Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge

Plain English Breakdown

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Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge

Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge.

What This Bill Does

• Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge.

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Official Summary Text

Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable New York state taxpayers to electronically file income tax returns free of charge
Directs the department of taxation and finance to create and implement an online program which will enable each New York state taxpayer to prepare and electronically file such taxpayer's federal and state income tax returns free of charge.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 11, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT directing the department of taxation and finance  to  create  and
          implement  an  online  program  which  will enable each New York state
          taxpayer to prepare and electronically file  such  taxpayer's  federal
          and state income tax returns free of charge

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The department of taxation and finance  is  authorized  and
     2  directed  to  create  and  implement an online program which will enable
     3  each New York state taxpayer to prepare  and  electronically  file  such
     4  taxpayer's  federal and state income tax returns free of charge, regard-
     5  less of the taxpayer's income level. This program shall be  made  avail-
     6  able  to  all  New  York  state taxpayers on the department's website no
     7  later than one hundred eighty days following the effective date of  this
     8  act.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04820-01-5