Assembly Bill A3224

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for certain volunteers who provide at least twenty-five hours of service during the year

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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-A3224 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4831
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4559, S1534
2017-2018: A2894, S4189
2021-2022: A3239, S3344
2023-2024: A2658, S2046

2019-A3224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for certain volunteers at 501(c)(3) organizations or organizations affiliated with NY Cares or NY Service who provide at least twenty-five hours of service during the year.

2019-A3224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3224
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing  a  tax  credit
   for certain volunteers providing at least twenty-five hours of service
   during the year
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (jjj) to read as follows:
   (JJJ)  VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS CREDIT. (1) FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING
 ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, A  RESIDENT  TAXPAYER
 WHO SERVES AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOR AN ESTABLISHED 501(C)(3) ORGANIZA-
 TION  OR AN ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH NY CARES OR NY SERVICE SHALL BE
 ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE  EQUAL  TO  TWO
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS CREDIT A VOLUNTEER MUST HAVE
 COMPLETED AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE HOURS OF SERVICE  FOR  SUCH  ORGANIZATION
 DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT IS SOUGHT.
   (2)  IF  A TAXPAYER RECEIVES A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION RELATING TO
 SUCH SERVICE UNDER TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE  REAL  PROPERTY  TAX
 LAW,  SUCH  TAXPAYER  SHALL  NOT  BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CREDIT; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER (A) IF THE TAXPAYER RECEIVES SUCH REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TAXABLE YEAR AS A RESULT OF MAKING APPLICATION
 THEREFOR IN A PRIOR YEAR OR (B) IF THE  TAXPAYER  NOTIFIES  HIS  OR  HER
 ASSESSOR  IN  WRITING BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN OF
 THE TAXPAYER'S INTENT TO DISCONTINUE SUCH REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION BY
 NOT RE-APPLYING FOR SUCH REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION BY THE NEXT TAXABLE
 STATUS DATE, SUCH TAXPAYER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CREDIT FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN TAXABLE YEAR.
   (3) IN THE CASE OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO FILE A JOINT RETURN AND  WHO
 BOTH  INDIVIDUALLY  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE
 AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED SHALL BE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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