S 8631: Provides that certain deductions allowable under the internal revenue code related to certain types of property and domestic research or experimental expenditures shall be added to federal adjusted gross income.
The bill aims to simplify the treatment of certain deductions under the Internal Revenue Code in calculating federal adjusted gross income. It applies this simplification to qualified production property, foreign and domestic research or experimental expenditures, and section 179 property, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. The bill removes the requirement for taxpayers to make an election for certain deductions, allowing them to be treated as if the election had not been made. Additionally, the bill ensures that taxpayers can claim deductions for qualified production property, foreign and domestic research or experimental expenditures, and section 179 property as if the election had not been made, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. These changes are intended to make the tax code more straightforward and easier to navigate for taxpayers.…
- What is the current status of S 8631?
- As of February 21, 2026, S 8631 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on February 10, 2026, was "PRINT NUMBER 8631A".
- Did S 8631 pass?
- Not yet. S 8631 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8631, and where is it now?
- S 8631 was authored by Sen. Andrew Gounardes. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
| Feb. 10, 2026 | PRINT NUMBER 8631A |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BUDGET AND REVENUE |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE |
| Dec. 22, 2025 | REFERRED TO RULES |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8631 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE December 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the treatment of certain deductions allowable under the internal revenue code in calculating federal adjusted gross income The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding three new paragraphs 44, 45 and 46 to read as follows: 3 (44) For taxable years beginning after December thirty-first, two 4 thousand twenty-four, in the case of qualified production property 5 described in paragraph two of subsection (n) of section one hundred 6 sixty-eight of the internal revenue code, with respect to such property 7 the amount of the depreciation deduction allowable under section one 8 hundred sixty-seven of the internal revenue code as such section was in 9 effect for taxable years beginning before January first, two thousand 10 twenty-five. 11 (45) For taxable years beginning after December thirty-first, two 12 thousand twenty-four, in the case of domestic research or experimental 13 expenditures described in subsection (b) of section one hundred seven- 14 ty-four-A of the internal revenue code, with respect to such expenditure 15 the amount of the deduction allowable for foreign research or exper- 16 imental expenditures under section one hundred seventy-four of the 17 internal revenue code. 18 (46) For taxable years beginning after December thirty-first, two 19 thousand twenty-four, in the case of section 179 property described in 20 subsection (d) of section one hundred seventy-nine of the internal 21 revenue code, with respect to such property the amount of the deduction 22 allowable under section one hundred seventy-nine of the internal revenue 23 code as such section was in effect for taxable years beginning before 24 January first, two thousand twenty-five. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14215-01-5