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A 829: Excludes unemployment compensation from being included in the computation of state income tax.
What A 829 does, verified January 11, 2026
The bill aims to exclude unemployment compensation benefits from state income tax. It proposes to amend the tax law to add a new paragraph to subsection (c) of section 612, which will specify that for each taxable year starting from January 1, 2025, the amount of any unemployment compensation received by a taxpayer should not be included in state income tax. This change will take effect immediately.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 163 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 829 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES, SIMON, CUNNING- HAM, MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding unemployment compensation benefits from state income tax 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) For each taxable year beginning on and after January first, two 4 thousand twenty-five, the amount of any unemployment compensation 5 received by a taxpayer. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02078-01-5
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