Mwisa Chisunka has been appointed state business ombudsman and director of business tax services and education, according to an announcement by Empire State Development and the state Department of Taxation and Finance. As New York’s first female ombudsman, Chisunka will ...

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The way the state Tax Appeals Tribunal has been interpreting provisions of state tax laws on industrial development erodes its goal of fostering economic development, according to two recent decisions by the Appellate Division, Third Department. Two area companies, represented ...

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A Pittsford restaurant owner has pleaded guilty to stealing $196,000 in sales tax collected over a three-year period, according to state Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Thomas H. Mattox. Robert J. Bryant, 65, of Henrietta, owns PB&J Inc., which ...

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Challenges already are mounting in reaction to new federal and state laws regarding the sale and distribution of tobacco products, mainly cigarettes. New York tax on a pack of cigarettes increases Thursday ...

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Gov. David A. Paterson this week signed legislation to merge the state’s Office of Real Property Services with the Department of Taxation and Finance.

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State officials on Friday announced that the Department of Taxation and Finance will soon begin posting the names of New York State’s top 250 business and top 250 individual tax debtors online.

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