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Empire State Jobs Retention Credit

NY-JOBS-RETENTION · New York

Summary

Credit for job retention in businesses located in federally-declared disaster areas (e.g., Hurricane Sandy, other natural disasters). Eligibility window is time-bounded to the disaster-declaration lookback period.

Benefit

Percentage
Flat
Duration
Max annual
(taxpayer)
Max total
(taxpayer)
Carryforward

Program metadata

Distribution
taxpayer_earned
Claimant subject
business
Refund/transfer election
Program family
Effective
Sunset
Application deadline
Transfer discount

Hard requirements (0)

None.

Preference / tiering rules (0)

None.

NAICS industries (0)

Any.

Geo zones (1)

  • performance_designation · Federally-declared disaster area (lookback window applies)

Tags (3)

  • clawback_provision: true
  • disaster_area_required: true
  • source_ref: NY Tax Law § 36

Tax bases

  • corporate_income_taxprimary
  • personal_income_tax

Source

https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/business-incentives.htm
NY Tax Law Section 25(g)
Last verified: 2026-04-19