Subchapter 1 - GENERAL

Section 11-1901

Section 11-1901

  §  11-1901  Meaning  of  terms. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall mean and include:
  (a) "Commissioner" means the  commissioner  of  finance  of  the  city
except that with respect to taxes imposed for any taxable year beginning
on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, such term shall
mean state tax commission.
  (b)  "Payroll  period"  and "employer" mean the same as payroll period
and  employer  as  defined  in  subsections  (b)  and  (d)  of   section
thirty-four  hundred  one  of  the internal revenue code, and "employee"
shall also include all those included as employees in subsection (c)  of
such section of such code.
  (c) "Commissioner of finance" means the commissioner of finance of the
city.
  (d) "This state" means the state of New York.
  *  (e)  "Wages"  means  wages  as defined in subsection (a) of section
thirty-four hundred one of the internal revenue code,  except  that  (1)
wages  shall  not include payments for active service as a member of the
armed forces of the United States and shall not include, in the case  of
a  nonresident individual or partner of a partnership doing an insurance
business as a member of the New York  insurance  exchange  described  in
section  six  thousand two hundred one of the insurance law, any item of
income,  gain,  loss  or  deduction  of  such  business  which  is  such
individual's  distributive  or  pro  rata  share  for federal income tax
purposes or which such individual  is  required  to  take  into  account
separately  for federal income tax purposes, and (2) wages shall include
(i) the amount of member  or  employee  contributions  to  a  retirement
system or pension fund picked up by the employer pursuant to subdivision
f  of  section  five  hundred  seventeen or subdivision d of section six
hundred thirteen of the retirement and social security  law  or  section
13-225.1,  13-327.1, 13-125.1, 13-125.2 or 13-521.1 of title thirteen of
the  code  or  subdivision  nineteen  of  section  twenty-five   hundred
seventy-five  of the education law, (ii) the amount deducted or deferred
from an employee's salary under a flexible benefits program  established
pursuant to section twenty-three of the general municipal law or section
one  thousand two hundred ten-a of the public authorities law, (iii) the
amount by  which  an  employee's  salary  is  reduced  pursuant  to  the
provisions  of  subdivision  b  of section 12-126.1 and subdivision b of
section 12-126.2 of title twelve of the code, and  (iv)  the  amount  of
member  or employee contributions to a retirement system or pension fund
picked up or paid by the employer for members of the Manhattan and Bronx
surface transportation authority pension plan and  treated  as  employer
contributions  in  determining income tax treatment under section 414(h)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
  * NB Expires per ch. 681/92 § 16
  * (e) "Wages" means wages as defined  in  subsection  (a)  of  section
thirty-four  hundred  one  of the internal revenue code, except that (1)
wages shall not include payments for active service as a member  of  the
armed  forces of the United States and shall not include, in the case of
a nonresident individual or partner of a partnership doing an  insurance
business  as  a  member  of the New York insurance exchange described in
section six thousand two hundred one of the insurance law, any  item  of
income,  gain,  loss  or  deduction  of  such  business  which  is  such
individual's distributive or pro  rata  share  for  federal  income  tax
purposes  or  which  such  individual  is  required to take into account
separately for federal income tax purposes, and (2) wages shall  include
(i)  the  amount  of  member  or  employee contributions to a retirement
system or pension fund picked up by the employer pursuant to subdivision
f of section five hundred seventeen or  subdivision  d  of  section  six

hundred  thirteen  of  the retirement and social security law or section
13-225.1, 13-327.1 or 13-125.1 of title thirteen of the code,  (ii)  the
amount  deducted  or deferred from an employee's salary under a flexible
benefits  program  established  pursuant  to section twenty-three of the
general municipal law or section one thousand two hundred ten-a  of  the
public  authorities  law, (iii) the amount by which an employee's salary
is reduced pursuant to  the  provisions  of  subdivision  b  of  section
12-126.1  and  subdivision  b of section 12-126.2 of title twelve of the
code, and (iv) the amount of  member  or  employee  contributions  to  a
retirement  system or pension fund picked up or paid by the employer for
members of the Manhattan  and  Bronx  surface  transportation  authority
pension plan and treated as employer contributions in determining income
tax treatment under section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  * NB Effective per ch. 681/92 § 16
  (f) "Net earnings from self-employment" means the same as net earnings
from  self-employment  as  defined in subsection (a) of section fourteen
hundred two of the internal revenue code, except that the deduction  for
wages  and  salaries  paid or incurred for the taxable year which is not
allowed pursuant to section two hundred eighty C of such code  shall  be
allowed,  and except that an estate or trust shall be deemed to have net
earnings from self-employment determined in the same  manner  as  if  it
were  an individual subject to the tax on self-employment income imposed
by section fourteen hundred one of the internal revenue code  diminished
by: (1) the amount of any deduction allowed by subsection (c) of section
six  hundred  forty-two  of  the  internal  revenue  code  and  (2)  the
deductions allowed by sections six hundred  fifty-one  and  six  hundred
sixty-one  of  said code to the extent that they represent distributions
or payments to a resident of the city. However, "trade or  business"  as
used  in  subsection  (a)  of  section fourteen hundred two of such code
shall mean the same as trade or business as defined in subsection (c) of
section fourteen hundred two of such code, except that paragraphs  four,
five  and  six  of  such  subsection  shall not apply in determining net
earnings from self-employment  taxable  under  this  chapter.  Provided,
however,  in  the  case  of  a  nonresident  individual  or partner of a
partnership  doing  an  insurance  business  described  in  section  six
thousand two hundred one of the insurance law, any item of income, gain,
loss   or   deduction   of  such  business  which  is  the  individual's
distributive or pro rata share for federal income tax purposes or  which
the  individual  is required to take into account separately for federal
income tax purposes shall not be considered to  be  "net  earnings  from
self-employment".
  (g)  "Taxable  year"  means  the  taxpayer's  taxable year for federal
income tax purposes.
  (h) Resident individual. A resident individual means an individual:
  (1) who is domiciled in the city, unless (A) he or  she  maintains  no
permanent  place  of  abode  in the city, maintains a permanent place of
abode elsewhere, and spends in the aggregate not more than  thirty  days
of  the  taxable  year in the city, or (B) (i) within any period of five
hundred forty-eight consecutive days he or she is present in  a  foreign
country  or  countries  for  at  least four hundred fifty days, and (ii)
during such period of five hundred forty-eight consecutive  days  he  or
she  is  not  present in the city for more than ninety days and does not
maintain a permanent place of abode in the city  at  which  his  or  her
spouse  (unless  such spouse is legally separated) or minor children are
present for more than ninety days, and (iii) during any period  of  less
than  twelve  months which would be treated as a separate taxable period
pursuant to section  11-1919  of  this  chapter,  and  which  period  is
contained  within  such  period  of five hundred forty-eight consecutive

days, he or she is present in the city for a number of days  which  does
not  exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to ninety as the number
of days contained in such period of less than  twelve  months  bears  to
five hundred forty-eight, or
  (2)  who  is not domiciled in the city but maintains a permanent place
of abode in the city and spends in the aggregate more than  one  hundred
eighty-three  days  of  the  taxable  year  in  the  city,  unless  such
individual is in active service  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  United
States.
  (i)   Nonresident   individual.  A  nonresident  individual  means  an
individual who is not a resident.
  (j) Resident estate or trust. A resident estate or trust means:
  (1) the estate of a decedent who at his or her death was domiciled  in
the city,
  (2)  a  trust,  or  a  portion  of  a  trust,  consisting  of property
transferred by will of a decedent who at his or her death was  domiciled
in the city, or
  (3) a trust, or portion of a trust, consisting of the property of:
  (A)  a  person  domiciled  in  the  city at the time such property was
transferred to the trust, if such trust or portion of a trust  was  then
irrevocable, or if it was then revocable and has not subsequently become
irrevocable; or
  (B)  a person domiciled in the city at the time such trust, or portion
of a trust, became irrevocable, if it was revocable when  such  property
was transferred to the trust but has subsequently become irrevocable.
  For  the  purposes  of the foregoing, a trust or portion of a trust is
revocable if it is subject to a power, exercisable immediately or at any
future time, to revest title in the person  whose  property  constitutes
such  trust  or  portion  of  a trust, and a trust or portion of a trust
becomes  irrevocable  when  the  possibility  that  such  power  may  be
exercised has been terminated.
  (k)  Nonresident  estate or trust. A nonresident estate or trust means
an estate or trust which is not a resident.
  (l) Unless a different meaning is clearly required, any terms used  in
this  chapter  shall  have the same meaning as when used in a comparable
context in the laws of the United States relating to federal  taxes  but
such  meaning  shall  be  subject  to  the  exceptions  or modifications
prescribed in or pursuant to article two-E of the general city law or by
the laws of this state. Any reference in this chapter  to  the  internal
revenue  code,  the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred eighty-six
or to the laws of the United States shall mean  the  provisions  of  the
internal revenue code of nineteen hundred eighty-six (unless a reference
to  the  internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four is clearly
intended), and amendments thereto, and other provisions of the  laws  of
the United States relating to federal taxes, as the same are included in
the  appendix  and  supplement  to  the  appendix  to this chapter. (The
quotation of the aforesaid laws of the United States is intended to make
them a part of this chapter and to  avoid  constitutional  uncertainties
which  might  result if such laws were merely incorporated by reference.
The quotation of a provision of the federal internal revenue code or  of
any other law of the United States shall not necessarily mean that it is
applicable to or has relevance to this chapter).
  (m)  With  respect  to  any taxable year beginning in nineteen hundred
seventy, until and including the thirty-first day of December,  nineteen
hundred  seventy-one,  "administrator"  shall  be  read  as  "state  tax
commission"; "administrative agencies of the  city"  shall  be  read  as
"administrative  agencies  of  the  state";  "depositories  or financial
agents of the city" shall be read as "depositories or  financial  agents

of  the  state";  "officers or employees of the department of finance of
the city"  shall  be  read  as  "officers  or  employees  of  the  state
department  of  taxation  and  finance";  in  sections 11-1934, 11-1936,
11-1939,  and  11-1942  of  this  chapter  (except for the last sentence
thereof) of this chapter "city" shall be read as  "state";  "corporation
counsel  or  other  appropriate  officer  of  the  city" or "corporation
counsel of the city" shall be read as "state attorney general"; and  the
words  "it"  or "its" shall apply instead of the pronouns used where the
reference is to tax  commission.  Provided,  however,  with  respect  to
declarations  of  estimated  tax  and  payments  of  such  tax  and  the
withholding tax requirements, until and including the  thirty-first  day
of  December,  nineteen  hundred seventy-one, any such terms shall be so
read with respect to any taxable  year  or  other  period  beginning  in
nineteen hundred seventy-one.
  (n)  The  term "partnership" shall include, unless a different meaning
is clearly required, a subchapter K limited liability company. The  term
"subchapter  K limited liability company" shall mean a limited liability
company classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The
term "limited liability company"  means  a  domestic  limited  liability
company  or  a  foreign limited liability company, as defined in section
one hundred  two  of  the  limited  liability  company  law,  a  limited
liability  investment  company  formed  pursuant to section five hundred
seven of the banking law, or a limited liability  trust  company  formed
pursuant to section one hundred two-a of the banking law.

Section 11-1902

Section 11-1902

  §  11-1902 Persons subject to tax. (a) Imposition of tax. (1) A tax is
hereby imposed for each taxable year ending  on  or  after  July  first,
nineteen  hundred  sixty-six  and  on  or  before December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred seventy and  for  each  taxable  year  beginning  after
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, on the wages earned
and  net  earnings  from  self-employment,  within  the  city,  of every
nonresident individual, estate and trust which shall comprise:
  (i) A tax at the rate of one-fourth of one per cent on all wages.
  (ii) A tax at the rate of three-eighths of one per  cent  on  all  net
earnings from self-employment.
  (2)  For  each  taxable  year  beginning  on  or  after January first,
nineteen  hundred  seventy-one  and  ending  on   or   before   December
thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-nine, a tax is hereby imposed on
the wages earned, and net  earnings  from  self-employment,  within  the
city,  of  every  nonresident  individual,  estate and trust which shall
comprise:
  (i) A tax at the rate of forty-five hundredths of one per cent on  all
wages.
  (ii) A tax at the rate of sixty-five hundredths of one per cent on all
net earnings from self-employment.
  (3)  For  each  taxable year beginning in nineteen hundred seventy and
ending in nineteen hundred seventy-one, two  tentative  taxes  shall  be
computed, the first as provided in paragraph one of this subdivision and
the second as provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, and the tax
for each such year shall be the sum of that proportion of each tentative
tax  which the number of days in nineteen hundred seventy and the number
of days in nineteen hundred  seventy-one,  respectively,  bears  to  the
number of days in the entire taxable year.
  (4)  For  each  taxable year beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-nine
and ending in two thousand, two tentative taxes shall be  computed,  the
first as provided in paragraph two of this subdivision and the second as
provided in paragraph one of this subdivision, and the tax for each such
year shall be the sum of that proportion of each tentative tax which the
number of days in nineteen hundred ninety-nine and the number of days in
two  thousand,  respectively,  bears to the number of days in the entire
taxable year.
  (b) Exclusion. (1) In computing the amount of wages and  net  earnings
from  self-employment  taxable  under  subdivision  (a) of this section,
there shall be allowed an exclusion against the total of wages  and  net
earnings from self-employment in accordance with the following table:

   Total of wages and net earnings
   from self-employment                 Exclusion allowable
Not over $10,000                              $3,000
Over $10,000 but not over $20,000             $2,000
Over $20,000 but not over $30,000             $1,000
Over $30,000                                   None

  (2)  The  exclusion  allowable shall be applied pro rata against wages
and net earnings from self-employment.
  (3) For taxable periods of less than one year, the exclusion allowable
shall be prorated pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.
  (c) Limitation. In no event shall a taxpayer be  subject  to  the  tax
under  this  chapter  in  an  amount greater than such taxpayer would be
required to pay if such taxpayer were a resident of the city and subject
to a tax on personal income of residents of the city adopted by the city
pursuant to authority granted by the general city law or the tax law.

Section 11-1903

Section 11-1903

  §  11-1903 Taxable years to which tax imposed by this chapter applies;
tax for taxable years beginning prior to and ending  after  July  first,
nineteen hundred sixty-six. (a) General. The tax imposed by this chapter
is  imposed for each taxable year beginning with taxable years ending on
or after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six.
  (b) Alternate methods for determining tax for taxable years ending  on
or  after  July  first,  nineteen hundred sixty-six. (1) The tax for any
taxable year ending on or after July first, nineteen  hundred  sixty-six
and  on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, shall be
the same part of the tax which would have been imposed had this  chapter
been  in  effect for the entire taxable year as the number of months (or
major portions thereof) of the taxable year occurring after July  first,
nineteen hundred sixty-six is of the number of months (or major portions
thereof) in the taxable year.
  (2)(i)  In  lieu  of  the  method  of computation of tax prescribed in
paragraph one of this subdivision, if the  taxpayer  maintains  adequate
records  for  any  taxable  year ending on or after July first, nineteen
hundred sixty-six and on or  before  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
sixty-seven,  the  tax  for  such  taxable  year, at the election of the
taxpayer, may be computed on the basis of the wages which  the  taxpayer
would  have reported had he or she filed a federal income tax return for
a taxable year beginning July first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-six,  and
ending  with  the  close  of  such taxable year ending on or before June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred  sixty-seven,  and  the  net  earnings  from
self-employment  which  the  taxpayer  would  have  reported for federal
income tax purposes had he or she filed a self-employment tax return for
a taxable year beginning July  first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-six  and
ending  with  the  close  of  such taxable year ending on or before June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.
  (ii) For purposes of this paragraph, the  exclusions  allowable  under
section  11-1902  of this subchapter shall be reduced by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months (or major  portions  thereof)
of  the  taxable  year  occurring  before  July  first, nineteen hundred
sixty-six, and the denominator of which is  the  number  of  months  (or
major  portions thereof) in the taxable year. Except as provided in this
paragraph, the tax for such period ending on or before  June  thirtieth,
nineteen  hundred  sixty-seven, shall be computed in accordance with the
other provisions of this chapter.

Section 11-1904

Section 11-1904

  §  11-1904  Allocation  to the city. (a) General. If net earnings from
self-employment are derived from services performed,  or  from  sources,
within and without the city, there shall be allocated to the city a fair
and equitable portion of such earnings.
  (b) Allocation of net earnings from self-employment.
  (1)  Place of business. If a taxpayer has no regular place of business
outside the city all of his or her  net  earnings  from  self-employment
shall be allocated to the city.
  (2)  Allocation  by taxpayer's books. The portion of net earnings from
self-employment allocable to the city may be determined from  the  books
and  records  of  a taxpayer's trade or business, if the methods used in
keeping such  books  and  the  accuracy  thereof  are  approved  by  the
commissioner  as  fairly  and  equitably  reflecting  net  earnings from
self-employment within the city.
  (3) Allocation by formula. If paragraph two of this  subdivision  does
not   apply   to   the  taxpayer,  the  portion  of  net  earnings  from
self-employment allocable to the city shall be determined by multiplying
(A) net earnings from self-employment within and without  the  city,  by
(B) the average of the following three percentages:
  (i)  Property  percentage. The percentage computed by dividing (A) the
average of the value, at the beginning and end of the taxable  year,  of
real  and  tangible  personal  property connected with net earnings from
self-employment and located within the city, by (B) the average  of  the
value,  at  the  beginning  and end of the taxable year, of all real and
tangible  personal  property  connected  with  the  net  earnings   from
self-employment  and  located both within and without the city. For this
purpose, real property shall include  real  property  whether  owned  or
rented.
  (ii)  Payroll  percentage. The percentage computed by dividing (A) the
total wages, salaries and other personal service  compensation  paid  or
incurred during the taxable year to employees in connection with the net
earnings  from  self-employment derived from a trade or business carried
on within the city, by (B) the total of all wages,  salaries  and  other
personal  service  compensation paid or incurred during the taxable year
to employees in connection with the net  earnings  from  self-employment
derived  from a trade or business carried on both within and without the
city.
  (iii) Gross income percentage. The percentage computed by dividing (A)
the gross sales or charges for  services  performed  by  or  through  an
agency  located  within the city, by (B) the total of all gross sales or
charges for services performed within and without the city. The sales or
charges to be allocated to the city shall include all  sales  negotiated
or  consummated,  and  charges  for  services performed, by an employee,
agent, agency or independent contractor chiefly situated  at,  connected
by  contract  or  otherwise  with,  or  sent  out from, offices or other
agencies of the trade or business from which a taxpayer is deriving  net
earnings from self-employment, situated within the city.
  (c)  Other  allocation  methods.  The  portion  of  net  earnings from
self-employment allocable to the city shall be determined in  accordance
with rules and regulations of the commissioner if it shall appear to the
commissioner  that  the net earnings from self-employment are not fairly
and equitably reflected under the provisions of subdivision (b) of  this
section.
  (d)  Special  rules  for  real  estate. Income and deductions from the
rental of real property and gain and loss from  the  sale,  exchange  or
other  disposition  of real property, shall not be subject to allocation
under subdivision (b) or (c) of this section, but shall be considered as

entirely derived from or connected with the place in which such property
is located.

Section 11-1905

Section 11-1905

  §  11-1905  Accounting  periods and methods. (a) Accounting periods. A
taxpayer's taxable year under this chapter shall be the same as  his  or
her taxable year for federal income tax purposes.
  (b)  Change  of  accounting  periods.  If a taxpayer's taxable year is
changed for federal income tax purposes, his or  her  taxable  year  for
purposes of this chapter shall be similarly changed. If a taxable period
of  less  than  twelve months results from a change of taxable year, the
exclusion allowable under section 11-1902 of this  subchapter  shall  be
prorated under regulations of the commissioner.
  (c)  Accounting  methods. A taxpayer's method of accounting under this
chapter shall be the same as his or her method of accounting for federal
income tax purposes. In the absence of  any  method  of  accounting  for
federal  income  tax  purposes, net earnings from self-employment within
the city shall be computed under such method as in the  opinion  of  the
commissioner  clearly  reflects net earnings from self-employment within
the city.
  (d) Change of accounting  methods.  (1)  If  a  taxpayer's  method  of
accounting is changed for federal income tax purposes, his or her method
of accounting for purposes of this chapter shall be similarly changed.
  (2)  If  a taxpayer's method of accounting is changed, other than from
an accrual to an installment method, any additional  tax  which  results
from  adjustments  determined  to  be  necessary solely by reason of the
change shall not be  greater  than  if  such  adjustments  were  ratably
allocated  and  included  for  the  taxable  year  of the change and the
preceding taxable years, beginning after July  first,  nineteen  hundred
sixty-six,  not  in  excess  of  two, during which the taxpayer used the
method of accounting from which the change is made.
  (3) If a taxpayer's method of accounting is changed from an accrual to
an installment method, any additional tax for the year of such change of
method and for any subsequent year which is attributable to the  receipt
of  installment  payments  properly  accrued  in  a prior year, shall be
reduced by the portion of tax for any prior taxable year attributable to
the accrual of such installment payments, in accordance with regulations
of the commissioner.

Section 11-1908

Section 11-1908

  §  11-1908  Withholding of tax on wages. On or after the first payroll
period beginning  August  twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-six,
every employer maintaining an office or transacting business within this
state  and  making payment of any wages taxable under this chapter shall
deduct and withhold from such  wages  for  each  payroll  period  a  tax
computed  in  such  manner  as  to  result,  so  far  as practicable, in
withholding from the employee's  wages  during  each  calendar  year  an
amount  substantially  equivalent  to the tax reasonably estimated to be
due from the employee under this chapter. The method of determining  the
amount  to  be  withheld  shall  be  prescribed  by  regulations  of the
commissioner.

Section 11-1909.

Section 11-1909.

  §  11-1909. Withholding of tax on wages for taxable periods commencing
on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six. The  provisions
contained  in  sections  11-1908, 11-1910, 11-1911, 11-1912, 11-1913 and
11-1914 of this subchapter shall not be applicable to taxes imposed  for
taxable  periods  commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred
seventy-six  provided  however,  with  respect  to  such  periods,   the
provisions  contained  in  part  V  of article twenty-two of the tax law
shall be  applicable  with  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if  those
provisions  had  been  incorporated in full in this section except where
inconsistent with the provisions of article two-E of  the  general  city
law,  except  that  the  term "aggregate amount" contained in paragraphs
one, two and three of subsection (a) of section six hundred seventy-four
of the tax law shall mean  the  aggregate  amounts  of  New  York  state
personal income tax, city earnings tax on nonresidents and city personal
income tax on residents authorized pursuant to article thirty of the tax
law required to be deducted and withheld and provided, however, that the
provisions  of  such  paragraphs  shall  not be applicable to employer's
returns required to be filed  with  respect  to  taxes  required  to  be
deducted   and  withheld  during  the  calendar  year  nineteen  hundred
seventy-six, but such returns shall be required to be filed with the tax
commission at the times and in the manner provided  for  in  subdivision
(a)  of section 11-1912 of this chapter, except the term "commission" in
such subdivision shall be read as "tax commission." This  section  shall
not  apply  to  payments  by  the United States for service in the armed
forces of the United States so long as the right  to  require  deduction
and  withholding  of tax from such payments is prohibited by the laws of
the United States. Service in the armed  forces  of  the  United  States
shall  have the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the
laws of the United States relating to withholding of city income taxes.

Section 11-1910

Section 11-1910

  §11-1910  Information  statement for employee. Every employer required
to deduct and withhold tax under this  chapter  from  the  wages  of  an
employee,  shall  furnish  to each such employee in respect of the wages
paid by such employer to such employee during the calendar  year  on  or
before  February  fifteenth  of  the  succeeding year, or, if his or her
employment is terminated before the close of such calendar year,  within
thirty  days  from  the  date  on which the last payment of the wages is
made, a written statement as prescribed by the commissioner showing  the
total  amount  of wages paid by the employer to the employee, the amount
of wages paid  for  services  performed  within  the  city,  the  amount
deducted  and  withheld  as  tax,  and  such  other  information  as the
commissioner may prescribe. The written statement required herein may be
furnished to such employee in an electronic format.

Section 11-1911

Section 11-1911

  § 11-1911 Credit for tax withheld. Wages upon which tax is required to
be  withheld  shall  be  taxable under this chapter as if no withholding
were required, but any amount of  tax  actually  deducted  and  withheld
under  this  chapter  in  any calendar year shall be deemed to have been
paid on behalf of the employee from whom  withheld,  and  such  employee
shall  be  credited with having paid that amount of tax in such calendar
year. For a taxable year of less than twelve months, the credit shall be
made under regulations of the commissioner.

Section 11-1912

Section 11-1912

  §  11-1912  Employer's  return  and  payment  of  withheld  taxes. (a)
General.   On  or  after  the  first  payroll  period  beginning  August
twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred sixty-six, every employer required to
deduct and withhold tax under this  chapter  shall,  for  each  calendar
month,  on  or before the fifteenth day of the month following the close
of such calendar month file a withholding return as  prescribed  by  the
commissioner  and  pay  over  to  the  commissioner or to the depository
designated by the commissioner, the taxes so required to be deducted and
withheld, except that for the month of December in any year the  returns
shall  be  filed and the taxes paid on or before January thirty-first of
the succeeding year. Where the aggregate amount required to be  deducted
and  withheld  by  any  employer  under  this  chapter and under chapter
seventeen of this title is less than twenty-five dollars in  a  calendar
month  and the aggregate of such taxes for the semi-annual period ending
on June thirtieth and December thirty-first can reasonably  be  expected
to  be  less  than  one  hundred fifty dollars, the commissioner may, by
regulation, permit an employer to  file  a  return  on  or  before  July
thirty-first  for the semi-annual period ending on June thirtieth and on
or before January thirty-first for  the  semi-annual  period  ending  on
December  thirty-first. The commissioner may, if he or she believes such
action necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  revenues,  require  any
employer  to  make  a  return and pay to him or her the tax deducted and
withheld at any time, or from time to time. Where the  amount  of  wages
paid  by  an  employer  is  not  sufficient under this chapter and under
chapter seventeen of this title to require the withholding of  tax  from
the  wages  of  any  of  his  or her employees, the commissioner may, by
regulation, permit such employer to file an annual return on  or  before
February twenty-eighth of the following calendar year.
  (b)  Combined  returns. The commissioner may by regulation provide for
the filing of one return which shall include the return required  to  be
filed  under  this section, together with the employer's return required
to be filed under chapter seventeen of this title.
  (c) Deposit in trust for city. Whenever any employer fails to collect,
truthfully account for, pay over the tax, or make returns of the tax  as
required  in this section, the commissioner may serve a notice requiring
such employer to  collect  the  taxes  which  become  collectible  after
service  of such notice, to deposit such taxes in a bank approved by the
commissioner, in a separate account, in trust for the city  and  payable
to  the commissioner, and to keep the amount of such tax in such account
until payment over to the commissioner.  Such  notice  shall  remain  in
effect until a notice of cancellation is served by the commissioner.

Section 11-1913

Section 11-1913

  §  11-1913  Employer's  liability  for  withheld taxes. Every employer
required to deduct and withhold the tax under  this  chapter  is  hereby
made liable for such tax. For purposes of assessment and collection, any
amount  required  to  be withheld and paid over to the commissioner, and
any additions to tax, penalties and interest with respect thereto  shall
be  considered  the  tax  of  the  employer.  Any amount of tax actually
deducted and withheld under this chapter shall be held to be  a  special
fund  in  trust for the city. No employee shall have any right of action
against his or her employer  in  respect  to  any  monies  deducted  and
withheld  from  his  or  her  wages and paid over to the commissioner in
compliance or in intended compliance with this chapter.

Section 11-1914

Section 11-1914

  §  11-1914  Employer's  failure  to  withhold. If an employer fails to
deduct and withhold the tax, as required, and thereafter the tax against
which such tax may be credited is  paid,  the  tax  so  required  to  be
deducted  and withheld shall not be collected from the employer, but the
employer shall  not  be  relieved  from  liability  for  any  penalties,
interest or additions to the tax otherwise applicable in respect of such
failure to deduct and withhold.

Section 11-1915

Section 11-1915

  § 11-1915 Combined returns, employer's returns and payments. The state
tax commission may require:
  (1) The filing of any or all of the following:
  (A)  A combined return which in addition to the return provided for in
this chapter may also include returns required to be filed under  a  law
authorized by article thirty of the tax law and under article twenty-two
of the tax law.
  (B)  A  combined employer's return which in addition to the employer's
return provided for by this chapter may also include employer's  returns
required to be filed under a law authorized by article thirty of the tax
law and under article twenty-two of the tax law.
  (2) Where a combined return or employer's return is required, and with
respect  to  the  payment of estimated tax, the state tax commission may
also require payment of a single amount which shall be the total of  the
amounts  (total  taxes  less any credits or refunds) required to be paid
with the returns or employer's returns or in payment  of  estimated  tax
pursuant  to the provisions of this chapter, a law authorized by article
thirty of the  tax  law  and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  article
twenty-two of the tax law.