California Revenue & Taxation Code
Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 25111.1
# (a)
For any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, consideration for water’s-edge contracts in existence as of that date is no longer provided for by law. Contracts entered into for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 1994, are rescinded for any periods remaining on those contracts commencing on the first day of the taxpayer’s first taxable year that begins on or after January 1, 1994. Any fiscal year taxpayer whose contract is in effect as of December 31, 1993, shall continue to be bound by that contract until the close of its taxable year after January 1, 1994, and before December 31, 1994.
# (b)
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and except for the purposes of Section 25115, all taxpayers that are members of a water’s-edge group consisting of taxpayers with different taxable years shall continue to be bound by the contract in effect as of December 31, 1993, until the taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 1994, and ending in 1994 for each of the taxpayer members of the water’s-edge group has ended.
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