What's happening
This bill extends Putnam County's authority to impose an additional 1% sales tax until November 30, 2019.
Why it matters
Allows Putnam County to maintain a higher sales tax rate for two additional years, which could help fund local services or infrastructure without raising property taxes.
May impact residents and consumers by continuing the extra 1% sales tax on purchases, potentially influencing shopping behavior or business competitiveness with neighboring counties.
Provides county officials with budgetary stability and planning certainty, as the extension avoids a sudden drop in revenue that would occur if the additional tax expired.
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Who cares
Putnam County officials
The bill would extend the county’s authority to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax from November 30, 2017, through November 30, 2019.
Putnam County retailers
The extension would allow the county to continue the additional sales tax that retailers collect on taxable sales.
Shoppers and businesses making taxable purchases in Putnam County
The bill would allow the county to keep the additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax in place through November 30, 2019.
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Extend Putnam Sales Tax
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Print number 7048a
- Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Extend Putnam Sales Tax
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7048--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, BYRNE -- 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 the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes in the county of Putnam
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Clause 39 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(39) the county of Putnam is hereby further authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes at a rate that is: (i) one-half of one percent additional to the three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county for the period beginning September first, two thousand five and ending August thirty-first, two thousand seven; and (ii) one percent additional to the three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county for the period beginning September first, two thousand seven and ending November thirtieth, two thousand [seventeen] nineteen;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10692-02-7
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