S 4454: Relates to creating a tax credit for instructors of a hunting safety course of up to $300.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4454 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to creating a tax credit for instructors of a hunting safety course The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subsection (qqq) to read as follows: 3 (qqq) Hunting safety course instructor tax credit. (1) For taxable 4 years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a 5 resident taxpayer who serves as an active instructor of a hunting safety 6 course approved by the commissioner of environmental conservation shall 7 be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this article equal to 8 three hundred dollars. In order to receive this credit an instructor of 9 a hunting safety course must have been active for the entire taxable 10 year for which the credit is sought. 11 (2) In the case of spouses who file a joint return and who both indi- 12 vidually qualify for the credit under this subsection, the amount of the 13 credit allowed shall be six hundred dollars. 14 (3) If the amount of the credit allowed under this subsection for any 15 taxable year shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for such year, the excess 16 shall be treated as an overpayment of tax to be credited or refunded in 17 accordance with the provisions of section six hundred eighty-six of this 18 article, provided, however, that no interest shall be paid thereon. 19 (4) Any taxpayer claiming this credit must maintain proof of the 20 existence of such class for at least five years from the date the credit 21 was claimed. Failure to produce such proof upon audit or request by the 22 department shall be publishable by a fine equal to the total amount of 23 credit received by the taxpayer pursuant to this subsection. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08944-01-5