Unwelcome Surprise on State Income Tax Forms WBEN Newsroom - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 08:58 AM Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - As New York grapples with budget gaps, it is apparently looking to you to help plug them. On the state income tax form you'll fill out for the 2003 tax year, you'll be expected to estimate how much sales tax you avoided paying by shopping on-line, out-of-state, or on the reservation. If you failed to save your receipts all the year, the state will include a chart with estimated taxes you should have paid.