California Revenue and Taxation Code 214.17 – (a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Total exemption …
(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Total exemption amount limitation” means the exemption amount limitation with respect to a single property or multiple properties that is specified in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section 214, as that section read before January 1, 2017.
Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 214.17
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(2) (A) “Qualified property” means property used exclusively for rental housing and related facilities where 90 percent or more of the occupants of the property are lower income households whose rent does not exceed the rent prescribed by § 50053 of the Health and Safety Code and that qualifies for exemption under Section 214 on the sole basis of this criteria as specified in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section 214.
(B) “Qualified property” does not include property owned by a limited partnership in which the managing general partner is an eligible nonprofit organization, as described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section 214.
(3) “Qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer subject to the total exemption amount limitation.
(4) “Qualified claim” means a claim for exemption that was filed for a qualified property with the assessor on and after January 1, 2013, and before January 1, 2017, for which the assessor granted a partial exemption.
(5) “Qualified ad valorem tax in excess of the total exemption amount limitation, and related interest or penalty” means that portion of ad valorem tax levied to a qualified taxpayer on qualified property with respect to a single property or multiple properties that does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of tax, and any interest or penalty imposed with regard to that portion of tax.
(b) (1) Any outstanding qualified ad valorem tax in excess of the total exemption amount limitation, and related interest or penalty, which was levied or imposed on and after January 1, 2013, and before January 1, 2017, with respect to a qualified property for which a qualified claim was filed, shall be canceled to the extent that the amount canceled does not result in a total exemption amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of tax being allowed to a qualified taxpayer with respect to a single property or multiple properties that are qualified property for any fiscal year.
(2) On or after January 1, 2017, an escape assessment shall not be levied on qualified property if that amount would be subject to cancellation under paragraph (1).
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 836, Sec. 2. (SB 996) Effective January 1, 2017.)