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Senate Bill S3182

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a credit for the purchase and installation of a security alarm system

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2025-S3182 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6556

2025-S3182 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a credit for the purchase and installation of a security alarm system equal to two hundred fifty dollars.

2025-S3182 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3182 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3182
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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 establishing  a  credit  for
   the purchase and installation of a security alarm system
 
   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)  CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF A HOME SECURITY SYSTEM. (1) GENERAL.
 AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A ONE-TIME  CREDIT  FOR  TAXABLE
 YEARS  BEGINNING  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE  COST  TO  PURCHASE  AND
 INSTALL  A  SECURITY  ALARM  SYSTEM ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EQUAL TO TWO
 HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   (2) DEFINITION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS  SUBSECTION,  "SECURITY  ALARM
 SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  ASSEMBLY  OF EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES OR A SINGLE
 DEVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A SECURITY FENCE, A SECURITY  ALARM
 SYSTEM AND/OR A SECURITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM DESIGNATED TO DETECT AND/OR
 SIGNAL  AN UNAUTHORIZED INTRUSION INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR TO SIGNAL
 AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, BURGLARY, THEFT, PILFERAGE  OR  OTHER  LOSS  AT  A
 PROTECTED  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, AND WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SIGNAL, POLICE
 OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO RESPOND, WHICH MAY BE INSTALLED,  SERVICED  AND
 MAINTAINED BY A PERSON LICENSED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE SIX-D OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (3)  ELIGIBILITY.  TO  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  CREDIT  PRESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 SUBSECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF  PURCHASE  AND
 INSTALLATION IN THE FORM OF A RECEIPT.
   (4)  WHEN  CREDIT  ALLOWED. THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION
 SHALL BE ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR,  COMMENCING  AFTER
 JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  IN WHICH THE SECURITY ALARM
 SYSTEM IS PURCHASED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to taxable years
 on and after January 1, 2026.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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