Senate Bill S1206

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the school uniform tax credit

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  • 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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2009-S1206 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L

2009-S1206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the school uniform tax credit not exceeding $200, for all expenses related to the purchase of uniforms required by a school's dress code policy for students in kindergarten through the twelfth grade.

2009-S1206 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1206

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON, ONORATO, PARKER, STACHOWSKI --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  establishing  the  school
  uniform tax credit not to exceed two hundred dollars, for all expenses
  related  to the purchase of uniforms required by a school's dress code
  policy for students in kindergarten through the twelfth grade

  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 (qq) to read as follows:
  (QQ) SCHOOL UNIFORM TAX CREDIT. (1) ALLOWANCE OF  CREDIT.  A  RESIDENT
TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS
ARTICLE, NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO  THE
PURCHASE  OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS FOR A TAXPAYER'S CHILDREN ATTENDING KINDER-
GARTEN THROUGH THE TWELFTH GRADE.
  (2) SCHOOL. SCHOOL MEANS ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL.
  (3) SCHOOL UNIFORM. SCHOOL UNIFORM MEANS ALL ARTICLES OF  CLOTHING  OR
FOOTWEAR, WHICH ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S DRESS CODE POLICY.
  (4)  AMOUNT  OF  CREDIT. A RESIDENT TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS  ARTICLE,  NOT  TO  EXCEED  TWO  HUNDRED
DOLLARS, FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04769-01-9

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