Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-five, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6790
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, LUNSFORD, BRABENEC, STERN, LUPARDO,
SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, BUTTENSCHON, EACHUS, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY, DiPIETRO,
DeSTEFANO, GALLAHAN, BLUMENCRANZ, BEEPHAN, BENDETT, SIMPSON, ANGELINO,
SMITH, OTIS, KELLES, JACOBSON, STECK, SANTABARBARA, BLANKENBUSH, WOER-
NER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law and the real property tax law, in relation
to tax credits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance
workers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subsection (e-1) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by
2 section 1 of part U of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, paragraph 2 as
3 amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2007, paragraph 3 as added and
4 paragraph 4 as renumbered by section 4 of part N of chapter 61 of the
5 laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
6 (e-1) Volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit. (1) For
7 taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand seven
8 and before January first, two thousand twenty-five, a resident taxpayer
9 who serves as an active volunteer firefighter as defined in subdivision
10 one of section two hundred fifteen of the general municipal law or as a
11 volunteer ambulance worker as defined in subdivision fourteen of section
12 two hundred nineteen-k of the general municipal law shall be allowed a
13 credit against the tax imposed by this article equal to two hundred
14 dollars. For taxable years beginning on and after January first, two
15 thousand twenty-five, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volun-
16 teer firefighter as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred
17 fifteen of the general municipal law or as a volunteer ambulance worker
18 as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two hundred nineteen-k of
19 the general municipal law shall be allowed a credit against the tax
20 imposed by this article equal to eight hundred dollars. In order to
21 receive this credit a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance work-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 er must have been active for the entire taxable year for which the cred-
2 it is sought.
3 (2) [If] For taxable years beginning before January first, two thou-
4 sand twenty-five, if a taxpayer receives a real property tax exemption
5 relating to such service under title two of article four of the real
6 property tax law, such taxpayer shall not be eligible for this credit;
7 provided, however (A) if the taxpayer receives such real property tax
8 exemption in the two thousand seven taxable year as a result of making
9 application therefor in a prior year or (B) if the taxpayer notifies
10 [his or her] such taxpayer's assessor in writing by December thirty-
11 first, two thousand seven of the taxpayer's intent to discontinue such
12 real property tax exemption by not re-applying for such real property
13 tax exemption by the next taxable status date, such taxpayer shall be
14 eligible for this credit for the two thousand seven taxable year. For
15 taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thousand twenty-
16 five, a taxpayer is eligible for this credit even if they receive a real
17 property tax exemption relating to such service under title two of arti-
18 cle four of the real property tax law.
19 (3) In the case of [a husband and wife] spouses who file a joint
20 return and who both individually qualify for the credit under this
21 subsection for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two
22 thousand seven and before January first, two thousand twenty-five, the
23 amount of the credit allowed shall be four hundred dollars. For taxable
24 years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-five,
25 the amount of the credit shall be sixteen hundred dollars.
26 (4) If the amount of the credit allowed under this subsection for any
27 taxable year shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for such year, the excess
28 shall be treated as an overpayment of tax to be credited or refunded in
29 accordance with the provisions of section six hundred eighty-six of this
30 article, provided, however, that no interest shall be paid thereon.
31 § 2. The opening paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
32 section 466-a of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 670 of
33 the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
34 Such exemption shall not be granted to an enrolled member of an incor-
35 porated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated volun-
36 tary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school
37 district, special district, fire district or county unless:
38 (a) the applicant resides in the city, town [or], village, school
39 district, special district, fire district or county which is served by
40 such incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department or incorpo-
41 rated voluntary ambulance service;
42 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
43 the date on which it shall have become a law.
