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Tax Committee

Contact: Ken Pokalsky

Tax Committee News

• NYC Business Tax Conformance Bill, 6/12/09
• Draft NYC General Business Law Conformance bill
• 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)
    
    
• Albany Update - 4/16/09
  Annual Tax Conference, Final Budget Summaries, Senate Hearing on Corporate Tax Reform
  
• 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)
  • Mobility Tax provisions
• Overview of Current and Recent PIT Proposals (February 13, 2009)
  • S.2021 (Schneiderman)
  • Memo in opposition
• Albany Update - 3/6/09
  MTA Mobility Tax Proposal, PIT Hearing, Taxpayer Advisory Committee Update
• Albany Update - 2/13/09
  PIT Legislation, COST Tax Burden Study, Tax Advisory Committee
• Council Testimony to Joint Legislative Hearing on Tax/Revenue Proposals in FY 2010 Execcutive Budget (February 3, 2009)
• 2009-10 NYS Tax Expenditure Report, NYS Department of Tax and Finance (February 3, 2009)

Council's Overview of FY 2010 Executive Budget Tax Revenue Measures

Business Council News

• Council says proposed tax increases would damage economy (December 16, 2008)

• 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)

2008 Annual Conference on State Taxation

• Speaker Presentations

FY 2009 Final Revenue Bill

• Business Council overview of revenue measures
• Bill text

Real Property Tax

• 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
• Draft Regulation
• Business Council comments

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.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

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)
  

Key Contacts

Related Web sites:

• NYS Department of Taxation & Finance
• Federal Treasury