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SECTION 38
New York innovation hot spot program tax benefits
Tax (TAX) CHAPTER 60, ARTICLE 1
* § 38. New York innovation hot spot program tax benefits. (a) As used
in this chapter, the terms "New York state innovation hot spot" and
"qualified entity" shall have the same meaning as under section
sixteen-v of the New York state urban development corporation act.

(b) A taxpayer under article nine-A of this chapter that is a
qualified entity of a New York state innovation hot spot shall be
subject only to the fixed dollar minimum tax, imposed under paragraph
(d) of subdivision one of section two hundred ten of this chapter, for
five taxable years, beginning with the first taxable year during which
the qualified entity becomes a tenant in or part of an innovation hot
spot. A taxpayer under article nine-A of this chapter that is a
corporate partner in a qualified entity, or is a qualified entity that
is located both within and without an innovation hot spot, shall be
allowed only a deduction for the amount of income or gain included in
its federal taxable income to the extent that the income or gain is
attributable to the operations at or as part of the innovation hot spot.
The deduction is allowed for five taxable years, beginning with the
first taxable year during which the qualified entity becomes a tenant in
or part of an innovation hot spot.

(c) An individual who is the sole proprietor of a qualified entity or
a member of a limited liability company, a partner in a partnership or a
shareholder in a New York subchapter S corporation where the limited
liability company, partnership, or S corporation is a qualified entity,
that is taxable under article twenty-two of this chapter shall be
allowed a deduction for the amount of income or gain included in its
federal adjusted gross income to the extent that the income or gain is
attributable to the operations of a qualified entity at or as a part of
a New York state innovation hot spot. The deduction is allowed for five
taxable years, beginning with the first taxable year during which the
qualified entity becomes a tenant in or part of an innovation hot spot.

(d) A qualified entity that is a tenant in or part of a New York state
innovation hot spot shall be eligible for a credit or refund for sales
and use taxes imposed on the retail sale of tangible personal property
or services under subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of section eleven
hundred five and section eleven hundred ten of this chapter. The credit
or refund shall be allowed for sixty months beginning with the first
full month after the qualified entity becomes a tenant in an incubator
hot spot.

(e) A taxpayer who claims any of the tax benefits described in this
section is no longer eligible for any other New York state exemptions,
deductions, or credit or refunds under this chapter to the extent that
any such exemption, deduction, credit or refund is attributable to the
business operations of a tenant in or as part of the New York state
innovation hot spot. The election to claim the tax benefits described in
this section is not revocable.

(f) Cross-references. For application of the tax benefits provided for
in this section, see the following provisions of this chapter:

(i) Article 9-A, section 208, subdivision (9), paragraph (a),
subparagraph (18).

(ii) Article 9-A, section 209, subdivision 11.

(iii) Article 22, section 612, subsection (c), paragraph (39).

(iv) Article 28, section 1119, subdivision (d).

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