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Senate Bill S9077

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the empire state child credit

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2025-S9077 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10126
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L

2025-S9077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility and increases the amounts of the empire state child credit.

2025-S9077 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9077
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 expanding the empire state
   child credit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subsection (c-1) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by
 section  1  of  part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, paragraph 1 as
 amended by section 1 and paragraph 1-a as added by section 2 of  part  C
 of  chapter 59 of the laws of 2025, paragraph 4 as added by section 1 of
 part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2022 and paragraph 5  as  added  by
 section  1  of part BBB of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c-1) Empire state child credit.   (1)  For  taxable  years  beginning
 before  January  first,  two  thousand  twenty-five[,  and taxable years
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight,] a resi-
 dent taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein equal to  the
 greater  of  one hundred dollars times the number of qualifying children
 of the taxpayer or the applicable percentage of  the  child  tax  credit
 allowed  the  taxpayer under section twenty-four of the internal 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  appli-
 cable  percentage  of  the  child  tax credit allowed the taxpayer under
 section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code for each qualifying  child.  For
 the purposes of [this subsection] SUBPARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF PARAGRAPH
 ONE-A  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.
 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.
   (1-a)  (A) For taxable years beginning on and after January first, two
 thousand twenty-five, and before January first, two thousand twenty-six,
 a resident taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein,  equal
 to the sum of:
              

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