Senate Bill S6659

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

  • 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-S6659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6008
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8170
2017-2018: A6883
2021-2022: S2583, A6512
2023-2024: S3442, A3443

2019-S6659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts computer hardware and software equipment and school supplies from sales tax during the seven day period commencing on the Tuesday immediately preceding the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day, and ending on Labor Day.

2019-S6659 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6659
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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 a specified period 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 PERIOD EACH YEAR COMMENCING ON  THE  TUESDAY
 IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, KNOWN AS LABOR DAY,
 AND  ENDING  ON  LABOR  DAY, SCHOOL SUPPLIES OR ITEMS COMMONLY USED BY A
 STUDENT IN A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 BOOK BAGS OR BACKPACKS, BOOKS,  COMPUTER  EQUIPMENT  (INCLUDING  RELATED
 SOFTWARE  AND  HARDWARE), PENS, PENCILS, HIGHLIGHTERS, CRAYONS, MARKERS,
 ERASERS, INDEX CARDS,  PAPER,  NOTEBOOKS,  BINDERS,  FOLDERS,  SCISSORS,
 RULERS AND CALCULATORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 periods beginning on and after August 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08531-03-9

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