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May 09, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7404
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2011-S7404 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10635
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง612, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S473, A2123
2015-2016: A2852
2017-2018: A3419
2019-2020: A862
2021-2022: A5724
2023-2024: A1563
2011-S7404 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7404 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to help alleviate the crushing burden of student loan debt that many young New Yorkers and their parents face. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends Section 612 subsection (c) of the tax law by adding a new paragraph 39. Paragraph 39 provides that a taxpayer with student loan debt incurred on behalf of himself, his spouse, or a dependent may take an above-the-line deduction of up to $5,000 in student loan debt not already covered by federal tax deductions and credits. JUSTIFICATION: This bill is intended to fill a critical need for young college gradu- ates in a difficult job market where more than two million graduates are unemployed. At the same time, student loans are becoming more and more a necessity, with public-university tuitions more than doubling in the past twenty years, well above the rate of inflation. Borrowers now hold more than $1 trillion in student loan debt - more than credit cards and second to only mortgages. The crushing student loan debt keeps New York-
2011-S7404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7404 I N S E N A T E May 9, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows: (39) PAYMENT NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ACTUALLY PAID BY AN ELIGIBLE BORROWER FOR STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT, TO THE EXTENT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN DETERMINING FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND NOT REIM- BURSED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (I) "STUDENT LOANS" MEANS ANY INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED BY THE TAXPAYER SOLELY FOR ANY QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN SECTION 221 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. (II) "ELIGIBLE BORROWER" SHALL MEAN A TAXPAYER WHO HAS INCURRED INDEBTEDNESS ON STUDENT LOANS AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYER, THE TAXPAYER'S SPOUSE, OR ANY DEPENDENT OF THE TAXPAYER AS OF THE TIME THE INDEBTEDNESS WAS INCURRED. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15773-01-2
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