Bill > A3771

Introduced Session

This bill prohibits tax preparation software companies from charging a fee for the electronic filing of State tax returns. Tax preparation software includes any computer program intended for tax return preparation, such as an off-the-shelf software program loaded onto a taxpayer's computer or an online tax preparation application. A violation of the bill's provisions is punishable by a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for any subsequent offense, which may be collected and enforced by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999." This bill applies to taxable years beginning or after January 1, 2022. This bill is modeled after legislation enacted in New York in 2010.

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Roy Freiman (D)*,  Annette Quijano (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee (on 02/22/2024)

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