Relates to hotel and motel taxes in Saratoga county and the city of Saratoga Springs; increases the allowable amount of tax imposed by the county; removes exemptions for properties having less than 4 units; relates to the disposition of tax revenues collected; eliminates an advisory committee.
Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
Provides that receipts from other services and other business receipts, taxpayers, and combined groups including members, engaged in providing professional employer organization services shall include with such receipts amounts received with respect to wages, benefits, and other employee expenses disbursed to or for the benefit of a client's worksite employees and the related employment taxes if the amounts received are included in the calculation of the business income base or the combined business income base, respectively.
S 7420 extends Suffolk County's authority to impose an additional 1% sales and use tax on top of existing rates, effective June 2021 through November 2027. This tax applies to residents and businesses within Suffolk County that pay sales tax. The bill requires that 12.5% to 37.5% of the tax revenue collected must fund public safety, with the remainder going to the county's general fund. The measure modifies existing tax law to formalize this temporary tax increase and its revenue allocation rules.
This bill extends existing income and resource exemptions for public assistance programs under the 1997 welfare reform law. It changes the expiration date of these exemptions from August 22, 2025, to August 22, 2027. The extension ensures that individuals and families receiving benefits like SNAP or Medicaid will continue to qualify without losing eligibility due to income changes during this period. The bill also includes a retroactive provision to cover the period starting August 22, 2025, if enacted after that date. This change directly affects low-income households enrolled in state public assistance programs.
This bill extends Newburgh's existing authority to collect a hotel and motel tax for two additional years, moving the expiration date from 2025 to 2027. It directly affects hotels and motels operating within Newburgh, as well as the town's ability to generate revenue from this tax. The key change is updating the expiration date in the tax law to ensure the tax remains in place through 2027. The bill makes a technical adjustment to the existing law without altering the tax rate or scope of the levy.
This bill sets a maximum 16% annual interest rate and a minimum 2% annual interest rate on late payments for residential property taxes, replacing higher local rates. It applies to residential properties including condos and co-ops, but excludes vacant and abandoned properties listed on a statewide registry. The interest rate will be tied to the prime rate (as defined by the commissioner), with the initial rate based on 2026 data and updated every five years. This limits how much interest homeowners can be charged on overdue residential tax bills, ensuring rates stay within the 2%-16% range.
This bill creates the Vacant Rental Improvement Program, providing grants of up to $75,000 per unit to owners of small rental buildings (five or fewer units) located outside New York City. It requires renovated units to be leased at affordable rates - defined as 80% of area median income - for a 10-year period, with new owners inheriting the affordability requirement. The program prioritizes vacant units or those with code violations and establishes a dedicated "rental improvement fund" for financing. Owners who violate the lease terms risk full repayment of grants.
Establishes the block by block homeownership program to provide capital subsidies for the purpose of constructing, preserving, and rehabilitating one- to two- family dwellings throughout the state, outside of NYC.
Bill A 4533 extends the period during which the city of White Plains is authorized to impose an additional sales and compensating use tax. This bill changes the expiration date for several additional sales tax rates, including a half-percent and two separate quarter-percent rates, from August 31, 2025, to August 31, 2027. This allows the city of White Plains to continue collecting these specific sales taxes for two more years. It also sets a procedural requirement for the city to notify the state tax commissioner 21 days before any local law related to this tax takes effect.
