New York: what the state takes
New York charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 New York bands. New York City residents pay a further city tax of about 3.9%
Resident return
Form IT-201
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
New York City and Yonkers residents pay a separate city tax on the same return.
Try a figure
Yearly income
How you file
New York tax
$3,520
Top state rate you touch
5.5%
- Kept before federal tax$57,628
- Federal income tax$13,852
- New York tax$3,520
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $8,000. Taxed amount: $67,000.
- $0 to $8,500 at 4%$340
- $8,500 to $11,700 at 4.5%$144
- $11,700 to $13,900 at 5.25%$116
- $13,900 to $80,650 at 5.5%$2,921
Filing in New York
- Who collects it
- New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
- Return
- Form IT-201
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.