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Fifteen states and Washington, D. That has not changed," he said. Babylon accountant Dan Martin said Wednesday that he has clients who were hoping for a state tax break on their unemployment benefits. Martin said he finds it "ironic that New York State wants to fully tax the money from legal citizens who had taxable wages, then fell upon hard times and collected unemployment. He is a Republican running for Babylon Town supervisor. They were complying with a Cuomo order. Without the budget change, employees would have to pay state income tax on their wages and Start-Up NY firms could be expelled from the program because the employees didn't work at the office or laboratory on a college campus.

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In light of the STAR credit for new homeowners, this is a good question. Where we are unable to determine whether the residential portion of the property exceeds the STAR exemption amount, we will contact the assessor. If eligible, new property owners will receive a STAR credit not to exceed the amount of taxes levied based on the partial assessment.

The new property owners must register with the Tax Department to receive the credit. To receive the credit, the new property owner should register with the Tax Department. The department will review all registrations regardless of exemption application status.

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