Assembly Bill A10712

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a sales tax exemption for school supplies

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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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2021-A10712 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4431

2021-A10712 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts sales of school supplies from sales tax when purchased between the fourth Thursday in August and the first Monday in September.

2021-A10712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10712
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Zebrowski)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to  establishing  a  sales  tax
   exemption for school supplies
 
   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 47 to read as follows:
   (47)  SCHOOL  SUPPLY PRODUCTS PURCHASED BETWEEN THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN
 AUGUST AND THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING:
   (A) COMPUTERS WITH A SALES PRICE OF LESS THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS;
   (B) ART SUPPLIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  CLAY,  PAINTS,  PAINT-
 BRUSHES AND DRAWING PADS;
   (C)  SUPPLIES  NORMALLY USED IN A CLASSROOM SETTING, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO  BACKPACKS,  BINDERS,  BOOK  BAGS,  CALCULATORS  UNDER  THREE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS,  CRAYONS,  ERASERS, FOLDERS, GLUE, HIGHLIGHTERS, LUNCH
 BOXES, MARKERS, NOTEBOOKS, PAPER, PENCILS, PENS,  RULERS,  SCISSORS  AND
 WRITING INSTRUMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16182-02-2

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