stock

• An indirect owner of at least 5% through higher-tier entities

• Public group shareholders Segregation rules can be complex.g g p Cash issuance and small issuance exceptions


Testing PeriodCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Testing Period

• Generally consists of the three year period ending on a testing date• Generally consists of the three-year period ending on a testing date

• Testing period does not begin before:— Day after prior ownership change— First day of taxable year from which the corporation is carrying

forward a net operating loss, net capital loss or other attribute


Testing DatesCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Testing Dates

• Acquisition or disposition of stock by a direct 5% owner• Acquisition or disposition of stock by a direct 5% owner• Acquisition or disposition of interests by an owner of higher-tier entity• Issuance of stock by a corporation• Redemption of stock• Recapitalization


Pre-Change LossesCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Pre-Change Losses

• Any net operating loss carried from a taxable year that ends before the • Any net operating loss carried from a taxable year that ends before the ownership change

A ti f th t ti l f th t bl th t i l d • Any portion of the net operating loss for the taxable year that includes the change date, to the extent attributable to the period preceding the change


Sect 382 LimitationCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Sect. 382 Limitation

• Value of the loss corporation’s stock immediately before the • Value of the loss corporation s stock, immediately before the ownership change, multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate

L t t t t f J 2012 hi h i 3 26%• Long-term tax-exempt rate for June 2012 ownership changes is 3.26%.


Value Of Loss CorporationCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Value Of Loss Corporation

• Fair market value of all stock outstanding immediately before • Fair market value of all stock outstanding immediately before ownership change

I l d ti l• Includes option value

• May apply control premium to market capitalization

• Capital contributions prior to change

• Corporate contractions


Built-in Gains And LossesCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Built-in Gains And Losses• Application of built-in gain and loss rules can be helpful or

harmfulharmful.— If a loss corporation has a net unrealized built-in gain (NUBIG), a

recognized built-in gain (RBIG) will enhance the annual Sect. 382 limitation382 limitation.

— If a loss corporation has a net unrealized built-in loss (NUBIL), a recognized built-in loss (RBIL) will be subject to the annual Sect. 382 limitation.

• Appraisal methodologies generally applied


Special Sect 382 ProblemsCorporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Special Sect. 382 Problems

• Multiple ownership changes• Multiple ownership changes

• Foreign parent companies

• Unclear or ambiguous SEC filings on schedules 13D and 13G


Recent Developments: Notice 2010-50Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Recent Developments: Notice 2010-50

• Sect 382 ownership measured by value• Sect. 382 ownership measured by value

• Changes in percentage attributable to fluctuations in value are not taken into accounttaken into account.

• Difficult to measure

• Notice 2010-50 is first guidance on this issue. Full-value methodology

Hold constant principal Hold constant principal


Recent Developments: Sect 382 Corporate/M&A Tax Training Series

Recent Developments: Sect. 382 Proposed Regulations

• Simplify, somewhat, the segregation rules for small shareholders

• Sales by existing 5% shareholders to smaller shareholders

• Redemptions

• Look-through rules


STATE NOL TREATMENTCaleb Gauen, PricewaterhouseCoopers

STATE NOL TREATMENT

S NOL O liState NOLs: Outline

State NOL treatment varies from state to state –Issues that arise:

• Nexus requirements to use net operating losses• Varying carryback and carryforward periods a y g ca ybac a d ca y o a d pe ods• Statutory limitations on net operating loss deductions• NOL suspensions• Combined reporting

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N R iNexus Requirements

• Maryland• Taxpayer may only use a NOL if the NOL was generated in a year that corporation was subject to MD i (R §03 04 03 07 A(5))

Some states require that a

MD income tax (Reg. §03.04.03.07.A(5)).• Arizona• Sesek & Associates, LTD v. Arizona Dept of Revenue (2004): Taxpayer was not allowed to use an NOL

d d ti b l i d

corporate taxpayer have nexus in the carryover deduction, because losses were incurred

prior to the taxpayer doing business in AZ .• New York • No deduction is allowed for a loss sustained in a

i hi h th ti t bj t t

nexus in the state the year

the NOL year in which the corporation was not subject to franchise tax (N.Y. Tax Law §208(9)(f)).

the NOL arises

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Carryback And Carryforward PeriodsI. Carrybacks

A. A majority of states do not allow carrybacks

B. Federal legislation for enhanced carrybacks

1. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5)

a. Allows eligible small businesses to elect up to a 5-year carryback for an NOL sustained in tax year 2008; can elect 3-, 4- or 5-year carryback

2. Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-92)

a. Any taxpayer may elect to carry back an NOL arising in 2008 or 2009 but not both for 3 4 or 5 years2009, but not both, for 3, 4 or 5 years.

3. Most states have decoupled from both of these federal provisions.

II. Carryforwards

A. Just over half of the states follow the federal 20-year carryforward.

B. Carryforward periods range from 5 years to 7, 10, 12 or 15 years.

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More Carryback And Carryforward Issues

I. Short taxable years and carryback periods

A. “Taxable year” means the period for which the return is made (IRC §441(b)(3)).

B. A short year for which a return is made is treated as a taxable year, for y y ,purposes of determining the carryback or carryover period for an NOL (Reg. §1.172-4(a)(2)).

C. Example:

Company Z files the following tax returns:

TYE 12/31/2009

TYE 6/30/2010TYE 6/30/2010

TYE 12/31/2010

In TYE 12/31/2011, Company Z generates a loss and carries it back for t t bl C Z ill b k t TYE 6/30/2010 d two taxable years. Company Z will carry back to TYE 6/30/2010 and 12/31/2010.

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Li i i NOL D ll CLimitations: NOL Dollar Caps

Illinois

• For tax years ending 12/31/2012 and prior to

Pennsylvania

• Net loss deductions are limited to the greater of $312/31/2012 and prior to

12/31/2014, C corporations are limited to a carryover deduction of $100,000 per

limited to the greater of $3 million or 20% of Pennsylvania taxable income (72 PS § 7401(3)4(c)(1)).deduction of $100,000 per

taxable year (35 ILCS 5/207(d)).

(72 PS § 7401(3)4(c)(1)).• Pennsylvania net loss carryover rules do not apply to capital losses, but rather ponly to business and non‐business losses arising from the operation of trade or b ibusiness.

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Other Statutory LimitationsO NOL D d iOn NOL Deductions

I. Maryland – Net addition modification (NAM) addbacky f ( )

A. The mechanics of the NAM addback (Admin. Release No. 18, Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury (Sept. 1, 2010); MD Code Sec. §10-205(e))§ ( ))

1. To arrive at MD taxable income, start with federal taxable income after NOL and make certain additions and subtractions.

2 When the addition modifications EXCEED subtraction 2. When the addition modifications EXCEED subtraction modifications in the year an NOL is generated, taxpayer must add back the NAM as the NOL is utilized.

3 Taxpayer only begins to add back the NAM as a modification on 3. Taxpayer only begins to add back the NAM as a modification on the MD return when the NAM + the cumulative associated NOL deductions already claimed in prior and current years EXCEED the total NOL.

B. See example on next slide

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M l d NAM Addb k E lMaryland NAM Addback: ExampleI FactsI. Facts

A. In 1996, Corp. Z generated a federal NOL of ($1,000,000) and has MD NAM of $500,000 (i.e., additions exceed subtractions by $500,000)

B In 1998 Z takes an NOL deduction of $800 000B. In 1998, Z takes an NOL deduction of $800,000

II. Application

A. 1996 and 1997: No modifications

B. 1998: Begin to recapture the NAM – why?

1. NAM: $500,000 +

2. NOL deduction claimed: $800,000 = ,

3. $1,300,000 > total NOL of $1,000,000

C. Then what?

1 Th $300 000 i dd d b k th 1998 MD t Li 1. The $300,000 excess is added back on the 1998 MD return on Line 2c, in order to arrive at MD taxable income.

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Other Statutory Limitations OnNOL D d i (C )NOL Deductions (Cont.)

I. New Jersey - NOL applied prior to dividends-received deduction

A. Rule: An NOL is generated in NJ when a taxpayer’s deductions exceed gross income – before the application of the dividends-received deduction (DRD) (NJ Stat. Ann. § 54:10A-4(k)(6)).

B. Taxpayer receives the following deductions if it receives dividends from a subsidiary:

1. 100% dividend deduction if it owns 80% or more of the subsidiary

2. 50% dividend deduction if it owns more than 50% and less than 80%

II. Example

A. W Corp. has a federal loss of (R$100,000) and gets a dividend from a p ( $ , ) gwholly-owned subsidiary of $50,000.

A. After application of the DRD, W Corp. has a federal NOL of ($100,000).

B. NJ wrinkle: W Corp’s NOL is reduced to ($50,000), because the NOL is calculated before the dividend-received deduction.

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NOL S iNOL Suspensions

Illi i

•For tax years ending 1/1/2011 and prior to 12/31/2012, C corporations are suspended from using net loss deductions (35 ILCS 5/207(d)).

• Relief• Years that are fully suspended or years in which the deduction would exceed $100 000 are not counted as taxable years for purposes of the 12‐yearIllinois $100,000 are not counted as taxable years, for purposes of the 12‐year carryover period.

•Various suspensions: 2002‐2003 and 2008‐2011 •2008‐2011 suspension: Limited to corporate taxpayers with more than $300,000 of pre‐apportioned income (Cal. Rev. & Tax Code §24416.21(e)(1)).

• ReliefE d d f d i d f d d NOL d d i b d hCalifornia •Extended carryforward period for suspended NOL deductions based on the taxable year of the NOL (Cal. Rev. & Tax Code § 22416.21(b))

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C bi d R iCombined Reporting

I. Intra-stating mechanics

II I ti / ti l t bi d II. Importing/exporting losses to combined groups

III Separate return limitation year (SRLY)III. Separate return limitation year (SRLY)

IV. Transition from separate to combined reporting regimesIV. Transition from separate to combined reporting regimes

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Combined Reporting: Intra‐Stating ‐ CA

I. Intra-stating: Members of a unitary group may combine taxable income and losses, but must compute the NOL carryforward on a separate basis using intrastate apportionment/

II. Year 1

A. A, B and C part of a combined group – taxable income (loss) as follows:

1. A – (100); B – 100; C – (50) = total loss (50)( ); ; ( ) ( )

B. Year 1 apportionment % as follows:

1. A – 0%; B – 100%; C – 0%

C. B is apportioned the (50) loss for Year 1

2III. Year 2

A. Taxable income (loss) as follows:

1. A – (100); B – (100); C – 300 = total income $100

B. Year 2 apportionment % as follows:

1. A – 0%; B – 0%; C – 100%

C. C is apportioned the income of $100 for Year 2.

1. C cannot use the (50) NOL from Year 1, because it was apportioned to B.

2 The (50) loss from Year 1 is trapped with B 2. The (50) loss from Year 1 is trapped with B.

3. If B leaves the group, then the NOL is lost to the group.

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Importing/Exporting Losses FromA C bi d G NYA Combined Group ‐ NY

I. Combined group and nexus

I. A combined group cannot deduct an NOL incurred by a member during a taxable year in which the corporation was not a member of the combined return group and was not subject to NY franchise tax (N.Y. Reg. §3-8.2(b)).

II. Example

I. X Corp., a NY taxpayer, incurred a $1 million NOL in 1996.

II. Y Corp., a non-NY taxpayer, incurred a $1 million NOL in 1996.

III. In 1997, X & Y became part of a NY combined return.

III IssueIII. Issue

I. In 1997, combined group has $2 million NY taxable income but can only take $1 million of NOL (the loss generated by Y).

II X C t f d it $1 illi f d l NOL t th g II. X Corp. cannot carryforward its $1 million federal NOL to the group, because X was not subject to NY tax when the NOL was incurred.

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E i i A C bi d G NYExiting A Combined Group –NY

Aggregation methodAggregation method• In NY, a combined group’s net operating losses are allocated to members that generated losses based on a ratio (NY Reg. §3‐8.7(b)).

• Ratio = NOL generated by a particular member/NOL generated by all members with losses

Example•W Corp.: 7,500 income•X Corp.: (10,000) loss• Y Corp : (20 000) loss• Y Corp.: (20,000) loss•Combined loss = (22,500)•NOL allocated to X = 10,000/30,000 = (5,000)

The issue• If X leaves the group, it takes the (5,000) with it, and that portion of the NOL is lost to the group forever.

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C bi d R i A d SRLYCombined Reporting And SRLYI. IRC §382: Limits the utilization of the NOL in a ownership change

II. SRLY rules: Limit use of an NOL by affiliated group generated by member in a separate return year

A. A SRLY-NOL can only be used to the extent of that member’s taxable income in that groupgroup.

III. Basic operation of the SRLY rules (federal income taxation of corporations filing consolidated returns, §42.02, separate return limitation year):

A. P is the common parent of a consolidated group. At the close of Year 1, P buys all of A. P is the common parent of a consolidated group. At the close of Year 1, P buys all of the stock of S, and S joins the P consolidated group beginning in Year 2. S carries a $50 NOL from its separate return Year 1. The P group's consolidated taxable income for Year 2 is $200, before any consolidated NOL deduction. The consolidated taxable income would be $30 if determined solely by reference to S' items of $ y yincome, gain, deduction and loss for Year 2.

1. If no SRLY limitation applied: All of S’ $50 NOL carryover would be included as part of the consolidated group NOL deduction for Year 2.

2. If SRLY limitation applies to the P group: Only $30 of S’ NOL carryover from Year 1 may be included in the deduction for Year 2.

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SRLY A d S C f iSRLY And State ConformityI. States that allow combined reporting typically follow SRLY rules in limiting NOL deductions

A. SRLY rules limit the NOL deductions of corporations that join a state consolidated return.

1. Losses carried over from a member’s separate return year may only be used to offset the portion of combined income attributable to the member that generated that loss.

II. States have adopted their own separate SRLY-type limitations

A. New York

1. NY regulations provide that the portion of a combined NOL attributable to a ti th t fil d t t f di di t bl corporation that filed a separate return for a preceding or succeeding taxable year

will be an amount bearing the same relation to the combined loss as the NOL of such corporation bears to the total NOL of all members of the group having such losses, to the extent that they are taken into account in computing the combined NOL (N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 20 §3-8.7(b)).NOL (N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 20 §3 8.7(b)).

B. Arizona

1. NOLs incurred by a separate company may be carried forward and deducted against income reported on a combined return only to the extent that the combined income f th i l t d t th “b i it” th t i d th l (A i Ad i of the group is related to the “business unit” that incurred the loss (Ariz. Admin.

Code R 15-2D-302(B)(3)(a)).

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Combined Reporting And Law ChangesI. District of Columbia

A. Proposed regulations to implement mandatory unitary combined reporting for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2011 (DC Office of Tax and Revenue, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Combined Reporting: Net Operating Loss §165)

B. Proposed regulations and their effect on NOLs

1. NOLs are attributable to the taxable member rather than to the combined group.

2. Pre- and post-combination net operating losses

a. Losses carried into the unitary group from before 2011 track y g pthe entity that earned the loss

b. Any apportioned net operating loss is an attribute of the separate corporation, rather than of the combined group.

c. May only be utilized by the entity that generated the NOL on a separate entity basis

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SPECIAL SITUATIONS AT THE Lance S. Jacobs, Pepper Hamilton

STATE LEVEL INVOLVING NOLs

NOLs Post-Apportionment Vs. Pre ApportionmentPre-Apportionment

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NOLs Post-Apportionment Vs. Pre-Apportionment

P t A ti tPost-Apportionment

• Some states require that an NOL be carried back or forward from the loss year, after allocation and apportionment. These states also provide that the NOL deduction should be applied in the

b k d f d ft ll ti d ti tcarryback and carryforward year, after allocation and apportionment.

• As a result, only the loss attributable from a post-apportionment state can be carried back or forward against income from that post-apportionment state.

• Example:o 2011

• A company does 50% of its business in New Hampshire at all times in 2011.Th l $500 000• The company loses $500,000.

• $250,000 of the loss is apportioned to New Hampshire.• Thus, $250,000 is available for New Hampshire NOL purposes.

o 2012 Th d 75% f it b i i N H hi t ll ti i 2012• The company does 75% of its business in New Hampshire at all times in 2012.

• The company earns $1,000,000.• $750,000 is apportioned to New Hampshire.• The $250,000 NOL from 2011 reduces New Hampshire income.

Th th i $500 000 f N H hi i


• Thus, there is $500,000 of New Hampshire income.

NOLs Post-Apportionment Vs.Pre-Apportionment (Cont.)

Pre-Apportionment

• Some states allow the NOL computation to be made before apportionment and permit the deduction to be applied in the carryback and carryforward year, beforethe deduction to be applied in the carryback and carryforward year, before apportionment.

• As a result, there are more potential planning opportunities related to the utilization of NOL i ti t t tNOLs in pre-apportionment states.

• Example:o 2011

• A company does 50% of its business in Virginia at all times in 2011.• The company loses $500,000.• Thus, $500,000 is available for NOL purposes.

o 2012o 2012• The company does 75% of its business in Virginia at all times in 2012.• The company earns $1,000,000.• The $500,000 NOL from 2011 reduces the 2012 income to $500,000.


• $375,000 (i.e., 75% * $500,000) of the income is apportioned to Virginia.

Issues Arising From Nexus Standards


Issues Arising From Nexus Standards

• Nexuso Most states require a taxpayer to have nexus with a state in the year a loss is generated, in order to

carry over that loss to a subsequent year.y q yo For post-apportionment states, this requirement is implicit, because a loss cannot be apportioned to a

state unless the taxpayer has nexus with that state.

• Same taxSome states like New York require nexus and that the taxpayer be subject to the same state tax in botho Some states, like New York, require nexus and that the taxpayer be subject to the same state tax in both the loss year and the carryover year, in order to claim an NOL.

o Accordingly, if a corporation is subject to Article 32 (bank franchise tax based on income) in 2011 when it has a loss but is only subject to Article 9-A (corporate franchise tax on income) in 2012 when it has gain, then the corporation cannot utilize the NOL from 2011 in 2012.

• No nexuso Some states, like Virginia, do not have their own NOL provisions (they rely on the federal NOL

provisions) and have no nexus requirements for claiming an NOL. Accordingly, taxpayers in those states can “import” NOLs from non-nexus yearscan import NOLs from non-nexus years.

o Va. Tax Comm’r Ruling P.D. 09-108 (June 24, 2009)• The Virginia tax commissioner permitted a taxpayer that incurred NOLs in separate return years

before the taxpayer became taxable in Virginia to carry forward and utilize those NOLs in subsequent consolidated return years, during which the taxpayer was taxable in Virginia.


State NOL Rights In Corporate Mergers And AcquisitionsMergers And Acquisitions


State NOL Rights In Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions

C f it T IRC S ti 381 A d 382Conformity To IRC Sections 381 And 382IRC Sect. 381

• Generally, IRC Sect. 381 provides for the survival of NOL carryovers in connection with tax-free liquidations and certain qualifying reorganizations.

• Similar state rulesMany states allow an acquiring corporation to use pre-acquisition NOLs, in a manner similar to IRC Sect. 381.

• Express and implied conformitySeveral states either expressly adopt IRC Sect. 381 or implicitly adopt it because they do not provide an express variance from federal law. Thus, in these states, an acquiring corporation can only use pre-acquisition NOLs carried over to the extent permitted by IRC Sect. 381.

• Silento Several states permit a corporation to apply NOLs carried over against the income from another year, but they

do not provide a mechanism for the movement of the NOLs. o A literal interpretation of the statutes would deny an acquiring corporation from using the pre-acquisition NOLs

that are carried over. As a result, courts and tax administrators have struggled over how to interpret them.o Some of these states permit NOLs to be carried over after an acquisition, in certain circumstances:

• A merger to reincorporate a corporation into another state (e.g., Massachusetts) • Where the surviving corporation is substantially the same as the pre-merger corporation (e.g., North

Carolina).o Some of these states (e.g., Connecticut, New Jersey, Utah, Tennessee) expressly prohibit NOLs from being


carried over after an acquisition, because they require that an NOL be used only by the corporation that creates the NOL.

State NOL Rights In Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions (Cont.)

C f it T IRC S ti 381 A d 382 (C t )Conformity To IRC Sections 381 And 382 (Cont.)IRC Sect. 382

• Generally, if a corporation has more than a 50-percentage=point change in ownership, then IRC Sect. 382 limits the amount of net operating losses that it may carry over to post-change years.p g y y p g y

• Conformityo Most states that have adopted IRC Sect. 381 have also, either expressly or implicitly, adopted

Sect. 382.A few states apply the IRC Sect 382 in a modified mannero A few states apply the IRC Sect. 382 in a modified manner.

• Georgia and Pennsylvania: The IRC Sect. 382 limitation is applied on a separate company basis, even when a consolidated federal income tax return is filed.

• States that do not conformo Illinois: Illinois expressly states that no limitation under IRC Sect. 382 shall apply to an Illinois NOL or

credit. o New Jersey: Generally, an acquired corporation’s NOLs are lost if there is a 50% or more ownership

change, and the acquired corporation changes the business that gave rise to the loss.• Therefore so long as the acquired corporation maintains its business that generated the loss anTherefore, so long as the acquired corporation maintains its business that generated the loss, an

IRC Sect. 382-type limitation will not apply, regardless of the amount of the ownership change.

• Difficulties applying IRC Sect. 382o The value of a consolidated group must be allocated to each subsidiary, in order to determine each

’ C S 382


subsidiary’s separate IRC Sect. 382 limit.o Each member of a group must be examined to determine whether it has a NUBIL/NUBIG.

State NOL Rights In Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions (Cont.)

SRLY R lSRLY Rules• Generally, for federal tax purposes, an NOL from a separate return loss year can only be used by a

consolidated group to the extent the loss-generating member has income.• Conformity

o In states where the SRLY rules are adopted, an NOL from a separate return loss year may only be p , p y y yutilized by a group filing a unitary or consolidated tax return to the extent the loss generating member has income.

• Special caseso Some states have adopted SRLY type rules that are, in fact ,unique to the state.

• Nebraska for example requires that NOL carry forwards not exceed the apportionable income of• Nebraska, for example, requires that NOL carry forwards not exceed the apportionable income of the unitary group, multiplied by a fraction (the numerator of which is the Nebraska gross receipts of the corporation, and the denominator is the gross receipts of the unitary group).

o Virginia (Virginia Public Document Ruling No. 09-126, 08/07/2009)• Virginia has implicitly adopted the SRLY rules. However, in 2009, the commissioner of the Virginia

Department of Taxation ruled that the post-acquisition NOL generated by an acquired company would not be subject to the SRLY limitation in determining the amounts available for carry forward to a Virginia consolidated return, because the acquired company satisfied the ownership requirements to be a member of the parent company's group, even though no other member of the group had Virginia nexus that yeargroup had Virginia nexus that year.

• In addition, the Virginia Department of Taxation ruled that the NOL generated by the parent company during the acquisition year or prior would not be subject to the SRLY limitation in determining the amounts available for carry forward to a Virginia consolidated return, because the SRLY limitation only applies to a corporation that has had an ownership change.


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