STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9265 IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LINARES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a child care tax credit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subsection (ccc) to read as follows: 3 (ccc) Child care credit. (1) Allowance of credit. A resident taxpayer 4 shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed by this article for 5 certain child care expenses. 6 (2) Child care. Child care means care provided to a qualifying child 7 of the taxpayer for the purposes of allowing the taxpayer to be gainful- 8 ly employed or to seek employment except that the term does not include 9 care provided by: 10 (A) the child's parent or guardian, unless the care is provided by the 11 parent in a certified or registered child care facility; or 12 (B) a child of the taxpayer who is not yet nineteen years of age at 13 the close of the tax year. 14 (3) Child care expenses. Child care expenses means the costs associ- 15 ated with providing child care to a qualifying child of a resident 16 taxpayer. 17 (4) Qualifying child. Qualifying child means a child of the taxpayer 18 who is under five years of age. 19 (5) Amount of credit. A resident taxpayer shall be allowed a credit 20 against the tax imposed by this article of thirty percent of the 21 expenses of child care. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 23 years commencing on or after January 1, 2017. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13900-01-6