State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued.
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DiNapoli: State Tax Revenues $3 Billion Below Last Year
State tax receipts in November were higher than expected by the Division of the Budget (DOB), but collections through the first eight months of the state fiscal year were $3 billion lower than last year, according to the monthly State Cash Report released by New
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Amazon Must Ensure Its Business Is Not Adding to Racial Inequality
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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audit
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audit has been issued.
New York State Pension Fund Sets 2040 Net Zero Carbon Emissions Target
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), valued at an estimated $226 billion, has adopted a goal to transition its portfolio to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
Census 2020: Your Participation Matters, February 2020
Every ten years, the U.S. Constitution requires the government to perform a count of the population, known as a census.
Report on the State Fiscal Year 2020-21 Enacted Budget: Budgeting in a Time of Crisis, April 2020
New York State is facing extraordinary challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Its punishing impacts include shutting down much of the economy, throwing millions of Americans out of work, and devastating State finances.
Understanding Local Government Sales Tax in New York State - 2020 Update
New York State imposes a "general sales tax" at a single rate on most goods and some services. Counties and cities can impose their own local sales tax in addition to the State rate. This report is an update to the Office of the State Comptroller’s March 2015 publication on local government sales taxes in New York State.
New York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget - Federal Fiscal Year 2018, January 2020
New York’s Alexander Hamilton played a central role among our nation’s Founders, as the Broadway musical bearing his name reminds us. One of the questions Hamilton analyzed as he sought to build support for a stronger central government was the potential for “inequality among the States” in paying federal taxes. Well over two centuries later, that issue remains a national concern.
Third Quarter 2020 Local Sales Tax Collections Down 9.5 Percent; New York City’s Decline Offsets Uptick in the Rest of State
Statewide local sales tax collections in the third quarter of 2020 declined by 9.5 percent, or $452 million, over the same quarter in 2019. This decrease, while alarming in a typical year, was still a marked improvement from the 27.1 percent drop in the second quarter, which reflected the peak of the economic impact to date from the COVID-19 pandemic.