* 1999-00 through 2001-02 reflect enacted appropriations.
* 2002-03 and 2003-04 reflect Executive recommended appropriations.

The Department of Taxation and Finance is responsible for the State's taxation administration, along with the administration of related local taxes.

The Department is included in the Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation appropriation bill.

State Operations

The Executive recommends all funds appropriations totaling $433,838,000, a decrease of $15,949,900 or 3.5 percent from State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2002-03 levels. This amount includes General Fund appropriations of $318,327,000, a decrease of $14,059,500 or 4.2 percent from SFY 2002-03.

The Executive General Fund recommendation includes the following notable changes:

• a $17,379,500 decrease in the Revenue and Information Management Program attributable to the elimination of the one time appropriation to fund the Tax Amnesty Program in SFY 2002-03;

• a $15,510,000 decrease for personal service;

• a $12,000,000 increase attributable to the Office for Technology (OFT) data center consolidation;

• a $4,830,000 increase to cover contractual salary increases; and

• a $2,000,000 increase for cigarette tax enforcement.

The Executive recommends a decrease of $2,766,000 in the Special Revenue Funds - Other, New York City Assessment Account. Revenues are deposited into this account to offset the State's cost of administering the New York City Personal Income Tax. The amount assessed to the city is based on the total level of State General Fund tax collections.