S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5549
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to doubling the credit for
young children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c-1) of section 606 of the tax
law, as amended by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of
2023, is amended to read as follows:
(1) A resident taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein
equal to the greater of one hundred dollars times the number of qualify-
ing children of the taxpayer or the applicable percentage of the child
tax credit allowed the taxpayer under section twenty-four of the inter-
nal revenue code for the same taxable year for each qualifying child.
Provided, however, in the case of a taxpayer whose federal adjusted
gross income exceeds the applicable threshold amount set forth by
section 24(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the credit shall only be
equal to the applicable percentage of the child tax credit allowed the
taxpayer under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code for each qualify-
ing child. For the purposes of this subsection, a qualifying child shall
be a child who meets the definition of qualified child under section
24(c) of the internal revenue code. The applicable percentage shall be
thirty-three percent OR SIXTY-SIX PERCENT FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE FOUR
FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. For purposes
of this subsection, any reference to section 24 of the Internal Revenue
Code shall be a reference to such section as it existed immediately
prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97.
§ 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09339-01-5
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