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Tax Committee
Contact: Ken Pokalsky
What's New
- 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
- 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 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)
- Council says proposed tax increases would damage economy (December 16, 2008)
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Business Council supports the Governor’s call for a property tax cap (December 1, 2008)
- New property tax data shows urgent need for the cap (September 24, 2008)
- Assembly’s tax and spend bill goes in the wrong direction (August 19, 2008)
- Business Council says property tax cap must be first step in tax reform (July 14, 2008)
- Business Council of New York State says the State Senate Majority’s
Taxpayer Empowerment and Accountability Plan offers real reform (June 9, 2008) - 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)
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
- 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
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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