Bill Text: NY A02719 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for a portion of the consideration paid under a contract with a minority or women-owned business.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A02719 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02719-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2719

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Ways and Means

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing business  fran-
          chise  and  personal  income  tax credits for certain businesses which
          contract with the state or political subdivisions thereof and in unre-
          lated contracts, also with minority and  women-owned  business  enter-
          prises

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 28 to read as follows:
     3    28. Minority and women-owned business employment incentive credit. (a)
     4  General.  A  taxpayer  shall  be  allowed  a  credit,  to be computed as
     5  provided in this subdivision, against the tax imposed  by  this  article
     6  for  a certain portion of the consideration paid to a minority or women-
     7  owned business enterprise pursuant to a contract for  the  provision  of
     8  goods  or services. The credit provided for in this subdivision shall be
     9  allowed with respect to the tax year in which the consideration is  paid
    10  to the minority or women-owned business enterprise.
    11    (b)  Definitions.  For the purposes of this subdivision, the following
    12  terms shall mean:
    13    (i) "Government agency" means a state agency or a state  authority  as
    14  defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred ten of the execu-
    15  tive  law,  or  a political subdivision as defined in subdivision one of
    16  section one hundred of the general municipal law.
    17    (ii) "Minority or women-owned business enterprise" means  a  minority-
    18  owned  business  enterprise  as  defined in subdivision seven of section
    19  three hundred ten of the executive law or a women-owned business  enter-
    20  prise  as defined in subdivision fifteen of section three hundred ten of
    21  the executive law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01872-01-3

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     1    (c) Computation. The credit authorized by this  subdivision  shall  be
     2  equal to one-third of all expenditures paid by the taxpayer to a minori-
     3  ty  or  women-owned  business  enterprise pursuant to a contract for the
     4  provision of goods and services during the tax year, provided that  such
     5  contract  was  not subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of the
     6  executive law or any other provision of law mandating contracts  with  a
     7  minority  or women-owned business, and the taxpayer is not a minority or
     8  women-owned business enterprise.  Furthermore, the amount of such credit
     9  shall not exceed the lesser of fifteen thousand dollars or five  percent
    10  of  all  consideration paid to the taxpayer during the tax year pursuant
    11  to contracts with government agencies for  the  provision  of  goods  or
    12  services.  For companies with no contracts with government agencies, the
    13  amount of the credit shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.
    14    (d)  Carryover. In no event shall the credit authorized by this subdi-
    15  vision be allowed in an amount which shall reduce  the  tax  payable  to
    16  less than the fixed dollar minimum amount prescribed in paragraph (d) of
    17  subdivision  one  of  section two hundred ten of this article. Provided,
    18  however, that if the amount of credit allowed under this subdivision for
    19  any taxable year reduces the tax to  such  amount  or  if  the  taxpayer
    20  otherwise  pays tax based on the fixed dollar minimum amount, any amount
    21  of credit not deductible in such taxable year may be carried over to the
    22  following year or years and may be deducted from the taxpayer's tax  for
    23  such year or years.
    24    (e) The aggregate amount of tax credits allowed under this subdivision
    25  and  subsection  (ooo) of section six hundred six of this chapter in any
    26  calendar year statewide shall be five million dollars.   Such  aggregate
    27  amount of credits shall be allocated pursuant to  rules and  regulations
    28  promulgated by the commissioner.
    29    §  2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
    30  of the tax law is amended by adding  a  new  clause  (xlx)  to  read  as
    31  follows:
    32  (xlx) Minority and                   Amount of credit
    33  women-owned business                 under subdivision
    34  employment incentive                 twenty-eight of
    35  credit under                         section two
    36  subsection (ooo)                     hundred ten-B
    37    §  3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
    38  (ooo) to read as follows:
    39    (ooo) Minority and women-owned business employment  incentive  credit.
    40  (1)  General.  A  taxpayer  shall  be allowed a credit to be computed as
    41  provided in this subsection, against the tax imposed by this article for
    42  a certain portion of the consideration paid to a minority or women-owned
    43  business enterprise pursuant to a contract for the provision of goods or
    44  services.  The credit provided for in this subsection shall  be  allowed
    45  with  respect  to the tax year in which the consideration is paid to the
    46  minority or women-owned business enterprise.
    47    (2) Definitions. For the purposes of this  subsection,  the  following
    48  terms shall mean:
    49    (i)  "Government  agency" means a state agency or a state authority as
    50  defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred ten of the execu-
    51  tive law, or a political subdivision as defined in  subdivision  one  of
    52  section one hundred of the general municipal law.
    53    (ii)  "Minority  or women-owned business enterprise" means a minority-
    54  owned business enterprise as defined in  subdivision  seven  of  section
    55  three  hundred ten of the executive law or a women-owned business enter-

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     1  prise as defined in subdivision fifteen of section three hundred ten  of
     2  the executive law.
     3    (3)  Computation.  The  credit  authorized by this subsection shall be
     4  equal to one-third of all expenditures paid by the taxpayer to a minori-
     5  ty or women-owned business enterprise pursuant to  a  contract  for  the
     6  provision  of goods and services during the tax year, provided that such
     7  contract was not subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A  of  the
     8  executive  law  or any other provision of law mandating contracts with a
     9  minority or women-owned business, and the taxpayer is not a minority  or
    10  women-owned business enterprise.  Furthermore, the amount of such credit
    11  shall  not exceed the lesser of fifteen thousand dollars or five percent
    12  of all consideration paid to the taxpayer during the tax  year  pursuant
    13  to  contracts  with  government  agencies  for the provision of goods or
    14  services.  For companies with no contracts with government agencies, the
    15  amount of the credit shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.
    16    (4) Carryover. If the amount of credit provided by this subsection for
    17  any taxable year exceeds the taxpayer's tax for such  year,  the  excess
    18  may  be carried over to the following year or years, and may be deducted
    19  from the taxpayer's tax for such year or years.
    20    (5) The aggregate amount of tax credits allowed under this  subsection
    21  and  subdivision twenty-eight of section two hundred ten-B of this chap-
    22  ter in any calendar year statewide shall be five million  dollars.  Such
    23  aggregate  amount  of  credits shall be allocated pursuant to rules  and
    24  regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
    25    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    26  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to tax
    27  years commencing on or after such date.
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