Bill Text: NY A06574 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the personal income tax credit for college tuition from the first $10,000 to the first $20,000 of college tuition expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A06574 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6574
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law,  in  relation  to  increasing  the  college
         tuition personal income tax credit
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (A)  of  paragraph  2  of  subsection  (t)  of
    2  section 606 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part N of chapter
    3  85 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (A)  The  term  "allowable  college  tuition  expenses" shall mean the
    5  amount of qualified college tuition expenses of eligible  students  paid
    6  by  the  taxpayer during the taxable year, limited to [ten] TWENTY thou-
    7  sand dollars for each such student;
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  the
    9  taxable year in which it takes effect and taxable years commencing on or
   10  after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03416-01-5
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