They include the MTA payroll tax and
a utility surcharge, called 18 - a, that they actually extended in this year's budget over Democratic objections.
It's paid for through an extension of a tax on millionaires and the continuation of
a utility surcharge.
It includes tax breaks for them, plus the eventual elimination of
a utility surcharge that's been bringing up costs.
And Senate Republicans are calling for an accelerated phased out of the 18a
utility surcharge, which the business community in the state has sought for the last several years.
Most of New Jersey's electricity comes from in - state producers or states not in RGGI, so there is little issue about consumers continuing to pay for the program through out - of - state
utility surcharges if New Jersey departs, the official said.
Not exact matches
The State Senate is also calling for a complete elimination of
surcharge taxes on
utilities by 2016 as well as expedited implementation of the estate tax so it matches federal exclusion amount when the value of small businesses or farms are the majority of the estate.
Utility rate payers, mostly from downstate, will pay for the deal through a
surcharge on their bills.
Also included in that plan is a faster elimination of a
utility tax
surcharge put in place in 2009 and an increase of the threshold for how much pension or retirement income is tax exempt.
The tax breaks, targeted for businesses and the middle class, include a phase out of a
surcharge on
utilities, and the distribution of $ 350 dollar checks, starting next year to every family with children up to the age of 18.
The Business Council strongly opposes the Executive Budget proposal to extend by five years the 2 percent «temporary»
surcharge on the gross intra-state receipts of electric, gas and steam energy sales by public
utilities.
Utility ratepayers, mostly from downstate, will pay for the deal through a
surcharge on their bills.
A coalition of groups including the New York Public Interest Research Group and Food & Water Watch announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at blocking a planned
surcharge on
utility bills that was a key component of the state's new Clean Energy Standard regulations.
A
surcharge on
utility bills called the 18 - a assessment was enacted as a temporary measure in 2009, renewed, and then scheduled for phaseout by 2017.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — The Rockland County legislature approved a motion calling on Albany to reject United Water's planned rate increase and
surcharge in the latest blowback against the
utility's plan to finance its proposed desalination plant and other plans.
The Clean Energy Fund is part of an effort by the Cuomo administration to overhaul NYSERDA and the state's renewable energy and energy conservation programs, which are funded by a
surcharge on
utility bills — about $ 3.50 a month for the average gas and electric customer in the Capital Region.
«The New York City business community supports recommendations of this commission to reduce some aspects of the tax burden, including simplification and consolidation of business and bank taxes, accelerated phase out of a
surcharge tax on
utilities, and raising the threshold for estate taxes to conform with federal standards,» she said.
On the other hand, he just acted in March to extend so - called temporary
surcharges on
utility bills and high - income individuals that were supposed to expire, which will cost billions of dollars for businesses and the wealthy investors who finance them.
But the continuation of a higher
surcharge on the state's wealthiest residents — not to mention the extension of a
utility tax known as 18 - a — has infuriated the once pro-Cuomo business community.
The new law created a national FiT (paid for by a monthly
surcharge added to
utility bills) to encourage mass deployment of renewables.
Arizona's
utility regulator last month approved a hike in the
surcharge that solar customers with net metering pay the state's largest
utility.
Electric
utilities will be allowed to levy a
surcharge based on customers» usage to recoup the additional cost.
There is a
surcharge on luxury vehicles priced INR10 lakh upwards and 4 % on Sports
Utility Vehicles (SUVs).