Establishes the school supplies education credit to allow a resident taxpayer who is a parent, guardian or other person, lawfully having the care, custody or control of a person who has not yet attained the age of nineteen years, and such person is enrolled in elementary or secondary education in any public school, nonpublic or charter school, board of cooperative educational services, or that receives home instruction, to have a credit equal to the cost of learning materials and school supplies purchased for education purposes during the taxable year, provided that such credit shall not exceed five hundred dollars per student and shall not exceed the total one thousand five hundred dollars per family.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10980
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a school supplies education
credit
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 (bbb) to read as follows:
(BBB) SCHOOL SUPPLIES EDUCATION CREDIT. (1) (A) A RESIDENT TAXPAYER
THAT IS A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON, LAWFULLY HAVING THE CARE,
CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF A PERSON WHO HAS NOT YET ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINE-
TEEN YEARS, AND SUCH PERSON IS ENROLLED IN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
EDUCATION IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, NONPUBLIC OR CHARTER SCHOOL, BOARD OF
COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, OR THAT RECEIVES HOME INSTRUCTION,
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT EQUAL TO THE COST OF LEARNING MATERIALS AND
SCHOOL SUPPLIES PURCHASED FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES DURING THE TAXABLE
YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
PER STUDENT AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER FAMILY.
(B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "LEARNING MATERIALS"
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, TEXTBOOKS, INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS, WORKBOOKS, SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING MATERIALS, VIDEOS, AND SOFT-
WARE. THE TERM "SCHOOL SUPPLIES" SHALL INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED
TO, WRITING UTENSILS, ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS, NOTEBOOKS, FOLDERS AND
BINDERS, ELECTRONICS SUCH AS SCIENTIFIC OR GRAPHING CALCULATORS, MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS RENTALS AND PURCHASE, AND OTHER CLASSROOM STATIONARY.
(2) IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY
TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS
SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
(3) IN THE CASE OF A MARRIED COUPLE WHO FILE A JOINT FEDERAL RETURN,
BUT WHO ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THEIR NEW YORK TAXES SEPARATELY, THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15305-01-6
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