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Senate Bill S3332

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for a deduction from personal income for adoption expenses

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2013-S3332 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5256
2011-2012: S2761
2015-2016: S2194
2017-2018: S3798
2019-2020: S2582
2021-2022: S3484
2023-2024: S1661
2025-2026: S2287

2013-S3332 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child.

2013-S3332 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3332

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 1, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 providing for a deduction
  from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of  a
  child

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

  Section 1.  Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows:
  (39) THE AMOUNT OF ADOPTION AGENCY FEES AND ANY AND  ALL  MEDICAL  AND
LEGAL  FEES, COURT COSTS AND ANY OTHER RELATED EXPENSES PAID OR INCURRED
BY A TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF
A CHILD.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall  apply  to  all
taxable  years beginning on or after the first of January in the year in
which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06459-01-3

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