Bill Text: NY A08346 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a one-time tax credit for purchase and installation of a security camera system in convenience stores located in cities with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A08346 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08346-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8346
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 14, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, MENG, COLTON -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishment of a credit
         for purchase and installation of security camera system in convenience
         stores located in cities with a population of one hundred fifty  thou-
         sand or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 36  to  read
    2  as follows:
    3    S  36.  CREDIT FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM
    4  IN CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
    5  FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE.  (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. IN CITIES WITH A POPU-
    6  LATION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE, A CORPORATION  OR  A  SOLE
    7  PROPRIETOR  OPERATING A CONVENIENCE STORE OR "BODEGA" SELLING GROCERIES,
    8  WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER ARTICLE NINE OR TWENTY-TWO OF  THIS  CHAP-
    9  TER,  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  ONE-TIME  CREDIT  AGAINST  SUCH TAX FOR THE
   10  PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A QUALIFIED SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM ON STORE
   11  PREMISES. THE AMOUNT OF  THE  CREDIT  SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO  SEVENTY-FIVE
   12  PERCENT  OF  THE  EXPENDITURE  INCURRED IN PURCHASING AND INSTALLING ANY
   13  SUCH QUALIFIED SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM IN A CONVENIENCE STORE  OR  "BODE-
   14  GA",  BUT  NOT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM CREDIT OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
   15  DOLLARS.
   16    (B) DEFINITIONS. THE TERM "QUALIFIED  SECURITY  CAMERA  SYSTEM"  MEANS
   17  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  PURCHASE OF A CAMERA SYSTEM, MATERIALS AND LABOR
   18  COSTS PROPERLY ALLOCABLE TO ON-SITE PREPARATION, ASSEMBLY  AND  ORIGINAL
   19  INSTALLATION.  SUCH QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT INCLUDE INTEREST OR
   20  OTHER FINANCE CHARGES.
   21    (C) WHEN CREDIT ALLOWED. THE  CREDIT  PROVIDED  FOR  HEREIN  SHALL  BE
   22  ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO THE TAXABLE YEAR COMMENCING IN WHICH THE SECURI-
   23  TY CAMERA SYSTEM IS INSTALLED.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10790-02-1
       A. 8346                             2
    1    (D)  CARRYOVER  OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT, AND CARRYOVERS
    2  OF SUCH CREDIT, ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION  FOR  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR
    3  SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT MAY BE
    4  CARRIED  OVER  TO THE FIVE TAXABLE YEARS NEXT FOLLOWING THE TAXABLE YEAR
    5  WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE CREDIT IS ALLOWED AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE
    6  TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
    7    S 2.  Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
    8  (u) to read as follows:
    9    (U)  CREDIT FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM IN
   10  CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION  OF  ONE  HUNDRED
   11  FIFTY  THOUSAND OR MORE. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. IN CITIES WITH A POPU-
   12  LATION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE, A TAXPAYER WHICH IS A SOLE
   13  PROPRIETOR OPERATING A CONVENIENCE STORE OR "BODEGA"  SELLING  GROCERIES
   14  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A ONE-TIME CREDIT FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A
   15  SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM ON STORE PREMISES, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED  IN
   16  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS
   17  ARTICLE.
   18    (2) CARRYOVER OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT,  AND  CARRYOVERS
   19  OF  SUCH  CREDIT,  ALLOWABLE  UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR
   20  SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT MAY BE
   21  CARRIED OVER TO THE FIVE TAXABLE YEARS NEXT FOLLOWING THE  TAXABLE  YEAR
   22  WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE CREDIT IS ALLOWED AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE
   23  TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
   24    S  3.  The  tax  law is amended by adding a new section 195 to read as
   25  follows:
   26    S 195. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERA  SYSTEM
   27  IN CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
   28  FIFTY  THOUSAND  OR MORE. 1. ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. IN CITIES WITH A POPU-
   29  LATION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE,  A  TAXPAYER  WHICH  IS  A
   30  CORPORATION  OPERATING A CONVENIENCE STORE OR "BODEGA" SELLING GROCERIES
   31  SHALL BE ALLOWED A ONE-TIME CREDIT FOR PURCHASE AND  INSTALLATION  OF  A
   32  SECURITY  CAMERA SYSTEM ON STORE PREMISES, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN
   33  SECTION THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY  THIS
   34  ARTICLE.
   35    2. CARRYOVER OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT, AND CARRYOVERS OF
   36  SUCH  CREDIT, ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL
   37  EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH  YEAR,  SUCH  EXCESS  AMOUNT  MAY  BE
   38  CARRIED  OVER  TO THE FIVE TAXABLE YEARS NEXT FOLLOWING THE TAXABLE YEAR
   39  WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE CREDIT IS ALLOWED AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE
   40  TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
   41    S 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012; provided, however, if
   42  this act shall become a law after such date it shall take  effect  imme-
   43  diately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
   44  after January 1, 2012.
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