Week of 9/21/2009 thru 9/25/2009
Important Publications and Notices
A temporary restraining order applies to the cigarette retail dealer registration fee increase.Until the court lifts the restraining order, retail dealers must:
- file the 2010 Form DTF-719, Renewal Application for Registration of Retail Dealers and Vending Machines and pay $100 for each location.
- in column C of the Certificates of Registration for business location section of the application, dealers should enter $100 for each location rather than the dollar amounts shown in Column B. They should also provide total gross sales.
Petitioner name redacted, in a petition dated July 12, 2009, requests an advisory opinion regarding the Personal Income Tax treatment of distributions from an Individual Retirement account (IRA) that was funded with assets rolled over in a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer from Petitioner’s Internal Revenue Code § 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plan (TDA).
Petitioner name redacted, asks whether its payments to independent contractors who prepare its “e- newsletters” are subject to sales tax. We conclude that the charges are taxable because the independent contractors are performing an information service for Petitioner.
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Press Release
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward announced today that a Richmond County internist and pulmonary specialist pled guilty September 23 to income tax evasion for failing to file state personal income tax returns for five consecutive years.
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is mailing letters to more than 700,000 employers and self-employed individuals doing business in the 12-county Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District who may be required to pay a new tax, the first payment of which is due November 2.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward today announced the first year results of the department's Voluntary Disclosure Program - a unique statutory program that provides amnesty-like benefits to delinquent taxpayers who reveal tax obligations unknown to the state and who voluntarily become tax compliant.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward today announced that a Rochester area landscaper has been indicted for stealing state and local sales taxes that he collected from customers but failed to send to the state, and for not filing his income tax returns.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward recently announced the arrest of 21 cigarette bootleggers who were major suppliers of the New York City cigarette black market.