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Assembly Bill A8012

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption

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2015-A8012 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1961

2015-A8012 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption.

2015-A8012 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8012

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
  income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property
  tax exemption

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 4 of
section 425 of the real property tax law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
clause (B-1) to read as follows:
  (B-1)  FOR  FINAL  ASSESSMENT  ROLLS  TO  BE COMPLETED IN TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN, ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXEMPTION SHALL BE BASED  UPON  INCOME  FOR
THE INCOME TAX YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF MAKING APPLICATION
FOR  THE  EXEMPTION, AND THE INCOME STANDARD SHALL BE EIGHTY-THREE THOU-
SAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR APPLICANTS  FILING  TAX  RETURNS  WITH  A
FILING  STATUS  DESIGNATED  AS  "SINGLE"  OR "HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD" AND ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR APPLICANTS FILING TAX
RETURNS WITH A FILING STATUS DESIGNATED AS  "JOINT";  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER
THAT NOTHING IN THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIRE-
MENTS  OF  THIS SECTION THAT ALL OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY SHALL FILE TAXES
JOINTLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax
years commencing on or after it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11459-02-5

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