S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9471
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 8, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the estate tax where the
estate includes a farm operation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 2 of subsection (c) of
section 952 of the tax law, as added by section 2 of part X of chapter
59 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
(B) In the case of any decedent dying in a calendar year beginning on
or after January first, two thousand nineteen, OR IN THE CASE OF A DECE-
DENT DYING ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, WHERE THE
ESTATE INCLUDES A FARM OPERATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, AND THE VALUE OF THE FARM OPERA-
TION IS MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE VALUE OF THE ENTIRE ESTATE AT THE
TIME OF DEATH the basic exclusion amount shall be equal to:
(i) five million dollars, multiplied by
(ii) one plus the cost-of-living adjustment, which shall be the
percentage by which the consumer price index for the preceding calendar
year exceeds the consumer price index for calendar year two thousand
ten.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14022-01-6