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Assembly Bill A5849B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

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2025-A5849 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2607
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6951
2013-2014: S3402
2015-2016: S2496
2017-2018: A10569, S3059
2019-2020: A1781, S3098
2021-2022: A6359, S377
2023-2024: A4614, S1809

2025-A5849 - Summary

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.

2025-A5849 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5849
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting  certain  veterans
   service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as follows:
   (1-A) BEER, WINE AND SODA PURCHASED OR SOLD BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
 IZATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERANS SERVICE
 ORGANIZATIONS"  SHALL  MEAN  VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS CHARTERED BY
 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 38 USC 5902.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06941-02-5

2025-A5849A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2607
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6951
2013-2014: S3402
2015-2016: S2496
2017-2018: A10569, S3059
2019-2020: A1781, S3098
2021-2022: A6359, S377
2023-2024: A4614, S1809

2025-A5849A - Summary

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.

2025-A5849A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5849--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain veterans
   service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as follows:
   (1-A) BEER, WINE AND SODA PURCHASED OR SOLD BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
 IZATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERANS SERVICE
 ORGANIZATIONS" SHALL MEAN VETERANS SERVICE  ORGANIZATIONS  CHARTERED  BY
 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 38 USC 5902.
   § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06941-03-5

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2025-A5849B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2607
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6951
2013-2014: S3402
2015-2016: S2496
2017-2018: A10569, S3059
2019-2020: A1781, S3098
2021-2022: A6359, S377
2023-2024: A4614, S1809

2025-A5849B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.

2025-A5849B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5849--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   recommitted to the Committee on Ways  and  Means  in  accordance  with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain veterans
   service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as follows:
   (1-A) BEER, WINE AND SODA PURCHASED OR SOLD BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
 IZATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERANS SERVICE
 ORGANIZATIONS" SHALL MEAN VETERANS SERVICE  ORGANIZATIONS  CHARTERED  BY
 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 38 USC 5902.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06941-04-6

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