Bill Text: NY S01906 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes a small business tax credit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - PRINT NUMBER 1906A [S01906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01906-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1906--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
         Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a small busi-
         ness 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 (u) to read as follows:
    3    (U) SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT. (1) GENERAL. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL
    4  BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO SIX
    5  AND SIXTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT OF QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME.
    6    (2) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM:
    7    (A) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" SHALL MEAN A SOLE PROPRIETOR WHO EMPLOYS  ONE
    8  OR MORE PERSONS AND WHO HAS NET BUSINESS INCOME OF LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED
    9  FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   10    (B) "QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME" SHALL MEAN TEN PERCENT OF THE BUSINESS
   11  INCOME OF THE TAXPAYER AS DEFINED IN THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
   12    (3)  IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY
   13  TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR,  THE  EXCESS
   14  SHALL  BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN
   15  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
   16  ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   17    S 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  1  of  section
   18  210  of  the tax law, as amended by section 2 of part N of chapter 60 of
   19  the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05836-02-4
       S. 1906--A                          2
    1    (iv) for taxable years beginning on or after January first, two  thou-
    2  sand seven AND ENDING BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, if the
    3  entire  net  income  base  is  not more than two hundred ninety thousand
    4  dollars the amount shall be six and one-half percent of the  entire  net
    5  income  base;  if  the  entire  net income base is more than two hundred
    6  ninety thousand dollars but  not  over  three  hundred  ninety  thousand
    7  dollars  the  amount  shall  be  the  sum of (1) eighteen thousand eight
    8  hundred fifty dollars, (2) seven and one-tenth percent of the excess  of
    9  the  entire net income base over two hundred ninety thousand dollars but
   10  not over three hundred ninety thousand dollars and (3) four and  thirty-
   11  five hundredths percent of the excess of the entire net income base over
   12  three  hundred  fifty thousand dollars but not over three hundred ninety
   13  thousand dollars;
   14    S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 210 of the tax  law  is
   15  amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read as follows:
   16    (VIII)  FOR  TAXABLE  YEARS  BEGINNING  ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
   17  THOUSAND FIFTEEN, IF THE ENTIRE NET INCOME BASE IS  NOT  MORE  THAN  TWO
   18  HUNDRED  NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS THE AMOUNT SHALL BE FIVE AND TWO-TENTHS
   19  PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE NET INCOME BASE; IF THE ENTIRE NET INCOME BASE  IS
   20  MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT NOT OVER THREE HUNDRED
   21  NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS THE AMOUNT SHALL BE THE SUM OF (1) FIFTEEN THOU-
   22  SAND EIGHTY DOLLARS, (2) NINE AND SEVENTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS PERCENT OF
   23  THE  EXCESS  OF THE ENTIRE NET INCOME BASE OVER TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOU-
   24  SAND DOLLARS BUT NOT OVER THREE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND  (3)
   25  SEVEN AND ONE-TENTHS PERCENT OF THE EXCESS OF THE ENTIRE NET INCOME BASE
   26  OVER  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT NOT OVER THREE HUNDRED
   27  NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS;
   28    S 4. The opening paragraph of  subparagraph  4  of  paragraph  (d)  of
   29  subdivision  1  of  section 210 of the tax law, as added by section 2 of
   30  part AA-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
   31  follows:
   32    Notwithstanding subparagraphs one and two of this paragraph, for taxa-
   33  ble  years  beginning  on or after January first, two thousand eight AND
   34  ENDING BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, the amount prescribed
   35  by this paragraph for New York S  corporations  will  be  determined  in
   36  accordance with the following table:
   37    S  5.  Subparagraphs  5  and  6  of  paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of
   38  section 210 of the tax law are renumbered subparagraphs 6 and 7.
   39    S 6. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 210 of the tax  law  is
   40  amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows:
   41    (5)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE AND TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH, FOR
   42  TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN,
   43  THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY THIS PARAGRAPH FOR NEW YORK S CORPORATIONS WILL
   44  BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
   45  IF NEW YORK RECEIPTS ARE:               THE FIXED DOLLAR MINIMUM TAX IS:
   46  NOT MORE THAN $100,000                                      $1
   47  MORE THAN $100,000 BUT NOT OVER $250,000                    $1
   48  MORE THAN $250,000 BUT NOT OVER $500,000                    $1
   49  MORE THAN $500,000 BUT NOT OVER $1,000,000                  $1
   50  MORE THAN $1,000,000 BUT NOT OVER $5,000,000                $1,000
   51  MORE THAN $5,000,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000,000               $3,000
   52  OVER $25,000,000                                            $4,500
   53  OTHERWISE THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE DETERMINED  IN
   54  ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
   55  IF NEW YORK RECEIPTS ARE:               THE FIXED DOLLAR MINIMUM TAX IS:
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    1  NOT MORE THAN $100,000                                      $1
    2  MORE THAN $100,000 BUT NOT OVER $250,000                    $1
    3  MORE THAN $250,000 BUT NOT OVER $500,000                    $1
    4  MORE THAN $500,000 BUT NOT OVER $1,000,000                  $1
    5  MORE THAN $1,000,000 BUT NOT OVER $5,000,000                $1,500
    6  MORE THAN $5,000,000 BUT NOT OVER $25,000,000               $3,500
    7  OVER $25,000,000                                            $5,000
    8  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  NEW  YORK RECEIPTS ARE THE RECEIPTS
    9  COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDI-
   10  VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR.
   11    S  7.  Subparagraph 6 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 210
   12  of the tax law, as added by section 3 of part C of  chapter  56  of  the
   13  laws  of  2011 and as renumbered by section five of this act, is amended
   14  to read as follows:
   15    (6) For taxable years beginning on or after January first,  two  thou-
   16  sand  twelve and before January first, two thousand fifteen, the amounts
   17  prescribed in subparagraphs one and [four] FIVE of this paragraph as the
   18  fixed dollar minimum tax for an eligible qualified New York manufacturer
   19  shall be one-half of the amounts  stated  in  those  subparagraphs.  For
   20  purposes  of  this  subparagraph,  the term "eligible qualified New York
   21  manufacturer" shall have the same meaning as  in  subparagraph  (vi)  of
   22  paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
   23    S  8.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
   24  one and seven of this act shall apply to taxable years beginning  on  or
   25  after January 1, 2015.
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