(b) B is,i. if the corporation is not associated with any other corporation in the taxation year for the purposes of section 771.2.1.8, the corporation’s paid-up capital determined as provided in section 771.2.1.9 for its preceding taxation year or, if the corporation is in its first fiscal period, on the basis of its financial statements prepared at the beginning of the fiscal period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
ii. if the corporation is associated with one or more other corporations in the taxation year for the purposes of section 771.2.1.8, the aggregate of all amounts each of which is, for the corporation or any of the other corporations, the amount of its paid-up capital determined as provided in section 771.2.1.9 for its last taxation year ending in the preceding calendar year or, if the corporation is in its first fiscal period, on the basis of its financial statements prepared at the beginning of the fiscal period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.