Bill Text: NY A02732 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Exempts any purchase made by a civic association used or intended to be used in such civic association's course of business from sales and compensating use tax.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - referred to ways and means [A02732 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A02732-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2732

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Ways and Means

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting purchases made  by
          civic associations from sales and compensating use tax

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
     3    (47)  Any  purchase  made  by  a  civic  association  which is used or
     4  intended to be used in such civic association's course of business.  For
     5  purposes  of this paragraph, "civic association" means a voluntary group
     6  of community members who  work  together  to  address  common  concerns,
     7  improve  their  neighborhood,  and enhance the quality of life for resi-
     8  dents by engaging in activities such as but not  limited  to  advocating
     9  for  local  issues,  organizing community events, and collaborating with
    10  government officials.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first  day  of  the  sales  tax
    12  quarterly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the
    13  tax  law,  next  commencing  at  least 90 days after this act shall have
    14  become a law and shall apply in accordance with the  applicable  transi-
    15  tional provisions of sections 1106 and 1217 of the tax law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04207-01-5
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