S 4139: Relates to increasing the tax on alcohol; provides that one hundred percent of the taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by the commissioner shall be allocated to the general fund.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4139 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the tax on alco- hol The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 2 of section 424 of the tax law, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) as 3 amended by section 1 of part X-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, 4 paragraph (e) as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the 5 laws of 2020 and paragraph (f) as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 6 1993, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: 7 (a) [Fourteen cents] Twenty-four cents per gallon upon beers; 8 (b) [Thirty cents] Fifty-one cents per gallon upon still wines, except 9 cider containing more than three and two-tenths per centum of alcohol by 10 volume, upon which the tax shall be [three and seventy-nine] four 11 hundredths cents per gallon; 12 (c) [Thirty cents] Fifty-one cents per gallon upon artificially carbo- 13 nated sparkling wines, except artificially carbonated sparkling cider 14 containing more than three and two-tenths per centum of alcohol by 15 volume, upon which the tax shall be [three and seventy-nine] four 16 hundredths cents per gallon; 17 (d) [Thirty cents] Fifty-one cents per gallon upon natural sparkling 18 wines, except natural sparkling cider containing more than three and 19 two-tenths per centum of alcohol by volume, upon which the tax shall be 20 [three and seventy-nine] four hundredths cents per gallon; 21 (e) [Sixty-seven] One dollar and twenty-three cents per liter upon 22 liquors containing not more than twenty-four per centum of alcohol by 23 volume except liquors containing not more than two per centum of alcohol 24 by volume, upon which the tax shall be [zero] two cents per liter; [and] EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07707-01-5 
 S. 4139 2 1 (f) [One dollar] Two dollars and [seventy] twenty-six cents per liter 2 upon all other liquors; when sold or used within this state, except when 3 sold or used under such circumstances that this state is without power 4 to impose such tax or when sold to the United States and except beers 5 when sold to or by a voluntary unincorporated organization of the armed 6 forces of the United States operating a place for the sale of goods 7 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the appropriate executive agency 8 of the United States, to the extent provided in such regulations, direc- 9 tives and policy statements of such an agency applicable to such sales, 10 and except when sold to professional foreign consuls-general, consuls 11 and vice-consuls who are nationals of the state appointing them and who 12 are assigned to foreign consulates in this state, provided that American 13 consular officers of equal rank who are citizens of the United States 14 and who exercise their official functions at American consulates in such 15 foreign country are granted reciprocal exemptions; provided, however, 16 that the commissioner may permit the sale of alcohol without tax to a 17 holder of any industrial alcohol permit, alcohol permit or alcohol 18 distributor's permit, issued by the state liquor authority, and by the 19 holder of an alcohol distributor's permit, class A, issued by such 20 authority to a holder of a distiller's license, class B, or a winery 21 license, issued by such authority and may also permit the use of alcohol 22 for any purpose other than the production of alcoholic beverages by such 23 holders without tax; provided also that the commissioner may permit the 24 sale of cider without tax by a holder of a cider producer's license 25 issued by the state liquor authority to a holder of a cider producer's 26 license or a cider wholesaler's license issued by such authority[.]; and 27 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, one hundred 28 percent of taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by 29 the commissioner under paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subdivision 30 shall be allocated to the general fund. 31 § 2. Section 424 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision 32 7 to read as follows: 33 7. The tax imposed by subdivision one of this section shall be 34 adjusted effective July first of each year by applying to such tax an 35 upward or downward adjustment, as the case may be, using as the factor 36 for such adjustment the percentage amount by which the all items consum- 37 er price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) as prepared by the United 38 States department of labor for the first calendar quarter of such year 39 exceeds or is less than such index for the first calendar quarter of the 40 proceeding year. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations specify- 41 ing the methodology to be used to determine the goods and inventory to 42 which the increase shall apply effective each July first, except that, 43 for an increase in the tax pursuant to this subdivision, such regu- 44 lations shall apply only if such increase is greater than ten percent. 45 § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027. Effective immediately, 46 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 47 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 48 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.