What's happening
This bill creates a $500 tax credit for New Yorkers who donate blood at least four times a year to a permitted blood bank.
Why it matters
Encourages Regular Blood Donation. By offering a financial incentive, the bill aims to increase the number of consistent blood donors, addressing chronic blood shortages that can impact medical care, emergency responses, and surgeries across New York.
Accessible to Most Taxpayers. The credit is refundable, meaning even low-income individuals or those with little tax liability can benefit, potentially broadening participation beyond higher earners.
Supports Safe and Regulated Donation. The requirement that donations be made to state-permitted blood banks helps ensure that blood is collected, processed, and distributed safely under public health standards, reducing risks for both donors and recipients.
Potential Administrative Impact. The bill gives the tax commissioner authority to require proof of donation, which could lead to new documentation practices for both individuals and blood banks, possibly increasing administrative responsibilities but also helping to prevent fraud.
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Tax Credit for Blood Donors
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2 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
Companion bill
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Tax Credit for Blood Donors
In Senate Committee · Budget And Revenue · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3613
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, AUBRY, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit for certain taxpayers who donate blood
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection (jjj) to read as follows:
(jjj) Blood donation credit. (1) Allowance of credit. A taxpayer who donates blood four or more times in a year to a blood bank that has been issued a valid permit as provided in section five hundred seventy-five of the public health law shall be allowed a credit as hereinafter provided, against the tax imposed by this article. The amount of the credit shall be five hundred dollars. For the purposes of this subsection, "blood bank" means a facility for the collection, processing, storage and/or distribution of human blood, blood components or blood derivatives.
(2) Application of credit. If the amount of the credit allowed under this subsection for any taxable year shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for such year, the excess shall be treated as an overpayment of tax to be credited or refunded in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred eighty-six of this article, provided, however, that no interest shall be paid thereon.
(3) Proof of claim. The commissioner may require a qualified taxpayer to furnish proof of his or her blood donations in support of his or her claim for credit under this subsection.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2021.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06489-01-9
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