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NY S07875

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Gounardes

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Restricts the existing sales tax exemption for precious metal bullion to purchases or sales made only by central banks, foreign governments, the United Nations, the United States, states, territories, and their agencies, political subdivisions, or public corporations

  • Maintains existing requirements that retailers must be registered under General Business Law and that transactions must be based solely on the metal content value of the bullion

  • Preserves the definition of precious metal bullion as bars, ingots, or coins of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, or iridium not used for industrial, professional, aesthetic, or artistic purposes

  • Retains the $1,000 minimum purchase threshold and price cap requirements (140% for silver coins, 120% for gold coins ¼ oz or less, 115% for other coins and bars/ingots) relative to market value

  • Takes effect on the first day of the quarterly sales tax period following 30 days after enactment

Legislative Description

Requires that sales tax exempt precious metal bullion shall be purchased by a bank, a foreign government, the U.N. or the state, federal or local government.

Last Action

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

2/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance2/10/2026
Budget and Revenue1/7/2026
Finance5/28/2025
Budget and Revenue5/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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