Articles Posted in New York

As part of a sweeping law change, New York will require taxpayers to use a water’s-edge combined reporting method when filing corporate income tax returns beginning January 1, 2015. Continue Reading ›

A New York state corporate franchise tax audit is almost as frustrating as participating in a coin toss with a one-sided coin. It seems like taxpayers cannot win. New York state auditors forcibly combine taxpayers that have filed separate returns and decombine taxpayers that have filed combined returns. Auditors also…

Taxpayers involved in state tax controversy matters often request information and documentation from state tax authorities to analyze audit adjustments. Some of those requests are thwarted by state tax authorities’ assertions of the deliberative process privilege to prevent the disclosure of information or documentation that may compromise the state tax…