New York A 5220: Establishes a sales tax exemption for school supplies

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A05220 Summary:

BILL NOA05220 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRCruz, Gonzalez-Rojas, Burdick, Bronson, McMahon, Rozic, Stern, Santabarbara, Lupardo, Buttenschon,
 Conrad, Eachus, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1115, Tax L

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Exempts sales of school supplies from sales tax when purchased between the fourth Thursday in August and the first Monday in September.

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BILL NOA05220 

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02/12/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5220

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, CRUZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, BRONSON,
 McMAHON, ROZIC, STERN, SANTABARBARA, LUPARDO, BUTTENSCHON, CONRAD,
 EACHUS, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
 Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a sales tax
 exemption for school supplies

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
 3 (47) School supply products purchased between the fourth Thursday in
 4 August and the first Monday in September, including:
 5 (A) computers with a sales price of less than three thousand dollars;
 6 (B) art supplies, including but not limited to clay, paints, paint-
 7 brushes and drawing pads;
 8 (C) supplies normally used in a classroom setting, including but not
 9 limited to backpacks, binders, book bags, calculators under three
 10 hundred dollars, crayons, erasers, folders, glue, highlighters, lunch
 11 boxes, markers, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, rulers, scissors and
 12 writing instruments.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06228-01-5

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