Bill Text: NY A08827 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides business franchise, personal income, banking franchise and insurance franchise tax credits for a portion of the wages paid to certain employees who have a developmental disability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - print number 8827a [A08827 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08827-Amended.html
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                                        8827--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 19, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing business  fran-
         chise,  personal income, banking franchise and insurance franchise tax
         credits for a portion of the wages paid to certain employees who  have
         a developmental disability
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 210 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 23-b to read as follows:
    3    23-B.  CREDIT  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL
    4  DISABILITY. (A) ALLOWANCE OF  CREDIT.  A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
    5  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
    6  AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND  EMPLOYING,  FOR
    7  NOT  LESS  THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK,
    8  OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK,  A  QUALI-
    9  FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE.
   10    (B) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN
   11  EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY
   12  INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF.
   13    (C)  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  A  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
   14  RESIDES IN THIS STATE:
   15    (1) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITY  AS  DEFINED  IN
   16  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   17    (2)  WHO  COMMENCES  EMPLOYMENT  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER
   18  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
   19  SAND EIGHTEEN;
   20    (3) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,  THAT
   21  HE  OR  SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS OR THAT HE OR
   22  SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR FIFTEEN OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY  WEEK  IN
   23  THE  NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY THE
   24  QUALIFIED TAXPAYER;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14053-08-4
       A. 8827--A                          2
    1    (4) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE  ANOTHER
    2  EMPLOYEE; AND/OR
    3    (5)  WHO  IS  A  CURRENT  EMPLOYEE  OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR
    4  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION  OR  ENVIRON-
    5  MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR
    6    (6)  WHO  WAS  UNEMPLOYED  FOR  AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY
    7  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
    8    (D)  CERTIFICATION  OF  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    9  PROMULGATE  ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON
   10  IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   11    (E) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  CREDIT  SHALL  BE  FIFTEEN
   12  PERCENT  OF  THE  QUALIFIED  WAGES  PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER
   13  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  QUALI-
   14  FIED  EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME
   15  TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME  EMPLOYEE
   16  WHO  WORKS  AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS
   17  THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF  THE  QUALIFIED
   18  WAGES  PAID  TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   19  FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
   20  EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED
   21  FULL  TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI-
   22  FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR  INCURRED
   23  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY-
   24  EE  WHICH  ARE  ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES
   25  RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   26    (F) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXA-
   27  BLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR  TO  LESS  THAN  THE
   28  AMOUNT  PRESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   29  HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR
   30  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT
   31  NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING
   32  THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S  TAX  FOR
   33  SUCH YEARS.
   34    S  2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
   35  of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause  (xxxvii)  to  read  as
   36  follows:
   37  (XXXVII) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT              QUALIFIED WAGES
   38  OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES                        UNDER SUBDIVISION
   39  UNDER SUBSECTION (A-3)                      TWENTY-THREE-B
   40                                              OF SECTION TWO
   41                                              HUNDRED TEN OR
   42                                              SUBSECTION (E-2)
   43                                              OF SECTION FOURTEEN
   44                                              HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX
   45    S  3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
   46  (a-3) to read as follows:
   47    (A-3) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE  WHO  HAS  A  DEVELOPMENTAL
   48  DISABILITY.  (1)  ALLOWANCE  OF  CREDIT.  A  QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE
   49  ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
   50  AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED BY THE ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR
   51  NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS  EACH  WEEK,
   52  OR  FOR  PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI-
   53  FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE.
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    1    (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHO  IS  AN
    2  EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY
    3  INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF.
    4    (3)  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  A  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
    5  RESIDES IN THIS STATE:
    6    (A) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITY  AS  DEFINED  IN
    7  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
    8    (B)  WHO  COMMENCES  EMPLOYMENT  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER
    9  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
   10  SAND EIGHTEEN;
   11    (C) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,  THAT
   12  HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK
   13  IN  THE  NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY
   14  THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER;
   15    (D) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE  ANOTHER
   16  EMPLOYEE; AND/OR
   17    (E)  WHO  IS  A  CURRENT  EMPLOYEE  OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR
   18  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION  OR  ENVIRON-
   19  MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR
   20    (F)  WHO  WAS  UNEMPLOYED  FOR  AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY
   21  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   22    (4) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  CREDIT  SHALL  BE  FIFTEEN
   23  PERCENT  OF  THE  QUALIFIED  WAGES  PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER
   24  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  QUALI-
   25  FIED  EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME
   26  TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME  EMPLOYEE
   27  WHO  WORKS  AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS
   28  THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF  THE  QUALIFIED
   29  WAGES  PAID  TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   30  FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
   31  EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED
   32  FULL  TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI-
   33  FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR  INCURRED
   34  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY-
   35  EE  WHICH  ARE  ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES
   36  RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   37    (5)  CERTIFICATION  OF  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
   38  PROMULGATE  ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON
   39  IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   40    (6) CARRYOVER. IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
   41  FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR,  ANY
   42  AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER
   43  TO  THE  FOLLOWING  THREE  YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE QUALIFIED
   44  TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS.
   45    S 4. Section 1456 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
   46  (e-2) to read as follows:
   47    (E-2) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE  WHO  HAS  A  DEVELOPMENTAL
   48  DISABILITY.  (1)  ALLOWANCE  OF  CREDIT.  A  QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE
   49  ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
   50  AGAINST  THE  TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR
   51  NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS  EACH  WEEK,
   52  OR  FOR  PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI-
   53  FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE.
   54    (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN
   55  EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY
   56  INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF.
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    1    (3) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE  IS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO
    2  RESIDES IN THIS STATE:
    3    (A)  WHO  IS  DEEMED  TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN
    4  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
    5    (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  ON  OR  AFTER
    6  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
    7  SAND EIGHTEEN;
    8    (C)  WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT
    9  HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK
   10  IN THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER  EMPLOYMENT  BY
   11  THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER;
   12    (D)  WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER
   13  EMPLOYEE; AND/OR
   14    (E) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE  OF  A  SHELTERED  WORKSHOP,  WHICH  FOR
   15  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRONMENT
   16  THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR
   17    (F)  WHO  WAS  UNEMPLOYED  FOR  AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY
   18  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   19    (4) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  CREDIT  SHALL  BE  FIFTEEN
   20  PERCENT  OF  THE  QUALIFIED  WAGES  PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER
   21  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  QUALI-
   22  FIED  EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME
   23  TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME  EMPLOYEE
   24  WHO  WORKS  AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS
   25  THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF  THE  QUALIFIED
   26  WAGES  PAID  TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   27  FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
   28  EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED
   29  FULL  TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI-
   30  FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR  INCURRED
   31  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY-
   32  EE  WHICH  ARE  ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES
   33  RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   34    (5) CERTIFICATION OF  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.    THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
   35  PROMULGATE  ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON
   36  IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   37    (6) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY  TAXA-
   38  BLE  YEAR  SHALL  NOT  REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE
   39  MINIMUM  TAX  FIXED  BY  SUBSECTION  (B)  OF  SECTION  FOURTEEN  HUNDRED
   40  FIFTY-FIVE  OF  THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE
   41  UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE  YEAR  REDUCES  THE  TAX  TO  SUCH
   42  AMOUNT,  ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE
   43  CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE, DEDUCTED FROM THE
   44  QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS.
   45    S 5. Section 1511 of the tax law is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
   46  sion (g-2) to read as follows:
   47    (G-2)  CREDIT  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL
   48  DISABILITY. (1) ALLOWANCE OF  CREDIT.  A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
   49  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
   50  AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND  EMPLOYING,  FOR
   51  NOT  LESS  THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK,
   52  OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK,  A  QUALI-
   53  FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE.
   54    (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN
   55  EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY
   56  INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF.
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    1    (3)  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  A  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
    2  RESIDES IN THIS STATE:
    3    (A)  WHO  IS  DEEMED  TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN
    4  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
    5    (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  ON  OR  AFTER
    6  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
    7  SAND EIGHTEEN;
    8    (C)  WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT
    9  HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK
   10  IN THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER  EMPLOYMENT  BY
   11  THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER;
   12    (D)  WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER
   13  EMPLOYEE; AND/OR
   14    (E) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE  OF  A  SHELTERED  WORKSHOP,  WHICH  FOR
   15  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRON-
   16  MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR
   17    (F) WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST  THREE  MONTHS  PRIOR  TO  JANUARY
   18  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   19    (4)  AMOUNT  OF  CREDIT.  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE CREDIT SHALL BE FIFTEEN
   20  PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES PAID  TO  THE  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE  AFTER
   21  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUALI-
   22  FIED EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL  TIME
   23  TOTALING  AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE
   24  WHO WORKS AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR  NOT  LESS
   25  THAN  SIX  MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED
   26  WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
   27  FIFTEEN.  THE  CREDIT  ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT
   28  EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED
   29  FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY  QUALI-
   30  FIED  PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR INCURRED
   31  BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY-
   32  EE WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH  EMPLOYEE,  TO  SERVICES
   33  RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   34    (5)  CERTIFICATION  OF  QUALIFIED  EMPLOYEE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
   35  PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A  PERSON
   36  IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.
   37    (6) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXA-
   38  BLE  YEAR  SHALL  NOT  REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE
   39  MINIMUM TAX FIXED BY  PARAGRAPH  FOUR  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION
   40  FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT
   41  ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO
   42  SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN  SUCH  TAXABLE  YEAR
   43  MAY  BE  CARRIED  OVER TO THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED
   44  FROM THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS.
   45    S 6. This act shall take effect January 1,  2015;  provided,  however,
   46  that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
   47  rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
   48  effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or
   49  before such effective date.
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