What's happening
This bill exempts fire extinguishers and fire, heat, and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use in October from sales tax.
Why it matters
Encourages Home Safety. By making essential safety devices like fire extinguishers and alarms more affordable, the bill incentivizes more households to purchase and install these potentially life-saving items, especially during Fire Prevention Month (October).
Targets Residential Use. The exemption specifically applies to products bought for residential use, aiming to directly benefit families and homeowners rather than commercial or industrial buyers.
Potential for Increased Compliance. Removing sales tax could lead to higher compliance with state and local safety recommendations, as cost is a common barrier to adoption of such safety equipment.
Public Health and Emergency Impact. Widespread installation of fire and carbon monoxide alarms may help reduce the number and severity of home fire and CO poisoning incidents, potentially lowering emergency response costs and saving lives.
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Who cares
Homeowners and renters
The bill would exempt fire extinguishers and fire, heat and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use during October from sales tax.
Retailers selling fire safety equipment
Sellers would need to apply the exemption to qualifying residential-use purchases made during October.
New York State tax administrators
The bill would add an October-only exemption to the Tax Law, taking effect 30 days after becoming law.
Headline styles
Tax Break for Safety Devices
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
40 Co-sponsors
- Anthony D'Urso
- Richard Gottfried
- Thomas Abinanti
- Jo Anne Simon
- Aileen Gunther
- Patricia Fahy
- William Magnarelli
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Robert J. Rodriguez
- Nily Rozic
- Carrie Woerner
- Steven Englebright
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Sandy Galef
- Charles Barron
- Peter Abbate
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Phil Steck
- Diana Richardson
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Jaime R. Williams
- Jose Rivera
- Fred Thiele
- Rebecca Seawright
- J. Gary Pretlow
- Michael Blake
- Vivian Cook
- Tremaine Wright
- Melissa Miller
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Felix Ortiz
- Harvey Epstein
- Marcos Crespo
- Nathalia Fernandez
- Inez E. Dickens
- Michael G. Miller
- Michael J. Norris
- Al Taylor
- Chris Tague
- Marianne Buttenschon
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Print number 2443a
- Amend 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.
No Tax on Home Alarms
In Senate Committee · Budget And Revenue · Sponsor John E. Brooks
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2443--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, SIMON, GUNTHER, FAHY, MAGNARELLI, ZEBROWSKI, RODRIGUEZ, ROZIC, WOERNER, ENGLEBRIGHT, DE LA ROSA, GALEF, BARRON, ABBATE, PICHARDO, STECK, RICH- ARDSON, ARROYO, WILLIAMS, RIVERA, THIELE, SEAWRIGHT,… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, SIMON, GUNTHER, FAHY, MAGNARELLI, ZEBROWSKI, RODRIGUEZ, ROZIC, WOERNER, ENGLEBRIGHT, DE LA ROSA, GALEF, BARRON, ABBATE, PICHARDO, STECK, RICH- ARDSON, ARROYO, WILLIAMS, RIVERA, THIELE, SEAWRIGHT, PRETLOW, BLAKE, COOK, WRIGHT, M. L. MILLER, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, EPSTEIN, CRESPO, FERNAN- DEZ, DICKENS, M. G. MILLER, NORRIS, TAYLOR, TAGUE, BUTTENSCHON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- 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 allowing a tax exemption with respect to fire extinguishers and fire, heat and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph 45 to read as follows:
(45) Fire extinguishers, fire alarms, heat alarms or carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use during the month of October.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to eligible fire extinguishers, fire alarms, heat alarms and carbon monoxide alarms purchased on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00404-02-9
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