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Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (STE) Program

Fee Calculator

This calculator is designed to help users determine fees associated with the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) Sales and Use Tax Exclusion Program.

Please enter numbers only (no commas) rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

Prospective Applicants

Amount of Total Anticipated Qualified Property Purchases:	$
Amount of Qualified Property Purchased in Last Reporting Period	$

Application Fee:	$
Maximum Administration Fee for the life of the project:	$
Administration Fee Due for Reporting Period¹:	$

Estimated Sales and Use Tax Excluded²:	$
Estimated Net Savings:	$

Current Participants

Amount of Total Anticipated Qualified Property Purchases in the Last Reporting Period:	$
Amount of Qualified Property Purchased in Last Reporting Period	$

Application Fee:	$
Administration Fee Due for this reporting period¹:	$
Administration Fee Due for Reporting Period¹:	$

Estimated Sales and Use Tax Excluded²:	$
Estimated Net Savings:	$

¹This calculator does not factor for prior payments made to CAEATFA. The amount due may be reduced as you approach or reach your maximum Administration Fee.

²Estimated tax and savings are based on a statewide average of 8.36%. Actual taxes and savings may vary.

Fees Schedule

Application Fee: The Applicant must pay an Application Fee to the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) upon submission of the Application.

The Application Fee is equal to 0.05% of the total amount of Qualified Property identified in the Application as originally submitted. If during the Application process, the Applicant reduces the amount of Qualified Property listed in the Application as submitted, the Applicant will not be entitled to a refund of the excess Application Fees paid. If the Applicant makes a request to CAEATFA to increase the amount of Qualified Property listed in a revised or amended Application, CAEATFA will require additional Application Fees to be submitted.
The minimum Application Fee shall be $250 and shall not exceed $10,000.
The Application Fee shall be paid in the form of a check payable to CAEATFA.
The Application Fee is non-refundable, except in the event an Application is (1) only reviewed to determine its Competitive Criteria ranking and (2) is not fully reviewed by staff due to the Applicant’s Competitive Criteria ranking and the oversubscription of the Statutory Cap. Then 75% of the Application Fee will be refunded.
Applicants reapplying under Section 10032(a)(4) will not have to pay a second Application Fee.
For Applicants that can demonstrate the Project is to relocate or rebuild the Applicant’s Facility due to a fire, flood, storm, or earthquake identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the California State Governor within two years of the time of application, the Executive Director may waive the Application Fee.

Administration Fee: The Authority shall charge an Administration Fee to cover the costs associated with the Program, including costs of compliance monitoring.

The Administration Fee amount shall be calculated as follows:
- The total Administrative Fee amount shall be 0.4% of the total amount of the Qualified Property purchased.
- In no case shall the total Administrative Fee be less than $15,000 nor more than $350,000.
$15,000 of the total Administrative Fee shall be due upon the execution of the Regulatory Agreement between the Applicant and the Authority.
The balance of an Applicant’s Administrative Fee shall be payable at the time of each semi-annual report calculated on that semi-annual report’s Qualified Property purchase amount.
The initial $15,000 paid by the Applicant at the time of executing the Regulatory Agreement will be credited to the Applicant’s total Administrative Fee upon a determination of the total amount of Qualified Property actually purchased.
The Administrative Fee shall be paid in checks payable to the Authority.
The Administrative Fee is not refundable.

Other Fees:

Except as provided below, an applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution that must be approved by the Authority shall pay an additional administrative fee of $500.
- An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution to extend the 15% purchase requirement pursuant to Section 10035(b)(1) shall pay an additional administrative fee of $1,500.
- An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution to extend the three-year initial term pursuant to Section 10035(b)(1) shall pay an additional administrative fee of $2,000.
- An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution to extend both the 15% purchase requirement and the three-year initial term pursuant to Section 10035(b)(1) for consideration at the same Board meeting shall pay an additional administrative fee of $2,250.
An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution that requires a revised application to be considered by the Authority shall pay .00005 (one two hundredth of one percent) of the total amount of Qualified Property identified in the Authority resolution approved by the board.
- In no case shall this fee be less than $500 nor more than $2,000.
This fee shall be paid in checks payable to the Authority.