Assembly Bill A9566

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes an attorney pro bono representation for sexual harassment, harassment, or discrimination tax deduction

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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-A9566 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7736
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S908

2019-A9566 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an attorney pro bono representation for sexual harassment, harassment, or discrimination tax deduction.

2019-A9566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9566
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ARROYO, CRUZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing an attorney pro
   bono representation for sexual harassment,  harassment,  or  discrimi-
   nation deduction
 
   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 43 to read as follows:
   (43) PAYMENT NOT IN EXCESS OF SEVEN  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS,
 EQUAL  TO EXPENSES INCURRED AND ACTUALLY PAID BY AN ATTORNEY TAXPAYER IN
 SUCH ATTORNEY TAXPAYER'S PRO BONO REPRESENTATION IN A SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
 HARASSMENT, OR DISCRIMINATION CASE, TO  THE  EXTENT  NOT  DEDUCTIBLE  IN
 DETERMINING  FEDERAL  ADJUSTED  GROSS  INCOME  AND  NOT REIMBURSED. SUCH
 DEDUCTION SHALL ONLY INCLUDE EXPENSES FOR SUCH ATTORNEY  TAXPAYER'S  PRO
 BONO  REPRESENTATION  OF ONE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HARASSMENT, OR DISCRIMI-
 NATION CASE WITHIN THE SAME TAXABLE YEAR. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARA-
 GRAPH, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HARASSMENT, OR DISCRIMINATION CASE" SHALL MEAN
 ANY CASE INVOLVING ANY UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES  SET  FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   (B) "ATTORNEY TAXPAYER" SHALL MEAN A TAXPAYER WHO IS LICENSED TO PRAC-
 TICE LAW IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13282-02-9

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