Determining the Number of Businesses

In determining whether two or more displaced legal entities constitute a single business, which is entitled to only one fixed payment, all pertinent factors shall be considered, including the extent to which:
  • The same premises and equipment are shared;
  • Substantially identical or interrelated business functions are carried out and business and financial affairs are commingled;
  • The entities are held out to the public, and to those customarily dealing with them, as one business; and
  • The same person or closely related persons own, control, or manage the affairs of the entities.
For relocation purposes, if a displacee owns the fee, the structure, and the business operating within the structure, said displacee shall qualify as a business owner. This displacee shall be eligible for one set of relocation benefits.