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Fiscal Integrity: Balancing the Budget for Financial Stability

This initiative focuses on restoring fiscal integrity by transforming the budget process into a financial exercise rather than a political one. Measures such as eliminating automatic inflators, tier-based income brackets for fair taxation, and downsizing the state labor force have saved billions. Achieving consecutive on-time budgets has significantly reduced budget gaps, leading to tax relief efforts like personal income tax cuts. The next phase targets property tax reduction, particularly for businesses facing high tax burdens.

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Fiscal Integrity: Balancing the Budget for Financial Stability

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  1. Restoring Fiscal Integrity Making the budget process a financial exercise rather than a political exercise. Ended automatic inflators: • Education: 10% Medicaid: 10%

  2. Fiscal Integrity Added brackets to make code more fair: Before: Whether a person made $40,000 or $40 million, they paid the same rate. Now: We added additional income brackets that have made the code more fair:

  3. Fiscal Integrity Tier VI saves $80 billion Downsized state labor force from 137,000 to 120,000; Three zero raise contracts saved $450 million 2% Property Tax Cap 2% Spending Cap

  4. Budget Progress • Three consecutive on-time budgets since coming into office: • FY 2012: Eliminated a $10.0 B gap (10.5% of State Operating Funds budget) • FY 2013: Eliminated a $3.5 B gap (3.9% of SOF budget) • FY 2014: Eliminated a $1.35 B gap (1.5% of SOF budget) • Adherence to the 2 percent spending cap will put the State in a surplus position: Dollars in Billions

  5. Fiscal progress allows tax relief.

  6. Tax Relief: Thus Far • Personal Income Tax cut; lowest middle class rates in 62 years Youth and Veterans Hiring Tax Credits START-UP NY

  7. Tax Relief: Next Phase

  8. Tax Relief: Next Phase Focus on property taxes: • Largest tax in NYS: $51 billion • Compared to $40 billion Personal Income Tax

  9. Tax Relief: Next Phase Property Tax: #1 Business Tax • Businesses pay $17 billion in property taxes • Businesses pay $7 billion in corporate taxes

  10. Property Taxes are Still Too High, Hurting Businesses and Homeowners • #1 Westchester $9,945 in 2010, Estimated at $10,320 in 2012 Nationally, three of the four highest taxed counties in terms of effective property taxes paid were in New York. #4 Rockland $8,861 in 2010, Estimated at $9,472 in 2012 #2 Nassau $9,289 in 2010, Estimated at $9,797 in 2012

  11. Property Taxes are Still Too High, Hurting Businesses and Homeowners Nationally, 13 of the 15 highest taxed counties in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value, were in New York. Wayne Monroe Cattaraugus Livingston Oswego Niagara Chautauqua 10. Steuben 11. Erie 12. Schenectady 13. Cayuga 14. Onondaga 15. Chemung

  12. Also Review: • Taxes unduly burdensome to business and middle class / working families.

  13. Tax Reform: Next Phase Peter Solomon Carl McCall James Parrott J. Pat Barrett Tax Simplification Commission Deborah Wright Dall W. Forsythe Robert G. Wilmers Thomas H. Mattox James W. Wetzler Alan D. Schwartz

  14. Tax Reform: Next Phase Gov. George Pataki Carl McCall Carl McCall • Dall W. • Forsythe Bill Rudin Tax Relief Commission Denis Hughes Heather Briccetti James W. Wetzler Jack Quinn

  15. Experienced – Qualified Professionals – Non-Political Comptroller Carl McCall Governor George Pataki

  16. Report due by December 6 for inclusion in 2014 State of the State.

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