Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7048
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (1) and paragraph
    6  (c) of subsection (2) of section 220.03, Florida Statutes, are
    7  amended to read:
    8         220.03 Definitions.—
    9         (1) SPECIFIC TERMS.—When used in this code, and when not
   10  otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with
   11  the intent thereof, the following terms shall have the following
   12  meanings:
   13         (n) “Internal Revenue Code” means the United States
   14  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect on
   15  January 1, 2026 2025, except:
   16         1. As provided in subsection (3);
   17         2. Sections 168(k), 174(a), 163(j), 274, and 179 of the
   18  United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are included as
   19  amended and in effect on January 1, 2025; and
   20         3. Sections 168(n) and 174A are not included.
   21         (2) DEFINITIONAL RULES.—When used in this code and neither
   22  otherwise distinctly expressed nor manifestly incompatible with
   23  the intent thereof:
   24         (c) Any term used in this code has the same meaning as when
   25  used in a comparable context in the Internal Revenue Code and
   26  other statutes of the United States relating to federal income
   27  taxes, as such code and statutes are in effect on January 1,
   28  2026, except as provided in paragraph (1)(n) 2025. However, if
   29  subsection (3) is implemented, the meaning of a term shall be
   30  taken at the time the term is applied under this code.
   31         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 220.13, Florida
   32  Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         220.13 “Adjusted federal income” defined.—
   34         (2) For purposes of this section, a taxpayer’s taxable
   35  income for the taxable year means taxable income as defined in
   36  s. 63 of the Internal Revenue Code and properly reportable for
   37  federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, except as
   38  provided in s. 220.03(1)(n) and (2)(c), but subject to the
   39  limitations set forth in paragraph (1)(b) with respect to the
   40  deductions provided by ss. 172 (relating to net operating
   41  losses), 170(d)(2) (relating to excess charitable
   42  contributions), 404(a)(1)(D) (relating to excess pension trust
   43  contributions), 404(a)(3)(A) and (B) (to the extent relating to
   44  excess stock bonus and profit-sharing trust contributions), and
   45  1212 (relating to capital losses) of the Internal Revenue Code,
   46  except that, subject to the same limitations, the term:
   47         (a) “Taxable income,” in the case of a life insurance
   48  company subject to the tax imposed by s. 801 of the Internal
   49  Revenue Code, means life insurance company taxable income;
   50  however, for purposes of this code, the total of any amounts
   51  subject to tax under s. 815(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code
   52  pursuant to s. 801(c) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not
   53  exceed, cumulatively, the total of any amounts determined under
   54  s. 815(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
   55  from January 1, 1972, to December 31, 1983;
   56         (b) “Taxable income,” in the case of an insurance company
   57  subject to the tax imposed by s. 831(b) of the Internal Revenue
   58  Code, means taxable investment income;
   59         (c) “Taxable income,” in the case of an insurance company
   60  subject to the tax imposed by s. 831(a) of the Internal Revenue
   61  Code, means insurance company taxable income;
   62         (d) “Taxable income,” in the case of a regulated investment
   63  company subject to the tax imposed by s. 852 of the Internal
   64  Revenue Code, means investment company taxable income;
   65         (e) “Taxable income,” in the case of a real estate
   66  investment trust subject to the tax imposed by s. 857 of the
   67  Internal Revenue Code, means the income subject to tax, computed
   68  as provided in s. 857 of the Internal Revenue Code;
   69         (f) “Taxable income,” in the case of a corporation which is
   70  a member of an affiliated group of corporations filing a
   71  consolidated income tax return for the taxable year for federal
   72  income tax purposes, means taxable income of such corporation
   73  for federal income tax purposes as if such corporation had filed
   74  a separate federal income tax return for the taxable year and
   75  each preceding taxable year for which it was a member of an
   76  affiliated group, unless a consolidated return for the taxpayer
   77  and others is required or elected under s. 220.131;
   78         (g) “Taxable income,” in the case of a cooperative
   79  corporation or association, means the taxable income of such
   80  organization determined in accordance with the provisions of ss.
   81  1381-1388 of the Internal Revenue Code;
   82         (h) “Taxable income,” in the case of an organization which
   83  is exempt from the federal income tax by reason of s. 501(a) of
   84  the Internal Revenue Code, means its unrelated business taxable
   85  income as determined under s. 512 of the Internal Revenue Code;
   86         (i) “Taxable income,” in the case of a corporation for
   87  which there is in effect for the taxable year an election under
   88  s. 1362(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, means the amounts
   89  subject to tax under s. 1374 or s. 1375 of the Internal Revenue
   90  Code for each taxable year;
   91         (j) “Taxable income,” in the case of a limited liability
   92  company, other than a limited liability company classified as a
   93  partnership for federal income tax purposes, as defined in and
   94  organized pursuant to chapter 605 or qualified to do business in
   95  this state as a foreign limited liability company or other than
   96  a similar limited liability company classified as a partnership
   97  for federal income tax purposes and created as an artificial
   98  entity pursuant to the statutes of the United States or any
   99  other state, territory, possession, or jurisdiction, if such
  100  limited liability company or similar entity is taxable as a
  101  corporation for federal income tax purposes, means taxable
  102  income determined as if such limited liability company were
  103  required to file or had filed a federal corporate income tax
  104  return under the Internal Revenue Code;
  105         (k) “Taxable income,” in the case of a taxpayer liable for
  106  the alternative minimum tax as defined in s. 55 of the Internal
  107  Revenue Code, means the alternative minimum taxable income as
  108  defined in s. 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, less the
  109  exemption amount computed under s. 55(d) of the Internal Revenue
  110  Code. A taxpayer is not liable for the alternative minimum tax
  111  unless the taxpayer’s federal tax return, or related federal
  112  consolidated tax return, if included in a consolidated return
  113  for federal tax purposes, reflect a liability on the return
  114  filed for the alternative minimum tax as defined in s. 55(b)(2)
  115  of the Internal Revenue Code;
  116         (l) “Taxable income,” in the case of a taxpayer whose
  117  taxable income is not otherwise defined in this subsection,
  118  means the sum of amounts to which a tax rate specified in s. 11
  119  of the Internal Revenue Code plus the amount to which a tax rate
  120  specified in s. 1201(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code are
  121  applied for federal income tax purposes.
  122         Section 3. (1) The amendments made by this act to ss.
  123  220.03(1)(n) and (2)(c) and 220.13(2), Florida Statutes, operate
  124  retroactively to January 1, 2026.
  125         (2) Pursuant to the rulemaking authority in s. 213.06,
  126  Florida Statutes, and the specific authority in s. 213.05,
  127  Florida Statutes, for the Department of Revenue to regulate,
  128  control, and administer all revenue laws therein, including all
  129  portions of chapter 220, Florida Statutes, the Department of
  130  Revenue shall adopt rules to implement this act.
  131         (3) The Department of Revenue is authorized, and all
  132  conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules under s.
  133  120.54(4), Florida Statutes, for the purpose of implementing
  134  this act. Notwithstanding any other law, emergency rules adopted
  135  under this section are effective for 6 months after adoption and
  136  may be renewed during the pendency of procedures to adopt
  137  permanent rules addressing the subject of the emergency rules.
  138         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
  139  
  140  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  141  And the title is amended as follows:
  142         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  143  and insert:
  144                        A bill to be entitled                      
  145         An act relating to the Internal Revenue Code; amending
  146         s. 220.03, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
  147         “Internal Revenue Code”; amending s. 220.13, F.S.;
  148         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
  149         providing for retroactive application; requiring the
  150         Department of Revenue to adopt rules; authorizing the
  151         Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules;
  152         providing an effective date.