Taxation: capital gains and losses: single-family rental homes.

This bill would, under both the Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law, prohibit the application of the above-described law to gain from the exchange of single-family residential rental real property, as defined, in this state if the taxpayer owns, as defined, 50 or more single-family residential rental real properties at the time of the sale. The bill would apply to exchanges completed on or after January 1, 2026, for purposes of taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2026.

This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.