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                                   3114
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, COLTON, HAWLEY, EICHENSTEIN, BUTTENSCHON,
   GIBBS,  DeSTEFANO,  ANGELINO,  STERN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  increasing  the  volunteer
   firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subsection (e-1) of section 606 of the tax law,  as  added
 by section 1 of part U of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, paragraph 2 as
 amended  by  chapter  532  of the laws of 2007, paragraph 3 as added and
 paragraph 4 as renumbered by section 4 of part N of chapter  61  of  the
 laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (e-1)  Volunteer  firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit. (1) For
 taxable years beginning on and after January first, two  thousand  seven
 AND  BEFORE  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, a resident taxpayer
 who serves as an active volunteer firefighter as defined in  subdivision
 one  of section two hundred fifteen of the general municipal law or as a
 volunteer ambulance worker as defined in subdivision fourteen of section
 two hundred nineteen-k of the general municipal law shall be  allowed  a
 credit  against  the  tax  imposed  by this article equal to two hundred
 dollars.  FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX, A RESIDENT TAXPAYER WHO SERVES AS AN ACTIVE VOLUN-
 TEER FIREFIGHTER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FIFTEEN  OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER
 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN-K  OF
 THE  GENERAL  MUNICIPAL  LAW  SHALL  BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX
 IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  In  order  to
 receive this credit a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance work-
 er must have been active for the entire taxable year for which the cred-
 it is sought.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (2)  If  a taxpayer receives a real property tax exemption relating to
 such service under title two of article four of the  real  property  tax
 law,  such  taxpayer  shall  not  be eligible for this credit; provided,
 however (A) if the taxpayer receives such real property tax exemption in
 the  two  thousand  seven taxable year as a result of making application
 therefor in a prior year or (B) if the taxpayer notifies  [his  or  her]
 THEIR  assessor  in writing by December thirty-first, two thousand seven
 of the taxpayer's intent to discontinue such real property tax exemption
 by not re-applying for such real property  tax  exemption  by  the  next
 taxable status date, such taxpayer shall be eligible for this credit for
 the two thousand seven taxable year.
   (3)  In  the  case  of  [a  husband and wife] SPOUSES who file a joint
 return and who both individually  qualify  for  the  credit  under  this
 subsection  FOR  TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND SEVEN AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  the
 amount  of the credit allowed shall be four hundred DOLLARS. FOR TAXABLE
 YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE
 AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND dollars.
   (4) If the amount of the credit allowed 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. This act shall take effect immediately.