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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1691

… Purpose To provide agencies with instructions for processing taxable educational assistance benefits for 2018 Affected Employees Employees who receive employer … assistance benefits that exceed the $5,250 exclusion limit for calendar year 2018 Background Per IRS Publication 15-B, …

UnitedHealthcare – Out-of-Network Providers Upcoding Selected Evaluation and Management Services (Follow-Up)

… Program (NYSHIP), administered by the Department of Civil Service (Civil Service), covers active and retired State, … Plan is the primary health benefits plan for NYSHIP. Civil Service contracted with UnitedHealthcare (United) to …

Town of Hopewell – Fund Balance and Budget Monitoring (2013M-231)

… and $10,000 in 2012. Because the Board considered that the tax levies were no longer sustainable without significant … a local law in 2012 to override the 2 percent property tax increase limit under the new tax cap law, thereby allowing the Town’s 2013 budget to …

Wyandanch Union Free School District - Budget Review (B19-7-1)

… 2019-20 budget. Background The Wyandanch Union Free School District, located in Suffolk County, adopted budgets of $68.8 … million adopted 2017-18 budget were not reasonable. The District’s audited financial statements for the period ending …

Newburgh Fire Chief Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Fraudulently Obtaining Retirement Benefits

… public sector employment before their pension benefits are cut off for that year. According to the allegations contained in … described should be treated as an allegation. unsealed today in White Plains federal court: VATTER served in the …

Village of Monticello – Payroll (2022M-59)

… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Village of Monticello (Village) officials ensured that payroll and … Determine whether Village of Monticello Village officials ensured that payroll and …

XIV.7 Monitoring Payments Made to Vendors – XIV. Special Procedures

… OVERVIEW AND POLICIES One important control in New York’s Statewide Financial System requires Business Unit staff to verify all payments made are valid. To help in this monitoring … may have been made when the voucher was entered into the Statewide Financial System, or to improper transactions. …

XII.5.G Entering the Appropriate Obligation and Accounting Dates on Vouchers – XII. Expenditures

… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES Agencies must use the correct Obligation Date and Accounting Date. The Obligation Date is used in the accrual and modified accrual bases of accounting and … Agencies must use the correct Obligation Date and Accounting Date …

Cybersecurity Month Software Management

Learn about software management practices that you can implement in your municipality to help mitigate cybersecurity threats.

Spackenkill Union Free School District – Financial Management, Transportation and Information Technology (2015M-151)

… audit was to examine the District’s financial management and its controls over transportation and information technology (IT) operations for the period … District officials did not ensure that budget estimates and reserves were reasonable and that fund balance was …

State Contract and Payment Actions in December

… including $2.9 million with Albany Hilton, $2 million with Site Solutions Worldwide, $2 million with Comfort Inn … talent acquisition services. $2 million with Bette & Cring LLC to rehabilitate the auditorium at the Dulles State Office … million to MVP Consulting Plus Inc. and $5.1 million to 26 other vendors. Department of Health $20.9 million to …

New York State Health Insurance Program – Upcoding of Selected Evaluation and Management Services (Follow-Up)

… in our audit report, entitled New York State Health Insurance Program: Upcoding of Selected Evaluation and … (Report 2007-F-41). Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (Program) provides health insurance coverage to active and retired State, participating …

Opinion 92-12

… v Hudson Valley District Council of Carpenters Benefit Funds , 114 AD2d 701, 494 NYS2d 667; see also General …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2200

… Revenue Service) tax withholding requirements for 2024 and other tax related topics. Affected Employees: Employees … to the following areas for 2024: Withholding Rates, and Tax Brackets Additional Withholding Adjustment for … on Pension/Retirement Plans Qualified Transportation and Parking Fringe Benefits Limit Mileage Rates Individual …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2311

… (Internal Revenue Service) tax withholding requirements for 2025 and other tax related topics. Affected Employees: … has updated PayServ with the new Federal withholding rates for 2025.  New York tax requirements for 2025 remain unchanged from 2024.  OSC continues to use …

IRS Pension Limitation – En-Con Police Officers Plan

… Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) limits the amount of …

Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District – Financial Management and Competitive Procurement (2016M-124)

… The Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District is located in the Towns of Mendon, Henrietta and Rush in Monroe County; the Towns of Avon, Lima, and Livonia in … Key Findings The Board did not adopt budgets based on historical or known trends but overestimated expenditures …

Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Georgia Resident for Stealing Over $200K in NYS Pension Benefits

… Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, in Albany County Court. Cook is charged with stealing over $200,000 in … $100,000 each. Cook was arrested by agents of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, and extradited to Albany County to face the indictment. Cook was arraigned Friday on …

DiNapoli: NYSLRS Announces Employers' Retirement System Contribution Rates for 2023-2024

… contribution rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). Employers’ average contribution … increase from 11.6% to 13.1% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 27.0% to 27.8% of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). NYSLRS is made up of these two …

Becoming Eligible for a Benefit – Police and Fire Plan