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On February 1, 2023, as part of her Executive Budget proposal to the New York State Legislature, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed raising the MTA payroll tax, a move projected to increase revenue by $800 million, and also giving the MTA some of the money from casinos expected at present to be licensed soon for business in Manhattan.
NYS Senators Greg Ball and Lee Zeldin presented their plan to phase-out the MTA payroll tax during a press conference in Yorktown on Wednesday. Plamena Pesheva , Patch Staff Posted Thu, Jun 9...
The Martins-Zeldin plan calls for the MTA Payroll Tax to be phased out each year until 2014, when it will be completely eliminated.
The state Senate has passed legislation to derail the payroll tax put in place last year to rescue the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from a big budget deficit.
This tax, known popularly as the "mobility tax", or the "MTA tax", is intended to provide funds for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which transports many of the region's commuters. Philadelphia has a 3.924% wage tax on residents and a 3.495% tax on non-residents for wages earned in the city as of August 2013.
In July 2010, Mangano announced that Nassau County had filed a lawsuit against the State of New York and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) challenging the legality of the 0.34% Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, a payroll tax levied on employers in the 12-county area served by the MTA.
The MTA tax rate is .0034 or .34%, meaning that small businesses pay $3.40 for every $1,000 of payroll. So, if your annual payroll is $100,000, you only end up paying an extra $340 worth of tax...
In December 2011, Zeldin supported a $250 million cut to the MTA payroll tax. In March 2012, Zeldin helped to create the PFC Joseph Dwyer PTSD Peer-to-Peer Veterans Support program; funding for the program was included in the 2012–13 New York State Budget.
The Martins-Zeldin plan calls for the MTA Payroll Tax to be phased out each year until 2014, when it will be completely eliminated.
Vote on MTA Payroll Tax On September 16, 2010, The Suffolk County Legislature held a vote on a resolution (I.R. 1875) - Directing the County Attorney to bring an action against New York State regarding the MTA payroll tax.