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Senate Bill S8792

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to excluding certain food donations from sales tax

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2025-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9514
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Sales Tax
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.2279 & A.4216)

2025-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to excluding certain food donations from sales tax to July 1, 2026.

2025-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8792
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws  of  2025  amending  the  tax  law
   relating  to  excluding  certain  food  donations  from  sales tax, as
   proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2279 and A. 4216, in relation
   to the effectiveness thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the tax
 law  relating  to  excluding  certain  food donations from sales tax, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2279 and A. 4216, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect [on the  first  day  of  a  sales  tax
 quarterly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the
 tax  law,  beginning at least 90 days after the date this act shall have
 become a law and shall apply to sales made on or after such  date]  JULY
 1, 2026.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the tax law relating to
 excluding certain food donations from sales tax, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 2279 and A. 4216, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03823-02-6

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