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 Instructions for Form NYC-4S-                                                              EZ
 General Corporation Tax Return    For fiscal years beginning in 2022 or for calendar year 2022
   IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE FILING OF NYC CORPORATE TAX RETURNS
 Pursuant to section 11-602.1 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York as enacted by section 3 of Part D of Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2015, for taxable years beginning 
 on or after January 1, 2015, the General Corporation Tax is only applicable to Subchapter S Corporations and Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries.   Therefore, only these types of 
 corporations should file this return.  All other corporations should file a return on Form NYC-2 or Form NYC-2S or, if included in a combined return, on Form NYC-2A.

   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 paying 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 postmarked by the return due date to avoid late payment penalties and interest. See form NYC-200V for more information.

   Highlights         of Recent Tax Law Changes 
  
 l 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 enti-
   ties may opt into the New York City Pass Through Entity Tax (“NYC PTET”) imposed under New York Tax Law Article 24-B. Taxpayers 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 11-602(8)(b)(3) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Taxpayers may 
   NOT use Form NYC-4S-EZ if they are adding back any pass through entity taxes. 
 l Section 3 of Chapter 555 of the Laws of 2022 added a new subparagraph 16 to section 11-602(8)(a) of the New York City Administrative Code, which 
   excludes from entire net 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 admin-
   istered by the New York City Department of Small Business Services to the extent the amount of either such grant is included in federal taxable income. 
   Taxpayers may NOT use Form NYC-4S-EZ if they are making this modification when calculating entire net income. 
 l Note that according to the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, net operating losses (NOL) generated during or after 2018 generally may no longer 
   be carried back. These losses may be carried forward indefinitely; however each year’s NOL deduction will be limited to 80% of taxable income (with-
   out regard to the deduction). 

GENERAL INFORMATION                                  associations taxable as corporations for federal     amount of receipts used for this purpose is the 
                                                     income tax purposes pursuant to the federal          total amount of all receipts the taxpayer has 
NOTE:   This form may be used by  federal            “check-the-box” rules under IRC §7701(a)(3) are      received in the regular course of business.  
Subchapter S Corporations and Qualified              treated as corporations for City tax purposes and     
Subchapter S Subsidiaries only.  If any instruc-     are not subject to the Unincorporated Business       ADDBACK OF NEW MTA PAYROLL TAX 
tions appear to apply to C Corporations, they        Tax.  Eligible entities having a single owner disre- The law was amended in 2009 to add back the 
should be read to apply only to S corps and quali-   garded as a separate entity under the “check-the-    Metropolitan Commuter  Transportation Mobility 
fied S subsidiaries.                                 box” rules and treated as either a sole proprietor-  Tax (“MTA Payroll Tax”) under the Article 23 of 
                                                     ship or a branch for federal tax purposes will be    the New York State Tax Law. General Corporation 
S CORPORATIONS                                       similarly treated for City tax purposes.  See        Tax (“GCT”) taxpayers must add this tax back to 
An S Corporation is subject to the General           Finance Memorandum 99-1 for additional infor-        the extent it was deducted in computing federal 
Corporation Tax and must file either Form NYC-       mation.                                              taxable income. See Ad. Code § 11-602(8)(b)(19) 
4S, NYC-4S-EZ or NYC-3L, whichever is appli-                                                              as added by section 17 of Chapter 25 of the Laws 
cable.  Under certain limited circumstances, an S    FORM FOR TAXPAYERS CLAIMING A                        of 2009.  
                                                                                                           
Corporation may be permitted or required to file a   NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION                         SPECIAL TREATMENT AFFECTING 
combined return (Form NYC-3A).   See Finance         Taxpayers claiming a deduction for a Net             CERTAIN SMALL CORPORATIONS 
Memorandum 99-3 for information regarding the        Operating Loss must complete Form NYC-               For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 
treatment of qualified subchapter S subsidiaries.    NOLD-GCT, Net Operating Loss Computation             2007, corporations that meet certain requirements 
                                                     and include it with their GCT filing.  For more      are not subject to the alternative General 
The income, gains, losses, deductions and capital    information see Form NYC-NOLD-GCT.                   Corporation Tax bases measured by business and 
of a qualified subchapter S subsidiary may not be     
included in the report of the parent S Corporation.  FIXED DOLLAR MINIMUM TAX BASED ON                    investment capital or by entire net income plus 
A QSSS must file a separate report if it is subject  RECEIPTS                                             compensation paid to certain shareholders.  Thus, 
to tax.                                              For tax years beginning after 2008, there is a slid- eligible corporations will compute their tax using 
                                                                                                          only the entire net income base or the fixed-dollar 
Federal S corporation taxpayers must complete        ing scale fixed dollar minimum tax based on 
the form NYC-ATT-S-CORP, Calculation of              receipts allocated to New York City.   The amount    minimum tax, whichever is greater.   
                                                                                                           
Federal  Taxable Income for S Corporations           of City receipts for this purpose is the same as the Corporations that qualify under these provisions 
and include it with their GCT filing.  For more      amount used for determining the taxpayer’s busi-     may be able to compute their General Corporation 
information see Form NYC-ATT-S-CORP.                 ness allocation percentage.  See Ch. 201, § 17, of   Tax liability on Form NYC-4S-EZ.  Corporations 
                                                     the Laws of 2009.  For taxpayers who use Form        required to file a General Corporation Tax return 
ENTITIES TAXED AS CORPORATIONS                       NYC-4S or NYC-4S-EZ, and, accordingly, allo-         that are not eligible to file Form NYC-4S-EZ must 
Unincorporated entities electing to be treated as    cate 100 percent of their income to the City, the    file Form NYC 3L or Form NYC-4S.  To deter-



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mine which corporations are eligible to file Form      with the relocation of employment opportuni-           of any grant received through either the 
NYC-4S, see the instructions to that form.             ties to New York City, as provided in Section          COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business 
                                                       11-604.13 of the NYC Administrative Code;              Recovery Grant program or the New  York 
CORPORATIONS THAT MAY FILE                           
                                                                                                              City Small Business Resilience Grant pro-
FORM NYC-4S-EZ                                      7) it claims a credit for certain costs or expens-
                                                                                                              gram to the extent the amount of either such 
Corporations (as defined in Section 11-602.1 of        es incurred in relocating employment oppor-
                                                                                                              grant is included in federal taxable income; or 
the New  York City Administrative Code) doing          tunities to New  York City, as provided in 
                                                                                                            
business, employing capital, owning or leasing         Section 11-604.14, 11-604.17 or 11-604.19 
                                                                                                           21) it is required to add back any pass through 
property in a corporate or organized capacity, or      of the NYC Administrative Code; 
                                                                                                              entity taxes when calculating entire net 
maintaining an office in New  York City must file   8) it claims a modification with respect to wages         income. 
a General Corporation Tax return.  Corporations        and salaries disallowed as a deduction for fed-      
meeting certain criteria may be eligible to use the    eral income tax purposes (work incentive/jobs       The following are NOT required to file a 
simplified Form NYC-4S-EZ (and not be required         credit provisions), as provided in Section 11-      General Corporation Tax Return: 
to use either Form NYC-3L or NYC-4S).  To use          602.8(a)(7) of the NYC Administrative Code;          
Form NYC-4S-EZ, the corporation must meet the                                                              a) A dormant corporation that did not at any 
following requirements:                             9) either separately or as a member of a part-            time during its taxable year engage in any 
                                                       nership, it is engaged in an insurance busi-           activity or hold title to real property located 
1. The corporation has a business allocation per-      ness as a member of the New York Insurance             in New York City. 
   centage of 100% for the taxable year, as deter-     Exchange;                                            
   mined under section 11-604.3.(a) of the                                                                 b) A nonstock corporation organized and oper-
   Administrative Code.                             10) it is a Domestic International Sales                  ated exclusively for nonprofit purposes and 
                                                       Corporation (DISC) or a Foreign Sales                  not engaged in substantial commercial activ-
2. The corporation has no investment capital or        Corporation;                                           ities, that has been granted an exemption by 
   income and no subsidiary capital or income at                                                              the New York City Department of Finance. 
   any time during the taxable year.                11) it claims a credit for New  York City               
                                                       Unincorporated Business Tax paid by a part-         c) Corporations subject to taxation under Part 4 
3. The corporation’s gross income, as defined in       nership in which it is a partner as provided in        of Subchapter 3 of Chapter 6,  Title 11 
   Internal Revenue Code §61, is less than             Section 11-604.18 of the NYC Administrative            (Banking Corporations), or under Chapter 11, 
   $250,000 for the taxable year.                      Code;                                                  Title 11 (Utility Corporations) of the NYC 
                                                                                                              Administrative Code, are not required to file 
4. The corporation does not modify its federal      12) it will be included in a combined report,             General Corporation Tax returns.  However, 
   depreciation deduction as provided on Forms         Form NYC-3A;                                           corporations that are subject to tax under 
                                                     
   NYC-399 and NYC-399z.                            13) it   is   required   by   Ad.   Code   section 11-    Chapter 11 as vendors of utility services are 
                                                       602.8(n) to add back royalty payments made             subject to the General Corporation  Tax in 
In addition, certain types of corporations and cor-    to related members; or                                 accordance with Section 11-603.4 of the 
porations with certain modifications to taxable                                                               NYC  Administrative Code and must file a 
income or claiming New  York City tax credits       14) It claims the Beer Production Credit avail-           return. 
cannot file Form NYC-4S-EZ or NYC-4S and               able under Ad. Code section 11-604(22);              
must file Form NYC-3L.                                                                                     d) A limited profit housing corporation organ-
                                                    15) any portion of its business interest expense          ized and operating pursuant to the provisions 
CORPORATIONS REQUIRED                                  deduction would have been disallowed                   of  Article  Two of the Private Housing 
TO FILE FORM NYC-3L                                    under IRC section 163(j) if it had not made            Finance Law. 
A corporation must file Form NYC-3L and not            an election under Subchapter S of the IRC;           
Form NYC-4S  or Form NYC-4S-EZ if:                                                                         e) Insurance corporations. 
                                                                                                            
                                                    16) for  federal purposes, it has income under         f) A Housing Development Fund Company 
1) it carries on business both inside and outside      IRC Sections 951A or 965;                              (HDFC) organized and operating pursuant to 
   New York City.                                    
                                                    17) it would have been eligible for a deduction           the provisions of Article Eleven of the Private 
2) it has subsidiary and/or investment capital;        pursuant to IRC section 250(a)(1)(A), i.e.,            Housing Finance Law. 
                                                                                                            
                                                       FDII, if it had not made an election under 
3) it claims an optional deduction for expendi-                                                            g) Organizations organized exclusively for the 
                                                       Subchapter S of the IRC;  
   tures relating to air pollution control facili-                                                            purpose of holding title to property as 
                                                     
   ties, as provided in Section 11-602.8(g) of                                                                described in Sections 501(c)(2) or (25) of the 
                                                    18) it claims a modification with respect to 
   the NYC Administrative Code;                                                                               Internal Revenue Code. 
                                                       amounts excluded from the definition of “con-        
4) it claims a modification with respect to gain       tribution to the capital of the taxpayer” under     h) An entity treated as a Real Estate Mortgage 
   arising on the sale of certain property, as pro-    IRC 118(b)(2), as provided in section 11-              Investment Conduit (REMIC) for federal 
   vided in Section 11-602.8(h) of the NYC             602.8(a)(14) of the NYC Administrative Code;           income tax purposes.  (Holders of an interest 
   Administrative Code;                                                                                       in a REMIC remain taxable on such interest 
                                                    19) For New York City purposes, it is required to         or on the income therefrom.) 
                                                                                                            
5) it entered into a “safe harbor” lease transac-      modify federal taxable income with respect 
                                                                                                           i) Corporations principally engaged in the con-
   tion under provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of       to amounts invested in Qualified Opportunity 
                                                                                                              duct of a ferry business and operating 
   the Internal Revenue Code as it was in effect       Funds under IRC section 1400Z-2.    See Ad. 
                                                                                                              between any of the boroughs of the City 
   for agreements entered into prior to January        Code sections 11-602(8)(a)(15) and 11-
                                                                                                              under a lease granted by the City.  
 
   1, 1984;                                            602(8)(b)(22).                                       
6) it claims a credit for increased real estate tax                                                        j) A corporation principally engaged in the con-
   payments made to a landlord in connection        20) it excludes from entire net income the amount         duct of an aviation, steamboat, ferry or navi-



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   gation business, or two or more such busi-         amended return must include the DOF tax work-        OTHER FORMS YOU MAY BE 
   nesses, provided that all of the capital stock     sheet that identifies each change to the tax base    REQUIRED TO FILE 
   of such corporation is owned by a municipal        (“Tax Base Change”) and shows how each such Tax      FORM NYC-EXT - Application for Automatic 6-
   corporation of New York.                           Base Change affects the taxpayer’s calculation of    Month Extension of Time to File Business Income 
                                                      its New York City tax.  The DOF tax worksheet is     Tax Return.  File it on or before the due date of the 
k) Bank holding corporations filing on a com-         available on the DOF website at nyc.gov/finance.   return. 
   bined basis in accordance with Section 11-         This amended return must also include a copy of       
   646(f) of the NYC Administrative Code.             the IRS and/or DTF final determination, waiver, or   FORM NYC-EXT.1 - Application for Additional 
 
l) Corporations principally engaged in the oper-      notice of carryback allowance.  Taxpayers that have  Extension is a request for an additional three 
   ation of marine vessels whose activities in the    federal and state Tax Base Changes for the same tax  months of time to file a return.  A corporation with 
   City are limited exclusively to the use of         period may report these changes on the same          a valid six-month extension is limited to two addi-
   property in interstate or foreign commerce.        amended return that includes separate tax work-      tional extensions. 
m) Foreign corporations that are exempt under         sheets for the IRS Tax Base Changes and the DTF       
   the provisions of Public Law 86-272. (See 19       Tax Base Changes.  Note that for taxable years       FORM NYC-222 - Underpayment of Estimated 
   RCNY Section 11-04 (b)(11).)                       beginning on or after January 1, 2015, DTF  Tax      Tax by Corporations will help a corporation deter-
                                                      Base Changes may include changes that affect         mine if it has underpaid an estimated tax install-
NOTE:                                                 income or capital allocation.                        ment and, if so, compute the penalty due.  
A corporation that has an officer, employee, agent                                                         (Corporations filing Form NYC-222 cannot use 
or representative in the City and that is not subject The Amended Return checkbox on the return is to      Form NYC-4S-EZ) 
to the General Corporation Tax is not required to     be used for reporting an IRS or DTF  Tax Base         
file a Form NYC-3L, NYC-4S or NYC-4S-EZ but           Changes, with the appropriate box for the agency     FORM NYC-245 - Activities Report of General 
must file a Form NYC-245 S-Corp (Section 11-          making the  Tax Base Changes also checked.           Corporations must be filed by a corporation that 
605 of the NYC Administrative Code).                  Taxpayers must file an amended return for  Tax       has an officer, employee, agent or representative 
                                                      Base Changes within 90 days (120 days for tax-       in the City, but which disclaims liability for the 
WHEN AND WHERE TO FILE                                payers filing a combined report) after (i) a final   General Corporation Tax. 
                                                                                                            
The due date for filing is on or before March 15,     determination on the part of the IRS or DTF, (ii)    FORM NYC-399 -  Schedule of New York City 
2023, or, for fiscal year taxpayers, on or before the the signing of a waiver under IRC §6312(d) or NY     Depreciation Adjustments is used to compute the 
15th day of the third month following the close of    Tax Law §1081(f), or (iii) the IRS’ allowance of a   allowable New York City depreciation deduction 
the fiscal year.                                      tentative adjustment based on a an NOL carryback     if a federal ACRS or MACRS depreciation deduc-
                                                      or a net capital loss carryback.                     tion is claimed for certain property placed in serv-
All returns, except refund returns:                    
                                                                                                           ice after December 31, 1980.  (Corporations filing 
                                                      If the taxpayer believes that any Tax Base Change 
NYC Department of Finance                                                                                  Form NYC-399 cannot use Form NYC-4S-EZ). 
                                                      is erroneous or should not apply to its City tax cal-
P.O. Box 5564                                                                                               
                                                      culation, it should not incorporate that Tax Base 
Binghamton, NY 13902-5564                                                                                  FORM NYC-399Z - Depreciation  Adjustments 
                                                      Change into its City tax calculation on its amend-   for Certain Post 9/10/01 Property may have to be 
Remittances - Pay online with Form NYC-200V           ed return.  However, the taxpayer must attach: (i)   filed by taxpayers claiming depreciation deduc-
at nyc.gov/eservices, or Mail payment and Form        a statement to its report that explains why it       tions for certain sport utility vehicles or "qualified 
NYC-200V only to:                                     believes the adjustment is erroneous or inapplica-   property," other than "qualified New York Liberty 
                                                      ble; (ii) the tax worksheets that identify each Tax  Zone property", "qualified New  York Liberty 
NYC Department of Finance                             Base Change and show how each would affect its       Zone leasehold improvements" and “qualified 
P.O. Box 3933                                         City tax calculation; and (iii) a copy of the IRS    resurgence zone property” placed in service after 
New York, NY  10008-3933                              and/or DTF final determination, waiver, or notice    September 10, 2001 for Federal or New York State 
Returns claiming refunds:                             of carryback allowance.                              tax purposes. See Finance Memorandum 22-1, 
                                                       
NYC Department of Finance                             For more information on federal or state Tax Base    “Application of IRC §280F Limits to Sport Utility 
P.O. Box 5563                                         Changes, including a more expansive explanation      Vehicles".  (Corporations filing Form NYC-399Z 
Binghamton, NY 13902-5563                             of how taxpayers must report these changes as        cannot use Form NYC-4S-EZ) 
                                                                                                            
Certain short-period returns:  If this is NOT a       well as samples of tax worksheets to be included     FORM NYC-400        - Declaration of Estimated Tax 
final return and your Federal return covered a peri-  within the amended return, see      Finance          by General Corporations must be filed by any cor-
od of less than 12 months as a result of your join-   Memorandum  17-5,        revised    and dated        poration whose New York City tax liability can 
ing or leaving a Federal consolidated group or as a   10/10/2018.                                          reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000 for any 
                                                        
result of a Federal IRC §338 election, this return    To report changes in taxable income or other tax     calendar or fiscal tax year. 
                                                                                                            
generally will be due on the due date for the         base made by the Internal Revenue Service and /or    FORM NYC-3360 - General Corporation  Tax 
Federal return and not on the date noted above.       New  York State Department of  Taxation and          Report of Change in Taxable Income made by the 
 
Check the box on the front of the return.             Finance for taxable years beginning prior to         U.S. Internal Revenue Service and/or New York 
FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE                             January 1, 2015, the Form NYC-3360 should still      State Department of Taxation and Finance is used 
CHANGES                                               be used.                                             for reporting adjustments in taxable income result-
                                                       
For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,                                                         ing from an audit of your federal corporate tax 
                                                      ACCESSING NYC TAX FORMS 
2015, changes in taxable income or other tax base                                                          return and/or State audit of your State corporate 
                                                      By Computer - Download forms from the Finance 
made by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and                                                           tax return for tax years beginning prior to January 
                                                      website at nyc.gov/finance 
/or New  York State Department of  Taxation and                                                            1, 2015 only. 
Finance (“DTF”) will no longer be reported on         By Phone - Order forms by calling 311.  If calling    
form NYC-3360.  Instead, taxpayers must report        from outside of the five NYC boroughs, please        FORM NYC-CR-A - Commercial Rent  Tax 
these federal or state changes to taxable income or   call 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675).                    Annual Return must be filed by every tenant that 
other tax base by filing an amended return.  This                                                          rents premises for business purposes in Manhattan 



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south of the center line of 96th Street and whose     A taxpayer with a valid six-month automatic            l Give the Department any information missing 
annual  or annualized gross rent for any premises     extension filed on Form NYC-EXT may request              from your return, 
is at least $200,000.                                 up to two additional three-month extensions by fil-    l Call the Department for information about the 
                                                      ing Form NYC-EXT.1 .A separate Form NYC-                 processing of your return or the status of your 
FORM NYC-RPT         - Real Property Transfer Tax     EXT.1 must be filed for each additional three-           refund or payment(s), and 
Return must be filed when the corporation             month extension. 
acquires or disposes of an interest in real property,                                                        l Respond to certain  notices that you have 
including a leasehold interest; when there is a par-  PENALTY FOR UNDERSTATING TAX                             shared with the preparer about math errors, 
tial or complete liquidation of the corporation that  If there is a substantial understatement of tax (i.e.,   offsets, and return preparation.  The notices 
owns or leases real property; or when there is        if the amount of the understatement exceeds the          will not be sent to the preparer. 
                                                                                                              
transfer of a controlling economic interest in a      greater of 10% of the tax required to be shown on 
                                                                                                             You are not authorizing the preparer to receive 
corporation, partnership or trust that owns or leas-  the return or $5,000) for any taxable year, a penal-
                                                                                                             any refund check, bind you to anything (including 
es real property.                                     ty will be imposed equal to 10% of the amount of 
                                                                                                             any additional tax liability), or otherwise represent 
FORM NYC-ATT-S-CORP - Calculation of                  the understated tax. The amount on which you pay 
                                                                                                             you before the Department.   The authorization 
Federal Taxable Income for S Corporations must        the penalty can be reduced by subtracting any item 
                                                                                                             cannot be revoked; however, the authorization will 
be included in the GCT filing of every federal S      for which (1) there is or was substantial authority 
                                                                                                             automatically expire no later than the due date 
Corporation.                                          for the way in which the item was treated on the 
                                                                                                             (without regard to any extensions) for filing next 
                                                      return, or (2) there is adequate disclosure on the 
                                                                                                             year's return.  Failure to check the box will be 
FORM NYC-NOLD-GCT - Net Operating Loss                return or in a statement attached to the return. 
Computation must be included in the GCT filing                                                               deemed a denial of authority. 
                                                                                                              
of every GCT taxpayer claiming a net operating        CHANGE OF BUSINESS INFORMATION 
loss deduction.                                       If there have been any changes in your business        SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS 
                                                      name, identification number, billing or mailing         
ESTIMATED TAX                                         address or telephone number, complete Form             Period Covered 
If the tax for the period following that covered by   DOF-1, Change of Business Information.                 File the 2022 return for calendar year 2022 and 
this return is expected to exceed $1,000, a decla-                                                           fiscal years that  begin in 2022 and end in 2023. 
ration of estimated tax and installment payments      FINAL RETURNS                                          For a fiscal or short tax year return, fill in the tax 
are required.  Form NYC-400 is to be used for this    If a corporation ceases to do business in New York     year space at the top of the form. The 2022 Form 
purpose.  If the tax on this return exceeds $1,000,   City, the due date for filing a final General          NYC-4S-EZ also can be used if: 
submit Form NYC-400 which is available on the         Corporation Tax Return is the 15th day after the       l You have a tax year of less than 12 months 
Department of Finance’s website.                      date of the cessation (Section 11-605.1 of the NYC       that begins and ends in 2023, and 
                                                      Administrative Code).  Corporations may apply for 
If, after filing a declaration, your estimated tax    an automatic six-month extension for filing a final    l The 2023 Form NYC-4S-EZ is not available 
substantially increases or decreases as a result of a return by filing Form NYC-EXT on or before that          at the time you are required to file the return. 
                                                                                                              
change in income, deduction or allocation, you        date.   Any tax due must be paid with the final        You must show the 2023 tax year on the 2022 
must amend your declaration on or before the next     return or the extension, whichever is filed earlier.   Form NYC-4S-EZ and take into account any tax 
date for an installment payment.  Mail the amend-      
ed declaration, using Form NYC-400, along with        SIGNATURE                                              law changes that are effective for tax years 
your check to:                                        This report must be signed by an officer author-       beginning after December 31, 2022 
                                                      ized to certify that the statements contained in it     
 NYC Department of Finance                            are true.  If the taxpayer is a publicly-traded part-  Special Condition Codes 
 P.O. Box 3922                                        nership or another unincorporated entity taxed as a    Check the Finance website for applicable special 
 New York, NY 10008-3922                              corporation, this return must be signed by a person    condition codes. If applicable, enter the two char-
                                                      duly authorized to act on behalf of the taxpayer.      acter code in the box provided on the form. 
If the amendment is made after the 15th day of the                                                            
9th month of the taxable year, any increase in tax    TAX PREPARERS                                          SCHEDULE A 
must be paid with the amendment.                      Anyone who prepares a return for a fee must sign       Computation of Tax 
                                                                                                              
These payments can also be made online at             the return as a paid preparer and enter his or her 
                                                                                                             LINE 1 
nyc.gov/eservices.                                    Social Security Number or PTIN, see Finance 
                                                                                                             See the instructions for Schedule B for those cor-
                                                      Memorandum 00-1.  Include the company or cor-
                                                                                                             porations that are eligible to use their New York 
For more information regarding estimated tax          poration name and Employer Identification 
                                                                                                             State entire net income for purposes of computing 
payments and due dates, you may call 311.  If call-   Number, if applicable. 
ing from outside of the five NYC boroughs, please                                                            the tax due under this method. 
                                                                                                              
call 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675).                     Preparer Authorization:  If you want to allow           
                                                      the Department of Finance to discuss your return       LINE 2 
AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS                                  with the paid preparer who signed it, you must         MINIMUM TAX 
An automatic extension of six months for filing       check the "yes" box in the signature area of the       Enter the New  York City Gross Receipts and 
this return will be allowed if, by the original due   return. This authorization applies only to the indi-   Minimum Tax amount from the following table.  
date, the taxpayer files with the Department of       vidual whose signature appears in the "Preparer's      The amount of New York City receipts for this 
Finance an application for automatic extension on     Use Only" section of your return.  It does not         purpose is the total amount of all receipts the tax-
Form NYC-EXT and pays the amount properly             apply to the firm, if any, shown in that section.  By  payer has received in the regular course of busi-
estimated as its tax.  See the instructions for Form  checking the "Yes" box, you are authorizing the        ness from such sources as sales of personal prop-
NYC-EXT for information regarding what consti-        Department of Finance to call the preparer to          erty, services performed, rentals of property and 
tutes a proper estimated tax for this purpose.   answer any questions that may arise during the              royalties.   This receipts amount would be the 
Failure to pay a properly estimated amount will       processing of your return.  Also, you are authoriz-    same as the amount that would have to be shown 
result in a denial of the extension.                  ing the preparer to:                                   on Form NYC-3L, Schedule H, Column A, Line 
                                                       



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6 if the taxpayer had filed Form NYC-3L and                    LINE 9a                                                banks will be rejected and returned.  Remittance 
completed that schedule.                                       LATE PAYMENT / INTEREST                                must be made payable to the order of: 
                                                                                                                        
                                                               If the tax is not paid on or before the due date 
                                                                                                                           NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 
For taxpayers who use Form NYC-4S-EZ, and,                     (determined without regard to any extension of           
accordingly, allocate 100 percent of their income              time), interest must be paid on the amount of the      Attach a copy of all pages of your federal form 
to the City, the amount of receipts used for this              underpayment from the due date to the date paid.       1120S. 
                                                                                                                       
purpose is the total amount of all receipts the tax-           For information as to the applicable rate of inter-
                                                                                                                      SCHEDULE B, LINE 1 
payer has received in the regular course of busi-              est, see the Finance website at nyc.gov/finance or 
                                                                                                                      FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME 
ness.                                                          call 311.  If calling from outside of the five NYC 
                                                                                                                      S Corporations and qualified subchapter S 
TABLE - FIXED DOLLAR MINIMUM TAX                               boroughs, please call 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-
                                                                                                                      subsidiaries (QSSS) must file as ordinary cor-
For a corporation with New York City receipts                  9675). 
                                                                                                                      porations. Federal S Corporation taxpayers 
of:                                                            LINE 9b - LATE PAYMENT OR LATE                         must complete form NYC-ATT-S-CORP, 
                                                               FILING/ADDITIONAL CHARGES                              Calculation of Federal Taxable Income for S 
Not more than $100,000:.................................$25           late filing penalty is assessed if you fail to  Corporations and include it with their GCT 
                                                               a)  A 
More than $100,000                                                                                                    Form 3L, 4S or 4S-EZ. 
                                                                   file this form when due, unless the failure is 
                                                                                                                       
but not over $250,000: ....................................$75     due to reasonable cause.  For every month or 
                                                                                                                      NOTE: 
More than $250,000                                                 partial month that this form is late, add to the 
                                                                                                                      The charitable contribution deduction from fed-
but not over $500,000: ..................................$175      tax (less any payments made on or before the 
                                                                                                                      eral Form 1120S, Schedule K, line 12a may not 
More than $500,000                                                 due date) 5%, up to a total of 25%. 
                                                                                                                      exceed 10% of the sum of lines 1 through 12d 
but not over $1,000,000: ...............................$500    b) If this form is filed more than 60 days late,      (other than line 12a) of Schedule K, subject to 
More than $1,000,000                                               the above penalty will not be less than the        any exception provided in the IRC with respect 
but not over $5,000,000: ............................$1,500        lesser of (1) $100 or (2) 100% of the amount       to C corporations. 
More than $5,000,000                                               required to be shown on the form (less any          
but not over $25,000,000: ..........................$3,500         payments made by the due date or credits           Corporations that are partners in partnerships 
                                                                                                                      that receive at least eighty percent of their gross 
Over $25,000,000:......................................$5,000      claimed on the return). 
                                                                                                                      receipts from providing mobile telecommunica-
                                                                c) A late payment penalty      is assessed if you 
                                                                                                                      tions services must exclude their distributive 
SHORT PERIODS - FIXED DOLLAR                                       fail to pay the tax shown on this form by the 
                                                                                                                      share of income, gains, losses and deductions 
MINIMUM TAX                                                        prescribed filing date, unless the failure is 
                                                                                                                      from any such partnership, including their share 
Compute the New  York City receipts for short                      due to reasonable cause.  For every month or 
                                                                                                                      of separately reported items, from their federal 
periods (tax periods of less than 12 months) by                    partial month that your payment is late, add 
                                                                                                                      taxable income reported on line 1. 
dividing the amount of New York City receipts by                   to the tax (less any payments made) 1/2%, up        
the number of months in the short period and mul-                  to a total of 25%.                                 LINE 2 
tiplying the result by 12.  Once this annualized                
amount is calculated (do not replace your NYC                  d)  The total of the additional charges in aand    c   STATE  AND LOCAL INCOME  TAXES 
receipts on Line 2 with this annualized amount)                    may not exceed 5% for any one month except         DEDUCTED ON FEDERAL RETURN 
use the table above to determine the fixed dollar                  as provided for in    b.                           The amount deducted on your federal return for 
                                                                                                                      income taxes paid or accrued to any state, any 
minimum tax  based on the annualized amount.                   If you claim not to be liable for these additional     political subdivision of a state or to the District of 
The resulting fixed dollar minimum tax may be                  charges, attach a statement to your return explain-    Columbia, if they are on or measured by profits 
reduced for short periods  as indicated below.                 ing the delay in filing, payment or both.              or income or include profits or income as a meas-
Enter the reduced amount on line 2 (If applicable).             
                                                                                                                      ure of tax, including taxes expressly in lieu of any 
                                                               LINE 9c - PENALTY FOR 
PERIOD REDUCTION                                                                                                      of the foregoing taxes.  Include the New York 
                                                               UNDERPAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX                          State Metropolitan  Transportation business tax 
Not more than 6 months.................................50%     A penalty is imposed for failure to file a declara-    surcharge, the amount of MTA payroll tax (Tax 
More than 6 months but                                         tion of estimated tax or for failure to pay the entire Law, Art. 23) and the amount of New York City 
not more than 9 months..................................25%    installment payment of estimated tax due.     (For     General Corporation  Tax and Banking 
More than 9 months......................................None   more information, refer to Form NYC-222,               Corporation Tax deducted on your federal return.  
                                                               Underpayment        of    Estimated      Tax      by   Do not include pass through entity taxes, includ-
LINE 4b                                                        Corporations.)  If you underpaid your estimated        ing the NYS PTET and NYC PTET on this line. 
FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT                                      tax, use Form NYC-222 to compute the penalty.          Taxpayers are required to file the NYC 3L 
Do not use this line if an application for automat-            Attach Form NYC-222.  If no penalty is due, enter      instead of the NYC 4S EZ if they are required to 
ic extension (NYC-EXT) has been filed. The pay-                “0” on line 11c.                                       add back any pass through entity taxes when cal-
ment of the amount shown at line 4b is required as              
payment on account of estimated tax for the 2023               LINE 13                                                culating entire net income. 
                                                                                                                       
calendar year, if a calendar year taxpayer, or for             TOTAL REMITTANCE DUE                                   LINE 4 
the taxable year beginning in 2023, if a fiscal year           NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE                              NET OPERATING LOSS 
taxpayer.                                                      If the amount on line 7 is greater than zero or the    Enter New York City net operating loss carryfor-
                                                               amount on line 11 is less than zero, enter on line     ward from prior years.  A deduction may only be 
LINE 6                                                         13 the sum of line 7 and the amount, if any, by        claimed for net operating losses sustained in tax-
PREPAYMENTS                                                    which line 10 exceeds the amount on line 8.  If fil-   able years during all or part of which the corpo-
Enter the sum of all estimated tax payments made               ing and paying electronically, enter the amount of     ration was subject to the General Corporation 
for this tax period, the payments made with the                your remittance on Line A. If not paying electron-     Tax.  New York City allows net operating losses 
extension request, if any, and both the carryover              ically, leave Line A blank.                            to be used in the same manner as provided by 
                                                                
credit and the first installment recorded on the               All remittances must be payable in U.S. dollars        Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code.   Note 
prior tax period’s return.                                     drawn on a U.S. bank.  Checks drawn on foreign         that according to the federal  Tax Cuts and 
 



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Jobs Act of 2017, net operating losses generat-     sion or deduction was allowed in determining the 
ed during or after 2018 generally may not be        taxpayer’s taxable (entire) net income in a prior 
carried back. These losses may be carried for-      year. 
ward indefinitely; however, each year’s              
deduction will be limited to 80% of taxable         LINE 6 
income calculated as if the corporation had         TAXABLE NET INCOME 
not made the election pursuant to subchapter        Total the amounts listed on lines 4 and 5 and sub-
S of the IRC (without regard to the deduc-          tract the sum from line 3.  Enter the result on line 
tion). However, the amount of any federal loss      6.  If the entry on this line is a loss, a request to 
must be adjusted in accordance with Section 11-     carry it back as a net operating loss deduction in 
602.8(f) of the NYC Administrative Code.            any prior year must be made separately on an 
                                                    amended return.  Do not attach or mail an 
NOTE:                                               amended return with this tax return.  This request 
The deduction of a net operating loss carry-        must be submitted within three years of the due 
forward from prior years may not exceed and         date of the return for the loss year or within the 
is limited to the amount of the current year’s      period prescribed in Section 11-678 of the NYC 
federal taxable income.  A net operating loss       Administrative Code. 
may not be claimed as a deduction if Schedule        
B, line 1, reflects a loss.                         For interest calculations and account informa-
                                                    tion, call 311.  If calling from outside of the 
In addition, the deduction shall not exceed the     five NYC boroughs, please call 212-NEW-
deduction allowed for federal purposes or the       YORK (212-639-9675). 
deduction which would have been allowed if the      You  can also visit the Finance website at: 
taxpayer had not made an election to be (a) an S                  nyc.gov/finance 
Corporation under the rules of the Internal                                  
Revenue Code or (b) included in a group report-     PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION 
ing on a consolidated basis for federal income tax  The Federal Privacy  Act of 1974, as amended, 
purposes. Attach a Copy of Form NYC-NOLD-           requires agencies requesting Social Security 
GCT, Net Operating Loss Computation.                Numbers to inform individuals from whom they 
                                                    seek this information as to whether compliance 
Losses incurred during taxable years begin-         with the request is voluntary or mandatory, why 
ning after 12/31/17 may not be carried back.        the request is being made and how the information 
For losses from years beginning before January      will be used.  The disclosure of Social Security 
1, 2018, the New York City net operating loss       Numbers for taxpayers is mandatory and is 
deduction was determined as if the taxpayer had     required by section 11-102.1 of the Administrative 
elected to relinquish the carryback provision       Code of the City of New York. Such numbers dis-
except for the first $10,000 of each of such loss-  closed on any report or return are requested for tax 
es.  Losses which were not permitted to be car-     administration purposes and will be used to facili-
ried back could generally be carried forward and    tate the processing of tax returns and to establish 
used to offset income for the period permitted for  and maintain a uniform system for identifying tax-
federal tax purposes.  In addition, any portion of  payers who are or may be subject to taxes admin-
the $10,000 NOL permitted to be carried back        istered and collected by the Department of 
but not used could be carried forward.  If the tax- Finance, and, as may be required by law, or when 
payer elected to relinquish the entire carryback    the taxpayer gives written authorization to the 
period for federal purposes, then the taxpayer      Department of Finance for another department, 
could not carryback any amount for City purpos-     person, agency or entity to have access (limited or 
es.                                                 otherwise) to the information contained in his or 
                                                    her return.
Because an S corporation does not carry over 
NOLs, it would not have made an election to 
relinquish any or all of its carryback period.  
Therefore, for City tax purposes for losses aris-
ing in taxable years ending in or after 2002 and 
prior to years beginning after 12/31/17, it was 
presumed that, unless the taxpayer S corporation 
attached a statement to this return indicating that 
the taxpayer intended to carry back a net operat-
ing loss reported on this return, the taxpayer was 
presumed to have elected to relinquish the entire 
carryback period. 
 
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CITY / STATE REFUNDS 
Enter refunds or credits of the New York City 
General Corporation  Tax, New  York State 
Franchise  Tax or New  York City or State 
Banking Corporation Tax for which no tax exclu-                                                           NYC-4S-EZ-Instructions - 2022






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