Testimony of Alaina Turnquist, Lead Budget and Policy Analyst New York City Independent Budget Office To the New York City Council Committees on Finance and Oversight and Investigation On IBO’s Research and Fiscal Projections for NYC Legal Cannabis Market.
The Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) is imposed on the consideration for the following conveyances or transfers where the consideration exceeds $25,000.
The City Charter requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publish documentation of forecasting methodologies used for projecting tax revenues for those taxes which account for five percent or more of total City tax revenues.
This report provides data on Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) liability at the taxpayer and premises level. The data sources for this report are taxpayers’ CRT tax year 2023 (June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023) returns and CRT collections data from Department of Finance records.
High expectations: if it can overcome initial growing pains, the NYC legal cannabis market could bring in $1.2 billion in taxable tales and $47 million in annual revenue for the city
Tax Appeals Tribunal of the City of New York July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 Annual Report. This report is submitted as required by Section 168.f of the New York City Charter.
New York City Emergency Management is responsible for the NYC Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and distributes this weekly CERT newsletter to all active members so that they stay up-to-date on new opportunities, policies and initiatives that affect their membership.
The total citywide market value of fully and partially taxable property approached $1.4 trillion, about 7.8 percent higher than in FY 2022. Growth was higher in Class Two (9.1 percent) and Class Four (9.7 percent) compared to Class One (6.6 percent) and Class Three (5.4 percent).
This report highlights OTA’s work from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Since its establishment, OTA has assisted thousands of taxpayers with questions and contributed to the delivery of excellent customer service.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the launch of a $1.5 million multimedia marketing campaign to promote the expanded New York City Earned Income Tax Credit (NYC EITC), which is available to eligible New Yorkers during this year’s tax season.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the launch of a $1.5 million multimedia marketing campaign to promote the expanded New York City Earned Income Tax Credit (NYC EITC), which is available to eligible New Yorkers during this year’s tax season.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
DOF is amending the rules for the SCRIE and DRIE Programs.
These amendments to Chapter 52 were first proposed and published on September 23, 2022. A public hearing was held on October 25, 2022. After receiving and reviewing public comments, DOF has adopted this final rule.
This report, mandated by the New York City Charter, identifies and describes tax expenditure programs related to taxes administered by the City and provides tax expenditure estimates based on available data.
This report, mandated by the New York City Charter, identifies and describes tax expenditure programs related to taxes administered by the City and provides tax expenditure estimates based on available data.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga kicks off the tax season and encouraged New Yorks to file their taxes.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the Capital Process Reform Task Force to cut years off the city’s capital project delivery process and save New York City taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year.
In a series of charts and graphs IBO presents some key findings from the data, in particular, how in 2020—the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic—total income reported by full-year New York City residents increased compared with 2019., along with 2020 PIT tables.
The City Charter requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publish documentation of forecasting methodologies used for projecting tax revenues for those taxes which account for five percent or more of total City tax revenues.
The New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal has jurisdiction over petitions filed by taxpayers protesting statutory notices issued by the Department of Finance for all non-property income and excise taxes, and annual vault chargers administered by the City of New York.
To calculate a commercial property’s value for tax purposes, the city uses what is known as a “capitalized income approach.” IBO examines this method, focusing on a key part of the calculation and investigates how overestimation of these rates leads to inequitable property assessments.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams signs legislation to provide a one-time property tax rebate of up to $150 to hundreds of thousands of eligible New York homeowners.
The City Charter requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publish documentation of forecasting methodologies used for projecting tax revenues for those taxes which account for five percent or more of total City tax revenues.
The Hotel Room Occupancy Tax must be paid on the occupancy, or the right of occupancy, of a room or rooms in a hotel. Hotel Room Occupancy Tax is separate from the NYC Sales Tax on hotel room occupancy and is charged in addition to the Sales Tax.
The seventh annual report of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate (OTA), an office established in 2015 by the Department of Finance (DOF) to assist customers and recommends improvements to the agency’s policies and procedures.
This report presents statistical information for Tax Year 2018 for three New York City business income taxes: The Business Corporation Tax (COR), the General Corporation Tax (GCT), and the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT).
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is joined by elected officials and community leaders to celebrate the enhancement of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the state budget.
Included in its Preliminary Budget, the Adams Administration proposed 3 tax programs: one to enhance the value of city’s EITC, which increases the value of wages and salaries for low- and moderate-income tax filer; as well as 2 tax breaks to incentivize the development of childcare programs in NYC
New York City’s current property tax system is notoriously opaque, unfair, and regressive. For the past four decades, rather than dealing with its structural flaws, New York State has layered on a patchwork of exemptions and abatements to lower tax rates for various owners.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today was joined by elected officials and community leaders at Union Settlement in East Harlem to applaud New York state’s early efforts to make significant investments in New York City’s social safety net in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) budget
This report, mandated by the New York City Charter, identifies and describes tax expenditure programs related to taxes administered by the City and provides tax expenditure estimates based on available data.
This report, mandated by the New York City Charter, identifies and describes tax expenditure programs related to taxes administered by the City and provides tax expenditure estimates based on available data.
The New York City Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform today released its final report with recommendations to create a simpler, clearer and fairer property tax system.
This report is submitted as required by Section 168.f of the New York City Charter. The New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal has jurisdiction over petitions filed by taxpayers protesting statutory notices issued by the Department of Finance for all non-property income.
New York City By the Numbers: IBO has updated the fiscal history section of our website with new data on New Yorkers’ income and personal income tax liability. The new data, the most recent available, covers the 2019 tax year. See some highlights from our updated tables.
With manufacturing jobs in New York City declining, the New York City Industrial Development Agency, under the Giuliani Administration, created the Industrial Program in 1995. This report looks at the evolution and effectiveness of the program.
Due to a change to the Child Tax Credit, families can get half of the fully refundable credit—worth up to $3,600 per child—as advance monthly payments in 2021 and the other half as a refund in 2022.
This report provides data on Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) liability at the taxpayer and premises level. The data sources for this report are taxpayers’ CRT tax year 2021 (June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021) returns and CRT collections data from Department of Finance records.
This report provides data on Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) liability at the taxpayer and premises level.
The data sources for this report are taxpayers’ CRT tax year 2021 (June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021) returns
and CRT collections data from Department of Finance records.
To help families during COVID, the U.S. government made changes to the Child Tax Credit. Families can get half of the fully refundable credit—worth up to $3,600 per child—as monthly payments in 2021 and the other half as a refund in 2022.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Acting Commissioner Sandra Abeles today announced that the City is expanding post-tax season NYC Free Tax Prep services.