Subchapter 1 - GENERAL SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES

Section 11-2001

Section 11-2001

  § 11-2001 Imposition of general sales and compensating use taxes.  (a)
There  are  hereby  imposed and there shall be paid all of the sales and
compensating use taxes described in article twenty-eight of the tax  law
as  authorized  by  subdivision (a) of section twelve hundred ten of the
tax law, at the rate of four and one-half  percent,  provided  that  the
taxes  described  in  paragraph six of subdivision (c) of section eleven
hundred five of the tax law shall be imposed and paid at the rate of six
percent.
  (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this  section  or  other
law, this section:
  (1)  does not impose tax on (i) receipts from the sale of the services
of  laundering,  dry-cleaning,  tailoring,   weaving,   pressing,   shoe
repairing  and  shoe shining described in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph
three of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred five of the tax  law;
(ii)  receipts  from  the sale of services described in paragraph six of
subdivision (c) of section  eleven  hundred  five  of  the  tax  law  at
facilities   owned   and   operated   by   the  city  or  an  agency  or
instrumentality of the city or a  public  corporation  the  majority  of
whose  members are appointed by the mayor or the city council or both of
them;
  (2) for purposes of the tax described in subdivision  (e)  of  section
eleven hundred five of the tax law, defines "permanent resident" to mean
any  occupant  of  any room or rooms in a hotel for at least one hundred
eighty consecutive days with regard to the period of such occupancy;
  (3) does  not  omit  from  the  tax  described  in  paragraph  one  of
subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred five of the tax law charges to
a patron for admission to, or use of, facilities for sporting activities
in  which such patron is to be a participant, such as bowling alleys and
swimming pools;
  (4) provides the clothing and footwear exemption in  paragraph  thirty
of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred fifteen of the tax law;
  (5) omits the exemption provided in paragraph forty-one of subdivision
(a) of section eleven hundred fifteen of the tax law;
  (6)  omits the exemption provided in subdivision (c) of section eleven
hundred fifteen of the tax law insofar  as  it  applies  to  fuel,  gas,
electricity,  refrigeration  and steam, and gas, electric, refrigeration
and steam service of whatever nature for use or consumption directly and
exclusively in the production  of  gas,  electricity,  refrigeration  or
steam;
  (7)  omits  the provision for refund or credit contained in clause six
of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred nineteen of  the  tax  law;
and
  (8)  makes  inapplicable section eleven hundred five-C of the tax law,
and imposes tax on receipts  from  every  sale,  other  than  sales  for
resale, of gas service or electric service of whatever nature, including
the  transportation, transmission or distribution of gas or electricity,
even if sold separately, at the rate set forth  in  subdivision  (a)  of
this section.
  (c)  The taxes imposed by this section shall be in addition to any and
all other taxes authorized or imposed under any other provision of law.
  (d) The taxes imposed  by  this  section  shall  be  administered  and
collected  by the state commissioner of taxation and finance as provided
in articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax law.
  (e) The provisions of articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax
law relating or  applicable  to  the  taxes  imposed  by  this  section,
including   the   applicable   definitions,   transitional   provisions,
limitations,  special  provisions,  exemptions,   exclusions,   refunds,
credits and administrative provisions, so far as those provisions can be

made applicable to the taxes imposed by this section, shall apply to the
taxes imposed by this section with the same force and effect as if those
provisions  had  been  incorporated  in  full  into this section and had
expressly  referred  to the taxes imposed by this section, except to the
extent that any provision of article twenty-eight or twenty-nine of  the
tax law is either inconsistent with or not relevant to the taxes imposed
by this section.
  (f)  Net  collections  from  the taxes imposed by this section paid to
this city by the state comptroller shall be credited to and deposited in
the general fund of this city, but no  part  of  such  revenues  may  be
expended unless appropriated in the annual budget of this city.
  (g)  If any provision of this section or the application thereof shall
for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to  be
invalid,  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the
remainder of this section but shall be confined in its operation to  the
provision  thereof  directly  involved  in the controversy in which such
judgment shall have been rendered and the application of such  provision
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Section 11-2002

Section 11-2002

  §  11-2002  Imposition  of  special  sales taxes. (a) There are hereby
imposed and there shall be paid sales taxes at  the  rate  of  four  and
one-half  percent on receipts from every sale of the services of beauty,
barbering, hair restoring, manicuring, pedicuring, electrolysis, massage
services and similar services, and every  sale  of  services  by  weight
control  salons,  health  salons, gymnasiums, turkish and sauna bath and
similar establishments and every charge for the use of such  facilities,
whether  or  not  any  tangible  personal  property  is  transferred  in
conjunction therewith; but excluding services rendered by  a  physician,
osteopath,  dentist,  nurse,  physiotherapist, chiropractor, podiatrist,
optometrist,  ophthalmic  dispenser  or  a  person  performing   similar
services  licensed  under  title eight of the education law, as amended,
and excluding such services when performed on pets and other animals, as
authorized by subdivision (a) of section twelve hundred twelve-A of  the
tax  law.  Provided,  however,  that the tax hereby imposed shall not be
imposed after November thirtieth, two thousand fourteen.
  (b) The taxes imposed by this section shall be in addition to any  and
all other taxes authorized or imposed under any other provision of law.
  (c)  The  taxes  imposed  by  this  section  shall be administered and
collected by the state commissioner of taxation and finance as  provided
in articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax law.
  (d) The provisions of articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax
law  relating  or  applicable  to  the  taxes  imposed  by this section,
including   the   applicable   definitions,   transitional   provisions,
limitations,   special   provisions,  exemptions,  exclusions,  refunds,
credits and administrative provisions, so far as those provisions can be
made applicable to the taxes imposed by this section, shall apply to the
taxes imposed by this section with the same force and effect as if those
provisions had been incorporated in  full  into  this  section  and  had
expressly  referred  to the taxes imposed by this section, except to the
extent that any provision of article twenty-eight or twenty-nine of  the
tax law is either inconsistent with or not relevant to the taxes imposed
by this section.
  (e)  Net  collections  from  the taxes imposed by this section paid to
this city by the state comptroller shall be credited to and deposited in
the general fund of this city, but no  part  of  such  revenues  may  be
expended unless appropriated in the annual budget of this city.
  (f)  If any provision of this section or the application thereof shall
for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to  be
invalid,  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the
remainder of this section but shall be confined in its operation to  the
provision  thereof  directly  involved  in the controversy in which such
judgment shall have been rendered and the application of such  provision
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.