Regis Philbin
Feb 20th, 2009, 05:10 PM
If you're a New Yorker making over $15,000 (hardly "the rich" territory) you'll have to pay $10 for the priviledge of filing your taxes on paper.
http://www.buffalonews.com/180/story/584776.html
$10 fee proposed for filing state tax returns
Charge would apply to paper submissions
By Rick Karlin
ALBANY TIMES UNION
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson’s proposals to tax nondiet soda, iTunes downloads and even haircuts are well known. But did you know he also wants to tax your tax filings?
Tucked into the governor’s proposed budget proposal for the coming fiscal year is a plan to levy a $10 fee for state income tax returns that are filed on paper rather than electronically. State budget officials say the paper filing fee could generate $6.8 million during the next fiscal year.
The plan would waive the fee for those with annual earnings of less than $15,000 for individuals or $30,000 for couples.
The filing fee requires the Legislature’s approval.
Even with the income-based waiver, the plan has drawn fire from those who say it would hit low-income and older New Yorkers — the groups most likely to file paper returns.
“There are a lot of elderly people out there who are not into computers,” said State Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna, who already has heard constituent complaints.
http://www.buffalonews.com/180/story/584776.html
$10 fee proposed for filing state tax returns
Charge would apply to paper submissions
By Rick Karlin
ALBANY TIMES UNION
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson’s proposals to tax nondiet soda, iTunes downloads and even haircuts are well known. But did you know he also wants to tax your tax filings?
Tucked into the governor’s proposed budget proposal for the coming fiscal year is a plan to levy a $10 fee for state income tax returns that are filed on paper rather than electronically. State budget officials say the paper filing fee could generate $6.8 million during the next fiscal year.
The plan would waive the fee for those with annual earnings of less than $15,000 for individuals or $30,000 for couples.
The filing fee requires the Legislature’s approval.
Even with the income-based waiver, the plan has drawn fire from those who say it would hit low-income and older New Yorkers — the groups most likely to file paper returns.
“There are a lot of elderly people out there who are not into computers,” said State Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna, who already has heard constituent complaints.