Instructions For Form St-102-A New York State And Local Annual Sales And Use Tax Return For A Single Jurisdiction

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New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
ST-102-A-I (2/04)
ST-102-A
Instructions for Form ST-102-A
New York State and Local Annual
Annual
Sales and Use Tax Return for a
Single Jurisdiction
Instructions
(Annual Filing)
• Effective June 1, 2003, the following localities increased their local
We generated your annual Form ST-102-A, New York State and Local Annual
Sales and Use Tax Return for a Single Jurisdiction, based on your filing history.
tax rates:
Currently, you are not required to file any schedules.
• Dutchess County — see ST-03-2, Dutchess County Sales and
Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
Highlights for this reporting period
• City of Fulton — see ST-03-3, City of Fulton Sales and Use Tax
• Please note: Legislative changes made at both the State and local
Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
levels resulted in filing and reporting limitations with respect to
• Livingston County — see ST-03-4, Livingston County Sales and
Form ST-102-A for the 2003-2004 sales tax year. Due to these
Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
limitations, taxpayers in the following jurisdictions who would
• Schenectady County — see ST-03-5, Schenectady County Sales
normally file Form ST-102-A will instead need to file Form ST-101,
and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
New York State and Local Annual Sales and Use Tax Return :
• Montgomery County — see ST-03-6, Montgomery County Sales
• New York City;
and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
• Delaware County;
• Sullivan County — see ST-03-7, Sullivan County Sales and Use
• Otsego County;
Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003 .
• Tioga County;
• Effective June 4, 2003, the combined state and local tax rate
• Yates County; and
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imposed in New York City increased to 8
/
%. See ST-03-8,
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• taxpayers reporting the special taxes due on passenger car
New York City Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 4,
rentals and on information and entertainment services furnished
2003, for more information.
via telephony and telegraphy.
• New York State enacted legislation that amends the sales and use
You cannot file Form ST-102-A if you made sales of clothing or
tax exemption for clothing, footwear, and items used to make or
footwear costing less than $110 per item in the city of Johnstown;
repair such clothing, costing less than $110 per item. Beginning
Livingston County; Montgomery County; the city of Olean; the city of
June 1, 2003, and ending May 31, 2004, vendors must collect and
Salamanca; or the city of Sherrill, and are required to report sales at
remit the total New York State and local sales and use taxes on sales
more than one rate or in more than one jurisdiction. You must file
of clothing, footwear, and items used to make or repair such clothing,
Form ST-101 and Form ST-101.7, Annual Schedule H , instead.
regardless of the price. Two seven-day exemption periods have also
been enacted: Tuesday, August 26, 2003, through Monday,
You cannot file Form ST-102-A if you made sales to Qualified Empire
September 1, 2003; and Monday, January 26, 2004, through Sunday,
Zone Enterprises (QEZEs) at more than one tax rate or in more than
February 1, 2004.
one jurisdiction. You must file Form ST-101 and Form ST-101.9,
Annual Schedule Q instead. See Need help? on page 4 for
• Effective September 1, 2003, the combined state and local tax rate
information on how to obtain the necessary forms.
imposed in Yates County increased to 8¼%. See ST-03-10, Yates
County Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective September 1,
• Several tax rate changes (described below) became effective during
2003 , for more information.
this year. Whenever a sales and use tax rate changes, the
• Effective December 1, 2003, the following localities increased their
corresponding jurisdictional reporting code is replaced with a new
local tax rates:
code. Therefore, you should be aware that all tax rates affected by
the rate changes described below have been assigned new
• Otsego County — see ST-03-12, Otsego County Sales and Use
jurisdictional reporting codes.
Tax Rate Increase Effective December 1, 2003 .
• Tioga County — see ST-03-13, Tioga County Sales and Use Tax
• Effective March 1, 2003, the combined state and local tax rate
imposed in Niagara County increased to 8%. See ST-03-1, Niagara
Rate Increase Effective December 1, 2003 .
County Sales and Use Tax Rate Increase Effective March 1, 2003,
• Delaware County — see ST-03-14, Delaware County Sales and
for more information.
Use Tax Rate Increase Effective December 1, 2003 .
• Effective March 1, 2003, Dutchess County enacted the exemption
• The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the
from its local tax for sales of clothing and footwear costing less than
new standard code system to describe business establishments and
$110 per item. Also effective March 1, 2003, Tompkins County,
industries, replacing the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Rockland County, and the city of Ithaca each repealed the
codes. The Tax Department now requires this information; see NAICS
exemption from their local tax for sales of clothing and footwear
code below.
costing less than $110 per item. See Notice TP-817, Important
• If your return is filed late or if any tax due is not fully paid, you will be
Information Regarding Locality Changes Effective March 1, 2003,
liable for penalty and interest. Additional information on penalty and
Related to New York State and Use Tax Exemption for Clothing and
interest has been incorporated into these instructions. Please see
Footwear , for more information.
page 3, , Determine penalty and interest.
• New York State enacted legislation to increase the state sales and
use tax rate. Effective June 1, 2003, the state sales and use tax
The New York State Tax Department is dedicated to answering any questions
rate increased to 4¼%. See N-03-13, New York State Sales and
you have about sales and use taxes. Please call our Business Tax Information
Center at 1 800 972-1233 for assistance. For updated tax news, downloadable
Use Tax Rate Increase Effective June 1, 2003, for more information.
forms, links to related sites, and other information, visit our Web site at
If your principal business activity is one of the following:
Please read this
section before
• boat dealer
• motorcycle dealer
completing your return.
• recreational vehicle dealer
• peddler, flea market vendor,
or show/entertainment
If you are required to report sales tax on Schedules A, B, B-ATT, CT, FR, N,
• motor vehicle dealer
vendor
N-ATT, NJ, T, or T-ATT, do not use Form ST-102-A. Instead, you must use
you may be required to file Form ST-101 to report your sales and use taxes. For
Form ST-101, New York State and Local Annual Sales and Use Tax Return to
assistance, call 1 800 972-1233.
report your sales and use taxes (see the description of schedules on page 4).
Changes affecting your filing requirements
NAICS code
Annual filing threshold: Filers who owe more than $3,000 in tax for this
To the left of the calendar on the top of page 1, enter the six-digit code from
annual filing period must begin to file quarterly (or possibly monthly) returns.
Publication 910, NAICS Codes for Principal Business Activity for New York State Tax
Call 1 800 972-1233 immediately to change to quarterly or monthly filing status
Purposes, that best matches your primary business activity.
and to obtain the necessary forms.
Web site address:
Need help? Call 1 800 972-1233
To order forms, call 1 800 462-8100

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