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New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceCorporation Tax MeF Acceptance Testing System for Tax Year 2024


Test 17—CTEF246

Blank or zero field values are not included. Fields requiring software calculations are not provided. ACH debit payment is required if test results in a balance due. Please use the two-digit codes provided to you to replace the 6th and 7th digits in each test EIN.

Test Scenario

Return type: CT-3
Liability period: 01-01-2024 – 12-31-2024
EIN: 00219XX17
Legal name: CTEF246 (Followed by a space, then your software ID)
File number: Software calculated
Telephone number: 518-555-2626
Address: 246 WA Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227
State of incorporation: New York State
Date of incorporation: 06-01-2016
NAICS business code number: 512199
Principal business activity: Motion Picture and Video Industry

Part 1

Section B

Line 1. Number of NYS employees: 175
Line 2. Wages paid to NYS employees: 6,000,000
Line 2. Number of business establishments in NYS: 3

Section C

Line 1. Federal return filed: 1120
Line 3. Required attachments: CT-3.3, CT-3.4 
Line 4. Number of tax credit forms filed with this return: 6
Line 7. Revoking a commonly owned group election: Yes

Part 2

Prepayments
Date paid Amount
Line 11 3-15-2024 100,000
Line 12 6-15-2024 100,000
Line 13 9-15-2024 100,000
Line 14 12-15-2024 100,000
Line 15 Payment with extension request 50,000
Line 16 Overpatment from prior year (Period 12/31/2023) 15,000

Line 24. Balance of overpayment to be refunded: 203,167

Part 3

Line 1. FTI before NOL and special deductions: 87,500,000

Part 4

Calculation of tax on capital base
Line number Description

A

 Beginning of year

B

 End of year

Line 1 Total assets from federal return 625,400,500 700,750,500
Line 6 Total liabilities 42,000,000 46,000,000

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Part 6

Calculation of business apportionment factor
Line number Description

A

 NYS

B

Everywhere

Line 1 Sales of tangible personal property 4,850,000 37,500,500
Line 5 Royalties from patents, copyrights, trademarks, and similar intangible personal property 8,050,500 28,500,500
Line 6 Sales of rights for certain closed-circuit and cable TV transmitters 8,000,500 12,750,000
Line 7 Sale, licensing, rental, or granting access to digital products and services 5,275,500 25,605,750
Line 49 Advertising in newspapers or periodicals 4,750,750 5,000,000
Line 50 Advertising on television or radio 3,250,250 4,750,750
Line 51 Advertising via other means 1,450,500 2,500,000
Line53 Advertising via other means 250,000 500,000

Part 7—Software calculated

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CT-3.3

Schedule A

PNOLC subtraction pool detail and tax period allotment

A

 CT-3 filer


B

 Base year end date

Item Name  EIN
A CTEF246 00216XX17 12-31-2015
Item 

C

 Tax period count

D

 Unabsorbed NOL

E

 PNOLC subtraction pool

F

 PNOLC subtraction %

A 9 750,250 750,250 10

Schedule B—Software calculated

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Schedule C

Line 4. PNOLC subtraction used in the current tax period: 75,025

CT-3.4

Schedule A

Apportioned business income or loss

A

 Tax period beginning and ending dates

B

 Amount from Forms CT-3 Part 3, line 17

C

 When column B is not a loss, enter the ending dates of the tax period that generated and NOL used to reduce the amount in column B

01-01-2024–12-31-2024 26,732,175 N/A
01-01-2023–12-31-2023 21,000,000 12-31-2022
01-01-2022–12-31-2022 -120,000,000 N/A
01-01-2021–12-31-2021 200,225,000 N/A
01-01-2020–12-31-2020 125,155,120 N/A
01-01-2019–12-31-2019 175,000,000 N/A
01-01-2018–12-31-2018 100,025,000 N/A

CT-246

Line A. Claiming this credit as a corporate partner: Yes
Line B. Certificate number: CESCPC12345678
Line C. Completion year: 2024

Part 1

Line 1. Amount of commercial production credit: 195,000
Line 4. Unused commercial production credit carried over from the previous tax year: 8,500

Part 2—Software calculated

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Part 3

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 15,000
Partnership 2 333444555 15,000

CT-248

Line A. Film production credit allocation year: 2022
Line B. Film production credit allocation year (from partnerships): 2022
Line C. Claiming credit as a corporate partner: Yes
Line D. Certificate number: CESFPC12345678

Part 1

Line 1. Film production credit: 185,000
Line 2. Amount of line 1 available for the current tax year: 185,000
Line 3. Credit available from prior years: 15,250

Part 2—Software calculated

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Part 3

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 12,000
Partnership 2 333444555 8,000

CT-261

Line A. Claiming credit as a corporate partner: Yes
Line B. Certificate number: CESFPPC1234567
Line C. Completion year: 2024

Part 1

Line 1a. Amount of post-production credit: 400,250
Line 1b. Amount of line 1a available for the current tax year: 400,250
Line 1c. Post-production credit from prior tax years: 45,000
Line 4. Unused post-production credit carried over from the previous tax year: 15,000

Part 2—Software calculated

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Part 3

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 10,000
Partnership 2 333444555 10,000

CT-642

Line A. Credit allocation year: 2022
Line B. Certificate number: ESD22123456789
Line C. Claiming credit as a corporate partner: Yes

Schedule A

Line 1. Empire State musical and theatrical production tax credit: 500,250

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 10,000
Partnership 2 333444555 8,000

Schedule B—Software calculated

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CT-654

Line A. Claiming credit as a corporation that earned the credit: Yes
Line B. Name and EIN of business certified by ESD to participate in the New York City musical and theatrical production credit program: CTEF246, 00219XX17
Line C. Completion date: 12-31-2024
Line D. Certificate number: ESDNMTP2212345

Schedule A

Line 1. NYC musical and theatrical production credit: 10,000

Schedule B

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Certificate number Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 ESDNMTP2212346 2,000
Partnership 2 222333444 ESDNMTP2212347 1,500

Schedule C—Software calculated

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CT-660

Line A. Claiming credit as a corporation that earned the credit: Yes
Line B. Name and EIN of the entity: CTEF246, 00219XX17
Line C. Certificate number: ESDNYSD2300001
Line D. Allocation year: 2024

Schedule A

Line 1. Credit amount listed on certificate issued by ESD: 150,000

Schedule B—Software calculated

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Schedule C

Partnership information
Name of partnership Partnership's EIN Certificate number Credit amount allocated
Partnership 1 111222333 ESDNYSD2300002 15,000
Partnership 2 222333444 ESDNYSD2300003 45,000

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