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