STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 537 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, SIMON, GLICK, REYES, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to imposing an additional two percent sales tax on certain retail sales The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1105-C to 2 read as follows: 3 § 1105-C. Additional sales tax on certain retail sales. (a) Notwith- 4 standing any other provisions of this article, on and after June first, 5 two thousand twenty-three, there is hereby imposed and shall be paid a 6 tax of two percent upon the receipts from every retail sale of tangible 7 personal property of: 8 (1) motor vehicles sold for over seventy thousand dollars excluding 9 commercial vehicles and electric vehicles; 10 (2) jewelry sold for over five thousand dollars; and 11 (3) any article of clothing or footwear intended to be worn on or 12 about the human body, any handbag, luggage, umbrella, wallet or watch 13 sold for over one thousand dollars. 14 (b) The tax imposed by subdivision (a) of this section shall be in 15 addition to the tax imposed on such receipts pursuant to section eleven 16 hundred five of this article. 17 § 2. Section 1148 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 18 sion (d) to read as follows: 19 (d) Provided, however, before funds are distributed pursuant to subdi- 20 vision (a), (b) or (c) of this section, (1) fifty percent of all taxes, 21 interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner pursu- 22 ant to section eleven hundred five-C of this article shall be deposited 23 to the credit of the state university of New York and (2) fifty percent 24 of all taxes, interest and penalties collected or received by the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00031-01-3A. 537 2 1 commissioner pursuant to section eleven hundred five-C of this article 2 shall be deposited to the credit of the city university of New York. 3 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.