Senate Bill S5996

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Exempts compensation for active military service from inclusion in a resident's adjusted gross income

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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-S5996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5070
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4006
2011-2012: A1199
2013-2014: A335
2015-2016: A3775
2017-2018: A1616
2019-2020: A1956
2023-2024: S6581, A1993

2021-S5996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts compensation for active military service from inclusion in a resident's adjusted gross income under certain circumstances.

2021-S5996 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5996
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 exempting  compensation  for
   active  military service from inclusion in a resident's adjusted gross
   income

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  8  of subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax
 law, as amended by chapter 528 of the laws of 1964, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (8)  Compensation  received  for active service in the armed forces of
 the United States [on or after October first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-
 one, and prior to September first, nineteen hundred sixty-two; provided,
 however,  that  the amount of such compensation to be deducted shall not
 exceed one hundred dollars for each month of the  taxable  year,  subse-
 quent to September, nineteen hundred sixty-one, during any part of which
 month  the  taxpayer  was engaged in such service] IF:  (A) THE TAXPAYER
 MAINTAINED A PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN NEW YORK STATE  AND  SERVED  IN  THE
 ACTIVE  SERVICE  IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OF NEW
 YORK STATE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST NINETY DAYS DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR;
 (B) THE TAXPAYER MAINTAINED A PERMANENT PLACE OF ABODE  OUTSIDE  OF  NEW
 YORK  STATE  WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRE TAXABLE YEAR; OR (C)
 THE TAXPAYER MAINTAINED AN ABODE IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  OTHER  THAN  SUCH
 PERSON'S  PERMANENT ADDRESS WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE; INCLUDING RESIDENCE
 IN A MILITARY BARRACKS, BACHELOR'S QUARTERS OR ON BOARD A NAVAL  VESSEL.
 For  the  purposes  of  this paragraph, the words "active service in the
 armed forces of the United States" shall mean active  duty  (other  than
 for  training) in the army, navy (including the marine corps), air force
 or coast guard of the United States as  defined  in  title  ten  of  the
 United States code.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxa-
 ble years beginning on and after January 1, 2022.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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