Section 11-2402. Imposition of tax  


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  • For the privilege of selling liquor, wine
      or  beer  at retail, for on or off premises consumption, within the city
      of New York, there is hereby imposed and there shall  be  paid  annually
      for  each  tax  year, commencing with the tax year beginning June first,
      nineteen hundred eighty, a tax to be paid by each retail licensee in  an
      amount  equal  to  twenty-five percent of the license fees payable under
      the state alcoholic beverage control law by such retail licensee for the
      license year in effect at the commencement of the tax  year  under  this
      chapter.  A  retail  licensee  who  obtains  a license subsequent to the
      commencement of a tax year shall pay the tax  based  upon  fees  payable
      under  the state alcoholic beverage control law by such licensee for the
      license year in effect at the time such  license  is  issued.  This  tax
      shall  be  in  addition  to  any and all other taxes paid by such retail
      licensee.