As part of the FY 2019 NY State Budget, lawmakers recently enacted a program to potentially circumvent the recent Federal Tax Law change that imposes a $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT) for individuals who itemize their deductions. The potential workaround, called the Employer Compensation Expense Program (ECEP), would allow employers to voluntarily opt in to a new ECEP structure that, when fully effective, would impose on employers a five percent payroll tax on all annual payroll expenses in excess of $40,000 per employee. The five percent would be phased in over three years beginning on January 1, 2019, starting at one and a half percent, three percent for Tax Year 2021 and five percent for 2021 and annually thereafter.
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