Income taxes: exclusion: deferral: qualified small business stock.

The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal law, provides various exclusions from gross income in computing tax liability. This bill would, in reference to specified federal income tax laws, provide that gross income does not include 50% of any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock, as defined, held for more than 5 years, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2013, as provided. The provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2016. The bill, with regard to personal income tax, would provide that a penalty shall not be imposed with respect to the additional tax, as defined, of a taxpayer, and interest shall not accrue with respect to the additional tax of that taxpayer due for the taxable year. The bill would require the Franchise Tax Board, in the case of a liability for additional tax of a taxpayer, notwithstanding certain other eligibility requirements, to enter into an agreement to accept the full payment of the additional tax in installments over a period not to exceed 5 years. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2018. The bill would authorize any claim for credit or refund pursuant to the bill to be filed within 180 days of its effective date, as provided. The bill would make a legislative finding and declaration regarding the public purpose served by the bill. The bill would state that its provisions are not severable, except as provided.