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Taxes in New York (TiNY) is a blog by the Hodgson Russ LLP State and Local Tax Practice Group members Chris Doyle, Peter Calleri, and Zoe Peppas. The weekly reports are intended to go out every Tuesday after the New York State Division of Tax Appeals (DTA) publishes new ALJ Determinations and Tribunal Decisions. In addition to the weekly reports, TiNY may provide analysis of and commentary on other developments in the world of New York tax law.

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Showing 15 posts from 2023.

TiNY Report for June 1, 2023

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I expressed a lack of sympathy for the plight of the petitioners involved in the cases I summarized last week. As I started reading through this week’s DTA production, my thinking was much more “on brand.” I am, after all, on “Team Taxpayer,” and I tend to revert to that norm absent some really annoying taxpayer antics. Anyway, I was easing back into my pro-taxpayer comfort zone when I read the last determination summarized below, and BAM!, I was blown right back into wondering just what-the-heck some Petitioners are thinking. And, not for the first time, I wondered whether the $500 frivolous pleading penalty is really a big enough deterrent.

TiNY Report for May 22, 2023

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There were two determinations posted by the DTA on May 18, 2023. 

TiNY Report for May 16, 2023

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I missed posting the May 4 edition of TiNY. I summarize the three timies that hit the DTA’s website on “Star Wars Day,” below.  I couldn’t cover those cases that week because I was too busy helping the Hodgson Russ  team get out our Alert on the revenue portions of the 2023-24 State Budget enacted during the first few days of May. And since TiNY is all about the Division of Tax Appeals, let me offer this slice of that Budget Alert:

TiNY Report for April 28, 2023

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This week the DTA posted three ALJ Determinations. What recent popular culture moment involves three? How about this week’s episode of “Ted Lasso” (SPOILER ALERT!) in which he informs the team of the four key aspects of the Total Football strategy the team is adopting? The four aspects are conditioning, versatility, awareness, and a fourth to be determined. So, really there are only three, at least for now. In any case, our theme for this week’s TiNY is borrowed from Coach Ted.

TiNY Report for April 13, 2023

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Sorry, loyal readers, but client work takes precedence, and I had a load these past few months. In addition, we have been hiring and training new colleagues here to be able to serve the rising tide of clientele seeking to move out of New York, or who are being audited merely because they had the temerity to move out of New York. And New Yorkers are not the only folks who feel disrespected by the internal tax laws of their states of residence; our residency client-base in states like California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey has been growing too.