Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S1988

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Eliminates sales tax on clothing and footwear regardless of cost

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2011-S1988 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2196
2013-2014: S4420
2015-2016: S1075
2017-2018: S1501

2011-S1988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates sales tax on clothing and footwear regardless of cost.

2011-S1988 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1988

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. GOLDEN, DeFRANCISCO, GRISANTI, JOHNSON, LAVALLE --
  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 eliminating sales tax on all
  clothing and footwear

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the  tax
law,  as  amended  by  section 84 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
1998, is amended to read as follows:
  (30) Clothing and footwear [for which  the  receipt  or  consideration
given or contracted to be given is less than one hundred ten dollars per
article of clothing, per pair of shoes or other articles of footwear] or
[per] AN item used or consumed to make or repair such clothing and which
becomes a physical component part of such clothing.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the same date as the reversion of
paragraph 30 of subdivision (a) of  section  1115  of  the  tax  law  as
provided  in  section 6 of part GG of chapter 57 of the laws of 2010, as
amended.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04614-01-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.