STATE OF NEW YORK
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5938--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 8, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. ORTT, FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and
Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a credit
against income tax for service dogs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new
2 subsection (ccc) to read as follows:
3 (ccc) Credit for service dogs. (1) For taxable years beginning on or
4 after January first, two thousand eighteen, a taxpayer shall be allowed
5 a credit as hereinafter provided, against the tax imposed by this arti-
6 cle, in an amount equal to the qualified service dog expenditures made
7 by the taxpayer. Provided, however, the credit shall not exceed one
8 thousand dollars.
9 (2) Tax credits allowed pursuant to this subsection shall be allowed
10 in the taxable year in which the expenditures were made.
11 (3) If the amount of the credit allowable under this subsection for
12 any taxable year shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for such year, the
13 excess may be carried over to the following year or years, and may be
14 applied against the taxpayer's tax for such year or years, but shall not
15 exceed one thousand dollars.
16 (4) The term "qualified service dog expenditures" shall mean, for
17 purposes of this subsection, necessary expenses for maintaining a
18 service dog, as defined in subdivision seven of section forty-seven-b of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the civil rights law, including, but not limited to, food, veterinary
2 care, training, boarding, and clothing.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
4 years beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
