Senate Bill S5661

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of an electronic signature on a tax return

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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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2019-S5661 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §653, Tax L

2019-S5661 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of an electronic signature on a tax return by establishing that such electronic signature has the same force and effect as if the document was actually signed.

2019-S5661 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5661
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the  use  of  an  electronic
   signature on a tax return
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subsection (a) of section  653  of  the  tax
 law,  as added by section 1 of part E of chapter 59 of the laws of 2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (2) In the case  of  an  electronically  filed  individual's  personal
 income  tax  return prepared by a tax preparer, an authorization to file
 any return, statement or other document required to be made pursuant  to
 this  article  signed by the taxpayer in accordance with the regulations
 or instructions prescribed by the commissioner  and  received  electron-
 ically  by  the  tax  preparer  shall satisfy the signature requirements
 under this article. THE TAXPAYER'S ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, AS DESCRIBED IN
 THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND RECORDS ACT OF THE  STATE  TECHNOLOGY  LAW,
 DELIVERED  TO  THE  TAX  PREPARER  DIGITALLY  ON A NEW YORK STATE E-FILE
 SIGNATURE FORM, SHALL HAVE THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF THE  DOCUMENT
 WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED BY HIM OR HER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11592-01-9

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