Assembly Bill A9221

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9221 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6458
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2378, S3382
2015-2016: A6575, S2026, S7685
2017-2018: S1354
2019-2020: S5084
2021-2022: S6724
2023-2024: S598

2011-A9221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system.

2011-A9221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9221

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 7, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  N. RIVERA,  CRESPO,  LINARES, ARROYO, RAMOS,
  J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, CASTRO,  ESPINAL,  V. LOPEZ  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.    AUBRY, BARRON, BOYLAND, CAMARA,
  GIBSON, HEASTIE, HOOPER, JACOBS, JEFFRIES, PERRY,  PRETLOW,  ROBINSON,
  SCARBOROUGH, STEVENSON, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a deduction
  from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of  a
  child in the foster care system

  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) THE AMOUNT OF ADOPTION FEES INCLUDING ANY  AND  ALL  MEDICAL  AND
LEGAL  FEES, COURT COSTS AND ANY OTHER RELATED EXPENSES PAID OR INCURRED
BY A TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF
A CHILD IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
taxable  years beginning on or after the first of January in the year in
which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14391-01-2

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