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S 847: Extends the additional one percent sales and compensating use taxes in the county of Wayne.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 8, 2025

What S 847 does, verified August 8, 2025

The bill aims to extend the additional one percent sales tax for Wayne County in New York. The county is authorized to adopt and amend local laws to impose a sales tax rate that is one percent higher than the standard three percent rate. This tax increase will be in effect from December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2025. The tax change will take effect immediately.

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6ChapteredCurrent
Last action: SIGNED CHAP.253 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Recent actions14 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.253
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 04, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 04, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 04, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 9 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 219 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 847 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 extending the additional one percent sales tax for Wayne county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause 34 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of 2 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (34) the county of Wayne is hereby further authorized and empowered to 5 adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such 6 taxes at a rate that is one percent additional to the three percent rate 7 authorized above in this paragraph for such county for the period begin- 8 ning December first, two thousand five, and ending November thirtieth, 9 two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-seven; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02479-01-5 
Text of S 847 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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