Assembly Bill A9530

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $1200

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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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2017-A9530 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S756
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6635
2013-2014: S2111
2015-2016: A4850, S1831
2019-2020: A1517, S7016
2021-2022: A886, S204
2023-2024: A185, S5944

2017-A9530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $1200; must be in good standing for a minimum of five years and maintain continued eligibility.

2017-A9530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9530
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- 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  credit
   against  personal income tax for volunteer firefighters and members of
   volunteer ambulance corps
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.    Section  606  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND MEMBERS OF VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE  CORPS
 SERVICE  CREDIT.  IN THE CASE OF A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
 OR A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD
 STANDING WITH A VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS AND WHO
 MAINTAINS CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY, IN THIS STATE, THERE SHALL BE  ALLOWED
 A  CREDIT  AGAINST ANY INCOME TAX OWED BY SUCH MEMBER IN AN AMOUNT WHICH
 IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED  DOLLARS  OR  THE  TOTAL
 AMOUNT  OF  THE  TAX  OWED BY THE TAXPAYER IF LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND TWO
 HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the date on which it shall have become law and shall apply to taxa-
 ble years beginning on or after such  date.  Effective  immediately  the
 commissioner of taxation and finance is authorized to promulgate any and
 all  rules  and  regulations  and  take  any other measures necessary to
 implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02062-01-7

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