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Senate Bill S9189

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing tax rates imposed on unincorporated businesses and corporations in New York city

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2025-S9189 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10340
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 30-C §1350, Tax L

2025-S9189 - Summary

Increases tax rates imposed on unincorporated businesses and corporations in New York city upon adoption of a local law by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

2025-S9189 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9189 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9189
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 authorizing a city  business
   tax surcharge in a city with a population of one million or more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new article 30-C to read
 as follows:
                               ARTICLE 30-C
                 CITY BUSINESS TAX SURCHARGE AUTHORIZATION
 SECTION 1350. CITY BUSINESS TAX SURCHARGE AUTHORIZATION.
   § 1350. CITY BUSINESS TAX SURCHARGE AUTHORIZATION. ANY  CITY  IN  THIS
 STATE  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS, ACTING
 THROUGH ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED  AND  EMPOWERED
 TO  ADOPT  AND  AMEND  LOCAL LAWS IMPOSING IN ANY SUCH CITY, FOR TAXABLE
 YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  A
 SURCHARGE  OF  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  ON THE TAX LIABILITY IMPOSED ON ANY
 BUSINESS SUBJECT TO TAX AS A CORPORATION, INCLUDING A CORPORATION TREAT-
 ED AS AN S CORPORATION OR QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S SUBSIDIARY UNDER INTER-
 NAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR AS AN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14860-01-6



              

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2025-S9189A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10340
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 30-C §1350, Tax L

2025-S9189A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases tax rates imposed on unincorporated businesses and corporations in New York city upon adoption of a local law by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

2025-S9189A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9189A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9189--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GONZALEZ, BRISPORT, CLEARE, JACKSON, LIU, RIVERA,
   SALAZAR, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Investigations and Government
   Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 772 of the laws of 1966,  relating  to  enabling
   any  city  having  a  population  of  one million or more to raise tax
   revenue; and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York,
   in relation to increasing tax rates imposed  on  unincorporated  busi-
   nesses  and  corporations in New York city for taxable years beginning
   on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six, upon adoption of a
   local law by the local legislative body 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. Subdivision (a) of section 101 of section 2 of chapter 772
 of the laws of 1966, relating to enabling any city having  a  population
 of  one  million  or  more  to  raise tax revenue, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) General.--A tax at the rate of four percent is hereby imposed  for
 each  taxable  year,  beginning  with taxable years ending after January
 first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, on the unincorporated business  taxa-
 ble  income of every unincorporated business wholly or partly carried on
 within the city, PROVIDED THAT, FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR  AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, FOR ANY PORTION OF SUCH UNINCOR-
 PORATED  BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME GREATER THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, SUCH
 TAX FOR SUCH PORTION SHALL BE AT A RATE OF FOUR AND FOUR-TENTHS PERCENT.
 This tax shall be in addition to any other taxes imposed.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 11-503 of the administrative  code  of
 the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  General.  A tax at the rate of four percent is hereby imposed for
 each taxable year, beginning with taxable  years  ending  after  January
 first,  nineteen hundred sixty-six, on the unincorporated business taxa-
 ble income of every unincorporated business wholly or partly carried  on
 within  the city, PROVIDED THAT, FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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