S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1883
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance to create and
implement an online program which will enable each New York state
taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal
and state income tax returns free of charge
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The department of taxation and finance is authorized and
directed to create and implement an online program which will enable
each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such
taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge, regard-
less of the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be made avail-
able to all New York state taxpayers on the department's website no
later than one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this
act.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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