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Assembly Bill A2359

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to designated accounts for personal income tax refunds

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2017-A2359 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9065

2017-A2359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that personal income tax refunds may be sent to designated accounts, including but not limited to, up to three accounts with financial institutions that have routing and account numbers and are held in the names of the taxpayer's spouse or joint account; provides that designated accounts held in one spouse's name may receive personal income tax refunds from a married filing joint return.

2017-A2359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2359
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to designated accounts for
   personal income tax refunds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 3013 of the tax law, as added by
 chapter 479 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  (1)  In  the  event  that  the commissioner elects to implement a
 program providing for payment of personal income tax refunds by  prepaid
 debit card or direct deposit to [a] designated [account] ACCOUNTS of the
 taxpayer,  the  department  shall  amend the forms used to file personal
 income tax returns to reflect, in the area designated for  selection  of
 options  for  processing of refunds, that the taxpayer has the option of
 receiving his or her tax refund by personal check and  shall  provide  a
 box which the taxpayer may check to select that option.
   (2)  DESIGNATED  ACCOUNTS  INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, UP TO THREE
 ACCOUNTS WITH FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS  THAT  HAVE  ROUTING  AND  ACCOUNT
 NUMBERS  AND  ARE  HELD  IN  THE NAMES OF THE TAXPAYER'S SPOUSE OR JOINT
 ACCOUNT. DESIGNATED ACCOUNTS HELD  IN  ONE  SPOUSE'S  NAME  MAY  RECEIVE
 PERSONAL INCOME TAX REFUNDS FROM A MARRIED FILING JOINT RETURN.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to subdivision (c) of section 3013 of the tax law made by
 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02013-01-7

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