15-31-325. Treatment of dividends. For purposes of 15-31-321 through 15-31-326, dividends must be treated as follows:
(1) Dividends received from corporations incorporated outside the United States, to the extent taxable, are considered income subject to apportionment.
(2) The after-tax net income of United States corporations excluded from eligibility as affiliated corporations under 15-31-322(1) and possession corporations described in sections 931 through 934 and 936 of the Internal Revenue Code are considered dividends received from corporations incorporated outside the United States.
(3) Amounts included in income under sections 951 through 962 and 964 of the Internal Revenue Code are considered dividends from corporations incorporated outside the United States.
(4) Eighty percent of all dividends apportionable under this section must be excluded from income subject to apportionment.
(5) "Deemed" distributions, as set forth in section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code, and corresponding amounts with respect to dividends considered received under subsection (2) of this section must be excluded from the income of the water's-edge combined group.
(6) The dividends apportionable under this section are in lieu of any expenses attributable to dividend income.
(7) A dividend from a corporation required to be combined in the water's-edge combined group must be eliminated from the calculation of apportionable income.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 616, L. 1987.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 31. Corporate Income Tax or Alternative Corporate Income Tax
Part 3. Allocation and Apportionment of Income
15-31-301. Corporations subject to allocation and apportionment
15-31-303. When taxable in another state
15-31-304. Allocation of nonapportionable income
15-31-305. Apportionment of apportionable income
15-31-306. Definition of property factor
15-31-307. Values used for property factor
15-31-308. Definition of payroll factor
15-31-309. Payroll factor for compensation in this state
15-31-310. Definition of receipts factor
15-31-311. Receipts factor for receipts in this state
15-31-312. Apportionment formula -- unitary business provisions
15-31-314. through 15-31-320 reserved
15-31-322. Water's-edge election -- inclusion of tax havens
15-31-323. Apportionment factors -- inclusion of tax havens
15-31-324. Water's-edge election period -- consent -- change of election
15-31-325. Treatment of dividends
15-31-326. Domestic disclosure spreadsheet -- inclusion of tax havens