S 10282 NY
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
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Summary
This bill directs the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to create and implement an online program enabling taxpayers to prepare and electronically file both federal and state income tax returns free of charge. The program must be made available to all New York state taxpayers regardless of income level. The program must be available on the department's website no later than 180 days after the bill takes effect. The bill takes effect immediately.
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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.
Sponsor (1)
- James Skoufis Democratic · primary
Action history (2)
- May 11, 2026 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
- May 18, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
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  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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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10282
IN SENATE
May 11, 2026 ___________
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
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