STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6838 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 increasing the applicable percentage of the child tax credit allowed in the empire state child tax credit to forty-five percent The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c-1) of section 606 of the tax 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) A resident taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein 5 equal to the greater of one hundred dollars times the number of qualify- 6 ing children of the taxpayer or the applicable percentage of the child 7 tax credit allowed the taxpayer under section twenty-four of the inter- 8 nal revenue code for the same taxable year for each qualifying child. 9 Provided, however, in the case of a taxpayer whose federal adjusted 10 gross income exceeds the applicable threshold amount set forth by 11 section 24(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the credit shall only be 12 equal to the applicable percentage of the child tax credit allowed the 13 taxpayer under section [24] twenty-four of the Internal Revenue Code for 14 each qualifying child. For the purposes of this subsection, a qualifying 15 child shall be a child who meets the definition of qualified child under 16 section 24(c) of the internal revenue code. The applicable percentage 17 shall be [thirty-three] forty-five percent. For purposes of this 18 subsection, any reference to section [24] twenty-four of the Internal 19 Revenue Code shall be a reference to such section as it existed imme- 20 diately prior to the enactment of Public Law 115-97. 21 § 2. Subsection (c-1) of section 606 of the tax law is amended by 22 adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows: 23 (6) For taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thou- 24 sand twenty-five, an empire state child credit pursuant to this EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05755-01-5
S. 6838 2 1 subsection may, at the election of the taxpayer in a form and manner to 2 be prescribed by the commissioner, be paid to the taxpayer as follows: 3 (i) for amounts equal to or less than two hundred dollars, the payment 4 or refund shall be made in a lump sum; (ii) for amounts in excess of two 5 hundred dollars and less than two thousand four hundred dollars, the 6 payment or refund shall equal three quarterly checks each equal to twen- 7 ty-five percent of the taxpayer's anticipated credit amount, and the 8 remaining balance of such payment or refund shall be included in any 9 final refund owed to the taxpayer following the completion of the 10 taxpayer's tax return; and (iii) for amounts equal to or greater than 11 two thousand four hundred dollars, the payment or refund shall be paid 12 in equal monthly payments equal to the total amount thereof divided by 13 twelve. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 15 years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.