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Remote Work Challenges After New York Tax Appeals Tribunal Upholds Income Tax “Convenience Rule”

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In an opinion issued on May 15, 2025, the State of New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, the highest administrative forum for state tax appeals, upheld the application of the state’s income tax “convenience rule” imposing New York...more

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4 Key Takeaways | NY Sales Tax on Cloud-Based Document Management Services

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On May 20th, Kilpatrick tax partner Jeff Reed presented during a New York City Bar SALT Committee meeting. Jeff discussed the recent NetVoyage New York Division of Tax Appeals sales tax determination....more

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Deli’s Party Platters Found Subject to Sales Tax Despite Customer Assembly Required

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In the world of sales tax, the devil is often in the details. A recent decision from the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal (“Tribunal”) serves as an example of how seemingly insignificant details can determine whether a...more

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Employer to Nonresident Employee: “You Cannot Work in New York”; New York to Employee: “We Will Tax You Anyway”

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You are probably aware that many employers are discarding the fully flexible, remote work policies that were forced upon them – as “nonessential” businesses – during the COVID-19 pandemic[i] and which they retained as an...more

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New York ALJ Finds Convenience of Employer Rule Applicable to Nonresident but Provides a Roadmap for How a Taxpayer May Prove the...

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In another challenge to New York’s so-called convenience of the employer rule (the “convenience rule”), an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) recently issued a determination upholding application of the rule against a...more

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New York Tax Continues to Inconvenience Nonresidents Working Remotely

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Last Friday, New York’s Governor Hochul delivered the following remarks at the annual meeting of the Business Council of New York State:“Someone asked me today, are we going to raise income taxes? I said, ‘I’m not raising...more

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New York’s Tax Treatment of Compensatory Restricted Stock and Dividends in the Hands of a Nonresident Executive

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As far back as I can remember, the end of August has always elicited a sense of dread comparable to what many schoolchildren, and a fair number of adults, experience every Sunday afternoon. In retrospect, I cannot say that...more

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New York Expands Rationale For State Income Tax “Convenience Rule”

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The November 30, 2023, opinion of a New York administrative law judge in In the Matter of the Petition of Edward A. and Doris Zelinsky upholds the state’s so-called income tax “convenience rule” with an expanded legal...more

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New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal Rejects Sourcing of Partnership Income to that Partnership’s Operating Location

The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) held that a taxpayer’s distributive share income from a partnership was intangible income properly sourced to the taxpayer’s residence and not to the location of the...more

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New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal Denies Resident Credit for Tax Paid to Connecticut on Carried Interest

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The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal ("Tribunal") held that a New York resident was not entitled to a resident tax credit for tax she paid to Connecticut on her carried interest. Matter of Greenberg, DTA No. 829737 (N.Y.S....more

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New York Can Be Stingy Giving Credit – Resident Tax Credit, That Is

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The Office of the New York State Comptroller just released a new report that examines taxpayer migration trends during the pandemic. The report, which builds on an earlier analysis of pre-pandemic taxpayer migration trends,...more

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Cryptocurrency Mining Facility/Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generating Plant: New York Administrative Law Judge Upholds Denial of...

A New York Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) issued a decision (Ruling on Issues and Party Status [“Decisions”]) upholding the State of New York Department of Conservation (“NYDEC”) decision to deny a Clean Air Act Title V...more

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Can You Be Sure You’ve Left New York Before The Sale of Your Business? Will It Matter?

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Hasta La Vista N.Y.- Wealthy individuals continue to leave New York for tax friendlier jurisdictions. Be Prepared- Some of these taxpayers take a very methodical approach toward planning for their departure. They...more

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“If You Don’t Make It There, You Can’t Make It Anywhere:” New York’s Zero Manufacturing Rate Requires New York Property

A New York State administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Raytheon did not qualify for the state’s zero percent tax rate for manufacturers or the reduced tax rate for qualified emerging technology companies (QETCs). ...more

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“Primary Function” Test Propels Yet Another Service Provider to Victory in New York Sales Tax Case

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An administrative law judge in the New York State Division of Tax Appeals rejected the state’s position that a taxpayer providing a web-based service which allowed clients to identify effective and ineffective messaging...more

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Push-Back On New York’s Mission to Tax Non-New Yorkers?

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Last week, Governor Murphy of New Jersey staked out a position on New York City’s congestion pricing proposal, stating that it “can’t be ‘on the backs of New Jersey commuters.’” “Whether it’s how we’re taxed by our...more

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New York to Taxpayer: “Forget What the Feds Said, You’re a ‘Responsible Person"

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Where is the Economy Heading? According to the data released Friday by the Department of Labor, the U.S. economy added approximately 528,000 jobs in July, reducing the unemployment rate to 3.5 percent. Although this...more

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Leaving New York? Can You Prove It?

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“Summertime and the Living” Isn’t Easy- Summer in the New York Metro Area can be challenging. Some would say it sucks. It gets really hot. When it rains, it pours – no spritz here. The humidity is oppressive. Ironically, a...more

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Statutory Residence in New York: Time to Rethink the “Permanent Place of Abode” Test?

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Escape from New York- According to data released by the IRS earlier this year, the pandemic triggered a “wealth migration” that saw high-tax states like New York lose high-income earners to low-tax jurisdictions such as...more

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Will New York Be Looking At Your Federal Tax Return? Probably

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State Finances- Much has been written over the last few weeks about the unprecedented financial cushion that many states have accumulated thanks to federal support prompted by the pandemic and larger-than-expected tax...more

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New York State ALJ Determines Taxpayer Was Domiciled in New York for Part of the Year and a Statutory Resident for the Other Part

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A New York State administrative law judge (“ALJ”) recently determined that a teacher who became domiciled in New York in December 2014 upon his purchase of an apartment in New York City was also a statutory resident of New...more

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Statutory Residence For The “Former” New Yorker

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“Tax the Rich” in N.Y.- Over the last few months, we’ve considered on several occasions how Albany may respond to the fiscal crisis arising from the pandemic and the ensuing reduction in economic activity. These...more

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