2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 44 - Taxation
Chapter 44-11 - Business Corporation Tax
Section 44-11-14.5 - International investment management service income.
§ 44-11-14.5. International investment management service income.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, any qualified taxpayer located within the state which sells international investment management services to non-U.S. persons or non-U.S. investment funds shall exclude from its net income any income derived directly or indirectly from the sale of international investment management services.
(b) For purposes of this section, "non-U.S. persons" means any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who is domiciled outside of the United States during the entire taxable year; "non-U.S. investment funds" means any collective investment fund the sole beneficiaries of which are non-U.S. persons.
(c) For purposes of this section, "international investment management services" shall include, without limitation, investment advice, investment research, investment consulting, portfolio management, administration or distribution services (including, without limitation, transfer agent, fund accounting, customary and other similar or related services) rendered to or on behalf of non-U.S. persons and non-U.S. investment funds.
(d) For purposes of this section, a "qualified taxpayer" is one which during the taxable year employs, or together with affiliated taxpayers with which it is eligible to file a consolidated tax return for federal income tax purposes, an average of not less than five hundred (500) full-time equivalent employees in the state.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1997, ch. 84, § 1.)
