assembly Bill A53

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides a deduction against adjusted gross income for dues paid by small businesses to chambers of commerce

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Jan 04, 2023 referred to ways and means

A53 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3001
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10491, S7354
2021-2022: A598, S114

A53 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a deduction against adjusted gross income for dues paid by small businesses to chambers of commerce.

A53 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    53
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax  law,  in  relation  to  providing  a  deduction
   against  adjusted  gross  income  for dues paid by small businesses to
   chambers of commerce

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
   (47) IN THE CASE OF A TAXPAYER WHO IS  A  SMALL  BUSINESS,  AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL  TO  THE AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH TAXPAYER AS DUES TO THE LOCAL CHAMBER
 OF COMMERCE WITHIN WHICH SUCH BUSINESS IS LOCATED,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
 CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE IS INCORPORATED UNDER SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED TEN
 OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW. THE AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE PURSUANT TO
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PORTION OF THE AMOUNT OF DUES  PAID
 BY THE TAXPAYER THAT ARE USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 LOBBYING.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS"
 SHALL MEAN A BUSINESS WITH FIFTY EMPLOYEES OR LESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01597-01-3