Qualifying taxpayers will be able to subtract net capital gains from the sale of stock of a qualified corporation.
Single Lifetime Election
An employee-owner is entitled to make one irrevocable lifetime election to exclude net capital gain from the sale or exchange of capital stock of one qualified corporation that was acquired on account of employment by the qualified corporation.
The single lifetime election applies to:
- All subsequent sales or exchanges within 15 years of date of election
- Qualifying capital stock that has been transferred by inter vivos gift from employee-owner to:
- The employee-owner’s spouse
- A trust for the benefit for the benefit of the spouse
If the employee-owner dies after selling or exchanging qualifying capital stock without making an election, the surviving spouse or personal representative may make the single lifetime election.
The allowed deduction on qualifying net capital gains for each tax year is identified below:
- Tax years beginning in 2023 - 33%
- Tax years beginning in 2024 - 66%
- Tax years beginning in or after 2025 - 100%
Eligible Capital Stock
For purposes of this provision capital stock means:
- Common or preferred stock
- Voting or nonvoting stock
The term capital stock does not include:
- Stock rights
- Stock warrants
- Stock options
- Debt securities
For purposes of this deduction the taxpayer must be an employee-owner of a qualified corporation. Employee-owner means an individual who:
- Owns capital stock in the qualified corporation for at least 10 years;
- Was employed by the qualified corporation for at least 10 cumulative years; and
- Acquires the capital stock while employed and on account of employment with the qualified corporation
Qualified Corporation
Qualified corporation means, with respect to an employee-owner, a corporation which at the time of the first sale or exchange for which the election is made meets the following conditions:
- Employed individuals in this state for at least 10 years
- Had at least 5 shareholders for the 10 years prior to the sale or exchange
- Had at least 2 shareholders or groups of shareholders who are not related for the 10 years prior to the first sale or exchange
The term qualified corporation also includes:
- An Iowa Affiliated Group
- Any member of an Iowa affiliated group as long as at least one member of that group employed individuals in this state for at least 10 years.
- The affiliated group must have made a valid election to file an Iowa consolidated income tax return.
- Corporation that was party to a reorganization that was entirely or substantially tax free.