Form CT-3 General Business Corporation Franchise Tax Return. New York business corporations can file their state franchise tax owed with a form CT-3. This document is found on the website of the state's Department of Taxation and Finance.
If you are filing an amended return, mark an X in the Amended return box on page 1 of the return. If you file an amended federal return, you must file an amended New York State return within 90 days thereafter. Important: Use the correct year's form for the tax year you are amending.
The capital base is the total of business capital and investment capital, or the portions of each allocated within New York State. The rate of tax is 1.78 mills (or 0.4 of a mill in the case of a cooperative housing corporation) for each dollar of the capital base.
Complete Form IT-196 to compute your New York State itemized deduction. In most cases, your New York State and New York City income tax will be less if you take the larger of your New York itemized deductions or New York standard deduction.
To calculate your New York State itemized deduction, complete Form IT-196. If you take the larger of your New York State itemized or standard deductions, in most cases your New York State and New York City income tax will be less.
The nonresident or part-year resident, if required to file a New York State return, must use Form IT-203. However, if you both choose to file a joint New York State return, use Form IT-201 and both spouses' income will be taxed as full-year residents of New York State.