THIS CITY PROGRAM BENEFITS COMPANIES RELOCATING TO BROOKLYN FROM MANHATTAN – OR OUTSIDE OF NYC – WITH $3,000 / YEAR FOR EACH FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. $3000 PER EMPLOYEE. $25 PER SQUARE FOOT.
REAP (RELOCATION EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM)
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Under REAP, eligible companies must sign an office lease for at least a 3-year term and may collect the benefits for up to 12 years. Companies may redeem their REAP benefits as a tax credit against city taxes, however, in the case of start-ups or small businesses not generating sufficient taxable income, REAP benefits may be collected as a direct payment from the city.
EXAMPLE: A Manhattan-based company relocates their office with 30 full-time employees from Manhattan to DUMBO. The asking price for the 5,000 SF office is $52.00 PRSF, which is $260,000 in rent a year. Shortly after submitting an annual NYC tax filing, they receive a REAP benefit check from the city for $90,000 ($3,000 x 30); thus reducing the rent from $52.00 PRSF to $34.00 PRSF and their annual total from $260,000 to $170,000.
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COMMERCIAL RENT TAX EXEMPTIONS
Move here + skip a 3.9% tax
Brooklyn office tenants are exempt from the NYC Commercial Rent Tax, which imposes a tax of 3.9% on tenants paying more than $250,000 rent per year, in most office districts in Manhattan.
EXAMPLE: A tenant in Midtown Manhattan and a tenant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn both pay a $300,000 annual rent payment. The Midtown tenant is required to pay the Commercial Rent Tax of $11,700 ($300,000 x .039%) while the Brooklyn tenant is exempt from this payment.