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Assembly Bill A5530

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for pet adoption

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2025-A5530 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6390

2025-A5530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for pet adoption not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars.

2025-A5530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5530
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BROOK-KRASNY -- 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 pet adoption
 
   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 (qqq) to read as follows:
   (QQQ)  PET  ADOPTION CREDIT. AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A
 CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE  FIRST  ADOPTION,
 AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, OF A DOG OR CAT FROM  A  QUALIFYING  POUND,
 SHELTER,  SOCIETY  OR  ASSOCIATION  FOR  THE  PREVENTION  OF  CRUELTY TO
 ANIMALS, HUMANE SOCIETY OR DOG, CAT OR OTHER PROTECTIVE  RESCUE  ASSOCI-
 ATION  LOCATED  IN NEW YORK. NO TAXPAYER HAVING COMMITTED A VIOLATION OR
 OFFENSE UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE,  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 THREE-A, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-B, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-C, THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE-D,  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE-E  OR THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE-F OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW SHALL BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.  THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
 SUBSECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on and after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09223-01-5

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