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[Ken]

At 09:51 AM 5/10/2006 -0700, David Ngo wrote:
>It is on a 1099, and I have heard
>that if you work in NYC you have to pay a city tax. Is
>this true? If so how much is it, and would I have to
>pay it even if I'm on a 1099?

Here is the joyous tax of which you speak:
"NYC Unincorporated Business Tax"
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/05pdf/nyc202_05i.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/05pdf/nyc202_05.pdf

As you can see, if you don't make enough money, you don't incur this tax.  If you do incur it, it looks to be 4% of gross income attributable to the business carried on "partly" in NYC.

- Ken