New York A 1972: Relates to the calculation of the empire state child credit

Status: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1972

Sponsors: Andrew Hevesi, Amy Paulin, David Weprin, Demond Meeks, Harry B. Bronson, Jo Anne Simon, Judy Griffin, Nily Rozic, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Sarah Clark, Steven Otis

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A01972 Summary:

BILL NOA01972 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00367

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRClark, Simon, Bronson, Forrest, Meeks, Rozic, Paulin, Weprin, Otis, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §606, Tax L

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Adjusts the calculation of the empire state child credit to provide for a one thousand dollar credit per qualifying child who is less than four years of age and a five hundred dollar credit per qualifying child who is four years of age or older for certain qualifying taxpayers.

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BILL NOA01972 

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01/14/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1972

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, CLARK, SIMON, BRONSON, FORREST, MEEKS,
 ROZIC, PAULIN, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the calculation of the
 empire state child credit

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c-1) of section 606 of the tax
 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of
 3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) A resident taxpayer with a New York state adjusted gross income of
 5 less than seventy-five thousand dollars in the case of an individual who
 6 is not married; one hundred ten thousand dollars in the case of a joint
 7 return; or fifty-five thousand dollars in the case of a married individ-
 8 ual filing a separate return shall be allowed a credit as provided here-
 9 in equal to the greater of [one]: (A) five hundred dollars times the
 10 number of qualifying children of the taxpayer who are four years of age
 11 or older and one thousand dollars times the number of qualifying chil-
 12 dren of the taxpayer who are less than four years of age; or (B) the
 13 applicable percentage of the child tax credit allowed the taxpayer under
 14 section twenty-four of the internal revenue code for the same taxable
 15 year for each qualifying child. Provided, however, in the case of a
 16 taxpayer whose federal adjusted gross income exceeds the applicable
 17 threshold amount set forth by section 24(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
 18 Code, the credit shall only be equal to the applicable percentage of the
 19 child tax credit allowed the taxpayer under section 24 of the Internal
 20 Revenue Code for each qualifying child. For the purposes of this
 21 subsection, a qualifying child shall be a child who meets the definition
 22 of qualified child under section 24(c)(1) of the internal revenue code.
 23 The applicable percentage shall be thirty-three percent. For purposes of
 24 this subsection, any reference to section 24 of the Internal Revenue

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00488-01-5

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 1 Code shall be a reference to such section as it existed immediately
 2 prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to quali-
 4 fied children as defined prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97 who
 5 do not receive the child tax credit under the American Rescue Plan Act
 6 of 2021; provided further, that this act shall apply to all other quali-
 7 fied children as defined prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97 in
 8 the first tax year after the child tax credit under the American Rescue
 9 Plan Act of 2021 has ended or in taxable years commencing on or after
 10 January 1, 2026, whichever is later.

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