Sales of service contracts in New York are considered to be sales of taxable repair and maintenance services. Businesses located in New York State that make sales of service contracts must be registered as New York State sales tax vendors.
Generally, supplies of third party administrative services are subject to GST due to the application of paragraph 123(1)(t) of the definition of "financial service" of the Excise Tax Act ("Act") and the Financial Services (GST) Regulations ("Regulations").