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Home/Bills/A 4473New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4473: Relates to the time period in which an application for refund can be made when the refund is based on a clerical error or unlawful entry by allowing a full refund without time limitation.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4473 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to amend the real property tax law to provide refunds or credits for tax payments made due to clerical errors or unlawful entries. An individual can apply for a refund or credit within three years from the date the tax warrant was annexed, regardless of whether the error was intentional or not. The amendment allows tax payments to be refunded or credited even if the error is not considered essential, as defined in the existing law. The changes take effect immediately, allowing individuals to take advantage of the new provisions.

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Last action: referred to real property taxation (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to real property taxation
Feb. 04, 2025referred to real property taxation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 304 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4473 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the time peri- od for refunds attributable to clerical error or an unlawful entry The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 556 of the real 2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 2002, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Pursuant to the provisions of this section, an appropriate tax 5 levying body may refund to any person the amount of any tax paid by [him 6 or her] such person, or portion thereof, as the case may be, or may 7 provide a credit against an outstanding tax (i) where such tax was 8 attributable to a clerical error or an unlawful entry [and application 9 for refund or credit is made within three years from the annexation of 10 the warrant for such tax], or (ii) where such tax was attributable to an 11 error in essential fact, other than an error in essential fact as 12 defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision three of section five hundred 13 fifty of this title, and such application for refund or credit is made 14 within three years from the annexation of the warrant for such tax. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01208-01-5 
Text of A 4473 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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