Free CT-606-I (Instructions) - New York

Please Note: Recent legislation requires all taxpayers filing this form to attach a retention certificate issued by Empire State Development. See TSB-M-09(5)C, (4)I, Legislative Changes to the Empire Zones Program, for details. Form CT-606-I, Instructions for Form CT-606 Claim for QEZE Credit for Real Property Taxes, continues below.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

Instructions for Form CT-606
Claim for QEZE Credit for Real Property Taxes
Important reminder to file a complete return: You must complete all required schedules and forms that make up your return, and include all pages of those forms and schedules when you file. Returns that are missing required pages or that have pages with missing entries are considered incomplete and cannot be processed, and may subject taxpayers to penalty and interest.

CT-606-I

Important information
Form CT-606 was new for 2005. Those business entities that formerly filed Form CT-604, Claim for QEZE Credit for Real Property Taxes and QEZE Tax Reduction Credit, to claim the qualified empire zone enterprise (QEZE) credit for real property taxes must now claim this credit on Form CT-606. Form CT-604 is still used to claim the QEZE tax reduction credit. Form CT-606 is divided into two sections. It is very important that you only complete the appropriate section.

If the QEZE's eligible real property taxes, which were the basis for a QEZE credit for real property taxes, are subsequently reduced as a result of a final order in any proceeding under the Real Property Tax Law Article 7 or other provision of law, the QEZE must recapture a portion of the credit allowed in the year the final order is issued. The recapture amount is equal to the amount of credit originally taken, less the amount of credit recalculated using the reduced property taxes. If the taxes are reduced for more than one year, the QEZE must determine how much of the reduction is attributable to each year covered by the final order and calculate the amount of credit required to be recaptured for each year based on the reduction. The QEZE credit for real property taxes may not reduce the tax to less than · $10fortaxcomputedunderArticle9,section185, · thelargerofthetaxonminimumtaxableincomeorthefixeddollar minimum tax as computed under Article 9-A, or · $250forArticle32or33filers. Any amount of the QEZE credit for real property taxes not deductible in the current tax year may be refunded without interest or applied as an overpayment against the tax liability for the next tax year. If your business wants to make purchases exempt from sales tax under the QEZE program, you must file an Application for Qualified Empire Zone Enterprise (QEZE) Sales Tax Certification (either Form DTF-82, DTF-83, or DTF-84). These applications are available on our Web site (see Need help? on page 9).

You must attach all pages (1 through 8) to your return, even though you only completed one section. All taxpayers must complete the information above Section 1 on page 1.
· QEZEsfirst certified prior to April 1, 2005: complete Section 1, Schedules A through G. · QEZEsfirst certified between August 1, 2002, and March 31, 2005, that conduct operations on real property they own or lease that is located in an empire zone (EZ) and is subject to a brownfield site cleanup agreement (BCA) executed prior to January 1, 2006: complete Section 2, Schedules H through Q. · QEZEsfirst certified on or after April 1, 2005: complete Section 2, Schedules H through Q. Note: If you are certified in multiple zones, you must complete only Section 1 (pages 1 through 3) or Section 2 (pages 5 through 8) based on the effective date of the first Certificate of Eligibility issued by Empire State Development (ESD). Do not complete both sections. Example: Corporation A was certified in the Albany County Empire Zone on February 1, 2001. On October 15, 2005, the corporation was also certified in the Buffalo Empire Zone. Because Corporation A was first certified on February 1, 2001, it must file only Section 1 to compute its QEZE credit for real property taxes.

Definitions for all QEZEs
A qualified empire zone enterprise (QEZE) is a business enterprise that is certified as eligible to receive benefits under General Municipal Law Article 18-B prior to July 1, 2011, and that annually meets the employment test. A QEZE also includes a clean energy enterprise (CEE) certified under GML Article 18-B that annually meets the employment test. Tax year means the tax year of the business enterprise under the Tax Law, Article 9, section 183, 184, 185, or former section 186; or Article 9-A, 22, 32, or 33. Employment number means the average number of individuals, excluding general executive officers, employed full-time by the business enterprise for at least one-half of the tax year. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, all QEZEs will exclude from the employment number any individual employed within New York State in the immediately preceding 60 months by a related person to the QEZE (see definition of related person below). The employment number will be computed for a QEZE's first tax year using only those employees employed full-time on the last day of the short tax year if the QEZE meets the following criteria: · TheQEZEacquiresrealortangiblepropertyduringitsfirsttaxyear from an entity that is not a related person; and · TheQEZEhasatleast190full-timeemployeesonthelastdayofthe tax year, substantially all of whom were previously employed by the entity from which the taxpayer purchased its assets; and · TheQEZEhasafirsttaxyearofnotmorethansevenmonths. The term related person means a related person as defined in Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 465(b)(3)(C) or an entity that would have qualified as a related person if it had not been dissolved, liquidated, merged with another entity, or otherwise ceased to exist or operate. The information on page 2 represents the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interpretation of the definition of related persons in the IRC section 465(b)(3)(C) as contained in IRS Publication 925, Passive

General information for all QEZEs
The Empire Zones Program Act provides a QEZE credit for real property taxes for businesses certified as eligible to receive benefits under General Municipal Law (GML) Article 18-B and that qualify as a QEZE. This credit is available to taxpayers subject to tax under Tax Law, Article 9, section 185 (agricultural cooperatives); Article 9-A (general business corporations); Article 22 (personal income tax, see Form IT-606, Claim for QEZE Credit for Real Property Taxes); Article 32 (banking corporations); and Article 33 (insurance corporations). Taxpayers who are not subject to tax under these articles are not eligible to claim the QEZE credit for real property taxes. This credit may not be applied against the metropolitan transportation business tax (MTA surcharge) or Article 13 (unrelated business income tax). The QEZE credit for real property taxes is a credit against New York State corporate franchise and personal income taxes. The credit is computed on eligible real property taxes paid or incurred on real property owned, or in some cases, leased, by the QEZE that is located in an EZ in which the QEZE is certified.

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Activity and At-Risk Rules. When preparing your tax return, you should refer to section 465(b)(3)(C) to see if the definition of related persons has been amended. Related persons include the following: · Membersofafamily,butonlyanindividual'sbrothersandsisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, a spouse, ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc.), and lineal descendants (children, grandchildren, etc.) · Twocorporationsthataremembersofthesamecontrolledgroupof corporations determined by applying a 10% ownership test · Thefiduciariesoftwodifferenttrusts,orthefiduciaryandbeneficiary of two different trusts, if the same person is the grantor of both trusts · Atax-exempteducationalorcharitableorganizationandaperson who directly or indirectly controls it (or a member of whose family controls it) · Acorporationandanindividualwhoownsdirectlyorindirectlymore than 10% of the value of the outstanding stock of the corporation · Atrustfiduciaryandacorporationofwhichmorethan10%invalue of the outstanding stock is owned directly or indirectly by or for the trust or by or for the grantor of the trust · Thegrantorandfiduciary,orthefiduciaryandbeneficiary,ofanytrust · Acorporationandapartnershipifthesamepersonsownover10%in value of the outstanding stock of the corporation and more than 10% of the capital interest or the profits interest in the partnership · TwoScorporationsifthesamepersonsownmorethan10%invalue of the outstanding stock of each corporation · AnScorporationandaregularcorporationifthesamepersonsown more than 10% in value of the outstanding stock of each corporation · Apartnershipandapersonwhoownsdirectlyorindirectlymorethan 10% of the capital or profits of the partnership · Twopartnershipsifthesamepersonsdirectlyorindirectlyownmore than 10% of the capital or profits of each · Twopersonswhoareengagedinbusinessundercommoncontrol · Anexecutorofanestateandabeneficiaryofthatestate To determine the direct or indirect ownership of the outstanding stock of a corporation, apply the following rules: 1. Stock owned directly or indirectly by or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or trust is considered owned proportionately by or for its shareholders, partners, or beneficiaries. 2. Stock owned directly or indirectly by or for an individual's family is considered owned by the individual. The family of an individual includes only brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, a spouse, ancestors, and lineal descendants. 3. Any stock in a corporation owned by an individual (other than by applying rule 2) is considered owned directly or indirectly by the individual's partner. When applying rule 1, 2, or 3, stock considered owned by a person under rule 1 is treated as actually owned by that person. However, if a person constructively owns stock because of rule 2 or 3, he or she does not own the stock for purposes of applying either rule 2 or 3 to make another person the constructive owner of the same stock. General executive officers are the chairman, president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, comptroller, and any other officer charged with the general affairs of the corporation. A general executive officer is, therefore, an appointed or elected officer of the corporation having company-wide authority with respect to assigned functions or responsibility for an entire division of the company. Full-time employment means a job consisting of at least 35 hours per week or two or more jobs that together constitute the equivalent of a job of at least 35 hours per week. A seasonal business (a business that regularly operates for less than an entire tax year, such as a ski resort) that employs individuals full-time for at least three months of continuous duration may include these individuals in the employment number if they are working in a job consisting of at least 35 hours per week. Value of real and tangible personal property is the federal adjusted basis of your property (except rental property, which is eight times your gross yearly rent). Eligible real property taxes refers to taxes for the current tax year imposed on real property located in an EZ in which the QEZE is certified, provided that · thepropertyisownedbytheQEZE, · thetaxesbecomealienonthepropertyinataxyearinwhichthe owner is certified and qualifies as a QEZE, and · theownerpaidtherealpropertytaxes,oratenantpaidthereal property taxes. If a tenant paid the real property taxes, the owner may take the credit for those taxes paid by the tenant if the tenant does not qualify as a QEZE or if the taxes do not constitute eligible real property taxes for the tenant (see lessees below). Note: To be eligible real property taxes, real property taxes must be deductible under IRC section 164(a)(1). To be deductible, the taxes must be levied for the general public welfare, and levied at a like rate against all property in the jurisdictional territory. (See federal regulations section 1.164-4.) Lessees -- Eligible real property taxes include taxes paid by a QEZE that is a lessee if · thetaxesarepaidunderawrittenleaseagreementexecutedor amended on or after June 1, 2005; · thetaxesbecomealienonthepropertyduringataxyearinwhich the lessee is both certified and a QEZE; and · thelesseemadedirectpaymenttothetaxingauthorityandhas received a receipt for the payment from the authority. Payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) payments -- Eligible real property taxes include PILOT payments made by the QEZE to the state, a municipal corporation, or a public benefit corporation. PILOT payments made by the QEZE under a written agreement executed or amended on or after January 1, 2001, are not eligible real property taxes in any tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2005, to the extent that the payment exceeds · thegreaterofthebasisforfederalincometaxpurposesonthe certification date of real property (including buildings and structural components of buildings) owned by the QEZE and located in EZs for which it is certified or the basis on the last day of the tax year multiplied by · thecounty'sfull-valuetaxrate(seeFull-value tax rates by county on page 3 for these rates), · dividedby1,000. Note: The basis is calculated without regard to depreciation. If the basis is adjusted or reduced pursuant to any IRC provisions, the QEZE may petition the Tax Department, Department of Economic Development (DED), and Office of Real Property Services (ORPS) to disregard the adjustment or reduction for purposes of this calculation.

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Full-value tax rates by county
County Overall tax rate County Overall tax rate County Overall tax rate

2. Transfer any positive amount on line 21 or line 55 to Form CT-34-SH, New York S Corporation Shareholders' Information Schedule, and provide your shareholders with their pro rata share of this amount. If there is a negative amount (net recapture) on line 19 or line 55, transfer that amount as a positive number to Form CT-34-SH.

Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton

26.00 49.50 43.00 36.30 33.80 34.20 36.60 41.20 31.20 20.40 41.10 24.80 19.60 34.10 20.40 24.50 31.10 40.30 21.90 16.60

Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau* Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland

28.10 24.10 32.60 34.90 32.70 39.90 42.50 23.60 39.50 33.30 37.00 29.70 23.90 42.60 39.40 25.80 22.10 33.70 24.90

St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates Outside NYC

36.70 21.10 34.30 33.00 33.70 36.90 37.40 16.70 29.10 36.60 30.60 23.80 16.20 29.60 39.40 21.00 34.10 27.30 23.80

Instructions for shareholders of New York S corporations
Shareholders of New York S corporations do not file this form. Use Form IT-606 to claim your credit if you are an individual, estate, or trust. Your S corporation will provide you with your pro rata share of the real property tax credit.

Section 1 -- For QEZEs first certified prior to April 1, 2005
Complete Section 1 only if the QEZE was first certified prior to April 1, 2005. Do not complete Section 2. QEZEs first certified between August 1, 2002, and March 31, 2005, that conduct operations on real property they own or lease that is located in an EZ and is subject to a BCA executed prior to January 1, 2006: do not complete this section. Instead, complete Section 2, Schedules H through Q.

New York City by class* 1................................................................. 6.23 2................................................................. 42.41 3................................................................. 54.03 4................................................................. 43.21 * New York City and Nassau County have a four-class property tax system (class 1: 1-3 family residential; class 2: apartment; class 3: utility equipment; and class 4: all other property). It was not possible to determine a countywide class-specific rate for Nassau County due to the complexity of taxing jurisdictions.

Eligibility for QEZEs first certified prior to April 1, 2005
A business enterprise that was first certified as eligible to receive benefits under GML Article 18-B prior to April 1, 2005, is a QEZE during its business tax benefit period if in those tax years the business enterprise meets the annual employment test. The amount of the credit is the product of · thebenefitperiodfactor, · theemploymentincreasefactor,and · theeligiblerealpropertytaxespaidorincurredbytheQEZEduring the current tax year. Taxpayers first certified under GML Article 18-B on or after August 1, 2002, are subject to a limitation on the amount of QEZE real property tax credit which may be claimed. The credit limitation is the greater of the employment increase limitation or the capital investment limitation. Any taxpayer first certified before August 1, 2002, is not subject to this limitation in any year of the business tax benefit period. The limitation is computed on Worksheet B on page 6.

Instructions for corporations (other than New York S corporations)
If you are a corporation (other than a New York S corporation) that is eligible for the QEZE credit for real property taxes, and you are not claiming any other QEZE tax credits from pass-through entities (such as partnerships), complete either Section 1 or Section 2, and transfer the amount of credit or net recapture to your corporation franchise tax return, as instructed. If you are a corporation that is a QEZE and eligible for this credit, and you also have QEZE credits for real property taxes from a partnership that is a QEZE, complete Form CT-606 as instructed above, and complete Form CT-604-CP, Claim for QEZE Credit for Real Property Taxes and QEZE Tax Reduction Credit for Corporate Partners, to compute the credits from the partnership. Add the total QEZE credit for real property taxes from both forms, and enter the result in the Form CT-606 credit box on your franchise tax return.

Schedule A -- Employment test for QEZEs first certified prior to April 1, 2005
Complete Schedule A to determine if you meet the annual employment test. If you marked No on either line 3 or line 6, you do not qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes for the current tax year. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture QEZE real property tax credit from a prior year. To compute a recapture, complete Worksheet A. Refer to Definitions for all QEZEs on page 1 when computing the employment test. The employment test will be met for a tax year if the business enterprise's employment number in all EZs, whether the business enterprise is certified there or not, equals or exceeds its employment number in all EZs in the base period; and the business enterprise's employment number in New York State outside all EZs in the tax year equals or exceeds its employment number in New York State outside all EZs in the base period. For information as to whether your business enterprise has employees in an EZ in which your business enterprise is not certified, you may contact ESD.

Instructions for corporate partners
Use Form CT-604-CP if you are receiving pass-through credits from a partnership. Your partnership will provide you with the information you need to calculate these credits.

Instructions for New York S corporations
If you are a New York S corporation, compute the QEZE credit for real property taxes using either Section 1 or Section 2, and provide your shareholders with their pro rata share of the credit or net recapture. Complete Form CT-606 as follows: 1. Complete either Section 1 or Section 2, whichever is applicable. If Section 1 is applicable, do not complete Schedule E. If Section 2 is applicable, do not complete Schedule O.

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There are additional employment test requirements for businesses with a base period of zero years or zero employment in the base period (see below). If there is a change in zone boundaries or if the QEZE is in a newly designated zone, the QEZE will compute its employment test as if the boundaries of the revised or newly designated zone existed during its base period and test year. If a business moves to a location that later becomes part of an EZ, the employment number is computed as if the business was located in the zone during its base period and test year. If a business relocates to an EZ from a business incubator facility operated by a municipality or by a public or private not-for-profit entity, the QEZE will compute its employment test as if it were located in the EZ during the base period. A business incubator facility provides business support services or space, or both, to newly established enterprises. Test date is the later of July 1, 2000, or the date prior to July 1, 2011, on which the business enterprise was first certified under GML Article 18-B. Subsequent certifications will not change the test date. Test year is the last tax year ending before the test date. If a business enterprise does not have a tax year that ends before the test date, the enterprise will be deemed to have a test year that will be either the last calendar year ending before its test date, or, if the enterprise is a fiscal filer, the test year will be the fiscal year ending before its test date. Base period is the five tax years immediately preceding the test year. If your QEZE has fewer than five years preceding the test year, then your base period is the smaller set of years. If you are a business enterprise in your first tax year of doing business in New York State, your base period is zero years. Employment increase factor is an amount that cannot exceed 1.0, but that is the greater of the following: 1. the excess of the QEZE's employment number in EZs in which the QEZE is certified for the current tax year over the QEZE's test year employment number in those zones, divided by the QEZE's test year employment number in those zones; or 2. the excess of the QEZE's employment number in the EZs in which it is certified for the current tax year over the QEZE's test year employment number in those zones, divided by 100. Business tax benefit period means either the first 15 tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2001 (if your test date occurred on or before December 31, 2001), or the 15 tax years after your test year (if your test date occurred on or after January 1, 2002). See new business definition below for exception. However, owners of qualified investment projects (as defined under GML section 957(s)) that have been approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development, will be allowed an additional business tax benefit period of ten years for purposes of the QEZE credit for real property taxes. For these owners, the business tax benefit period is extended to include an additional ten tax years starting with the tax year in which the business enterprise's benefit period commencement date occurs (but only for those years in which the employment test is met). The benefit period commencement date is determined by an election made by the business enterprise on its report for the tax year which includes the date of certification of the business enterprise at the location of the qualified investment project. The business enterprise can elect either (A) the business enterprise's date of certification under GML Article 18-B at the location of the qualified investment project or (B) the date when property constituting a qualified investment project is first placed in service. If you choose to make the election under B, attach a statement. If no election is made, the benefit period commencement date will be A as described above. If a QEZE that is an owner of a qualified investment project is also approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development as the owner of a significant capital investment project (as defined under GML section 957(t)), the business tax benefit period may be increased to include an additional ten tax years beginning with the tax year in which the significant capital investment project is placed in service. The property must be placed in service during the business enterprise's business tax benefit period as described above. If a QEZE is an owner of a qualified investment project, a significant capital investment project, or both, the business tax benefit period may extend beyond ten years. Benefit period factor is a number from zero to one, based on the tax year of the business tax benefit period, that is designed to phase out the benefit in the last five years of the business tax benefit period. (See Form CT-606, page 2, Benefit period factor table.) For an owner of a qualified investment project or a significant capital investment project, the benefit period factor will be 1.0 during the entire business tax benefit period.

Additional employment test requirements for businesses with a base period of zero years or zero employment in the base period
For a business enterprise first certified prior to August 1, 2002, if the base period is zero years or the base period employment is zero, and the enterprise is similar in ownership and operation to an existing or previously existing taxpayer, it can continue to access QEZE benefits only if the enterprise was formed for a valid business purpose and not solely to gain EZ benefits. Valid business purpose means one or more business purposes, other than the avoidance or reduction of taxation, which alone or combined are the primary motivation for some business activity or transaction that changes the economic position of the taxpayer in a meaningful way (apart from tax effects). The economic position of the taxpayer includes an increase in the market share of the taxpayer, or the entry by the taxpayer into new business markets. For a business enterprise first certified on or after August 1, 2002, and before April 1, 2005, if the base period is zero years and the employment number in the zone is greater than zero in a tax year, then the enterprise meets the employment test only if it qualifies as a new business. New business means any business entity, except one that is substantially similar in operation and in ownership to a business entity taxable, or previously taxable, under Tax Law, Article 9, section 183, 184, 185, or 186; Article 9-A, 32, or 33; Article 23 (or that would have been subject to Article 23 as this article was in effect January 1, 1980); or the income (or losses) of which is (or was) included under Article 22. A business enterprise that is approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development as the owner of a qualified investment project or a significant capital investment project will be considered a new business for purposes of the QEZE credit for real property taxes if it: · hasabaseperiodofzeroyears; · hasplacedproperty(oraprojectthatincludessuchproperty) in service which comprises the qualified investment project or significant investment project; and · iscertifiedbyDecember31,2007. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, a business that is identical in ownership and operation to an existing taxpayer will meet the new business test if the businesses are operating in different counties in the state. The new business must use the remaining business tax benefit period of the existing identical taxpayer.

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Part 1 -- EZ employment -- Compute your employment number within all EZs, whether certified in all zones or not, for the current tax year and the five-year base period. When computing this number, first exclude all employees who were not employed by the QEZE for at least one-half of the tax year.
For purposes of these instructions, all references to current tax year mean the tax year covered by this claim.
Line 1 -- For each date specified of the current tax year, enter the number of full-time employees, excluding general executive officers, located within any EZ whether the QEZE is certified in the EZ or not. Divide the total number of full-time EZ employees for the current tax year by the number of the dates occurring during the current tax year (even if you had no employees on those dates) to obtain the current tax year employment number. Make no entries for any dates that did not occur during your tax year. Do not include those dates in the calculation. Line 2 -- For each date specified of the base period, enter the number of full-time employees, excluding general executive officers, located within any EZ whether the QEZE is certified in the EZ or not. Divide the total number of full-time EZ employees for each date specified of the five-year base period by the number of dates occurring during the five-year base period (even if you had no employees on those dates) to obtain the base period employment number. Make no entries for any dates prior to the date you began business in New York, and do not include those dates in the calculation. Example: A QEZE that is a calendar-year filer begins business in New York on April 1, 2001, and is first certified on January 1, 2003. The QEZE's test date is January 1, 2003. The test year is the tax year ending December 31, 2002. The base period is April 1, 2001 December 31, 2001, a short tax year. Since March 31, 2001, does not occur during this enterprise's base period, no entry is made for this date. The QEZE has no employees on June 30, 2001. It hires three employees on July 1, 2001. The QEZE will compute its total number of full-time employees within all EZs in the base period as follows:
Base period employment number a Number in base year 1 b Number in base year 2 c Number in base year 3 d Number in base year 4 e Number in base year 5 f Total number of full-time employees within all EZs in the base period 6 Tax year ending Mar 31 June 30 Sept 30 Dec 31
(mm-yy)

qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes. If you marked No, you do not qualify for this credit. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture the QEZE credit for real property taxes from a prior year. To compute a recapture, complete Worksheet A.

Schedule B -- Computation of test year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
Line 7 -- Divide the total number of full-time employees within the EZs for your test year by the number of the dates occurring during the year (even if you had no employees on those dates) to obtain your test year employment number. Make no entries for any dates that did not occur during your test year. Do not include those dates in the calculation. Include only the employees working within EZs in which you are certified that were employed by the QEZE for at least one-half of the tax year.

Schedule C -- Employment increase factor
The employment increase factor cannot exceed 1.0. If your test year employment number is zero, and your current tax year employment number is greater than zero, your employment increase factor is 1.0. Line 8 -- Include on this line the current tax year employment number in the EZs in which you are certified. Note: If you have employment in an EZ in which you are not certified, your current tax year employment number will not be the same as the number computed on line 1. For purposes of this calculation, include only those employees working in EZs in which you are certified.

Schedule D -- Computation of QEZE credit for
real property taxes for QEZEs first certified prior to April 1, 2005
Line 16 -- See page 2 for a definition of eligible real property taxes. Attach copies of all real property tax bills (including school tax bills) that are the basis for your QEZE credit. If the real property taxes include PILOT payments, attach a copy of the PILOT agreement. If you are a lessee claiming the real property tax credit on leased property, attach a copy of the lease. Line 18 -- If the QEZE's eligible real property taxes, which were the basis for a credit previously claimed, are subsequently reduced, the QEZE must add back a recapture amount computed in Worksheet A below:

Total 6

12-01

0

3

3

Worksheet A
a. The amount of credit originally allowed......... a. b. The amount of credit calculated using the reduced tax amount ...................................... b. c. Recapture amount (subtract line b from line a; enter result on line 18) .................................... c. Note: If property taxes are reduced for more than one tax year, you must determine how much of the reduction is attributable to each year and recapture the apportioned amount for each year. Line 19 -- If the amount to be recaptured does not exceed any credit claimed this year (line 19 is a positive number), continue with this section. If the amount to be recaptured exceeds any credit to be claimed in this year (line 19 is a negative number), you have a net recapture. Skip lines 20, 21, and Schedule E; · New York C corporations: enter this negative amount (net recapture) in the credit section of your franchise tax return. · New York S corporations: enter this negative amount (net recapture) as a positive number on Form CT-34-SH.

In this example, the employment number within all EZs in the base period is 2 (six divided by three) because the QEZE divides the total number of full-time EZ employees by the number of dates that occurred in the QEZE's base period. The base period in this instance was one short tax year. Line 3 -- The EZ current tax year employment number (line 1) must equal or exceed the EZ base period employment number (line 2) to qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes. If you marked No, you do not qualify for this credit. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture QEZE real property tax credit from a prior year. To compute a recapture, complete Worksheet A.

Part 2 -- New York State employment outside all EZs
Complete Part 2 in the same manner as you completed Part 1; however, include only those employees who are located outside all EZs but within New York State. When computing this number, first exclude all employees who were not employed by the QEZE for at least one-half of the tax year. Line 6 -- The employment number in New York State outside all EZs for the current tax year (line 4) must equal or exceed the employment number in New York State outside all EZs in the base period (line 5) to

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Line 20 -- The credit limitation is the greater of the employment increase limitation or the capital investment limitation. QEZEs first certified under GML Article 18-B prior to August 1, 2002: You do not have a credit limitation in any year of your business tax benefit period. Do not make an entry on this line. QEZEs certified on or after August 1, 2002: Complete Worksheet B and enter the greater of Worksheet B, line 2 or Worksheet B, line 8 on line 20. Worksheet B instructions The employment increase limitation (Worksheet B, line 2) is calculated by multiplying the excess of the QEZE's employment number in the zones in which the QEZE is certified for the tax year over the QEZE test yearemploymentnumberby$10,000(seedefinitionofemployment number on page 1). The capital investment limitation (Worksheet B, line 8) is calculated at 10% of the cost or other basis of the real property multiplied by the greater of · thepercentageofthepropertythatisphysicallyoccupiedand used by the QEZE or by a related person to the QEZE, as related person is defined in IRC section 465(b)(3)(C) (see Definitions for all QEZEs on page 1); or · thepercentageofthecostorotherbasisattributabletothe construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of the real property (as opposed to the acquisition). If 50% or more of the cost or other basis is attributable to the construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of the real property (as opposed to the acquisition), then this percentage will be 100%. · thecostorotherbasisoftherealpropertyforfederalincometax purposes on the later of January 1, 2001, or the effective date of certification under GML Article 18-B; or · thecostorotherbasisoftherealpropertyforfederalincometax purposes on the last day of the tax year. Line 21 -- If you are not subject to the credit limitation on line 20, enter the amount from line 19. If you are subject to the credit limitation on line 20, enter the lesser of line 19 or 20.

Schedule E -- Application of QEZE credit for real property taxes
(New York S corporations do not complete Schedule E.)
Line 23 -- If you are applying multiple credits, see your franchise tax return instructions to determine the order in which the credits should be applied. Article 9-A taxpayers should refer to Form CT-600-I, Instructions for Form CT-600, Ordering of Corporation Tax Credits, to determine the proper order of application for the tax credits claimed. Enter the amount of any other credits you are applying before this credit.

Life insurance corporations: Do not include EZ wage tax credit, EZ capital tax credit, or zone equivalent area (ZEA) wage tax credit on this line.
Line 30 -- Any amount of credit not being utilized or refunded may be claimed as an overpayment of tax to be applied against next year's tax liability. Enter this amount on the appropriate line of your franchise tax return.



Schedule G -- Valid business purpose for QEZEs first certified prior to August 1, 2002
If the QEZE was first certified prior to August 1, 2002, and the base period is zero years or the employment number is zero in the base period, and the QEZE is similar in ownership and operation to an existing or previously existing New York State taxpayer, the QEZE must have been formed for a valid business purpose to continue qualifying for QEZE benefits. If applicable, mark an X in the box and attach a notarized statement describing how your QEZE meets this test (see definition of valid business purpose on page 4).

The cost or other basis of the real property is the greater of



Worksheet B
Employment increase limitation 1. Enter the amount shown on Form CT-606, line 10 ......................................................... 1. 2. Multiplyline1by$10,000 ........................... 2. Capital investment limitation 3. Cost or other basis of real property ............ 4. Multiply line 3 by 10% (.1) ........................... 5. The percentage of the QEZE's (and related person's) physical occupancy and use of the building ............................................... 6. Percentage of line 3 attributable to the construction, rehabilitation, or expansion of building for which the credit is claimed (if 50% or more, enter 100) .............................. 7. Enter the greater of line 5 or 6 .................... 8. Multiply line 4 by line 7 (enter the greater 3. 4.

Section 2 -- For QEZEs first certified on or after April 1, 2005
Complete Section 2 only if (1) the QEZE is first certified on or after April 1, 2005, or (2) the QEZE was first certified between August 1, 2002, and March 31, 2005, and its operations are conducted on real property subject to a BCA executed prior to January 1, 2006. Do not complete Section 1.

Eligibility for QEZEs first certified on or after April 1, 2005
% A business enterprise that is first certified as eligible to receive benefits under GML Article 18-B on or after April 1, 2005 and prior to July 1, 2011, is a QEZE for each of the 10 tax years during its business tax benefit period if in those tax years the business enterprise meets the annual employment test. Owners of qualified investment projects and significant capital investment projects may qualify for an extended business tax benefit period (see definition on page 7).

5.

6. 7.

% %

of the line 2 or the line 8 amount of this worksheet on line 20) ..................................... 8.

Schedule H -- Employment test for QEZEs first certified on or after April 1, 2005
Complete Schedule H to determine if you meet the annual employment test. If you marked No on either line 33 or line 36, you do not qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes for the current tax year. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture QEZE real property tax credit from a prior year. Refer to Definitions for all QEZEs on page 1 when computing the employment test. The employment test will be met for a tax year if the business enterprise's employment number in all EZs, whether the business

Line instructions for worksheet Line 3 ­ Enter the greater of the cost or other basis of real property on the later of January 1, 2001, or the date of the QEZE certification, or the cost or other basis on the last day of the current tax year for real property, including buildings and structural components of buildings owned by the QEZE and located in the EZ. Line 5 ­ Enter the percentage of the QEZE's (and any related person's, as related person is defined on page 1) physical occupancy and use of the real property, as measured in square feet.

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enterprise is certified there or not, exceeds its employment number in all EZs in the base period; and the business enterprise's employment number in New York State for the tax year exceeds its employment number in New York State in the base period. For information as to whether your business enterprise has employees in an EZ in which your business enterprise is not certified, you may contact ESD. CEEs (as defined in GML section 959-b) will determine whether the employment test is met by comparing their employment number in New York State for the current tax year to their employment number in New York State in their base period. There are additional employment test requirements for businesses with a base period of zero years or zero employment in the base period. See additional instructions below. If there is a change in zone boundaries or if the QEZE is in a newly designated zone, the QEZE will compute its employment test as if the boundaries of the revised or newly designated zone existed during its base period and test year. If a business moves to a location that later becomes part of an EZ, the employment number is computed as if the business were located in the zone during its base period and test year. If a business relocates to an EZ from a business incubator facility operated by a municipality or by a public or private not-for-profit entity, the QEZE will compute its employment test as if it were located in the EZ during the base period. A business incubator facility provides business support services or space, or both, to newly established enterprises. Base period is the four tax years immediately preceding the tax year in which the QEZE was first certified under GML Article 18-B for QEZEs first certified on or after April 1, 2005. If the business enterprise has fewer than the four such years, then the base period is the smaller set of years. If you are a business enterprise in your first tax year of doing business in New York State, your base period is zero years. Development zone (DZ) employment increase factor (see Form CT-606, Schedule J) is an amount that cannot exceed 1.0, based on the QEZE's net new employees. Business tax benefit period means the 10 tax years beginning with the tax year in which the QEZE's first date of certification occurs. However, owners of qualified investment projects (as defined under GML section 957(s)) that have been approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development will be allowed an additional business tax benefit period of ten years for purposes of the QEZE credit for real property taxes. For these owners, the business tax benefit period is extended to include an additional ten tax years starting with the tax year in which the business enterprise's benefit period commencement date occurs (but only for those years in which the employment test is met). The benefit period commencement date is determined by an election made by the business enterprise on its report for the tax year which includes the date of certification of the business enterprise at the location of the qualified investment project. The business enterprise can elect either (A) the business enterprise's date of certification under GML Article 18-B at the location of the qualified investment project or (B) the date when property constituting a qualified investment project is first placed in service. If you choose to make the election under B, attach a statement. If no election is made, the benefit period commencement date will be A as described above. If a QEZE that is an owner of a qualified investment project is also approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development as the owner of a significant capital investment project (as defined under GML section 957(t)), the business tax benefit period may be increased to include an additional ten tax years beginning with the tax year in which the significant capital investment project is placed in service. The property must be placed in service during the business enterprise's business tax benefit period as described above. If a QEZE is an owner of a qualified investment project, a significant capital investment project, or both, the business tax benefit period may extend beyond ten years. Benefit period factor is 1.0. A development zone (DZ) is an EZ designated by ESD, usually located within a county. An investment zone (IZ) is an EZ designated by ESD based on census tract statistics or location in a municipality. CEEs are considered to be located in an IZ. Manufacturer means a taxpayer that during the tax year is principally engaged in the production of goods by manufacturing, processing, assembling, refining, mining, extracting, farming, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, or commercial fishing, or a business engaged in emerging technologies under Public Authorities Law section 3102(e). A QEZE's net new employees equal the QEZE's current year employment number in the EZ(s) in which it is certified for the tax year less the QEZE's employment number in such EZ(s) in the base period.

Additional employment test requirements for businesses with a base period of zero years or zero employment in the base period
For a business enterprise first certified on or after April 1, 2005, if the base period is zero years or the base period employment is zero and the employment number in the zone is greater than zero in a tax year, the enterprise meets the employment test only if the enterprise qualifies as a new business. New business means any business entity, except one that is substantially similar in operation and in ownership to a business entity taxable, or previously taxable, under Tax Law, Article 9, section 183, 184, 185, or 186; Article 9-A, 32, or 33; Article 23 (or that would have been subject to Article 23 as this article was in effect January 1, 1980); or the income (or losses) of which is (or was) included under Article 22. A business enterprise that is approved by the Commissioner of Economic Development as the owner of a qualified investment project or a significant capital investment project will be considered a new business for purposes of the QEZE credit for real property taxes if: · ithasabaseperiodofzeroyears; · ithasplacedproperty(oraprojectthatincludessuchproperty) in service which comprises the qualified investment project or significant investment project; and · itiscertifiedbyDecember31,2007. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, a business that is identical in ownership and operation to an existing taxpayer will meet the new business test if the businesses are operating in different counties in the state. The new business must use the remaining business tax benefit period of the existing identical taxpayer.

Part 1 -- EZ employment -- Compute your employment number
within all EZs, whether certified in all zones or not, for the current tax year and the four-year base period. When computing this number, first exclude all employees who were not employed by the QEZE for at least one-half of the tax year. CEEs do not complete Part 1. Complete Part 2 only.

For purposes of these instructions, all references to current tax year mean the tax year covered by this claim.
Line 31 -- For each date specified of the current tax year, enter the number of full-time employees, excluding general executive officers, located within any EZ whether the QEZE is certified in the EZ or not. Divide the total number of full-time EZ employees for the current tax year by the number of the dates occurring during the current tax year

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(even if you had no employees on those dates) to obtain the current tax year employment number. Make no entries for any dates that did not occur during your tax year. Do not include those dates in the calculation. Line 32 -- For each date specified in the base period, enter the number of full-time employees, excluding general executive officers, located within any EZ whether the QEZE is certified in the EZ or not. Divide the total number of full-time EZ employees for each date specified in the four-year base period by the number of dates occurring during the four-year base period (even if you had no employees on those dates) to obtain the base period employment number. Make no entries for any dates prior to the date you began business in New York, and do not include those dates in the calculation. Example: A QEZE that is a calendar-year filer begins business in New York on April 1, 2004, and is first certified on June 1, 2005. The base period is April 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004, a short tax year. Since March 31, 2004, does not occur during this enterprise's base period, no entry is made for this date. The QEZE has no employees on June 30, 2004. It hires three employees on July 1, 2004. The QEZE will compute its total number of full-time employees within all EZs in the base period as follows:
Base period employment number a Number in base year 1 b Number in base year 2 c Number in base year 3 d Number in base year 4 e Total number of full-time employees within all EZs in the base period 6 Tax year ending Mar 31 June 30 Sept 30 Dec 31
(mm-yy)

Note: CEEs enter the employment number on line 34 for line 37, and enter the employment number on line 35 for line 38.

Schedule K -- Employee information
Line 41 -- Wages, health, and retirement benefits do not include social security payments, supplemental social security payments, withholding tax payments, or unemployment tax payments. Do not include wages of general executive officers. Wages are those reported on federal Form W-2. Health benefits include the employer contribution for insurance payments. Retirement benefits include employer contributions to non-mandatory pension plans. Do not include wages, health, and retirementbenefitsinexcessof$40,000foranyemployee. Column C -- Enter the name of the EZ in which the employee works. Indicate whether the EZ is an IZ or a DZ. CEEs: enter IZ after the zone name.

Schedule L -- Computation of credit for QEZEs certified in development zones (DZs)
If your QEZE is certified in a DZ and you are not a manufacturer, complete Schedule L. If you are certified in more than one zone and any of those zones is a DZ, and you are not a manufacturer, complete Schedule L.

Total 6

12-04

0

3

3

Schedule M -- Computation of QEZE credit for real property taxes for manufacturers and QEZEs certified only in an investment zone (IZ)
If you are certified in one or more zones and all the zones are IZs, or you are a manufacturer, complete Schedule M. CEEs are considered to be certified in an IZ.

In this example, the employment number within all EZs in the base period is 2 (six divided by three) because the QEZE divides the total number of full-time EZ employees by the number of dates that occurred in the QEZE's base period. The base period in this instance was one short tax year. Line 33 -- The EZ current tax year employment number (line 31) must exceed the EZ base period employment number (line 32) to qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes. If you marked No, you do not qualify for this credit. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture QEZE real property tax credit from a prior year. Exception: CEEs use Part 2 only.

Schedule N -- QEZE credit for real property taxes
Line 54 -- If the QEZE's eligible real property taxes are subsequently reduced, it may be necessary for the QEZE to recapture some or all of the QEZE credit for real property taxes. You must recompute the amount of credit that would have been allowed if the reduced amount of eligible real property taxes were used as the limitation of the credit. Use Worksheet A on page 5 to compute your recapture. If property taxes are reduced for more than one tax year, you must determine how much of the reduction is attributable to each year, and compute the limitation using the apportioned amount for each tax year. Line 55 -- If line 55 is a positive number:

Part 2 -- New York State employment
Complete Part 2 in the same manner as you completed Part 1; however, include all employees within New York State, including those in EZs. When computing this number, first exclude all employees who were not employed by the QEZE for at least one-half of the tax year. Line 36 -- The current tax year employment number in New York State (line 34) must exceed the base period employment number in New York State (line 35) to qualify for the QEZE credit for real property taxes. If you marked No, you do not qualify for this credit. Do not complete the rest of this form unless you are required to recapture the QEZE credit for real property taxes from a prior year.

· New York C corporations: continue with Schedule O. · New York S corporations: enter this amount on Form CT-34-SH. Do not complete Schedule O. Provide your shareholders with their pro rata share of the credit. If line 55 is a negative number you have a net recapture. Do not complete Schedule O and: · New York C corporations: enter this negative amount (net recapture) in the credit section of your franchise tax return. · New York S corporations: enter this negative amount (net recapture) as a positive number on Form CT-34-SH. Provide your shareholders with their pro rata share of the net recapture.

Schedule I -- Computation of net new employment
Lines 37 and 38 -- Include on these lines the current year and base period employment numbers only for the EZs in which you are certified. If you have employees only in EZs for which you are certified, your current tax year employment number will be the same as the number computed on line 31, and your base period employment number will be the same as the number computed on line 32. However, if you have employees in EZs in which you are not certified, you must recalculate your employment numbers for lines 37 and 38 excluding those employees working in EZs in which you are not certified.

Schedule O -- Application of QEZE credit for real property taxes
(New York S corporations do not complete Schedule O.)
Line 57 -- If you are applying multiple credits, see your franchise tax return instructions to determine the order in which the credits should be applied. Article 9-A taxpayers should refer to Form CT-600-I, Instructions for Form CT-600, Ordering of Corporation Tax Credits, to determine the proper order of application for the tax

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credits claimed. Enter the amount of any other credits you are applying before this credit. Life insurance corporations: Do not include EZ wage tax credit, EZ capital tax credit, or zone equivalent area (ZEA) wage tax credit on this line. Line 64 -- Any amount of credit not being utilized or refunded may be claimed as an overpayment of tax to be applied against next year's tax liability. Enter this amount on the appropriate line of your franchise tax return.

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Schedule Q -- Capital investment amount (complete only
Part 1 or Part 2)
If your QEZE is certified in a DZ and you are not a manufacturer, complete Part 1. If you are certified in more than one zone and any of those zones is a DZ, and you are not a manufacturer, complete Part 1. If you are certified in one or more zones and all the zones are IZs, or you are a manufacturer, or you are a CEE, complete Part 2.

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Part 1 -- Capital investment amount for QEZEs certified in DZs
Line 65 -- Calculate the capital investment amount separately for each property owned by the QEZE. Attach an additional schedule showing the calculations individually for each additional property. Add the Column F amount(s), including any attachments, and enter the total on line 65. Enter the result on Line 50. If you are a lessee and have no basis in any property, do not complete Schedule Q. Enter 0 on line 50. Column C -- Enter the cost or other basis for real property including buildings and structural components of buildings owned by the QEZE and located in the EZ. Only costs attributable to the construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of the property are included in this calculation. Do not include acquisition costs. The cost or other basis is calculated using the greater of the cost or other basis for federal income tax purposes on the effective date of certification or the cost or other basis for federal income tax purposes on the last day of the tax year. Column E -- Enter the percentage of the QEZE's (and any related person's as related person is defined on page 1) physical occupancy and use of the real property, as measured in square feet. If the amount in Column C equals or exceeds 50% of the total cost or basis of the property, including acquisition costs, then the percentage of physical occupancy is considered to be 100%.

Part 2 -- Capital investment amount for QEZEs certified only in IZs or for manufacturers
Line 66 -- Calculate the capital investment amount separately for each property. Attach an additional schedule showing the calculations individually for each additional property. Add the Column G amount(s), including any attachments, and enter the total on line 66. Also enter the result on Line 50. Column C -- Enter the cost or other basis for real property including buildings and structural components of buildings owned by the QEZE and located in the EZ. The cost or other basis of the real property is the greater of the cost or other basis of the real property for federal income tax purposes on the effective date of certification or the cost or other basis of the real property for federal income tax purposes on the last day of the tax year. Column E -- Enter the percentage of the QEZE's (and any related person's as related person is defined on page 1) physical occupancy and use of the real property, as measured in square feet.