Bill Text: NY A06522 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for capital investments made in certain small businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-01 - held for consideration in ways and means [A06522 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06522-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6522
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GIGLIO, RAIA, QUINN, BURLING, HAWLEY, SAYWARD,
         WALKER, BARRA, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES,  BALL,
         BARCLAY, CROUCH, HAYES, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, O'MARA, REILICH, TOWNSEND
         -- 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 small businesses  in
         a village or small city
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 210 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 29 to read as follows:
    3    29. SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL TAX CREDIT. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED
    4  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE
    5  TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE. SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE GRANTED TO ANY TAXPAY-
    6  ER WHICH IS A SMALL BUSINESS WHEN THE SMALL BUSINESS  IS  LOCATED  IN  A
    7  VILLAGE OR IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
    8  AS DETERMINED BY THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS. THE AMOUNT OF
    9  THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SUM OF QUALIFIED
   10  INVESTMENTS IN SUCH SMALL BUSINESS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   11    (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS"
   12  MEANS A BUSINESS WHICH EMPLOYS LESS THAN FIFTEEN EMPLOYEES.
   13    (C) THE CREDIT AND CARRYOVERS OF SUCH CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDI-
   14  VISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT, IN THE AGGREGATE, REDUCE THE  TAX
   15  DUE  FOR  SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE HIGHER OF THE AMOUNTS PRESCRIBED IN
   16  PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.  HOWEVER,  IF
   17  THE  AMOUNT  OF  CREDIT  OR  CARRYOVERS OF SUCH CREDIT, OR BOTH, ALLOWED
   18  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR  REDUCES  THE  TAX  TO  SUCH
   19  AMOUNT,  ANY  AMOUNT  OF  CREDIT  OR  CARRYOVERS OF SUCH CREDIT THUS NOT
   20  DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED  OVER  TO  THE  FOLLOWING
   21  YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05167-01-9
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    1    S  2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
    2  of the tax law, as amended by section 2 of part ZZ-1 of  chapter  57  of
    3  the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (B)  shall  be  treated as the owner of a new business with respect to
    5  such share if the corporation qualifies as a new  business  pursuant  to
    6  paragraph  (j)  of subdivision twelve of section two hundred ten of this
    7  chapter.
    8                                       The corporation's credit base under
    9                                       section two hundred ten or section
   10  With respect to the following        fourteen hundred fifty-six of this
   11  credit under this section:           chapter is:
   12  Investment tax credit                Investment credit base
   13  under subsection (a)                 or qualified
   14                                       rehabilitation
   15                                       expenditures under
   16                                       subdivision twelve of
   17                                       section two hundred ten
   18  Empire zone                          Cost or other basis
   19  investment tax credit                under subdivision
   20  under subsection (j)                 twelve-B
   21                                       of section two hundred
   22                                       ten
   23  Empire zone                          Eligible wages under
   24  wage tax credit                      subdivision nineteen of
   25  under subsection (k)                 section two hundred ten
   26                                       or subsection (e) of
   27                                       section fourteen hundred
   28                                       fifty-six
   29  Empire zone                          Qualified investments
   30  capital tax credit                   and contributions under
   31  under subsection (l)                 subdivision twenty of
   32                                       section two hundred ten
   33                                       or subsection (d) of
   34                                       section fourteen hundred
   35                                       fifty-six
   36  Agricultural property tax            Allowable school
   37  credit under subsection (n)          district property taxes under
   38                                       subdivision twenty-two of
   39                                       section two hundred ten
   40  Credit for employment                Qualified first-year wages or
   41  of persons with dis-                 qualified second-year wages
   42  abilities under                      under subdivision
   43  subsection (o)                       twenty-three of section
   44                                       two hundred ten
   45                                       or subsection (f)
   46                                       of section fourteen
   47                                       hundred fifty-six
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    1  Employment incentive                 Applicable investment credit
    2  credit under subsec-                 base under subdivision
    3  tion (a-1)                           twelve-D of section two
    4                                       hundred ten
    5  Empire zone                          Applicable investment
    6  employment                           credit under sub-
    7  incentive credit under               division twelve-C
    8  subsection (j-1)                     of section two hundred ten
    9  Alternative fuels credit             Cost under subdivision
   10  under subsection (p)                 twenty-four of section two
   11                                       hundred ten
   12  Qualified emerging                   Applicable credit base
   13  technology company                   under subdivision twelve-E
   14  employment credit                    of section two hundred ten
   15  under subsection (q)
   16  Qualified emerging                   Qualified investments under
   17  technology company                   subdivision twelve-F of
   18  capital tax credit                   section two hundred ten
   19  under subsection (r)
   20  Credit for purchase of an            Cost of an automated
   21  automated external defibrillator     external defibrillator under
   22  under subsection (s)                 subdivision twenty-five of
   23                                       section two hundred ten
   24                                       or subsection (j) of section
   25                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
   26  Low-income housing                   Credit amount under
   27  credit under subsection (x)          subdivision thirty
   28                                       of section two hundred ten or
   29                                       subsection (l) of section
   30                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
   31  Credit for transportation            Amount of credit under sub-
   32  improvement contributions            division thirty-two of section
   33  under subsection (z)                 two hundred ten or subsection
   34                                       (n) of section fourteen
   35                                       hundred fifty-six
   36  QEZE credit for real property        Amount of credit under
   37  taxes under subsection (bb)          subdivision twenty-seven of
   38                                       section two hundred ten or
   39                                       subsection (o) of section
   40                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
   41  QEZE tax reduction credit            Amount of benefit period
   42  under subsection (cc)                factor, employment increase factor
   43                                       and zone allocation
   44                                       factor (without regard
   45                                       to pro ration) under
   46                                       subdivision twenty-eight of
   47                                       section two hundred ten or
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    1                                       subsection (p) of section
    2                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
    3                                       and amount of tax factor
    4                                       as determined under
    5                                       subdivision (f) of section sixteen
    6  Green building credit                Amount of green building credit
    7  under subsection (y)                 under subdivision thirty-one
    8                                       of section two hundred ten
    9                                       or subsection (m) of section
   10                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
   11  Credit for long-term                 Qualified costs under
   12  care insurance premiums              subdivision twenty-five-a of
   13  under subsection (aa)                section two hundred ten
   14                                       or subsection (k) of section
   15                                       fourteen hundred fifty-six
   16  Brownfield redevelopment             Amount of credit
   17  credit under subsection              under subdivision
   18  (dd)                                 thirty-three of section
   19                                       two hundred ten
   20                                       or subsection (q) of
   21                                       section fourteen hundred
   22                                       fifty-six
   23  Remediated brownfield                Amount of credit under
   24  credit for real property             subdivision thirty-four
   25  taxes for qualified                  of section two hundred
   26  sites under subsection               ten or subsection (r) of
   27  (ee)                                 section fourteen hundred
   28                                       fifty-six
   29  Environmental                        Amount of credit under
   30  remediation                          subdivision thirty-five of
   31  insurance credit under               section two hundred
   32  subsection (ff)                      ten or subsection
   33                                       (s) of section
   34                                       fourteen hundred
   35                                       fifty-six
   36  Empire state film production         Amount of credit for qualified
   37  credit under subsection (gg)         production costs in production
   38                                       of a qualified film under
   39                                       subdivision thirty-six of
   40                                       section two hundred ten
   41  Qualified emerging                   Qualifying expenditures and
   42  technology company facilities,       development activities under
   43  operations and training credit       subdivision twelve-G of section
   44  under subsection (nn)                two hundred ten
   45  Security training tax                Amount of credit
   46  credit under                         under subdivision thirty-seven
   47  subsection (ii)                      of section two hundred ten or
   48                                       under subsection (t) of
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    1                                       section fourteen hundred fifty-six
    2  Credit for qualified fuel            Amount of credit under
    3  cell electric generating equipment   subdivision thirty-seven
    4  expenditures under subsection (g-2)  of section two hundred ten
    5                                       or subsection (t) of
    6                                       section fourteen hundred
    7                                       fifty-six
    8  Empire state commercial production   Amount of credit for qualified
    9  credit under subsection (jj)         production costs in production
   10                                       of a qualified commercial under
   11                                       subdivision thirty-eight of sec-
   12                                       tion two hundred ten
   13  Biofuel production                   Amount of credit
   14  tax credit under                     under subdivision
   15  subsection (jj)                      thirty-eight of
   16                                       section two hundred ten
   17  Clean heating fuel credit            Amount of credit under
   18  under subsection (mm)                subdivision thirty-nine of
   19                                       section two hundred ten
   20  Credit for rehabilitation            Amount of credit under
   21  of historic properties               subdivision forty of
   22  under subsection (oo)                [subsection] SECTION
   23                                       two hundred ten
   24  Credit for companies who             Amount of credit under
   25  provide transportation               subdivision forty of
   26  to individuals                       section two hundred ten
   27  with disabilities
   28  under subsection (oo)
   29  SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL               AMOUNT OF CREDIT UNDER
   30  TAX CREDIT UNDER                     SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE OF
   31  SUBSECTION (QQ)                      SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN
   32    S  3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
   33  (qq) to read as follows:
   34    (QQ) SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL  TAX  CREDIT.  (1)  A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
   35  ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, AGAINST
   36  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY  THIS ARTICLE. SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE GRANTED TO ANY
   37  TAXPAYER WHICH IS A SMALL BUSINESS WHEN THE SMALL BUSINESS IS LOCATED IN
   38  A VILLAGE OR IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN THIRTY-FIVE  THOU-
   39  SAND  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.  THE
   40  AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SUM OF
   41  QUALIFIED INVESTMENTS IN SUCH  SMALL  BUSINESS,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
   42  COMMISSIONER.
   43    (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS"
   44  MEANS A BUSINESS WHICH EMPLOYS LESS THAN FIFTEEN EMPLOYEES.
   45    (3) THE CREDIT AND  CARRYOVERS  OF  SUCH  CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS
   46  SUBSECTION  FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT, IN THE AGGREGATE, REDUCE THE
   47  TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR  TO  BE  LESS  THAN  THE  HIGHER  OF  THE  AMOUNTS
   48  PRESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO
   49  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.  HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT OR CARRY-
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    1  OVERS OF SUCH CREDIT, OR BOTH, ALLOWED UNDER  THIS  SUBSECTION  FOR  ANY
    2  TAXABLE  YEAR  REDUCES  THE  TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT OR
    3  CARRYOVERS OF SUCH CREDIT THUS NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY
    4  BE  CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM
    5  THE TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
    6    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    7  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
    8  taxable years commencing on or after such date; provided, however,  that
    9  the  empire  state  film  production  credit  under subsection (gg), the
   10  empire state commercial production credit under subsection (jj) and  the
   11  credit  for  companies  who  provide  transportation to individuals with
   12  disabilities under subsection  (oo)  of  section  606  of  the  tax  law
   13  contained  in  section  two of this act shall expire on the same date as
   14  provided in section 9 of part P of chapter 60 of the laws  of  2004,  as
   15  amended,  section  10  of  part  V of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, as
   16  amended and section 5 of chapter 522 of the laws of  2006,  as  amended,
   17  respectively.
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