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Home/Bills/A 4647New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4647: Exempts school buses and parts, equipment, lubricants and fuel purchased and used in their operation from sales and use tax.

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

What A 4647 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to exempt school buses from sales and use tax. School buses, as defined by the vehicle and traffic law, would be exempt from taxes imposed by the tax law. This exemption would include receipts from the sale of school buses, as well as parts, equipment, lubricants, and fuel purchased and used in their operation. The bill would take effect on the first day of a quarterly sales tax period, next succeeding April 1, 2026.

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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
Feb. 04, 2025referred to ways and means
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 255 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4647 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting school buses from sales and use tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision (mm) to read as follows: 3 (mm) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 4 receipts from the sale of school buses, as such term is defined in 5 section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law and parts, 6 equipment, lubricants and fuel purchased and used in their operation, 7 shall be exempt from taxes imposed by this article. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a quarterly sales 9 tax period, as set forth in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax 10 law, next succeeding April 1, 2026. Effective immediately, the addi- 11 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for 12 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to 13 be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08798-01-5 
Text of A 4647 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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