Bill Text: NY A06676 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides a personal income tax credit for parents who home school their children equal to the cost of learning materials purchased for home school purposes during the taxable year.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A06676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06676-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6676--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 14, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.  HAWLEY -- 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  establishing  a  personal
          income tax credit for parents who home school their children

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

     1    Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subsection (c-2) to read as follows:
     3    (c-2)  Home  schooling credit. (1) A resident taxpayer who maintains a
     4  home school in compliance with the  regulations  of  the  department  of
     5  education  shall be allowed a credit equal to the cost of learning mate-
     6  rials purchased for home schooling purposes  during  the  taxable  year,
     7  provided  that  such  credit  shall not exceed two thousand four hundred
     8  dollars. For purposes of this subsection the term  "learning  materials"
     9  shall  include,  but  shall  not  be  limited  to, textbooks, workbooks,
    10  supplemental reading material, videos, and software.
    11    (2) If the amount of the credit allowed under this subsection for  any
    12  taxable  year  shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for such year, the excess
    13  shall be treated as an overpayment of tax to be credited or refunded  in
    14  accordance with the provisions of section six hundred eighty-six of this
    15  article, provided, however, that no interest shall be paid thereon.
    16    (3) In the case of a husband and wife who file a joint federal return,
    17  but  who  are required to determine their New York taxes separately, the
    18  credit allowed pursuant to this subsection may be  applied  against  the
    19  tax imposed of either or divided between them as they may elect.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
    21  years commencing on and after January 1, 2020.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10524-02-9
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