N.Y. Tax Law Section 171-Z
Information sharing with the comptroller regarding unclaimed funds

1.

Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner is authorized to release to the comptroller information regarding fixed and final unwarranted debts of taxpayers for purposes of collecting unclaimed funds from the comptroller to satisfy fixed and final unwarranted debts owed by taxpayers. For purposes of this section, the term “unwarranted debt” shall mean past-due tax liabilities, including unpaid tax, interest and penalty, that the commissioner is required by law to collect and that have become fixed and final such that the taxpayer no longer has any right to administrative or judicial review and a warrant has not been filed; and the term “taxpayer” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership or company, partner, member, manager, sole proprietorship, estate, trust, fiduciary or entity, who or which has been identified as owing taxes to the state. This section shall not be deemed to abrogate or limit in any way the powers and authority of the comptroller to set off debts owed the state from unclaimed funds, under the constitution of the state or any other law.

2.

The comptroller shall keep all information he or she obtains from the commissioner confidential, and any employee, agent or representative of the comptroller is prohibited from disclosing any taxpayer information received under this section to anyone other than the commissioner or staff of the department or staff of the department of audit and control for the purposes described in this section.

Source: Section 171-Z — Information sharing with the comptroller regarding unclaimed funds, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TAX/171-Z (updated Apr. 27, 2018; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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Department of taxation and finance 171
Powers and duties of commissioner of taxation and finance 171‑A
Deposit and disposition of revenue 171‑A*2
Statewide wage reporting system 171‑AA
E-file authorizations collected by tax return preparers 171‑B
Verification of income 171‑C
Certain overpayments credited against past-due support 171‑D
Certain overpayments credited against defaulted governmental education loans 171‑E
Certain overpayments credited against national defense/national direct, health professions or nursing student loans 171‑F
Certain overpayments credited against outstanding debts owed to a state agency 171‑G
Provision of income information 171‑H
State directory of new hires 171‑I
Enforcement of child support and combined child and spousal support arrears 171‑J
Verification of payroll records 171‑K
Electronic signature 171‑L
Certain overpayments credited against outstanding tax debt owed to the city of New York 171‑M
Certain New York city tax overpayments credited against outstanding debts owed to the state of New York 171‑N
Certain overpayments credited against outstanding tax debts owed to other states 171‑P
Costs or fees imposed by the United States or other states for crediting tax overpayments against outstanding tax debts owed to the state... 171‑R
Brownfield credit report 171‑T
Reciprocal offset agreements with the United States or other states 171‑U
Verification of income eligibility for basic STAR exemption 171‑V
Enforcement of delinquent tax liabilities through the suspension of drivers’ licenses 171‑W
State support for the local enforcement of past-due property taxes 171‑Z
Information sharing with the comptroller regarding unclaimed funds 172
Official seal 173
Review by commissioner 173‑A
Hearing rights upon notice and demand 174
Oaths, acknowledgments, subpoenas and commissions to take testimony 174‑A
Duration of warrant liens on real property 174‑B
Limitation on the time to collect tax liabilities 174‑C
Service of income execution without filing a warrant 175
Manner of execution of instruments by the commissioner 176
Transfer of the powers and duties of the comptroller in relation to the assessment or collection of certain taxes 177
Construction 179
Definitions 180
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Apr. 27, 2018

§ 171-Z’s source at nysenate​.gov

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