Bill Text: NY A04097 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts certain senior citizen organizations from paying sales and compensating use taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A04097 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04097-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4097 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain senior citizen organizations from paying sales and compensating use taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1116 of the tax law, as amended 2 by chapter 530 of the laws of 1976, paragraph 4 as amended by chapter 3 407 of the laws of 2019, paragraph 5 as amended by chapter 366 of the 4 laws of 1983, subparagraph (B) of paragraph 5 as amended by chapter 418 5 of the laws of 2004, subparagraph (C) of paragraph 5 as amended by chap- 6 ter 296 of the laws of 2006, paragraph 7 as added by chapter 903 of the 7 laws of 1980, paragraph 8 as added by chapter 888 of the laws of 1983, 8 paragraph 9 as amended by chapter 591 of the laws of 2005, is amended to 9 read as follows: 10 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sale or amuse- 11 ment charge by or to any of the following or any use or occupancy by any 12 of the following shall not be subject to the sales and compensating use 13 taxes imposed under this article: 14 (1) The state of New York, or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, 15 public corporations (including a public corporation created pursuant to 16 agreement or compact with another state or Canada) or political subdivi- 17 sions where it is the purchaser, user or consumer, or where it is a 18 vendor of services or property of a kind not ordinarily sold by private 19 persons[;]. 20 (2) The United States of America, and any of its agencies and instru- 21 mentalities, insofar as it is immune from taxation where it is the 22 purchaser, user or consumer, or where it sells services or property of a 23 kind not ordinarily sold by private persons[;]. 24 (3) The United Nations or any international organization of which the 25 United States of America is a member where it is the purchaser, user or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01350-01-1A. 4097 2 1 consumer, or where it sells services or property of a kind not ordinar- 2 ily sold by private persons[;]. 3 (4) Any corporation, association, trust, or community chest, fund, 4 foundation, or limited liability company, organized and operated exclu- 5 sively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, 6 literary or educational purposes, or to foster national or international 7 amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities 8 involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the 9 prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earn- 10 ings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or indi- 11 vidual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on 12 propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, (except as 13 otherwise provided in subsection (h) of section five hundred one of the 14 United States internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, as 15 amended), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including 16 the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on 17 behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. The 18 provisions of this paragraph regarding political campaign activity shall 19 be interpreted in the same manner as section 501(c)(3) of the United 20 States internal revenue code has been interpreted as of the effective 21 date of [the] chapter four hundred seven of the laws of two thousand 22 nineteen [that amended this paragraph;]. 23 (5) A post or organization of past or present members of the armed 24 forces of the United States, or an auxiliary unit or society of, or a 25 trust or foundation for, any such post or organization: 26 (A) organized in this state, 27 (B) at least seventy-five percent of the members of which are past or 28 present members of the armed forces of the United States as defined in 29 section thirteen-a of the general construction law and substantially all 30 of the other members of which are individuals who are cadets or are 31 spouses, widows, widowers, ancestors, or lineal descendants of past or 32 present members of the armed forces of the United States or of cadets, 33 and 34 (C) no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any 35 private shareholder or individual. 36 (6) The following Indian nations or tribes residing in New York state: 37 Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Poospatuck, Saint Regis Mohawk, Seneca, Shin- 38 necock, Tonawanda and Tuscarora, where it is the purchaser, user or 39 consumer. 40 (7) A not-for-profit corporation operating as a health maintenance 41 organization subject to the provisions of article forty-four of the 42 public health law. 43 (8) Cooperative and foreign corporations doing business in this state 44 pursuant to the rural electric cooperative law. 45 (9) A credit union, as defined in subdivision nine of section two of 46 the banking law, where it is the purchaser, user, or consumer, or where 47 it is a vendor of services or property of a kind not ordinarily sold by 48 private persons. 49 (10) Senior citizen organizations organized pursuant to section 50 501(c)(3) or section 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 51 §501) which limit membership to members age fifty and older, and which 52 are organized for pleasure, social, educational, recreational and/or 53 other non-profit purposes, provided: 54 (A) no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any 55 private shareholder or individual;A. 4097 3 1 (B) no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on 2 propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, (except as 3 otherwise provided in subsection (h) of section five hundred one of the 4 United States internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, as 5 amended), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including 6 the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on 7 behalf of any candidate for public office; and 8 (C) the exemption applies only to purchases that are made by the 9 organization itself and not for purchases by any of its members individ- 10 ually. 11 § 2. Subdivision (g) of section 1116 of the tax law, as amended by 12 chapter 3 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 13 (g) For purposes of [paragraph] paragraphs five and ten of subdivision 14 (a) of this section, duly authorized representatives of any such post or 15 organization, while acting on behalf of such post or organization, shall 16 not be subject to the tax imposed under subdivision (e) of section elev- 17 en hundred five or the unit fee imposed by section eleven hundred four 18 of this article, provided that such representatives provide an exempt 19 organization certificate from such post or organization certifying that 20 such representative is acting on its behalf. 21 § 3. The commissioner of taxation and finance is authorized and 22 directed to develop and place into effect all rules and regulations, and 23 take all other measures necessary, to implement the provisions of this 24 act on or before its effective date, including, but not limited to 25 making all necessary changes to the "Application for an Exempt Organiza- 26 tion Certificate" (Form ST-119.2) and any other forms utilized by tax- 27 exempt entities. 28 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.