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The rate of .21 percent for New York City’s five boroughs would remain in effect. The estimated savings from the elimination of the MTA Payroll Tax would be $767 million.
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 ...
A group representing county governments throughout New York has joined Rockland County in its legal fight to overturn a payroll tax imposed in 2010 to support the Metropolitan Transportation ...
In 2009, New York enacted the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, a 0.34% levy on payrolls and self-employment earnings in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess counties.
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.
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.
MTA Payroll Tax Cut Praised; Full Repeal Still Sought - Southampton, NY - Local leaders and business people have railed against tax since it was adopted in 2009.
Tuesday’s ruling of the New York Court of Appeals means businesses within the Metropolitan Transportation Authority region, which includes Rockland County, must still pay the tax.
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.