Page 2 of 8 IT-604 (2014)
Part 2 – New York State employment outside all EZs – Computation of the employment number inside New York State and outside all
EZs (whether or not you are certified in all of those EZs) for the current tax year and the five-year base period
.
(see instructions)
Current tax year
March 31
June 30
September 30 December 31
Total
employment number
Number of full-time employees
inside NYS and outside all EZs
4 Current tax year employment number inside NYS and outside all EZs
4
..........................................
(do not round)
Base period
Tax year
March 31
June 30
September 30 December 31
Total
employment number
ending
(mm-yyyy)
Number in
base year one
Number in
base year two
Number in
base year three
Number in
base year four
Number in
base year five
Total number of full-time employees inside NYS and outside EZs in the base period ...........
5
5 Base period employment number inside NYS and outside all EZs
................................................
(do not round)
6 Does the amount on line 4 equal or exceed the amount on line 5?
Yes
No
(see instructions) ..............
If No, stop; you are not eligible for the QEZE tax reduction credit.
Schedule B – Computation of test year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
Test year
(mm-yyyy)
March 31
June 30
September 30 December 31
Total
to
Number of full-time employees
within the EZs ..........................
7 Test year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
...................................
7
(see instructions)
Schedule C – Employment increase factor
(see instructions)
8 Current tax year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
..............
8
(see instructions)
9 Test year employment number within the EZs in which you are certified
................................
9
(from line 7)
10 Subtract line 9 from line 8 .......................................................................................................................... 10
11 Divide line 10 by line 9
(round the result to the fourth decimal place; if line 9 is
zero and line 8 is greater than zero, enter 1 here)
................................................ 11
12 Divide line 10 by 100
....................... 12
(round the result to the fourth decimal place)
13 Employment increase factor
..................................... 13
(enter the greater of line 11 or 12, but not more than 1.0)
Partnerships
Enter the line 13 amount on Form IT-204, line 133.
–
Enter the line 13 amount on line 26.
–
All others
164002140094