Assembly Actions -
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Feb 01, 2024 |
referred to ways and means |
Assembly Bill A9002
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TAPIA
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nader Sayegh
Rebecca Seawright
Inez E. Dickens
Matthew Slater
2023-A9002 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A9002 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes that a resident taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax in an amount equaling thirty percent of the qualified adoption expenses paid during the taxable year in conjunction with the taxpayer's adoption of a handicapped child or a hard to place child or five thousand dollars whichever is less.
2023-A9002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9002 I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to allowing a tax credit for the adoption of special needs children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection (ppp) to read as follows: (PPP) ADOPTION OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TAX CREDIT. (1) A RESIDENT TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTI- CLE IN AN AMOUNT EQUALING THIRTY PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES PAID DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAXPAYER'S ADOPTION OF A HANDICAPPED CHILD OR A HARD TO PLACE CHILD OR FIVE THOU- SAND DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS LESS. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON. (2) THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "HAND- ICAPPED CHILD" AND "HARD TO PLACE CHILD" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. (B) "QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES" SHALL MEAN THE REASONABLE AND NECES- SARY ADOPTION FEES, COURT COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES, AND OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LEGAL ADOPTION OF A HANDICAPPED CHILD OR HARD TO PLACE CHILD BY THE TAXPAYER FOR WHICH THE TAXPAYER HAS NOT RECEIVED A SUBSIDY, REIMBURSEMENT OR FEDERAL TAX CREDIT UNDER THE INTER- NAL REVENUE CODE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH COSTS SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LITIGATION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2024. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05302-02-4
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