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The New York Tax Appeals Tribunal mostly affirmed the New York Division of Tax Appeals determination that a company’s provision of advertising measurement services was a taxable information service. The taxpayer provides services to its clients that measure advertising effectiveness. New York taxes the provision of information services, but exempts information services that are personal…

On January 18, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her fiscal year 2023 budget and accompanying legislation (the Budget Bill).  The Briefing Book accompanying the Budget Bill highlights New York’s “remarkable reversal of fortune as tax revenues rebound”—giving the Governor the room to propose a variety of tax cuts targeted toward the middle-class and…

On January 18, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul released the fiscal year 2023 budget Briefing Book. While we are still waiting for the public release of accompanying legislation (i.e., the Budget Bill) and memoranda, the Briefing Book indicates that the Budget Bill will propose a variety of tax cuts targeting middle-class individuals and small businesses.…

The New York Division of Tax Appeals determined that a multilevel marketing company’s provision of access to its web-based software that contains confidential and proprietary information and reports for use in developing business was neither the taxable sale of prewritten computer software, nor the sale of a taxable information service. The company, a multilevel marketing…

On New Year’s Eve 2021, New York’s Governor Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S. 4730, delivering a win to taxpayers. The bill as passed by the New York Legislature earlier this year proposed to expand New York’s already overreaching False Claims Act (FCA).

Most states have a false claims act that is modeled after the federal…

The New York Division of Tax Appeals determined that an online loan marketplace was not a taxable information service. The taxpayer operates an online loan marketplace where it connects and matches prospective borrowers seeking loans (and other credit-based products) with lenders that are seeking qualified borrowers. The taxpayer generated revenue through agreements with each lender…

In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Jeremy Gove rolls out a new discussion format—East/West/Middle. Joining Jeremy for this discussion are Partners Nikki Dobay and Breen Schiller, and Counsel Michael Hilkin, and the four discuss the similarities and differences of protesting an assessment in New York (East),…

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance recently released advisory opinion TSB-A-20(70)S, concluding that a taxpayer’s service of creating and hosting websites and applications (apps) for mobile devices is nontaxable. The taxpayer’s customers are retailers of consumer goods, and the customer’s users access the website or app to purchase items from the…

A New York Division of Tax Appeals administrative law judge determined that a California-based company’s sale of memberships to access its online medical technology platform was the provision of a nontaxable service rather than a taxable sale of prewritten software. The company offered membership-based “care navigation services” to patients of physician-owned medical practices through a…