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Senate Bill S901A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting computer hardware and software and school supplies from sales tax during specified periods

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2017-S901 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6883
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5897, A8170
2019-2020: A6008
2021-2022: A6512
2023-2024: A3443
2025-2026: A7680

2017-S901 - Summary

Exempts computer hardware and software and school supplies from sales tax during two specified one week periods.

2017-S901 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S901 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    901
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting computer  hardware
   and  software  and school supplies from sales and compensating use tax
   during two one-week periods each year

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
   (44) DURING THE SEVEN-DAY PERIODS EACH YEAR  COMMENCING  ON  THE  LAST
 MONDAY  OF  JANUARY,  AND  ENDING  ON  THE  FIRST SUNDAY IN FEBRUARY AND
 COMMENCING ON THE TUESDAY IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THE  FIRST  MONDAY  IN
 SEPTEMBER,  KNOWN  AS LABOR DAY, AND ENDING ON LABOR DAY, COMPUTER HARD-
 WARE AND SOFTWARE AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR USE OR  CONSUMPTION
 PREDOMINANTLY AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 periods beginning on and after August 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00981-01-7

2017-S901A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6883
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5897, A8170
2019-2020: A6008
2021-2022: A6512
2023-2024: A3443
2025-2026: A7680

2017-S901A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts computer hardware and software and school supplies from sales tax during two specified one week periods.

2017-S901A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S901A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  901--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
   Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting computer hardware
   and software and school supplies from sales and compensating  use  tax
   during two one-week periods each year
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 45 to read as follows:
   (45)  DURING  THE  SEVEN-DAY  PERIODS EACH YEAR COMMENCING ON THE LAST
 MONDAY OF JANUARY, AND ENDING  ON  THE  FIRST  SUNDAY  IN  FEBRUARY  AND
 COMMENCING  ON  THE  TUESDAY  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING THE FIRST MONDAY IN
 SEPTEMBER, KNOWN AS LABOR DAY, AND ENDING ON LABOR DAY,  COMPUTER  HARD-
 WARE  AND SOFTWARE AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR USE OR CONSUMPTION
 PREDOMINANTLY AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 periods beginning on and after August 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00981-02-8

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