710:50-17-52 Payment of rents and interest to a captive Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

(a) General provisions. Taxpayers that make rent or interest payments to a captive real estate investment trust (REIT) must add back those expenses to arrive at Oklahoma taxable income. For purposes of this subsection, the constructive ownership rules of Section 318(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, will apply in determining the ownership of stock, assets, or net profits of any person. (b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Section, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Real estate investment trust" or "REIT" is any entity as defined in Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as a real estate investment trust. (2) "Captive real estate investment trust" is any real estate investment trust that has shares or beneficial interests that are not regularly traded on an established securities market and in which more than 50% of the voting power or value of the beneficial interests or shares are owned or controlled, either directly or indirectly, by a single entity treated as an association taxable as a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is not exempt from federal income tax pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Captive real estate investment trust" does not include real estate investment trusts that are intended to be regularly traded on an established securities market, and that satisfies the requirements of Section 856(a)(5) and (6) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code by reason of Section 856(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) "Association taxable as a corporation" does not include the following entities: (A) real estate investment trusts as defined in subsection (b)(1) other than a "captive real estate investment trust"; (B) qualified real estate investment trust subsidiaries defined under Section 856(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, other than a qualified REIT subsidiary of a "captive real estate investment trust"; (C) Listed Australian Property Trusts (meaning an Australian unit trust registered as a "Managed Investment Scheme" under the Australian Corporations Act in which the principal class of units is listed on a recognized stock exchange in Australia and is regularly traded on an established securities market), or entities organized as a trusts, provided that a Listed Australian Property Trust owns or controls, directly or indirectly, seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the voting power or value of the beneficial interests or shares of such trust; (D) Qualified Foreign Entities, including corporations, trusts, associations or partnerships organized outside the laws of the United States and which satisfy the following criteria: (i) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the entity's total asset value at the close of its taxable year is represented by real estate assets, as defined in Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, thereby including shares or certificates of beneficial interest in any real estate investment trust, cash and cash equivalents, and U.S. Government securities, (ii) the entity receives a dividend-paid deduction comparable to Section 561 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or is exempt from entity level tax, (iii) the entity is required to distribute at least eighty-five percent (85%) of its taxable income, as computed in the jurisdiction in which it is organized, to the holders of its shares or certificates of beneficial interest on an annual basis, (iv) not more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power or value in such entity is held directly or indirectly or constructively by a single entity or individual, or the shares or beneficial interests of such entity are regularly traded on an established securities market; and (v) the entity is organized in a country which has a tax treaty with the United States.