Bill Text: NY S01222 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the personal income tax credit for college tuition from the first $10,000 to the first $20,000 of college tuition expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S01222 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01222-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1222 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, KLEIN, AVELLA, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the college tuition personal income tax credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2 of subsection (t) of 2 section 606 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part N of chapter 3 85 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 4 (A) The term "allowable college tuition expenses" shall mean the 5 amount of qualified college tuition expenses of eligible students paid 6 by the taxpayer during the taxable year, limited to [ten] TWENTY thou- 7 sand dollars for each such student; 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to the 9 taxable year in which it takes effect and taxable years commencing on or 10 after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03416-01-5