New York Senate Bill S07578 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7578 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 enacting the jury duty mile- age reimbursement tax credit 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 (bbb) to read as follows: 3 (bbb) Jury duty mileage reimbursement tax credit. (1) For taxable 4 years beginning on or after January first, two thousand twenty-four, a 5 resident taxpayer who serves as a juror pursuant to article sixteen of 6 the judiciary law shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by 7 this article equal to their reasonable mileage allowance owed for each 8 mile actually and necessarily traveled by such juror who utilizes their 9 personal vehicle in the fulfillment of their jury duty. The reasonable 10 mileage allowance shall not exceed the standard travel allowance for 11 mileage adopted or prescribed for federal income tax purposes. 12 (2) Any claim for such credit shall be made in a manner prescribed by 13 the commissioner and shall include any supporting documentation as the 14 commissioner deems necessary. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11247-01-3