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Withholding tax due dates

Form NYS-45

Form NYS-45, Quarterly Combined Withholding, Wage Reporting, and Unemployment Insurance Return, must be filed and paid for each calendar quarter as follows

calendar quarter

Quarter

Due date*

January 1 through March 31

April 30

April 1 through June 30

July 31

July 1 through September 30

October 31

October 1 through December 31

January 31

*When the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, you may file on the next business day.

No extensions of time to file or pay are allowed.

Form NYS-1

Form NYS-1, Return of Tax Withheld, must be filed and the total tax withheld paid after each payroll that caused the total accumulated withholding tax to equal or exceed $700. If you withhold less than $700 during a calendar quarter, remit the taxes withheld with your quarterly return, Form NYS-45.

  • If you have more than one payroll within a week (Sunday through Saturday), you are not required to file until after the last payroll in the week.
  • If the calendar quarter ends between payrolls paid within a week, any accumulated tax required to be withheld of at least $700 must be remitted with Form NYS-1 after the last payroll in the quarter.  
File type and Due Date

Filer Type*

Due Date

5 Day filer
Filers who withhold less than $15,000 during the calendar year preceding the previous calendar year

Within 5 business days following the payroll that caused the total accumulated tax withheld to equal or exceed $700

3 Day filer
Filers who withhold $15,000 or more for the calendar year preceding the previous calendar year

Within 3 business days following the payroll that caused the total accumulated tax withheld to equal or exceed $700

Educational Organizations
Tax Law § 9(a)(2)
or
Health Care Providers
Tax Law § 9(a)(4)

Within 5 business days following the payroll that caused the total accumulated tax withheld to equal or exceed $700

PrompTax filer

See TR-370-N, Program Overview - PrompTax Payment Program for Withholding Tax.

* The Tax Department will notify you of any change to your filing due date (three or five days after the payroll) based on our record of your total tax withheld. New employers start as 5-day filers, until notified otherwise.

PrompTax program

See PrompTax for filing information and due dates.

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