Assembly Bill A6237

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the personal income tax credit for college tuition expenses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2017-A6237 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S712
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9664, S6697
2015-2016: A6574, S1222
2019-2020: A5669, S3528
2021-2022: A7331, S6061
2023-2024: A3989

2017-A6237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the personal income tax credit for college tuition from the first $10,000 to the first $20,000 of college tuition expenses.

2017-A6237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6237
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law,  in  relation  to  increasing  the  college
   tuition personal income tax credit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (A)  of  paragraph  2  of  subsection  (t)  of
 section 606 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part N of chapter
 85 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (A)  The  term  "allowable  college  tuition  expenses" shall mean the
 amount of qualified college tuition expenses of eligible  students  paid
 by  the  taxpayer during the taxable year, limited to [ten] TWENTY thou-
 sand dollars for each such student;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  the
 taxable year in which it takes effect and taxable years commencing on or
 after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01794-01-7

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