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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to passive entities for purposes of the franchise tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.0003(a), Tax Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An entity is a passive entity only if: |
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(1) the entity is a general or limited partnership or a |
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trust, other than a business trust; and |
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(2) during the period on which margin is based, the |
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entity's federal gross income consists of at least 90 percent of the |
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following income: |
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(A) dividends, interest, foreign currency |
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exchange gain, periodic and nonperiodic payments with respect to |
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notional principal contracts, option premiums, cash settlement or |
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termination payments with respect to a financial instrument, and |
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income from a limited liability company; |
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(B) distributive shares of partnership income to |
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the extent that those distributive shares of income are greater |
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than zero; |
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(C) net capital gain [capital gains] from the |
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sale of real property, gains from the sale of commodities traded on |
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a commodities exchange, and gains from the sale of securities; and |
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(D) royalties, bonuses, or delay rental income |
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from mineral properties and income from other nonoperating mineral |
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interests[; and
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[(3)
the entity does not receive more than 10 percent
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of its federal gross income from conducting an active trade or
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business]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 171.0003(a-1) and 171.0004, Tax Code, |
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are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a report originally due |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |