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2016 California Code
Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES
PART 10 - PERSONAL INCOME TAX
CHAPTER 2 - Imposition of Tax
Section 17045.
CA Rev & Tax Code § 17045 (2016) What's This?
17045. In the case of a joint return of spouses under Section 18521, the tax imposed by Section 17041 shall be twice the tax which would be imposed if the taxable income were cut in one-half.
For purposes of this section, a return of a surviving spouse (as defined in Section 17046) shall be treated as a joint return of spouses.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2017.)
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