New York A 3114: Increases the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit

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A03114 Summary:

BILL NOA03114 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSOREachus

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COSPNSRColton, Hawley, Eichenstein, Buttenschon, Gibbs, DeStefano, Angelino, Stern, Slater, Brabenec

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §606, Tax L

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Relates to increasing the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit; increases the amount of the credit from $200 to $500 for single filers and from $400 to $1,000 for spouses filing jointly.

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BILL NOA03114 

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01/23/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3114

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, COLTON, HAWLEY, EICHENSTEIN, BUTTENSCHON,
 GIBBS, DeSTEFANO, ANGELINO, STERN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the volunteer
 firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (e-1) of section 606 of the tax law, as added
 2 by section 1 of part U of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, paragraph 2 as
 3 amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2007, paragraph 3 as added and
 4 paragraph 4 as renumbered by section 4 of part N of chapter 61 of the
 5 laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (e-1) Volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit. (1) For
 7 taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand seven
 8 and before January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer
 9 who serves as an active volunteer firefighter as defined in subdivision
 10 one of section two hundred fifteen of the general municipal law or as a
 11 volunteer ambulance worker as defined in subdivision fourteen of section
 12 two hundred nineteen-k of the general municipal law shall be allowed a
 13 credit against the tax imposed by this article equal to two hundred
 14 dollars. For taxable years beginning on and after January first, two
 15 thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volun-
 16 teer firefighter as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred
 17 fifteen of the general municipal law or as a volunteer ambulance worker
 18 as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two hundred nineteen-k of
 19 the general municipal law shall be allowed a credit against the tax
 20 imposed by this article equal to five hundred dollars. In order to
 21 receive this credit a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance work-
 22 er must have been active for the entire taxable year for which the cred-
 23 it is sought.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03849-01-5

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 1 (2) If a taxpayer receives a real property tax exemption relating to
 2 such service under title two of article four of the real property tax
 3 law, such taxpayer shall not be eligible for this credit; provided,
 4 however (A) if the taxpayer receives such real property tax exemption in
 5 the two thousand seven taxable year as a result of making application
 6 therefor in a prior year or (B) if the taxpayer notifies [his or her]
 7 their assessor in writing by December thirty-first, two thousand seven
 8 of the taxpayer's intent to discontinue such real property tax exemption
 9 by not re-applying for such real property tax exemption by the next
 10 taxable status date, such taxpayer shall be eligible for this credit for
 11 the two thousand seven taxable year.
 12 (3) In the case of [a husband and wife] spouses who file a joint
 13 return and who both individually qualify for the credit under this
 14 subsection for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two
 15 thousand seven and before January first, two thousand twenty-six, the
 16 amount of the credit allowed shall be four hundred dollars. For taxable
 17 years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, the
 18 amount of the credit shall be one thousand dollars.
 19 (4) If th