Senate Bill S4246

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish a single line upon which to make contributions on personal income tax forms

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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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2011-S4246 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §624-a, amd §§625 - 630, 630-a & 630-b, Tax L

2011-S4246 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to provide a single line upon which to enter all contributions to certain funds on personal income tax forms as authorized pursuant to part II of article 22 of the tax law.

2011-S4246 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4246 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4246

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to directing  the  commissioner
  of  taxation  and  finance to provide a single line on personal income
  tax returns for the reporting of certain contributions by taxpayers

  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 a new section 624-a to
read as follows:
  S 624-A. SINGLE LINE FOR REPORTING CONTRIBUTIONS  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
PART.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  SINGLE LINE ON THE PERSONAL
INCOME TAX RETURN FOR THE DESIGNATION OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT
TO SECTIONS SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, SIX HUNDRED
TWENTY-SEVEN, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT,  SIX  HUNDRED  TWENTY-NINE,  SIX
HUNDRED  THIRTY,  SIX  HUNDRED THIRTY-A AND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-B OF THIS
PART. SUCH SINGLE LINE SHALL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SPACE TO  DESIGNATE  THE
AMOUNT  OF  THE  CONTRIBUTION  OR  CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE CODE OR CODES,
ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OF THE FUND  OR  FUNDS  TO  WHICH  SUCH
CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TO BE MADE.
  S  2. Section 625 of the tax law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of
1982, is amended to read as follows:
  S 625. Gift for fish and wildlife management. Effective  for  any  tax
year  commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-two,
an individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the conser-
vation fund for fish and wildlife management purposes. Such contribution
shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the  amount  of
state  tax  owed  by  such individual. [The tax commission shall include
space on the personal income tax return to enable  a  taxpayer  to  make
such  contribution.]  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law all
revenues collected pursuant to this section shall  be  credited  to  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10479-01-1
              

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