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A 8953: Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.
What A 8953 does, verified March 31, 2026
The "Fair Share Act" would impose a 2% additional tax on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates, and trusts with income exceeding $1 million. This tax would be implemented in cities starting from the 2027 tax year. Local governments would need to enact the tax law by July 31st of each year for it to take effect. The tax would be administered, collected, and distributed by the state in the same manner as other taxes. The tax would be effective immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8953
- What is the current status of A 8953?
- As of March 31, 2026, A 8953 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 8953 pass?
- Not yet. A 8953 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8953, and where is it now?
- A 8953 was authored by Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Jul. 16, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, July 16, 2025 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8953 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY July 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting the "fair share act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "fair share act". 3 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1304-e to read as 4 follows: 5 § 1304-e. Fair share tax. (a) In addition to any other taxes author- 6 ized by this article, any city imposing such taxes is hereby authorized 7 and empowered to adopt and amend local laws imposing in any such city 8 for each taxable year beginning after two thousand twenty-six, an addi- 9 tional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of every 10 city resident, estate and trust reporting any return in excess of one 11 million dollars. 12 (b) A local law enacted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 13 shall be applicable with respect to any taxable year only if it has been 14 enacted on or before July thirty-first of such year. A certified copy of 15 such local law shall be mailed by registered mail to the department at 16 its office in Albany within fifteen days of its enactment. However, the 17 department may allow additional time for such certified copy to be 18 mailed if it deems such action to be consistent with its duties under 19 this article. 20 (c) The additional tax imposed pursuant to the authority of this 21 section shall be administered, collected and distributed by the commis- 22 sioner in the same manner as the other taxes imposed pursuant to the 23 authority of this article. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13475-01-5
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