Bill Text: NY A05036 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the income eligibility levels for the real property tax circuit breaker credit for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2014 to $25,000; increases the maximum credit available from a credit of one hundred fifty dollars for the highest income bracket to six hundred fifty dollars for the lowest income bracket.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A05036 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5036
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  increasing  the  personal
         income tax real property tax circuit breaker credit
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Paragraph 2 and the paragraph heading of  paragraph  3  of
    2  subsection  (e)  of section 606 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 28
    3  of the laws of 1987, are amended to read as follows:
    4    (2) A qualified taxpayer shall be allowed  a  credit  as  provided  in
    5  paragraph three hereof FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,
    6  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  AND IN PARAGRAPH THREE-A OF THIS SUBSECTION FOR
    7  TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN
    8  against the taxes imposed by this article reduced by the credits permit-
    9  ted by this article. If the credit exceeds the tax  as  so  reduced  for
   10  such year under this article the qualified taxpayer may receive, and the
   11  comptroller,  subject  to  a  certificate  of the [state tax commission]
   12  COMMISSIONER, shall pay as an overpayment, without interest, any  excess
   13  between such tax as so reduced and the amount of the credit. If a quali-
   14  fied  taxpayer  is not required to file a return pursuant to section six
   15  hundred fifty-one OF THIS ARTICLE, a qualified taxpayer may nevertheless
   16  receive and the comptroller, subject to a certificate of the [state  tax
   17  commission] COMMISSIONER, shall pay as an overpayment the full amount of
   18  the credit, without interest.
   19    Determination  of  credit  FOR  TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING BEFORE JANUARY
   20  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
   21    S 2. Subsection (e) of section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding
   22  a new paragraph 3-a to read as follows:
   23    (3-A) DETERMINATION OF CREDIT FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR  AFTER
   24  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.  (A) FOR QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS WHO
   25  HAVE ATTAINED  THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE  BEGINNING  OF  OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08843-01-3
       A. 5036                             2
    1  DURING  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS
    2  SUBSECTION SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT, OR IN THE CASE OF A QUALIFIED TAXPAY-
    3  ER WHO HAS ELECTED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT PURSUANT TO  SUBPARA-
    4  GRAPH  (E)  OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBSECTION, TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, OF
    5  THE EXCESS OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES OR THE EXCESS  OF  REAL  PROPERTY  TAX
    6  EQUIVALENT DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
    7                                    EXCESS REAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE
    8                                    EXCESS OF REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT
    9                                    OR THE EXCESS OF QUALIFYING REAL
   10     IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME      PROPERTY TAXES OVER THE FOLLOWING
   11     FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR IS:       BASE AMOUNT:
   12     $5,000 OR LESS                                  $  0
   13     OVER $5,000 BUT NOT OVER $9,000                 $100
   14     OVER $9,000 BUT NOT OVER $13,000                $270
   15     OVER $13,000 BUT NOT OVER $17,000               $520
   16     OVER $17,000 BUT NOT OVER $21,000               $850
   17     OVER $21,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000              $1260
   18    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING  PROVISIONS, THE MAXIMUM CREDIT DETER-
   19  MINED UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH MAY NOT EXCEED THE  AMOUNT  DETERMINED  IN
   20  ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
   21     IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
   22     FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR IS:               THE MAXIMUM CREDIT IS:
   23     $5,000 OR LESS                                 $650
   24     OVER $5,000 BUT NOT OVER $9,000                $550
   25     OVER $9,000 BUT NOT OVER $13,000               $450
   26     OVER $13,000 BUT NOT OVER $17,000              $350
   27     OVER $17,000 BUT NOT OVER $21,000              $250
   28     OVER $21,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000              $150
   29    (B)  FOR ALL OTHER QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOW-
   30  ABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT OF EXCESS REAL PROPER-
   31  TY TAXES OR THE EXCESS OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT DETERMINED AS
   32  FOLLOWS:
   33                                    EXCESS REAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE
   34                                    THE EXCESS OF REAL PROPERTY TAX
   35      IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS            EQUIVALENT OR THE EXCESS OF
   36      INCOME FOR THE                QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES OVER
   37      TAXABLE YEAR IS:              THE FOLLOWING BASE AMOUNT:
   38      $5,000 OR LESS                                 $  0
   39      OVER $5,000 BUT NOT OVER $9,000                $100
   40      OVER $9,000 BUT NOT OVER $13,000               $270
   41      OVER $13,000 BUT NOT OVER $17,000              $520
   42      OVER $17,000 BUT NOT OVER $21,000              $850
   43      OVER $21,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000             $1260
   44    NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS, THE  MAXIMUM  CREDIT  DETER-
   45  MINED  UNDER  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH MAY NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT DETERMINED IN
   46  ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
   47     IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
   48     FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR IS:               THE MAXIMUM CREDIT IS:
   49     $5,000 OR LESS                                 $260
   50     OVER $5,000 BUT NOT OVER $9,000                $225
   51     OVER $9,000 BUT NOT OVER $13,000               $180
   52     OVER $13,000 BUT NOT OVER $17,000              $145
       A. 5036                             3
    1     OVER $17,000 BUT NOT OVER $21,000              $110
    2     OVER $21,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000              $ 75
    3    S  3.  Paragraph 7 of subsection (e) of section 606 of the tax law, as
    4  amended by chapter 28 of the  laws  of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
    5  follows:
    6    (7)  No credit shall be granted under this subsection:
    7    (A)  If household gross income for the taxable year exceeds [eighteen]
    8  TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars.
    9    (B) To a property owner unless:  (i) the property is used for residen-
   10  tial purposes, (ii) not more than twenty percent of the  rental  income,
   11  if any, from the property is from rental for nonresidential purposes and
   12  (iii) the property is occupied as a residence in whole or in part by one
   13  or more of the owners of the property.
   14    (C)  To  a  property owner who owns real property, the [full] value of
   15  which exceeds: (I) eighty-five thousand dollars; OR (II) AN AMOUNT WHICH
   16  EQUALS SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN THE  COUNTY  OF
   17  RESIDENCE, WHICHEVER IS MORE.
   18    (D)  [To  a tenant if the adjusted rent for the residence exceeds four
   19  hundred fifty dollars per month on average.
   20    (E)]  To  an  individual  with  respect  to  whom  a  deduction  under
   21  subsection  (c) of section one hundred fifty-one of the internal revenue
   22  code is allowable to another taxpayer for the taxable year.
   23    [(F)] (E) With respect to a residence that  is  wholly  exempted  from
   24  real property taxation.
   25    [(G)]  (F)  To  an  individual who is not a resident individual of the
   26  state for the entire taxable year.
   27    S 4. Paragraph 13 of subsection (e) of section 606 of the tax law,  as
   28  amended  by  chapter  28  of  the  laws  of  1987, is amended to read as
   29  follows:
   30    (13) THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE
   31  ON  ALL RETURNS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
   32  THE  TAXES  IMPOSED  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE.  Notwithstanding  any   other
   33  provision  of  this  article,  the  credit allowed under this subsection
   34  shall be determined after the determination and application of any other
   35  credits permitted under the provisions of this article.
   36    S 5.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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