Make sure your planning is where it should be with these planning ideas to consider as we wrap up 2022.

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Empire State Development spends nearly $2 billion annually in taxpayer money for loans, grants, tax credits and other incentives to companies and projects, but fails to properly evaluate most of its programs to determine if they actually are boosting the ...

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Upstate United, a nonpartisan pro-taxpayer organization, has published a fact sheet detailing what it says is a potential $9 billion tax increase for employers statewide. Troubling Trends — New York’s $9 Billion Unemployment Insurance Crisis makes the case for the ...

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Congressman Joe Morelle on Friday introduced legislation to protect investments in America’s manufacturing sector. The Permanently Preserving America’s Investment in Manufacturing Act makes a technical change to the U.S. Tax Code allowing businesses to continue deducting interest expense. “Across the ...

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No one ever likes to see their tax assessment arrive in the mail, and in the weeks that follow the arrival, commercial property owners often end up using the court system in an attempt to lower their bill.

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Upstate United, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer organization, is again pushing back against New York state’s tax burden. In a fact sheet released last week ahead of the state’s budget agreement, Upstate United shows how New York compares with other states in ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers reached a deal on the state’s budget this week. The final, $212 billion budget includes a number of measures to aid industries and sectors that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. Additionally, the ...

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Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan pro-taxpayer organization, has released a new fact sheet that highlights what it calls the burdens imposed on New York’s taxpayers. “Taxed Out – Assessing New York’s Massive Tax Burden” features state-specific tax rankings from the Tax ...

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Taxes and wages continue to besiege upstate businesses, a new survey from Unshackle Upstate Inc. shows. The “2019 Upstate Business Climate Survey” highlights employers’ perspectives on the impact of the 2019 legislative session, as well as their viewpoints on issues ...

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Monroe County tax bills for 2018 will be made available before the end of 2017 so that residents can take advantage of more favorable tax laws that will expire as a result of the Trump administration’s tax reform plan. Monroe ...

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