Senate Bill S3484

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for a deduction from personal income for adoption expenses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue 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-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5256
2011-2012: S2761
2013-2014: S3332
2015-2016: S2194
2017-2018: S3798
2019-2020: S2582
2023-2024: S1661

2021-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child.

2021-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3484
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing  for  a  deduction
   from  personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a
   child

   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 44 to read as follows:
   (44)  THE  AMOUNT  OF ADOPTION AGENCY FEES AND ANY AND ALL MEDICAL AND
 LEGAL FEES, COURT COSTS AND ANY OTHER RELATED EXPENSES PAID OR  INCURRED
 BY A TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF
 A CHILD.
   §  2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 taxable years beginning on or after the first of January in the year  in
 which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07568-01-1

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