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What is NYC AC § 11-1716?

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This section establishes city exemptions for city resident individuals based on federal income tax exemptions. For taxable years after 1987, residents may receive a city exemption of one thousand dollars per exemption, with specific provisions for married couples filing separately. Applies to city resident individuals seeking tax exemptions.

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§ 11-1716 City exemptions of a city resident individual.

AC § 11-1716

(a)General. For taxable years beginning after nineteen hundred eighty-seven, a city resident individual shall be allowed a city exemption of one thousand dollars for each exemption for which such resident individual is entitled to a deduction for the taxable year under subsection (c) of section one hundred fifty-one of the internal revenue code; and for taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred eighty-seven, a city resident individual other than a taxpayer whose federal exemption amount is zero shall be allowed a city exemption of nine hundred dollars for each exemption for which he is entitled to a deduction for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes.

(b)Husband and wife. If the city income taxes of a husband and wife are required to be separately determined but their federal income tax is determined on a joint return, each of them shall be separately entitled to the city exemptions under subdivision (a) of this section to which each would be separately entitled for the taxable year if their federal income taxes had been determined on separate returns.

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