NYC Administrative Code

§ 11-1909 — Withholding of tax on wages for taxable periods commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six.

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This section outlines the applicability of tax withholding provisions for taxable periods starting January 1, 1976. It specifies that certain prior sections do not apply, while referencing the requirements of New York state tax law. Applies to employers and their obligations regarding tax withholding on wages.

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§ 11-1909 Withholding of tax on wages for taxable periods commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six.

AC § 11-1909

The provisions contained in sections 11-1908, 11-1910, 11-1911, 11-1912, 11-1913 and 11-1914 of this subchapter shall not be applicable to taxes imposed for taxable periods commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six provided however, with respect to such periods, the provisions contained in part V of article twenty-two of the tax law shall be applicable with the same force and effect as if those provisions had been incorporated in full in this section except where inconsistent with the provisions of article two-E of the general city law, except that the term "aggregate amount" contained in paragraphs one, two and three of subsection (a) of section six hundred seventy-four of the tax law shall mean the aggregate amounts of New York state personal income tax, city earnings tax on nonresidents and city personal income tax on residents authorized pursuant to article thirty of the tax law required to be deducted and withheld and provided, however, that the provisions of such paragraphs shall not be applicable to employer's returns required to be filed with respect to taxes required to be deducted and withheld during the calendar year nineteen hundred seventy-six, but such returns shall be required to be filed with the tax commission at the times and in the manner provided for in subdivision (a) of section 11-1912 of this chapter, except the term "commission" in such subdivision shall be read as "tax commission." This section shall not apply to payments by the United States for service in the armed forces of the United States so long as the right to require deduction and withholding of tax from such payments is prohibited by the laws of the United States. Service in the armed forces of the United States shall have the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to withholding of city income taxes.

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