NYSDTF Offers More Help in Spanish
New York State Taxpayer Rights Advocate Camille Siano Enders has announced in a release that the tax department has added six new bilingual taxpayer service representatives and two supervisors to the...
View ArticleUnsolved Tax Mystery in Mt. Kisco
"The check is in the mail" has become such a poor excuse for late payments, no one can say it with a straight face anymore. But how about "the bill is in the mail"? That's what happened in the village...
View ArticleBeer Tax Goes Annual for Some
There's some welcome news for farm breweries in Technical Memorandum TSB-M-13(6)M. Such entities, which are restricted to producing no more than 60,000 barrels of beer annually, can now elect to file...
View ArticleLittle Joy as NYC Rent Is Up
The Rent Guidelines Board, which sets maximum rents for rent-stabilized apartments in New York City, has issued its annual increases, disappointing both tenants and landlords. For leases beginning on...
View ArticleKeep on Truckin'—with Taxes
The state tax department is reminding commercial motor carriers about their own special tax issues: they have to register their vehicles for highway use tax (HUT) with the tax department and display...
View ArticleReport NYS Evasion and Fraud
The state tax department is reminding residents that it welcomes information about those who aren't paying their face share. Its evasion and fraud page provides a channel to report businesses,...
View ArticleDOMA's Demise Means Tax Changes
The Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in a 5-4 decision announced this morning. As described in the New York Times, this means that same-sex couples are now entitled...
View ArticleManion Succeeds Woodward at NYSDTF
Nonie Manion, currently director of the state tax department's audit division, has been appointed the department's executive deputy commissioner, replacing Jamie Woodward, who is retiring after three...
View ArticleState Appeals Court Upholds MCTMT
The DOMA case wasn't the only tax-related case decided this week. As noted in Newsday, an appellate court ruled Wednesday that the MTA payroll tax does not violate the state constitution and is in fact...
View ArticleCourt Rules on Starbucks Tips
As noted in a recent E-zine article, there was some confusion about which levels of employees were entitled to a share of the cash in the tip jars at Starbucks. Two cases were before a federal court,...
View ArticleMattox Gives Shout-Out to Volunteers
Tax Commissioner Thomas H. Mattox thanked nonprofit organizations throughout New York for their work in preparing more than 212,000 individual income tax returns for free this past season. "More than...
View ArticleNew York AG Ends Early Info Access
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced that Thomson Reuters has agreed to stop providing any traders with certain market-moving consumer survey results before that...
View ArticleNew Jersey Rules on 'Cloud' Tax
Increasingly, companies are working in the "cloud"—that is, accessing documents and using software that are stored off-premises. New Jersey has taken a stab at addressing the tax situation in cloud...
View ArticleTourism Is Up in New York
New York may be known as the world's financial center, but increasingly, it's a tourism center as well. Governor Cuomo's office has issued a report showing the growth of the tourist industry in the...
View ArticleState Offers Guidance on NYC Taxi Tax
It's official: New York's HAIL Act, which among others things imposed a 50-cents per trip tax on taxi trips that begin in New York City and end anywhere in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation...
View ArticleNYS AG Settles with Movers Over Wages
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has used a recent settlement with two moving companies to highlight the need for labor law compliance, according to a release from his office. The two...
View ArticleFinancial Fraud and Gross Stupidity
From the casebook of the Richmond County (Staten Island) District Attorney's office comes an investigation that teaches two lessons: the importance of being vigilant against identity theft and the...
View ArticleGuilty Plea from 'Rebecca' Fraudster
As noted in an earlier NYSSCPA blog, Long Island resident Mark Hotton was accused last year of conning producers of the musical mystery "Rebecca" in a plot as elaborate as the show itself. At the end...
View ArticleAppeals Court Nixes Soda Ban
Mayor Bloomberg had already lost once in his attempt to ban large sodas in New York City: a court found that his administration had overstepped it authority. He appealed—and earlier this month lost...
View ArticleTax Cheats May Lose Drivers License
Thousands of suspected tax cheats may lose their driver's license if they don't pay what they owe to the state of New York, according to the Associated Press.read more
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