For more information, see R&TC Section 17158.1 and the Specific Line Instructions. What’s NewĬalifornia Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant – For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023, California law allows an exclusion from gross income for grant allocations received by a taxpayer pursuant to the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Program that is administered by the Office of Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA). Taxpayers should not consider the instructions as authoritative law. It is not possible to include all requirements of the California Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC) in the instructions. We include information that is most useful to the greatest number of taxpayers in the limited space available. The instructions provided with California tax forms are a summary of California tax law and are only intended to aid taxpayers in preparing their state income tax returns. 1001, Supplemental Guidelines to California Adjustments, the instructions for California Schedule CA (540), California Adjustments – Residents, or Schedule CA (540NR), California Adjustments – Nonresidents or Part-Year Residents, and the Business Entity tax booklets.
Additional information can be found in FTB Pub. For more information, go to ftb.ca.gov and search for conformity. When California conforms to federal tax law changes, we do not always adopt all of the changes made at the federal level. However, there are continuing differences between California and federal law. In general, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, California law conforms to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) as of January 1, 2015. References in these instructions are to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) as of January 1, 2015, and to the California Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC). 2021 Instructions for Form 568, Limited Liability Company Return of Income