The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued an advisory opinion, concluding that a taxpayer’s charges for its online webhosting solution were not subject to sales tax. The customers pay an annual fee for their events (audio and video meetings, conferences, webinars and live presentations) to be hosted and maintained and also
New York finds that exclusion of out of state corporation from transfer tax exemption was not unconstitutional
The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled that a tax exemption that applied to New York special non-profit local development corporations only did not violate the equal protection clause or commerce clause of the US Constitution. New York imposes a mortgage recording tax on each mortgage of real property situated in New York and
Apples and Oranges: New York Applies the Pension Source Law to Pre- and Post-Termination Nonqualified Plan Distributions
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued an advisory opinion explaining that a taxpayer’s payments from nonqualified deferred compensation plans to nonresident former employees, after termination of employment of the nonresidents, constitute retirement income and are therefore not subject to New York personal income tax, income tax withholding, or reporting. The Department’s
For Your Eyes Only: New York Advises that Database Service is not Subject to Sales Tax
The New York Commissioner of Taxation and Finance issued an Advisory Opinion explaining that a petitioner’s service that allows customers to access its database and run reports of the customers’ data is not subject to sales tax. The petitioner enters into agreements with customers to maintain their fleet of vehicles, and the petitioner compiles data
Quick Update: New York, Illinois and California
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, host Chris Lee discusses a New York letter ruling concerning sales tax treatment of a database service, a New York Tax Appeals Tribunal decision concerning residency for individual income tax, an Illinois letter ruling addressing sourcing of sales for sales tax and a California Office of Tax
New York Senate introduces consumer data tax bill
On February 19, 2021, the New York Senate introduced S4959, which would impose a monthly excise tax on the collection of the consumer data of individual New York consumers by commercial data collectors. The tax rate varies based on the number of New York consumers the commercial data collector collects data on within the
Expensive Vacation: New York Tax Appeals Tribunal Rules Vacation Home is “Permanent Place of Abode” for Residency Purposes
The New York Tax Appeals Tribunal recently held that a vacation home constitutes a “permanent place of abode” to make taxpayers statutory residents for New York income tax purposes.
The taxpayers, a married couple, were domiciled in New Jersey. The husband was a hedge fund manager who primarily worked out of his New York City
Quick Update: Kansas, California and New York
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, host Chris Lee discusses a Kansas proposal to enact a marketplace facilitator law, two residency cases from California, and a New York decision concerning sales tax treatment of certain advertising services.
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New York Slice: 2020 Year-in-Review (Part Two)
In their column for Bloomberg Tax, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Michael Hilkin and Chelsea Marmor review some of 2020’s most noteworthy New York administrative and judicial decisions in Part Two of a review of 2020 developments in New York.
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Tough sell: New York Division of Tax Appeals holds advertising surveys constitute taxable information services
A taxpayer’s services measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns constitute taxable information services, according to a Jan. 14 ruling by the New York Division of Tax Appeals.
The taxpayer measured its clients’ advertising effectiveness using end user surveys. The taxpayer provided the resulting data to its clients with corresponding analysis. While the taxpayer retained the