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New York tax would seize Jan. 6 compensation payments
The bill covers payouts from federal programs, settlements, reimbursements and pardon-related initiatives tied to Jan. 6 claims. Revenue would flow to a public harm mitigation fund.
A New York bill would impose a separate 100% state tax on certain Jan. 6-related compensation payments. It would apply to resident individuals, estates and trusts and leave no room for deductions, exemptions or credits.
- The tax would be 100% of the gross payment.
- It would hit resident individuals, estates and trusts.
- No deductions, exemptions or credits could reduce it.
- Revenue would go to a new public harm mitigation fund.
- New York would levy a separate state tax on certain Jan
New York would levy a separate state tax on certain Jan. 6-related compensation payments at the full gross amount, leaving covered recipients with no after-tax value from the payout. The proposal adds a new section 603-a to the state tax law and applies to covered compensation payments received during a taxable year by resident individuals, estates or trusts.
The assessment would come on top of any other tax already owed under the same article.
Where the tax reaches
The measure casts a wide net. Covered payments include money from federal programs, settlement funds, reimbursement programs, pardon-related compensation initiatives and similar federally funded mechanisms. The claims must be tied to investigation, prosecution, incarceration, pardon, commutation or alleged political targeting connected to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol events.
That means the bill is aimed at the compensation itself, not just one kind of legal payout. If the money fits those categories, it would be swept into the new assessment.
No offsets, no haircut
The assessment is set at 100% of the gross amount of each covered payment, so the state would take the entire value before any ordinary tax relief can reduce it. The bill says the tax cannot be lowered by any deduction, exemption or credit otherwise allowed under law.
That makes the proposal different from a typical income tax change. Rather than taxing net income or allowing offsets, it creates a separate charge that tracks the full payment amount.
A new fund on the other side
Revenue from the new tax would go into a public harm mitigation fund created in state finance law. The fund would be held in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.
The policy signal is plain: New York would turn certain federal compensation tied to Jan. 6 claims into a state revenue source, rather than letting those payments pass through untouched to residents, estates or trusts.