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New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceCorporation Tax MeF Acceptance Testing System for Tax Year 2025


Test 22—CTEF604

Blank or zero field values are not included. Fields requiring software calculations are not provided. Automated clearing house 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 employer identification number.

Test Scenario

Return type: CT-3
Liability period: 01-01-2025–12-31-2025
Employer Identification Number: 00219XX22
Legal name: CTEF604 (Followed by a space, then your software ID
File number: Software calculated
Telephone number: 518-555-2626
Address: 604 WA Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227
State of incorporation: New York State
Date of incorporation: 01-01-2002
North American Industry Classification System business code number: 334100
Principal business activity: Computer manufacturing 

Part 1

Section A

Line 1. Qualified Emerging Technology Company eligible for the lower business income base tax rate, 0% capital base tax rate, and lower Fixed Dollar Minimum: Yes

Section B

Line 1. Number of New York State employees: 71
Line 2. Wages paid to New York State employees: 3,505,000
Line 3. Number of business establishments in New York State: 1

Section C

Line 1. Federal return filed: 1120
Line 3. Required attachments: CT-3.1, CT-3.4, CT-225
Line 4. Number of tax credit forms filed with this return: 3

Part 2

Line 1c. New York receipts: 4,505,000

Prepayments
Date Paid Amounts
Line 11 3-15-2025 10,000
Line 12 6-15-2025 10,000
Line 13 9-15-2025 9,500
Line 14 12-15-2025 9,500

Line 24. Balance of overpayment to be refunded: 39,000

Part 3

Line 1. Federal Taxable Income before Net Operating Loss and special deductions: 3,255,000

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 62,500,000 65,000,000
Line 6 Total liabilities 9,000,000 11,000,000

Part 5—Software calculated

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Part 6

Calculation of business apportionment factor
Line number Description

A

New York State

B

Everywhere

Line 1 Sales of tangible personal property 3,490,000 4,245,000
Line 4 Rentals of real and tangible personal property 1,005,000 2,495,000

Line 44

Global intagible low-taxed income 0 2,755,000

Part 7—Software calculated

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CT-3.1

Schedule A—No content

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Schedule B—Software calculated

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Schedule C—Software calculated

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Schedule D—No content

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Schedule E

Part 2

Investment capital: stocks actually held more than one year
Item

A

Name/CUSIP/CINS/lot number

B

Number of shares acquired

C

Date acquired

A Stocks-S1CUSIP31-Lot 19 175,000 02-01-2022
Item

D

Number of shares sold

E

Date sold

F

Average Fair Market Value

G

Liabilities attributable

H

Net average Fair Market Value

A N/A N/A 5,000,000 2,500,000 2,500,000

Schedule F—No content

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CT-3.4

Line 5a. Net Operating Loss carryforward from prior year’s Form CT-3.4: 525,000

Apportioned busines income or loss

A

Tax period beginning and ending dates

B

Amount from CT-3 Part 3, Line 17

C

When column B is not a loss, enter the ending dates of the tax period that generated an Net Operating Loss used to reduce the amount in column B

01-01-2025–12-31-2025 1,962,272 12-31-2023
01-01-2024–12-31-2025 250,000 N/A
01-01-2023–2-31-2023 -700,000 N/A
01-01-2022–12-31-2022 6,500,000 N/A

01-01-2021–12-31-2021

4,000,000 12-31-2020
01-01-2020–12-31-2020 -100,000 N/A
01-01-2019–12-31-2019 1,500,000 N/A
01-01-2018–12-31-2018 2,000,000 N/A
01-01-2017–12-31-2017 500,000 N/A

CT-225

Schedule A

Part 1

Additions
Line number Modification Number Amount
1a A-110 565,000
1b A-502 175,000
1c A-505 150,000

Schedule B—No content 

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CT-224

Schedule A

Line 1. Federal depreciation deduction for transition property: 75,000
Line 2. Federal loss on the sale of transition property: 100,000

Schedule B—No content

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CT-604

Schedule A-G—No content

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Schedule H

Part 1

EZ employment
Current tax year employment number March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
Number of full-time employees within all Empire Zones 66 66 76 76
Base Period Employment number Tax year ending March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
A Number in base year 1 12-11 20 20 21 19
B Number in base year 2 12-10 18 17 16 13
C Number in base year 3 12-09 20 16 15 12
D Number in base year 4 12-08 15 16 19 10

Schedule I

Computation of test year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
Test year 01-11 to 12-11 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
Number of employees within the Empire Zones 29 29 28 26

Schedule J

Line 38. Current tax year employment number within the Empire Zones in which you are certified: 71

Schedule K

Value of property, wages, and other compensation
Line number Description

A

Empire Zone

B

New York State

Line 44 Average value of property 21,500,000 21,500,000
Line 46 Wages and other compensation of employees, excluding general executive officers 3,505,000 3,505,000

Schedule L

Line 50. Tax year of the business tax benefit period: 11
Line 50. Benefit period factor: 1.0000

Schedule M—No content

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CT-651

Line A. Claiming this credit as a corporation that earned the credit: Yes
Line B. Name and Employer Identification Number of business certified by New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support to participate in Recovery Tax Credit Program: CTEF604, 00219XX22
Line C. Certificate number: OASARTC2412345
Line D. Number of eligible employees for which the recovery tax credit is being claimed: 5

Schedule A

Line 1. Recovery tax credit: 7,750

Schedule B—Software calculated

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Schedule C

Line 11. Amount of credit to be refunded: 7,750

DTF-621

Year for which you are claiming the Qualified Emerging Technology Company employment credit: 2nd

Schedule A

Line 1. Is this company located in New York State: Yes
Line 2. Are the total annual product sales of the company $10,000,000 or less: Yes
Line 3. Does the company have Research and Development activities in New York State: Yes
Line 4. Amount of Research and Development funds: 1,350,000
Line 5. Amount of net sales: 4,600,000

Part 3
Calculation of average number of full-time employees in New York State for the current tax year and three-year base period
Current tax year March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
Number of full-time employees in New York State 75 77 78 78
Part 3
Number of full-time employees in New York State for three-year base period March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
First year 55 55 60 60
Second year 50 55 55 55
Third year 50 50 50 55

Schedule B

Employee listing
Employee's name Social Security Number
Carlos Santana 222333444
Steve Vaughn 333444555
Joe Satriani 444665666
Joe Bonamassa 555666777
Edward VanHalen 666777888
Frank Zappa 777888999

Schedule C—Software calculated

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Schedule D

Line 35. Amount of unused credit on line 34 to be refunded: 22,830

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