Get NY NYC-1127 2016

Under Section 1127 of the City Charter, if you are a City employee who lives outside the City and you were hired after January 4, 1973, as a condition of employment you agreed to pay to the City an amount equal to a City personal income tax on residents, computed and determined as if you were a resident of the City.

If tax withheld from regular wages, withhold at 9.62%. NYC resident at 4.25%.

New York State income tax rates range from 4% to 8.82% as of 2019, depending on a taxpayer's income.

Did you know that, in addition to New York state taxes, New York City levies a city tax? The lowest tax rate is 2.907% and it goes up to 3.876% if you earn more than $500,000 per year.

Local governments in several states impose a local income tax. Local taxes are in addition to federal and state income taxes. ... If the local income tax is a withholding tax, then you are required to withhold it from employee wages. Or if the local income tax is an employer tax, you must pay it.

A withholding tax, or a retention tax, is an income tax to be paid to the government by the payer of the income rather than by the recipient of the income. The tax is thus withheld or deducted from the income due to the recipient. In most jurisdictions, withholding tax applies to employment income.

Apparently this is deductible. While NYC claims this is not a tax, their own definition "Section 1127 of the New York City Charter is not a payment of any City tax, but is a payment made to the City as a condition of employment..."

The NYC-1127 is the personal income tax return for non-residents of NYC who are employees of the City of New York. ... Section 1127 of the New York City Charter does not apply to you if you work for the Department of Education, City University of New York, District Attorneys' Offices, or New York City Housing Authority.

Generally, you must file a New York State income tax return if you're a New York State resident and are required to file a federal return.

In most cases, if you don't live in New York City you aren't required to pay New York City personal income tax. ... However, if you're an employee of New York City, you may be required to file returns and pay taxes directly to the city finance department.

The City Sales Tax rate is 4.5%, NY State Sales and Use Tax is 4% and the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District surcharge of 0.375% for a total Sales and Use Tax of 8.875 percent. Beauty, barbering, hair restoring, manicures, pedicures, electrolysis, massage, tanning, tattooing and other, similar services.