New York A 829: Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax
Status: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 829
Sponsors: Phara Souffrant Forrest, Brian Cunningham, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, Karines Reyes, Zohran Mamdani
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A00829 Summary: BILL NOA00829   SAME ASNo Same As   SPONSORForrest   COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Reyes, Simon, Cunningham, Mamdani   MLTSPNSR   Amd §612, Tax L   Excludes unemployment compensation from being included in the computation of state income tax. Go to top A00829 Actions: BILL NOA00829   01/08/2025referred to ways and means 01/07/2026referred to ways and means Go to topA00829 Committee Votes: Go to topA00829 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA00829 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 829 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES, SIMON, CUNNING- HAM, MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding unemployment compensation benefits from state income tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 3 (48) For each taxable year beginning on and after January first, two 4 thousand twenty-five, the amount of any unemployment compensation 5 received by a taxpayer. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02078-01-5 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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