§ 171-p. Costs or fees imposed by the United States or other states
for crediting tax overpayments against outstanding tax debts owed to the
state of New York. (1) For purposes of this section:

(a) "overpayment" means the amount requested for refund or otherwise
determined to be in excess of that owed with respect to any tax imposed
under, or pursuant to the authority of, the internal revenue code or the
laws of any state;

(b) "taxpayer" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability partnership or company, partner, member, manager, estate,
trust, fiduciary or entity, who or which has made an overpayment of tax
as defined in paragraph (a) of this subdivision;

(c) "tax debt" means any past due, legally enforceable tax obligation
administered by the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner may implement procedures under which any cost or
fee imposed or charged by the United States or any state, with respect
to payment or remittance of a taxpayer's overpayment to satisfy a tax
debt of the taxpayer, must not be credited by the commissioner to
payment or satisfaction of the tax debt, must be deemed to be part of
the taxpayer's tax debt, and must be eligible for offset against the
taxpayer's overpayment to the extent permitted by law. The commissioner
may also implement procedures under which any cost or fee imposed or
charged by the United States or any other state, with respect to any
other payment or remittance of a taxpayer's overpayment or a vendor
payment to satisfy a debt of the taxpayer or the person who is owed the
vendor payment as authorized by section one hundred seventy-one-t of
this article, must not be credited by the state of New York to payment
or satisfaction of the debt, must be deemed to be part of the taxpayer's
or person's debt, and must be eligible for offset against the taxpayer's
overpayment or the person's vendor payment to the extent permitted by
law.