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:	$

Initial Administration Fee Due Upon Regulatory Agreement Execution	$
Estimated Sales and Use Tax Excluded¹:	$
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 period²:	$
Administration Fee Due for Reporting Period¹:	$

¹Estimated tax and savings are based on a statewide average of 8.5%. Actual taxes and savings may vary.

²This 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.

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% (one twentieth of one percent) 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 $500 and shall not exceed $10,000.
The Application Fee shall be paid by check or electronic payment made payable to CAEATFA.
The Application Fee is non-refundable, except in cases where an Application review was not performed by CAEATFA.
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% (four tenths of one percent) 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 or one-half of the maximum Administrative Fee calculated as .004 (four tenths of one percent) of the total amount of the Qualified Property approved in the Application, whichever is greater, 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 semi-annually on July 31 and January 31 each year following Application approval until such time as the total amount of the Administrative Fee due has been paid. The amount of the Administrative Fee due during each period shall be .002 (two tenths of one percent) of the Qualified Property purchase amounts during the immediately preceding six-month period (from January 1 through June 30 and July 1 through December 31, respectively) until the total Administrative Fee has been paid.
The Administrative Fee shall be paid by check or electronic payment made payable to the Authority.
The Administrative Fee is not refundable.

Other Fees:

An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution that must be approved by the Authority shall pay an administrative fee of $2,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Applicants wishing to add an additional subsidiary or affiliate to a Regulatory Agreement shall do so upon written request along with payment of an administrative fee of $2,000 and is subject to approval of the Executive Director.
An Applicant that requests the transfer ownership of Qualified Property prior to the expiration of the Regulatory Agreement shall pay an administrative fee of $2,000 prior to consideration by the CAEATFA Board pursuant to Section 10035(b)(3).
An Applicant that requests a modification to its Regulatory Agreement or authorizing resolution that requires a revised application to be considered by the Authority for additional STE at the end of the year pursuant to Section 10032(a)(4) 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.
Other fees shall be paid by check or electronic payment made payable to the CAEATFA.