S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3033
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a deduction for small busi-
ness employers for certain wages and compensation paid to employees
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 48 to read as follows:
(48) IN THE CASE OF A TAXPAYER WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS AS DEFINED
PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
LAW, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE WAGES, SALARY OR
COMPENSATION PAID TO UP TO TEN EMPLOYEES WHO EARN UP TO ONE HUNDRED TEN
PERCENT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE AS ESTABLISHED IN THE LABOR LAW OR ANY MINI-
MUM WAGE ESTABLISHED BY A WAGE BOARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED
FIFTY-FIVE OF THE LABOR LAW FOR THAT TAXABLE YEAR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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