Assembly Bill A6948

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to excluding from state income tax unemployment benefits received during the COVID-19 pandemic

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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-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4819
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5543

2021-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to excluding from state income tax unemployment benefits received during the COVID-19 pandemic; issues a refund for any such taxes paid by a taxpayer.

2021-A6948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6948
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding from state  income
   tax certain unemployment compensation benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 43 to read as follows:
   (43) FOR EACH TAXABLE YEAR BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY,  AN  AMOUNT  UP TO TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OF
 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY A TAXPAYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09712-01-1

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