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DiNapoli: Moderate Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections for First Half of 2017
… across New York grew 3.3 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to a report released today by State … across the state is welcome news, especially for many of our upstate communities that have struggled with tough … said. "Sales tax, however, can be a volatile source of revenue and local officials must remain cautious. While …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-moderate-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-first-half-2017DiNapoli Proposal Would Provide More Accountability for Personal Income Tax Check-Off Funds
… manner.” Currently, there are ten causes that New Yorkers can support through personal income tax check-offs, including … and exploited children efforts; veterans’ causes; and disease research. Taxpayers will be able to contribute to a … starting with the 2015 tax year. A 2014 State Comptroller’s report found that over the previous five years, receipts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposal-would-provide-more-accountability-personal-income-tax-check-fundsOther Bulletin No. 33
… automatic processing of the April 2016 Retroactive SCF M/C Salary Increase and provide instructions for payments not … Chapter 8 of the Laws of 2017 provide for a retroactive salary increase of two percent (2.00%) for fiscal year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-33-april-2016-state-university-construction-fund-scfState Agencies Bulletin No. 2026
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information to agencies regarding a change in deduction priorities for … Bulletin 1374 , the Deduction Priority Schedule is used to determine the order in which deductions are taken when an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2026-new-deduction-priority-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-taxOpinion 2005-2
Whether a volunteer fire department may expend foreign fire insurance tax monies to reimburse active members of the department for mileage expenses
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-2Opinion 2004-5
Whether foreign fire insurance tax monies may be expended to purchase annuities for the benefit of members of a volunteer fire company
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5DiNapoli: Federal Funding Uncertainty Jeopardizes Impact of Inflation Reduction Act for New Yorkers
… more than $1.3 billion from IRA programs for a range of specific greenhouse gas reducing activities and funds to … support incentive programs; however, only a small amount of this funding has been received. Since the programs these … exclusively through charges on the electric and gas bills of the state’s utility customers, these grants could offset a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-federal-funding-uncertainty-jeopardizes-impact-inflation-reduction-act-new-yorkersRockland County – Budget Review (B22-6-9)
… expenditure projections in the County’s proposed budget for the 2023 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The … is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit obligations are outstanding, their proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings Based on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2022/11/18/rockland-county-budget-review-b22-6-9Opinion 2001-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (purchase of personal computer, facsimile machine and refrigerator for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-6Foreign Fire Insurance Report Filing
… referred to as "two percent tax money") must file an annual report of the receipts of expenditures and balances relating … to such monies with our office. Annual Report Form [pdf] For assistance with the completion of the annual report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/foreign-fire-insurance-report-filingCounty of Rockland – Budget Review (B6-14-24)
… of the County mortgage recording tax law. At the end of the 2014 fiscal year, the County’s outstanding deficit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/11/12/county-rockland-budget-review-b6-14-24DiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap Below 2 Percent for Second Straight Year
… created a financial toolkit containing many resources that can be useful to local officials in the wake of the pandemic. … Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-below-2-percent-second-straight-yearState Falls Short in Verifying if Companies Qualify for Tax Breaks Under Excelsior Program
… Empire State Development Corp. (ESD), the entity in charge of doling out millions of dollars in tax credits to companies that pledge to expand in New York state, could not verify that many of the companies … taken steps to verify the reported amounts. For example, on 31 of the worksheets provided, ESD workers made notations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-falls-short-verifying-if-companies-qualify-tax-breaks-under-excelsior-programCity of Yonkers – Budget Review (B23-6-5)
… debt and interest costs because the cost of tax certiorari claims are bonded instead of being financed through the … operating budget. Includes $8.5 million for contractual settlements. Five of the City’s eight union collective … Does not include a specific appropriation for contractual settlements. Three of the District’s CBAs expired June 30, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/05/16/city-yonkers-budget-review-b23-6-5DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Grew 12.7% to $22.1 Billion in 2022
… to December) increased by 8.8% over the same quarter of 2021, which was similar to the year-over-year rates seen … were still in place. Inflation, even with the impact of the gas tax holiday, was one of the main drivers for sales tax growth in 2022, reaching a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-grew-127-221-billion-2022DiNapoli Releases October State Cash Report
… totaled nearly $41.6 billion through October, a drop of $764.1 million, or 1.8 percent, from the same period last … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. However, tax collections of $4.7 billion in October were 13.8 percent higher than those of October 2015 due to large audit payments made under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-releases-october-state-cash-reportDiNapoli: State Tax Collections Decline $3.7 Billion in Fiscal Year 2018-19
… its fiscal year on March 31 with a General Fund balance of $7.2 billion, higher than recent projections but a decline of $2.2 billion from the prior fiscal year. For the month of March, tax receipts were $811.7 million above the latest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-state-tax-collections-decline-37-billion-fiscal-year-2018-19Opinion 97-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association (use of moneys to pay death benefit upon death of firefighter's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-4DiNapoli: Local Governments Challenged by Slow Revenue Growth
Many of New Yorks local governments are coping with slow or no revenue growth making it difficult for them to maintain services while keeping pace with rising fixed costs such as health care according to the 2016 annual report on the states local governments released by Comptroller DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-local-governments-challenged-slow-revenue-growthDiNapoli: SFY 2022-23 Tax Collections Outperform Projections; Fall Below Previous Year
… billion higher than the forecast released by the Division of the Budget (DOB) in the Amended Executive Budget financial plan at the beginning of March but $9.5 billion lower than the previous year, … Income Tax (PIT) receipts resulting from a variety of factors including: a decline in year-end bonuses in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-sfy-2022-23-tax-collections-outperform-projections-fall-below-previous-year