NYC Administrative Code

§ 11-1755 — Relief from joint and several liability on joint return.

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This section establishes the applicability of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code regarding joint income tax returns to New York City tax law, with specific modifications. It outlines how terms from the federal code are adapted for local use and provides for a rebuttable presumption of relief from liability under city law if federal relief is granted. Applies to individuals filing joint income tax returns in NYC.

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§ 11-1755 Relief from joint and several liability on joint return.

AC § 11-1755

(a)General. The provisions of section six thousand fifteen of the internal revenue code applicable to the liability of individuals who file joint income tax returns shall apply to the same extent as if such section of such code were contained in and made part of this section, except to the extent that any provision of such section is either inconsistent with or not relevant to this chapter and except as modified in subdivision (b) of this section, or with such other modifications as may be necessary to adapt the language of such provisions to the provisions of this chapter.

(b)Modifications. Section six thousand fifteen of the internal revenue code shall be read as modified by this subdivision.

(1)"Secretary" shall be read as "state commissioner of taxation and finance".

(2)"Internal revenue service" shall be read as "department of taxation and finance".

(3)"Tax court" shall be read as "division of tax appeals".

(4)In the heading of subsection (a) and in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph three of subsection (c), the phrase "section 6013(d)(3)" shall be read as "paragraphs two and three of subdivision (b) of section 11-1751 of this chapter".

(5)In paragraph three of subsection (b), the phrase "section 6662(d)(2)(A)" shall be read as "subdivision (p) of section 11-1785 of this chapter".

(6)In subparagraph (B) of paragraph two of subsection (d), the phrase "section 1 or 55" shall be read as "section 11-1701 of this chapter".

(7)In clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph one of subsection (e), the phrase "section 6851 or 6861" shall be read as "section 11-1794 of this chapter" and "section 7485" shall be read as "subdivision (c) of section 11-1790 of this chapter".

(8)In paragraph two of subsection (e), the phrase "section 6502" shall be read as "section one hundred seventy-four-a of the tax law and section 11-1792 of this chapter".

(9)In subparagraph (A) of paragraph three of subsection (e), the phrase "section 6512(b), 7121, or 7122" shall be read as "subdivision fifteenth, eighteenth, eighteenth-a or eighteenth-d of section one hundred seventy-one of the tax law and subdivision (b) of section 11-1789 of this chapter".

(10)The following provisions of such section six thousand fifteen shall be disregarded: (A) The phrase "notwithstanding the provisions of section 7421(a)" contained in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph one of subsection (e); and (B) subparagraph (C) of paragraph three of subsection (e).

(c)Federal determination. If an individual is relieved of a federal income tax liability pursuant to subsection (b) of section six thousand fifteen of the internal revenue code, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such individual shall also be entitled to equivalent relief from liability under this section, to the extent that such individual has an understatement of tax under this chapter for the same taxable year that is attributable to the same erroneous item or items to which the individual's federal income tax liability was attributable.

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