Sentences with phrase «at local taxpayer»

• Ignoring the reality of seriously ill people in need of intensive help ending up on the street or in county jails at local taxpayer expense because the state has shirked its responsibility and no other appropriate care is available is not making things better;

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With the passing of the TCJA, the deductibility of so - called «SALT» (state and local) taxes is now capped at $ 10,000 for individual taxpayers.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government, which released a new state revenue report on Monday, said that «The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high - income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their state and local income and property taxes to take advantage of the expiring tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.»

Under Trump's plan, taxpayers can still deduct state and local property taxes, though this is capped at $ 10,000.

This unjustifiably rewards high - tax states, and because deductions rise with income (they are worth 39.6 cents per $ 1 at the top, but only 10 cents or less at the bottom), it also rewards areas with more wealthy taxpayers, even holding state and local tax rates constant.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildlocal authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

A bill introduced Thursday night by Sen. Simcha Felder would change the state's tax law in order to address the federal tax overhaul that caps the amount of money taxpayers can deduct in state and local taxes at $ 10,000.

This Sunday, May 4th, is Tax Freedom Day — the day when taxpayers have symbolically worked long enough to pay off all of their tax bills at the federal, state and local levels and take a buck home.

He also charged taxpayers for 75 stays at the local Quality Inn on nights E-ZPass records suggest he was at home.

Also at 1 p.m., Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will be joined by Deputy County Executive Jon Kaiman to reveal SuffolkSHARE — a ten - point plan that would deliver taxpayer savings and produce greater efficiencies among local governments through new inter-municipal coordination, H. Lee Dennison Building, Plaza Level, 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, Long Island.

The New York State Association Of Counties released its to - do list of budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayers.

If taxpayers believe councils are not meeting their needs, then they can express that at the next set of local elections.

«While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, at more than $ 211 million this year alone, prior administrations have failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers,» said Poloncarz.

Why is taxpayer money being used to fund a private 501 (c)(4) organization, NYAGV, which engages in political advocacy and lobbying at the state and local level?

The new federal tax law that caps state and local tax deductions at $ 10,000 sent officials in high - tax states like New Jersey scrambling to blunt the potential impact on taxpayers.

«Shifting the local cost share to the state is a political sleight of hand — if Republicans steal billions from New York to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy it doesn't matter if taxpayers have to cover the cost at the county or the state level.

But at what cost to the public treasury, and at what burden to the local taxpayer?

We have enhanced the amenities at Bowline Point Park at no cost to the local taxpayer.

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

Onondaga County is making it easier to pay town and county taxes early with a new online system, and it comes at a time when some taxpayers are considering paying their local taxes early.

He discussed at length how the law ends the longtime practice of letting taxpayers deduct state and local taxes from their Federal income taxes, which he said will take a significant chunk of New Yorker's income next year.

The ongoing added expenses from the payroll tax are eating away at our local economies and our taxpayers» wallets.

I have written about the many times local community groups have had to clean up the tracks and haul away truck loads of trash and debris at the City of Kingston's taxpayers» expense as it's carted away to the dump.

The SALT cap also will increase the effective cost of State and local government services at the margin; each new dollar of State and local government spending will cost New York taxpayers more than under previous federal law.

While Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and County Executive Mark Poloncarz are often at odds, they both look at the county's improved financial health — for which they both take credit — and question the long - term need for a local control board that costs taxpayers about $ 480,000 a year.

Officials at local agencies receiving the grant money said that the funds paid for crime - fighting activities that would otherwise come from local taxpayers or, in this era of tightening budgets, not be funded at all.

«No other state in the country abuses its local governments and taxpayers quite like Albany to fund an expansive Medicaid program,» Tenney said at a press conference today.

At a speech given at Hofstra University, Cuomo announced a proposal for a new, less generous pension system for future state, local and school employees that is designed to save taxpayers $ 93 billion over 30 years, according to two officials briefed on the plaAt a speech given at Hofstra University, Cuomo announced a proposal for a new, less generous pension system for future state, local and school employees that is designed to save taxpayers $ 93 billion over 30 years, according to two officials briefed on the plaat Hofstra University, Cuomo announced a proposal for a new, less generous pension system for future state, local and school employees that is designed to save taxpayers $ 93 billion over 30 years, according to two officials briefed on the plan.

«It's critical for New York that counties and other local governments have embraced intergovernmental collaboration and are working together to create economies that will result in savings and improved services for their taxpayers,» said Gerald Benjamin, director of the Benjamin Center at SUNY New Paltz.

The ads come as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he will push for workarounds to the law's capping of state and local tax deductions at $ 10,000 — a move he has said is crippling to the state's taxpayers.

Shadow secretary of state for local government Eric Pickles said: «Local residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.&rlocal government Eric Pickles said: «Local residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.&rLocal residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.»

«When the governor made this announcement (about shared services) at his regional «State of the State» addresses, he wanted people to believe that the prime reason for high property taxes is the existence of local government without acknowledging school taxes and without acknowledging that [New York] imposes more state spending on local property taxpayers than any state in America,» said Molinaro, a former state assemblyman.

«It's not sustainable, and what they do is they keep pushing the cost down to the local taxpayer, saying, «We cut at the state level», which is true, but somehow it has to get funded, which really pits the taxpayer against the school district,» Brown said.

The burden of paying for education has shifted increasingly from state to local property taxpayers, creating funding problems for the schools and an unfair distribution of the cost of education, according to state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, speaking at a budget forum she held at the senior center Sunday, March 23.

The announcement was made at a meeting of the Westchester County Local Development Corporation (LDC), an agency created by Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, which makes tax - exempt financing available to not - for - profit institutions at no risk to taxpayers.

«When a public servant seeks to use their position to profit at the expense of the taxpayers and the local community, they will be held accountable for their crimes and prosecuted appropriately,» Beach said.

This case is a classic example of the fundamental need for checks and balances at the local level over taxpayer money.»

However, we are facing a mountain of State mandates and there is only so much we can do at the local level to bring much - needed cost relief to taxpayers.

Others looked on DEP police as an asset, providing another level of police protection at no direct cost to local taxpayers.

«Eliminating the state and local deduction, while slashing taxes for the wealthy and huge corporations, will hurt middle - class taxpayers, and various attempts at a «compromise» are just as bad,» Schumer said.

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

Now we learn the local RSC has told Dove Family Trust to hand over its schools to another MAT (presumably at taxpayer expense).

And, «programs for the urban poor... stoke resentment and reinforce stereotypes among middle class taxpayers while enriching out - of - town owners and Wall Street investors of the for - profit housing industry, charter schools and development agencies while at the same time creating and sustaining a local class of often anti-union not - for - profit advocates.»

Where's the accountability for the waste of taxpayers» funds at students» expense so local boards can save face?

-- so that a large percentage of families who have «won» the Norwich Free Academy bonanza are those who sit on appointed or elected boards, or who work in the Town Hall... it's unclear who got this year's bonus special dispensation... But one family seems to believe that all of their children will get the NFA benefit — at a cost of over $ 100K of local taxpayer dollars (with increased segregation and isolation in the impoverished Windham schools).

Our discussion covers how these companies bilk the taxpayers while peddling influence at the state and local levels.

She has lobbied for failed schemes, like vouchers — which take away funding and local control from our public schools — to fund private schools at taxpayers» expense.

There's no way now to make the comparison perfect, but one preferred method would be comparing the choice payment to what public schools get from local property taxes and general state aids, we heard from researchers or other officials at DPI, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance and School Choice Wisconsin.

Since 90 percent of all K — 12 education funding is generated at the state and local level, it should be directed by state and local taxpayers, free from federal red tape.

The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's taxpayer money) on expensive local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged by their indefensible waste of taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.