Recent
corporate tax increases in New Jersey may make New York State
look like a "tax haven" in comparison, a state and local tax
practitioner has argued.
New
Jersey's recent tax increases on businesses "drastically alter
New Jersey's corporate tax landscape, making it inhospitable
to large corporations," Glenn Newman wrote in an article entitled
Did New Jersey Turn New York Into a Tax Haven?
"Moreover,
a comparison of New Jersey's new regime with New York's corporate
tax system, which for more than 50 years has been structured
to accommodate and attract such companies to locate their
headquarters in New York, could encourage a migration across
the border to the tax haven of New York," Newman wrote
Before the
Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions,
Senate Committee on Investigations and
The Senate Committee on Higher Education
September 27, 2002
Chairman Spano, Chairman LaValle, Chairman Brodsky, and other distinguished members of the Legislature:
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in these very important hearings to address some of the issues you raised regarding corporate responsibility
New
York State must cut taxes further and enact other reforms
to keep manufacturing jobs in the state, leaders of several
manufacturing companies agreed during a panel discussion at
The Business Council's Annual Meeting
Saying
"we know that tax cuts empower you to create jobs,"
Gov. George Pataki today told Business Council members that
he would seek new targeted tax cuts to enable New York to
continue its recent gains in job growth
ALBANY - Robert B. Catell, chairman and CEO of KeySpan, has been elected chairman of The Business Council of New York State for the next 12 months. Heidi A. Nauleau, chairman of the Aarque Companies, has been elected vice chair of The Council, and Paul S. Speranza Jr., secretary and general counsel for Wegmans Food Markets, Inc
ALBANYManufacturing remains an essential foundation of New York's economy,
especially upstate, where half of all jobs depend on manufacturing, a new
report concludes.
The study, The Key to the Upstate Economy? Manufacturing - Still,
also concluded that new government policies to enhance competitiveness of
traditional and high-tech manufacturers would make New York more prosperous
Upstate
New York hospitals could have saved $47 million to $86 million
last year if their average length of stay for adult patients
merely tracked national average and benchmark figures, according
to an analysis reported today by Excellus Health Plan
New
York State will highlight the contributions of New York State's
local and regional chambers of commerce during Chamber of
Commerce Week Sept. 15-22.
The
week-long celebration is intended to promote awareness of
the role of chambers in building local economies and communities,
said Daniel B
The
Business Council's Labor & Human Resources Committee will
hold its annual western New York meeting Thursday, Oct. 3,
at the Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga, Erie County.
The
meeting will run from 10 a.m.-3 p
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