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Home/Bills/S 695New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 695: Relates to authorizing small business tax-deferred savings accounts for the purpose of improving facilities of such business and for procurement of machinery or equipment.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What S 695 does, verified January 9, 2026

The bill aims to create a new tax-deferred savings account for small businesses in New York State. This account would allow small businesses to save funds for improving facilities, purchasing equipment, or other business purposes. The account would be maintained by a banking organization and would earn interest. Any withdrawals from the account, excluding interest, would be subject to taxation and an additional 10% tax on withdrawals not used for the intended purposes. The bill would take effect immediately, applying to taxable years starting on or after January 1, 2026.

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Last action: REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 626 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 695 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 authorizing the creation of small business tax-deferred savings accounts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 208 of the tax 2 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 24 to read as follows: 3 (24) any deposit made by a small business as defined in section one 4 hundred thirty-one of the economic development law into a small business 5 tax-deferred savings account maintained by a banking organization as 6 defined in subdivision eleven of section two of the banking law and 7 established for the purposes of improving the facilities of such busi- 8 ness or for procurement of machinery or equipment or any interest earned 9 on any small business tax-deferred savings account. 10 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 208 of the tax law is amended by adding 11 a new paragraph (c-4) to read as follows: 12 (c-4) Entire net income shall include any withdrawal exclusive of 13 interest income made by a small business as defined in section one 14 hundred thirty-one of the economic development law from a small business 15 tax-deferred savings account maintained by a banking organization as 16 defined in subdivision eleven of section two of the banking law and 17 established for the purposes of improving the facilities of such busi- 18 ness or for procurement of machinery or equipment and an additional ten 19 percent of any withdrawals exclusive of interest income from the small 20 business tax-deferred savings account not used for improving the facili- 21 ties of such business or for procurement of machinery or equipment. 22 § 3. Subsection (b) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding 23 a new paragraph 44 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02612-01-5 

 S. 695 2 1 (44) Any withdrawal exclusive of interest income made by a small busi- 2 ness as defined in section one hundred thirty-one of the economic devel- 3 opment law from a small business tax-deferred savings account maintained 4 by a banking organization as defined in subdivision eleven of section 5 two of the banking law and established for the purposes of improving the 6 facilities of such business or for procurement of machinery or equipment 7 and an additional ten percent of any withdrawals exclusive of interest 8 income from the small business tax-deferred savings account not used for 9 improving the facilities of such business or for procurement of machin- 10 ery or equipment. 11 § 4. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding 12 a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 13 (48) Any deposit made by a small business as defined in section one 14 hundred thirty-one of the economic development law into a small business 15 tax-deferred savings account maintained by a banking organization as 16 defined in subdivision eleven of section two of the banking law and 17 established for the purposes of improving the facilities of such busi- 18 ness or for procurement of machinery or equipment or any interest earned 19 on any small business tax-deferred savings account. 20 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 21 years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. 

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