2014 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 8 - MISSISSIPPI S CORPORATION INCOME TAX ACT
§ 27-8-11 - Stock basis; adjustments; differences for resident or nonresident shareholders; gifts of stock

(1) The initial basis in the hands of a resident shareholder of an S corporation in the stock of the S corporation and any indebtedness of the S corporation to the shareholder shall be determined in the manner provided under the Code and shall be determined as of the date that is the latest to occur of (a) the date on which the shareholder last became a resident of this state, (b) the date on which the shareholder acquired the stock or the indebtedness of the corporation or (c) the effective date of the corporation's most recent S election under the Code. This date may be before January 1, 1994.

(2) The initial basis of a resident shareholder in the stock and indebtedness of an S corporation shall be adjusted after the date specified in subsection (1) of this section in the manner and to the extent required by Section 1011 of the Code except that, with respect to any taxable period during which the shareholder is a resident of this state,

(a) Any differences between state and federal taxable income shall be taken into account; and

(b) Any adjustments made pursuant to Section 1367 of the Code for a taxable period during which this state did not measure the income of a shareholder of an S corporation by reference to the S corporation's income shall not be taken into account.

(3) The initial basis in the hands of a nonresident shareholder of an S corporation in the stock of the S corporation and any indebtedness of the S corporation to the shareholder shall be zero as of the date that is the latest to occur of (a) the date on which the shareholder last became a nonresident of this state, (b) the date on which the shareholder acquired the stock or the indebtedness of the corporation or (c) the effective date of the corporation's most recent S election under the Code. This date may be before January 1, 1994.

(4) The initial basis of a nonresident shareholder in the stock and indebtedness of an S corporation shall be adjusted after the date specified in subsection (3) of this section as provided in Section 1367 of the Code, except that such adjustments shall be limited to that portion of the income attributable to the state that is taken into account by the shareholder pursuant to Section 27-8-7(2). In computing income attributable to the state for purposes of the preceding sentence, any modification made for income exempt from federal or this state's taxation shall not be taken into account.

(5) The basis in the hands of a resident shareholder of an S corporation in the stock of the S corporation shall be reduced by the amount allowed as a loss or deduction pursuant to Section 27-8-13(4).

(6) The basis in the hands of a resident shareholder of an S corporation in the stock of the S corporation shall be reduced by the amount of any cash distribution which is not taxable to the shareholder as a result of the application of Section 27-8-17(2).

(7) For purposes of this section, any person acquiring stock or indebtedness of an S corporation by gift from a person who is a resident of this state at the time of the gift shall be considered to have acquired the stock or indebtedness at the time the donor acquired the stock or indebtedness.