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(a) Application of Aggregation Rule for Employers. All persons treated as a single employer under subsection (b), subsection (c), subsection (m), or subsection (o) of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as one (1) employer.
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(b) Employers Not in Existence in Preceding Year. In the case of an employer which was not in existence throughout the preceding calendar year, the determination of whether the employer is a small employer or a large employer shall be based on the average number of employees that it is reasonably expected the employer will employ on business days in the current calendar year.
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(c) Predecessors. Any reference in this section to an employer shall include a reference to any predecessor of the employer.