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                                                                                   NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

 Instructions for Form NYC-204

 Unincorporated Business Tax Return for Partnerships, including Limited Liability Companies             2022

   Single member LLCs using SSN as their primary identifier must use Form NYC-202

 Highlights  of Recent Tax Law Changes for Partnerships (including Limited Liability Companies)

 For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, eligible pass through entities may opt into the New York 
   State Pass Through Entity Tax (“NYS PTET”) imposed under New York Tax Law Article 24-A. For tax years 
   beginning on or after January 1, 2022, eligible New York City pass through entities may opt into the New 
   York City Pass Through Entity Tax (“NYC PTET”) imposed under New York Tax Law Article 24-B. Taxpay-
   ers are required to add back to federal taxable income any NYC PTET, NYS PTET, and similar pass through 
   entity taxes from other jurisdictions that were previously deducted when calculating federal taxable income. 
   See Section 11-507(4) of the New York City Administrative Code.  
  
 Section 1 of Chapter 555 of the Laws of 2022 added a new paragraph 12 to section 11-506(c) of the New York 
   City Administrative Code, which includes a modification subtracting from federal gross income the amount 
   of any grant received through either the COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant program pur-
   suant to section 16-ff of the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act or the New York City Small 
   Business Resilience Grant program administered by the New York City Department of Small Business Serv-
   ices to the extent the amount of either such grant is included in federal taxable income. 
  
 For details on the proper reporting of income and expenses addressed in the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 
   2017, such as mandatory deemed repatriation income, foreign-derived intangible income (FDII), global in-
   tangible low-taxed income (GILTI), please refer to Finance Memorandum 18-10. For information about the 
   IRC section 163(j) limitation on the business interest expense deduction, please refer to Finance Memorandum 
   18-11. 
  
 Note that according to the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, net operating losses generated during or after 
   2018 generally may no longer be carried back. These losses may be carried forward indefinitely; however, each 
   year’s deduction will be limited to 80% of taxable income (without regard to the deduction). 
  
 For purposes of the New York City Unincorporated Business Tax, General Corporation Tax, Banking Corpora-
   tion Tax and Business Corporation Tax, the City has “decoupled” from the Federal bonus depreciation allowed 
   under IRC section 168(k), except with respect to the depreciation deductions allowed with respect to “qualified 
   New York liberty zone property” and “qualified property” placed in service in the Resurgence Zone (generally 
   the area in the borough of Manhattan south of Houston Street and north of Canal Street.) For City tax purposes, 
   depreciation deductions for all other “qualified property” must be calculated as if the property was placed in 
   service prior to September 11, 2001. See Form NYC-399Z and Finance Memorandum 22-1, “Application of the 
   IRC §280F to Sports Utility Vehicles” for more information.

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING FORM NYC-200V AND PAYMENT OF TAX DUE
 Payments may be made on the NYC Department of Finance website at nyc.gov/eservices, or via check or money order.  If pay-
 ing with check or money order, do not include these payments with your New York City return.  Checks and money orders must 
 be accompanied by payment voucher form NYC-200V and sent to the address on the voucher.  Form NYC-200V must be post-
 marked by the return due date to avoid late payment penalties and interest.  See form NYC-200V for more information.



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GENERAL INFORMATION                                            years beginning in 1995 that elected        tion, and any other activity not constituting 
                                                               to continue to be subject to the Un-        an unincorporated business subject to the 
PARTNERSHIP DEFINED                                            incorporated Business  Tax for              Unincorporated Business Tax.   
For purposes of this form, “partnerships” include              years after 1995 on a timely filed          
syndicates, groups, pools, joint ventures, limited             Unincorporated Business  Tax re-            Property Defined.  Property for this pur-
liability companies (other than single-member                  turn for tax year beginning in 1996         pose includes real and personal property, in-
LLCs) and other unincorporated or incorporated                 continue to be subject to the Unin-         cluding property qualifying as investment 
organizations classified as partnerships for fed-              corporated Business Tax.                    capital (see instructions for Schedule D of 
                                                            
eral income tax purposes, through or by means of                                                           this form), and other stocks and securities, 
which any business, profession, financial opera-           b)  any entity subject to the tax im-           notional principal contracts, derivative fi-
tion or venture is carried on. An estate or trust is           posed by Title 11, Chapter 11 (Util-        nancial instruments and other positions in 
not a partnership and must file using form NYC-                ity Tax) of the NYC Administrative          property but excluding property and posi-
202EIN.                                                        Code (except that vendors of utility        tions in property held by a dealer, and ex-
                                                               services are subject to the unincor-        cluding debt instruments acquired in the 
WHO MUST FILE                                                  porated business tax on that per-           ordinary course of a trade or business and 
For tax years beginning in 2009 or later, any part-            centage of their entire net income          certain other property.  See Admin. Code 
nership that carries on or liquidates any trade,               allocable to the City which their           §11-502(c)(i)(A).   
business, profession or occupation wholly or                   non-utility receipts bear to their          
partly within New York City and has a total gross              total receipts);                            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, 
                                                                                                           the receipt of $25,000 or less of gross re-
income from all business regardless of where car-          c)  any entity carrying on an insurance         ceipts during the taxable year (determined 
ried on of more than $95,000 (prior to any de-                 business as a member of the New             without regard to deductions) from an unin-
duction for cost of goods sold or services                     York Insurance Exchange (autho-             corporated business will not disqualify the 
performed) must file an Unincorporated Business                rized in Section 6201 of the Insur-         taxpayer for this exemption. 
Tax Return on Form NYC-204.                                    ance Law);                                  
                                                                                                           Partial Exemption for Investment Activi-
Taxpayers that are required to file an Unincorpo-          d)  Real Estate Mortgage Investment             ties: (Admin. Code §11-502(c)(4))  For tax-
rated Business Tax Return but have no tax liability            Conduits (REMICs).  Holders of in-          able years beginning after 1995, if a 
may be eligible to file a Form NYC-204EZ.  To de-              terests in a REMIC remain taxable           taxpayer is an unincorporated entity (not an 
termine whether you may use Form NYC-204EZ,                    on such interests or on the income          individual) and is primarily engaged in  
refer to that form.  The Form NYC-204EZ may also               from such interests.                        
be used by a partnership that is not required to file                                                      1. the activities described above under 
but wishes to disclaim any liability for tax because       e)  Wireless Telecommunications Service            “Full Exemption for Investment Ac-
it is engaged solely in activities that are exempt from        Providers                                      tivities ”or  
                                                                                                           
the tax.                                                       Effective for tax periods beginning         2. the ownership as an investor of inter-
                                                               on and after August 1, 2002, entities          ests in one or more other unincorpo-
WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX                                      that receive eighty percent or more of         rated       entities   engaged      in an
1) The Unincorporated Business  Tax is im-                     their gross receipts from charges for          unincorporated business in the City.  
   posed on any individual or unincorporated                   providing mobile telecommunica-              
   entity (including a partnership, fiduciary or               tions services to customers will be         The taxpayer’s own activities described at 
   corporation in liquidation) engaged in any                  taxed as if they were regulated utili-      (1) and the activities of any other unincor-
   trade, business, profession, or occupation                  ties for purposes of the New  York          porated entity primarily engaged in the ac-
   wholly or partly carried on within New York                 City Utility Tax and Unincorporated         tivities described at (1) and (2) in which 
   City.                                                       Business  Tax.   Thus, such entities        the taxpayer holds an interest will not be 
                                                                                                           considered an unincorporated business car-
2) Income received from the practice of law,                   will be subject to only the New York 
   medicine, dentistry, architecture, or any                   City Utility  Tax.   The amount of          ried on by the taxpayer and the income 
   other profession is subject to the unincorpo-               gross income subject to tax has been        from those activities will not be subject to 
   rated business tax.                                         amended to conform to the Federal           the tax.   
                                                               Mobile Telecommunications Sourc-             
3) S corporations are not subject to the Unin-                 ing Act of 2000.  In addition, for tax      A taxpayer will be considered to be prima-
   corporated Business Tax.  S Corporations are                years beginning on and after August         rily engaged   in the activities described at 
   subject to the General Corporation Tax.                     1, 2002, partners in any partnership        (1) and (2) if at least 90 percent of the av-
                                                                                                           erage monthly gross value of its total assets 
4) The Unincorporated Business  Tax does                       subject to the Utility Tax as a “util-
   not apply to:                                               ity” as defined in Ad. Code section         consists of:   
                                                               11-1101(6) will not be subject to Un-          a.      property as defined above,  
   a)    any entity subject to the tax imposed                 incorporated Business Tax on their          
         by Title 11, Chapter 6 of the NYC Ad-                 distributive share of the income of            b.      interests in unincorporated enti-
         ministrative Code. For taxable years                  any such entity.                                       ties not engaged in any unincor-
         beginning in 1996 and thereafter, un-                                                                        porated business in the City, and 
         incorporated associations and pub-             5) Full Exemption for Investment Activities:          c.      interests held as an investor in 
         licly-traded partnerships taxable as              A partnership, except a dealer as defined  in              entities engaged in an unincorpo-
         corporations for federal income tax               Admin. Code §11-501( ), willl  not be                      rated business in the City. 
         purposes under IRC §7701(a) (3) and               deemed engaged in an unincorporated busi-           
         §7704 are subject to the applicable               ness solely by reason of the conduct of the     For this purpose, real property and mar-
         corporate tax under Title 11, Chapter             following activities for its own account: the   ketable securities are valued at their fair 
         6 of the NYC Administrative Code                  purchasing, holding or selling of property      market value and all other assets are valued 
         and not the Unincorporated Business               (defined below), engaging in transactions in    according to the books and records of the 
         Tax. However, unincorporated enti-                positions in property, the acquisition, hold-   taxpayer in accordance with generally ac-
         ties that were subject to the Unin-               ing or disposition, other than in the ordinary  cepted accounting principles (GAAP). 
         corporated Business  Tax for tax                  course of business, of interests in unincor-    
                                                           porated entities also eligible for this exemp-  Investor Defined: For this purpose, a tax-



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 payer will be considered to hold an interest       not taxable on its share of D’s self-trading              for by a person other than the person 
 in another entity as an investor if either:        income.  A is taxable on its share of C’s in-             whose vehicle is parked, garaged or 
 (i) the entity would qualify as primarily          come other than C’s share of D’s self-trad-               stored, such as a merchant validation 
     engaged in the activities described at         ing income.                                               of a parking ticket); 
                                                  
     (1) and (2) above and the taxpayer’s        6) A partnership that is an owner, lessee or fidu-      6.   the total number of transactions and 
     share of each item of the entity’s in-         ciary will not be deemed engaged in an unin-              amount of receipts from sales of 
     come, gain, deduction, credit or loss is       corporated business solely by reason of the               monthly or longer term parking serv-
     not materially different from the tax-         holding, leasing or managing of real property.            ices including a designation of each 
     payer’s share of any other such item,          For taxable years beginning on or after July 1,           transaction and receipt as exempt from 
     or                                             1994, if an individual or unincorporated entity           the 8 percent Manhattan parking tax, 
 
 (ii) the taxpayer is neither a general partner     is carrying on an unincorporated business in              where applicable; and 
     nor managing or participating in the day-      whole or in part in the City, and is also hold-      7.   the total number of transactions and 
     to-day business of the other entity.  See      ing, leasing or managing real property as an              amount of receipts from sales of 
     Admin. Code §11-502 (c) (1) (B).               owner, lessee or fiduciary, the holding, leas-            monthly or longer term parking serv-
                                                    ing or managing of the property will not be               ices provided to building tenants. 
 A taxpayer claiming a partial exemption for        considered an unincorporated business to the        
 investment activities should attach a copy of      extent that the real property is held for the pur-   Failure to submit the above information 
 Form NYC-WPE (Worksheet for Partial Ex-            poses of producing rental income or gain on          with this return will result in all of the in-
 emption).   The partial exemption is illus-        the disposition of the real property, provided,      come of that garage being subject to tax.   
 trated by the following examples:                  however, this partial exemption for rental           See Section 11-502 (d) of the NYC Admin-
                                                    real estate is not available to a dealer hold-       istrative Code. 
 Example 1:                                         ing real property primarily for sale to cus-        
 In 1996, Partnership A is engaged directly         tomers in the ordinary course of the               NOTE:  If you engage exclusively in an exempt 
 in the purchase and sale of stocks and secu-       dealer’s trade or business.  The operation by      unincorporated business activity but file for 
 rities for its own account in the City.  Part-     any taxpayer, otherwise eligible for the partial   information purposes, use Form NYC-204EZ. 
 nership  A also is a limited partner in            exemption, of a garage or other business at the     
 Partnership B, which is engaged in the pur-        property solely for the benefit of tenants in the  ROYALTY PAYMENTS TO RELATED 
 chase and sale of securities for its own ac-       property that is not open or available to the      MEMBERS 
 count in the City.  Partnership A also is a        general public will be considered to be inci-      For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 
 non-managing member of Limited Liability           dental to the holding, leasing or managing of      2013, the Unincorporated Business Tax has been 
 Company C, which is a securities dealer in         the property and will not be considered an un-     amended to change the treatment of royalty pay-
 the City.  LLC C is subject to tax on all of       incorporated business.  However, if such a tax-    ments to related members.  Under prior law, tax-
 its income.  Partnership B is wholly exempt        payer operates a garage or other business at       payers who made royalty payments to related 
 from tax.                                          the property that also is open or available to     entities were required to add back the amount of 
                                                                                                       the payments to taxable income if they were de-
 Partnership A is not eligible for the full in-     the general public, that garage or other busi-
 vestment exemption.  However, Partnership          ness will be considered a taxable unincorpo-       ducted when calculating federal taxable income.  
 A qualifies as primarily engaged in activi-        rated business, provided, however, for taxable     To avoid double taxation, if the royalty recipient 
 ties described at (1) and (2).  Therefore, A is    years beginning after 1995, if a taxpayer op-      was also a New York taxpayer, the statute al-
 not taxable on its own self-trading activity       erates a garage that is open to building tenants   lowed the recipient to exclude the royalty income 
 nor on its share of B’s income from self-          and the public, the operation of that garage       if the related member added back the deduction 
 trading.  A is taxable on its share of C’s in-     will not be considered a taxable unincorpo-        for the royalty payment expense.  
 come, gains and losses, including any              rated business but only to the extent of income     
 income, gains and losses from C’s own self-        from parking services provided at that garage      Ad. Code section 11-506(e), as amended, elimi-
 trading activity.  Partnership A is not treated    to building tenants on a monthly or longer-        nates the income exclusion previously allowed to 
 as a dealer solely by reason of its member-        term basis and only if the information re-         certain royalty recipients.  It also modifies the 
 ship in LLC C.                                     quired to be filed with this return specified      two previous exceptions to the add-back require-
                                                    below is provided with respect to that             ment and adds two additional exceptions.  Those 
 Example 2:                                         garage.  All other income from the operation       four exceptions generally can apply in following 
 The facts are the same in example 1 except         of that garage will be subject to the tax.         situations (for additional conditions that must be 
 that C is also a limited partner in Partner-                                                          met, see sections indicated below):  
 ship D, which is engaged solely in the pur-        The taxpayer must submit with this return a         
 chase and sale of securities for its own           statement containing the following for each        If all or part of the royalty payment a related 
 account in the City.  LLC C’s interest in          garage or other similar facility that is oper-       member received was then paid to an unre-
 Partnership D represents less than 90 per-         ated for the benefit of building tenants and         lated third party during the tax year, that 
                                                                                                         portion of the payment will be exempt if the 
 cent of C’s gross assets.  Partnership D is        that is open to the general public:                  transaction giving rise to the original roy-
 exempt from tax because it is solely trading       1. the parking facility name;                        alty payment to the related member was un-
 for its own account.  C is taxable on its                                                               dertaken for a valid business purpose, and 
 share of D’s self-trading income because C          2.the parking facility address;                     the related member was subject to tax on the 
 does not qualify as primarily engaged in the       3. the license number of the facility if ap-         royalty payment in this city or another city 
 activities described at (1) and (2).  A is tax-       plicable;                                         within the United States or a foreign nation 
 able on its share of C’s income including                                                               or some combination thereof (Ad. Code sec-
 C’s share of D’s self-trading income.              4. the licensed capacity of the facility if 
                                                                                                         tion 11-506(e)(2)(B)(i)); 
                                                       licensed;                                        
 Example 3:                                                                                            If the taxpayer's related member paid an ag-
 The facts are the same as in example 2 ex-         5. the total number of transactions and 
 cept that C’s interest in Partnership D rep-          amount of receipts for the taxable year           gregate effective rate of tax on the royalty 
 resents 95 percent of C’s gross assets.  C            from all sales of parking services in-            payment, to this city or another city within 
 qualifies as primarily engaged in the activ-          cluding prepaid parking services, all             the United States or some combination 
 ities described at (1) and (2).  Therefore C is       parking services provided without                 thereof, that is not less than 80 percent of 
                                                       charge and all parking services paid              the rate of tax that applied to the taxpayer 



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     under Ad. Code section 11-503 for the tax        FORM NYC-399Z - Depreciation Adjustments for         19 RCNY Section 28-18(c)(3) for additional ex-
     year (Ad. Code section 11-506(e)(2)(B)(ii));   Certain Post 9/10/01 Property may have to be filed     tensions.) 
                                                      by taxpayers claiming depreciation deductions for     
   If the related member is organized under the     certain sport utility vehicles or "qualified prop-   WHERE    TO FILE 
     laws of a foreign country that has a tax         erty," other than “qualified property” placed in     All returns, except refund returns: 
     treaty with the United States, the related       service in the Resurgence Zone, "qualified New        
     member’s income from the transaction was         York Liberty Zone property" and "qualified New       NYC Department of Finance  
     taxed in such country at an effective rate of    York Liberty Zone leasehold improvements"            P.O. Box 5564 
     tax at least equal to that imposed by this city, placed in service after September 10, 2001 for fed-  Binghamton, NY 13902-5564 
     and the transaction giving rise to the royalty   eral or New York State tax purposes. See “High-       
     was undertaken for a valid business purpose      lights of Recent  Tax Law Changes”, Finance          Remittances - Pay online with Form NYC-200V 
     and reflected an arm's length relationship.      Memorandum 22-1, “Application of IRC§280F            at nyc.gov/eservices, or Mail payment and 
 
     (Ad. Code section 11-506(e)(2)(B)(iii)); or      Limits to Sport Utility Vehicles” and instructions   Form NYC-200V only to: 
   If the taxpayer and the Department of Finance    to Form NYC-399Z.                                     
     agree to alternative adjustments that more ap-                                                        NYC Department of Finance 
     propriately reflect the taxpayer's income.   FORM NYC-CR-A - Commercial     Rent Tax An-              P.O. Box 3933 
     (Ad. Code section 11-506(e)(2)(B)(iv)).          nual Return must be filed by every tenant that       New York, NY  10008-3933 
                                                      rents premises for business purposes in Manhat-       
The law as amended also defines the term “re-         tan south of the center line of 96th Street   and    Returns claiming refunds: 
lated member” by linking it to the definition in      whose annual or annualized rent for any premises      
Internal Revenue Code section 465(b)(3)(c), but       is at least $200,000. (Effective June 1, 2001).      NYC Department of Finance  
substituting 50 percent for the 10 percent owner-                                                          P.O. Box 5563 
ship threshold.                                       FORM NYC-RPT  - Real Property Transfer Tax           Binghamton, NY 13902-5563 
                                                      Return must be filed when the partnership ac-         
OTHER FORMS YOU MAY BE                                quires or disposes of an interest in real property   NOTE:    If a Declaration of Estimated 
REQUIRED TO FILE                                      located in New York City, including a leasehold      Unincorporated Business Tax (Form NYC-5UB) 
FORM NYC-5UB - Partnership    Declaration of          interest; when there is a partial or complete liq-   is being filed, DO NOT mail it to any address 
Estimated Unincorporated Business Tax must be         uidation of the partnership that owns or leases      listed here. It should be mailed to the address in-
filed by every partnership carrying on an unin-       real property; or when there is transfer of a con-   dicated on Form NYC-5UB. 
corporated business or profession in New York         trolling economic interest in a partnership that      
City and whose estimated tax can reasonably be        owns or leases real property.                        ACCESSING NYC TAX FORMS 
                                                       
expected to exceed $3,400 for the tax year im-        FORM NYC-WPE- A Partial Exemption Work-              By Computer - Download forms from the Fi-
mediately following the tax year covered by this      sheet must be filed for every partnership claiming   nance website at nyc.gov/finance 
return.                                               a partial exemption for investment activities.        
                                                                                                           By Phone - Order forms by calling 311.  If 
The declaration must cover a full calendar or fis-    FORM NYC-NOLD-UBTP - Net Operating Loss              calling from outside of the five NYC bor-
cal year and is due on the 15th day of the fourth     Deduction schedule must be included in the unin-     oughs, please call 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-
month of the taxable year.                            corporated business tax filing of every unincorpo-   9675).  
 
For further information about estimated tax pay-      rated business claiming a net operating loss          
ments and due dates see Form NYC-5UB.                 deduction.                                           BUSINESS CARRIED ON BOTH 
                                                                                                           INSIDE AND OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY 
FORM NYC-EXT - Application for Automatic 6-           WHEN TO FILE                                         If business is carried on both inside and outside New 
month Extension of Time to File Business In-          For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,   York City, a fair and equitable portion of the busi-
come Tax Return.  File Form NYC-EXT on or             2022, Form NYC-204 is due on or before March         ness income shall be allocated to New York City.   
before the due date of the return.                    15, 2023, or, for fiscal year taxpayers, on or be-    
                                                                                                           If the unincorporated business does not carry on 
FORM NYC-115  - Unincorporated Business               fore the 15th day of the third month following the 
Tax Report of Change in Taxable Income made           close of the taxable year.                           business both inside and outside of New York 
                                                                                                           City, all of the business income shall be allocated 
by the Internal Revenue Service and/or New            If a partnership is terminated and completely liq-   to New York City.  (Refer to the instructions for 
York State Department of Taxation and Finance         uidated during its normal taxable year, resulting    Schedule E, Business Allocation Schedule.) 
must be used for reporting adjustments in tax-        in an accounting period of less than 12 months        
able income resulting from an Internal Revenue        for federal income tax purposes, the due date is     BUSINESS TERMINATED DURING 
Service audit of your federal income tax return       the 15th day of the third month following the end    TAXABLE YEAR 
and/or a New York State Department of Taxation        of the accounting period.                            If the business was terminated during 2022, at-
and Finance audit of your State income tax re-                                                             tach a statement to Form NYC-204 showing dis-
turn for taxable years beginning prior to Janu-       An automatic extension of six months for filing      position of the business property and how it was 
ary 1, 2015 only.                                     this return will be allowed if, within the time pre- reported on the return. Check the box marked 
                                                      scribed for filing, the taxpayer files with the De-  final return on page 1 of the return. 
FORM NYC-221 - Underpayment   of Estimated            partment of Finance Form NYC-EXT and pays the         
Unincorporated Business Tax will help you de-         amount properly estimated as its tax.  See the in-   USE OF FEDERAL FIGURES 
termine if you have underpaid an estimated tax        structions for Form NYC-EXT for information re-      Except where otherwise indicated, items of business 
installment and, if so, compute the penalty due.      garding what constitutes a properly estimated tax    income, gain, loss or deduction are to be entered on 
                                                      for this purpose.  Failure to pay a properly esti-   the return as reportable for federal tax purposes.  All 
FORM NYC-399 - Schedule of New York City              mated amount will result in a denial of the exten-   items reported on Form NYC-204 derived from fed-
Depreciation Adjustments must be used to com-         sion.                                                eral partnership returns are, however, subject to veri-
pute the allowable New York City depreciation                                                              fication, audit and revision by the Department of 
deduction if you claim the federal  ACRS or           No additional extension for filing a return will be  Finance.  Report the character of a partner’s share of 
MACRS depreciation deduction for certain prop-        granted beyond the six-month extension, unless       income, gains, losses and deductions from a partner-
erty placed in service after December 31, 1980.       the taxpayer is outside the United States. (Tax-     ship as if it were realized directly by the partner re-
See the instructions for Form NYC-399.                payers outside the United States should refer to     gardless of how the partner acquired its partnership 
 



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interest and regardless of whether the partner’s share    filed separately and should not be attached to any      SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS 
of such items is disproportionate to its interest in cap- return.                                                  
ital.  The preceding sentence does not apply to guar-                                                             Period Covered 
anteed payments or other payments to the partner          If an amended federal or New York State return is       File the 2022 return for calendar year 2022 and 
treated  as made to one who is not a partner for federal  filed reflecting a change in unincorporated busi-       fiscal years that  begin in 2022 and end in 2023. 
income tax purposes, and does not affect the treatment    ness income or deductions, an amended Unincor-          For a fiscal or short tax year return, fill in the tax 
of any item as being derived from an unincorporated       porated Business Tax return must be filed within        year space at the top of the form. The 2022 Form 
business carried on in the City by the partner.           90 days. Use Form NYC-204 to file an amended            NYC-204 also can be used if: 
                                                          return and check the box on page 1.                      
FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE                                                                                          You have a tax year of less than 12 months 
CHANGES                                                   ACCOUNTING PERIODS                                         that begins and ends in 2023, and 
For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,        AND METHODS                                              
2015, changes in taxable income or other tax base         The accounting period for which Form NYC-204             The 2023 Form NYC-204 is not available at 
made by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)              is filed and the method of accounting used are the         the time you are required to file the return. 
and /or New York State Department of Taxation             same as for federal income tax purposes.  If a           
and Finance (“DTF”) will no longer be reported            partnership’s taxable year or method of account-        You must show the 2023 tax year on the 2022 
on Form NYC-115.  Instead, taxpayers must re-             ing is changed for federal income tax purposes,         Form NYC-204 and take into account any tax law 
port these federal or state changes to taxable in-        the change must also be made for purposes of the        changes that are effective for tax years beginning 
come or other tax base by filing an amended               Unincorporated Business Tax.                            after December 31, 2022. 
return.  This amended return must include a tax             
                                                          PENALTIES                                                
worksheet that identifies each change to the tax          The law imposes penalties for failure to file a re-     Amended Return 
base (“Tax Base Change”) and shows how each               turn or to pay any tax when due, or for making,         If this is an amended return, check the box on 
such Tax Base Change affects the taxpayer’s cal-          rendering, signing, certifying or filing a false or     page 1. 
culation of its New York City tax.  A template for        fraudulent return, or for making a false certifica-      
the tax worksheet is available on the DOF web-            tion.  The mere fact that the figures reported on       September 11, 2001 Related Tax Benefits 
site at nyc.gov/finance.   This amended return            Form NYC-204 are taken from the federal return          Check the box on page 1 of this form if, on your 
must also include a copy of the IRS and/or DTF            will not relieve the partnership from the imposi-       federal return: (i) you reported bonus depreciation 
final determination, waiver, or notice of carryback       tion of penalties because of negligence or for fil-     and/or a first year expense deduction under IRC 
allowance.  Taxpayers that have federal and state         ing a false or fraudulent return.                       §179 for "qualified New York Liberty Zone prop-
Tax Base Changes for the same tax period may re-                                                                  erty," "qualified New York Liberty Zone leasehold 
port these changes on the same amended return             TAX PREPARERS                                           improvements," or "qualified Resurgence Zone 
that includes separate tax worksheet for the IRS          Anyone who prepares a return for a fee must sign        property," regardless of whether you are required 
Tax Base Changes and the DTF  Tax Base                    the return as a paid preparer and enter his or her      to file form NYC-399Z or (ii) you replaced prop-
Changes.                                                  Social Security Number or PTIN.  Include the            erty involuntarily converted as a result of the at-
                                                          company or corporation name and Employer                tacks on the World Trade Center during the five 
The Amended Return checkbox on the return is to           Identification Number, if applicable.                   (5) year extended replacement period. You must 
be used for reporting an IRS or DTF Tax Base                                                                      attach Federal forms 4562, 4684 and 4797 to this 
Changes, with the appropriate box for the agency          Preparer Authorization:   If you want to allow          return. See instructions for Schedule B, lines 14c 
making the Tax Base Changes also checked.  Tax-           the Department of Finance to discuss your return        and 19 for more information. 
payers must file an amended return for Tax Base           with the paid preparer who signed it, you must           
Changes within 90 days after (i) a final determi-         check the "yes" box in the signature area of the        Special Condition Codes 
nation on the part of the IRS or DTF,  or (ii) the        return. This authorization applies only to the in-      Check the Finance website for applicable special 
signing of a waiver under IRC §6312(d) or NY              dividual whose signature appears in the "Pre-           condition codes. If applicable, enter the two char-
Tax Law §681(f).                                          parer's Use Only" section of your return.  It does      acter code in the box provided on the form. 
                                                          not apply to the firm, if any, shown in that sec-        
If the taxpayer believes that any Tax Base Change         tion.  By checking the "Yes" box, you are author-       SCHEDULE  A 
is erroneous or should not apply to its City tax          izing the Department of Finance to call the              Computation of Tax 
calculation, it should not incorporate that  Tax          preparer to answer any questions that may arise 
Base Change into its City tax calculation on its          during the processing of your return.  Also, you        LINE 1 - BUSINESS INCOME 
                                                                                                                  Enter on line 1, the total from page 3, Schedule 
amended return.  However, the taxpayer must at-            are authorizing the preparer to:                       B, line 31. 
tach: (i) a statement to its report that explains why        Give the Department any information miss-           
it believes the adjustment is erroneous or inappli-            ing from your return,                              LINE 3a - INCOME, GAIN OR LOSS FROM 
cable; (ii) the tax worksheet that identifies each 
Tax Base Change and shows how each would af-                 Call the Department for information about          NYC REAL PROPERTY         
fect its City tax calculation; and (iii) a copy of the         the processing of your return or the status        The business allocation percentage is not applied 
                                                                                                                  to income from rentals of New York City real 
IRS and/or DTF final determination or waiver.                  of your refund or payment(s), and                  property or gains or losses from the sale of New 
                                                             Respond to certain notices that you have           York City real property.  Enter here the modified 
For more information on federal or state Tax Base              shared with the preparer about math er-            gain (or loss) from the sale or exchange and net 
Changes, including a more expansive explanation                rors, offsets, and return preparation.  The        income from rental of real property located in 
of how taxpayers must report these changes as                  notices will not be sent to the preparer.          New York City included on line 1 of Schedule A.  
well as a sample of the explanatory schedule to            
be included within the amended return, see       Fi-      You are not authorizing the preparer to receive any     This is the gain (or loss) and net rental income 
nance Memorandum 17-5, revised and dated Oc-              refund check, bind you to anything (including any       included on line 12 of Schedule B, as adjusted 
tober 10, 2018.                                           additional tax liability), or otherwise represent you   for the portion of the New York City modifica-
                                                          before the Department.  The authorization cannot be     tions (Schedule B, part 2) applicable to such 
For taxable years beginning prior to January 1,           revoked, however, the authorization will automati-      items.  If New York City modifications are not 
2015 only Form NYC-115 is to be used to report            cally expire no later than the due date (without re-    applicable, enter on line 3a the full amount of 
changes in taxable income or other tax base made          gard to any extensions) for filing next year's return.  gain (or loss) and net rental income included on 
by the IRS and /or DTF. Form NYC-115 must be              Failure to check the box will be deemed a denial        line 12 of Schedule B.  (Refer to “Who is Subject 
                                                          of authority.                                           to the Tax,” paragraph 6.) 



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LINE 3b                                              mining its own partnership income.                    structions for NYC-NOLD-UBTP.) 
Taxpayers who subtracted a distributive share of                                                            
income or gain from another partnership, other       LINE 9 - ALLOCATED INVESTMENT                         LINE 13 - ALLOWANCE FOR ACTIVE 
than a mobile telecommunication partnership,         INCOME                                                PARTNERS’ SERVICES         
on line 23 of Schedule B of this form should add     Only the amount on line 7a should be multiplied       A deduction may be claimed for reasonable com-
back  the same percentage of such income or          by the IAP.  After determining the product of the     pensation for personal services rendered by the 
gain as the other partnership allocated to the       amount on line 7a and the IAP enter the sum of        partners.  The allowable deduction is: 
City for purposes of determining its own busi-       that product and the amount on line 7b on this         
ness income.                                         line.  If the investment allocation percentage is       1)     20% of line 12,  or 
                                                                                                              
                                                     zero, interest on bank accounts must be multi-           2)    $10,000 for each active partner, 
Taxpayers who added back a distributive share        plied by the business allocation percentage.          whichever is lower.  If line 12 is a loss, enter “0” on 
of business loss or deductions from another part-     
nership, other than a mobile telecommunication       LINE 10 – TOTAL BEFORE NOL                            line 13.   This deduction is not dependent on 
partnership, on line 15 of Schedule B of this        DEDUCTIONS                                            amounts actually withdrawn by the partners as 
form should subtract the same percentage of          For taxpayers using formula allocation, enter on line salaries and is in lieu of any deduction for salaries 
such loss or deductions as the other partnership     10 the sum of the amount on line 9 and the amounts on credited or paid to or withdrawn by them.  Enter in 
allocated to the City for purposes of determining    lines 5 and 6.                                        the box provided on line 13 the number of partners 
its own business income.  See instructions for                                                             actively engaged in the business. 
lines 15 and 23.                                     UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS NET                            
                                                     OPERATING LOSS                                        LINE 15 - SPECIFIC EXEMPTION            
Receipts from vendors of utility services, as de-    If line 10 shows a net loss from business, this loss  A specific exemption of $5,000 is allowed 
fined in Ad. Code section 11-1101(7), that are       is the 2022 unincorporated business net operating     against net income reported on line 14.  If  more 
taxed under Ch. 11 of Title 11 of the Ad. Code       loss. The deduction of losses incurred in taxable     than one business was carried on by the partner-
are not subject to the unincorporated business       years beginning on or after January 1, 2018 con-      ship, only one exemption of $5,000 is allowed 
tax. Taxpayers whose income includes such re-        tinues to be limited to 80% of New York City tax-     against the combined net income derived from all 
ceipts should exclude them from taxable income       able income.  See also Form NYC-NOLD-UBTP.            business activities. 
                                                                                                            
by making a subtraction on this line. To deter-                                                            The specific exemption of $5,000 must be pro-
mine the amount to be entered on this line tax-      For prior year losses, only the first $10,000 of      rated on a $13.70 daily basis if the business was 
payers should first multiply entire net income       each year’s loss may be carried back. The carry-      carried on for a period of less than a full taxable 
allocated to the City by a fraction, the numerator   back period for City purposes generally corre-        year of 12 months, unless the business was car-
of which is the total receipts allocated to the City sponds to the federal carryback period available      ried on and the returns filed for a number of 
less the receipts subject to tax under Ch. 11 of     for individuals. Because a partnership does not       whole months.  In that case, the proration is 
Title 11 of the Ad. Code and the denominator of      carry over NOLs, it will not have made a Federal      $416.67 per month. 
which is the total receipts allocated to the City.   election with regard to any net operating loss car-                          
The product should be subtracted from the allo-      ryover. Therefore, for City tax purposes for prior                         EXAMPLE 
cated business income. The resulting amount is       year losses arising in taxable years ending in or     #1   If the partnership carried on business for a 
subtracted on this line and a detailed statement     after 2002, unless the taxpayer attaches a state-          full 9 months, the exemption amount to be 
of the calculations should be attached with the re-  ment to this return indicating that the taxpayer in-       entered on line 15 is $3,750.03 (9 months X 
turn.                                                tends to carry back the first $10,000 of the current       $416.67 per full month). 
                                                     year's loss for either 2 or 5 years, the taxpayer is   
                 EXAMPLE                                                                                   #2   If the partnership carried on business for 
If total receipts allocated to the City are $1,500,  presumed to have elected to relinquish the entire 
out which $500 represents receipts from vendor       carryback period.                                          263 days, the exemption amount to be en-
of utility services, the amount on Line 1 is $900                                                               tered  on line 15 is $3,603.10 (263 days X 
and the business allocation percentage is 75%,       If the taxpayer elects to carry back the first             $13.70 per day). 
the amount to be entered on line 3b is calculated    $10,000 of the loss, any excess net operating loss     
as follows:                                          may be carried forward as if the taxpayer had         Taxpayers filing a short period return should 
                                                     elected to relinquish the entire carryback period     fill in the dates at the top of page 1 of the re-
1)  $900 X 75% = $675                                for all but the first $10,000 of the loss.            turn and prorate the specific exemption as de-
                                                                                                           scribed above. 
                                                     Losses that are not permitted to be carried back 
2)  $675 X $1,500 – $500 = $450                                                                             
                 $1,500                              may be carried forward and used to offset income 
                                                     for the period permitted for Federal  Tax pur-        LINE 16 - TAXABLE INCOME 
3)  Subtract $225 ($675 – $450) on line 3b.          poses, 20 years for losses from years beginning       If line 16 is a loss refer to the instructions for 
                                                     after 8/5/97 and prior to years ending after          Schedule A, line 10.  
LINE 7b                                              12/31/17.                                              
Taxpayers who subtracted a distributive share of                                                           LINE 18- BUSINESS TAX CREDIT 
investment income or gain from another part-         If a “carryback” results in an overpayment of a          If the amount entered on line 17 is $5,400 or 
nership, other than a mobile telecommunication       prior year’s tax, a claim for refund should be             over, no credit is allowable; enter “0” on line 18.  
partnership, on line 23 of Schedule B of this        filed within the limitation period prescribed by 
form should add back the same percentage of          law. This claim should be accompanied by a copy          If the amount entered on line 17 is $3,400 
such income or gain as the other partnership al-     of Form NYC-204 filed for the taxable year for             or less, your credit is the entire amount of 
located to the City for purposes of determining      which the refund is claimed and a detailed state-          tax on line 17.  No tax will be due.  
its own investment income.                           ment of the computation.                                 If the amount of tax entered on line 17 ex-
                                                                                                                ceeds $3,400 but is less than $5,400, a 
Taxpayers who added back a distributive share        LINE 11 - NEW YORK CITY NET 
                                                                                                                credit is allowed in the amount determined 
of investment loss or deductions from another        OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION 
partnership, other than a mobile telecommuni-        If the partnership had an unincorporated business          by multiplying the tax on line 17 by a frac-
cation partnership, on line 15 of Schedule B of      net operating loss in a prior year any part of which       tion, the numerator of which is $5,400 
this form should subtract the same percentage        may be carried over to 2022, the amount claimed            minus the amount of the tax on line 17 and 
of such loss or deductions as the other partner-     for 2022 should be entered on line 11 after com-           the denominator of which is $2,000.   Use 
ship allocated to the City for purposes of deter-    pleting Form NYC-NOLD-UBTP. (Refer to in-                  the following formula: 



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                       FORMULA                                    underpayment from the due date to the date paid.   Schedule K.  Attach federal Form 1065 and all 
                                                                  For information regarding interest rates, visit the      schedules, including individual Schedules K-1. 
on line 17 x ($5,400 - tax on line 17)  =   
amount                                        taxbusinesscredit   Department       of    Finance   website        at        
                                                                                                                           Where a partnership carries on two or more unincor-
                    $2,000                                        www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-interest-       porated businesses, either wholly or partly in New 
                       EXAMPLE                                    rates.page or call 311.  If calling from outside of      York City, all are treated as one business for purposes 
 
If the tax on line 17 is $3,900, the business tax                 the five NYC boroughs, please call 212-NEW-              of the Unincorporated Business Tax.  Combine the 
                                                                  YORK (212-639-9675).  For further information            net income of all business activities and enter on lines 
credit is calculated as follows:                                  about estimated tax payments and due dates see           1 through 9.  An unincorporated entity (not an indi-
1)  $3,900 X ($5,400   - $3,900) = $2,925                         Form NYC-5UB.                                            vidual) is considered to be carrying on any trade, 
                                                                   
                       $2,000                                     LINE 27b - LATE PAYMENT OR LATE                          business, profession or occupation carried on in the 
 
2) Enter $2,925 on line 18                                        FILING/ADDITIONAL CHARGES                                City by any other unincorporated entity in which the 
                                                                  a) A  late filing penalty is assessed if you fail        taxpayer owns an interest.  An unincorporated entity 
3) Enter $975 ($3,900 - $2,925) on line 19  (Un-                     to file this form when due, unless the failure        will not be considered to be conducting an unincor-
    incorporated Business Tax).                                      is due to reasonable cause.  For every month          porated business in the City as a result of owning an 
                                                                                                                           interest in another unincorporated entity if the sec-
LINE 19 -  TAX BEFORE UBT PAID CREDIT                                or partial month that this form is late, add to 
Enter on line 19 the Unincorporated Business Tax                     the tax (less any payments made on or be-             ond entity is not engaged in any activity in the City. 
                                                                                                                            
due before applying the UBT paid credit. If the                      fore the due date) 5%, up to a total of 25%.          NOTE:  A partnership that makes an election under IRC 
credit on line 18 equals the tax shown on line 17,                b) If this form is filed more than 60 days late,         Section 754 may not adjust the basis of its assets on the 
enter “0” on line 19.                                                the above late filing penalty cannot be less          sale or purchase of an interest in the partnership. 
                                                                     than the lesser of (1) $100 or (2) 100% of the         
LINE 20 - UBT PAID CREDIT                                            amount required to be shown on the form               LINES   1, 2, 3 AND 4  
Enter on line 20 the credit against the Unincor-                     (less any payments made by the due date or            Enter on line 1 the ordinary income (loss) from 
porated Business Tax paid by partnerships from                       credits claimed on the return).                       federal Form 1065, line 22. Enter on line 2 net in-
which you receive a distributive share or guaran-                        late payment penalty     is assessed if you       come (loss) from all rental real estate activity not 
                                                                  c) A
teed payment that you include in unincorporated                                                                            included on line 1 but included on Schedule K of 
business taxable income.      (Attach Form NYC-                      fail to pay the tax shown on this form by the 
114.7, UBT Paid Credit.)                                             prescribed filing date, unless the failure is         federal Form 1065.  Enter on line 3 portfolio in-
                                                                     due to reasonable cause.  For every month or          come  included on federal Schedule K. Enter on 
LINE 21 - UNINCORPORATED                                             partial month that your payment is late, add          line 4 guaranteed payments to partners properly 
BUSINESS TAX                                                         to the tax (less any payments made) 1/2%,             reportable on Schedule K. 
                                                                                                                            
If the balance is less than zero, enter “0.”                         up to a total of 25%.                                 Portfolio income includes interest, dividends, 
                                                                   
                                                                  d) The total of the additional charges in  anda          royalties, annuity income and gain (loss) on the 
LINE 22a - RELOCATION AND EMPLOY-                                    c may not exceed 5% for any one month ex-             disposition of  property.  (Attach a schedule indi-
MENT  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (REAP)                                      cept as provided for in   b.                          cating type and amount of portfolio income.) 
CREDITS                                                                                                                     
Refer to instructions on Form NYC-114.5 and at-                   If you claim not to be liable for these additional       LINE 8 - ADDBACK OF OTHER 
tach form.                                                        charges, attach a statement to your return ex-           DEDUCTIONS        
                                                                  plaining the delay in filing, payment or both.           Enter on line 8 those deductions included in lines 
LINE 22b - REAL ESTATE TAX ESCALA-                                                                                         1 and 2 that are not allowed in computing unin-
TION, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS ZONE AND                                LINES 29 and 30 - NET OVERPAYMENT                        corporated business taxable income, other than 
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY RELOCA-                                    If there is an overpayment on line 29, enter on line     the guaranteed payments entered on line 4, the 
TION COSTS CREDITS                                                30a the amount of overpayment to be refunded.            payments to current or retired partners on line 5 
Refer to instructions on Form NYC-114.6, Claim                    Enter on line 30b the amount to be credited to the       and the New York City modifications on lines 13 
for Credit Applied to Unincorporated Business                     2023 estimated tax on Form NYC-5UB. If line 23           through 15.  For example, the partnership’s con-
Tax and attach form.                                              is less than zero, disregard negative sign and add       tributions to retirement plans for partners (if de-
                                                                  that amount to line 24.                                  ducted on Form 1065, page 1) are entered on line 
LINE 22c - LOWER MANHATTAN RELO-                                                                                           8.   
CATION AND  EMPLOYMENT ASSIS-                                     LINE 31 - TOTAL REMITTANCE DUE                            
TANCE PROGRAM (LMREAP) CREDIT                                     If the amount on line 26 is not greater than zero, enter LINE 9 - OTHER ITEMS  
Refer to instructions on Form NYC-114.8 and at-                   on line 31 the sum of the amount on line 25 and the      Enter the net amount of the partners’ distributive 
tach form.                                                        amount by which line 28 exceeds line 26, if any.  If     shares of income and deduction items not in-
                                                                  filing and paying electronically, enter the amount of    cluded in any other line on Form NYC-204, 
LINE 22e - BEER PRODUCTION CREDIT                                 your remittance on Line A. If not paying electroni-      Schedule B, but required to be reported separately 
Enter on this line the NYC beer production credit.   cally, leave Line A blank.  All remittances must be                   to complete federal Form 1065. (Attach schedule.)  
(Attach Form NYC-114.12).                                         payable in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.            Deduction items reported separately on Form 
                                                                  Checks drawn on foreign banks will be rejected and       1065 that constitute payments to partners for pur-
                                                                                                                           poses of the Unincorporated Business Tax, such 
LINE 24 - PAYMENT OF                                              returned.  Remittances must be payable to:               as amounts paid for a partner’s medical insurance 
ESTIMATED TAX                                                           NYC Department of Finance.                         are not deductible for Unincorporated Business 
Enter on line 24 the sum of all payments of esti-                 The entire balance due must be paid with the re-         Tax purposes.  These amounts should be listed on 
mated tax made for calendar year 2022 or fiscal                   turn and is not to be transferred to or paid on any      the attached schedule for informational purposes, 
year beginning in 2022 including carryover credit                 other return.                                            but not deducted in determining the net amount to 
from the preceding taxable year, and payment                       
with extension, NYC-EXT. Complete table on                        SCHEDULE B                                               be entered on this line.  
                                                                                                                            
page 2 of this return.                                            Computation of Total Income                              LINE 11 - INCOME OR GAIN - SALE OR 
                                                                    
LINE 27a - LATE PAYMENT/INTEREST                                  PART 1 - ITEMS OF  BUSINESS INCOME,                      EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY                  
If the tax is not paid on or before the due date                  GAIN, LOSS OR DEDUCTION                                  Rental income or loss from real property located out-
(determined without regard to any extension of                    Amounts on lines 1 through 10 are to be entered          side New York City and gain or loss on disposition 
time), interest must be paid on the amount of the                 from the federal Partnership  Tax Return and             of real property located outside New York City are 
                                                                                                                           not considered for purposes of computing the unin-



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corporated business tax. Therefore, to exclude this    escalation credit or employment opportunity relo-   property placed in service after 2019. Under the 
income, gain or loss, subtract on line 11 the amount   cation costs credit or industrial business zone     TCJA the first year depreciation limit increase of 
included on line 10 if income or gain is reported, and credit must enter the sum of the amounts shown      $8,000 for passenger automobiles under 
add this amount on line 11 if a loss is reported. Do   on lines 4 and 5, respectively, of Form NYC-        §280(F)(a)(1)(A) is extended to include automo-
not exclude the rental income from property located    114.6.                                              biles placed in service on or before December 31, 
in New York City even if not considered an unin-                                                           2026. Prior to that, in order to qualify for the 
corporated business.  (Refer to “Who is Subject to     Line 14b:  Enter any amounts deducted in            $8,000 increase in bonus depreciation, the passen-
the Tax”, paragraph 6)(See instructions for line       computing  part 1, line 12, for:                    ger automobile would had to have been placed into 
14(d)).                                                       i)  interest on money borrowed to pur-       service on or before December 31, 2019.  This ex-
                                                                  chase or carry bonds or securities,      tension of the placed in service deadline only ap-
PART 2 - NEW YORK CITY                                            the interest on which is exempt from     plies to automobiles acquired on or after 
MODIFICATIONS                                                     the Unincorporated Business Tax;         September 28, 2017.  However, if the passenger 
It may be necessary to make certain additions to              ii) expenses that relate to exempt in-       automobile was acquired before September 28, 
or subtractions from the amount reported on                       come or to property held for the pro-    2018, the first year additional depreciation is 
                                                                                                           phased down to $6,400 in the case of an automo-
come from business to be reported on line 26.  If 
Schedule B, part 1, line 12 to arrive at total in-                duction of exempt income; and            bile placed in service during 2018 and to $4,800 
any of the following items is applicable, com-                iii)  amortization of bond premium on        in the case of automobile placed in service during 
plete part 2 showing the nature and amount of                     any bond, the interest on which con-     2019. 
each item.  If none of these applies, transfer the                stitutes exempt income.                   
amount on line 12 to line 26 of Schedule B.                                                                For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 
                                                       Line 14c:  The Federal bonus depreciation allowed   2004, other than for eligible farmers (for purposes 
- ADDITIONS -                                          for "qualified property," as defined in IRC section of the New York State farmers' school tax credit), 
                                                       168(k) is not allowed for Unincorporated Business   the amount allowed as a deduction with respect to 
LINE 13a - INCOME AND                                  Tax purposes except for such deductions allowed     a sport utility vehicle that is not a passenger auto-
UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS TAXES                          with respect to "qualified New York liberty zone    mobile for purposes of section 280F(d)(5) of the 
Enter the amount of income and unincorporated          property", "qualified New York liberty zone lease-  Internal Revenue Code is limited to the amount al-
business taxes imposed by New York City, New           hold improvements" and "qualified property"         lowed under section 280F of the Internal Revenue 
York State or any other taxing jurisdictions that      placed in service in the Resurgence Zone (gener-    Code as if the vehicle were a passenger automo-
were deducted in computing part 1, line 12. Pass       ally the area in the borough of Manhattan South of  bile as defined in that section.  SUVs which are 
Through Entity Taxes, including the NYS PTET           Houston Street and North of Canal Street.)  For     entitled to Federal first-year bonus depreciation 
and NYC PTET should not be added back on this          more information on Federal bonus depreciation,     under IRC section 168(k) are not entitled to bonus 
line, but rather, on lines 13b and 13c, as ex-         see Form NYC-399Z and that Form’s instructions.     depreciation for New York City purposes except 
plained in these instructions.                         For City tax purposes, depreciation deductions for  for SUVs that are “qualified Resurgence Zone 
                                                       all other "qualified property" must be calculated   property.” On the disposition of an SUV subject to 
LINE 13b – NYS PASS THROUGH                            as if the property was placed in service prior to   the limitation, the amount of any gain or loss in-
ENTITY TAX AND SIMILAR TAXES                           September 11, 2001.                                 cluded in income must be adjusted to reflect the 
FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS                                                                                   limited deductions allowed for City purposes 
For tax years beginning on or after January 1,         Section 13201(b) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of    under this provision. Enter on Schedule B, lines 
2021, eligible pass through entities may opt into      2017 (“TCJA”) extended the bonus depreciation       14(c) and 19 the appropriate adjustments from 
the NYS PTET Tax imposed under New York Tax            deduction to cover property placed in service be-   form NYC-399Z. See Finance Memorandum 22-1, 
Law Article 24-A. Pursuant to Administrative           fore January 1, 2027 (except for aircraft and long- “Application of IRC §280F Limits to Sport Utility 
Code Section 11-507(4), Unincorporated Busi-           production period property have to be placed into   Vehicles” for more information. 
ness Tax taxpayers are required to add back NYS        service before January 1, 2028.)  Previously, Sec-   
PTET deducted when calculating federal taxable         tion 143 of the Protecting Americans from Tax       The federal depreciation deduction computed 
income. Taxpayers are also required to add back        Hikes Act of 2015, Pub. L. No.114-113, Div Q        under the  Accelerated Cost Recovery System 
to federal taxable income similar pass through         (December 18, 2015)(“2015 PATH Act”) had ex-        (ACRS) or the Modified Accelerated Cost Recov-
entity taxes from other jurisdictions. Enter on line   tended bonus depreciation so that it  was available ery System (MACRS) (IRC Section 168) is not al-
13b the amount of NYS PTET and similar taxes           for property acquired and placed in service during  lowed for property placed in service in New York 
from other jurisdictions (other than New York          2015-2019; bonus depreciation was extended          State in taxable years beginning before January 1, 
City) deducted when calculating federal taxable        through 2020 for certain property with a longer     1985 (except recovery property subject to the pro-
income. (Attach a schedule listing each locality       production period. Under the 2015 PATH Act, the     visions of IRC Section 280-F). 
and the amount of all those taxes deducted on          bonus depreciation is 50% for property placed in     
your federal return).                                  service during 2015-2017, 40% for property          ACRS and MACRS may not be allowed for prop-
                                                       placed in service during 2018, and 30% for prop-    erty placed in service outside of New York State 
LINE 13c – NEW YORK CITY                               erty placed in service during 2019.                 in taxable years beginning after 1984 and before 
PASS THROUGH ENTITY TAX                                                                                    January 1, 1994 (except property subject to the 
For tax years beginning on or after January 1,         Pursuant to section 13201(a) of  the TCJA, for      provisions of IRC Section 280-F).  
2022, eligible New York City pass through enti-        property placed in service after September 27,       
ties may opt into the NYC PTET imposed under           2017, the bonus depreciation rate was raised to     For additional information regarding depreciation 
New York Tax Law Article 24-B. Pursuant to Ad-         100% with the phase-down to begin in 2023.  The     deductions for property placed in service outside 
ministrative Code Section 11-507(4), taxpayers         taxpayer can elect to apply a 50% depreciation rate of New York after 1984 and before 1994, see Fi-
subject to the Unincorporated Business Tax are         for property placed in service in the taxpayer’s    nance Memorandum 99-4 “Depreciation for 
required to add back NYC PTET deducted in cal-         first tax year ending after September 27, 2017.     Property Placed in Service Outside New York 
culating federal taxable income. Enter on line 13c     The phase-down of the bonus depreciation enacted    after 1984 and Before 1994”. 
                                                                                                            
the amount of NYC PTET deducted when calcu-            under the 2015 PATH Act is still applicable to      In place of the federal depreciation deduction, a 
lating federal taxable income.                         property acquired before September 28, 2017.        depreciation deduction using pre-ACRS or 
                                                       Thus, for property acquired before September 28,    MACRS rules (IRC Section 167) is allowed. 
LINE 14 - MODIFICATIONS  RELATING TO                   2017 and placed in service in 2018, the bonus de-    
ITEMS OF TAX CREDIT AND DEDUCTION                      preciation is 40% and 30% for property placed in    Enter on line 14c the ACRS depreciation deduc-
Line 14a:  Taxpayers claiming the real estate tax      service in 2019 with no bonus depreciation for 



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tion used in computing, part 1, line 12.  (Refer to     amount of any additions, such as:                   exempt income, such as: 
instructions for line 19.) (Attach Form NYC-399                                                             1) interest income on United States obligations 
and/or NYC-399Z.)                                      1) interest income on state and local bonds 
                                                          held in connection with the business (other          included in computing part 1, line 12; 
                                                                                                             
                                                          than on bonds of New York State and its po-
Line 14d:  Exempt Activities.  Deductions and losses                                                        2) interest or dividend income on bonds or se-
                                                          litical subdivisions) 
attributable to activities not considered part of an                                                           curities of any United States authority, com-
unincorporated business must be added back.  See       2) interest or dividend income on bonds or se-          mission or instrumentality included in 
“Who is Subject to the Tax”.  Add back losses, in-        curities, held in connection with the business,      computing part 1, line 12 but exempt from 
terest, depreciation and any other expenses deducted      of any United States authority, commission           state or local income taxes under United 
for federal income tax purposes directly or indirectly    or instrumentality that the laws of the United       States law; or 
attributable to the holding, leasing or managing of       States exempt from federal income tax but         3) interest or dividend income on bonds or se-
real property (including any business conducted at        not from state or local income taxes                 curities to the extent exempt from income 
the property as an incidental service to tenants) or    
to the income or gain therefrom, if such holding,      3) royalty and interest payments made to re-            tax under New York laws authorizing the is-
leasing or managing of property is exempt from Un-        lated members as required by Ad. Code sec-           suance of these bonds or securities, but in-
incorporated Business Tax under NYC Administra-           tion 11-506(e). (See Royalty Payments to             cluded in computing part 1, line 12. 
tive Code Section 11-502(d) in taxable years              Related Members, page 3)                           
beginning on or after July 1, 1994 or January 1,                                                            LINE 21 - DIVIDENDS      
1996, in the case of parking services rendered to ten- 4) any other additions required by Sections 11-      Enter 50% of dividends   other than   dividends 
ants at a garage open to the public.  (Refer to “Who      506 and 11-507 of the NYC Administrative          from stocks not meeting the holding period re-
is Subject  to the Tax”, paragraph 6.)                    Code. (Attach any appropriate schedules.)         quirement set forth in IRC Section 246(c).  
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                            LINE 22 - EXEMPT ACTIVITIES 
Add back losses, interest or other expenses de-        - SUBTRACTIONS -                                     Subtract income or gain includible in gross income 
ducted for federal income tax purposes directly        LINE 17 - INCOME  AND UNINCORPO-                     for federal income tax purposes from the holding, 
or indirectly attributable to notional principal       RATED BUSINESS TAX REFUNDS                           leasing or managing of real property (including any 
contracts, the holding, sale, disposition, assump-     Enter any refund or credit for the overpayment of    business conducted at the property as an incidental 
tion, offset or termination of a position in prop-     any income tax to the extent included in comput-     service to tenants) if such holding, leasing or man-
erty as defined in Admin. Code §11-502(c)(1)           ing part 1, line 10.                                 aging of property is not subject to Unincorporated 
(A), or other substantially similar losses from or-     
dinary and routine trading or investment activity      LINE 18 - FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT                         Business Tax under NYC Administrative Code Sec-
as determined by the Commissioner, realized in         CREDIT                                               tion 11-502(d) (Refer to “Who is Subject to the 
                                                                                                            Tax”, paragraph 6.)
connection with certain investment activities to       Enter the portion of wages and salaries paid or                          
the extent such activities are considered exempt       incurred for the taxable year for which a deduc-     Subtract income or gain includible in gross in-
from the Unincorporated Business Tax.  Refer to        tion is not allowed pursuant to the provisions of    come for federal income tax purposes, including 
“Who is Subject to the Tax”, Paragraph 5.              Section 280C of the Internal Revenue Code.  (At-     dividends, interest, income attributable to secu-
                                                       tach federal Form 5884 or any other applicable       rities loans, notional principal contracts, the 
In the case of a taxpayer that qualifies for the par-  federal forms.)                                      holding, sale, disposition, assumption, offset or 
tial investment exemption (see:    “Who is Subject                                                          termination of a position in property as defined 
to the Tax”, paragraph 5), add back losses, inter-     LINE 19 - DEPRECIATION                               in Admin. Code §11-502(2) (1) (A), or other sub-
est or other expenses deducted for federal income      ADJUSTMENT                                           stantially similar income from ordinary and rou-
tax purposes directly or indirectly attributable to    If a taxpayer took the additional depreciation de-   tine trading or investment activity as determined 
the sale or other disposition of an interest in an-    duction on its federal return with respect to “qual- by the Commissioner, realized in connection with 
other unincorporated entity to the extent attribut-    ified property” OTHER  THAN “qualified               certain investment activities to the extent such 
able to activities of that entity covered by the       Resurgence Zone property”, “qualified New York       activities are considered exempt from the Unin-
taxpayer’s partial exemption.                          Liberty Zone property” and “qualified New York       corporated Business  Tax.    (Refer to: “Who is 
                                                       Liberty Zone leasehold improvements or SUVs for      Subject to the Tax”, paragraph 5.) 
LINE 15 - OTHER ADDITIONS                              which an addback was required under the instruc-      
If you have received a distributive share of in-       tions to Line 14(c) of this schedule, use NYC-399Z   In the case of a taxpayer that qualifies for the par-
vestment or business loss or deductions from any       to calculate the amount of the deduction that may    tial investment exemption (see: “Who is Subject 
partnership, other than a mobile telecommunica-        be deducted for City purposes. The amount ap-        to the Tax”, paragraph 5), subtract income or 
tions partnership as described below, add back         pearing in column B of line 8 on Form NYC-399Z       gain includible in gross income for federal in-
here any distributive share amounts of such loss       should be included on this line. See “Highlights of  come tax purposes realized from the sale or other 
or deductions included in calculating the amount       Recent Tax Law Changes”, and Finance Memo-           disposition of an interest in another unincorpo-
on line 12 of this schedule and not previously         randum 22-1, “Application of IRC §280F Limits        rated entity to the extent attributable to activities 
added back on line 11.  NOTE:  A corresponding         to Sport Utility Vehicles” for more information.     of that entity covered by the taxpayer’s partial ex-
subtraction may have to be made on Schedule A,                                                              emption. 
line 3b or 7b. See instructions for those lines.       In place of the disallowed ACRS deduction for         
                                                                                                            LINE 23 - OTHER SUBTRACTIONS 
Mobile Telecommunications Partnerships.   For          certain property, line 14c, a depreciation deduc-
tax years beginning on or after August 1, 2002,        tion computed by any method permitted under          If you have received a distributive share of busi-
partnerships that are partners in partnerships that    IRC Section 167 as in effect on December 31,         ness or investment income or gains from any 
receive at least eighty percent of their gross re-     1980, will be allowed.  Enter on line 19 the         partnership, other than a utility partnership as de-
ceipts from providing mobile telecommunications        ACRS adjustment from Form NYC-399, Sched-            scribed below, subtract here any distributive 
services should add back here any distributive         ule C, line 8B.  (Attach Form NYC-399.)  (See in-    share amounts of such income or gains included 
share of losses or deductions from any such part-      structions for line 14c and Finance Memorandum       in calculating the amount on line 12 of this 
nership, including their share of separately re-       99-4 “Depreciation for Property Placed in Serv-      schedule and not previously subtracted on line 
ported items included in calculating the amount        ice Outside New York After 1984 and Before           11.  NOTE:  A corresponding addback may have 
on line 1 of this schedule.  There is no correspon-    1994”.)                                              to be made on Schedule A, line 3b or 7b. See in-
                                                                                                            structions for those lines.  
                                                                                                             
ding subtraction on Schedule A for these amounts.      LINE 20 - EXEMPT INCOME 
                                                                                                            Utility Partnerships.   For tax years beginning on 
Describe in a separate schedule the nature and         Attach a schedule showing nature and amount of 
                                                                                                            or after August 1, 2002, partnerships that are part-



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ners in partnerships that are subject to tax under        rated Business Tax but exempt from federal          LINE 29a - DIVIDENDS FROM STOCKS 
Ad. Code Title 11, Ch. 11 as “utilities” defined in       income tax, to the extent these items were not      HELD FOR INVESTMENT            
Ad. Code section 11-1101(6) should subtract here          deducted in computing part 1, line 12.              Enter dividends not excluded on line 21.  This in-
any distributive share of income or gains from any                                                            cludes 50% of dividends from corporations for 
such partnership, including their share of sepa-     3)   The amount of any grant received through ei-        which an exclusion was allowed on line 21 of this 
rately reported items included in calculating the         ther the COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business           schedule and 100% of dividends from stock not 
amount on line 1 of this schedule.  There is no cor-      Recovery Grant Program, pursuant to section-        meeting the holding period requirement set forth 
responding addback on Schedule  A for these               ff of the New York State Urban Development          in Section 246(c) of the IRC. 
amounts.                                                  Corporation Act, or the Small Business Re-           
                                                          silience Grant Program administered by the          LINE 29d - INCOME FROM CASH 
Describe in a separate schedule the nature and            Department of Small Business Services, to           Enter income from cash on Schedule B, line 29d 
amount of any subtractions, such as:                      the extent the amount of either such grant is       only if you have elected to treat cash as investment 
                                                                                                              capital and have entered the amount thereof on 
1) the portion of gain included in computing              included in federal taxable income.                 Schedule D, line 3. 
   part 1, line 12, from the sale or other dispo-    4)   any other subtractions required by Sections          
   sition of property acquired before January             11-506 and 11-507 (other than charitable            LINE 29f - DEDUCTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE 
   1, 1966, except:                                       contributions) of the NYC Administrative            TO INVESTMENT INCOME               
   a)    stock in trade of the taxpayer or other          Code.  (Attach any appropriate schedules.)          For more information, see Statement of Audit Pro-
         property of a kind that would be prop-                                                               cedure GCT-2008-04, Noninterest Expense Attri-
         erly included in his inventory if on        Do not include on line 23 any net operating loss 
         hand at the close of the taxable year, or   carryover.  Any unincorporated business net op-          bution,  April 9, 2008 and Statement of  Audit 
         property held by the taxpayer primarily     erating loss deduction allowable in 2022 by rea-         Procedure PP-2008-12, GCT & UBT Treatment of 
         for sale to customers in the ordinary       son of a carryover of a net operating loss               Repurchase Agreements and Securities Lending 
                                                     sustained by the partnership in prior years should       and Borrowing Transactions for Financial Services 
         course of his trade or business; and        be reported on Form NYC-NOLD-UBTP and on                 Firms Regularly Engaged in Such  Activities, 
   b)    accounts or notes receivable acquired in    Schedule A.                                              March 31, 2008, available on the Department’s 
         the ordinary course of the trade or busi-                                                            website at nyc.gov/finance. 
         ness for services rendered or from the      SAFE HARBOR LEASES                                        
         sale of property described in a) to the     This applies to agreements entered into prior to Jan-     SCHEDULE C       
         extent of the difference between:           uary 1, 1984. The NYC Administrative Code was            Partnership Information 
         i)   the amount of gain reported for        amended to nullify the effects of federal “Safe Har-     Partnerships must complete this schedule in order 
                                                     bor Leases” upon New York City unincorporated            to claim the allowance for partner’s services 
              each property; and                     business taxable income. (Refer to Sections 11-506       (Schedule A, line 13).  In addition, this schedule 
         ii)  the amount of gain that would be       and 11-507 of the NYC Administrative Code for de-        must be completed for partners to claim the UBT 
              reported for each property if the      tails.)                                                  Paid Credit on their own respective Unincorpo-
              adjusted basis of the property on                                                               rated Business, General Corporation, Banking 
              the date of sale or other disposi-     LINE 27 - CHARITABLE                                     Corporation or Business Corporation Tax returns 
              tion had been either:                  CONTRIBUTIONS                                            or a credit for UBT paid on their own City resi-
              A)   its fair market value on Janu-    Deductions are allowed for charitable contribu-          dent PIT return. 
                   ary 1, 1966, or on the date of    tions made by the partnership, as a tax entity sep-       
                   its sale or disposition prior to  arate and distinct from its partners, to the extent      Enter for each partner in column H the sum of that 
                   January 1, 1966, plus or          contributions would be deductible by a corpora-          partner’s distributive share of income, gain, loss and 
                   minus all federal adjustments     tion for federal income tax purposes, but not in         deductions of the partnership, and guaranteed pay-
                   to basis for the period after     excess of 5% of line 26. In general, contributions       ments from the partnership, but only if the sum is 
                   December 31, 1965, or             deductible by a corporation are the same as those        greater than or equal to zero (i.e., the partner’s in-
                                                                                                              come, gain, and guaranteed payments exceed the 
              B)   the amount realized from its      for individuals, except that:                            partner’s losses and deductions).  For this purpose, 
                   sale or other disposition,        1)   contributions to fraternal societies, orders        a partner’s distributive share is that partner’s dis-
                                                          and associations operating under the lodge          tributive share of each item of income, gain, loss, 
              whichever is lower.                         system are not deductible, and                      and deduction, other than guaranteed payments 
              If a gain reported is from a sale of 
              property prior to January 1, 1966,     2)   contributions to a trust, chest, fund or foundation made by the partnership, reflected in Schedule B, 
              reported on the installment                 are deductible only if they are to be used within   line 28, plus the amount of any guaranteed payments 
              method, the fair market value of            the United States or its possessions.               to that partner from the partnership.  If the sum is 
              the property on the date of the sale                                                            less than zero (i.e., the partner’s losses and deduc-
              must be substituted for its fair mar-  LINE 29 - INVESTMENT INCOME                              tions exceed the partner’s income, gain, and guar-
              ket value on January 1, 1966.  The     Investment income includes: 50% of dividends             anteed payments), enter “0”. 
              total adjustment may not exceed        from stocks held for investment; interest from in-        
              the taxpayer’s net gain from the       vestment capital; net capital gain or loss from          Enter in column I each partner’s percentage share of 
              sale or other disposition of all the   sales or exchanges of securities held for invest-        the total of the amounts entered in column H.  Di-
              property.                              ment; and income from cash if an election is made        vide the amount for the partner in column H by the 
                                                     to treat cash as investment capital on line 3 of         column H total.  The total of the percentages in col-
2) interest on money borrowed to purchase or         Schedule D.  Do not include any capital loss that        umn I must add up to 100%.  
   carry bonds or securities, the interest on        could not be used in computing federal taxable in-        
   which is subject to the Unincorporated Busi-      come.                                                     SCHEDULE D       
   ness Tax but exempt from federal income tax;       
   ordinary and necessary expenses paid or in-       In computing investment income, subtract the amount      Investment Allocation 
   curred during the taxable year in connection      of deductions allowable in computing entire net in-      Complete Schedule D if you directly own invest-
   with  income or property held for the produc-     come which are directly or indirectly attributable to    ment capital.  
                                                                                                               
   tion of this income; and amortization of bond     investment capital or investment income.                 Allocation for Partners in Other Partnerships. 
   premium for the taxable year on any bond, the                                                              If an unincorporated entity (the "partner") is a 
   interest on which is subject to the Unincorpo-                                                             partner in another unincorporated entity (the 



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"partnership"), carrying on an unincorporated        other securities regularly dealt in on an exchange     nership's business income or any of that partner-
business wholly or partly in New York City, the      or in the over-the-counter market is the mean be-      ship's allocation factors on Schedule E.  
partner should not include its percentage interest   tween the highest and lowest selling prices on          
in the items of investment capital of the partner-   that date.                                             Unless a partner is permitted or required by the 
ships from which it receives a distributive share                                                           Commissioner to use an alternative method, the part-
in Schedule D.  The partner must allocate its dis-   The value of all other property must be included       ner must allocate to the City the same percentage of 
tributive share of the partnership's investment in-  at the value shown on the taxpayer’s books and         its distributive share of each item of a particular part-
come as provided below.  See §28-07(j)(3)(i) of      records in accordance with generally accepted ac-      nership's business income, gain, loss and deduction 
Title 19 of the Rules of the City of New York for    counting principles (GAAP).                            as the partnership allocated to the City for purposes 
more information.                                                                                           of determining its own business income allocated to 
                                                     ISSUER’S ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE                         the City for the partnership's taxable year ending 
Unless a partner is permitted or required by the     To determine the portion of investment capital to      with or within the partner's taxable year. The part-
Commissioner to use an alternative method, the       be allocated within the City, multiply the value of    ner must report those amounts on lines 15 and 23 of 
partner must allocate to the City its investment in- each stock or security during the period covered       Schedule B and line 3b of Schedule A.  See instruc-
come from directly owned investment capital          by the return (column E) by the issuer’s allocation    tions for those lines. See §28-07(j)(2)(i)(A) of Title 
based solely by reference to its directly owned in-  percentage for that stock or security.                 19 the Rules of the City of New York. 
vestment capital without regard to its percentage                                                            
interest in the investment capital of any partner-   This percentage may be obtained from (1) tax           Discretionary use of other methods.  The Commis-
ship.                                                service publications, (2) from the Department’s        sioner of Finance in his or her discretion may permit 
                                                     website under “Forms & Publications” at                or require a taxpayer partner to use another method 
Unless a partner is permitted or required by the     nyc.gov/finance or (3) by calling 311.  If calling     to allocate its own business income and its distribu-
Commissioner to use an alternative method, the       from outside of the five NYC boroughs, please call     tive share of the business income, gain, loss and de-
partner must separately allocate to the City the     212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675).  If the issuer            duction of another partnership if the Commissioner 
same percentage of its distributive share of in-     was not doing business in New York City during         determines that the methods provided do not result 
vestment income from a particular partnership as     the preceding year, the percentage is “0”.             in a fair and equitable allocation to the City of the 
that partnership allocated to the City for purposes                                                         taxpayer partner's income.  If a partner is permitted 
of determining its own unincorporated business       SCHEDULE D, LINE 3 - CASH                              or required to use a discretionary method, detailed 
taxable income for the partnership's taxable year    If you have both business and investment capital,      schedules and explanations should be attached. 
ending with or within the partner's taxable year.   you may elect to treat cash on hand or on deposit as     
The partner must report those amounts on lines       either business or investment capital.  If you wish to ALLOCATION BY FORMULA 
15 and 23 of Schedule B and line 7b of Schedule      elect to treat cash as investment capital, you must    Income from business carried on both inside and 
A.  See instructions for those lines.                include it on this line. Otherwise, you will be        outside New York City must be determined in ac-
                                                     deemed to have elected to treat cash as business       cordance with the statutory formula or an alterna-
Discretionary use of other methods.  The  Com-       capital. You may not elect to treat part of such cash  tive method approved by the Department of 
missioner of Finance in his or her discretion may    as business capital and part as investment capital.    Finance.  Schedules E, Parts 1, 2 and 3 must be 
permit or require the taxpayer to use another        You may not revoke your election after it has been     completed for this purpose in accordance with the 
method to allocate its directly owned investment     made.                                                  specific instructions below. 
income and its distributive share of investment in-                                                          
come of another partnership if the Commissioner      COMPOSITION OF PREPAYMENTS                             A partnership that derives more than 10% of its 
determines that the above methods do not result in   SCHEDULE                                               gross receipts for the taxable year from publishing 
                                                                                                            newspapers or periodicals or radio or television 
a fair and equitable allocation to the City of the   Enter the payment date and the amount of all pre-
                                                                                                            broadcasting must allocate all its income using the 
taxpayer's income.  If a partner is permitted or re- payments made for this tax period.   
                                                                                                            statutory formula unless the Department of Fi-
quired to use a discretionary method, detailed        
                                                                                                            nance requires an alternative method to be used 
schedules and explanations should be attached.        SCHEDULE E                                            in order to fairly and equitably reflect the part-
Investment capital is the average value of your in-
vestments in stocks, bonds, and other corporate or   Business Allocation                                    nership’s business income in the City. 
government securities, less liabilities, both long   An allocation of business income is permitted for       
term and short term, directly or indirectly attrib-  purposes of the Unincorporated Business Tax if         ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD 
utable to investment capital.  Investment capital    the partnership carries on business both inside and    In order to request a discretionary adjustment to the 
does not include governmental stocks, bonds and      outside New York City.  For tax years beginning        statutory method of allocation, a written request, separate 
other securities, the interest and dividends from    on or after January 1, 2012, all taxpayers must al-    and apart from filing this return, must be submitted. For 
which are totally exempt from the UBT except         locate unincorporated business taxable income          details on how to make such a request, go to  
such instruments that are disposed of during the     using formula allocation. See sections 11-508(b)       http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-filing-
taxable year, producing taxable gain or loss.  In-   and (c) of the Administrative Code.   Tax year         information.page 
vestment capital does not include those stocks,      2011 was the last taxable year in which eligible        
bonds or other securities that are held for sale to  taxpayers who made the one-time election to con-       If consent to use a different allocation method has 
customers in the regular course of business.  In-    tinue using books and records allocation for tax       not been obtained at the time of the filing of the 
vestment capital does not include interests in, or   year 2005 were permitted to use that method of         return, you must use the formula basis set out in 
                                                                                                            Schedule E, and pay the tax in accordance there-
obligations of, partnerships or other unincorpo-     allocation.                                            with. If the Department consents to your pro-
rated entities.                                      Allocation for Partners in Other Partnerships.         posed alternative allocation method and it results 
                                                     If an unincorporated entity (the "partner") is a part- in a lower tax liability than the formula basis set 
To determine the value of your assets for  invest-   ner in another unincorporated entity (the "partner-    out in Schedule E, you may be entitled to claim a 
ment allocation purposes, you must include mar-      ship"), carrying on an unincorporated business         refund of the excess amount you have paid. 
ketable securities at fair market value.             wholly or partly in New York City and either the        
 
The fair market value of any asset is the price      partner or the partnership allocates a portion of its  Securities and commodities brokers should refer 
(without any encumbrance, whether or not the         unincorporated business entire net income outside      to 19 RCNY Section 28-07(h) for special rules 
taxpayer is liable) at which a willing seller, not   New York City, the partner must allocate its dis-      for allocating commissions, manager fees, pri-
compelled to sell, will sell and a willing pur-      tributive share of the partnership's business in-      mary spreads, and selling concessions. 
chaser, not compelled to buy, will buy.  The fair    come, if any, as provided below.   The partner          
market value, on any date, of stocks, bonds and      should not report its distributive share of that part-  



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SCHEDULE      E, PARTS 1 AND 2                        City compared to the total audience.  Partnerships   tomer) are deemed to arise from a service per-
Enter the information requested in parts 1 and 2,     engaged in publishing newspapers or periodicals      formed in New York City if the production 
all columns.  Indicate in the “rent” column           or in radio or television broadcasting must allo-    credits for these transactions are awarded to a 
whether you own or rent the premises listed.          cate receipts from subscriptions to such newspa-     New York City branch, office, or employee of 
Enter the amount of rent paid, if any.   (Attach      pers, periodicals and broadcast programs based on    the taxpayer.  
                                                                                                          
rider if necessary.)                                  the location of the subscriber.                    Registered broker dealers may elect to source the 
                                                      Receipts from management, administration or        gross income from principal transactions based on 
SCHEDULE E, PART 3 - SINGLE                           distribution services provided to a regulated in-  the location of the customer to the principal trans-
RECEIPTS FACTOR ALLOCATION                            vestment company (RIC) must be allocated           action. If the election is made, gross income from 
The business allocation percentage is computed by     based upon the percentage of the RIC's share-      principal transactions is deemed to arise from a 
dividing the amount of New York City gross in-        holders domiciled in New York City.  (Attach       service performed in New York City to the extent 
come by total gross income and entering the result    rider showing computation.) See Admin. Code        that the gross proceeds from the transactions are 
on Schedule E. Part 3, Line 2.  Taxpayers who do      §11-508(e-2).                                      generated from sales of securities or commodities 
not allocate business income outside New York                                                            to customers within the city based upon the mailing 
City must enter 100% on Schedule E, Part 3, line 2.   SOURCING OF RECEIPTS OF REGIS-                     addresses of those customers in the records of the 
                                                      TERED SECURITIES OR COMMODITIES                    taxpayer. For additional information, see Adminis-
LINE 1 - GROSS SALES OF                               BROKERS OR DEALERS.                                trative Code section 11-503(e-3)(1)(C) as added by 
MERCHANDISE OR CHARGES FOR                            For taxable years beginning after 2008, new rules  section 108 of Chapter 201 of the Laws of 2009. 
SERVICES DURING THE YEAR                              are applicable in determining the sourcing of the    
Except as provided in the following paragraphs,       receipts of taxpayers which are registered secu-   Fees earned from advisory services for a 
the amount to be entered on line 1 in column A is     rities or commodities brokers or dealers.  See       customer in connection with the under-
the portion of the total gross sales or charges that  Chapter 201 of the Laws of 2009.                     writing of securities (where the customer is 
represents services performed by or through an                                                             the entity contemplating the issuance of the 
agency in New York City.  This includes services      Receipts earned by registered securities or          securities or is issuing securities) or for the 
performed by employees, agents, agencies or in-       commodities broker or dealer - The rules below       management of an underwriting of securities 
dependent contractors situated at, connected with,    apply for determining whether a receipt is           are deemed to arise from a service performed 
or sent out from offices of the unincorporated busi-  deemed to arise from services performed in New       in New York City if the customer responsible 
ness (or its agencies) located in New York City.      York City by a registered securities or commodi-     for paying the fee is located in New York City. 
                                                      ties broker or dealer, for purposes of computing    
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for tax years be-      the gross income factor of the BAP (Administra-    Receipts from the primary spread for the 
ginning on and after July 1, 2005, the source of       tive Code section 11-508(e-3)).                     underwriting of securities -     Receipts from 
income from services will be determined by the                                                             the primary spread or selling concession from 
place where the services were performed (the          A registered securities or commodities broker or 
“place-of-performance method”), instead of the        dealer is a broker or dealer who is registered by    underwritten securities are deemed to arise 
office out of which the services were performed,      the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)         from a service performed in New York City if 
according to the following phase-in schedule:         or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission        production credits are awarded to a branch, 
Taxpayers having gross receipts of less than          and includes over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives      office, or employee of the taxpayer in New 
$100,000 for the first tax year starting on or after  dealers as defined under regulations of the SEC      York City as a result of the sale of underwrit-
July 1, 2005 and before July 1, 2006, must use        (17 CFR 240.3b-12). The terms     securities and     ten securities. 
the place-of-performance method starting in that      commodities have the same meanings as the           
year. Taxpayers having gross receipts of less than    meanings in IRC sections 475(c)(2) and             Interest earned on loans to affiliates -      In-
$300,000 for the first tax year starting on or after  475(e)(2).                                           terest earned on loans and advances made by 
                                                                                                           a taxpayer to an affiliate are deemed to arise 
July 1, 2006 and before July 1, 2007, must use        Brokerage commissions -         Brokerage com-     from a service performed in New York City if 
the place-of-performance method starting in that        missions earned from the execution of securi-      the principal place of business of the affiliate 
year. All other taxpayers must use the place-of-        ties or commodities purchase or sales orders       who is responsible for the payment of interest 
performance method starting with the first tax          for the accounts of customers are deemed to        is located in New York City. An entity shall 
year beginning on or after July 1, 2007.                arise from a service performed in New York         be considered an affiliate with the taxpayer 
For taxable years beginning after June 30, 1996,        City if the customer who is responsible for        for this purpose if the entity and the taxpayer 
the amount to be entered on line 1, column A with       paying the commissions is located in New           have an eighty percent or more common di-
respect to sales of tangible personal property is       York City.                                         rect or indirect, actual or beneficial owner-
the portion of the total gross sales of tangible per-                                                      ship. 
sonal property that represents sales where ship-      Margin interest - Margin interest earned on       
                                                        brokerage accounts is deemed to arise from a     Fees for management or advisory services - 
ment  is made to a point within New York City.          service performed in New York City if the          Fees earned from management or advisory 
The amount to be entered on line 1 in column B is       customer who is responsible for paying the         services, including fees from advisory services 
the total gross sales made or charges for services      margin interest is located in New York City.       for activities relating to mergers or acquisition 
performed by the partners or by employees,                                                                 activities, are deemed to arise from a service 
agents, agencies, or independent contractors of       Account maintenance fees -      Account main-      performed in New York City if the customer 
the unincorporated business inside and outside          tenance fees are deemed to arise from a serv-      responsible for paying these fees is located in 
New  York City.                                         ice performed in New  York City if the             New York City. 
Partnerships engaged in publishing newspapers or        customer who is responsible for paying the        
periodicals must allocate receipts from advertis-       account maintenance fees is located in New         A customer is located in New York City if the 
ing in such publications based on the circulation       York City.                                         mailing address of the customer, as it appears 
of the publication in the City compared to the total                                                       in the broker’s or dealer's records, is in New 
circulation.  Partnerships engaged in radio or tel-   Income from principal transactions - Gross         York City. For more information, see Admin-
evision broadcasting, whether by cable or other         income from principal transactions (that is,       istrative Code section 11-503(e-3) as added 
means, must allocate receipts from broadcasting         transactions in which the registered broker or     by section 108 of Chapter 201 of the Laws of 
programs or commercial messages based upon the          dealer is acting as principal for its own ac-      2009. 
location of the audience for the broadcasts in the      count, rather than as an agent for the cus-       



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LINE 2 – BUSINESS ALLOCATION PER-
CENTAGE 
Divide line 1, column A by line 1, column B.  
Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent.  
 
SCHEDULE G 
 
Additional Required Information 
All questions in this schedule must be answered. 
 
For interest calculations and account information, 
call 311.  If calling from outside of the five NYC 
boroughs, please call 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-
9675). 
 
You can also visit the Finance website at: 
             nyc.gov/finance 
 
PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION 
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, re-
quires agencies requesting Social Security Num-
bers to inform individuals from whom they seek 
this information as to whether compliance with the 
request is voluntary or mandatory, why the request 
is being made and how the information will be 
used. The disclosure of Social Security Numbers 
for taxpayers is mandatory and is required by sec-
tion 11-102.1 of the Administrative Code of the 
City of New York. Such numbers disclosed on any 
report or return are requested for tax administra-
tion purposes and will be used to facilitate the pro-
cessing of tax returns and to establish and maintain 
a uniform system for identifying taxpayers who are 
or may be subject to taxes administered and col-
lected by the Department of Finance, and, as may 
be required by law, or when the taxpayer gives 
written authorization to the Department of Finance 
for another department, person, agency or entity to 
have access (limited or otherwise) to the informa-
tion contained in his or her return.

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