New York A 5163: Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system

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A05163 Summary:

BILL NOA05163 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07884

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §612, Tax L

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Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system.

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BILL NOA05163 

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5163

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a deduction
 from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a
 child in the foster care system

 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) The amount of adoption fees including any and all medical and
 4 legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses paid or incurred
 5 by a taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with the adoption of
 6 a child in the foster care system.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 8 taxable years beginning on or after the first of January in the year in
 9 which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09188-01-5

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