Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2015-2016 New York State Executive Budget Bill (Budget Bill) contains several important revenue measures, including, but not limited to, technical corrections to the 2014 overhaul of New York State’s Corporate Franchise Tax, conformity of the New York City General Corporation Tax to the revised New York State Corporate Franchise Tax, and several significant changes to New York’s sales and use tax statutes.  This article will address the Budget Bill’s proposed sales and use tax changes.  Several of these changes, while touted by Governor Cuomo as “closing certain sales and use tax avoidance strategies” are much broader and, if enacted, will have a significant impact on the sales and use tax liabilities resulting from routine corporate and partnership formations and reorganizations.

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