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Assembly Bill A5799

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates income tax deduction for health and dental insurance for partners and sole proprietors

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2009-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง615, Tax L

2009-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a deduction against adjusted gross income for New York state personal income tax purposes for one hundred percent of the costs of medical and dental insurance premiums expended by a sole proprietor or partner of an unincorporated business for self-coverage.

2009-A5799 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5799

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HAYES, BACALLES, BUTLER, CORWIN, FINCH, McDO-
  NOUGH, RAIA, REILICH, SAYWARD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ALFA-
  NO,  BARCLAY,  BARRA, BURLING, CALHOUN, CONTE, CROUCH, DUPREY, ERRIGO,
  FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, KOLB,  MILLER,  MOLINARO,  OAKS,  O'MARA,
  QUINN,  RABBITT,  SALADINO, TEDISCO, THIELE, TOBACCO, TOWNSEND, WALKER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a deduction for  health  and
  dental  insurance  premiums  paid  by sole proprietors and partners in
  unincorporated business

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subsection (d) of section 615 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as follows:
  (1-A) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COSTS  OF  MEDICAL
AND  DENTAL  INSURANCE PREMIUMS EXPENDED BY A SOLE PROPRIETOR OR PARTNER
OF AN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS FOR SELF-COVERAGE;
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
taxable years commencing on or after such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07574-01-9

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