Assembly Bill A256

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes on books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

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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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2019-A256 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A585
2011-2012: A325
2013-2014: A1525
2015-2016: A1169
2017-2018: A21
2021-2022: A861
2023-2024: A5538

2019-A256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization, booster club or similar school-based association which supports school activities or sold at a book fair sponsored by library friends or foundations.

2019-A256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    256
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
   BENEDETTO,  CUSICK,  CYMBROWITZ,  GUNTHER,  LUPARDO,   PEOPLES-STOKES,
   RIVERA, L. ROSENTHAL, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to granting a sales and compen-
   sating use tax exemption for goods sold at school book fairs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 45 to read as follows:
   (45) BOOKS, MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER SCHOOL OR LIBRARY BOOK FAIR
 RELATED  ITEMS  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SCIENCE PROJECT KITS AND
 POSTERS, SOLD IN A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL FACILITY AT A SCHOOL BOOK
 FAIR SPONSORED BY A PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION,  BOOSTER
 CLUB,  OR  SIMILAR SCHOOL-BASED ASSOCIATION WHICH SUPPORTS SCHOOL ACTIV-
 ITIES OR SOLD AT A BOOK FAIR SPONSORED BY LIBRARY FRIENDS OR FOUNDATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00074-01-9

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