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Opinion 2006-11
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (from store at which town board member is employed) -- Exceptions … has an interest in town purchases from an auto parts store solely because the board member is an employee of the store, the interest would not be prohibited if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11XII.6.I Paying a Non-State Employee – XII. Expenditures
… either employees or independent contractors so the workers are properly taxed. The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) … procedures used in accordance with IRS criteria. If there are no material differences in the factual circumstances that … BUSINESS UNIT RESPONSIBILITIES Business Units are responsible for ensuring individuals they pay qualify as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6i-paying-non-state-employeeOpinion 89-33
… to pre-audit claims for compensation of village officers and employees) VILLAGE BOARD -- Powers and Duties (pre-audit of compensation paid to village officers and employees) VILLAGE LAW, §§5-524(2), (4), (5): The … budgeted compensation for appointive village officers and employees may be paid without prior audit by the board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Human Resource Practices
… Objective To determine if State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate … and consistently applied policies and procedures related to select human resource functions. This audit covered the … To determine if State University of New York SUNY Upstate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/25/human-resource-practicesTravel FAQs
… meals for that overnight. Example 1: I am staying with my family and claiming the unreceipted per diem, but I also have … Example 2: During an upcoming trip I want to stay with my family on night one (unreceipted method) and stay in a hotel … to an extra meal when in travel status? Yes, provided you leave for work at least one hour before your normal start …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/travel/travel-faqsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… accrual records tested. The district may incur $47,817 in additional payroll costs if the errors are not corrected. … record their hours worked or not worked, which resulted in leave balances which may be overstated by 27 days; ten … used. Surplus fund balance exceeded the 4% statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by 3.1 to 12.8 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2159
… the New York State Payroll System (PayServ) for tax year 2023. Affected Employees: Employees with employer-provided … for the period November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023, as income on the employee’s 2023 Form W-2 using Earnings Code PEV ( P ersonal E mployer V …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2159-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedState Agencies Bulletin No. 2059
… are fringe benefits. Per the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Rules and Regulations, most Fringe Benefits are taxable … gross wages. This income is reportable on the employee’s Form W-2 and is subject to income and employment taxes. … vehicles and chauffeur services to ensure compliance with IRS Rules and Regulations. Agencies should have an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2059-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedState Agencies Bulletin No. 2159.1
… the New York State Payroll System (PayServ) for tax year 2023. Affected Employees: Employees with employer-provided … for the period November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023, as income on the employee’s 2023 Form W-2 using Earnings Code PEV ( P ersonal E mployer V …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/21591-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedState Agencies Bulletin No. 2366
… beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026), the maximum fair market value of a vehicle (automobiles, vans, trucks) … method is the most restrictive and cannot be used if the fair market value exceeds set amounts in the year the vehicle …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2366-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedState Agencies Bulletin No. 2271
… are fringe benefits. Per the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Rules and Regulations, most Fringe Benefits are taxable … gross wages. This income is reportable on the employee’s Form W-2 and is subject to income and employment taxes. … vehicles and chauffeur services to ensure compliance with IRS Rules and Regulations. Agencies should have an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2271-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedOpinion 92-15
… that section 207-c benefits must be provided in the case of partial disability (see Rosato v Hasenhauer , 120 … §30(3), however, provides, in relevant part, that in the case of an award of workers' compensation to a member of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for September 2015
… Statewide Financial System. Cumulatively through September for calendar year 2015, DiNapoli’s office has approved … financial officer, DiNapoli’s office reviews contracts for all state agencies and certain contracts for state public … Driver Training Inc., and $1.1 million to National Tractor Trailer School. Department of Health $563 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-september-2015Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Sentencing of Former Mount Vernon Government Official
… According to the testimony and evidence presented at trial, Porcari misappropriated funds from the city of Mount … of Investigation Division Chief Oliver Pu-Folkes. Trial presentation assistance was provided by IT Specialist …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-sentencing-former-mount-vernon-governmentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… accurately maintain employee leave records. Leave balances for the former deputy highway superintendent from 2015 … was attributed to the deputy’s failure to use sick leave for lost time due to an occupational injury, which resulted … not performed. Monthly financial reports were not prepared for and submitted to the town board. Town of Owego – Water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsPreston Fire District – Board Oversight (2025M-87)
… records and ensuring that annual financial reports (AFRs) are filed in a timely manner. The District’s budgeted … the District Treasurer’s (Treasurer) records Ensure the AFRs were filed in a timely manner Because the Board did not … Board does not perform an annual audit or ensure that the AFRs are filed, transparency is diminished and the Board, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/03/13/preston-fire-district-board-oversight-2025m-87State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… School District – Overtime (Nassau County) The district does not have a comprehensive payroll policy or written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 797
… where a Next of Kin Affidavit and Report of Check Exchange forms have been submitted, OSC will accept a photocopy of these forms to process the exchange of the check. Payroll Register …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/797-june-2007-retroactive-tool-allowance-payment-csea-operational-servicesOpinion 89-61
… the village. As a general rule, all moneys raised by real property taxes for town purposes must be raised by taxes levied on the whole area of the town, including the real property located in villages situated within the town, … be raised for town purposes must be levied on all taxable real property in the town, unless there is some provision of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-61Opinion 2000-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS -- … and Social Security Law §§113 or 470, from agreeing in a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers to … … exactly the same as if payments were made in the form of wages …" (89 Misc 2d at 265, 390 NYS2d at 787). In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14