Filing status

Roughly AGI minus deductions

All children together

Matters where the cap is per child

Which plan
More options

County or city tax on the state base (MD, NYC)

Joint return: who contributes
Account owner aged 70 or more

New York tax saved on this contribution

$324

5.4 % of what you put in comes back on your 2025 return.

Subtracted from state income$6,000
Your state marginal rate5.40 %
Cap that applies this year$10,000
Back per $1,000 contributed$54

New York: Subtraction for contributions made as account owner to New York's 529 College Savings Program, up to $5,000 ($10,000 married filing jointly) per year (IT-201 line 30). Read on 2026-10-19. No federal deduction exists for 529 contributions.

How this is computed
Same $6,000 in New York at other incomes (joint)
Taxable incomeMarginal rateTax saved
$50,0005.40 %$324
$100,0005.40 %$324
$200,0005.90 %$354
$400,0006.85 %$411

529 State Tax · 2026 state rules read on official sites · not tax advice