STATE OF NEW YORK
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625
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the timing of annual tax
elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 861 of the tax law, as amended by
2 section 2 of subpart C of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (c) [The] For taxable years beginning before January first, two thou-
5 sand twenty-five, the annual election must be made on or before the due
6 date of the first estimated payment under section eight hundred sixty-
7 four of this article and will take effect for the current taxable year,
8 and for taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thousand
9 twenty-five, such election must be made by September fifteenth of the
10 taxable year for which such election is being made. Only one election
11 may be made during each calendar year. An election made under this
12 section is irrevocable after the due date.
13 § 2. Subsection (b) of section 864 of the tax law, as added by section
14 1 of part C of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, paragraph 3 as amended by
15 chapter 555 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
16 (b) General. The estimated tax shall be paid as follows for an elect-
17 ing partnership and an electing S corporation:
18 (1) The estimated tax shall be paid in four [equal] installments on
19 March fifteenth, June fifteenth, September fifteenth and December
20 fifteenth in the calendar year prior to the year in which the due date
21 of the return required by this article falls.
22 (2) Amount of required installment. (A) The amount of any required
23 installment shall be twenty-five percent of the required annual payment.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (B) In the case of any required installment, if the electing partner-
2 ship or the electing S corporation establishes that the annualized
3 income installment determined under subparagraph (B) of paragraph four
4 of subsection (c) of section six hundred eighty-five of this chapter is
5 less than the amount determined under subparagraph (A) of this para-
6 graph, the annualized income installment shall be the required install-
7 ment. Any reduction in a required installment resulting from the appli-
8 cation of this subparagraph shall be recaptured by increasing the amount
9 of the next required installment determined under this paragraph by the
10 amount of such reduction, and by increasing successive required install-
11 ments as necessary to effect full recapture.
12 (3) [Notwithstanding paragraph four of subsection (c) of section six
13 hundred eighty-five of this chapter, the] The required annual payment is
14 the lesser of: (A) ninety percent of the tax shown on the return for the
15 taxable year; or (B) one hundred percent of the tax shown on the return
16 of the electing partnership or electing S corporation for the preceding
17 taxable year.
18 (4) Without regard to paragraphs one and two of this subsection, if an
19 election is made on or after March fifteenth and before June fifteenth
20 of the taxable year for which such election is made, the electing part-
21 nership or electing S corporation is required to make an estimated tax
22 payment with such election in an amount equal to the first required
23 installment and if an election is made on or after June fifteenth and
24 before September fifteenth of the taxable year for which such election
25 is made, the electing partnership or electing S corporation is required
26 to make an estimated tax payment with such election in an amount equal
27 to the sum of the first and second required installments.
28 § 3. Subsection (c) of section 868 of the tax law, as amended by
29 section 7 of subpart C of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023, is
30 amended to read as follows:
31 (c) [The annual election to be taxed pursuant to this article must be
32 made on or before the due date of the first estimated payment under
33 section eight hundred sixty-four of this chapter and will take effect
34 for the current taxable year.] Only one election to be taxed pursuant to
35 this article may be made during each calendar year. An election made
36 under this section is irrevocable after such due date. To the extent an
37 election made under section eight hundred sixty-one of this chapter is
38 revoked or otherwise invalidated an election made under this section is
39 automatically invalidated.
40 § 4. Subsection (b) of section 871 of the tax law, as added by section
41 1 of subpart B of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2022, paragraph 3
42 as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
43 follows:
44 (b) General. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the
45 estimated tax shall be paid as follows for an electing city partnership
46 and an electing city resident S corporation:
47 (1) The estimated tax shall be paid in four [equal] installments on
48 March fifteenth, June fifteenth, September fifteenth and December
49 fifteenth in the calendar year prior to the year in which the due date
50 of the return required by this article falls.
51 (2) Amount of required installment. (A) The amount of any required
52 installment shall be twenty-five percent of the required annual payment.
53 (B) In the case of any required installment, if the electing city
54 partnership or the electing city resident S corporation establishes that
55 the annualized income installment determined under subparagraph (B) of
56 paragraph four of subsection (c) of section six hundred eighty-five of
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1 this chapter is less than the amount determined under subparagraph (A)
2 of this paragraph, the annualized income installment shall be the
3 required installment. Any reduction in a required installment resulting
4 from the application of this subparagraph shall be recaptured by
5 increasing the amount of the next required installment determined under
6 this paragraph by the amount of such reduction, and by increasing
7 successive required installments as necessary to effect full recapture.
8 (3) [Without regard to paragraph four of subsection (c) of section six
9 hundred eighty-five of this chapter, the] The required annual payment is
10 the lesser of: (A) ninety percent of the tax shown on the return for the
11 taxable year; or (B) one hundred percent of the tax shown on the return
12 of the electing city partnership or electing city resident S corporation
13 for the preceding taxable year.
14 (4) Without regard to paragraphs one and two of this subsection, if an
15 election is made on or after March fifteenth and before June fifteenth
16 of the taxable year for which such election is made, the electing part-
17 nership or electing S corporation is required to make an estimated tax
18 payment with such election in an amount equal to the first required
19 installment, and if an election is made on or after June fifteenth and
20 before September fifteenth of the taxable year for which such election
21 is made, the electing partnership or electing S corporation is required
22 to make an estimated tax payment with such election in an amount equal
23 to the sum of the first and second required installments.
24 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
25 years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
