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- Signed chap.478
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.495
- Substituted for A8480
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.994
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1417
- Reported and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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Provides an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain personal property manufactured and sold by veterans
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michelle Schimel
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain personal property manufactured and sold by veterans
Purpose
To exempt veteran's who produce Veteran's memorial poppy flowers from collection of New York State sales tax,
Summary of provisions
Adds a new paragraph 18-a to subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law for exemptions of sales tax, specifically for property manufactured and sold by a veteran for the benefit of a veteran's service organization.
Justification
The poppy flower has long been a symbol used for honoring American soldiers who died bravely fighting for their country. The commonplace practice of wearing poppies on Veteran's day, originates from the 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields," written by John McCrea, during World War I. The poppy is a constant reminder that through the devastation of war, peace will eventually return, such as the poppy flowers grew on the war ravaged fields of World War I.
In 1922 the VFW conducted its first poppy distribution and in 1923 the VFW decided that the poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans, who would be paid for their work to provide them with financial assistance and this tradition has endured.
This bill will exempt from sales tax, such costs associated with assembling and distributing this perpetual symbol of peace.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first day of a quarterly sales tax period, as set forth in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax law, next succeeding the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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