Assembly Bill A5220

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a sales tax exemption for school supplies

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A5220 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10712
2023-2024: A4431

2025-A5220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts sales of school supplies from sales tax when purchased between the fourth Thursday in August and the first Monday in September.

2025-A5220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5220
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMON, CRUZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, BRONSON,
   McMAHON, ROZIC, STERN,  SANTABARBARA,  LUPARDO,  BUTTENSCHON,  CONRAD,
   EACHUS,  RAGA  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
   Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to  establishing  a  sales  tax
   exemption for school supplies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
   (47)  SCHOOL  SUPPLY PRODUCTS PURCHASED BETWEEN THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN
 AUGUST AND THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING:
   (A) COMPUTERS WITH A SALES PRICE OF LESS THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS;
   (B) ART SUPPLIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  CLAY,  PAINTS,  PAINT-
 BRUSHES AND DRAWING PADS;
   (C)  SUPPLIES  NORMALLY USED IN A CLASSROOM SETTING, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO  BACKPACKS,  BINDERS,  BOOK  BAGS,  CALCULATORS  UNDER  THREE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS,  CRAYONS,  ERASERS, FOLDERS, GLUE, HIGHLIGHTERS, LUNCH
 BOXES, MARKERS, NOTEBOOKS, PAPER, PENCILS, PENS,  RULERS,  SCISSORS  AND
 WRITING INSTRUMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06228-01-5

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