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A01245 Summary:

BILL NOA01245A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Magnarelli, Santabarbara, Dinowitz, Tannousis, McMahon, Lemondes, Stern, Gandolfo,
 Angelino, Septimo, Jackson, Cruz, Mamdani, Hunter, Durso, Lupardo, Davila, Simone, Seawright,
 DeStefano, Shimsky, Colton, Jacobson, Mikulin, Forrest, Clark, Yeger, Kelles

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Amd §612, Tax L

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Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars; excludes any payment not in excess of five thousand dollars made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an employee that is directly deducted from the employee's wages through payroll and administered by a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to educational institutions or related loan servicers on behalf of students such amount from an employee's New York state gross income; further excludes any contribution not to exceed five thousand dollars to a tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code made through payroll deduction and facilitated by an employer or a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to such programs on behalf of employees from the employee's New York state gross income.

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01/09/2025referred to ways and means

11/21/2025amend and recommit to ways and means

11/21/2025print number 1245a

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1245--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, R. CARROLL, MAGNARELLI, SANTABARBARA,
 DINOWITZ, TANNOUSIS, McMAHON, LEMONDES, STERN, GANDOLFO, ANGELINO,
 SEPTIMO, JACKSON, CRUZ, MAMDANI, HUNTER, DURSO, LUPARDO, DAVILA,
 SIMONE, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFANO, SHIMSKY, COLTON, JACOBSON, MIKULIN,
 FORREST, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
 Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing a personal
 income tax deduction for student loan payments

 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) Payment not in excess of five thousand dollars actually paid by
 4 an eligible borrower for student loan repayment, to the extent not
 5 deductible in determining federal adjusted gross income and not reim-
 6 bursed. For the purposes of this paragraph, the following terms have
 7 the following meanings:
 8 (i) "Student loans" means any indebtedness incurred by the taxpayer
 9 solely for any qualified education loan to the extent provided in
 10 section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 11 (ii) "Eligible borrower" shall mean a taxpayer who has incurred
 12 indebtedness on student loans as defined in subparagraph (i) of this
 13 paragraph on behalf of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any
 14 dependent of the taxpayer as of the time the indebtedness was incurred.
 15 (iii) Any payment made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an
 16 employee pursuant to this section that is directly deducted from the
 17 employee's wages through payroll and administered by a third-party plat-
 18 form that facilitates direct payments to educational institutions or
 19 related loan servicers on behalf of students shall be excluded from the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00109-03-5

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 1 employee's New York state gross income, provided that such payments do
 2 not exceed five thousand dollars in any taxable year.
 3 (iv) Any contribution to a tuition program under section 529 of the
 4 Internal Revenue Code made through payroll deduction and facilitated by
 5 an employer or a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments
 6 to such programs on behalf of employees shall be excluded from the
 7 employee's New Yor