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Senate Bill S6359

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes

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2015-S6359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7555
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L

2015-S6359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes.

2015-S6359 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6359

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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  exempting  certain  basic
  necessities from sales and use taxes

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the  tax
law,  as  amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read
as follows:
  (3) Drugs and medicines intended for use, internally or externally, in
the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of illnesses  or  diseases
in  human  beings, medical equipment (including component parts thereof)
and supplies required for such use or to correct or  alleviate  physical
incapacity,  and  products  consumed  by  humans for the preservation of
health but not including cosmetics or toilet articles  (EXCEPT  FEMININE
HYGIENE  PRODUCTS,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SANITARY NAPKINS AND
TAMPONS) notwithstanding the presence of medicinal  ingredients  therein
or  medical  equipment (including component parts thereof) and supplies,
other than such drugs and medicines, purchased  at  retail  for  use  in
performing medical and similar services for compensation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11242-01-5

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