Taxes in New York (TiNY) is a blog by the Hodgson Russ LLP State and Local Tax Practice Group members Chris Doyle, Peter Calleri, and Zoe Peppas. The weekly reports are intended to go out every Tuesday after the New York State Division of Tax Appeals (DTA) publishes new ALJ Determinations and Tribunal Decisions. In addition to the weekly reports, TiNY may provide analysis of and commentary on other developments in the world of New York tax law.

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TiNY Report for March 21, 2024
NY state flag and the word TAXES made out of money

Greetings. Your editor-in-chief is a little late to the game this week. Was Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day the culprit? Good guess, but no. I was taking a few days off this week and needed to push TiNY a couple of days past our normal Tuesday deadline to get a few client projects off my desk.

There are just two jurisdictional determinations to discuss. No surprises here.

Determinations

Matter of MSM Arrangement, LLC (Supervising ALJ Gardiner, March 7, 2024); Div’s Rep. Colleen McMahon, Esq.; Petitioner’s Rep. Donna Este-Green, Esq.; Article 22/DTA’s jurisdiction (Zoe Peppas).

Petitioner filed a petition for redetermination or refund of personal income tax for 2014 through 2022. A petition requires a legible copy of statutory notice or conciliation order being protested. Petitioner’s petition did not include the notice. Rookie mistake. The Division of Tax Appeals submitted a written request for a copy of the statutory notice being protested. Petitioner failed to provide notice. The Division issued a notice of intent to dismiss petition, stating it lacked jurisdiction to review the merits of the petition because it was not in proper form. Petitioner did not respond. Judge Gardiner dismissed the petition with prejudice.

Matter of Top Shelf Electric Corp. (Supervising ALJ Gardiner, March 7, 2024); Div’s Rep. Amanda Alteri; Pet’s Rep. Frank Centrella, CPA; Article 22/DTA’s jurisdiction (Pete Calleri).

Petitioner filed a petition for redetermination of a deficiency or for refund of New York State personal income tax under Article 22 for the year 2022. However, Petitioner failed to attach a statutory notice to its petition as required by Tax Law § 2008(1) and 20 NYCRR 3000.3(b)(8). When the Division made a separate request for Petitioner to provide such a notice, Petitioner again failed to do. After the Division issued a notice of intent to dismiss petition, Petitioner responded by including a copy of a notice and demand, which is insufficient to confer jurisdiction upon the Division to consider the merits of the petition. As such, the Division lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the petition and dismissed it with prejudice.

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