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Assembly Bill A5203

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge

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2017-A5203 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S70
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Taxation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6766, S4570
2015-2016: A945, S495
2019-2020: A825, S11
2021-2022: A1555, S693
2023-2024: A599, S3256
2025-2026: A1883, S5197

2017-A5203 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or her federal and state income tax returns free of charge.

2017-A5203 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5203
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance  to  create  and
   implement  an  online  program  which  will enable each New York state
   taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his  or  her  federal  and
   state income tax returns free of charge
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of taxation and finance  is  authorized  and
 directed  to  create  and  implement an online program which will enable
 each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file  his  or
 her  federal  and state income tax returns free of charge, regardless of
 the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be made available to all
 New York state taxpayers on the department's website no later  than  one
 hundred eighty days following the effective date of this act.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05096-01-7

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