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Warren County – Occupancy Tax and Weights and Measures (2016M-346)
… March 31, 2016. Background Warren County is located in the southeastern Adirondack region and is governed by an … pricing and scanning accuracy. Expenditures for all funds in 2015 totaled approximately $144 million. Key Findings The … possibly could have collected an additional $1.9 million in occupancy tax revenue. The Director of the Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/03/31/warren-county-occupancy-tax-and-weights-and-measures-2016m-346Herkimer County – Sales Tax Distributions and Bank Reconciliations (2017M-178)
… County bank account for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), resulting in an unaccounted for balance of $162,875. … made to municipalities. The Clerk should review the DMV account and remit the balances due to the State and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/12/15/herkimer-county-sales-tax-distributions-and-bank-reconciliations-2017m-178Town of Otto – Town Clerk and Tax Collector (2012M-214)
… receipt, including DEC transaction reports, tax stubs and escrow lists. Impose penalties on taxpayers making payment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/01/18/town-otto-town-clerk-and-tax-collector-2012m-214DiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… Local government sales tax collections in New York state totaled $23.4 billion in calendar year 2024, an increase of 1.6% or $376 million … annual growth seen since the COVID-19 pandemic decline in 2020, and was less than half of the average pre-pandemic … Local government sales tax collections in New York state totaled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024Town of Wawayanda – Financial Operations (2024M-160)
The Board and Town officials did not properly manage financial operations and the Board did not provide adequate oversight
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/25/town-wawayanda-financial-operations-2024m-160State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… track, inventory and safeguard IT assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Although the board-adopted … inventory was decentralized with multiple individuals and a service provider maintaining inventory records, which … which water outlets they exempted from sampling and how they would be secured, and what remedial actions were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsTown of Alexander – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2025M-72)
… Town. The Town Board (Board) did not adequately monitor transfer station punch card purchases or sales, review the … remit all clerk fees and taxes collected. Account for 262 transfer station punch cards totaling $8,500. Annual total … in 2022, a reduction of 21 permits (58 percent). Dog license fees recorded as collected decreased from 634 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2026/04/17/town-alexander-town-clerktax-collector-2025m-72Gananda Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-62)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess the District’s financial condition for the period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/04/04/gananda-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-62Examples of Tax Withholding Methodology
Attachment from CUNY Payroll Bulletin No. CU-168
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/cuny-168-attachment.pdfOpinion 90-6
… a statement of acknowledgement or placing a name plate with the donor's name on property purchased with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 88-51
… for any physical public betterment or improvement acquired at the time when such betterment or improvement is constructed, reconstructed or acquired." It is our opinion that a man-made lake constructed or acquired by a park district constitutes a physical betterment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-51Collection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax (Follow-Up) (2021-F-30)
To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Collection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax (2018-S-28).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21f30.pdfXII.6.I Paying a Non-State Employee – XII. Expenditures
… workers as either employees or independent contractors so the workers are properly taxed. The Internal Revenue … workers as either employees or independent contractors so the workers are properly taxed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6i-paying-non-state-employeeOpinion 88-42
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. SALES TAX -- Distribution of (adjustment by county of erroneous … -- Setoff (right of county to recoup erroneous sales tax allocations to other municipalities) TAX LAW, … Concerning a situation where a county distributed sales tax revenues to towns and villages in the county in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-42State Agencies Bulletin No. 2195
… the employee’s Federal, State, and/or Local Tax Data pages as follows: Employee Main Menu>Payroll for North … Save the page. Navigate to the State and Local Tax Data pages with the same effective date as above and update the … IT 2104-E, update the employee’s State and Local Tax Data pages as follows: Navigate to the State Tax Data page with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2195-claiming-exempt-federal-state-andor-local-tax-withholding-tax-year-2024State Agencies Bulletin No. 1275
… deduction codes 616 PAF Retirement Before Tax (PAF BTX) and 618 PAF Arrears Before Tax (PAF ARBTX) established for members of the New York State Police and Fireman Retirement System (PFRS). Affected Employees Members of PFRS in Tiers 3, 5 and 6 Background An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1275-new-deduction-code-616-paf-retirement-tax-paf-btx-and-new-deductionOpinion 96-15
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUILDING INSPECTOR -- Expenses (judgment arising from his or her … to pay a judgment arising from the conduct of the building inspector or from the town's planning and zoning activities … judgment arises partially from the actions of the building inspector or from the town's planning and zoning activities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Real Property Portfolio (2022-S-14) 180-Day Response
To determine whether Empire State Development (ESD) fully and accurately accounted for and reported on its real property holdings and the need to either hold or dispose of properties, and if ESD disposed of real property in a manner beneficial to the State.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22s14-response.pdfWayne Central School District – Property Disposal (2021M-161)
Determine whether Wayne Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials disposed of District property in a proper and cost effective manner.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/wayne-2021-161.pdfTown of Cortlandville - Improving Private Property (2018M-219)
Determine whether the use of Town resources to improve private property was appropriate and properly disclosed.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/cortlandville.pdf