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Tax Committee
Contact: Ken Pokalsky
What's New
- Final New York State Revenue Legislation
A summary of major business-related revenue and tax credit changes included in S.6610-C/A.9710-D (August 4, 2010)
- Administration's proposed revenue legislation (Part 1, Part 2)
- Senate/Assembly revenue proposal (S.6610-B/A.9710-C)
- Business Council opposes cuts to tax credits, 4/29/10
- Governor's Draft Budget Bill, Oppose, 50 Percent Deferral of Most Business Tax Credits, 4/28/10
- Governor's Business Tax Credit Reduction Bill, 4/28/10
- NYS Department of Taxation and Finance Corporate Tax Reform Proposal
February 26, 2010 Draft Legislation
- Testimony to Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Joint Legislative Public Hearings On 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal
Presented by Kenneth Adams, President
February 1, 2010
- Testimony to Joint Legislative Hearing on Taxes
Tax on Sugar Beverages February 1, 2010
- Final Legislative Deficit Reduction Plan
NYS Department of Taxation and Finance Corporate Tax Reform Proposal
- February 26, 2010 Draft Legislation
- Overview of changes
- January 2010 Revised Article 9-A/Article 32 Integration Outline
- DT&F Request for Data on Impact of Reform Proposal
- November 2009 Revised Article 9-A/Article 32 Integration Outline
- June 2009 Cover Letter from Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward
- June 2009 Article 9-A and Article 32 Integration/Reform Outline
Executive Order 25/State Regulatory Review and Reform Program
NYS Senate Select Committee on Budget & Tax Reform
- Final MTA Legislation - S.5451/A.8180
- Committee update - DT&F Mobility Tax Guidance (June 3, 3009)
- Department of Tax and Finance guidance (TSB-M, June 1, 2009)
- Hearing Notice, Senate Select Committee on Budget & Tax Reform: ‘Corporate Franchise Tax/Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures”
- Testimony to
Senate Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform
New York’s Personal Income Tax, March 12/2009
Draft Ravitch Commission Legislation (MTA/Mobility Tax/Bridge Tolls)
Overview of Current and Recent PIT Proposals (February 13, 2009)
COMMITTEE UPDATES
- August 4, 2010
Final New York State Revenue Legislation
A summary of major business-related revenue and tax credit changes included in S.6610-C/A.9710-D
- June 29, 2010 Update
- June 4, 2010 Update
Sales Tax "Reform" Roundtable
- April 27, 2010 Update
Governor Paterson "Gap Closing Plan" - Rescind Business Tax Credits
- April 23, 2010 Update
Final Notice: Annual Conference on State Taxation
- March 12, 2010 Update
Business Council Tax Committee Meeting
Taxation of Corporate Owned Life Insurance
Fiscal Reform Plans
New Tax Appeals Tribunal Chair
- February 26, 2010 Update
Draft Article 9A/32 Integration Bill
Tax Committee Meeting: New date, March 16th
Legislative Revenue Projection
Save the Date: Annual Conference on State Taxation
- February 18, 2010 Update
March 2nd Tax Committee Meeting
Business Council Budget Testimony
21 Day Budget Amendments
NYS Fiscal Update
Save the Date: Annual Conference on State Taxation
- January 14, 2010
Department of Tax and Finance Article 9A/32 restructuring proposal
- Nov. 10, 2009 Update
- Update - 4/16/09
Annual Tax Conference, Final Budget Summaries, Senate Hearing on Corporate Tax Reform
- 3/5/09 MTA Mobility Tax Proposal, PIT Hearing, Taxpayer Advisory Committee Update
- Update - 2/13/09
PIT Legislation, COST Tax Burden Study, Tax Advisory Committe - 2009-10 NYS Tax Expenditure Report, NYS Department of Tax and Finance (February 3, 2009)
TESTIMONIES
- Testimony to Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Joint Legislative Public Hearings On 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal
Presented by Kenneth Adams, President
February 1, 2010
- Testimony to Joint Legislative Hearing on Taxes
Tax on Sugar Beverages February 1, 2010
- Testimony to
Senate Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform
New York’s Personal Income Tax, March 12/2009
- Council Testimony to Joint Legislative Hearing on Tax/Revenue Proposals in FY 2010 Execcutive Budget (February 3, 2009)
Council's Overview of FY 2010 Executive Budget Tax Revenue Measures
Business Council News
- Business Council opposes cuts to tax credits (April 29, 2010)
- Business Council urges NY congressional delegation to oppose bank tax (Jan. 29, 2010)
- Unemployment numbers show urgent need for tax relief in New York (Jan. 21, 2010)
- Business Council says property taxes killing jobs in New York (Jan. 14, 2010)
FY 2009 Final Revenue Bill
Real Property Tax
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DON'T KILL NY JOBS A CHALLENGE FOR LAWMAKERS a New York Post op-ed by Kenneth Adams
- Business Council President and CEO Kenneth Adams defends property tax cap in letter to the editor of The New York Sun
- The Business Council of New York State supports Gov. Paterson's call for a property tax cap (June 3, 2008)
- Governor Paterson Introduces Legislation to Cap Property Taxes.
- Statement by Kenneth Adams, President and CEO of The Business Council of New York State on the release of the Commission on Property Tax Relief report (June 2, 2008)
- Testimony to New York Commission on Real Property Tax Relief, April 23, 2008
- Council pushes local property tax cap and cost-cutting in testimony to commission, (April 23, 2008)
Issues and Priorities
- Overview of Legislative Revenue Proposals
- 2008 Legislative Budget Proposals
- Comparison of Executive Budget & Assembly Revenue Legislation
- FY 09 Executive Budget revenue proposals
Tax Regulation
- DT&F Propoed Repeal of Temporary Stay Exemption
Combined Reporting under Articles 9-A and 32
- Draft Combined Reporting Regulations
- Final Tax and Finance TSB-M
- TBC Comments on Draft TSB-M
- 2007 Combined Reporting Legislation
2009-2010 Legislative Memos
- Governor's Draft Budget Bill, Oppose, 50 Percent Deferral of Most Business Tax Credits, 4/28/10
- S.1706-A (Oppenheimer), Oppose, Commercial Real Estate Assessment Ratio in Westchester County, 6/25/09
Bill text - S.1716-A (Stachowski)/A.2378-A (Schimminger), Support, Tax Increment Financing, 1/25/10
Bill text - S.2021 (Scheinderman), Oppose the increase on Personal Income Tax (PTI)
Bill text - S.3889 (C. Johnson @ request of Department of Taxation and Finance), Judicial Review of Tax Tribunal Decisions
Bill text - S.5519 (Kruger)/ A.8615 (Farrell), Support, Allows credit applied to reduce unincorporated business tax to apply if the annual tax totals less than $5,400
Bill text - S.6606-A (Budget) / A.9706-A (Budget), Part HH, Oppose, Authorizing Increased Local Utility Gross Receipts Taxes, 3/12/10
Bill text - S.6610-C / A.9710-D, Part Y, Opposed, Business Tax Credit Deferral, 6/30/10
Bill text - A.9710-B Budget Article VII – Part R, Oppose, Sales Tax Increase on Promotional Materials
Bill text -
A.9710-B, Part P (Budget), Oppose, Elimination of ESCO Sales Tax Exemption
Bill text
2007-08 Legislative Memos
- S.371 (Young) / A.2358 (Schimminger), Support, Tax Increment Financing
- S.3836 Local Real Property Transfer Taxes
- S.6335 / A.9311, REIT Technical Amendment
Business Council News
- Business Council says enough is enough stop the MTA payroll tax (April 1, 2009)
- Business Council Outraged over more than $7 Billion in New Taxes
Calling it one of the Worst Budgets in State History (March 30, 2009) - Using insurers as tax collectors risks jobs says Business Council (March 26, 2009)
- Business Council says New York's poor business climate will be made worse by more taxes (March 25, 2009)
- Business Council applauds State Senate Majority's Taxpayer Empowerment and Accountability Plan (June 9, 2008)
- Business Council of New York State says the State Senate Majority’s Taxpayer Empowerment and Accountability Plan offers real reform (June 9, 2008)
- Council hosts annual Conference on State Taxation May 13-15 (May 1, 2008)
- Spending increases and new taxes in state budget "disappointing" to Business Council and members (April 11, 2008)
- Business Council President and CEO Kenneth Adams Statement on Assembly Tax Proposal (March 6, 2008)
- Report finds escalating
property taxes and local spending continue to hurt economy,
despite STAR (February 12, 2008)
- Analysis ranks New York's business tax climate among worst in the nation (November 7, 2007)
- Governor Spitzer's budget director sends business mixed signals on taxes in next year's budget (October 18, 2007)
- Governor
pledges no tax increases next year despite looming deficit
He also praises Council efforts to highlight economic woes, urges 'optimism' going forward (September 20, 2007) - Governor
vetoes Council-opposed legislation (July 6,
2007)
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