Terms Used In New York Laws > Tax > Article 9-A - Franchise Tax On Business Corporations

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• business capital: means all assets, other than investment capital and stock issued by the taxpayer, less liabilities not deducted from investment capital. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• business income: means entire net income minus investment income and other exempt income. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• calendar year: means a period of twelve calendar months (or any shorter period beginning on the date the taxpayer becomes subject to the tax imposed by this article) ending on the thirty-first day of December, provided the taxpayer keeps its books on the basis of such period or on the basis of any period ending on any day other than the last day of a calendar month, or provided the taxpayer does not keep books, and includes, in case the taxpayer changes the period on the basis of which it keeps its books from a fiscal year to a calendar year, the period from the close of its last old fiscal year up to and including the following December thirty-first. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• corporation: includes (a) an association within the meaning of paragraph three of subsection (a) of section seventy-seven hundred one of the internal revenue code (including a limited liability company), (b) a joint-stock company or association, (c) a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation for purposes of the internal revenue code pursuant to section seventy-seven hundred four thereof and (d) any business conducted by a trustee or trustees wherein interest or ownership is evidenced by certificate or other written instrument. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Effective rate of tax: means , as to any state or U. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• entire net income: means total net income from all sources, which shall be presumably the same as the entire taxable income, which, except as hereinafter provided in this subdivision,
  
  (i) the taxpayer is required to report to the United States treasury department, or
  
  (ii) the taxpayer would have been required to report to the United States treasury department if it had not made an election under subchapter s of chapter one of the internal revenue code, or
  
  (iii) the taxpayer, in the case of a corporation which is exempt from federal income tax (other than the tax on unrelated business taxable income imposed under section 511 of the internal revenue code) but which is subject to tax under this article, would have been required to report to the United States treasury department but for such exemption, or
  
  (iv) in the case of an alien corporation that under any provision of the internal revenue code is not treated as a "domestic corporation" as defined in section seven thousand seven hundred one of such code is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States as determined under section 882 of the Internal Revenue Code. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• excluded corporation: means a corporation subject to tax under sections one hundred eighty-three through one hundred eighty-six, inclusive, or article thirty-three of this chapter, or a foreign corporation not taxable by this state which, if it were taxable, would be subject to tax under any of such sections or article. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• exempt QSSS: means a QSSS exempt from tax under this article as provided in paragraph (k) of subdivision nine of this section, or a QSSS described in subclause (i) of clause (B) of subparagraph two of paragraph (k) of subdivision nine of this section, wherein the parent corporation of the QSSS is subject to tax under this article, and the assets, liabilities, income and deductions of the QSSS are treated as the assets, liabilities, income and deductions of the parent corporation. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Exempt unitary corporation dividends: means those dividends from a corporation that is conducting a unitary business with the taxpayer but is not included in a combined report with the taxpayer, less, in the discretion of the commissioner, any interest deductions directly or indirectly attributable to such income. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• fiscal year: means a period of twelve calendar months (or any shorter period beginning on the date the taxpayer becomes subject to the tax imposed by this article) ending on the last day of any month other than December, provided the taxpayer keeps its books on the basis of such period, and includes, in case the taxpayer changes the period on the basis of which it keeps it books from a calendar year to a fiscal year or from one fiscal year to another fiscal year, the period from the close of its last old calendar or fiscal year up to the date designated as the close of its new fiscal year. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• investment capital: means investments in stocks that (i) satisfy the definition of a capital asset under section 1221 of the internal revenue code at all times the taxpayer owned such stock during the taxable year, (ii) are held by the taxpayer for investment for more than one year, (iii) the dispositions of which are, or would be, treated by the taxpayer as generating long-term capital gains or losses under the internal revenue code, (iv) for stocks acquired on or after January first, two thousand fifteen, at any time after the close of the day in which they are acquired, have never been held for sale to customers in the regular course of business, and (v) before the close of the day on which the stock was acquired, are clearly identified in the taxpayer's records as stock held for investment in the same manner as required under section 1236(a)(1) of the internal revenue code for the stock of a dealer in securities to be eligible for capital gain treatment (whether or not the taxpayer is a dealer of securities subject to section 1236), provided, however, that for stock acquired prior to October first, two thousand fifteen that was not subject to section 1236(a) of the internal revenue code, such identification in the taxpayer's records must occur before October first, two thousand fifteen. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• investment income: means income, including capital gains in excess of capital losses, from investment capital, to the extent included in computing entire net income, less, in the discretion of the commissioner, any interest deductions allowable in computing entire net income which are directly or indirectly attributable to investment capital or investment income, provided, however, that in no case shall investment income exceed entire net income. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• net book value: means cost reduced by accumulated depreciation shown on the books and records of the taxpayer and determined, in the case of a qualified power producer, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and in the case of a qualified pipeline, in accordance with the taxpayer's regulatory reports filed with the federal energy regulatory commission or state department of public service. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• New York C corporation: means , with respect to any taxable year, a corporation subject to tax under this article which is not a New York S corporation, and any such year shall be denominated a "New York C year". See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• New York S corporation: means , with respect to any taxable year, a corporation subject to tax under this article for which an election is in effect pursuant to subsection (a) of section six hundred sixty of this chapter for such year, any such year shall be denominated a "New York S year" and such election shall be denominated a "New York S election". See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• New York S termination year: means any termination year which is not also an S termination year for federal purposes. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• other exempt income: means the sum of exempt CFC income and exempt unitary corporation dividends. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• QSSS: means a corporation which is a qualified subchapter S subsidiary as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph three of subsection (b) of section thirteen hundred sixty-one of the internal revenue code. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• qualified pipeline: means a taxpayer which: (i) on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was subject to the ratemaking supervision of either the federal energy regulatory commission or the state department of public service, and (ii) for the year ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was subject to tax under sections one hundred eighty-three and one hundred eighty-four of this chapter on account of its being principally engaged in the business of pipeline transmission. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• qualified power producer: means a taxpayer which: (i) on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was not subject to the ratemaking supervision of the state department of public service, and (ii) for the year ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was subject to tax under former section one hundred eighty-six of this chapter on account of its being principally engaged in the business of supplying electricity. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• qualified public utility: means a taxpayer which: (i) on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was subject to the ratemaking supervision of the state department of public service, and (ii) for the year ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, was subject to tax under former section one hundred eighty-six of this chapter. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• qualified taxpayer: means a qualified power producer or a qualified pipeline. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Related member: means a related person as defined in subparagraph (c) of paragraph three of subsection (b) of section four hundred sixty-five of the internal revenue code, except that "fifty percent" shall be substituted for "ten percent". See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• stock: means an interest in a corporation that is treated as equity for federal income tax purposes. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• subsidiary: means a corporation of which over fifty percent of the number of shares of stock entitling the holders thereof to vote for the election of directors or trustees is owned by the taxpayer. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• tangible personal property: means corporeal personal property, such as machinery, tools, implements, goods, wares and merchandise, and does not mean money, deposits in banks, shares of stock, bonds, notes, credits or evidences of an interest in property and evidences of debt. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• taxpayer: means any corporation subject to tax under this article. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• termination year: means any taxable year of a corporation during which the New York S election terminates on a day other than the first day of such year. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• thrift institution: is a savings bank, a savings and loan association, or other savings institution chartered and supervised as such under federal or state law. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• transition property: means property placed in service by the taxpayer before January first, two thousand, for which a depreciation deduction is allowed under section one hundred sixty-seven of the internal revenue code. See N.Y. Tax Law 208
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.