Minnesota § 290.9728 - TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS
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§ 290.9728. TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS
Subdivision 1.Tax imposed.
There is imposed a tax on the taxable income of an S corporation that has:
(1) elected S corporation status pursuant to section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1986, before January 1, 1987;
(2) a net capital gain for the taxable year (i) in excess of $25,000 and (ii) exceeding 50 percent of the corporation's federal taxable income for the taxable year; and
(3) federal taxable income for the taxable year exceeding $25,000.
The tax is imposed at the rate prescribed by section 290.06, subdivision 1. For purposes of this section, "federal taxable income" means federal taxable income determined under section 1374(4)(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. This section does not apply to an S corporation which has had an election under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, in effect for the three immediately preceding taxable years. This section does not apply to an S corporation that has been in existence for less than four taxable years and has had an election in effect under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for each of the corporation's taxable years. For purposes of this section, an S corporation and any predecessor corporation are treated as one corporation.
Subd. 2.Taxable income.
For purposes of this section, taxable income means the lesser of:
(1) the amount of the net capital gain of the S corporation for the taxable year, as determined under sections 1222 and 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code, and subject to the modifications provided in section 290.0135, in excess of $25,000 that is allocable to this state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20; or
(2) the amount of the S corporation's federal taxable income, subject to the provisions of sections 290.0133 to 290.0135, that is allocable to this state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20.
History:
1987 c 268 art 1 s 126; 1988 c 719 art 2 s 48; 1989 c 28 s 25; 1990 c 604 art 2 s 16; 1991 c 291 art 6 s 46; 1992 c 511 art 6 s 19; 1993 c 375 art 8 s 14; 1994 c 587 art 1 s 24; 1997 c 231 art 6 s 19; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 33; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 70; 2016 c 158 art 3 s 25
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 290.9728 ("TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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