Transportation Network Company assessment

Every TNC is required to keep:

• records of every TNC prearranged trip, including records of all amounts paid, charged, or due on those trips, as well as records showing when those trips occurred, and where they originate and terminate;
• true and complete copies, including electronic copies, of any records that the DMV or a state agency authorized to permit or regulate a TNC requires; and
• any other records required by the Tax Department.

Each TNC must file returns and pay the assessment online on a calendar-quarterly basis. To file and pay online, each TNC will need to:

1. Create a Business Online Services account with the Tax Department (or log in if they already have an account). 
2. Select the ≡ Services menu in the upper left-hand corner of your Account Summary homepage.
3. Select Other taxes, then select Transportation network company assessment from the expanded menu.

For important payment information, see ACH debit block.

The TNC must provide the following on each return:

• a unique TNC license number;
• a total number of TNC prearranged trips;
• total gross fares for TNC prearranged trips;
• a total number of trips subject to the assessment;
• total gross trip fares on trips subject to the assessment; and
• amount of assessment due in the quarter for which the return is filed.

TNCs must file their returns and pay the balance due no later than 30 days after the close of the calendar-quarter. 

If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the return is due on the next business day.

Rideshare services that are provided by or through TNCs, and which are subject to the TNC assessment, are excluded from New York State and local sales taxes.  

TNCs that do not file their returns and pay the balance due by the due date are subject to penalty and interest. TNCs that file or pay late can compute their penalty and interest due using our Penalty and Interest Calculator.

Gross trip fare means the sum of the base fare charge, distance charge, and time charge for a complete TNC prearranged trip at the applicable rate charged by the TNC at the time the trip is arranged.

A Transportation Network Company is any person or entity that:

• is licensed through the DMV, and
• operates in New York State, exclusively through the use of a digital network to connect passengers with TNC drivers who provide TNC prearranged trips.

A TNC driver is an individual who:

• receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a TNC in exchange for payment of a fee to the TNC, and
• uses a TNC vehicle to provide a TNC prearranged trip to a TNC passenger.

A TNC passenger (or passenger) is a person or persons who use a TNC’s digital network to connect with a TNC driver for a TNC prearranged trip between points chosen by such person or persons.

A TNC prearranged trip is the provision of transportation by a TNC driver to a passenger that:

• is arranged through the use of the TNC’s digital network; and
• begins when the TNC driver accepts a trip request, continues through the transport of the passenger, and ends when the last requesting passenger exits the vehicle.

A digital network is a system or service offered or utilized by a TNC that enables TNC prearranged trips with TNC drivers.

• TSB-M-17 (1)M, (1)S, New York State Assessment on Transportation Network Companies
• For more information related to the licensing and registration of TNC’s, please visit the DMV website︎.