SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS GOODE AND RUSSELL.
Read 1st time September 8, 2003, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
2332S.02I
AN ACT
To repeal sections 143.225, 143.261, 143.431, 144.190, and section 306.016, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof five new sections relating to revenue for education, with an emergency clause.
Section A. Sections 143.225, 143.261, 143.431, 144.190, and 306.016, RSMo, are repealed and five new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 143.225, 143.431, 143.434, 144.190, and 306.016, to read as follows:
143.225. 1. The director of revenue, by regulation, may require an employer to timely remit the unpaid amount required to be deducted and withheld by section 143.191 at the end of any quarter-monthly period, only if the employer was required to deduct and withhold six thousand dollars or more in each of at least two months during the prior twelve months.
2. The director may increase the monthly requirement to more than six thousand dollars or otherwise narrow the application of the quarter-monthly remittance system authorized by this section. The director may not require the remittance of withheld taxes more often than monthly unless authorized by this section.
3. A remittance shall be timely if mailed as provided in section 143.851 within three banking days after the end of the quarter-monthly period or if received by the director or deposited in a depository designated by the director within four banking days after the end of the quarter-monthly period.
4. [The unpaid amount shall be after a reduction for the compensation provided by section 143.261.] The unpaid amount at the end of a quarter-monthly period shall not include unpaid amounts for any prior quarter-monthly period.
5. For purposes of this section, "quarter-monthly period" means:
(1) The first seven days of a calendar month;
(2) The eighth to fifteenth day of a calendar month;
(3) The sixteenth to twenty-second day of a calendar month; and
(4) The portion following the twenty-second day of a calendar month.
6. (1) In the case of an underpayment of any amount required to be paid pursuant to this section, an employer shall be liable for a penalty in lieu of all other penalties, interest or additions to tax imposed by this chapter for violating this section. The penalty shall be five percent of the amount of the underpayment determined [under] pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(2) The amount of the underpayment shall be the excess of:
(a) Ninety percent of the unpaid amount at the end of a quarter-monthly period, over
(b) The amount, if any, of the timely remittance for the quarter-monthly period.
7. (1) The penalty with respect to any quarter-monthly period shall not be imposed if the employer's timely remittance for the quarter-monthly period equals or exceeds one-fourth of the average monthly withholding tax liability of the employer for the preceding calendar year. The month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability shall be excluded in computing the average. This subdivision shall apply only to an employer who had a withholding tax liability for at least six months of the previous calendar year.
(2) The penalty shall not be imposed if the employer establishes that the failure to make a timely remittance of at least ninety percent was due to reasonable cause, and not due to willful neglect.
(3) The penalty shall not be imposed against any employer for the first two months the employer is obligated to make quarter-monthly remittance of withholding taxes.
8. Tax amounts remitted [under] pursuant to this section shall be treated as payments on the employer's monthly return required by subsection 2 of section 143.221. Tax amounts remitted [under] pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have been paid on the last day prescribed for filing the return. The preceding sentence shall apply in computing [compensation under section 143.261,] interest, penalties and additions to tax and for purposes of all sections of chapter 143, except this section.
9. The director of revenue may prescribe the use of an electronic funds payment system for the payment of withholding taxes by any employer subject to the requirement of quarter-monthly remittance as provided in this section.
143.431. 1. The Missouri taxable income of a corporation taxable [under] pursuant to sections 143.011 to 143.996 shall be so much of its federal taxable income for the taxable year, with the modifications specified in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, as is derived from sources within Missouri as provided in section 143.451. The tax of a corporation shall be computed on its Missouri taxable income at the rates provided in section 143.071.
2. There shall be added to or subtracted from federal taxable income, the modifications to adjusted gross income provided in section 143.121 and the applicable modifications to itemized deductions provided in section 143.141. There shall be subtracted the federal income tax deduction provided in section 143.171. There shall be subtracted, to the extent included in federal taxable income, corporate dividends from sources within Missouri.
3. [(1) If an affiliated group of corporations files a consolidated income tax return for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes and fifty percent or more of its income is derived from sources within this state as determined in accordance with section 143.451, then it may elect to file a Missouri consolidated income tax return. The federal consolidated taxable income of the electing affiliated group for the taxable year shall be its federal taxable income.
(2) So long as a federal consolidated income tax return is filed, an election made by an affiliated group of corporations to file a Missouri consolidated income tax return may be withdrawn or revoked only upon substantial change in the law or regulations adversely changing tax liability under this chapter; or, with permission of the director of revenue upon the showing of good cause for such action. After such a withdrawal or revocation with respect to an affiliated group, it may not file a Missouri consolidated income tax return for five years thereafter, except with the approval of the director of revenue, and subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe.
(3) No corporation which is part of an affiliated group of corporations filing a Missouri consolidated income tax return shall be required to file a separate Missouri corporate income tax return for the taxable year.
(4) For each taxable year an affiliated group of corporations filing a federal consolidated income tax return does not file a Missouri consolidated income tax return, for purposes of computing the Missouri income tax, the federal taxable income of each member of the affiliated group shall be determined as if a separate federal income tax return had been filed by each such member.
(5)] The director of revenue may prescribe such regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as he may deem necessary in order that the tax liability of any affiliated group of corporations making a Missouri consolidated income tax return, and of each corporation in the group, before, during, and after the period of affiliation, may be returned, determined, computed, assessed, collected, and adjusted, in such manner as clearly to reflect the Missouri taxable income derived from sources within this state and in order to prevent avoidance of such tax liability.
143.434. 1. As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:
(1) "Affiliated group", one or more chains of corporations that are connected through stock ownership with a common parent corporation that meet the following requirements:
(a) At least eighty percent of the stock of each of the corporations in the group, excluding the common parent corporation, is owned by one or more of the other corporations in the group; and
(b) The common parent directly owns at least eighty percent of the stock of at least one of the corporations in the group.
"Affiliated group" does not include corporations that are qualified to do business but are not otherwise doing business in this state. For purposes of this section "stock" does not include nonvoting stock which is limited and preferred as to dividends;
(2) "Common ownership", the direct or indirect control or ownership of more than fifty percent of the outstanding voting stock of:
(a) A parent-subsidiary controlled group as defined in Section 1563 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, except that the amount of fifty percent shall be substituted for all references of "80 percent" in such definition;
(b) A brother-sister controlled group as defined in Section 1563 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, except that the amount of fifty percent shall be substituted for all references of "80 percent" in such definition; or
(c) Three or more corporations each of which is a member of a group of corporations described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and one of which is:
a. A common parent corporation included in a group of corporations described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection; and
b. Included in a group of corporations described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
Ownership of outstanding voting stock shall be determined in accordance with Section 1563 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
(3) "Corporate return" or "return", includes a combined report;
(4) "Doing business", any transaction in the course of its business by a domestic corporation, or by a foreign corporation qualified to do or doing intrastate business in this state. Doing business includes:
(a) The right to do business through incorporation or qualification;
(b) The owning, renting, or leasing of real or personal property within this state; and
(c) The participation in joint ventures, working and operating agreements, the performance of which takes place in this state;
(5) "Foreign corporation", a corporation that is not incorporated or organized pursuant to the laws of this state;
(6) "Foreign operating company", a corporation that:
(a) Is incorporated in the United States; and
(b) Eighty percent or more of whose business activity is conducted without the United States.
"Foreign operating company" does not include a corporation that qualifies for the Puerto Rico and Possession Tax Credit provided pursuant to Section 936 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
(7) "Unitary group", a group of corporations that:
(a) Are related through common ownership; and
(b) By a preponderance of the evidence as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the director, are economically interdependent with one another as demonstrated by the following factors:
a. Centralized management;
b. Functional integration; and
c. Economies of scale;
(8) "Water's edge combined report", a report combining the income and activities of:
(a) All members of a unitary group that are:
a. Corporations organized or incorporated in the United States, including those corporations qualifying for the Puerto Rico and Possession Tax Credit as provided in Section 936 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
b. Corporations organized or incorporated without the United States that meet the threshold level of business activity; and
(b) An affiliated group electing to file water's edge combined report pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section.
2. (1) If any corporation is doing business in Missouri and is a member of a unitary group, the unitary group shall file a water's edge combined report. A group of corporations that are not otherwise a unitary group may elect to file a water's edge combined report if each member of the group is:
(a) Doing business in Missouri;
(b) Part of the same affiliate group; and
(c) Qualified pursuant to Section 1501 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to file a federal consolidated return.
(2) Each corporation within the affiliated group that is doing business in Missouri shall file a combined report. If an affiliated group elects to file a combined report, each corporation within the affiliated group that is doing business in Missouri shall file a combined report.
(3) A corporation that elects to file a water's edge combined report pursuant to this section shall not thereafter elect to file a separate return without the consent of the director.
3. If two or more corporations, whether or not organized or doing business in this state, and whether or not affiliated, are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the same interests, the director shall be authorized to distribute, apportion, or allocate gross income or deductions between or among such corporations, if it determines that such distribution, apportionment, or allocation is necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or clearly to reflect the income of any such corporations.
4. The director shall, by rule, prescribe for adjustments to Missouri taxable income when, solely by reason of the enactment of this section, a taxpayer would otherwise receive or have received a double tax benefit or suffer or have suffered a double tax detriment. However, the director may not make any adjustment pursuant to this section which will result in an increase or decrease of tax liability that is less than twenty-five dollars.
5. A group filing a combined report shall calculate federal taxable income of the combined group by:
(1) Computing federal taxable income on a separate return basis;
(2) Combining income or loss of the members included in the combined report; and
(3) Making appropriate eliminations and adjustments between members included in the combined report.
For purposes of this subsection, if an entity does not calculate federal taxable income, then the federal taxable income shall be calculated based on the applicable federal tax laws.
6. For purposes of the apportionment provisions within section 32.200, RSMo, and sections 143.451 and 143.461, corporations filing a combined report shall not include intercompany sales or other transactions between the corporations included in the combined report when determining the sales factor. Intercompany rents between members of a combined report may not be considered in the computation of the property factor.
7. The director of revenue may prescribe such regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as the director may deem necessary in order that the tax liability of any affiliated group of corporations making a Missouri consolidated income tax return, and of each corporation in the group, before, during, and after the period of affiliation, may be returned, determined, computed, assessed, collected, and adjusted, in such manner as clearly to reflect the Missouri taxable income derived from sources within the state and in order to prevent avoidance of such tax liability.
8. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after the effective date of this act, shall be invalid and void.
144.190. 1. If a tax has been incorrectly computed by reason of a clerical error or mistake on the part of the director of revenue, such fact shall be set forth in the records of the director of revenue, and the amount of the overpayment shall be credited on any taxes then due from the person legally obligated to remit the tax pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.525, and the balance shall be refunded to the person legally obligated to remit the tax, such person's administrators or executors, as provided for in section 144.200.
2. If any tax, penalty or interest has been paid more than once, or has been erroneously or illegally collected, or has been erroneously or illegally computed, such sum shall be credited on any taxes then due from the person legally obligated to remit the tax pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.525, and the balance, with interest as determined by [section 32.065] sections 32.068 and 32.069, RSMo, shall be refunded to the person legally obligated to remit the tax, but no such credit or refund shall be allowed unless duplicate copies of a claim for refund are filed within three years from date of overpayment.
3. Every claim for refund must be in writing and signed by the applicant, and must state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded. Any refund or any portion thereof which is erroneously made, and any credit or any portion thereof which is erroneously allowed, may be recovered in any action brought by the director of revenue against the person legally obligated to remit the tax. In the event that a tax has been illegally imposed against a person legally obligated to remit the tax, the director of revenue shall authorize the cancellation of the tax upon the director's record.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the director of revenue shall authorize direct-pay agreements to purchasers which have annual purchases in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the director of revenue. For the purposes of such direct-pay agreements, the taxes authorized pursuant to chapters 66, 67, 70, 92, 94, 162, 190, 238, 321, and 644, RSMo, shall be remitted based upon the location of the place of business of the purchaser.
5. Special rules applicable to error corrections requested by customers of mobile telecommunications service are as follows:
(1) For purposes of this subsection, the terms "customer", "home service provider", "place of primary use", "electronic database", and "enhanced zip code" shall have the same meanings as defined in the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act incorporated by reference in section 144.013;
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if a customer of mobile telecommunications services believes that the amount of tax, the assignment of place of primary use or the taxing jurisdiction included on a billing is erroneous, the customer shall notify the home service provider, in writing, within three years from the date of the billing statement. The customer shall include in such written notification the street address for the customer's place of primary use, the account name and number for which the customer seeks a correction of the tax assignment, a description of the error asserted by the customer and any other information the home service provider reasonably requires to process the request;
(3) Within sixty days of receiving the customer's notice, the home service provider shall review its records and the electronic database or enhanced zip code to determine the customer's correct taxing jurisdiction. If the home service provider determines that the review shows that the amount of tax, assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction is in error, the home service provider shall correct the error and, at its election, either refund or credit the amount of tax erroneously collected to the customer for a period of up to three years from the last day of the home service provider's sixty-day review period. If the home service provider determines that the review shows that the amount of tax, the assignment of place of primary use or the taxing jurisdiction is correct, the home service provider shall provide a written explanation of its determination to the customer.
6. [For all refund claims submitted to the department of revenue on or after September 1, 2003, notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, if a person legally obligated to remit the tax levied pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.525 has received a refund of such taxes for a specific issue and submits a subsequent claim for refund of such taxes on the same issue for a tax period beginning on or after the date the original refund check issued to such person, no refund shall be allowed. This subsection shall not apply and a refund shall be allowed if an additional refund claim is filed due to any of the following:
(1) Receipt of additional information or an exemption certificate from the purchaser of the item at issue;
(2) A decision of a court of competent jurisdiction or the administrative hearing commission; or
(3) Changes in regulations or policy by the department of revenue.
7.] Except as provided in subsection 8 of this section, if any tax was paid more than once, was incorrectly collected, or was incorrectly computed, such sum shall be credited on any taxes then due from the person legally obligated to remit the tax pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.510, and the remainder refunded, with interest as determined pursuant to chapter 32, RSMo, to the person legally obligated to remit the tax, provided the duplicate copies of a claim for refund are filed within three years from date of overpayment, and:
(1) Where the total claim for refund is over one thousand dollars for any five-year period, the person legally obligated to remit the tax demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director of revenue that all incorrectly collected or incorrectly computed amounts were or will be refunded or credited to every purchaser that originally paid the tax; or
(2) The person legally obligated to remit the tax submits to the director duplicate copies of a claim for refund and amended tax returns showing the correct amount of gross receipts for each reporting period originally filed and proves to the director's satisfaction that the tax originally reported and remitted to the director was paid by such person claiming the refund or credit and was not collected from purchasers.
7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the director of revenue shall respond to a request for a binding letter ruling filed in accordance with section 536.021, RSMo, within sixty days of receipt of such request. If the director of revenue fails to respond to such letter ruling request within sixty days of receipt by the director, the director of revenue shall be barred from pursuing collection of any assessment of sales or use tax with respect to the issue which is the subject of the letter ruling request. For purposes of this subsection, the term "letter ruling" means a written interpretation of law by the director to a specific set of facts provided by a specific taxpayer or his or her agent.
8. In lieu of subsection 6 of this section, if any tax was paid more than once, was incorrectly collected, or was incorrectly computed, such sum shall be credited on any taxes then due from the person legally obligated to remit the tax pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.510, [against any deficiency or tax due discovered through an audit of the person by the department of revenue through adjustment during the same tax filing period for which the audit applied] or refunded, with interest as determined by sections 32.068 and 32.069, RSMo, to the person legally obligated to remit the tax, only if duplicate copies of a claim for refund and amended tax returns are filed within three years from date of overpayment and the person legally obligated to remit the tax submits a plan acceptable to the director to generally refund the amount of overpayment to future customers of the person by mutually agreed to distribution of a fixed value coupon to such customers.
306.016. 1. By January 1, 1995, the owner of any vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard on August 28, 1994, and the new owner of any vessel purchased after August 28, 1994, who upon the sale or transfer of the vessel desires to document the vessel with the United States Coast Guard, shall apply for a vessel certificate of registration and pay a certification fee of seven dollars and fifty cents, an initial registration fee in an amount equal to the amount required for a certificate of number [under] pursuant to section 306.030 and all applicable state and local [or in lieu watercraft] taxes as provided by law in effect on the date the vessel was documented or submit proof that all applicable registration fees have been paid to the department of revenue and all applicable taxes or in lieu watercraft taxes have been paid in this or another state. Such application shall include the county in which such vessel will be normally maintained by the new owner. A certificate of registration and a set of registration decals in a form the director shall prescribe shall be issued for a documented vessel. A Missouri resident shall make application for a vessel certificate of registration within thirty days of acquiring or bringing the vessel into this state. A nonresident shall make application for a vessel certificate of registration within sixty days after acquiring a vessel in this state or bringing a vessel into this state if the vessel will be kept in this state for a period in excess of sixty consecutive days. A delinquency penalty fee of ten dollars shall be imposed for each thirty days of delinquency, not to exceed a total of thirty dollars.
If the director of revenue learns that any person has failed to make application for a vessel certificate of registration in accordance with this section or has sold a vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard without obtaining a certificate of registration as provided in this section, the director shall cancel the registration of all vessels and outboard motors registered in the name of the person, either as sole owner or a co-owner, and shall notify the person that the cancellation will remain in force until the person pays the delinquency penalty fee together with all fees, charges, and payments which the person should have paid in connection with the vessel certificate of registration.
2. [A boat or vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard or other agency of the federal government and operated on the waters of this state shall not be liable for the payment of any state or local sales or use tax on the purchase, but shall be liable for the payment of an in-lieu watercraft tax, which is hereby imposed. The fee in lieu of tax imposed pursuant to this section shall not apply to United States Coast Guard registered vessels purchased for purposes of marine construction including, but not limited to, barges, dredges, marine cranes, and other marine equipment utilized for construction or dredging of waterways. The in-lieu watercraft tax shall be collected by the director of revenue and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of general revenue and shall be appropriated for use by the Missouri state water patrol. Watercraft dealers in this state shall report to the director of revenue on forms furnished by the director the sale of each watercraft sold to a resident of this state. If the watercraft is registered and licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and all applicable sales taxes have been paid, the director shall not collect the in-lieu tax imposed by this subsection. If the watercraft is registered with the United States Coast Guard or other agency of the federal government and not under the provisions of this chapter the director shall bill the purchaser of the watercraft for the in-lieu tax imposed by this subsection. Any person who fails to pay the in-lieu tax due under this section, within thirty days after receipt of the bill from the director of revenue, shall be liable to the same penalties imposed by law for failure to pay sales and use taxes due the state. The in-lieu tax shall be determined as follows:
PURCHASE PRICE OF WATERCRAFT TAX DUE
Less than $15,000 $ 500.00
$15,001 to $30,000 650.00
$30,001 to $50,000 1,000.00
$50,001 to $100,000 1,400.00
$100,001 to $150,000 2,000.00
$150,001 to $200,000 3,000.00
$200,001 to $250,000 4,000.00
$250,001 to $300,000 5,000.00
$300,001 to $350,000 5,500.00
$350,001 to $400,000 6,000.00
$400,001 to $450,000 6,500.00
$450,001 to $500,000 7,500.00
$500,001 to $550,000 8,500.00
$550,001 to $650,000 9,500.00
$650,001 to $750,000 10,500.00
$750,001 and above add an additional
1,500.00 for each
$100,000 increment
3.] The registration decals for any vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard shall be in force and effect for a period of three years so long as the vessel is owned or held by the original holder of the certificate of registration and shall be renewed upon application and payment of a registration renewal fee equal to the amount required for a certificate of number [under] pursuant to section 306.030. The owner shall attach the registration decals to both sides of the forward half of the bow of the documented vessel in a place that is fully visible.
[4.] 3. The department of revenue may issue a temporary vessel certificate of registration authorizing the operation of a vessel to be documented by the United States Coast Guard for not more than sixty days. The temporary registration shall be made available by the department of revenue and may be purchased from the department of revenue or from a dealer upon proof of purchase of a vessel. The department shall make temporary certificates of registration available to registered dealers in this state in sets of ten. The fee for the temporary certificates of registration shall be five dollars each. No dealer shall charge more than five dollars for each temporary certificate of registration issued. The temporary registration shall be valid for a period of sixty days from the date of issuance by the department of revenue to the purchaser of the vessel or from the date of sale of the vessel by a dealer from which the purchaser obtains a certificate of registration. The temporary certificate of registration shall be issued on a form prescribed by the department of revenue and issued only for the purchaser's use in the operation of the vessel purchased to enable the purchaser to legally operate the vessel while a certificate of registration is being obtained, and shall be displayed on no other vessel. Temporary certificates of registration issued [under] pursuant to this section shall not be transferable or renewable and shall not be valid upon issuance of a proper certificate of registration. The dealer or authorized agent shall insert the date of issuance and expiration date, year, make and the manufacturer's identification number of the vessel on the temporary registration when issued to the purchaser. The dealer shall complete the information on the temporary registration in full. Every dealer that issues a temporary certificate of registration shall keep, for inspection by authorized officers, a correct record of each temporary certificate of registration issued by the dealer by recording the registration number, purchaser's name and address, year, make and manufacturer's identification number of the vessel on which the temporary certificate of registration is to be used and the date of issuance.
[5.] 4. Upon the sale or transfer of any vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard for which a certificate of registration has been issued, the registration shall be terminated. If the new owner elects to have the vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard, the new owner shall submit, in addition to the properly assigned certificate of registration, proof of release from the documentation provided by the United States Coast Guard and shall comply with the provisions of this section. If the new owner elects not to document the vessel with the United States Coast Guard, the owner shall comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
[6.] 5. The certificate of registration shall be available at all times for inspection on the vessel for which it is issued, whenever the vessel is in operation.
[143.261. For every remittance to the director of revenue made on or before the date the remittance becomes due, the employer, other than the United States and its agencies, the state of Missouri and political subdivisions thereof, may deduct and retain the following percentages of the total amount of tax withheld and paid in each calendar year:
(1) Two percent of five thousand dollars or less;
(2) One percent of amount collected in excess of five thousand dollars and up to and including ten thousand dollars;
(3) One-half percent of amount collected in excess of ten thousand dollars.]
Section B. Because of the immediate need to enhance state revenues, section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon the first day of the first month following its passage and approval.