1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; reducing education levies;  modifying the treatment of 
1.3 	certain income from foreign operations under the corporate franchise tax; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 126C.10, subdivisions 13b, 29; 
1.5 	290.34, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 126C.10, 
1.6 	subdivision 13a; 290.01, subdivisions 6b, 19c, 19d.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, 
1.9 	is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue for fiscal 
1.11 	year 2007 and later, a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its 
1.12 	operating capital revenue for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its 
1.13 	adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit to the operating capital 
1.14 	equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals $22,222 for fiscal year 
1.15 	2006, and $10,700 for fiscal year 2007 and later.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2008 and later.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 13b.Operating capital aid. A district's operating capital aid equals its 
1.19 	operating capital revenue minus its operating capital levy times the ratio of the actual 
1.20 	amount levied to the permitted levy. A district's operating capital aid for fiscal year 2008 
1.21 	and later equals its operating capital revenue.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008 
1.23 	and later.

2.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.10, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 29.Equity levy. To obtain equity revenue for fiscal year 2005 and later, 
2.3 	a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its equity revenue under 
2.4 	subdivision 24, excluding one-third of the revenue computed under paragraph (f) of that 
2.5 	subdivision, for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its referendum market 
2.6 	value per resident marginal cost pupil unit to $476,000.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2008 and later.

2.8 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 6b, is 
2.9 	amended to read:
2.10 		Subd. 6b.Foreign operating corporation. The term "foreign operating 
2.11 	corporation," when applied to a corporation, means a domestic corporation with the 
2.12 	following characteristics:
2.13 	(1) it is part of a unitary business at least one member of which is taxable in this state;
2.14 	(2) it is not a foreign sales corporation under section 922 of the Internal Revenue 
2.15 	Code, as amended through December 31, 1999, for the taxable year; and
2.16 	(3) either (i) the average of the percentages of its property and payrolls, including 
2.17 	the pro rata share of its unitary partnerships' property and payrolls, assigned to locations 
2.18 	outside the United States, where the United States includes the District of Columbia and 
2.19 	excludes the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and possessions of the United States, as 
2.20 	determined under section 290.191 or 290.20, is 80 percent or more; or (ii) it has in effect a 
2.21 	valid election under section 936 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
2.22 	(4) it has $1,000,000 of payroll and $2,000,000 of property, as determined under 
2.23 	section 290.191 or 290.20, that are located outside the United States. If the domestic 
2.24 	corporation does not have payroll as determined under section 290.191 or 290.20, but it 
2.25 	or its partnerships have paid $1,000,000 for work, performed directly for the domestic 
2.26 	corporation or the partnerships, outside the United States, then paragraph (3)(i) shall not 
2.27 	require payrolls to be included in the average calculation or (ii) at least 80 percent of 
2.28 	the gross income from all sources of the corporation in the taxable year (A) is derived 
2.29 	from sources without the United States, as defined in subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter 
2.30 	N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code; and (B) is attributable to the active conduct of 
2.31 	a trade or business in a foreign country.

2.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxable years beginning after 
2.33 	December 31, 2006.

3.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19c, is 
3.2 	amended to read:
3.3 		Subd. 19c.Corporations; additions to federal taxable income. For corporations, 
3.4 	there shall be added to federal taxable income:
3.5 	(1) the amount of any deduction taken for federal income tax purposes for income, 
3.6 	excise, or franchise taxes based on net income or related minimum taxes, including but not 
3.7 	limited to the tax imposed under section 290.0922, paid by the corporation to Minnesota, 
3.8 	another state, a political subdivision of another state, the District of Columbia, or any 
3.9 	foreign country or possession of the United States;
3.10 	(2) interest not subject to federal tax upon obligations of: the United States, its 
3.11 	possessions, its agencies, or its instrumentalities; the state of Minnesota or any other 
3.12 	state, any of its political or governmental subdivisions, any of its municipalities, or any 
3.13 	of its governmental agencies or instrumentalities; the District of Columbia; or Indian 
3.14 	tribal governments;
3.15 	(3) exempt-interest dividends received as defined in section 852(b)(5) of the Internal 
3.16 	Revenue Code;
3.17 	(4) the amount of any net operating loss deduction taken for federal income tax 
3.18 	purposes under section 172 or 832(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code or operations loss 
3.19 	deduction under section 810 of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.20 	(5) the amount of any special deductions taken for federal income tax purposes 
3.21 	under sections 241 to 247 of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.22 	(6) losses from the business of mining, as defined in section 290.05, subdivision 1, 
3.23 	clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota income tax;
3.24 	(7) the amount of any capital losses deducted for federal income tax purposes under 
3.25 	sections 1211 and 1212 of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.26 	(8) the exempt foreign trade income of a foreign sales corporation under sections 
3.27 	921(a) and 291 of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.28 	(9) the amount of percentage depletion deducted under sections 611 through 614 and 
3.29 	291 of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.30 	(10) for certified pollution control facilities placed in service in a taxable year 
3.31 	beginning before December 31, 1986, and for which amortization deductions were elected 
3.32 	under section 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 
3.33 	31, 1985, the amount of the amortization deduction allowed in computing federal taxable 
3.34 	income for those facilities;
3.35 	(11) the amount of any deemed dividend from a foreign operating corporation 
3.36 	determined pursuant to section 290.17, subdivision 4, paragraph (g). The deemed dividend 
4.1 	is reduced by the amount of the addition to income required by clauses (19), (20), (21), 
4.2 	and (22);
4.3 	(12) the amount of a partner's pro rata share of net income which does not flow 
4.4 	through to the partner because the partnership elected to pay the tax on the income under 
4.5 	section 6242(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
4.6 	(13) the amount of net income excluded under section 114 of the Internal Revenue 
4.7 	Code;
4.8 	(14) any increase in subpart F income, as defined in section 952(a) of the Internal 
4.9 	Revenue Code, for the taxable year when subpart F income is calculated without regard 
4.10 	to the provisions of section 614 of Public Law 107-147;
4.11 	(15) 80 percent of the depreciation deduction allowed under section 168(k)(1)(A) 
4.12 	and (k)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this clause, if the taxpayer 
4.13 	has an activity that in the taxable year generates a deduction for depreciation under 
4.14 	section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) and the activity generates a loss for the taxable year 
4.15 	that the taxpayer is not allowed to claim for the taxable year, "the depreciation allowed 
4.16 	under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A)" for the taxable year is limited to excess of the 
4.17 	depreciation claimed by the activity under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) over the 
4.18 	amount of the loss from the activity that is not allowed in the taxable year. In succeeding 
4.19 	taxable years when the losses not allowed in the taxable year are allowed, the depreciation 
4.20 	under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) is allowed;
4.21 	(16) 80 percent of the amount by which the deduction allowed by section 179 of the 
4.22 	Internal Revenue Code exceeds the deduction allowable by section 179 of the Internal 
4.23 	Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2003;
4.24 	(17) to the extent deducted in computing federal taxable income, the amount of the 
4.25 	deduction allowable under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
4.26 	(18) the exclusion allowed under section 139A of the Internal Revenue Code for 
4.27 	federal subsidies for prescription drug plans.;
4.28 	(19) an amount equal to the interest and intangible expenses, losses, and costs paid, 
4.29 	accrued, or incurred by any member of the taxpayer's unitary group to or for the benefit 
4.30 	of a corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's unitary business group that qualifies 
4.31 	as a foreign operating corporation. For purposes of this clause, intangible expenses and 
4.32 	costs include:
4.33 	(i) expenses, losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or indirect acquisition, 
4.34 	use, maintenance or management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of 
4.35 	intangible property;
5.1 	(ii) losses incurred, directly or indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting 
5.2 	transactions;
5.3 	(iii) royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees;
5.4 	(iv) licensing fees; and
5.5 	(v) other similar expenses and costs.
5.6 	For purposes of this clause, "intangible property" includes stocks, bonds, patents, patent 
5.7 	applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works, trade 
5.8 	secrets, and similar types of intangible assets.
5.9 	This clause does not apply to any item of interest or intangible expenses or costs paid, 
5.10 	accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to a foreign operating corporation with respect 
5.11 	to the item of income to the extent that the income to the foreign operating corporation 
5.12 	is income from sources without the United States as defined in subtitle A, chapter 1, 
5.13 	subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;
5.14 	(20) except as already included in the taxpayer's taxable income pursuant to clause 
5.15 	(19), any interest income and income generated from intangible property received or 
5.16 	accrued by a foreign operating corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's unitary 
5.17 	group. For purposes of this clause, income generated from intangible property includes:
5.18 	(i) income related to the direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or 
5.19 	management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of intangible property;
5.20 	(ii) income from factoring transactions or discounting transactions;
5.21 	(iii) royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees;
5.22 	(iv) licensing fees; and
5.23 	(v) other similar income.
5.24 	For purposes of this clause, "intangible property" includes stocks, bonds, patents, patent 
5.25 	applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works, trade 
5.26 	secrets, and similar types of intangible assets. 
5.27 	This clause does not apply to any item of interest or intangible income received or accrued 
5.28 	by a foreign operating corporation with respect to the item of income to the extent that the 
5.29 	income is income from sources without the United States as defined in subtitle A, chapter 
5.30 	1, subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;
5.31 	(21) the dividends attributable to the income of a foreign operating corporation that 
5.32 	is a member of the taxpayer's unitary group in an amount that is equal to the dividends 
5.33 	paid deduction of a real estate investment trust under section 561(a) of the Internal 
5.34 	Revenue Code for amounts paid or accrued by the real estate investment trust to the 
5.35 	foreign operating corporation; and
6.1 	(22) the income of a foreign operating corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's 
6.2 	unitary group in an amount that is equal to gains derived from the sale of real or personal 
6.3 	property located in the United States.

6.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxable years beginning after 
6.5 	December 31, 2006.

6.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19d, is 
6.7 	amended to read:
6.8 		Subd. 19d.Corporations; modifications decreasing federal taxable income. For 
6.9 	corporations, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income after the increases 
6.10 	provided in subdivision 19c:
6.11 	(1) the amount of foreign dividend gross-up added to gross income for federal 
6.12 	income tax purposes under section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code;
6.13 	(2) the amount of salary expense not allowed for federal income tax purposes due to 
6.14 	claiming the federal jobs credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code;
6.15 	(3) any dividend (not including any distribution in liquidation) paid within the 
6.16 	taxable year by a national or state bank to the United States, or to any instrumentality of 
6.17 	the United States exempt from federal income taxes, on the preferred stock of the bank 
6.18 	owned by the United States or the instrumentality;
6.19 	(4) amounts disallowed for intangible drilling costs due to differences between 
6.20 	this chapter and the Internal Revenue Code in taxable years beginning before January 
6.21 	1, 1987, as follows:
6.22 	(i) to the extent the disallowed costs are represented by physical property, an amount 
6.23 	equal to the allowance for depreciation under Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.09, 
6.24 	subdivision 7, subject to the modifications contained in subdivision 19e; and
6.25 	(ii) to the extent the disallowed costs are not represented by physical property, an 
6.26 	amount equal to the allowance for cost depletion under Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 
6.27 	290.09, subdivision 8;
6.28 	(5) the deduction for capital losses pursuant to sections 1211 and 1212 of the 
6.29 	Internal Revenue Code, except that:
6.30 	(i) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986, 
6.31 	capital loss carrybacks shall not be allowed;
6.32 	(ii) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986, 
6.33 	a capital loss carryover to each of the 15 taxable years succeeding the loss year shall be 
6.34 	allowed;
7.1 	(iii) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, a 
7.2 	capital loss carryback to each of the three taxable years preceding the loss year, subject to 
7.3 	the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.16, shall be allowed; and
7.4 	(iv) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, 
7.5 	a capital loss carryover to each of the five taxable years succeeding the loss year to the 
7.6 	extent such loss was not used in a prior taxable year and subject to the provisions of 
7.7 	Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.16, shall be allowed;
7.8 	(6) an amount for interest and expenses relating to income not taxable for federal 
7.9 	income tax purposes, if (i) the income is taxable under this chapter and (ii) the interest and 
7.10 	expenses were disallowed as deductions under the provisions of section 171(a)(2), 265 or 
7.11 	291 of the Internal Revenue Code in computing federal taxable income;
7.12 	(7) in the case of mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber for 
7.13 	which percentage depletion was disallowed pursuant to subdivision 19c, clause (11), a 
7.14 	reasonable allowance for depletion based on actual cost. In the case of leases the deduction 
7.15 	must be apportioned between the lessor and lessee in accordance with rules prescribed 
7.16 	by the commissioner. In the case of property held in trust, the allowable deduction must 
7.17 	be apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the trustee in accordance with the 
7.18 	pertinent provisions of the trust, or if there is no provision in the instrument, on the basis 
7.19 	of the trust's income allocable to each;
7.20 	(8) for certified pollution control facilities placed in service in a taxable year 
7.21 	beginning before December 31, 1986, and for which amortization deductions were elected 
7.22 	under section 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December 
7.23 	31, 1985, an amount equal to the allowance for depreciation under Minnesota Statutes 
7.24 	1986, section 290.09, subdivision 7;
7.25 	(9) amounts included in federal taxable income that are due to refunds of income, 
7.26 	excise, or franchise taxes based on net income or related minimum taxes paid by the 
7.27 	corporation to Minnesota, another state, a political subdivision of another state, the 
7.28 	District of Columbia, or a foreign country or possession of the United States to the extent 
7.29 	that the taxes were added to federal taxable income under section 290.01, subdivision 19c, 
7.30 	clause (1), in a prior taxable year;
7.31 	(10) 80 percent of royalties, fees, or other like income accrued or received from a 
7.32 	foreign operating corporation or a foreign corporation which is part of the same unitary 
7.33 	business as the receiving corporation, unless the income resulting from the payments or 
7.34 	accruals is income from sources within the United States as defined in subtitle A, chapter 
7.35 	1, subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;
8.1 	(11) income or gains from the business of mining as defined in section 290.05, 
8.2 	subdivision 1, clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota franchise tax;
8.3 	(12) the amount of handicap access expenditures in the taxable year which are not 
8.4 	allowed to be deducted or capitalized under section 44(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code;
8.5 	(13) the amount of qualified research expenses not allowed for federal income tax 
8.6 	purposes under section 280C(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, but only to the extent that 
8.7 	the amount exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under section 290.068;
8.8 	(14) the amount of salary expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes due 
8.9 	to claiming the Indian employment credit under section 45A(a) of the Internal Revenue 
8.10 	Code;
8.11 	(15) the amount of any refund of environmental taxes paid under section 59A of the 
8.12 	Internal Revenue Code;
8.13 	(16) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, the amount of the federal 
8.14 	small ethanol producer credit allowed under section 40(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
8.15 	which is included in gross income under section 87 of the Internal Revenue Code;
8.16 	(17) for a corporation whose foreign sales corporation, as defined in section 922 
8.17 	of the Internal Revenue Code, constituted a foreign operating corporation during any 
8.18 	taxable year ending before January 1, 1995, and a return was filed by August 15, 1996, 
8.19 	claiming the deduction under section 290.21, subdivision 4, for income received from 
8.20 	the foreign operating corporation, an amount equal to 1.23 multiplied by the amount of 
8.21 	income excluded under section 114 of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the income is 
8.22 	not income of a foreign operating company;
8.23 	(18) any decrease in subpart F income, as defined in section 952(a) of the Internal 
8.24 	Revenue Code, for the taxable year when subpart F income is calculated without regard 
8.25 	to the provisions of section 614 of Public Law 107-147;
8.26 	(19) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an 
8.27 	addition is required under subdivision 19c, clause (15), an amount equal to one-fifth of 
8.28 	the delayed depreciation. For purposes of this clause, "delayed depreciation" means the 
8.29 	amount of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19c, clause (15). The 
8.30 	resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero; and
8.31 	(20) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an 
8.32 	addition is required under subdivision 19c, clause (16), an amount equal to one-fifth of the 
8.33 	amount of the addition.

8.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxable years beginning after 
8.35 	December 31, 2006.

9.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subdivision 1.Business conducted in such a way as to create losses or improper 
9.3 	taxable net income. (a) When any corporation liable to taxation under this chapter 
9.4 	conducts its business in such a manner as, directly or indirectly, to benefit its members 
9.5 	or stockholders or any person or corporation interested in such business or to reduce the 
9.6 	income attributable to this state by selling the commodities or services in which it deals 
9.7 	at less than the fair price which might be obtained therefor, or buying such commodities 
9.8 	or services at more than the fair price for which they might have been obtained, or when 
9.9 	any corporation, a substantial portion of whose shares is owned directly or indirectly by 
9.10 	another corporation, deals in the commodities or services of the latter corporation in such 
9.11 	a manner as to create a loss or improper net income or to reduce the taxable net income 
9.12 	attributable to this state, the commissioner of revenue may determine the amount of its 
9.13 	income so as to reflect what would have been its reasonable taxable net income but for the 
9.14 	arrangements causing the understatement of its taxable net income or the overstatement of 
9.15 	its losses, having regard to the fair profits which, but for any agreement, arrangement, or 
9.16 	understanding, might have been or could have been obtained from such business.
9.17 	(b) When any corporation engages in a transaction or series of transactions whose 
9.18 	primary business purpose is the avoidance of tax, or engages in a transaction or series of 
9.19 	transactions without economic substance, that transaction or series of transactions is 
9.20 	disregarded and the commissioner shall determine taxable net income without regard for 
9.21 	the transaction or series of transactions.

9.22 	Sec. 8. INTENT OF LEGISLATURE.
 9.23 	Section 7 does not change Minnesota law, but merely clarifies the legislature's 
9.24 	intention with respect to transactions without economic substance or business purpose.