LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 97

INCOME TAXATION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS — TEMPORARY STORAGE OF GOODS

H.F. 707 Bill History

AN ACT establishing an interstate distribution center initiative by identifying an activity of a foreign corporation for which a return is not required for state income tax purposes and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. Section 422.36, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new subsection:

NEW SUBSECTION. 6. A foreign corporation is not required to file a return if its only activities in Iowa are the storage of goods for a period of sixty consecutive days or less in a warehouse for hire located in this state whereby the foreign corporation transports or causes a carrier to transport such goods to that warehouse and provided that none of the goods are delivered or shipped so as to be included in the gross sales of the corporation within this state as provided in section 422.33, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (6).

Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2001, for tax years beginning on or after that date.

Approved April 30, 2001

Updated: 26-Oct-2001 04:18 PM
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