Senate Bill S914

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes separate taxes on inheritance income and on gift income

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Current 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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2025-S914 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2049
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Tax L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3462, A4643
2023-2024: S2782, A3193

2025-S914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a separate tax on inheritance income, creating a separate tax on gift income, the computation of the estate tax, and creating a gift tax.

2025-S914 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    914
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
   GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, MAY,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
   RAMOS,  RIVERA,  SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- 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 establishing separate taxes
   on inheritance income and on gift income, amending the estate tax, and
   establishing a gift tax
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The tax law is amended by adding two new sections 604 and
 604-a to read as follows:
   § 604. SEPARATE TAX ON INHERITANCE INCOME. (A)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C)  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 "INHERITANCE  INCOME" MEANS ANY INCOME EXCLUDED FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES
 FROM FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE THAT IS RECEIVED  FROM  ANY
 ESTATE,  REGARDLESS  OF  THE  RESIDENCE  OF THE DECEDENT OF SUCH ESTATE,
 AFTER THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX HAS BEEN PAID ON SUCH INCOME.
   (2) "FAMILY MEMBER" MEANS "MEMBER OF  THE  FAMILY"  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-TWO-A OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
   (B)  IMPOSITION  OF  SEPARATE  TAX.  (1)  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER TAX
 IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, THERE IS HEREBY IMPOSED FOR EACH TAXABLE YEAR A
 SEPARATE TAX ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INHERITANCE INCOME RECEIVED FROM ANY
 ESTATE OF A DECEDENT DURING SUCH TAXABLE YEAR BY ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO  WAS
 A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT ON THE DATE OF DEATH OF SUCH DECEDENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01518-01-5
              

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