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Assembly Bill A10556

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to suspending of the collection and payment of sales tax by small businesses and local municipalities on purchases two hundred fifty dollars or less for a period of three months

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2019-A10556 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8603
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Taxation
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A682, S35

2019-A10556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Suspends the collection and payment of sales tax by small businesses and local municipalities on purchases two hundred fifty dollars or less for a period of three months as a result of the negative impact of COVID-19.

2019-A10556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10556
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. D. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT in relation to suspending the collection and payment of sales tax
   on purchases of two hundred fifty dollars or less by small  businesses
   and  local  municipalities for a period of three months as a result of
   the negative impact of COVID-19

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the
 contrary, for a duration of three months from the effective date of this
 act small businesses as well  as  local  municipalities  throughout  the
 state shall suspend the collection of sales tax and shall be exempt from
 the  payment  of any sales tax on purchases of two hundred fifty dollars
 or less.  Such suspension of the collection and  payment  of  sales  tax
 shall not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.
 For  the  purposes  of  this act, "small business" shall mean a business
 which is resident in the state, independently  owned  and  operated  and
 employs one hundred or less persons.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16520-02-0

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