Assembly Bill A10024

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a personal income tax deduction for the interest paid on student loans by certain taxpayers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A10024 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7666
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3105
2021-2022: S746
2023-2024: S4436

2017-A10024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a personal income tax deduction for the interest paid on student loans by individual taxpayers having a federal adjusted income of between $65,000 and $125,000, and married taxpayers filing jointly having a federal adjusted income of between $130,000 and $250,000.

2017-A10024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10024
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a reduction  of
   certain  taxpayer's  federal adjusted gross income, for state personal
   income tax purposes, for student loan interest payments  made  by  the
   taxpayer
 
   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 44 to read as follows:
   (44)(A) (I) FOR A TAXPAYER WHO FILES SINGLY OR AS THE HEAD OF A HOUSE-
 HOLD WITH A FEDERAL ADJUSTED INCOME, WITHOUT THE DEDUCTION OF ANY INTER-
 EST  PAID ON STUDENT LOANS, OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
 NOR MORE THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTER-
 EST PAID ON STUDENT LOANS BY THE TAXPAYER, IS AN AMOUNT  NOT  TO  EXCEED
 TWO  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS,  AND  THE AMOUNT OF SUCH INTEREST
 DEDUCTED BY SUCH TAXPAYER TO CALCULATE HIS OR HER FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS
 INCOME; AND
   (II) FOR A TAXPAYER WHO FILES SINGLY OR AS THE  HEAD  OF  A  HOUSEHOLD
 WITH  A  FEDERAL  ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND
 DOLLARS, NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,  INTER-
 EST,  IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, PAID
 ON INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED FROM A STUDENT LOAN; AND
   (III) FOR MARRIED TAXPAYERS FILING JOINTLY  WITH  A  FEDERAL  ADJUSTED
 GROSS  INCOME,  WITHOUT  THE  DEDUCTION  OF ANY INTEREST PAID ON STUDENT
 LOANS, OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  NOR  MORE
 THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
 INTEREST PAID ON STUDENT LOANS BY THE TAXPAYERS, IS  AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THE AMOUNT OF SUCH INTER-
 EST DEDUCTED BY SUCH TAXPAYERS TO CALCULATE THEIR FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS
 INCOME; AND
   (IV) FOR MARRIED TAXPAYERS FILING  JOINTLY  WITH  A  FEDERAL  ADJUSTED
 GROSS  INCOME  OF  NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, NOR
 MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, INTEREST, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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