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1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
2 | An act relating to the corporate income tax; amending s. | ||
3 | 220.03, F.S.; providing for the adoption of the 2003 | ||
4 | version of the Internal Revenue Code; providing for | ||
5 | retroactive operation; providing an effective date. | ||
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7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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9 | Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (1) and subsection | ||
10 | (2) of section 220.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | ||
11 | 220.03 Definitions.-- | ||
12 | (1) SPECIFIC TERMS.--When used in this code, and when not | ||
13 | otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with | ||
14 | the intent thereof, the following terms shall have the following | ||
15 | meanings: | ||
16 | (n) "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States | ||
17 | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect on | ||
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January 1, 2003 |
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19 | (2) DEFINITIONAL RULES.--When used in this code and | ||
20 | neither otherwise distinctly expressed nor manifestly | ||
21 | incompatible with the intent thereof: | ||
22 | (a) The word "corporation" or "taxpayer" shall be deemed | ||
23 | to include the words "and its successors and assigns" as if | ||
24 | these words, or words of similar import, were expressed; | ||
25 | (b) Any term used in any section of this code with respect | ||
26 | to the application of, or in connection with, the provisions of | ||
27 | any other section of this code shall have the same meaning as in | ||
28 | such other section; and | ||
29 | (c) Any term used in this code shall have the same meaning | ||
30 | as when used in a comparable context in the Internal Revenue | ||
31 | Code and other statutes of the United States relating to federal | ||
32 | income taxes, as such code and statutes are in effect on January | ||
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1, 2003 |
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34 | meaning of any term shall be taken at the time the term is | ||
35 | applied under this code. | ||
36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law | ||
37 | and shall operate retroactively to January 1,2003. |