New York S 6839: Relates to adding certain offenses committed by a family member to the list of crimes qualifying for bail

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S06839 Summary:

BILL NOS06839 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02498

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §606, Tax L

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Increases the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2025.

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BILL NOS06839 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6839

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 increasing the earned income
 tax credit

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 606 of the tax
 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 63 of the laws of
 3 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) General. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein
 5 equal to (i) the applicable percentage of the earned income credit
 6 allowed under section thirty-two of the internal revenue code for the
 7 same taxable year, (ii) reduced by the credit permitted under subsection
 8 (b) of this section.
 9 The applicable percentage shall be (i) seven and one-half percent for
 10 taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-four, (ii) ten
 11 percent for taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five,
 12 (iii) twenty percent for taxable years beginning after nineteen hundred
 13 ninety-five and before two thousand, (iv) twenty-two and one-half
 14 percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand, (v) twenty-five
 15 percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand one, (vi) twenty-
 16 seven and one-half percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand
 17 two, [and] (vii) thirty percent for taxable years beginning in two thou-
 18 sand three, and (viii) forty-five percent for taxable years beginning in
 19 two thousand twenty-five and thereafter. Provided, however, that if the
 20 reversion event, as defined in this paragraph, occurs, the applicable
 21 percentage shall be twenty percent for taxable years ending on or after
 22 the date on which the reversion event occurred. The reversion event
 23 shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which federal action,
 24 including but not limited to, administrative, statutory or regulatory
 25 changes, materially reduces or eliminates New York state's allocation of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05758-01-5

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 1 the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant, or
 2 materially reduces the ability of the state to spend federal temporary
 3 assistance for needy families block grant funds for the earned income
 4 credit or to apply state general fund spending on the earned income
 5 credit toward the temporary assistance for needy families block grant
 6 maintenance of effort requirement, and the commissioner of the office of
 7 temporary and disability assistance shall certify the date of such event
 8 to the commissioner of taxation and finance, the director of the divi-
 9 sion of the budget, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary presi-
 10 dent of the senate.
 11 § 2. Subsection (d) of section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding
 12 a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
 13 (9) For taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thou-
 14 sand twenty-five, an earned income tax credit pursuant to this section
 15 or an enhanced earned income tax credit pursuant to subsection (d-1) of
 16 this section may, at the election of the taxpayer made via a form to be
 17 prescribed by the commissioner, be paid to the taxpayer as follows: (i)
 18 for amounts equal to or less than two hundred dollars, the payment or
 19 refund shall be made in a lump sum, (ii) for amounts in excess of two
 20 hundred dollars and less than two thousand four hundred dollars, the
 21 payment or refund shall eq