Senate Bill S7306

                             
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                                   7306
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  making  certain  taxpayers
   exempt from the city personal income tax of the city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection (b) of section 1304  of
 the  tax law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2023, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (1) Resident married individuals filing  joint  returns  and  resident
 surviving  spouses.  The tax under this section for each taxable year on
 the city taxable income of every city resident  married  individual  who
 makes  a  single  return  jointly  with  [his or her] THEIR spouse under
 subsection (b) of section thirteen hundred six of this  article  and  on
 the city taxable income of every city resident surviving spouse shall be
 determined in accordance with the following table:
 
   For taxable years beginning after two thousand twenty-six:

 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$21,600                      1.18% of the city taxable income
 Over $21,600 but not                   $255 plus 1.435% of excess
 over] $45,000                            [over $21,600] 0% OF THE CITY
                                          TAXABLE INCOME
 Over $45,000 but not                   $591 plus 1.455% of excess
 over $90,000                             over $45,000
 Over $90,000                           $1,245 plus 1.48% of excess
                                          over $90,000
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (2)  Resident heads of households. The tax under this section for each
 taxable year on the city taxable income of every city resident head of a
 household shall be determined in accordance with the following table:
 
   For taxable years beginning after two thousand twenty-six:
 
 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$14,400                      1.18% of the city taxable income
 Over $14,400 but not                   $170 plus 1.435% of excess
 over $30,000] $32,500                    [over $14,400] 0% OF THE
                                          CITY TAXABLE INCOME
 Over [$30,000] $32,500 but not         $394 plus 1.455% of
 over $60,000                             excess over [$30,000]
                                          $32,500
 Over $60,000                           $830 plus 1.48% of excess
                                          over $60,000
 
   (3)  Resident  unmarried  individuals,  resident  married  individuals
 filing separate returns and resident estates and trusts. The  tax  under
 this  section  for each taxable year on the city taxable income of every
 city resident individual who is not a city resident  married  individual
 who  makes  a single return jointly with [his or her] THEIR spouse under
 subsection (b) of section thirteen hundred six of this article or a city
 resident head of household or a city resident surviving spouse,  and  on
 the city taxable income of every city resident estate and trust shall be
 determined in accordance with the following table:
 
   For taxable years beginning after two thousand twenty-six:
 
 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$12,000                      1.18% of the city taxable income
 Over $12,000 but not                   $142 plus 1.435% of excess
 over $25,000] $32,500                    [over $12,000] 0% OF THE
                                        CITY TAXABLE INCOME
 Over [$25,000] $32,500 but not         $328 plus 1.455% of
                                           excess
 over $50,000                             over [$25,000] $32,500
 Over $50,000                           $692 plus 1.48% of excess
                                          over $50,000
   §  2.  Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 1304-B of the tax law,
 as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2023, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (1)  In  addition  to  any other taxes authorized by this article, any
 city imposing such taxes is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and
 amend local laws imposing in any such city for each taxable year  begin-
 ning after nineteen hundred ninety but before two thousand twenty-seven,
 an  additional  tax  on  the  city taxable income of every city resident
 individual, estate and trust, to be calculated for each taxable year  as
 follows:  (i)  for  each  taxable  year beginning after nineteen hundred
 ninety but before nineteen hundred ninety-nine, at the rate of  fourteen
 percent  of  the  sum of the taxes for each such taxable year determined
 pursuant to section thirteen hundred four and section  thirteen  hundred
 four-A  of  this article; and (ii) for each taxable year beginning after
 nineteen hundred ninety-eight, at the rate of fourteen  percent  of  the
 tax  for  such taxable year determined pursuant to such section thirteen
 hundred four; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY TAXABLE INCOME WITH A TAX RATE
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 OF ZERO PERCENT SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL TAX  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   §  3. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1, subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2
 and subparagraph (A) of paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of section  1304-D
 of  the  tax  law,  as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 63 of the
 laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (A) For taxable years beginning in two thousand five:
 
 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$21,600                      2.907% of the city taxable income
 Over $21,600 but not                   $628 plus 3.534% of excess
 over] $45,000                            [over $21,600] 0% OF THE CITY
                                          TAXABLE INCOME
 Over $45,000 but not                   $1,455 plus 3.591% of excess
 over $90,000                             over $45,000
 Over $90,000 but not                   $3,071 plus 3.648% of excess
 over $150,000                            over $90,000
 Over $150,000 but not                  $5,260 plus 4.05% of excess
 over $500,000                            over $150,000
 Over $500,000                          $19,435 plus 4.45% of excess
                                          over $500,000
   (A) For taxable years beginning in two thousand five:

 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$14,400                      2.907% of the city taxable income
 Over $14,400 but not                   $419 plus 3.534% of excess
 over $30,000] $32,500                    [over $14,400] 0% OF THE
                                        CITY TAXABLE INCOME
 Over [$30,000] $32,500 but not         $970 plus 3.591% of excess
 over $60,000                             over [$30,000] $32,500
 Over $60,000 but not                   $2,047 plus 3.648% of excess
 over $125,000                          over $60,000
 Over $125,000 but not                  $4,418 plus 4.05% of excess
 over $500,000                            over $125,000
 Over $500,000                          $19,606 plus 4.45% of excess
                                          over $500,000
   (A) For taxable years beginning in two thousand five:
 
 If the city taxable income is:         The tax is:
 Not over [$12,000                      2.907% of the city taxable income
 Over $12,000 but not                   $349 plus 3.534% of excess
 over $25,000] $32,500                    [over $12,000] 0% OF THE
                                        CITY TAXABLE INCOME
 Over [$25,000] $32,500 but not         $808 plus 3.591% of excess
 over $50,000                             over [$25,000] $32,500
 Over $50,000 but not                   $1,706 plus 3.648% of excess
 over $100,000                            over $50,000
 Over $100,000 but not                  $3,530 plus 4.05% of excess
 over $500,000                            over $100,000
 Over $500,000                          $19,730 plus 4.45% of excess
                                          over $500,000
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.