Comments on: What future the payroll tax? http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/28/what-future-the-payroll-tax/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 12:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What future the MTA’s key payroll tax? :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/28/what-future-the-payroll-tax/#comment-88369 What future the MTA’s key payroll tax? :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:16:21 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6541#comment-88369 [...] pole, the unpopular, but necessary, payroll tax is beginning to attract everyone’s ire. While neither Andrew Cuomo nor Rick Lazio have voiced any support for the payroll tax, GOP lawmakers are starting to make noise about a [...] [...] pole, the unpopular, but necessary, payroll tax is beginning to attract everyone’s ire. While neither Andrew Cuomo nor Rick Lazio have voiced any support for the payroll tax, GOP lawmakers are starting to make noise about a [...]

]]> By: Marc Shepherd http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/28/what-future-the-payroll-tax/#comment-87532 Marc Shepherd Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:20:42 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6541#comment-87532 When Cuomo refers to something more equitable, one could <em>hope</em> that he is referring to bridge tolls and/or congestion pricing. That actually <em>would</em> be an improvement on the payroll tax. Calibrating the tax to the amount of benefit a community actually receives from transit would be another. As presently designed, it’s an awfully blunt instrument, with relatively transit-poor counties paying the same percentage as New York City. Lazio, in common with most Republicans, would no doubt prefer to repeal the tax outright, without replacing the lost revenue. When Cuomo refers to something more equitable, one could hope that he is referring to bridge tolls and/or congestion pricing. That actually would be an improvement on the payroll tax.

Calibrating the tax to the amount of benefit a community actually receives from transit would be another. As presently designed, it’s an awfully blunt instrument, with relatively transit-poor counties paying the same percentage as New York City.

Lazio, in common with most Republicans, would no doubt prefer to repeal the tax outright, without replacing the lost revenue.

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