NYC Administrative Code

§ 11-246 — Taxation of property of nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical societies and dental societies.

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This section outlines the taxation rules for real property owned by nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical societies, and dental societies in New York City. It specifies conditions under which such properties may be exempt from taxation and mandates reporting requirements for exempt organizations. Applies to nonprofit organizations and property owners in the city.

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§ 11-246 Taxation of property of nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical societies and dental societies.

AC § 11-246

1.a. Pursuant to the requirements of sections four hundred twenty-a and four hundred forty-six of the real property tax law, real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized or conducted exclusively for religious, charitable, hospital, educational or cemetery purposes, or for the purposes of the moral or mental improvement of men, women or children or for two or more such purposes shall not be taxable. b. Real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized or conducted exclusively for Bible, tract, benevolent, missionary, infirmary, public playground, scientific, literary, library, patriotic or historical purposes, for the development of good sportsmanship for persons under the age of eighteen years through the conduct of supervised athletic games, or for the enforcement of laws relating to children or animals, or for two or more such purposes, and used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes either by the owning corporation or association, or by another such corporation or association as provided in section four hundred twenty-b of the real property tax law shall not be taxable. Any corporation or association which uses real property exempted from taxation pursuant to this paragraph shall make available to the city council, the commissioner of finance and the public a report, in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner of finance, setting forth the efforts of such corporation or association undertaken in the previous calendar year to provide assistance to city programs and city residents, by filing such report with the city clerk not later than June first of each year. c. Real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized or conducted exclusively for bar association or medical society purposes, or both such purposes, and used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or both such purposes either by the owning corporation or association, or by another such corporation or association shall be taxable pursuant to the authority contained in section four hundred twenty-b of the real property tax law.

2.Real property from which no rent is derived and which is owned by an incorporated pharmaceutical society which is either wholly or partly within the city, which society has heretofore been or may hereafter be authorized and empowered by act of the legislature to establish and which has established or may hereafter establish a college of pharmacy in this city shall be taxable.

3.Real property from which no income is derived which is owned by a dental society of any judicial district which judicial district is wholly or partly within the city, which dental society was incorporated under the education law shall be taxable.

4.Real property previously exempt from taxation but made taxable pursuant to this section as of the first day of January, nineteen hundred seventy-two shall be taxed for the period from the first day of January to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-two by applying one-half of the tax rate for the fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy-one, seventy-two to the assessments made and exemptions claimed with reference to the taxable status date falling on the twenty-fifth day of January, nineteen hundred seventy-two. The taxes thus computed for the period from the first day of January to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-two shall be due and payable on the first day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-two.

5.Real property which is taxable under this section shall be subject to any special ad valorem levies and special assessments which are imposed to defray the cost of improvements or services furnished by the city.

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