loss year

(2) Amount of carrybacks and carryovers The entire amount of the net operating loss for any taxable year (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “loss year”) shall be carried to the earliest of the taxable years to which (by reason of paragraph (1)) such loss may be carried. The portion of such loss which shall be carried to each of the other taxable years shall be the excess, if any, of the amount of such loss over the sum of the taxable income for each of the prior taxable years to which such loss may be carried. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the taxable income for any such prior taxable year shall— (A) be computed with the modifications specified in subsection (d) other than paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) thereof, and by determining the amount of the net operating loss deduction without regard to the net operating loss for the loss year or for any taxable year thereafter, (B) not be considered to be less than zero, and (C) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020 , be reduced by 20 percent of the excess (if any) described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) for such taxable year.

Source

26 USC § 172(b)(2)


Scoping language

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