New York A 6819: Relates to financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person

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Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to conduct a study of assessments, fees and tax rates, and associated policies of the state of New York relating to providers of telecommunications services to ensure a more fair and proportional distribution of the assessments, fees and taxes imposed on telecommunications service providers and their end-use delivery customers.

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03/14/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6819

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of taxation and finance
 to conduct a study of assessments, fees and tax rates, and associated
 policies of the state of New York relating to providers of telecommu-
 nications services

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that as tele-
 2 communications technologies continue to evolve, their expansion through-
 3 out the state has led to increasing competition among entities both
 4 within and without the traditional regulatory approach of the department
 5 of public service, including but not limited to cable, satellite, wired,
 6 wireless and broadband service providers. Specifically, the ongoing
 7 modernization of the industry's service offerings and the delivery of
 8 those services, as well as the intersecting spheres of business occupied
 9 by all entities within the telecommunications industry, necessitate that
 10 the department, in consultation with the department of public service,
 11 conduct a comprehensive study and analysis of New York's state and local
 12 tax laws to provide a fair, efficient, and uniform method for taxing
 13 communications providers and their services sold in the state of New
 14 York. New York's tax law needs to be restructured with regard to state
 15 and local taxes, as necessary, to account for the impact of federal and
 16 state legislation, industry regulation, the impact of regulatory fees
 17 and assessments on total taxes paid, and the many and diverse providers
 18 offering functionally equivalent communications services in today's
 19 marketplace. The legislature further finds that, to both retain and
 20 attract business and customers, New York should strive to tax telecommu-
 21 nications industry providers in a uniform, consistent and nondiscrimina-
 22 tory manner which results in a neutral tax policy that will free consum-
 23 ers to choose a provider based on tax-neutral considerations. To do so,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10295-01-5

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 1 the legislature calls on the department of taxation and finance to make
 2 recommendations to streamline and simplify the existing system, which
 3 includes various assessments, fees and rates imposed at all levels of
 4 government, with an eye to refining the compliance process for communi-
 5 cations providers and lowering the cost of collecting taxes and fees,
 6 increasing service availability and competition, spurring new technology
 7 expansion into all of New York, and fostering fair, healthy competition
 8 as broadly as possible.
 9 § 2. a. The commissioner of taxation and finance, in consultation with
 10 the department of public service, is hereby authorized and directed to
 11 conduct a study of assessments, fees and tax rates, and associated poli-
 12 cies of the state of New York, relating to the telecommunications indus-
 13 try including, but not limited to the cable, satellite, wired, wireless
 14 and broadband industries of the state. In conducting this study, the
 15 commiss