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New York’s wealthiest look for exits as state readies hefty tax increase
cnbc ^ | APR 8 20215:00 PM EDT | Brian Schwartz

Posted on 04/08/2021 8:15:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin

New York’s top business leaders are gearing up for a potential mass exodus as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers prepare to raise their taxes.

With the state budget set to increase the personal income tax on the wealthiest New Yorkers as well as hiking corporate taxes, some executives who fled the city for Florida temporarily due to coronavirus pandemic lockdowns are considering permanent relocation, according to business leaders briefed on the matter.

Wealthy business leaders who have historically resisted moving at least some of their resources to Florida or other less-taxed states explained to CNBC that they are now seriously reconsidering as working from home becomes the norm, allowing more flexibility.

Within the more than $200 billion state budget, the top tax rate gets bumped to 9.65% from 8.82% for single filers who make more than $1 million. Those who make between $5 million and $25 million would be taxed at around 10.3% and for those making more than $25 million the rate would be at 10.9%. Wealthy earners are expected to get hit with those new taxes in the next tax season, with the rates expiring in 2027.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: newyork; taxes
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1 posted on 04/08/2021 8:15:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Why are they still here? I can see Cuomo now begging them to stay this time offering them champagne while he serves them dinner. He will rue the day Wall Street finally says goodbye


2 posted on 04/08/2021 8:27:19 PM PDT by The Mayor (I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)
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To: The Mayor

That’s what I’m wondering....why are they STILL there?


3 posted on 04/08/2021 8:29:03 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: The Mayor

Heck he’s handing out millions to illegals....(a magnet for illegals to move there)...so I doubt he’s worried about loss of population numbers....he’s been a debtor state anyway and likes it that way.


4 posted on 04/08/2021 8:40:18 PM PDT by caww ( because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matt:24:12)
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To: BenLurkin

Those rates will not expire in 2027.

Anyone believing that is truly insane.


5 posted on 04/08/2021 8:40:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jane Long

Consider the people who are moving there. He put out his sign this week for illegals to come and get the money because it ‘pays’ to be a debtor state, which NY is, rather like welfare states.


6 posted on 04/08/2021 8:42:43 PM PDT by caww ( because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matt:24:12)
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To: BenLurkin

Correction: rates never “expire”. That may be the lie that is parroted by the media, but rates only go one direction in blue states, and it’s not down.


7 posted on 04/08/2021 8:46:05 PM PDT by KingofZion
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That’s OK, they will be completely replaced by the million illegal aliens headed there for their free gifts of $15,000 to $22,000 from the NY government.


8 posted on 04/08/2021 8:48:21 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: BenLurkin

NY State is highly unstable.

progressivism and high taxes have driven out a lot of industry and manufacturing. In turn, there is a large, bloated government and education sector. There is long-term high poverty and dependency in NY cities

The state is highly dependent on Wall Street and financial trading, and the taxes upon a relatively few super-wealthy people.

If the 2020 election were not rigged for Biden and his “stimulus” NY would face a severe reckoning.


9 posted on 04/08/2021 8:50:52 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin
No need to worry, let's all think magical like AOC who once said "If you can't afford something, just pay for it and you can have it!" Although all the rich will leave and take jobs with them, we can still live in utopia if we just ignore the fact that we need money to pay for stuff and like just totally like have it!


10 posted on 04/08/2021 8:51:20 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: BenLurkin
The concept of spending large sums of money to buy small postage stamp properties in NYC has always made me nervous. If I invest a lot of money in 500 acres of fertile land somewhere, I have fertile land that I can live off of. If I spend millions on a townhome in NYC, I have nothing with real intrinsic value. It's value is totally dependent upon the inflated NYC real estate market - not the real value of the property.
11 posted on 04/08/2021 8:53:40 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: BenLurkin

Having worked remotely for nearly a decade, and havig had to deal with the greedy tax authorities in CA, you are taxed where your employer is domiciled. There is SCOTUS case law on this, so even if you head to Florida, and your employer is on Wall St., you will pay NY taxes.


12 posted on 04/08/2021 8:55:34 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: BenLurkin
Will believe it when I see it. Too many people think NYC is “the greatest city in the world,” so why would anyone want to leave? And the sheeple have been anesthetized by the left, so they cannot even think for themselves. So they will just go along with the Democrats' plans to increase taxes once again.
13 posted on 04/08/2021 8:56:09 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s not only the rich who are leaving the state because of the state’s horrible policies and taxes.


14 posted on 04/08/2021 8:56:32 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: krogers58

Yes and no.

If you open a branch office then the business is taxed, not you its EE. And then the tax is only that part which can be directly attributed to the home state.

And capital, being mobile, can be used to make the NY office the branch.

If I, as a very small business can do these things, someone with great wealth can easily do them.


15 posted on 04/08/2021 9:04:11 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: BenLurkin

“with the rates expiring in 2027”

Chortle snort ROTFLMAO!


16 posted on 04/08/2021 9:10:45 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: BenLurkin

Stick it to them. Nearly all of them voted for them.


17 posted on 04/08/2021 9:34:01 PM PDT by jrestrepo (Now I am an insurgent. Starve the beast (any way possible) )
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To: BenLurkin
New York would have been better off if they had sprayed the entire State annually with Agent Orange rather than elected Progressives for 75 years.

I escaped years ago. It is one of the best decisions I ever made.

18 posted on 04/08/2021 11:04:23 PM PDT by Gritty (Political opponents using the law as a weapon threaten the very foundation of our liberty-Pres Trump)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Those rates will not expire in 2027. Anyone believing that is truly insane.

Exactly!

If the putative justification for this hefty tax increase were to disappear, the Powers That Be can simply pull a new one out of their *sses.

"Oh, look! Someone has the sniffles! We've got to impose lock-downs and levy higher taxes!"

"Oh, look! 'Whiteness' is (still) oppressing POX (that's the gender-neutral / plural form of POC)! We've got to boost taxes!"

Regards,

19 posted on 04/08/2021 11:43:46 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: neverevergiveup
If I spend millions on a townhome in NYC, I have nothing with real intrinsic value. It's value is totally dependent upon the inflated NYC real estate market - not the real value of the property.

One question: Do those greenbacks you are talking about possess real, intrinsic value?

Regards,

20 posted on 04/08/2021 11:46:25 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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