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Opinion 96-10
… FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (transfer into general fund) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (transfer from capital … general fund prohibited) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g: A fire district board of commissioners may not authorize the … the unexpended balance of a capital reserve fund into the fire district's general fund. It may, however, authorize a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-10Opinion 98-11
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (where last day of interest-free period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or … 925-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §25-a: When the last day of the penalty-free period for the payment of real … Whether real property tax payments postmarked day after the last day for tax payments wo penalty is timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11Opinion 93-4
… -- Certiorari Proceedings (authority to issue bonds to finance judgments) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§10.00, 11.00(a)(33-a), 21.00, 33.00, 35.00: A … periods of probable usefulness specifically for the payment in a single fiscal year of judgments, compromised …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-4Opinion 2004-3
… fund is comprised exclusively of user fees. April 30, 2004 Mark P. Pattison Deputy State Comptroller 1 Although the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-3State Agencies Bulletin No. 2179
… may have been eligible for a one-time lump sum payment. Payroll Bulletin 2129.2 (CSEA), Payroll Bulletin 2148.1 (M/C), and Payroll Bulletin 2165 (PEF) outline the payment effective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2179-expanded-eligibility-criteria-regarding-combined-service-civil-serviceRockland County – Budget Review (B23-6-8)
… in the County of Rockland’s (County) proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The … the “effective period” of Chapter 468, its proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings Based on … in the County of Rocklands County proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year are reasonable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2023/11/10/rockland-county-budget-review-b23-6-8Opinion 91-12
… fire company of a village fire department, in accordance with General Municipal Law, §204-a(8)(a), is required to give … damages by third parties arising out of or in connection with the fund raising activity (General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-12State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Champlain Joint Youth Program , Town of Colden , City of Corning , Franklinville Joint Fire … Falls , Town of Palatine , Town of St. Armand , Sullivan County and the Town of Tonawanda . "In today's fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Opinion 98 - 19
… would have been required to be subject to a supermajority vote (see Local Finance Law, §33.00), a mandatory or … for equipment, machinery or apparatus is "subject to such vote, referendum or such referendum and vote, as the case may be, in the same manner as provided for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 93-15
… purposes, may take into account a library's private source funds and, therefore, may request from the library information concerning such funds. March 18, 1993 Michael J. Moran, Supervisor Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… local government and school audits were issued. Village of Odessa – Clerk-Treasurer’s Records and Reports (Schuyler … an unauthorized payment for unused leave totaling $13,293 when she left employment. The former clerk-treasurer also … 392.54 days worked to the New York State and Local Retirement System. The release of this report was held due to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1DiNapoli: Identity Theft Cases Surged in New York in 2020
… Identity thefts in New York surged during the pandemic with more than 67,000 complaints filed statewide in 2020, … times the annual total from a decade earlier, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller … Identity thefts in New York surged during the pandemic with more than 67000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-identity-theft-cases-surged-new-york-2020DiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… risks and potential changes at the federal level, calls for careful budgeting on the part of local officials to … of 2.8% in 2024 outpaced the rest of the state (0.6%) for the third consecutive year. Growth in the city’s … the number of tourists, which nearly matched 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic. Aggregate county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024V.3.C Funds and Fund Accounting – V. Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance
… Fund captures a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts (real … on specific activities or meeting certain objectives in accordance with New York State law. Fund is required on … Fund groupings and one to capture the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis of Fund groupings. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-v/v3c-funds-and-fund-accountingOpinion 93-3
… 1965, p 516; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, p 430; cf ., e.g., 29 CFR 1910.134[b][10], 1910.156[b][2], pertaining to federal … State Legislature (see, e.g., General Municipal Law, §§103[4], 104), there are also several well-established common law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Great Neck Park District – Capital Assets (2025M-27)
… controls and safeguards. Such processes should be outlined in detailed policies and procedures. The recorded historical … tag equipment or record tag information on the inventory list. We reviewed all 30 equipment assets purchased during … that these items were generally recorded on the inventory list. We also selected 50 assets categorized as machinery and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2025/12/12/great-neck-park-district-capital-assets-2025m-27Opinion 2001-7
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS … equivalent to the assessments that would have been imposed on the properties for the five previous years, had they been … equivalent to the assessments that would have been imposed on the properties for the five previous years had they been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-7State Agencies Bulletin No. 1303
… Administration: 1/02/13 through 12/31/13 Institution: 1/10/13 through 12/26/13 2013 Form Content The information … in this box should always match the amount in box 7. Box 10 Amount repaid to Recipient Not applicable. Box 11 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1303-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1231
… To inform agencies of the content information for the 2012 Form 1042-S. Background According to the IRS instructions for Form 1042-S, amounts subject to reporting on Form 1042-S are those that are paid to foreign persons … To inform agencies of the content information for the 2012 Form 1042S …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1231-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingDiNapoli: DMV Must Do More to Crack Down on Unregistered Auto Repair Shops
… The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has not done enough to … stations provides customers with reasonable assurance that the business owners do not have a history of either criminal … business engaged in deceptive or fraudulent practices. But the audit revealed DMV has established little in the way of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-dmv-must-do-more-crack-down-unregistered-auto-repair-shops