S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3667
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY, HAWLEY, LALOR, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. DUPREY, GARBARINO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to making the amount of the New
York state estate tax exemption five million dollars
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 951 of the tax law, as amended by
section 1 of part X of chapter 59 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) General. For purposes of this article, any reference to the
internal revenue code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, with all amendments enacted on or before January first, two thou-
sand fourteen and, unless specifically provided otherwise in this arti-
cle, any reference to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-
six or January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven contained in the
provisions of such code which are applicable to the determination of the
tax imposed by this article shall be read as a reference to June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred seventy-eight or July first, nineteen hundred
seventy-eight, respectively. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE UNIFIED
CREDIT AGAINST THE ESTATE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND TEN OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SHALL, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, BE THE
AMOUNT ALLOWABLE AS IF THE FEDERAL APPLICABLE EXCLUSION AMOUNT WERE FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
estates submitted to probate after this act shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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