GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 449
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The first sentence of G.S. 39-13.6(c) is deleted.
Sec. 2. The second sentence of G.S. 39-13.6(c) is rewritten to read:
"For income tax purposes, each spouse is considered to have received one-half (l/2) the income or loss from property owned by the couple as tenants by the entirety."
Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act shall become effective July 1, 1983. Section 2 of this act is effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1983, except that all income received on or after January 1, 1983, but before July 1, 1983, from a tenancy by the entirety created before January 1, 1983, is considered to have been received by the husband and is reportable by him unless each spouse, by agreement, elects to report one-half (1/2) the income or loss from the property for the period January 1, 1983, to July 1, 1983.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1983.