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A2489Assembly2019-2020 Session

No Tax on Ambulances

Official title

“Relates to exemption of new and used ambulance vehicles under the sales and compensating use taxes”

Sponsor Clifford CrouchAD-122Affects Finance
Status
In Assembly Committee
Ways And Means
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In committee · Ways And Means

What's happening

The bill exempts new and used ambulance vehicles purchased by emergency services organizations from New York sales and use taxes.

Why it matters

  1. Reduces costs for emergency services organizations. By exempting both new and used ambulance vehicles from sales and use taxes, the bill lowers the financial barrier for non-profit and governmentally-supported emergency organizations to acquire essential vehicles.

  2. Broadens the definition of eligible organizations. The exemption applies not just to traditional ambulance services, but also to a wide range of public or private groups providing fire, medical, rescue, housing, food, and other emergency relief—potentially expanding access to more types of community organizations, except for direct governmental agencies.

  3. Enables reinvestment into emergency services. Money saved from tax exemptions could be redirected by these organizations toward other critical needs, such as equipment upgrades, staffing, or improved training, ultimately enhancing community emergency response capacity.

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No Tax on Ambulances

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Clifford Crouch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 122

History

  1. Held for consideration in ways and means
  2. Referred to ways and means
  3. Referred to ways and means

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2489

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 23, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exemption of new and used ambulance vehicles under the sales and compensating use taxes

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 26-a to read as follows:

(26-a) New or used ambulance vehicles to an emergency services organization, pursuant to a written contractual agreement, for use in the transportation of emergency services personnel. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "emergency services organization" means a public or private agency, organization or group organized and functioning for the purpose of providing fire, medical, ambulance, rescue, housing, food or other services directed toward relieving human suffering, injury or loss of life or damage to property as a result of an emergency, including non-profit and governmentally-supported organizations, but excluding governmental agencies.

§ 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2019.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03054-01-9

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