New York S 10282: Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge

Status: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (as of 2026-05-18)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 10282

Sponsors: James Skoufis

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S10282 Summary:

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Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge.

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BILL NOS10282 

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05/11/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10282

 IN SENATE

 May 11, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance to create and
 implement an online program which will enable each New York state
 taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal
 and state income tax returns free of charge

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

 1 Section 1. The department of taxation and finance is authorized and
 2 directed to create and implement an online program which will enable
 3 each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such
 4 taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge, regard-
 5 less of the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be made avail-
 6 able to all New York state taxpayers on the department's website no
 7 later than one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this
 8 act.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04820-01-5

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