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  • New York State Residency – Does a Permanent Place of Abode have to be Permanent?

    By:
    Brian Gordon, CPA
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    Sep 1, 2018

    In a recent case involving residency before the New York State Tax Tribunal, In the Matter of the Petition of Leslie Mays, the issue of the taxpayer’s permanent place of abode was at the center. You may be surprised that the tribunal determined that an apartment that was maintained for less than five months was  a permanent place of abode.

  • Does Cybersecurity Apply to Me?

    By:
    Steven S. Rubin, JD
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    Aug 1, 2018

    Have you heard of cybersecurity? In this digital age, a malicious actor does not need to walk through your doors to steal from you. They can simply click a button. These malicious actors are educated, intelligent, and motivated. While companies strive to establish the impossible perfect defense, a hacker needs to get into their systems only once.

  • New York State is Auditing Federal Tax Issues: Work-Related Education Expenses

    By:
    Brian Gordon, CPA
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    May 1, 2018
    The New York State Tax Department has increased their audits involving federal tax issues.  This may be due to a reduction in IRS audit personnel, but regardless of the reason, these issues affect both federal and New York State taxes and they therefore have the right to audit. 

  • New York’s Corporate Nexus & Apportionment Rules—Review & Update (Part 2 of 2)

    By:
    Mark S. Klein and Daniel P. Kelly
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    Apr 1, 2018
    We’re back to continue our discussion regarding the implementation and development of New York’s 2015 corporate tax reform.  Even though the law is nearly four years old, both tax practitioners and tax administrators struggle to provide form to the framework created by the new law. 

  • New York’s Corporate Nexus & Apportionment Rules: Overview & Update

    By:
    Mark S. Klein and Daniel P. Kelly
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    Mar 1, 2018
    New York’s corporate franchise tax reform, which passed in 2014 and became effective Jan. 1, 2015, was groundbreaking in numerous ways. (The Administrative Code of New York City was subsequently amended to adopt many, but not all, of the same revisions for city corporate tax purposes.) 

  • Comparing the New York City Unincorporated Business Tax and General Corporation Tax

    By:
    Robert Thee, CPA, PC
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    Feb 1, 2018
    Most businesses operating in New York City in the form of pass-through entities for federal tax purposes—such as partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, and sole proprietorships—will be subject to an entity-level tax: either the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) or the General Corporation Tax (GCT). 

  • Are New York’s PNOLC Draft Regulations Too Restrictive?

    By:
    R. Gregory Roberts, Esq., Jennifer S. White, Esq., and Jeremy P. Gove, Esq.
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    Jan 1, 2018
    On May 5, 2017, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the “Department”) released its long-awaited draft regulations (the “Draft Regulations”) regarding the computation of the prior net operating loss conversion (“PNOLC”) subtraction. Initial comments to the Draft Regulations were due Aug. 3, 2017; however, the Department continues to review comments.
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