A 10574: Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child.
What A 10574 does, verified April 25, 2026
The bill aims to provide a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child. This deduction includes adoption agency fees, medical and legal fees, court costs, and other related expenses paid or incurred by a taxpayer during the taxable year. The deduction will apply to all taxable years beginning on or after the first of January in the year it becomes a law. The change will take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-03-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 10574
- What is the current status of A 10574?
- As of April 25, 2026, A 10574 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 13, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 10574 pass?
- Not yet. A 10574 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 10574, and where is it now?
- A 10574 was authored by Asm. Alicia Hyndman with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
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| Mar. 13, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 13, 2026 · 208 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10574 IN ASSEMBLY March 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child 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 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 3 (48) The amount of adoption agency fees and any and all medical and 4 legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses paid or incurred 5 by a taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with the adoption of 6 a child. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 8 taxable years beginning on or after the first of January in the year in 9 which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06276-01-5
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