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                                                                                                              Arizona Form 
2020       Credit for Qualified Facilities                                                                              349             
                                                                        For example, Company A, is a calendar year filer. Company A 
CONTACTS FOR QUALIFIED FACILITY TAX                                     received pre-approval from Commerce for a qualified facility on 
INCENTIVES          PROGRAM                                             March 11, 2019, and received its post-approval on March 14, 
Arizona   Commerce Authority                                            2020. Because Company A completed everything necessary to 
 Application forms  Program guidelines                                earn the credit in calendar year 2020, the first fifth of the credit 
                                                                        must be claimed on the tax return for calendar year 2020. 
 Website: www.azcommerce.com                                             
                                                                        NOTE:    Each fifth of the credit for qualified facilities must be 
Program   Manager                           (602) 845-1200              claimed on a timely filed original income tax return, including 
Arizona   Department of Revenue                                         extensions.  If you do not claim this credit on a timely filed 
 Tax forms and instructions   Information and assistance              original return, you cannot claim this credit on an amended 
                                                                        return.  Failing to claim this credit on a timely filed return will 
 Website: www.azdor.gov 
                                                                        result in loss of this credit for that taxable year.   
Taxpayer assistance                         (602) 255-3381               
                                                                        The taxpayer may claim all five annual installments of a credit 
From  area codes 520 and 928, toll-free     (800) 352-4090              that was preapproved before January 1, 2031 by the Arizona 
                                                                        Commerce Authority notwithstanding any intervening repeal or 
                General Instructions                                     other termination of the credit.  
Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) §§ 43-1083.03 and 43-1164.04 
provide refundable individual and corporate income tax credits          The amount of the credit for qualified facilities a taxpayer may 
                                                                        claim can never exceed the amount indicated  on the  post-
 for expanding or locating a qualified facility in this state.  
                                                                        approval from Commerce.  
NOTE: Only capital investments in a qualified facility that are 
made not more than thirty-six months before submitting an               NOTE: The business must submit a copy of the Certification of 
application for preapproval are included in the computation of          Qualification  (Certification)  from Commerce  with Form 349 
                                                                        when  claiming the credit.  
the  credit.   
                                                                        Co-owners of a business, including partners in a partnership and 
A “qualified facility” means a facility in this state that devotes at 
                                                                        shareholders of an S corporation, may each claim only the pro 
least 80% of the property and payroll at the facility to one or more 
                                                                        rata share of the apportioned credit based on ownership interest. 
of the following:  
                                                                        The total of the apportioned credits allowed to all such owners 
•    Qualified manufacturing,                                           may not exceed the amount that would have been allowed for a 
•    Qualified headquarters,                                             sole owner of the business. 
•    Qualified research.                                                The credit is available to an exempt organization that is subject to 
This credit is effective for taxable years beginning from and after     corporate income tax on unrelated business taxable income 
December 31, 2012, through December 31, 2030, and is limited            (UBTI). The credit must result from the activities that generate 
to 10% of the lesser of:                                                 UBTI. 
•    The  taxpayer's total capital investment in the qualified 
     facility, or,                                                                          Credit Recapture 
•    $200,000 for each net new full-time employment position(s)         During the pre-approval process with Commerce, the applicant 
     with  job duties associated with the qualified facility.           must consent to adjustment or recapture of the income tax credit 
The credit is apportioned and claimed in five equal annual              in the case of noncompliance with A.R.S. § 41-1512.  
installments in each of five consecutive taxable years and is in        If, within five taxable years after first receiving the credit for 
lieu of the credit for New Employment claimed on Form 345,              qualified facilities, the Certification is rescinded by Commerce, 
with respect to the same employment positions.                          the taxpayer is disqualified from the apportioned credits for 
To claim this credit a business must apply for, and receive pre-         subsequent taxable years and may be subject to recapture. 
approval from the Arizona Commerce Authority (Commerce).                On a determination that the taxpayer has committed fraud or 
Commerce cannot pre-approve income tax credits for any one              relocated outside of this state within five taxable years of first 
taxpayer in excess of $30 million in any calendar year.                 receiving a credit, all credits previously allowed are subject to 
Commerce cannot pre-approve income tax credits in excess of              recapture.  
$70  million annually                                                   The recapture of the credit is computed by increasing the amount 
Once pre-approval is received, the business must incur at least         of taxes imposed in the year following the year of termination or 
$250,000 in qualifying investment within 12 months of pre-               revocation by the full amount of all credits previously allowed. 
approval.  
The tax year of pre-approval determines the "allocation year.”                          Specific Instructions 
The allocation year is the calendar year to which the credit was        Complete the name and taxpayer identification number (TIN) 
 applied to the annual credit cap.                                      section at the top of the form. Indicate the period covered by the 
The business must enter into a managed review with Commerce             taxable  year. Include the completed form with the tax return. 
prior to applying for post-approval. The business must obtain           All returns, statements, and other documents filed with the 
post-approval from Commerce prior to claiming the credit. The           department require a TIN. The TIN for a corporation, an 
first fifth of the apportioned credit is claimed on the tax return that S corporation, an  exempt organization  with UBTI,  or a 
includes  the post-approval date.                                       partnership is the taxpayer's employer identification number (EIN). 
 



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                                                                                                                    Arizona Form 349 
The TIN for an individual is the taxpayer's Social Security              (c) Number of Employees – the total number of employees at 
Number or an Internal Revenue Service individual taxpayer                    the facility for which the position(s) was vacant for more 
identification number. A taxpayer that fails to include its TIN              than 150 days since the credit was approved.   
may  be subject to a penalty.                                            (d) Reduction – $4,000.  
                                                                         (e) Total  –  multiply the amount in column (c) by $4,000 
Part  1  -  Listing of Post-Approved  Qualified 
                                                                             [column (d)].  Enter the result.   
Facilities   and Apportioned Credit Amount 
                                                                         Line   9   
List the qualified facilities for which you are entitled to claim a 
credit for this taxable year.  The first fifth of the credit(s) for      If you had more than two facilities with full-time employment 
qualified facilities must be claimed on the tax return that includes     positions vacant for more than 150 days, include a separate 
the post-approval date and must be filed timely, including any           schedule providing the same information required for lines 7 and 
                                                                         8.  Total the amounts on the included schedule.  Enter that total. 
 extensions.                                                              
                                                                         Line 10   
Lines    1 and 2                                                          
Enter the following information in the columns indicated on lines        Add the amounts in column (e) of lines 7 through 9.  Enter the 
1 and 2:                                                                 total. 
(a)1 Allocation Year – the calendar year to which the credit was          Part 3 - Net Credit 
    applied to the annual credit cap.  This date will be noted on         Line 11   
    the post-approval document received from Commerce. 
                                                                         Subtract the amount on line 10 from the amount on line 6.  Enter 
(a)2 First Installment Tax Year Ending – the tax year the first 
                                                                         the difference.  If less than zero, enter “0”.   
    installment of the credit may be claimed.  This date is found         
    on the post-approval letter received from Commerce.  Enter            Part 4 - Credit Recapture 
    the date in MMDDYYY format.                                           Line 12   
(a)3 Post-Approval Number – the priority placement number 
                                                                         Enter the date on which the certification of the business as a 
    issued to each facility by Commerce. 
                                                                         qualified facility was terminated or revoked.  
(b)  Apportioned Credit Amount – list the apportioned credit              
    amount (one-fifth per year for 5 years) indicated on the Post-        Line 13   
    Approval for the qualified facility.                                 Enter the total amount(s) of the credit(s) previously claimed by 
                                                                         you for the facility(ies) whose certification was terminated or 
Line    3   
                                                                         revoked.  If more than one certification was terminated or 
If you received this credit from more than two qualified facilities, 
                                                                         revoked, enter the total amount.  Include a schedule providing the 
include  a  separate  schedule providing the same information 
                                                                         detailed amount(s) of credit being recaptured. 
required for lines 1 and 2.  Total the credit(s) on a separate            
 schedule, and include it with this form.  Enter that total on line 3.   Note to lines 14 and 15:  If you received a credit recapture from 
                                                                         more than one partnership and/or S corporation, total the 
Note to lines 4 and 5:  If you received a pass through of this 
                                                                         amount(s) of credit recapture passed through from all Forms 
credit from more than one partnership and/or S corporation, 
                                                                         349-P and/or Forms 349-S and enter the total.  Include a copy of 
total the amounts received from all Forms 349-P and/or Forms 
                                                                         each Form 349-P and/or Form 349-S you received with your 
349-S and enter the amount.  Include a copy of each Form 349-P 
                                                                          return.   
and/or   Form 349-S you received with your return.   
                                                                         Line   14   
Line    4   
                                                                         Enter the partner’s portion of this credit to be recaptured from 
partnerships on Form 349-P, line 3c                                      Form 349-P, Part 2, line 7. 
Enter the total  amount of this  credit passed through from                                         
Line    5                                                                 Line 15   
Enter the total amount of this credit passed through from S              Enter the S corporation shareholder’s portion of this credit to be 
                                                                         recaptured from Form 349-S, Part 2, line7. 
corporations on Form 349-S, line 3c.                                      
Line    6                                                                 Line 16   
Add the amounts in column (b) of lines 1 through 5.  Enter the           Add lines 13 through 15.  Enter the total.  This is your total 
                                                                         recapture amount.  
 total.                                                                   
Part  2  -  Full-Time Employment Positions                               Part 5  -  S  Corporation Credit Election and 
Vacant      More than 150 Days                                           Shareholder’s Share of Credit and Credit 
                                                                         Recapture 
Lines    7 and 8                                                          
If you had full-time employment positions that were vacant for           Lines  17, 17a, & 17b S Corporation Credit Election 
more than 150 days since this credit was approved, enter the             The S corporation must complete line 17 and line 17a or line 17b.  
requested   information in the columns provided for lines 7 and 8:       The S corporation must make an irrevocable election either to 
                                                                         claim the current taxable year credit at the corporate level or to 
(a) Allocation Year – the calendar year to which the credit was 
                                                                         pass the credit through to its shareholders.  The S corporation 
    originally applied to the annual credit cap. 
                                                                         election is made by: 
(b) Post-Approval Number – the priority placement number 
    issued to the facility by Commerce. 
 
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                                                                                                                 Arizona Form 349 
•  Entering the date the S corporation taxable year ends in the       NOTE: Trusts and estates that are partners in a partnership are 
   box provided.                                                      not eligible to claim this credit.  However, the share of a 
•  Checking the box on line 17a electing to claim the current         partnership owned by a grantor trust that is disregarded for 
   taxable year credit at the corporate level; or,                    federal income tax purposes is treated as owned by the grantor.  
•  Checking the box on line 17b electing to pass the current          The grantor may claim his or her share of the credit.   
                                                                       
   taxable year credit through to its shareholders. 
•  The election statement must be signed by one of the officers        Part 7 - Credit Recapture Summary 
   of the S corporation who is also a signatory to Arizona Form       Line    18  
   120S.                                                              Enter the taxable year(s) for which you claimed a credit for a 
If the S corporation elects to claim the credit at the corporate      business as a qualified facility whose certification has been 
level, continue to Part 7.                                            terminated   or revoked.   
If the S corporation elects to pass this credit through to its        Line 19    
shareholders, proceed to the instructions for completing Form         Enter the total amount of this credit originally claimed on prior 
349-S  on page 5.                                                     returns.   
If passing this credit through to the shareholders:                   Individuals, C corporations, S corporations that claimed the 
•  Complete Form 349-S for each shareholder.                          credit at the corporate level, and exempt organizations with 
•  Provide  each shareholder with a copy of  his or her                UBTI:  Enter the amount from Part 4, line 16. 
   completed Form 349-S.                                               Individuals: Also, enter this amount on Form 301, Part 2, line 30. 
•  Include a copy of each completed Form 349-S with your tax          C corporations, S corporations that claimed the credit at the 
   return.                                                            corporate level, and exempt organizations with UBTI: Also, enter 
•  Keep a copy of each completed Form 349-S for your                   this amount on Form 300, Part 2, line 20. 
   records.   
Each S corporation shareholder is entitled to only a pro rata share   Part 8 - Total Apportioned Credit Claimed This 
of pass-through credit based on ownership interest in the S            Taxable Year 
corporation. The total of the credit allowed to all shareholders      Line    20   
may not exceed the amount that would have been allowed for a           Enter the current year's apportioned credit for qualified facilities. 
sole owner.                                                           Individuals, C corporations, S corporations that elected to claim 
NOTE:  Trusts and estates that  are shareholders of S                 the credit at the corporate level, and exempt organizations with 
corporations, are not eligible to claim this credit.  However, the    UBTI    - enter the amount from Part 3, line 11. 
share of an S corporation owned by a grantor trust that is             Partnerships -enter “0”. 
disregarded for federal income tax purposes is treated as owned 
by the grantor.  The grantor may claim his or her share of the        S corporations  that passed the  credit through to individual 
credit.                                                                shareholders -enter “0”. 
 
                                                                      Enter this amount and check the box for Form 349 on your tax 
Part 6 - Partner’s Share of Credit and Credit                         return   as instructed below:  
Recapture                                                             Individuals - Also, enter the amount on Form 140, line 58; or 
A partnership claiming this credit must pass it through to its        Form 140NR, line 65; or Form 140PY, line 67; or Form 140X, 
partners.  Skip to the instructions for completing Form 349-P on      line  43. 
page 4.                                                               C corporations - Also, enter the amount on Form 120, line 22; or 
•  Complete Form 349-P for each partner.                              Form    120A, line 14; or Form 120X, line 22(c). 
•  Provide a completed copy of Form 349-P to each partner.            Exempt organizations with UBTI - Also, enter the amount on 
•  Provide a copy of the Certificate of Renewable Energy              Form    99T, line 12. 
   Production Tax Credit received from Commerce to each               S corporations that elected to claim the credit at the corporate 
   partner.                                                            level - Also, enter the amount on Form    120S, line 18. 
•  Include a copy of each completed Form 349-P with your tax 
   return. 
•  Keep a copy of each completed Form 349-P for your 
   records. 
•  Do not complete the remainder of this form. 
Each partner is entitled to only a pro rata share of each credit 
based on the partner’s ownership interest in the partnership. The 
total of each credit allowed to all partners may not exceed the 
amount that would have been allowed for a sole owner. 

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                                                                                                         Arizona Form 349 
                                                                   Part 2 - Notification of Credit Recapture 
                       Form 349-P,  
                                                                    
         Distribution to Partners of a                             To notify the partners of the amount of the credit that 
                       Partnership                                 must be recaptured (complete lines 4 through 7): 
Enter the taxable year for which this credit is being passed        Line 4 
through to your partners.                                          Enter the partnership’s name and EIN in the spaces 
Complete Form 349-P for each partner of the partnership,            provided. 
except for trust or estate partners.  However, a partnership        Line 5 
ownership share that is owned by a grantor trust that is           Enter the partner’s name and TIN in the spaces provided. 
disregarded for federal income tax purposes is treated as 
owned by the grantor.  The grantor may claim his or her             Line 6 
share of the credit.                                               Enter the post-approval number received from Commerce 
The partnership must furnish each partner with their               and the date the certification was terminated or revoked in 
completed copy of Form 349-P, including additional                 the  spaces provided.   
schedules as needed.                                                Line 7 
NOTE:  Form 349-P can be used to distribute the                    Enter the total amount of the credit(s) previously passed 
partnership’s share of this credit to its partners, or it can be   through to the partner for the facility(ies) whose certification 
used to notify the partners of the amount of the credit to be      was terminated or revoked.  This is the partner’s portion of 
recaptured.                                                        the credit to be recaptured.   
 
Part  1 - Distribution of the Credit                               This is the partner’s portion  of the credit to be 
To distribute the credit to the partners of the partnership        recaptured. 
(complete  lines 1 through 3): 
Line  1 
Enter the partnership name, EIN,  and the post-approval 
received from Commerce in the spaces provided. 
Line  2 
Enter the partner’s name and TIN in the spaces provided. 
Line  3a 
Enter the amount of this credit from the partnership’s 
Form  349, Part 3, line 11. 
Line  3b 
Enter the partner’s ownership percentage. 
Line  3c 
Multiply line 3a by line 3b and enter the result.   
 
This is the partner’s portion of the credit. 
          
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                                                                                                          Arizona Form 349 
         Form 349-S, Distribution to                            Part  2 Notification of Credit Recapture 
    Shareholders of an S Corporation                            To notify the shareholders of the amount of the credit 
                                                                that must be recaptured (complete lines 4 through 7): 
Enter the taxable year for which this credit is being passed 
through to your shareholders.                                    Line 4 
Complete Form 349-S for each shareholder of the S               Enter the S corporation name and EIN in the spaces 
corporation,   except for     trust or estate shareholders.     provided.  
However, an S corporation ownership share that is owned by      Line  5 
a grantor trust that is disregarded for federal income tax 
                                                                Enter the shareholder’s name and TIN in the spaces 
purposes is treated as owned by the grantor.  The grantor 
                                                                  provided.   
may claim his or her share of the credit.   
The S corporation must furnish each shareholder with a          Line  6 
completed copy of Form 349-S, including additional              Enter the post-approval number received from Commerce 
schedules   as needed.                                          and the date the certification was terminated or revoked in 
                                                                the spaces provided.   
NOTE:  Form 349-S can be used to distribute the S                
corporation’s share of this credit to its shareholders, or it   Line  7 
can be used to notify the shareholders of  the amount of the    Enter the total amount of the credit(s) previously passed 
credit to be recaptured.                                        through to the shareholder for the facility(ies) whose 
 
                                                                certification was terminated or revoked.  This is the 
Part  1 - Distribution of the Credit                            shareholder’s portion of the credit to be recaptured.   
To distribute the credit to the S corporation shareholders       
(complete   lines 1 through 3):                                 This is the shareholder’s portion  of the credit to  be 
                                                                recaptured. 
Line 1                                                           
Enter the S corporation name, EIN, and the post-approval 
number  received from Commerce in the spaces provided.   
Line 2 
Enter the shareholder’s name and TIN in the spaces 
  provided. 
Line 3a 
Enter the amount of this credit from the S corporation’s 
Form  349, Part 3, line 11. 
Line 3b 
Enter the shareholder’s ownership percentage. 
Line 3c 
Multiply line 3a by line 3b and enter the result.   
   
This is the shareholder’s portion of the credit. 
         
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