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Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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BILL NUMBER:S3492
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting pet food from sales and compensating use taxes
Purpose or general idea of bill
To exempt pet food from sales tax.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph 44.
Justification
When the sales tax was first enacted in New York State in the last century, it was described as a tax on luxuries. Now the tax applies to pet food. With the ever increasing cost of pet food, the elimination of the tax could mean the difference between owners being able to keep their pets and giving them to a shelter or abandoning them. The sales tax could be a hardship for senior citizens on fixed incomes who rely on their pets for comfort and companionship.
Prior legislative history
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Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax quarterly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax law, next commencing at least 60 days after this act shall have become a law.
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