New York State Income Tax Forms Rates & Services

Be sure to ask about these NEW 2006 tax credits before filing your New York taxes!

Clean Heating Fuel Credit:  Available for tax years beginning in 2006 and 2007.  Applies to bio-heat purchased for space heating or hot water production for residential purposes on, or after July 1, 2006, and before July 1, 2007.  Bio-heat means a fuel comprised of bio-diesel blended with conventional home heating oil.

Conservation Easement Tax Credit:  if you own land in New York State that is subject to a conservation easement held by a public or private conservation agency, you may be entitled to a credit of 25% of the allowable school district, county, and town real property taxes you paid in 2006 on this land (excluding real property taxes paid on buildings, structures, and improvements).
 
Empire State Child Credit:  You may claim the Empire State child credit if you have a qualifying child (meets the definition of a qualifying child under the federal child tax credit) and:

• you have a federal child tax credit or a federal additional child tax credit, or
• your federal adjusted gross income is $110,000 or less if you are married filing a joint return,
• $75,000 or less and your filing status is single, head of household, or qualifying widow(er); or
• $55,000 or less and your filing status is married filing separate returns.

Home Heating System Credit:  Available for tax years beginning in 2006 and 2007.  Allowed for costs incurred after July 1, 2006, and before July 1, 2007, that are directly associated with the replacement of the existing home heating system. To qualify for this credit, the home heating system that replaces the old system must, after installation, qualify for and be labeled with an Energy Star label.

Non-custodial Parent Earned Income Credit:  Available for tax years beginning on, or after January 1, 2006, and before January 1, 2013. The non-custodial EIC is claimed instead of the New York State Earned Income Credit. The credit is available to residents, part-year residents, and nonresident individuals. You may claim this credit if you meet all of the following conditions for tax year 2006:

• be a full-year New York State resident;
• be at least 18 years of age;
• be a parent of a minor child (or children) with whom you do not reside;
• have an order in effect for at least one-half of the tax year requiring you to make child support payments payable through a support collection unit pursuant to Social Services Law section 111(h);
• have paid an amount in child support in the tax year at least equal to the amount of child support you were required to pay by all court orders.

New York City full-year residents and New York City part-year residents who claimed the federal earned income credit may now claim a New York City Earned Income Credit. This credit is in addition to the New York State earned income credit.

If you cannot be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer’s federal income tax return, you may qualify for the New York City Household Credit, as well as the New York City School Tax Credit. These credits are available to resident and part-year resident individuals of New York City.

Other Helpful Links:
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/
New York State Tax Forms and Instructions: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/default.htm
City of New York Department of Finance: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/home/home.shtml
Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov/

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