Bill Text: NY A05002 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation and finance, to promulgate rules and regulations directing employers to annually provide notice to employees who based on income are eligible for the earned income tax credit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to labor [A05002 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05002-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5002
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
         notify certain employees of their eligibility for  the  earned  income
         tax credit
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  202-l  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  202-L.  NOTICE OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT ELIGIBILITY. THE COMMIS-
    4  SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,
    5  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO ANNUALLY
    6  PROVIDE NOTICE, IN SUCH FORM AS THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DETERMINE,  TO
    7  EMPLOYEES,  BASED  ON  THEIR INCOME, WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEDERAL
    8  AND/OR STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS ON  THEIR  FEDERAL  AND/OR  STATE
    9  PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03587-01-1
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