Senate Bill S2147

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for grocery donations to food pantries

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3488
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6083
2019-2020: S1241
2023-2024: A1336

2021-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for grocery donations to food pantries.

2021-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2147
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO,  GALLIVAN,  HELMING, O'MARA, ORTT -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit
   for grocery donations to food pantries

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  210-B  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 55 to read as follows:
   55. CREDIT FOR GROCERY DONATIONS TO FOOD PANTRIES. (A)  GENERAL.    IN
 THE  CASE OF AN ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER THERE SHALL BE ALLOWED A TAX CREDIT TO
 BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY  THIS
 ARTICLE  FOR  TAXABLE  YEARS  BEGINNING  ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO. THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX CREDIT SHALL  BE  TWENTY-FIVE
 PERCENT  OF  THE  WHOLESALE  VALUE  OF THE ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER'S QUALIFIED
 DONATIONS MADE TO ANY ELIGIBLE FOOD PANTRY DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR,  NOT
 TO  EXCEED A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS UNDER THIS SECTION OF FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER TAXABLE YEAR.
   (B) QUALIFIED DONATION. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM
 "QUALIFIED  DONATION"  MEANS A DONATION OF APPARENTLY WHOLESOME FOOD, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 170(E)(3)(C)(VI) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE  CODE,  THAT
 IS  SURPLUS  OR  ABOUT-TO-WASTE  FOOD,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO,
 FRUITS, VEGETABLES,  MEATS,  POULTRY,  EGGS,  DAIRY  PRODUCTS  OR  OTHER
 NATURAL  AND  PROCESSED  PRODUCTS  OFFERED  FOR SALE FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL
 CONSUMPTION.
   (C) ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM
 "ELIGIBLE  TAXPAYER"  MEANS  A  GROCERY  STORE, FOOD BROKER, WHOLESALER,
 RESTAURANTEUR, OR CATERING SERVICE.
   (D) ELIGIBLE FOOD PANTRY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM
 "ELIGIBLE  FOOD PANTRY" MEANS FOOD PANTRY, FOOD BANK, OR OTHER EMERGENCY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07261-01-1
              

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