Bill Text: NY S00011 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or her federal and state income tax returns free of charge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00011 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00011-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or her federal and state income tax returns free of charge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The department of taxation and finance is authorized and 2 directed to create and implement an online program which will enable 3 each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or 4 her federal and state income tax returns free of charge, regardless of 5 the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be made available to all 6 New York state taxpayers on the department's website no later than one 7 hundred eighty days following the effective date of this act. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04077-01-9