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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3548    By: Maynard

4

5

6                    AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to entrepreneurial experience;

    enacting the Oklahoma Youth Entrepreneurs Promotion

8   and Development Act of 2026; amending 68 O.S. 2021,

    Section 1357, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter

9   391, O.S.L. 2025 (68 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1357),

    which relates to sales tax exemption; providing sales

10  tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property

    and services by certain persons as sole proprietors;

11  providing exemption for income derived by business

    activity conducted by certain persons; limiting

12  business assistance from adults; placing gross

    revenue cap on the business; specifying where

13  business is conducted to receive exemption;

    prohibiting exemption from applying if the business

14  is materially operated for the benefit of an adult;

    amending 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2358, as last amended

15  by Section 1, Chapter 166, O.S.L. 2024 (68 O.S. Supp.

    2025, Section 2358), which relates to Oklahoma

16  taxable income and adjusted gross income; providing

    exemption for income derived by business activity

17  conducted by certain persons; limiting business

    assistance from adults; placing gross revenue cap on

18  the business; specifying where business is conducted

    to receive exemption; prohibiting exemption from

19  applying if the business is materially operated for

    the benefit of an adult; exempting certain sole

20  proprietors from state or local business licensing

    requirements; providing for noncodification;

21  providing for codification; and providing an

    effective date.

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1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

2   SECTION 1.      NEW LAW      A new section of law not to be

3 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

4   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Youth

5 Entrepreneurs Promotion and Development Act of 2026".

6   SECTION 2.      AMENDATORY   68 O.S. 2021, Section 1357, as

7 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 391, O.S.L. 2025 (68 O.S. Supp.

8 2025, Section 1357), is amended to read as follows:

9   Section 1357. Exemptions � General.

10  There are hereby specifically exempted from the tax levied by

11 the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code:

12  1. Transportation of school pupils to and from elementary

13 schools or high schools in motor or other vehicles;

14  2. Transportation of persons where the fare of each person does

15 not exceed One Dollar ($1.00), or local transportation of persons

16 within the corporate limits of a municipality except by taxicabs;

17  3. Sales for resale to persons engaged in the business of

18 reselling the articles purchased, whether within or without the

19 state, provided that such sales to residents of this state are made

20 to persons to whom sales tax permits have been issued as provided in

21 the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. This exemption shall not apply to the

22 sales of articles made to persons holding permits when such persons

23 purchase items for their use and which they are not regularly

24 engaged in the business of reselling; neither shall this exemption

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1 apply to sales of tangible personal property to peddlers, solicitors

2 and other salespersons who do not have an established place of

3 business and a sales tax permit. The exemption provided by this

4 paragraph shall apply to sales of motor fuel or diesel fuel to a

5 Group Five vendor, but the use of such motor fuel or diesel fuel by

6 the Group Five vendor shall not be exempt from the tax levied by the

7 Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. The purchase of motor fuel or diesel fuel

8 is exempt from sales tax when the motor fuel is for shipment outside

9 this state and consumed by a common carrier by rail in the conduct

10 of its business. The sales tax shall apply to the purchase of motor

11 fuel or diesel fuel in Oklahoma by a common carrier by rail when

12 such motor fuel is purchased for fueling, within this state, of any

13 locomotive or other motorized flanged wheel equipment;

14  4. Sales of advertising space in newspapers and periodicals;

15  5. Sales of programs relating to sporting and entertainment

16 events, and sales of advertising on billboards (including signage,

17 posters, panels, marquees or on other similar surfaces, whether

18 indoors or outdoors) or in programs relating to sporting and

19 entertainment events, and sales of any advertising, to be displayed

20 at or in connection with a sporting event, via the Internet,

21 electronic display devices or through public address or broadcast

22 systems. The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall be

23 effective for all sales made on or after January 1, 2001;

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1   6. Sales of any advertising, other than the advertising

2 described by paragraph 5 of this section, via the Internet,

3 electronic display devices or through the electronic media including

4 radio, public address or broadcast systems, television (whether

5 through closed circuit broadcasting systems or otherwise), and cable

6 and satellite television, and the servicing of any advertising

7 devices;

8   7. Eggs, feed, supplies, machinery, and equipment purchased by

9 persons regularly engaged in the business of raising worms, fish,

10 any insect, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic animal life

11 and used for the purpose of raising same for marketing. This

12 exemption shall only be granted and extended to the purchaser when

13 the items are to be used and in fact are used in the raising of

14 animal life as set out above. Each purchaser shall certify, in

15 writing, on the invoice or sales ticket retained by the vendor that

16 the purchaser is regularly engaged in the business of raising such

17 animal life and that the items purchased will be used only in such

18 business. The vendor shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission

19 that the price of the items has been reduced to grant the full

20 benefit of the exemption. Violation hereof by the purchaser or

21 vendor shall be a misdemeanor;

22  8. Sale of natural or artificial gas and electricity, and

23 associated delivery or transmission services, when sold exclusively

24 for residential use. Provided, this exemption shall not apply to

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1 any sales tax levied by a city or town, or a county or any other

2 jurisdiction in this state;

3   9. In addition to the exemptions authorized by Section 1357.6

4 of this title, sales of drugs sold pursuant to a prescription

5 written for the treatment of human beings by a person licensed to

6 prescribe the drugs, and sales of insulin and medical oxygen.

7 Provided, this exemption shall not apply to over-the-counter drugs;

8   10. Transfers of title or possession of empty, partially

9 filled, or filled returnable oil and chemical drums to any person

10 who is not regularly engaged in the business of selling, reselling

11 or otherwise transferring empty, partially filled or filled

12 returnable oil drums;

13  11. Sales of one-way utensils, paper napkins, paper cups,

14 disposable hot containers, and other one-way carry out materials to

15 a vendor of meals or beverages;

16  12. Sales of food or food products for home consumption which

17 are purchased in whole or in part with coupons issued pursuant to

18 the federal food stamp program as authorized by Sections 2011

19 through 2036d of Title 7 of the United States Code, as to that

20 portion purchased with such coupons. The exemption provided for

21 such sales shall be inapplicable to such sales upon the effective

22 date of any federal law that removes the requirement of the

23 exemption as a condition for participation by the state in the

24 federal food stamp program;

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1   13. Sales of food or food products, or any equipment or

2 supplies used in the preparation of the food or food products to or

3 by an organization which:

4   a. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of

5   Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

6   1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and

7   which provides and delivers prepared meals for home

8   consumption to elderly or homebound persons as part of

9   a program commonly known as "Meals on Wheels" or

10  "Mobile Meals", or

11  b. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of

12  Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

13  1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and

14  which receives federal funding pursuant to the Older

15  Americans Act of 1965, as amended, for the purpose of

16  providing nutrition programs for the care and benefit

17  of elderly persons;

18  14. a. Sales of tangible personal property or services to or

19  by organizations which are exempt from taxation

20  pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the

21  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C.,

22  Section 501(c)(3), and:

23  (1) are primarily involved in the collection and

24                  distribution of food and other household products

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1                   to other organizations that facilitate the

2                   distribution of such products to the needy and

3                   such distributee organizations are exempt from

4                   taxation pursuant to the provisions of Section

5                   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

6                   as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), or

7   (2) facilitate the distribution of such products to

8                   the needy.

9   b. Sales made in the course of business for profit or

10  savings, competing with other persons engaged in the

11  same or similar business shall not be exempt under

12  this paragraph;

13  15. Sales of tangible personal property or services to

14 children's homes which are located on church-owned property and are

15 operated by organizations exempt from taxation pursuant to the

16 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26

17 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3);

18  16. Sales of computers, data processing equipment, related

19 peripherals, and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service

20 and equipment for use in a qualified aircraft maintenance or

21 manufacturing facility. For purposes of this paragraph, "qualified

22 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility" means a new or

23 expanding facility primarily engaged in aircraft repair, building or

24 rebuilding, whether or not on a factory basis, whose total cost of

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1 construction exceeds the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00)

2 and which employs at least two hundred fifty new full-time-

3 equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Employment

4 Security Commission, upon completion of the facility. In order to

5 qualify for the exemption provided for by this paragraph, the cost

6 of the items purchased by the qualified aircraft maintenance or

7 manufacturing facility shall equal or exceed the sum of Two Million

8 Dollars ($2,000,000.00);

9   17. Sales of tangible personal property consumed or

10 incorporated in the construction or expansion of a qualified

11 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility as defined in

12 paragraph 16 of this section. For purposes of this paragraph, sales

13 made to a contractor or subcontractor that has previously entered

14 into a contractual relationship with a qualified aircraft

15 maintenance or manufacturing facility for construction or expansion

16 of such a facility shall be considered sales made to a qualified

17 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility;

18  18. Sales of the following telecommunications services:

19  a. interstate and international 800 service. "800

20  service" means a telecommunications service that

21  allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without

22  incurring a charge for the call. The service is

23  typically marketed under the name "800", "855", "866",

24  "877" and "888" toll-free calling, and any subsequent

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1   numbers designated by the Federal Communications

2   Commission,

3   b. interstate and international 900 service. "900

4   service" means an inbound toll telecommunications

5   service purchased by a subscriber that allows the

6   subscriber's customers to call in to the subscriber's

7   prerecorded announcement or live service. 900 service

8   does not include the charge for: collection services

9   provided by the seller of the telecommunications

10  services to the subscriber, or service or product sold

11  by the subscriber to the subscriber's customer. The

12  service is typically marketed under the name "900"

13  service, and any subsequent numbers designated by the

14  Federal Communications Commission,

15  c. interstate and international private communications

16  service. "Private communications service" means a

17  telecommunications service that entitles the customer

18  to exclusive or priority use of a communications

19  channel or group of channels between or among

20  termination points, regardless of the manner in which

21  such channel or channels are connected, and includes

22  switching capacity, extension lines, stations and any

23  other associated services that are provided in

24  connection with the use of such channel or channels,

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1   d. value-added nonvoice data service. "Value-added

2   nonvoice data service" means a service that otherwise

3   meets the definition of telecommunications services in

4   which computer processing applications are used to act

5   on the form, content, code or protocol of the

6   information or data primarily for a purpose other than

7   transmission, conveyance, or routing,

8   e. interstate and international telecommunications

9   service which is:

10  (1) rendered by a company for private use within its

11                  organization, or

12  (2) used, allocated or distributed by a company to

13                  its affiliated group,

14  f. regulatory assessments and charges including charges

15  to fund the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund, the

16  Oklahoma Lifeline Fund and the Oklahoma High Cost

17  Fund, and

18  g. telecommunications nonrecurring charges including but

19  not limited to the installation, connection, change,

20  or initiation of telecommunications services which are

21  not associated with a retail consumer sale;

22  19. Sales of railroad track spikes manufactured and sold for

23 use in this state in the construction or repair of railroad tracks,

24 switches, sidings, and turnouts;

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1   20. Sales of aircraft and aircraft parts provided such sales

2 occur at a qualified aircraft maintenance facility. As used in this

3 paragraph, "qualified aircraft maintenance facility" means a

4 facility operated by an air common carrier including one or more

5 component overhaul support buildings or structures in an area owned,

6 leased, or controlled by the air common carrier, at which there were

7 employed at least two thousand full-time-equivalent employees in the

8 preceding year as certified by the Oklahoma Employment Security

9 Commission and which is primarily related to the fabrication,

10 repair, alteration, modification, refurbishing, maintenance,

11 building, or rebuilding of commercial aircraft or aircraft parts

12 used in air common carriage. For purposes of this paragraph, "air

13 common carrier" shall also include members of an affiliated group as

14 defined by Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as

15 amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 1504. Beginning July 1, 2012, the

16 exemption shall include sales of machinery, tools, supplies,

17 equipment, and related tangible personal property and services used

18 or consumed in the repair, remodeling, or maintenance of aircraft,

19 aircraft engines or aircraft component parts which occur at a

20 qualified aircraft maintenance facility;

21  21. Sales of machinery and equipment purchased and used by

22 persons and establishments primarily engaged in computer services

23 and data processing:

24

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1   a. as defined under Industry Group Numbers 7372 and 7373

2   of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

3   Manual, latest version, which derive at least fifty

4   percent (50%) of their annual gross revenues from the

5   sale of a product or service to an out-of-state buyer

6   or consumer, and

7   b. as defined under Industry Group Number 7374 of the SIC

8   Manual, latest version, which derive at least eighty

9   percent (80%) of their annual gross revenues from the

10  sale of a product or service to an out-of-state buyer

11  or consumer.

12  Eligibility for the exemption set out in this paragraph shall be

13 established, subject to review by the Tax Commission, by annually

14 filing an affidavit with the Tax Commission stating that the

15 facility so qualifies and such information as required by the Tax

16 Commission. For purposes of determining whether annual gross

17 revenues are derived from sales to out-of-state buyers or consumers,

18 all sales to the federal government shall be considered to be to an

19 out-of-state buyer or consumer;

20  22. Sales of prosthetic devices to an individual for use by

21 such individual. For purposes of this paragraph, "prosthetic

22 device" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1357.6 of

23 this title, but shall not include corrective eye glasses, contact

24 lenses, or hearing aids;

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1   23. Sales of tangible personal property or services to a motion

2 picture or television production company to be used or consumed in

3 connection with an eligible production. For purposes of this

4 paragraph, "eligible production" means a documentary, special, music

5 video or a television commercial or television program that will

6 serve as a pilot for or be a segment of an ongoing dramatic or

7 situation comedy series filmed or taped for network or national or

8 regional syndication or a feature-length motion picture intended for

9 theatrical release or for network or national or regional

10 syndication or broadcast. The provisions of this paragraph shall

11 apply to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1996. In order to

12 qualify for the exemption, the motion picture or television

13 production company shall file any documentation and information

14 required to be submitted pursuant to rules promulgated by the Tax

15 Commission;

16  24. Sales of diesel fuel sold for consumption by commercial

17 vessels, barges and other commercial watercraft;

18  25. Sales of tangible personal property or services to tax-

19 exempt independent nonprofit biomedical research foundations that

20 provide educational programs for Oklahoma science students and

21 teachers and to tax-exempt independent nonprofit community blood

22 banks headquartered in this state;

23  26. Effective May 6, 1992, sales of wireless telecommunications

24 equipment to a vendor who subsequently transfers the equipment at no

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1 charge or for a discounted charge to a consumer as part of a

2 promotional package or as an inducement to commence or continue a

3 contract for wireless telecommunications services;

4   27. Effective January 1, 1991, leases of rail transportation

5 cars to haul coal to coal-fired plants located in this state which

6 generate electric power;

7   28. Beginning July 1, 2005, sales of aircraft engine repairs,

8 modification, and replacement parts, sales of aircraft frame repairs

9 and modification, aircraft interior modification, and paint, and

10 sales of services employed in the repair, modification, and

11 replacement of parts of aircraft engines, aircraft frame and

12 interior repair and modification, and paint;

13  29. Sales of materials and supplies to the owner or operator of

14 a ship, motor vessel, or barge that is used in interstate or

15 international commerce if the materials and supplies:

16  a. are loaded on the ship, motor vessel, or barge and

17  used in the maintenance and operation of the ship,

18  motor vessel, or barge, or

19  b. enter into and become component parts of the ship,

20  motor vessel, or barge;

21  30. Sales of tangible personal property made at estate sales at

22 which such property is offered for sale on the premises of the

23 former residence of the decedent by a person who is not required to

24 be licensed pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Act, or who

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1 is not otherwise required to obtain a sales tax permit for the sale

2 of such property pursuant to the provisions of Section 1364 of this

3 title; provided:

4   a. such sale or event may not be held for a period

5   exceeding three (3) consecutive days,

6   b. the sale must be conducted within six (6) months of

7   the date of death of the decedent, and

8   c. the exemption allowed by this paragraph shall not be

9   allowed for property that was not part of the

10  decedent's estate;

11  31. Beginning January 1, 2004, sales of electricity and

12 associated delivery and transmission services, when sold exclusively

13 for use by an oil and gas operator for reservoir dewatering projects

14 and associated operations commencing on or after July 1, 2003, in

15 which the initial water-to-oil ratio is greater than or equal to

16 five-to-one water-to-oil, and such oil and gas development projects

17 have been classified by the Corporation Commission as a reservoir

18 dewatering unit;

19  32. Sales of prewritten computer software that is delivered

20 electronically. For purposes of this paragraph, "delivered

21 electronically" means delivered to the purchaser by means other than

22 tangible storage media;

23  33. Sales of modular dwelling units when built at a production

24 facility and moved in whole or in parts, to be assembled on-site,

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1 and permanently affixed to the real property and used for

2 residential or commercial purposes. The exemption provided by this

3 paragraph shall equal forty-five percent (45%) of the total sales

4 price of the modular dwelling unit. For purposes of this paragraph,

5 "modular dwelling unit" means a structure that is not subject to the

6 motor vehicle excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 2103 of this

7 title;

8   34. Sales of tangible personal property or services to:

9         a. persons who are residents of Oklahoma and have been

10        honorably discharged from active service in any branch

11        of the Armed Forces of the United States or Oklahoma

12        National Guard and who have been certified by the

13        United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

14        successor to be in receipt of disability compensation

15        at the one-hundred-percent rate and the disability

16        shall be permanent and have been sustained through

17        military action or accident or resulting from disease

18        contracted while in such active service and registered

19        with the veterans registry created by the Oklahoma

20        Department of Veterans Affairs, or

21        b. the surviving spouse of the person in subparagraph a

22        of this paragraph if the person is deceased and the

23        spouse has not remarried and the surviving spouse of a

24        person who is determined by the United States

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1   Department of Defense or any branch of the United

2   States military to have died while in the line of duty

3   if the spouse has not remarried. Sales for the

4   benefit of an eligible person to a spouse of the

5   eligible person or to a member of the household in

6   which the eligible person resides and who is

7   authorized to make purchases on the person's behalf,

8   when such eligible person is not present at the sale,

9   shall also be exempt for purposes of this paragraph.

10  The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall issue a separate

11  exemption card to a spouse of an eligible person or to

12  a member of the household in which the eligible person

13  resides who is authorized to make purchases on the

14  person's behalf, if requested by the eligible person.

15  Sales qualifying for the exemption authorized by this

16  paragraph shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand

17  Dollars ($25,000.00) per year per individual while the

18  disabled veteran is living. Sales qualifying for the

19  exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not

20  exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for

21  an unremarried surviving spouse. Upon request of the

22  Tax Commission, a person asserting or claiming the

23  exemption authorized by this paragraph shall provide a

24  statement, executed under oath, that the total sales

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1   amounts for which the exemption is applicable have not

2   exceeded Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per

3   year per living disabled veteran or One Thousand

4   Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for an unremarried

5   surviving spouse. If the amount of such exempt sales

6   exceeds such amount, the sales tax in excess of the

7   authorized amount shall be treated as a direct sales

8   tax liability and may be recovered by the Tax

9   Commission in the same manner provided by law for

10  other taxes including penalty and interest. The Tax

11  Commission shall promulgate any rules necessary to

12  implement the provisions of this paragraph, which

13  shall include rules providing for the disclosure of

14  information about persons eligible for the exemption

15  authorized in this paragraph to the Oklahoma

16  Department of Veterans Affairs, as authorized in

17  Section 205 of this title. For purposes of the

18  exemption authorized by this subparagraph, if the

19  disability determination that would have been made

20  while the disabled veteran was still living is not

21  made final until after the death of the disabled

22  veteran, the exemption authorized by this subparagraph

23  may still be claimed by the surviving spouse;

24

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1   35. Sales of electricity to the operator, specifically

2 designated by the Corporation Commission, of a spacing unit or lease

3 from which oil is produced or attempted to be produced using

4 enhanced recovery methods including, but not limited to, increased

5 pressure in a producing formation through the use of water or

6 saltwater if the electrical usage is associated with and necessary

7 for the operation of equipment required to inject or circulate

8 fluids in a producing formation for the purpose of forcing oil or

9 petroleum into a wellbore for eventual recovery and production from

10 the wellhead. In order to be eligible for the sales tax exemption

11 authorized by this paragraph, the total content of oil recovered

12 after the use of enhanced recovery methods shall not exceed one

13 percent (1%) by volume. The exemption authorized by this paragraph

14 shall be applicable only to the state sales tax rate and shall not

15 be applicable to any county or municipal sales tax rate;

16  36. Sales of intrastate charter and tour bus transportation.

17 As used in this paragraph, "intrastate charter and tour bus

18 transportation" means the transportation of persons from one

19 location in this state to another location in this state in a motor

20 vehicle which has been constructed in such a manner that it may

21 lawfully carry more than eighteen persons, and which is ordinarily

22 used or rented to carry persons for compensation. Provided, this

23 exemption shall not apply to regularly scheduled bus transportation

24 for the general public;

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1   37. Sales of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements by a

2 licensed chiropractor to a person who is the patient of such

3 chiropractor at the physical location where the chiropractor

4 provides chiropractic care or services to such patient. The

5 provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any drug,

6 medicine, or substance for which a prescription by a licensed

7 physician is required;

8   38. Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal

9 property, machinery, and equipment to a web search portal located in

10 this state which derives at least eighty percent (80%) of its annual

11 gross revenue from the sale of a product or service to an out-of-

12 state buyer or consumer. For purposes of this paragraph, "web

13 search portal" means an establishment classified under North

14 American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 519130 which

15 operates websites that use a search engine to generate and maintain

16 extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily

17 searchable format;

18  39. Sales of tangible personal property consumed or

19 incorporated in the construction or expansion of a facility for a

20 corporation organized under Section 437 et seq. of Title 18 of the

21 Oklahoma Statutes as a rural electric cooperative. For purposes of

22 this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontractor that has

23 previously entered into a contractual relationship with a rural

24

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1 electric cooperative for construction or expansion of a facility

2 shall be considered sales made to a rural electric cooperative;

3   40. Sales of tangible personal property or services to a

4 business primarily engaged in the repair of consumer electronic

5 goods including, but not limited to, cell phones, compact disc

6 players, personal computers, MP3 players, digital devices for the

7 storage and retrieval of information through hard-wired or wireless

8 computer or Internet connections, if the devices are sold to the

9 business by the original manufacturer of such devices and the

10 devices are repaired, refitted or refurbished for sale by the entity

11 qualifying for the exemption authorized by this paragraph directly

12 to retail consumers or if the devices are sold to another business

13 entity for sale to retail consumers;

14  41. On or after July 1, 2019, and prior to July 1, 2024, sales

15 or leases of rolling stock when sold or leased by the manufacturer,

16 regardless of whether the purchaser is a public services corporation

17 engaged in business as a common carrier of property or passengers by

18 railway, for use or consumption by a common carrier directly in the

19 rendition of public service. For purposes of this paragraph,

20 "rolling stock" means locomotives, autocars, and railroad cars and

21 "sales or leases" includes railroad car maintenance and retrofitting

22 of railroad cars for their further use only on the railways;

23  42. Sales of gold, silver, platinum, palladium or other bullion

24 items such as coins and bars and legal tender of any nation, which

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1 legal tender is sold according to its value as precious metal or as

2 an investment. As used in the paragraph, "bullion" means any

3 precious metal including, but not limited to, gold, silver,

4 platinum, and palladium, that is in such a state or condition that

5 its value depends upon its precious metal content and not its form.

6 The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not apply to

7 fabricated metals that have been processed or manufactured for

8 artistic use or as jewelry;

9   43. Recovery fees on the rental charge from any item of heavy

10 equipment property rental as provided for in Section 2807.11 of this

11 title; and

12  44. Sales of firearm safety devices and gun safety devices. As

13 used in this paragraph:

14  a. "firearm safety device" means a gun safe, gun case,

15             gun lock box, trigger lock, barrel lock, or other

16             device that is designed to be used to store a firearm

17             and that is designed to be unlocked only by means of a

18             key, combination, or other similar means, and

19  b. "gun safety device" means any integral device to be

20             equipped or installed on a firearm that permits a user

21             to program the firearm to operate only for specified

22             persons designated by the user through computerized

23             locking devices or other means integral to and

24             permanently part of the firearm; and

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1   45. Sales of tangible personal property or services made by a

2 business that is owned and operated primarily by one or more

3 individuals who have not attained eighteen (18) years of age,

4 conducting such business as a sole proprietorship and not through

5 any other legal entity, shall be exempt from the tax levied by the

6 Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, so long as:

7   a. the business receives only limited assistance from

8               adults in the form of supervision, transportation,

9               safety oversight, or other incidental support that

10              does not constitute material management or operation

11              of the business,

12  b. the business generates gross revenue of less than One

13              Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) during the calendar year,

14              and

15  c. the business operates only on private property with

16              the consent of the owner or lawful possessor of the

17              property, or as part of a community event that

18              separately registers youth vendors.

19  This exemption shall not apply if an adult exercises primary

20 control over the business decisions, management, or operations, or

21 if the business is materially operated for the benefit of any adult.

22  SECTION 3.       AMENDATORY   68 O.S. 2021, Section 2358, as

23 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 166, O.S.L. 2024 (68 O.S. Supp.

24 2025, Section 2358), is amended to read as follows:

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1   Section 2358. For all tax years beginning after December 31,

2 1981, taxable income and adjusted gross income shall be adjusted to

3 arrive at Oklahoma taxable income and Oklahoma adjusted gross income

4 as required by this section.

5   A. The taxable income of any taxpayer shall be adjusted to

6 arrive at Oklahoma taxable income for corporations and Oklahoma

7 adjusted gross income for individuals, as follows:

8   1. There shall be added interest income on obligations of any

9 state or political subdivision thereto which is not otherwise

10 exempted pursuant to other laws of this state, to the extent that

11 such interest is not included in taxable income and adjusted gross

12 income.

13  2. There shall be deducted amounts included in such income that

14 the state is prohibited from taxing because of the provisions of the

15 Federal Constitution, the State Constitution, federal laws or laws

16 of Oklahoma.

17  3. The amount of any federal net operating loss deduction shall

18 be adjusted as follows:

19          a. For carryovers and carrybacks to taxable years

20               beginning before January 1, 1981, the amount of any

21               net operating loss deduction allowed to a taxpayer for

22               federal income tax purposes shall be reduced to an

23               amount which is the same portion thereof as the loss

24               from sources within this state, as determined pursuant

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1   to this section and Section 2362 of this title, for

2   the taxable year in which such loss is sustained is of

3   the total loss for such year;

4   b. For carryovers and carrybacks to taxable years

5   beginning after December 31, 1980, the amount of any

6   net operating loss deduction allowed for the taxable

7   year shall be an amount equal to the aggregate of the

8   Oklahoma net operating loss carryovers and carrybacks

9   to such year. Oklahoma net operating losses shall be

10  separately determined by reference to Section 172 of

11  the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172, as

12  modified by the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, Section 2351

13  et seq. of this title, and shall be allowed without

14  regard to the existence of a federal net operating

15  loss. For tax years beginning after December 31,

16  2000, and ending before January 1, 2008, the years to

17  which such losses may be carried shall be determined

18  solely by reference to Section 172 of the Internal

19  Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 172, with the

20  exception that the terms "net operating loss" and

21  "taxable income" shall be replaced with "Oklahoma net

22  operating loss" and "Oklahoma taxable income". For

23  tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and

24  ending before January 1, 2009, years to which such

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1   losses may be carried back shall be limited to two (2)

2   years. For tax years beginning after December 31,

3   2008, the years to which such losses may be carried

4   back shall be determined solely by reference to

5   Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,

6   Section 172, with the exception that the terms "net

7   operating loss" and "taxable income" shall be replaced

8   with "Oklahoma net operating loss" and "Oklahoma

9   taxable income".

10  4. Items of the following nature shall be allocated as

11 indicated. Allowable deductions attributable to items separately

12 allocable in subparagraphs a, b and c of this paragraph, whether or

13 not such items of income were actually received, shall be allocated

14 on the same basis as those items:

15  a. Income from real and tangible personal property, such

16  as rents, oil and mining production or royalties, and

17  gains or losses from sales of such property, shall be

18  allocated in accordance with the situs of such

19  property;

20  b. Income from intangible personal property, such as

21  interest, dividends, patent or copyright royalties,

22  and gains or losses from sales of such property, shall

23  be allocated in accordance with the domiciliary situs

24  of the taxpayer, except that:

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1   (1) where such property has acquired a nonunitary

2                   business or commercial situs apart from the

3                   domicile of the taxpayer such income shall be

4                   allocated in accordance with such business or

5                   commercial situs; interest income from

6                   investments held to generate working capital for

7                   a unitary business enterprise shall be included

8                   in apportionable income; a resident trust or

9                   resident estate shall be treated as having a

10                  separate commercial or business situs insofar as

11                  undistributed income is concerned, but shall not

12                  be treated as having a separate commercial or

13                  business situs insofar as distributed income is

14                  concerned,

15  (2) for taxable years beginning after December 31,

16                  2003, capital or ordinary gains or losses from

17                  the sale of an ownership interest in a publicly

18                  traded partnership, as defined by Section 7704(b)

19                  of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be allocated

20                  to this state in the ratio of the original cost

21                  of such partnership's tangible property in this

22                  state to the original cost of such partnership's

23                  tangible property everywhere, as determined at

24                  the time of the sale; if more than fifty percent

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1                   (50%) of the value of the partnership's assets

2                   consists of intangible assets, capital or

3                   ordinary gains or losses from the sale of an

4                   ownership interest in the partnership shall be

5                   allocated to this state in accordance with the

6                   sales factor of the partnership for its first

7                   full tax period immediately preceding its tax

8                   period during which the ownership interest in the

9                   partnership was sold; the provisions of this

10                  division shall only apply if the capital or

11                  ordinary gains or losses from the sale of an

12                  ownership interest in a partnership do not

13                  constitute qualifying gain receiving capital

14                  treatment as defined in subparagraph a of

15                  paragraph 2 of subsection F of this section,

16  (3) income from such property which is required to be

17                  allocated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph

18                  5 of this subsection shall be allocated as herein

19                  provided;

20  c. Net income or loss from a business activity which is

21  not a part of business carried on within or without

22  the state of a unitary character shall be separately

23  allocated to the state in which such activity is

24  conducted;

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1   d. In the case of a manufacturing or processing

2   enterprise the business of which in this state

3   consists solely of marketing its products by:

4   (1) sales having a situs without this state, shipped

5                   directly to a point from without the state to a

6                   purchaser within the state, commonly known as

7                   interstate sales,

8   (2) sales of the product stored in public warehouses

9                   within the state pursuant to "in transit"

10                  tariffs, as prescribed and allowed by the

11                  Interstate Commerce Commission, to a purchaser

12                  within the state,

13  (3) sales of the product stored in public warehouses

14                  within the state where the shipment to such

15                  warehouses is not covered by "in transit"

16                  tariffs, as prescribed and allowed by the

17                  Interstate Commerce Commission, to a purchaser

18                  within or without the state,

19  the Oklahoma net income shall, at the option of the

20  taxpayer, be that portion of the total net income of

21  the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes derived

22  from the manufacture and/or processing and sales

23  everywhere as determined by the ratio of the sales

24  defined in this section made to the purchaser within

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1   the state to the total sales everywhere. The term

2   "public warehouse" as used in this subparagraph means

3   a licensed public warehouse, the principal business of

4   which is warehousing merchandise for the public;

5   e. In the case of insurance companies, Oklahoma taxable

6   income shall be taxable income of the taxpayer for

7   federal tax purposes, as adjusted for the adjustments

8   provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 1

9   and 2 of this subsection, apportioned as follows:

10  (1) except as otherwise provided by division (2) of

11                  this subparagraph, taxable income of an insurance

12                  company for a taxable year shall be apportioned

13                  to this state by multiplying such income by a

14                  fraction, the numerator of which is the direct

15                  premiums written for insurance on property or

16                  risks in this state, and the denominator of which

17                  is the direct premiums written for insurance on

18                  property or risks everywhere. For purposes of

19                  this subsection, the term "direct premiums

20                  written" means the total amount of direct

21                  premiums written, assessments and annuity

22                  considerations as reported for the taxable year

23                  on the annual statement filed by the company with

24                  the Insurance Commissioner in the form approved

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1                   by the National Association of Insurance

2                   Commissioners, or such other form as may be

3                   prescribed in lieu thereof,

4   (2) if the principal source of premiums written by an

5                   insurance company consists of premiums for

6                   reinsurance accepted by it, the taxable income of

7                   such company shall be apportioned to this state

8                   by multiplying such income by a fraction, the

9                   numerator of which is the sum of (a) direct

10                  premiums written for insurance on property or

11                  risks in this state, plus (b) premiums written

12                  for reinsurance accepted in respect of property

13                  or risks in this state, and the denominator of

14                  which is the sum of (c) direct premiums written

15                  for insurance on property or risks everywhere,

16                  plus (d) premiums written for reinsurance

17                  accepted in respect of property or risks

18                  everywhere. For purposes of this paragraph,

19                  premiums written for reinsurance accepted in

20                  respect of property or risks in this state,

21                  whether or not otherwise determinable, may at the

22                  election of the company be determined on the

23                  basis of the proportion which premiums written

24                  for insurance accepted from companies

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1                   commercially domiciled in this state bears to

2                   premiums written for reinsurance accepted from

3                   all sources, or alternatively in the proportion

4                   which the sum of the direct premiums written for

5                   insurance on property or risks in this state by

6                   each ceding company from which reinsurance is

7                   accepted bears to the sum of the total direct

8                   premiums written by each such ceding company for

9                   the taxable year.

10  5. The net income or loss remaining after the separate

11 allocation in paragraph 4 of this subsection, being that which is

12 derived from a unitary business enterprise, shall be apportioned to

13 this state on the basis of the arithmetical average of three factors

14 consisting of property, payroll and sales or gross revenue

15 enumerated as subparagraphs a, b and c of this paragraph. Net

16 income or loss as used in this paragraph includes that derived from

17 patent or copyright royalties, purchase discounts, and interest on

18 accounts receivable relating to or arising from a business activity,

19 the income from which is apportioned pursuant to this subsection,

20 including the sale or other disposition of such property and any

21 other property used in the unitary enterprise. Deductions used in

22 computing such net income or loss shall not include taxes based on

23 or measured by income. Provided, for corporations whose property

24 for purposes of the tax imposed by Section 2355 of this title has an

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1 initial investment cost equaling or exceeding Two Hundred Million

2 Dollars ($200,000,000.00) and such investment is made on or after

3 July 1, 1997, or for corporations which expand their property or

4 facilities in this state and such expansion has an investment cost

5 equaling or exceeding Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000.00)

6 over a period not to exceed three (3) years, and such expansion is

7 commenced on or after January 1, 2000, the three factors shall be

8 apportioned with property and payroll, each comprising twenty-five

9 percent (25%) of the apportionment factor and sales comprising fifty

10 percent (50%) of the apportionment factor. The apportionment

11 factors shall be computed as follows:

12  a. The property factor is a fraction, the numerator of

13  which is the average value of the taxpayer's real and

14  tangible personal property owned or rented and used in

15  this state during the tax period and the denominator

16  of which is the average value of all the taxpayer's

17  real and tangible personal property everywhere owned

18  or rented and used during the tax period.

19  (1) Property, the income from which is separately

20                  allocated in paragraph 4 of this subsection,

21                  shall not be included in determining this

22                  fraction. The numerator of the fraction shall

23                  include a portion of the investment in

24                  transportation and other equipment having no

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1                   fixed situs, such as rolling stock, buses, trucks

2                   and trailers, including machinery and equipment

3                   carried thereon, airplanes, salespersons'

4                   automobiles and other similar equipment, in the

5                   proportion that miles traveled in this state by

6                   such equipment bears to total miles traveled,

7   (2) Property owned by the taxpayer is valued at its

8                   original cost. Property rented by the taxpayer

9                   is valued at eight times the net annual rental

10                  rate. Net annual rental rate is the annual

11                  rental rate paid by the taxpayer, less any annual

12                  rental rate received by the taxpayer from

13                  subrentals,

14  (3) The average value of property shall be determined

15                  by averaging the values at the beginning and

16                  ending of the tax period but the Oklahoma Tax

17                  Commission may require the averaging of monthly

18                  values during the tax period if reasonably

19                  required to reflect properly the average value of

20                  the taxpayer's property;

21  b. The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator of

22  which is the total compensation for services rendered

23  in the state during the tax period, and the

24  denominator of which is the total compensation for

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1   services rendered everywhere during the tax period.

2   "Compensation", as used in this subsection, means

3   those paid-for services to the extent related to the

4   unitary business but does not include officers'

5   salaries, wages and other compensation.

6   (1) In the case of a transportation enterprise, the

7                   numerator of the fraction shall include a portion

8                   of such expenditure in connection with employees

9                   operating equipment over a fixed route, such as

10                  railroad employees, airline pilots, or bus

11                  drivers, in this state only a part of the time,

12                  in the proportion that mileage traveled in this

13                  state bears to total mileage traveled by such

14                  employees,

15  (2) In any case the numerator of the fraction shall

16                  include a portion of such expenditures in

17                  connection with itinerant employees, such as

18                  traveling salespersons, in this state only a part

19                  of the time, in the proportion that time spent in

20                  this state bears to total time spent in

21                  furtherance of the enterprise by such employees;

22  c. The sales factor is a fraction, the numerator of which

23  is the total sales or gross revenue of the taxpayer in

24  this state during the tax period, and the denominator

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1   of which is the total sales or gross revenue of the

2   taxpayer everywhere during the tax period. "Sales",

3   as used in this subsection, does not include sales or

4   gross revenue which are separately allocated in

5   paragraph 4 of this subsection.

6   (1) Sales of tangible personal property have a situs

7                   in this state if the property is delivered or

8                   shipped to a purchaser other than the United

9                   States government, within this state regardless

10                  of the FOB point or other conditions of the sale;

11                  or the property is shipped from an office, store,

12                  warehouse, factory or other place of storage in

13                  this state and (a) the purchaser is the United

14                  States government or (b) the taxpayer is not

15                  doing business in the state of the destination of

16                  the shipment.

17  (2) In the case of a railroad or interurban railway

18                  enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall

19                  not be less than the allocation of revenues to

20                  this state as shown in its annual report to the

21                  Corporation Commission.

22  (3) In the case of an airline, truck or bus

23                  enterprise or freight car, tank car, refrigerator

24                  car or other railroad equipment enterprise, the

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1                   numerator of the fraction shall include a portion

2                   of revenue from interstate transportation in the

3                   proportion that interstate mileage traveled in

4                   this state bears to total interstate mileage

5                   traveled.

6   (4) In the case of an oil, gasoline or gas pipeline

7                   enterprise, the numerator of the fraction shall

8                   be either the total of traffic units of the

9                   enterprise within this state or the revenue

10                  allocated to this state based upon miles moved,

11                  at the option of the taxpayer, and the

12                  denominator of which shall be the total of

13                  traffic units of the enterprise or the revenue of

14                  the enterprise everywhere as appropriate to the

15                  numerator. A "traffic unit" is hereby defined as

16                  the transportation for a distance of one (1) mile

17                  of one (1) barrel of oil, one (1) gallon of

18                  gasoline or one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of

19                  natural or casinghead gas, as the case may be.

20  (5) In the case of a telephone or telegraph or other

21                  communication enterprise, the numerator of the

22                  fraction shall include that portion of the

23                  interstate revenue as is allocated pursuant to

24                  the accounting procedures prescribed by the

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1                   Federal Communications Commission; provided that

2                   in respect to each corporation or business entity

3                   required by the Federal Communications Commission

4                   to keep its books and records in accordance with

5                   a uniform system of accounts prescribed by such

6                   Commission, the intrastate net income shall be

7                   determined separately in the manner provided by

8                   such uniform system of accounts and only the

9                   interstate income shall be subject to allocation

10                  pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

11                  Provided further, that the gross revenue factors

12                  shall be those as are determined pursuant to the

13                  accounting procedures prescribed by the Federal

14                  Communications Commission.

15  In any case where the apportionment of the three factors

16 prescribed in this paragraph attributes to this state a portion of

17 net income of the enterprise out of all appropriate proportion to

18 the property owned and/or business transacted within this state,

19 because of the fact that one or more of the factors so prescribed

20 are not employed to any appreciable extent in furtherance of the

21 enterprise; or because one or more factors not so prescribed are

22 employed to a considerable extent in furtherance of the enterprise;

23 or because of other reasons, the Tax Commission is empowered to

24 permit, after a showing by taxpayer that an excessive portion of net

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1 income has been attributed to this state, or require, when in its

2 judgment an insufficient portion of net income has been attributed

3 to this state, the elimination, substitution, or use of additional

4 factors, or reduction or increase in the weight of such prescribed

5 factors. Provided, however, that any such variance from such

6 prescribed factors which has the effect of increasing the portion of

7 net income attributable to this state must not be inherently

8 arbitrary, and application of the recomputed final apportionment to

9 the net income of the enterprise must attribute to this state only a

10 reasonable portion thereof.

11  6. For calendar years 1997 and 1998, the owner of a new or

12 expanded agricultural commodity processing facility in this state

13 may exclude from Oklahoma taxable income, or in the case of an

14 individual, the Oklahoma adjusted gross income, fifteen percent

15 (15%) of the investment by the owner in the new or expanded

16 agricultural commodity processing facility. For calendar year 1999,

17 and all subsequent years, the percentage, not to exceed fifteen

18 percent (15%), available to the owner of a new or expanded

19 agricultural commodity processing facility in this state claiming

20 the exemption shall be adjusted annually so that the total estimated

21 reduction in tax liability does not exceed One Million Dollars

22 ($1,000,000.00) annually. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules

23 for determining the percentage of the investment which each eligible

24 taxpayer may exclude. The exclusion provided by this paragraph

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1 shall be taken in the taxable year when the investment is made. In

2 the event the total reduction in tax liability authorized by this

3 paragraph exceeds One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in any

4 calendar year, the Tax Commission shall permit any excess over One

5 Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) and shall factor such excess into

6 the percentage for subsequent years. Any amount of the exemption

7 permitted to be excluded pursuant to the provisions of this

8 paragraph but not used in any year may be carried forward as an

9 exemption from income pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph

10 for a period not exceeding six (6) years following the year in which

11 the investment was originally made.

12  For purposes of this paragraph:

13  a. "Agricultural commodity processing facility" means

14  buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements used

15  or operated primarily for the processing or production

16  of marketable products from agricultural commodities.

17  The term shall also mean a dairy operation that

18  requires a depreciable investment of at least Two

19  Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and which

20  produces milk from dairy cows. The term does not

21  include a facility that provides only, and nothing

22  more than, storage, cleaning, drying or transportation

23  of agricultural commodities, and

24

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1   b. "Facility" means each part of the facility which is

2   used in a process primarily for:

3   (1) the processing of agricultural commodities,

4                   including receiving or storing agricultural

5                   commodities, or the production of milk at a dairy

6                   operation,

7   (2) transporting the agricultural commodities or

8                   product before, during or after the processing,

9                   or

10  (3) packaging or otherwise preparing the product for

11                  sale or shipment.

12  7. Despite any provision to the contrary in paragraph 3 of this

13 subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, in

14 the case of a taxpayer which has a farming loss, such farming loss

15 shall be considered a net operating loss carryback in accordance

16 with and to the extent of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,

17 Section 172(b)(G). However, the amount of the net operating loss

18 carryback shall not exceed the lesser of:

19  a. Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00), or

20  b. the loss properly shown on Schedule F of the Internal

21  Revenue Service Form 1040 reduced by one-half (1/2) of

22  the income from all other sources other than reflected

23  on Schedule F.

24

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1   8. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995, all

2 qualified wages equal to the federal income tax credit set forth in

3 26 U.S.C.A., Section 45A, shall be deducted from taxable income.

4 The deduction allowed pursuant to this paragraph shall only be

5 permitted for the tax years in which the federal tax credit pursuant

6 to 26 U.S.C.A., Section 45A, is allowed. For purposes of this

7 paragraph, "qualified wages" means those wages used to calculate the

8 federal credit pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A., Section 45A.

9   9. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, an

10 employer that is eligible for and utilizes the Safety Pays OSHA

11 Consultation Service provided by the Oklahoma Department of Labor

12 shall receive an exemption from taxable income in the amount of One

13 Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the tax year that the service is

14 utilized.

15  10. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010,

16 there shall be added to Oklahoma taxable income an amount equal to

17 the amount of deferred income not included in such taxable income

18 pursuant to Section 108(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

19 as amended by Section 1231 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment

20 Act of 2009 (P.L. No. 111-5). There shall be subtracted from

21 Oklahoma taxable income an amount equal to the amount of deferred

22 income included in such taxable income pursuant to Section 108(i)(1)

23 of the Internal Revenue Code by Section 1231 of the American

24 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. No. 111-5).

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1   11. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019,

2 there shall be subtracted from Oklahoma taxable income or adjusted

3 gross income any item of income or gain, and there shall be added to

4 Oklahoma taxable income or adjusted gross income any item of loss or

5 deduction that in the absence of an election pursuant to the

6 provisions of the Pass-Through Entity Tax Equity Act of 2019 would

7 be allocated to a member or to an indirect member of an electing

8 pass-through entity pursuant to Section 2351 et seq. of this title,

9 if (i) the electing pass-through entity has accounted for such item

10 in computing its Oklahoma net entity income or loss pursuant to the

11 provisions of the Pass-Through Entity Tax Equity Act of 2019, and

12 (ii) the total amount of tax attributable to any resulting Oklahoma

13 net entity income has been paid. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall

14 promulgate rules for the reporting of such exclusion to direct and

15 indirect members of the electing pass-through entity. As used in

16 this paragraph, "electing pass-through entity", "indirect member",

17 and "member" shall be defined in the same manner as prescribed by

18 Section 2355.1P-2 of this title. Notwithstanding the application of

19 this paragraph, the adjusted tax basis of any ownership interest in

20 a pass-through entity for purposes of Section 2351 et seq. of this

21 title shall be equal to its adjusted tax basis for federal income

22 tax purposes.

23  12. For tax year 2025 and subsequent tax years, an employer

24 providing paid leave to an employee for the purpose of volunteering

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1 as a poll worker with a county election board in this state shall

2 receive an exemption from taxable income in the amount of One

3 Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day of leave provided in the tax

4 year. The employer shall provide documentation from the applicable

5 county election board showing the employee volunteered, upon request

6 of the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

7  B. 1. The taxable income of any corporation shall be further

8 adjusted to arrive at Oklahoma taxable income, except those

9 corporations electing treatment as provided in subchapter S of the

10 Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 1361 et seq., and Section

11 2365 of this title, deductions pursuant to the provisions of the

12 Accelerated Cost Recovery System as defined and allowed in the

13 Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, Public Law 97-34, 26 U.S.C.,

14 Section 168, for depreciation of assets placed into service after

15 December 31, 1981, shall not be allowed in calculating Oklahoma

16 taxable income. Such corporations shall be allowed a deduction for

17 depreciation of assets placed into service after December 31, 1981,

18 in accordance with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26

19 U.S.C., Section 1 et seq., in effect immediately prior to the

20 enactment of the Accelerated Cost Recovery System. The Oklahoma tax

21 basis for all such assets placed into service after December 31,

22 1981, calculated in this section shall be retained and utilized for

23 all Oklahoma income tax purposes through the final disposition of

24 such assets.

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1   Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax

2 Act, Section 2351 et seq. of this title, or of the Internal Revenue

3 Code to the contrary, this subsection shall control calculation of

4 depreciation of assets placed into service after December 31, 1981,

5 and before January 1, 1983.

6   For assets placed in service and held by a corporation in which

7 the Accelerated Cost Recovery System was previously disallowed, an

8 adjustment to taxable income is required in the first taxable year

9 beginning after December 31, 1982, to reconcile the basis of such

10 assets to the basis allowed in the Internal Revenue Code. The

11 purpose of this adjustment is to equalize the basis and allowance

12 for depreciation accounts between that reported to the Internal

13 Revenue Service and that reported to this state.

14  2. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and

15 ending on or before December 31, 2009, there shall be added to

16 Oklahoma taxable income any amount in excess of One Hundred Seventy-

17 five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) which has been deducted as a

18 small business expense under Internal Revenue Code, Section 179 as

19 provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

20  C. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1987, the

21 taxable income of any corporation shall be further adjusted to

22 arrive at Oklahoma taxable income for transfers of technology to

23 qualified small businesses located in this state. Such transferor

24 corporation shall be allowed an exemption from taxable income of an

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1 amount equal to the amount of royalty payment received as a result

2 of such transfer; provided, however, such amount shall not exceed

3 ten percent (10%) of the amount of gross proceeds received by such

4 transferor corporation as a result of the technology transfer. Such

5 exemption shall be allowed for a period not to exceed ten (10) years

6 from the date of receipt of the first royalty payment accruing from

7 such transfer. No exemption may be claimed for transfers of

8 technology to qualified small businesses made prior to January 1,

9 1988.

10  2. For purposes of this subsection:

11       a. "Qualified small business" means an entity, whether

12       organized as a corporation, partnership, or

13       proprietorship, organized for profit with its

14       principal place of business located within this state

15       and which meets the following criteria:

16       (1) Capitalization of not more than Two Hundred Fifty

17                  Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00),

18       (2) Having at least fifty percent (50%) of its

19                  employees and assets located in this state at the

20                  time of the transfer, and

21       (3) Not a subsidiary or affiliate of the transferor

22                  corporation;

23       b. "Technology" means a proprietary process, formula,

24       pattern, device or compilation of scientific or

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1   technical information which is not in the public

2   domain;

3   c. "Transferor corporation" means a corporation which is

4   the exclusive and undisputed owner of the technology

5   at the time the transfer is made; and

6   d. "Gross proceeds" means the total amount of

7   consideration for the transfer of technology, whether

8   the consideration is in money or otherwise.

9   D. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, the

10 taxable income of any corporation, estate or trust, shall be further

11 adjusted for qualifying gains receiving capital treatment. Such

12 corporations, estates or trusts shall be allowed a deduction from

13 Oklahoma taxable income for the amount of qualifying gains receiving

14 capital treatment earned by the corporation, estate or trust during

15 the taxable year and included in the federal taxable income of such

16 corporation, estate or trust.

17  2. As used in this subsection:

18  a. "qualifying gains receiving capital treatment" means

19  the amount of net capital gains, as defined in Section

20  1222(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, included in the

21  federal income tax return of the corporation, estate

22  or trust that result from:

23  (1) the sale of real property or tangible personal

24                  property located within this state that has been

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1                   directly or indirectly owned by the corporation,

2                   estate or trust for a holding period of at least

3                   five (5) years prior to the date of the

4                   transaction from which such net capital gains

5                   arise,

6   (2) the sale of stock or on the sale of an ownership

7                   interest in an Oklahoma company, limited

8                   liability company, or partnership where such

9                   stock or ownership interest has been directly or

10                  indirectly owned by the corporation, estate or

11                  trust for a holding period of at least three (3)

12                  years prior to the date of the transaction from

13                  which the net capital gains arise, or

14  (3) the sale of real property, tangible personal

15                  property or intangible personal property located

16                  within this state as part of the sale of all or

17                  substantially all of the assets of an Oklahoma

18                  company, limited liability company, or

19                  partnership where such property has been directly

20                  or indirectly owned by such entity owned by the

21                  owners of such entity, and used in or derived

22                  from such entity for a period of at least three

23                  (3) years prior to the date of the transaction

24                  from which the net capital gains arise,

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1   b. "holding period" means an uninterrupted period of

2   time. The holding period shall include any additional

3   period when the property was held by another

4   individual or entity, if such additional period is

5   included in the taxpayer's holding period for the

6   asset pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code,

7   c. "Oklahoma company", "limited liability company", or

8   "partnership" means an entity whose primary

9   headquarters have been located in this state for at

10  least three (3) uninterrupted years prior to the date

11  of the transaction from which the net capital gains

12  arise,

13  d. "direct" means the taxpayer directly owns the asset,

14  and

15  e. "indirect" means the taxpayer owns an interest in a

16  pass-through entity (or chain of pass-through

17  entities) that sells the asset that gives rise to the

18  qualifying gains receiving capital treatment.

19  (1) With respect to sales of real property or

20                  tangible personal property located within this

21                  state, the deduction described in this subsection

22                  shall not apply unless the pass-through entity

23                  that makes the sale has held the property for not

24                  less than five (5) uninterrupted years prior to

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1                   the date of the transaction that created the

2                   capital gain, and each pass-through entity

3                   included in the chain of ownership has been a

4                   member, partner, or shareholder of the pass-

5                   through entity in the tier immediately below it

6                   for an uninterrupted period of not less than five

7                   (5) years.

8   (2) With respect to sales of stock or ownership

9                   interest in or sales of all or substantially all

10                  of the assets of an Oklahoma company, limited

11                  liability company, or partnership, the deduction

12                  described in this subsection shall not apply

13                  unless the pass-through entity that makes the

14                  sale has held the stock or ownership interest or

15                  the assets for not less than three (3)

16                  uninterrupted years prior to the date of the

17                  transaction that created the capital gain, and

18                  each pass-through entity included in the chain of

19                  ownership has been a member, partner or

20                  shareholder of the pass-through entity in the

21                  tier immediately below it for an uninterrupted

22                  period of not less than three (3) years.

23

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1   E. The Oklahoma adjusted gross income of any individual

2 taxpayer shall be further adjusted as follows to arrive at Oklahoma

3 taxable income:

4   1. a. In the case of individuals, there shall be added or

5   deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary

6   to allow personal exemptions of One Thousand Dollars

7   ($1,000.00) in lieu of the personal exemptions allowed

8   by the Internal Revenue Code.

9   b. There shall be allowed an additional exemption of One

10  Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each taxpayer or

11  spouse who is blind at the close of the tax year. For

12  purposes of this subparagraph, an individual is blind

13  only if the central visual acuity of the individual

14  does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with

15  correcting lenses, or if the visual acuity of the

16  individual is greater than 20/200, but is accompanied

17  by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the

18  widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle

19  no greater than twenty (20) degrees.

20  c. There shall be allowed an additional exemption of One

21  Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each taxpayer or

22  spouse who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older at

23  the close of the tax year based upon the filing status

24  and federal adjusted gross income of the taxpayer.

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1   Taxpayers with the following filing status may claim

2   this exemption if the federal adjusted gross income

3   does not exceed:

4   (1) Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) if

5                   married and filing jointly;

6   (2) Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00)

7                   if married and filing separately;

8   (3) Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) if single;

9                   and

10  (4) Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) if a

11                  qualifying head of household.

12  Provided, for taxable years beginning after December

13  31, 1999, amounts included in the calculation of

14  federal adjusted gross income pursuant to the

15  conversion of a traditional individual retirement

16  account to a Roth individual retirement account shall

17  be excluded from federal adjusted gross income for

18  purposes of the income thresholds provided in this

19  subparagraph.

20  2. a. For taxable years beginning on or before December 31,

21  2005, in the case of individuals who use the standard

22  deduction in determining taxable income, there shall

23  be added or deducted, as the case may be, the

24  difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in

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1   lieu of the standard deduction allowed by the Internal

2   Revenue Code, in an amount equal to the larger of

3   fifteen percent (15%) of the Oklahoma adjusted gross

4   income or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), but not to

5   exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), except that

6   in the case of a married individual filing a separate

7   return such deduction shall be the larger of fifteen

8   percent (15%) of such Oklahoma adjusted gross income

9   or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), but not to exceed

10  the maximum amount of One Thousand Dollars

11  ($1,000.00).

12  b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,

13  2006, and before January 1, 2007, in the case of

14  individuals who use the standard deduction in

15  determining taxable income, there shall be added or

16  deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary

17  to allow a standard deduction in lieu of the standard

18  deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, in an

19  amount equal to:

20  (1) Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), if the filing

21                  status is married filing joint, head of household

22                  or qualifying widow; or

23  (2) Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), if the filing

24                  status is single or married filing separate.

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1   c. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2007, and

2   ending December 31, 2007, in the case of individuals

3   who use the standard deduction in determining taxable

4   income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case

5   may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard

6   deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by

7   the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to:

8   (1) Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00),

9                   if the filing status is married filing joint or

10                  qualifying widow; or

11  (2) Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars

12                  ($4,125.00) for a head of household; or

13  (3) Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

14                  ($2,750.00), if the filing status is single or

15                  married filing separate.

16  d. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2008, and

17  ending December 31, 2008, in the case of individuals

18  who use the standard deduction in determining taxable

19  income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case

20  may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard

21  deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by

22  the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to:

23

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1   (1) Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00), if

2                   the filing status is married filing joint or

3                   qualifying widow, or

4   (2) Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-five Dollars

5                   ($4,875.00) for a head of household, or

6   (3) Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars

7                   ($3,250.00), if the filing status is single or

8                   married filing separate.

9   e. For the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2009, and

10  ending December 31, 2009, in the case of individuals

11  who use the standard deduction in determining taxable

12  income, there shall be added or deducted, as the case

13  may be, the difference necessary to allow a standard

14  deduction in lieu of the standard deduction allowed by

15  the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to:

16  (1) Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($8,500.00),

17                  if the filing status is married filing joint or

18                  qualifying widow, or

19  (2) Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-five Dollars

20                  ($6,375.00) for a head of household, or

21  (3) Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars

22                  ($4,250.00), if the filing status is single or

23                  married filing separate.

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1   Oklahoma adjusted gross income shall be increased by

2   any amounts paid for motor vehicle excise taxes which

3   were deducted as allowed by the Internal Revenue Code.

4   f. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,

5   2010, and ending on December 31, 2016, in the case of

6   individuals who use the standard deduction in

7   determining taxable income, there shall be added or

8   deducted, as the case may be, the difference necessary

9   to allow a standard deduction equal to the standard

10  deduction allowed by the Internal Revenue Code, based

11  upon the amount and filing status prescribed by such

12  Code for purposes of filing federal individual income

13  tax returns.

14  g. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,

15  2017, in the case of individuals who use the standard

16  deduction in determining taxable income, there shall

17  be added or deducted, as the case may be, the

18  difference necessary to allow a standard deduction in

19  lieu of the standard deduction allowed by the Internal

20  Revenue Code, as follows:

21  (1) Six Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars

22                  ($6,350.00) for single or married filing

23                  separately,

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1   (2) Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars

2                   ($12,700.00) for married filing jointly or

3                   qualifying widower with dependent child, and

4   (3) Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars

5                   ($9,350.00) for head of household.

6   3. a. In the case of resident and part-year resident

7   individuals having adjusted gross income from sources

8   both within and without the state, the itemized or

9   standard deductions and personal exemptions shall be

10  reduced to an amount which is the same portion of the

11  total thereof as Oklahoma adjusted gross income is of

12  adjusted gross income. To the extent itemized

13  deductions include allowable moving expense, proration

14  of moving expense shall not be required or permitted

15  but allowable moving expense shall be fully deductible

16  for those taxpayers moving within or into this state

17  and no part of moving expense shall be deductible for

18  those taxpayers moving without or out of this state.

19  All other itemized or standard deductions and personal

20  exemptions shall be subject to proration as provided

21  by law.

22  b. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,

23  2018, the net amount of itemized deductions allowable

24  on an Oklahoma income tax return, subject to the

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1   provisions of paragraph 24 of this subsection, shall

2   not exceed Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00).

3   For purposes of this subparagraph, charitable

4   contributions and medical expenses deductible for

5   federal income tax purposes shall be excluded from the

6   amount of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) as

7   specified by this subparagraph.

8   4. A resident individual with a physical disability

9 constituting a substantial handicap to employment may deduct from

10 Oklahoma adjusted gross income such expenditures to modify a motor

11 vehicle, home or workplace as are necessary to compensate for his or

12 her handicap. A veteran certified by the Department of Veterans

13 Affairs of the federal government as having a service-connected

14 disability shall be conclusively presumed to be an individual with a

15 physical disability constituting a substantial handicap to

16 employment. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules containing a

17 list of combinations of common disabilities and modifications which

18 may be presumed to qualify for this deduction. The Tax Commission

19 shall prescribe necessary requirements for verification.

20  5. a. Before July 1, 2010, the first One Thousand Five

21  Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) received by any person

22  from the United States as salary or compensation in

23  any form, other than retirement benefits, as a member

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1   of any component of the Armed Forces of the United

2   States shall be deducted from taxable income.

3   b. On or after July 1, 2010, one hundred percent (100%)

4   of the income received by any person from the United

5   States as salary or compensation in any form, other

6   than retirement benefits, as a member of any component

7   of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be

8   deducted from taxable income.

9   c. Whenever the filing of a timely income tax return by a

10  member of the Armed Forces of the United States is

11  made impracticable or impossible of accomplishment by

12  reason of:

13  (1) absence from the United States, which term

14                  includes only the states and the District of

15                  Columbia;

16  (2) absence from this state while on active duty; or

17  (3) confinement in a hospital within the United

18                  States for treatment of wounds, injuries or

19                  disease,

20  the time for filing a return and paying an income tax

21  shall be and is hereby extended without incurring

22  liability for interest or penalties, to the fifteenth

23  day of the third month following the month in which:

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1                   (a) Such individual shall return to the United

2                   States if the extension is granted pursuant

3                   to subparagraph a of this paragraph, return

4                   to this state if the extension is granted

5                   pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragraph

6                   or be discharged from such hospital if the

7                   extension is granted pursuant to

8                   subparagraph c of this paragraph; or

9                   (b) An executor, administrator, or conservator

10                  of the estate of the taxpayer is appointed,

11                  whichever event occurs the earliest.

12  Provided, that the Tax Commission may, in its discretion, grant

13 any member of the Armed Forces of the United States an extension of

14 time for filing of income tax returns and payment of income tax

15 without incurring liabilities for interest or penalties. Such

16 extension may be granted only when in the judgment of the Tax

17 Commission a good cause exists therefor and may be for a period in

18 excess of six (6) months. A record of every such extension granted,

19 and the reason therefor, shall be kept.

20  6. Before July 1, 2010, the salary or any other form of

21 compensation, received from the United States by a member of any

22 component of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be

23 deducted from taxable income during the time in which the person is

24 detained by the enemy in a conflict, is a prisoner of war or is

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1 missing in action and not deceased; provided, after July 1, 2010,

2 all such salary or compensation shall be subject to the deduction as

3 provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection.

4   7. a. An individual taxpayer, whether resident or

5   nonresident, may deduct an amount equal to the federal

6   income taxes paid by the taxpayer during the taxable

7   year.

8   b. Federal taxes as described in subparagraph a of this

9   paragraph shall be deductible by any individual

10  taxpayer, whether resident or nonresident, only to the

11  extent they relate to income subject to taxation

12  pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax

13  Act. The maximum amount allowable in the preceding

14  paragraph shall be prorated on the ratio of the

15  Oklahoma adjusted gross income to federal adjusted

16  gross income.

17  c. For the purpose of this paragraph, "federal income

18  taxes paid" shall mean federal income taxes, surtaxes

19  imposed on incomes or excess profits taxes, as though

20  the taxpayer was on the accrual basis. In determining

21  the amount of deduction for federal income taxes for

22  tax year 2001, the amount of the deduction shall not

23  be adjusted by the amount of any accelerated ten

24  percent (10%) tax rate bracket credit or advanced

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1   refund of the credit received during the tax year

2   provided pursuant to the federal Economic Growth and

3   Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, P.L. No. 107-

4   16, and the advanced refund of such credit shall not

5   be subject to taxation.

6   d. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to all

7   taxable years ending after December 31, 1978, and

8   beginning before January 1, 2006.

9   8. Retirement benefits not to exceed Five Thousand Five Hundred

10 Dollars ($5,500.00) for the 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five

11 Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the 2005 tax year and Ten Thousand

12 Dollars ($10,000.00) for the 2006 tax year and all subsequent tax

13 years, which are received by an individual from the civil service of

14 the United States, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System,

15 the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Law

16 Enforcement Retirement System, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

17 Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement

18 System, the employee retirement systems created by counties pursuant

19 to Section 951 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the

20 Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma

21 Wildlife Conservation Department Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma

22 Employment Security Commission Retirement Plan, or the employee

23 retirement systems created by municipalities pursuant to Section 48-

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1 101 et seq. of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt

2 from taxable income.

3   9. In taxable years beginning after December 3l, 1984, Social

4 Security benefits received by an individual shall be exempt from

5 taxable income, to the extent such benefits are included in the

6 federal adjusted gross income pursuant to the provisions of Section

7 86 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 86.

8   10. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1994, lump-

9 sum distributions from employer plans of deferred compensation,

10 which are not qualified plans within the meaning of Section 401(a)

11 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 401(a), and which

12 are deposited in and accounted for within a separate bank account or

13 brokerage account in a financial institution within this state,

14 shall be excluded from taxable income in the same manner as a

15 qualifying rollover contribution to an individual retirement account

16 within the meaning of Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26

17 U.S.C., Section 408. Amounts withdrawn from such bank or brokerage

18 account, including any earnings thereon, shall be included in

19 taxable income when withdrawn in the same manner as withdrawals from

20 individual retirement accounts within the meaning of Section 408 of

21 the Internal Revenue Code.

22  11. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995,

23 contributions made to and interest received from a medical savings

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1 account established pursuant to Sections 2621 through 2623 of Title

2 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from taxable income.

3   12. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, the

4 Oklahoma adjusted gross income of any individual taxpayer who is a

5 swine or poultry producer may be further adjusted for the deduction

6 for depreciation allowed for new construction or expansion costs

7 which may be computed using the same depreciation method elected for

8 federal income tax purposes except that the useful life shall be

9 seven (7) years for purposes of this paragraph. If depreciation is

10 allowed as a deduction in determining the adjusted gross income of

11 an individual, any depreciation calculated and claimed pursuant to

12 this section shall in no event be a duplication of any depreciation

13 allowed or permitted on the federal income tax return of the

14 individual.

15  13. a. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2002,

16              nonrecurring adoption expenses paid by a resident

17              individual taxpayer in connection with:

18              (1) the adoption of a minor, or

19              (2) a proposed adoption of a minor which did not

20                  result in a decreed adoption,

21              may be deducted from the Oklahoma adjusted gross

22              income.

23

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1   b. The deductions for adoptions and proposed adoptions

2   authorized by this paragraph shall not exceed Twenty

3   Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per calendar year.

4   c. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to implement

5   the provisions of this paragraph which shall contain a

6   specific list of nonrecurring adoption expenses which

7   may be presumed to qualify for the deduction. The Tax

8   Commission shall prescribe necessary requirements for

9   verification.

10  d. "Nonrecurring adoption expenses" means adoption fees,

11  court costs, medical expenses, attorney fees and

12  expenses which are directly related to the legal

13  process of adoption of a child including, but not

14  limited to, costs relating to the adoption study,

15  health and psychological examinations, transportation

16  and reasonable costs of lodging and food for the child

17  or adoptive parents which are incurred to complete the

18  adoption process and are not reimbursed by other

19  sources. The term nonrecurring adoption expenses

20  shall not include attorney fees incurred for the

21  purpose of litigating a contested adoption, from and

22  after the point of the initiation of the contest,

23  costs associated with physical remodeling, renovation

24  and alteration of the adoptive parents' home or

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1   property, except for a special needs child as

2   authorized by the court.

3   14. a. In taxable years beginning before January 1, 2005,

4   retirement benefits not to exceed the amounts

5   specified in this paragraph, which are received by an

6   individual sixty-five (65) years of age or older and

7   whose Oklahoma adjusted gross income is Twenty-five

8   Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or less if the filing

9   status is single, head of household, or married filing

10  separate, or Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or

11  less if the filing status is married filing joint or

12  qualifying widow, shall be exempt from taxable income.

13  In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004,

14  retirement benefits not to exceed the amounts

15  specified in this paragraph, which are received by an

16  individual whose Oklahoma adjusted gross income is

17  less than the qualifying amount specified in this

18  paragraph, shall be exempt from taxable income.

19  b. For purposes of this paragraph, the qualifying amount

20  shall be as follows:

21  (1) in taxable years beginning after December 31,

22                  2004, and prior to January 1, 2007, the

23                  qualifying amount shall be Thirty-seven Thousand

24                  Five Hundred Dollars ($37,500.00) or less if the

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1                   filing status is single, head of household, or

2                   married filing separate, or Seventy-five Thousand

3                   Dollars ($75,000.00) or less if the filing status

4                   is married filing jointly or qualifying widow,

5   (2) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2007,

6                   the qualifying amount shall be Fifty Thousand

7                   Dollars ($50,000.00) or less if the filing status

8                   is single, head of household, or married filing

9                   separate, or One Hundred Thousand Dollars

10                  ($100,000.00) or less if the filing status is

11                  married filing jointly or qualifying widow,

12  (3) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2008,

13                  the qualifying amount shall be Sixty-two Thousand

14                  Five Hundred Dollars ($62,500.00) or less if the

15                  filing status is single, head of household, or

16                  married filing separate, or One Hundred Twenty-

17                  five Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00) or less if

18                  the filing status is married filing jointly or

19                  qualifying widow,

20  (4) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2009,

21                  the qualifying amount shall be One Hundred

22                  Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less if the

23                  filing status is single, head of household, or

24                  married filing separate, or Two Hundred Thousand

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1                   Dollars ($200,000.00) or less if the filing

2                   status is married filing jointly or qualifying

3                   widow, and

4   (5) in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2010,

5                   and subsequent taxable years, there shall be no

6                   limitation upon the qualifying amount.

7   c. For purposes of this paragraph, "retirement benefits"

8   means the total distributions or withdrawals from the

9   following:

10  (1) an employee pension benefit plan which satisfies

11                  the requirements of Section 401 of the Internal

12                  Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 401,

13  (2) an eligible deferred compensation plan that

14                  satisfies the requirements of Section 457 of the

15                  Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 457,

16  (3) an individual retirement account, annuity or

17                  trust or simplified employee pension that

18                  satisfies the requirements of Section 408 of the

19                  Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 408,

20  (4) an employee annuity subject to the provisions of

21                  Section 403(a) or (b) of the Internal Revenue

22                  Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 403(a) or (b),

23

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1   (5) United States Retirement Bonds which satisfy the

2                   requirements of Section 86 of the Internal

3                   Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 86, or

4   (6) lump-sum distributions from a retirement plan

5                   which satisfies the requirements of Section

6                   402(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,

7                   Section 402(e).

8   d. The amount of the exemption provided by this paragraph

9   shall be limited to Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

10  ($5,500.00) for the 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five

11  Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the 2005 tax year and

12  Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the tax year

13  2006 and for all subsequent tax years. Any individual

14  who claims the exemption provided for in paragraph 8

15  of this subsection shall not be permitted to claim a

16  combined total exemption pursuant to this paragraph

17  and paragraph 8 of this subsection in an amount

18  exceeding Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

19  ($5,500.00) for the 2004 tax year, Seven Thousand Five

20  Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the 2005 tax year and

21  Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the 2006 tax

22  year and all subsequent tax years.

23  15. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, for an

24 individual engaged in production agriculture who has filed a

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1 Schedule F form with the taxpayer's federal income tax return for

2 such taxable year, there shall be excluded from taxable income any

3 amount which was included as federal taxable income or federal

4 adjusted gross income and which consists of the discharge of an

5 obligation by a creditor of the taxpayer incurred to finance the

6 production of agricultural products.

7   16. In taxable years beginning December 31, 2000, an amount

8 equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of any scholarship

9 or stipend received from participation in the Oklahoma Police Corps

10 Program, as established in Section 2-140.3 of Title 47 of the

11 Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from taxable income.

12  17. a. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001,

13  and before January 1, 2005, there shall be allowed a

14  deduction in the amount of contributions to accounts

15  established pursuant to the Oklahoma College Savings

16  Plan Act. The deduction shall equal the amount of

17  contributions to accounts, but in no event shall the

18  deduction for each contributor exceed Two Thousand

19  Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) each taxable year for

20  each account.

21  b. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004,

22  each taxpayer shall be allowed a deduction for

23  contributions to accounts established pursuant to the

24  Oklahoma College Savings Plan Act. The maximum annual

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1   deduction shall equal the amount of contributions to

2   all such accounts plus any contributions to such

3   accounts by the taxpayer for prior taxable years after

4   December 31, 2004, which were not deducted, but in no

5   event shall the deduction for each tax year exceed Ten

6   Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each individual

7   taxpayer or Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for

8   taxpayers filing a joint return. Any amount of a

9   contribution that is not deducted by the taxpayer in

10  the year for which the contribution is made may be

11  carried forward as a deduction from income for the

12  succeeding five (5) years. For taxable years

13  beginning after December 31, 2005, deductions may be

14  taken for contributions and rollovers made during a

15  taxable year and up to April 15 of the succeeding

16  year, or the due date of a taxpayer's state income tax

17  return, excluding extensions, whichever is later.

18  Provided, a deduction for the same contribution may

19  not be taken for two (2) different taxable years.

20  c. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006,

21  deductions for contributions made pursuant to

22  subparagraph b of this paragraph shall be limited as

23  follows:

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1   (1) for a taxpayer who qualified for the five-year

2                   carryforward election and who takes a rollover or

3                   nonqualified withdrawal during that period, the

4                   tax deduction otherwise available pursuant to

5                   subparagraph b of this paragraph shall be reduced

6                   by the amount which is equal to the rollover or

7                   nonqualified withdrawal, and

8   (2) for a taxpayer who elects to take a rollover or

9                   nonqualified withdrawal within the same tax year

10                  in which a contribution was made to the

11                  taxpayer's account, the tax deduction otherwise

12                  available pursuant to subparagraph b of this

13                  paragraph shall be reduced by the amount of the

14                  contribution which is equal to the rollover or

15                  nonqualified withdrawal.

16  d. If a taxpayer elects to take a rollover on a

17  contribution for which a deduction has been taken

18  pursuant to subparagraph b of this paragraph within

19  one (1) year of the date of contribution, the amount

20  of such rollover shall be included in the adjusted

21  gross income of the taxpayer in the taxable year of

22  the rollover.

23  e. If a taxpayer makes a nonqualified withdrawal of

24  contributions for which a deduction was taken pursuant

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1   to subparagraph b of this paragraph, such nonqualified

2   withdrawal and any earnings thereon shall be included

3   in the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer in the

4   taxable year of the nonqualified withdrawal.

5   f. As used in this paragraph:

6   (1) "non-qualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal

7                   from an Oklahoma College Savings Plan account

8                   other than one of the following:

9                   (a) a qualified withdrawal,

10                  (b) a withdrawal made as a result of the death

11                  or disability of the designated beneficiary

12                  of an account,

13                  (c) a withdrawal that is made on the account of

14                  a scholarship or the allowance or payment

15                  described in Section 135(d)(1)(B) or (C) or

16                  by the Internal Revenue Code, received by

17                  the designated beneficiary to the extent the

18                  amount of the refund does not exceed the

19                  amount of the scholarship, allowance, or

20                  payment, or

21                  (d) a rollover or change of designated

22                  beneficiary as permitted by subsection F of

23                  Section 3970.7 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

24                  Statutes, and

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1   (2) "rollover" means the transfer of funds from the

2                   Oklahoma College Savings Plan to any other plan

3                   under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.

4   18. For tax years 2006 through 2021, retirement benefits

5 received by an individual from any component of the Armed Forces of

6 the United States in an amount not to exceed the greater of seventy-

7 five percent (75%) of such benefits or Ten Thousand Dollars

8 ($10,000.00) shall be exempt from taxable income but in no case less

9 than the amount of the exemption provided by paragraph 14 of this

10 subsection. For tax year 2022 and subsequent tax years, retirement

11 benefits received by an individual from any component of the Armed

12 Forces of the United States shall be exempt from taxable income.

13  19. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006,

14 retirement benefits received by federal civil service retirees,

15 including survivor annuities, paid in lieu of Social Security

16 benefits shall be exempt from taxable income to the extent such

17 benefits are included in the federal adjusted gross income pursuant

18 to the provisions of Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26

19 U.S.C., Section 86, according to the following schedule:

20  a. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2007, twenty

21  percent (20%) of such benefits shall be exempt,

22  b. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2008, forty

23  percent (40%) of such benefits shall be exempt,

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1   c. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2009, sixty

2   percent (60%) of such benefits shall be exempt,

3   d. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2010, eighty

4   percent (80%) of such benefits shall be exempt, and

5   e. in the taxable year beginning January 1, 2011, and

6   subsequent taxable years, one hundred percent (100%)

7   of such benefits shall be exempt.

8   20. a. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, a

9   resident individual may deduct up to Ten Thousand

10  Dollars ($10,000.00) from Oklahoma adjusted gross

11  income if the individual, or the dependent of the

12  individual, while living, donates one or more human

13  organs of the individual to another human being for

14  human organ transplantation. As used in this

15  paragraph, "human organ" means all or part of a liver,

16  pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow. A

17  deduction that is claimed under this paragraph may be

18  claimed in the taxable year in which the human organ

19  transplantation occurs.

20  b. An individual may claim this deduction only once, and

21  the deduction may be claimed only for unreimbursed

22  expenses that are incurred by the individual and

23  related to the organ donation of the individual.

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1   c. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to

2   implement the provisions of this paragraph which shall

3   contain a specific list of expenses which may be

4   presumed to qualify for the deduction. The Tax

5   Commission shall prescribe necessary requirements for

6   verification.

7   21. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, there

8 shall be exempt from taxable income any amount received by the

9 beneficiary of the death benefit for an emergency medical technician

10 or a registered emergency medical responder provided by Section 1-

11 2505.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

12  22. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008,

13 taxable income shall be increased by any unemployment compensation

14 exempted under Section 85(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26

15 U.S.C., Section 85(c)(2009).

16  23. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, there

17 shall be exempt from taxable income any payment in an amount less

18 than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) received by a person as an award

19 for participation in a competitive livestock show event. For

20 purposes of this paragraph, the payment shall be treated as a

21 scholarship amount paid by the entity sponsoring the event and the

22 sponsoring entity shall cause the payment to be categorized as a

23 scholarship in its books and records.

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1   24. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016,

2 taxable income shall be increased by any amount of state and local

3 sales or income taxes deducted under 26 U.S.C., Section 164 of the

4 Internal Revenue Code. If the amount of state and local taxes

5 deducted on the federal return is limited, taxable income on the

6 state return shall be increased only by the amount actually deducted

7 after any such limitations are applied.

8   25. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, each

9 taxpayer shall be allowed a deduction for contributions to accounts

10 established pursuant to the Achieving a Better Life Experience

11 (ABLE) Program as established in Section 4001.1 et seq. of Title 56

12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. For any tax year, the deduction provided

13 for in this paragraph shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars

14 ($10,000.00) for an individual taxpayer or Twenty Thousand Dollars

15 ($20,000.00) for taxpayers filing a joint return. Any amount of

16 contribution not deducted by the taxpayer in the tax year for which

17 the contribution is made may be carried forward as a deduction from

18 income for up to five (5) tax years. Deductions may be taken for

19 contributions made during the tax year and through April 15 of the

20 succeeding tax year, or through the due date of a taxpayer's state

21 income tax return excluding extensions, whichever is later.

22 Provided, a deduction for the same contribution may not be taken in

23 more than one (1) tax year.

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1   26. a. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,

2   2027, there shall be exempt from Oklahoma adjusted

3   gross income One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) derived

4   from any lawful business activity conducted by a

5   person less than eighteen (18) years of age,

6   conducting the business as a sole proprietor and not

7   through any other business entity or other legal

8   entity.

9   b. The exemption provided for in this paragraph shall

10  apply only to a business that is owned and operated

11  primarily by one or more individuals who have not

12  attained eighteen (18) years of age, which may receive

13  only limited assistance from adults in the nature of

14  supervision, transportation, safety oversight, or

15  other incidental support that does not constitute

16  material management or operation of the business. The

17  business shall not be eligible for the exemption if

18  any adult exercises primary control over business

19  decisions, management, or operations, or if the

20  business is materially operated for the benefit of an

21  adult.

22  c. To qualify for the exemption provided by this

23  paragraph, the business activity shall:

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1   (1) generate gross revenue of less than One Thousand

2                   Dollars ($1,000.00) during the calendar year, and

3   (2) be operated only on private property with the

4                   consent of the owner or lawful possessor of the

5                   property, or as part of a community event that

6                   separately registers youth vendors.

7   F. 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, a

8 deduction from the Oklahoma adjusted gross income of any individual

9 taxpayer shall be allowed for qualifying gains receiving capital

10 treatment that are included in the federal adjusted gross income of

11 such individual taxpayer during the taxable year.

12  2. As used in this subsection:

13  a. "qualifying gains receiving capital treatment" means

14  the amount of net capital gains, as defined in Section

15  1222(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, included in an

16  individual taxpayer's federal income tax return that

17  result from:

18  (1) the sale of real property or tangible personal

19                  property located within this state that has been

20                  directly or indirectly owned by the individual

21                  taxpayer for a holding period of at least five

22                  (5) years prior to the date of the transaction

23                  from which such net capital gains arise,

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1   (2) the sale of stock or the sale of a direct or

2                   indirect ownership interest in an Oklahoma

3                   company, limited liability company, or

4                   partnership where such stock or ownership

5                   interest has been directly or indirectly owned by

6                   the individual taxpayer for a holding period of

7                   at least two (2) years prior to the date of the

8                   transaction from which the net capital gains

9                   arise, or

10  (3) the sale of real property, tangible personal

11                  property or intangible personal property located

12                  within this state as part of the sale of all or

13                  substantially all of the assets of an Oklahoma

14                  company, limited liability company, or

15                  partnership or an Oklahoma proprietorship

16                  business enterprise where such property has been

17                  directly or indirectly owned by such entity or

18                  business enterprise or owned by the owners of

19                  such entity or business enterprise for a period

20                  of at least two (2) years prior to the date of

21                  the transaction from which the net capital gains

22                  arise,

23  b. "holding period" means an uninterrupted period of

24  time. The holding period shall include any additional

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1   period when the property was held by another

2   individual or entity, if such additional period is

3   included in the taxpayer's holding period for the

4   asset pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code,

5   c. "Oklahoma company," "limited liability company," or

6   "partnership" means an entity whose primary

7   headquarters have been located in this state for at

8   least three (3) uninterrupted years prior to the date

9   of the transaction from which the net capital gains

10  arise,

11  d. "direct" means the individual taxpayer directly owns

12  the asset,

13  e. "indirect" means the individual taxpayer owns an

14  interest in a pass-through entity (or chain of pass-

15  through entities) that sells the asset that gives rise

16  to the qualifying gains receiving capital treatment.

17  (1) With respect to sales of real property or

18                  tangible personal property located within this

19                  state, the deduction described in this subsection

20                  shall not apply unless the pass-through entity

21                  that makes the sale has held the property for not

22                  less than five (5) uninterrupted years prior to

23                  the date of the transaction that created the

24                  capital gain, and each pass-through entity

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1                   included in the chain of ownership has been a

2                   member, partner, or shareholder of the pass-

3                   through entity in the tier immediately below it

4                   for an uninterrupted period of not less than five

5                   (5) years.

6   (2) With respect to sales of stock or ownership

7                   interest in or sales of all or substantially all

8                   of the assets of an Oklahoma company, limited

9                   liability company, partnership or Oklahoma

10                  proprietorship business enterprise, the deduction

11                  described in this subsection shall not apply

12                  unless the pass-through entity that makes the

13                  sale has held the stock or ownership interest for

14                  not less than two (2) uninterrupted years prior

15                  to the date of the transaction that created the

16                  capital gain, and each pass-through entity

17                  included in the chain of ownership has been a

18                  member, partner or shareholder of the pass-

19                  through entity in the tier immediately below it

20                  for an uninterrupted period of not less than two

21                  (2) years. For purposes of this division,

22                  uninterrupted ownership prior to July 1, 2007,

23                  shall be included in the determination of the

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1                   required holding period prescribed by this

2                   division, and

3   f. "Oklahoma proprietorship business enterprise" means a

4   business enterprise whose income and expenses have

5   been reported on Schedule C or F of an individual

6   taxpayer's federal income tax return, or any similar

7   successor schedule published by the Internal Revenue

8   Service and whose primary headquarters have been

9   located in this state for at least three (3)

10  uninterrupted years prior to the date of the

11  transaction from which the net capital gains arise.

12  G. 1. For purposes of computing its Oklahoma taxable income

13 under this section, the dividends-paid deduction otherwise allowed

14 by federal law in computing net income of a real estate investment

15 trust that is subject to federal income tax shall be added back in

16 computing the tax imposed by this state under this title if the real

17 estate investment trust is a captive real estate investment trust.

18  2. For purposes of computing its Oklahoma taxable income under

19 this section, a taxpayer shall add back otherwise deductible rents

20 and interest expenses paid to a captive real estate investment trust

21 that is not subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this

22 subsection. As used in this subsection:

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1   a. the term "real estate investment trust" or "REIT"

2   means the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 856

3   of the Internal Revenue Code,

4   b. the term "captive real estate investment trust" means

5   a real estate investment trust, the shares or

6   beneficial interests of which are not regularly traded

7   on an established securities market and more than

8   fifty percent (50%) of the voting power or value of

9   the beneficial interests or shares of which are owned

10  or controlled, directly or indirectly, or

11  constructively, by a single entity that is:

12  (1) treated as an association taxable as a

13                  corporation under the Internal Revenue Code, and

14  (2) not exempt from federal income tax pursuant to

15                  the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Internal

16                  Revenue Code.

17  The term shall not include a real estate investment

18  trust that is intended to be regularly traded on an

19  established securities market, and that satisfies the

20  requirements of Section 856(a)(5) and (6) of the U.S.

21  Internal Revenue Code by reason of Section 856(h)(2)

22  of the Internal Revenue Code,

23  c. the term "association taxable as a corporation" shall

24  not include the following entities:

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1   (1) any real estate investment trust as defined in

2                   paragraph a of this subsection other than a

3                   captive real estate investment trust, or

4   (2) any qualified real estate investment trust

5                   subsidiary under Section 856(i) of the Internal

6                   Revenue Code, other than a qualified REIT

7                   subsidiary of a captive real estate investment

8                   trust, or

9   (3) any listed Australian property trust (meaning an

10                  Australian unit trust registered as a "managed

11                  investment scheme" under the Australian

12                  Corporations Act 2001 in which the principal

13                  class of units is listed on a recognized stock

14                  exchange in Australia and is regularly traded on

15                  an established securities market), or an entity

16                  organized as a trust, provided that a listed

17                  Australian property trust owns or controls,

18                  directly or indirectly, seventy-five percent

19                  (75%) or more of the voting power or value of the

20                  beneficial interests or shares of such trust, or

21  (4) any qualified foreign entity, meaning a

22                  corporation, trust, association or partnership

23                  organized outside the laws of the United States

24                  and which satisfies the following criteria:

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1                   (a) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the

2                   entity's total asset value at the close of

3                   its taxable year is represented by real

4                   estate assets, as defined in Section

5                   856(c)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code,

6                   thereby including shares or certificates of

7                   beneficial interest in any real estate

8                   investment trust, cash and cash equivalents,

9                   and U.S. Government securities,

10                  (b) the entity receives a dividend-paid

11                  deduction comparable to Section 561 of the

12                  Internal Revenue Code, or is exempt from

13                  entity level tax,

14                  (c) the entity is required to distribute at

15                  least eighty-five percent (85%) of its

16                  taxable income, as computed in the

17                  jurisdiction in which it is organized, to

18                  the holders of its shares or certificates of

19                  beneficial interest on an annual basis,

20                  (d) not more than ten percent (10%) of the

21                  voting power or value in such entity is held

22                  directly or indirectly or constructively by

23                  a single entity or individual, or the shares

24                  or beneficial interests of such entity are

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1                   regularly traded on an established

2                   securities market, and

3                   (e) the entity is organized in a country which

4                   has a tax treaty with the United States.

5   3. For purposes of this subsection, the constructive ownership

6 rules of Section 318(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as modified by

7 Section 856(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall apply in

8 determining the ownership of stock, assets, or net profits of any

9 person.

10  4. A real estate investment trust that does not become

11 regularly traded on an established securities market within one (1)

12 year of the date on which it first becomes a real estate investment

13 trust shall be deemed not to have been regularly traded on an

14 established securities market, retroactive to the date it first

15 became a real estate investment trust, and shall file an amended

16 return reflecting such retroactive designation for any tax year or

17 part year occurring during its initial year of status as a real

18 estate investment trust. For purposes of this subsection, a real

19 estate investment trust becomes a real estate investment trust on

20 the first day it has both met the requirements of Section 856 of the

21 Internal Revenue Code and has elected to be treated as a real estate

22 investment trust pursuant to Section 856(c)(1) of the Internal

23 Revenue Code.

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1   SECTION 4.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 20001 of Title 74, unless there

3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

4   No person conducting a business as a sole proprietor who is less

5 than eighteen (18) years of age shall be required to obtain a

6 business license from any entity of state or local government and

7 the person shall not be subject to any fine or penalty as a result

8 of conducting such business for a period not in excess of ninety

9 (90) days during a calendar year.

10  SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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