Case Name: In the Matter of Broadway Worldwide Inc., Petitioner, v. New York State Department of Economic Development, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-05-17
Citations: 139 A.D.3d 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Broadway Worldwide Inc., Petitioner, v New York State Department of Economic Development, Respondent.
Judges: Concur — Mazzarelli, J.R, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Gesmer, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 508–508

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Broadway Worldwide Inc., Petitioner, v New York State Department of Economic Development, Respondent.
[30 NYS3d 542]

Opinion:
Determination of respondent, New York State Department of Economic Development (DED), dated February 21, 2014, affirming the decision of an administrative law judge, dated December 31, 2013, which, following a hearing, had denied petitioner production company an additional tax credit under Tax Law § 24, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Carol E. Huff, J.], entered January 23, 2015), dismissed, without costs.
DED's determination has a rational basis in the record and is supported by substantial evidence (see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176, 179-182 [1978]). With respect to the five contracts at issue, DED rationally concluded that petitioner, despite ample opportunity, failed to differentiate between payments for services, which qualifies for a tax credit under Tax Law § 24, and payments for intellectual property rights, which does not, and failed to establish that the services referenced in the contracts were actually performed (see Tax Law § 24 [b] [2]).
Concur — Mazzarelli, J.R, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Gesmer, JJ.