S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4570 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 11, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or her federal and state income tax returns free of charge THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The department of taxation and finance is authorized and 2 directed to create and implement an online program which will enable 3 each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file his or 4 her federal and state income tax returns free of charge, regardless of 5 the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be made available to all 6 New York state taxpayers on the department's website no later than one 7 hundred eighty days following the effective date of this act. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10190-01-3