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- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.686
- Print number 2727a
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
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- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.904
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Relates to the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit; repealer
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor William Magee
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Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit; and to repeal paragraph 2 of subsection (e-2) of section 606 of such law relating thereto
Purpose
This bill would allow volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to receive both the volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers tax credit and a locally enacted real property tax exemption.
Summary of provisions
Section one repeals paragraph 2 of subsection (e-2) of section 606 of the tax law. Section two renumbers the paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection (e-2) of section 606 of the tax law. Section three provides for the effective date.
Justification
Our volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers answer the emergency call no matter the weather, the conditions or the circumstances each and every day, putting their lives on the line for all of us. Over the past few years, the state and its municipalities have sought to encourage more emergency volunteers through a state tax credit and locally enacted real property tax exemptions. Unfortunately, a quirk in the law does not allow a volunteer to receive both a property tax exemption and the state tax credit. In an effort to correct this, this bill would allow volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to receive both the tax credit - which amounts to $200 off their income taxes - and a tax exemption which is generally limited to, at most, a $3,000 reduction in the assessed value of their home. Given the enormous amount of time that these volunteers put in and the savings that local governments realize estimated at $2.9 billion annually from having volunteer fire and ambulance companies, it would seem only fair to allow them to receive both the tax credit and a tax exemption.
Legislative history
2013-14 - S. 2090B - Passed Senate/A. 2444B - Ways and Means Committee
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediate and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
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