A 4672: Increases the excess real property tax credit for certain qualified taxpayers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4672 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, BURDICK, STERN, OTIS, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to improving the real property tax relief credit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (E) of paragraph 1, paragraph 2, subparagraphs 2 (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph 3, paragraph 4 and subparagraph (A) of 3 paragraph 6 of subsection (e-2) of section 606 of the tax law, as added 4 by section 1 of part III of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, are amended 5 to read as follows: 6 (E) "Excess real property tax" means the excess of qualifying real 7 property taxes over [six] five percent of qualified gross income. 8 (2) For tax years beginning on or after [January first, two thousand 9 twenty-one and before] January first, two thousand [twenty-four] twen- 10 ty-six, a qualified taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided in 11 paragraph three of this subsection against the taxes imposed by this 12 article. If the credit exceeds the tax for such year under this article, 13 the excess shall be treated as an overpayment, to be credited or 14 refunded, without interest. 15 (A) For qualified taxpayers whose qualified gross income is seventy- 16 five thousand dollars or less, the applicable percentage shall be [four- 17 teen] twenty percent. 18 (B) For qualified taxpayers whose qualified gross income is greater 19 than seventy-five thousand dollars but less than or equal to one hundred 20 fifty thousand dollars, the applicable percentage shall be the differ- 21 ence between (i) [fourteen] twenty percent and (ii) five percent multi- 22 plied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference between 23 the qualified taxpayer's qualified gross income as defined by this 24 subsection and seventy-five thousand dollars, and the denominator of 25 which is seventy-five thousand dollars. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07844-01-5 
 A. 4672 2 1 (C) For qualified taxpayers whose qualified gross income is greater 2 than one hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than or equal to [two] 3 three hundred fifty thousand dollars, the applicable percentage shall be 4 the difference between (i) [nine] fifteen percent and (ii) six percent 5 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference 6 between the qualified taxpayer's qualified gross income and one hundred 7 fifty thousand dollars, and the denominator of which is [one] two 8 hundred thousand dollars. 9 (4) [No credit shall be allowed under this subsection if the amount 10 determined pursuant to paragraph three is less than two hundred fifty 11 dollars, provided further that if] If the amount determined pursuant to 12 paragraph three is in excess of [three] fifteen hundred [fifty] dollars 13 the taxpayer shall be allowed a credit of [three] fifteen hundred 14 [fifty] dollars. 15 (A) To a property owner if qualified gross income for the taxable year 16 exceeds [two] three hundred fifty thousand dollars. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 18 years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.