2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 141 - INCOME TAXES 141.121 Special rules for apportioning business income -- Management of a treasury function -- Passenger airlines -- Qualified air freight forwarders.
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141.121 Special rules for apportioning business income -- Management of a
treasury function -- Passenger airlines -- Qualified air freight forwarders.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a) "Affiliated airline" means an airline:
1.
For which a qualified air freight forwarder facilitates air
transportation; and
2.
That is in the same affiliated group as a qualified air freight
forwarder;
(b) "Affiliated group" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.200;
(c) "Kentucky revenue passenger miles" means the total revenue passenger
miles within the borders of Kentucky for all flight stages that either
originate or terminate in this state;
(d) "Liquid asset" means an asset, other than functional currency or funds
held in bank accounts, held to provide a relatively immediate source of
funds to satisfy the liquidity needs of the trade or business. "Liquid
assets" include:
1.
Foreign currency and trading positions therein, other than functional
currency used in the regular course of the corporation's trade or
business;
2.
Marketable instruments, including stocks, bonds, debentures,
options, warrants, and futures contracts; and
3.
Mutual funds which hold liquid assets;
(e) "Marketable instrument" means an instrument that is traded in an
established stock or securities market and is regularly quoted by brokers
or dealers in making a market;
(f) "Overall net gain" means the total net gain from all transactions incurred
at each treasury function for the entire taxable period. "Overall net gain"
does not mean the net gain from a specific transaction if multiple
transactions occur during the taxable period;
(g) "Passenger airline" means a person or corporation engaged primarily in
the carriage by aircraft of passengers in interstate commerce;
(h) "Qualified air freight forwarder" means a person that:
1.
Is engaged primarily in the facilitation of the transportation of
property by air;
2.
Does not itself operate aircraft; and
3.
Is in the same affiliated group as an affiliated airline;
(i) "Revenue passenger miles" means miles calculated in accordance with
14 C.F.R. Part 241; and
(j) "Treasury function" means the pooling and management of liquid assets
for the purpose of satisfying the cash flow needs of the trade or business
and includes the following situations:
1.
Providing liquidity for a corporation's business cycle; and
2.
Providing a reserve for business contingencies or business
acquisitions.
(2)
(3)
If a corporation holds liquid assets in connection with one (1) or more treasury
functions of the corporation, and the liquid assets produce business income
when sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, the overall net gain from
those transactions for each treasury function for the tax period shall be
included in the sales factor. For purposes of this subsection:
(a) Each treasury function shall be considered separately; and
(b) A corporation principally engaged in the trade or business of purchasing
and selling instruments or other items included in the definition of liquid
assets is not performing a treasury function with respect to that income
produced.
For purposes of apportioning business income to this state:
(a) Passenger airlines shall determine the property, payroll, and sales factors
as follows:
1.
Except as modified by this subparagraph, the property factor shall
be determined as provided in KRS 141.120(8)(a). Aircraft operated
by a passenger airline shall be included in both the numerator and
denominator of the property factor. Aircraft shall be included in the
numerator of the property factor by determining the product of:
a.
The total average value of the aircraft operated by the
passenger airline; and
b.
A fraction, the numerator of which is the Kentucky revenue
passenger miles of the passenger airline for the taxable year
and the denominator of which is the total revenue passenger
miles of the passenger airline for the taxable year;
2.
Except as modified by this subparagraph, the payroll factor shall be
determined as provided in KRS 141.120(8)(b). Compensation paid
during the tax period by a passenger airline to flight personnel shall
be included in the numerator of the payroll factor by determining the
product of:
a.
The total amount paid during the taxable year to flight
personnel; and
b.
A fraction, the numerator of which is the Kentucky revenue
passenger miles of the passenger airline for the taxable year
and the denominator of which is the total revenue passenger
miles of the passenger airline for the taxable year; and
3.
Except as modified by this subparagraph, the sales factor shall be
determined as provided in KRS 141.120(8)(c). Transportation
revenues shall be included in the numerator of the sales factor by
determining the product of:
a.
The total transportation revenues of the passenger airline for
the taxable year; and
b.
A fraction, the numerator of which is the Kentucky revenue
passenger miles for the taxable year and the denominator of
which is the total revenue passenger miles for the taxable year;
and
(b)
Qualified air freight forwarders shall determine the property, payroll, and
sales factors as follows:
1.
The property factor shall be determined as provided in KRS
141.120(8)(a);
2.
The payroll factor shall be determined as provided in KRS
141.120(8)(b); and
3.
Except as modified by this subparagraph, the sales factor shall be
determined as provided in KRS 141.120(8)(c). Freight forwarding
revenues shall be included in the numerator of the sales factor by
determining the product of:
a.
The total freight forwarding revenues of the qualified air freight
forwarder for the taxable year; and
b.
A fraction, the numerator of which is miles operated in
Kentucky by the affiliated airline and the denominator of which
is the total miles operated by the affiliated airline.
Effective:April 11, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2, effective April 11, 2012. -Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/11/2012). 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec.
3, provides that this statute, as amended by 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2,
"applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010."
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 4
provides that this section "shall apply to taxable periods beginning after
December 31, 2007."
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