Bill Text: NY S03215 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to extending the top state income tax rate for those that make $5,000,000 or more and with such additional funds provides for additional school aid for the general support of public schools and for additional operating support for SUNY and CUNY.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE [S03215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03215-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3215

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. MAYER, STAVISKY, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, GOUNARDES, HOYL-
          MAN, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, SANDERS, SERRANO -- read twice and  ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget
          and Revenue

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  extending  the  top  state
          income  tax  rate;  to  amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to
          providing  additional  funding  for  the  general  support  of  public
          schools;  and  to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating
          the supplemental public higher education fund

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1
     2  of subsection (a) of section 601 of the tax law, as amended by section 1
     3  of part P of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (iii) For taxable years beginning in two thousand twenty the following
     6  rates shall apply:
     7  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
     8  Not over $17,150                      4% of the New York taxable income
     9  Over $17,150 but not over $23,600     $686 plus 4.5% of excess over
    10                                        $17,150
    11  Over $23,600 but not over $27,900     $976 plus 5.25% of excess over
    12                                        $23,600
    13  Over $27,900 but not over $43,000     $1,202 plus 5.9% of excess over
    14                                        $27,900
    15  Over $43,000 but not over $161,550    $2,093 plus 6.09% of excess over
    16                                        $43,000
    17  Over $161,550 but not over $323,200   $9,313 plus 6.41% of excess over
    18                                        $161,550
    19  Over $323,200 but not over            $19,674 plus 6.85% of excess

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02672-03-1

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     1  $2,155,350                            $323,200 over
     2  Over $2,155,350 but not over          $145,177 plus 8.82% of excess over
     3  $5,000,000                            $2,155,350
     4  Over $5,000,000                       $396,076 plus 10.9% of excess over
     5                                        $5,000,000
     6    (iv)  For  taxable  years  beginning  in  two  thousand twenty-one the
     7  following rates shall apply:
     8  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
     9  Not over $17,150                      4% of the New York taxable income
    10  Over $17,150 but not over $23,600     $686 plus 4.5% of excess over
    11                                        $17,150
    12  Over $23,600 but not over $27,900     $976 plus 5.25% of excess over
    13                                        $23,600
    14  Over $27,900 but not over $43,000     $1,202 plus 5.9% of excess over
    15                                        $27,900
    16  Over $43,000 but not over $161,550    $2,093 plus 5.97% of excess over
    17                                        $43,000
    18  Over $161,550 but not over $323,200   $9,170 plus 6.33% of excess over
    19                                        $161,550
    20  Over $323,200 but not over            $19,403 plus 6.85% of excess
    21  $2,155,350                            over  $323,200
    22  Over $2,155,350 but not over          $144,905 plus 8.82% of excess over
    23  $5,000,000                            $2,155,350
    24  Over $5,000,000                       $395,803 plus 10.9% of excess over
    25                                        $5,000,000
    26    § 2. Clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph  1  of
    27  subsection (b) of section 601 of the tax law, as amended by section 2 of
    28  part  P  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws  of 2019, are amended to read as
    29  follows:
    30    (iii) For taxable years beginning in two thousand twenty the following
    31  rates shall apply:
    32  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
    33  Not over $12,800                      4% of the New York taxable income
    34  Over $12,800 but not over $17,650     $512 plus 4.5% of excess over $12,800
    35  Over $17,650 but not over $20,900     $730 plus 5.25% of excess over
    36                                        $17,650
    37  Over $20,900 but not over $32,200     $901 plus 5.9% of excess over $20,900
    38  Over $32,200 but not over $107,650    $1,568 plus 6.09% of excess over
    39                                        $32,200
    40  Over $107,650 but not over $269,300   $6,162 plus 6.41% of excess over
    41                                        $107,650
    42  Over $269,300 but not over            $16,524 plus 6.85% of
    43  $1,616,450                            excess over $269,300
    44  Over $1,616,450 but not over          $108,804 plus 8.82% of excess over
    45  $5,000,000                            $1,616,450
    46  Over $5,000,000                       $407,233 plus 10.9% of excess over
    47                                        $5,000,000
    48    (iv) For taxable  years  beginning  in  two  thousand  twenty-one  the
    49  following rates shall apply:
    50  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
    51  Not over $12,800                      4% of the New York taxable income
    52  Over $12,800 but not over $17,650     $512 plus 4.5% of excess over
    53                                        $12,800
    54  Over $17,650 but not over $20,900     $730 plus 5.25% of excess over
    55                                        $17,650
    56  Over $20,900 but not over $32,200     $901 plus 5.9% of excess over

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     1                                        $20,900
     2  Over $32,200 but not over $107,650    $1,568 plus 5.97% of excess over
     3                                        $32,200
     4  Over $107,650 but not over $269,300   $6,072 plus 6.33% of excess over
     5                                        $107,650
     6  Over $269,300 but not over             $16,304 plus 6.85% of
     7  $1,616,450                            excess over $269,300
     8  Over $1,616,450 but not over          $108,584 plus 8.82% of excess over
     9  $5,000,000                            $1,616,450
    10  Over $5,000,000                       $407,013 plus 10.9% of excess over
    11                                        $5,000,000
    12    §  3.  Clauses  (iii)  and  (iv) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of
    13  subsection (c) of section 601 of the tax law, as amended by section 3 of
    14  part P of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2019,  are  amended  to  read  as
    15  follows:
    16    (iii) For taxable years beginning in two thousand twenty the following
    17  rates shall apply:
    18  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
    19  Not over $8,500                       4% of the New York taxable income
    20  Over $8,500 but not over $11,700      $340 plus 4.5% of excess over
    21                                        $8,500
    22  Over $11,700 but not over $13,900     $484 plus 5.25% of excess over
    23                                        $11,700
    24  Over $13,900 but not over $21,400     $600 plus 5.9% of excess over
    25                                        $13,900
    26  Over $21,400 but not over $80,650     $1,042 plus 6.09% of excess over
    27                                        $21,400
    28  Over $80,650 but not over $215,400    $4,650 plus 6.41% of excess over
    29                                        $80,650
    30  Over $215,400 but not over            $13,288 plus 6.85% of excess
    31  $1,077,550                            over $215,400
    32  Over $1,077,550 but not over          $72,345 plus 8.82% of excess over
    33  $5,000,000                            $1,077,550
    34  Over $5,000,000                       $418,305 plus 10.9% of excess over
    35                                        $5,000,000
    36    (iv)  For  taxable  years  beginning  in  two  thousand twenty-one the
    37  following rates shall apply:
    38  If the New York taxable income is:    The tax is:
    39  Not over $8,500                       4% of the New York taxable income
    40  Over $8,500 but not over $11,700      $340 plus 4.5% of excess over
    41                                        $8,500
    42  Over $11,700 but not over $13,900     $484 plus 5.25% of excess over
    43                                        $11,700
    44  Over $13,900 but not over $21,400     $600 plus 5.9% of excess over
    45                                        $13,900
    46  Over $21,400 but not over $80,650     $1,042 plus 5.97% of excess over
    47                                        $21,400
    48  Over $80,650 but not over $215,400    $4,579 plus 6.33% of excess over
    49                                        $80,650
    50  Over $215,400 but not over            $13,109 plus 6.85% of excess
    51  $1,077,550                            over $215,400
    52  Over $1,077,550 but not over          $72,166 plus 8.82% of excess over
    53  $5,000,000                             $1,077,550
    54  Over $5,000,000                       $418,126 plus 10.9% of excess over
    55                                        $5,000,000

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     1    § 4. Section 171-a of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
     2  sion 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one  of  this  section  or any other
     4  provision of law to the contrary, eighty-five  percent  of  any  revenue
     5  derived  from  an  increase  in  the  taxes  imposed on income over five
     6  million dollars pursuant to section six  hundred  one  of  this  chapter
     7  attributable  to  the  difference  in the rate of such taxes for taxable
     8  year two thousand twenty and the rate of such taxes for taxable year two
     9  thousand nineteen and the difference in the rate of such taxes for taxa-
    10  ble year two thousand twenty-one and the rate of such taxes for  taxable
    11  year two thousand nineteen shall be deposited in the state lottery fund,
    12  created  pursuant  to  section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, as
    13  such taxes are received.  The remaining fifteen percent of such  derived
    14  revenue  shall  be deposited in the supplemental public higher education
    15  fund, created pursuant to section seventy-eight-c of the  state  finance
    16  law.    The  amount  for administrative costs shall be determined by the
    17  commissioner to represent reasonable costs of the department in adminis-
    18  tering, collecting, determining and  distributing  such  taxes.  Of  the
    19  total revenue collected or received under such sections of this chapter,
    20  the  comptroller  shall  retain  in  his or her hands such amount as the
    21  commissioner may determine to be necessary for refunds or reimbursements
    22  under such sections of this chapter out of which amount the  comptroller
    23  shall  pay  any  refunds  or  reimbursements to which taxpayers shall be
    24  entitled under provisions of such sections.  The  commissioner  and  the
    25  comptroller  shall  maintain  a system of accounts showing the amount of
    26  revenue collected or received from each of the  taxes  imposed  by  such
    27  sections.
    28    § 5.  Section 601 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
    29  (d-2) to read as follows:
    30    (d-2)  Alternative  tax table benefit recapture. For taxable years two
    31  thousand twenty and two thousand twenty-one for  a  taxpayer  whose  New
    32  York  taxable  income  is  over  five  million  dollars, there is hereby
    33  imposed a  supplemental  tax  in  addition  to  the  tax  imposed  under
    34  subsections  (a),  (b), (c) and (d-1) of this section for the purpose of
    35  recapturing the benefit of the tax tables contained in such subsections.
    36  During these taxable years, any reference in this chapter to  subsection
    37  (d) of this section shall be read as a reference to this subsection.
    38    (1) For resident married individuals filing joint returns and resident
    39  surviving  spouses, the supplemental tax shall be an amount equal to the
    40  sum of the tax table benefit  in  subparagraph  (A)  of  this  paragraph
    41  multiplied by the respective fraction in such subparagraph.
    42    (A)  The tax table benefit is the difference between (i) the amount of
    43  taxable income set forth in the tax table in paragraph one of subsection
    44  (a) of this section not subject to the 10.9 percent rate of tax for  the
    45  taxable year multiplied by such rate and (ii) the dollar denominated tax
    46  for  such amount of taxable income set forth in the tax table applicable
    47  to the taxable year in paragraph one of subsection (a) of  this  section
    48  less the sum of the tax table benefits in subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C)
    49  of  paragraph one of subsection (d-1) of this section.  The fraction for
    50  this subparagraph is computed as follows: the numerator is the lesser of
    51  fifty thousand dollars or the excess of New York adjusted  gross  income
    52  for  the  taxable  year over five million dollars and the denominator is
    53  fifty thousand dollars. Provided, however, this subparagraph  shall  not
    54  apply to taxpayers who are not subject to the 10.9 percent tax rate.
    55    (B)  Provided,  however, the total tax prior to the application of any
    56  tax credits shall not exceed the highest rate of tax set  forth  in  the

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     1  tax  tables  in subsection (a) of this section multiplied by the taxpay-
     2  er's taxable income.
     3    (2) For resident heads of households, the supplemental tax shall be an
     4  amount  equal  to the sum of the tax table benefit described in subpara-
     5  graph (A) of this paragraph multiplied by  the  respective  fraction  in
     6  such subparagraph.
     7    (A)  The tax table benefit is the difference between (i) the amount of
     8  taxable income set forth in the tax table in paragraph one of subsection
     9  (b) of this section not subject to the 10.9 percent rate of tax for  the
    10  taxable year multiplied by such rate and (ii) the dollar denominated tax
    11  for  such amount of taxable income set forth in the tax table applicable
    12  to the taxable year in paragraph one of subsection (b) of  this  section
    13  less  the  sum of the tax table benefits in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
    14  paragraph two of subsection (d-1) of this section. The fraction for this
    15  subparagraph is computed as follows: the  numerator  is  the  lesser  of
    16  fifty  thousand  dollars or the excess of New York adjusted gross income
    17  for the taxable year over five million dollars and  the  denominator  is
    18  fifty  thousand  dollars. Provided, however, this subparagraph shall not
    19  apply to taxpayers who are not subject to the 10.9 percent tax rate.
    20    (B) Provided, however, the total tax prior to the application  of  any
    21  tax  credits  shall  not exceed the highest rate of tax set forth in the
    22  tax tables in subsection (b) of this section multiplied by  the  taxpay-
    23  er's taxable income.
    24    (3)  For  resident unmarried individuals, resident married individuals
    25  filing separate returns and resident estates  and  trusts,  the  supple-
    26  mental tax shall be an amount equal to the sum of the tax table benefits
    27  described  in  subparagraph  (A)  of  this  paragraph  multiplied by the
    28  respective fractions in such subparagraph.
    29    (A) The tax table benefit is the difference between (i) the amount  of
    30  taxable income set forth in the tax table in paragraph one of subsection
    31  (c)  of this section not subject to the 10.9 percent rate of tax for the
    32  taxable year multiplied by such rate and (ii) the dollar denominated tax
    33  for such amount of taxable income set forth in the tax table  applicable
    34  to  the  taxable year in paragraph one of subsection (c) of this section
    35  less the sum of the tax table benefits in subparagraphs (A) and  (B)  of
    36  paragraph  three  of  subsection (d-1) of this section. The fraction for
    37  this subparagraph is computed as follows: the numerator is the lesser of
    38  fifty thousand dollars or the excess of New York adjusted  gross  income
    39  for  the  taxable  year over five million dollars and the denominator is
    40  fifty thousand dollars. Provided, however, this subparagraph  shall  not
    41  apply to taxpayers who are not subject to the 10.9 percent tax rate.
    42    (B)  Provided,  however, the total tax prior to the application of any
    43  tax credits shall not exceed the highest rate of tax set  forth  in  the
    44  tax  tables  in subsection (c) of this section multiplied by the taxpay-
    45  er's taxable income.
    46    § 6.  Section 92-c of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
    47  subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    48    3-a. Moneys in such fund  deposited  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
    49  subdivision  three  of  section one hundred seventy-one-a of the tax law
    50  shall be appropriated or transferred only for  the  general  support  of
    51  public schools.
    52    §  7. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 78-c to
    53  read as follows:
    54    § 78-c. Supplemental public higher education fund. 1. There is  hereby
    55  established  in  the  joint  custody  of  the  state comptroller and the

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     1  commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the  "supple-
     2  mental public higher education fund".
     3    2.  Such fund shall consist of the revenues received by the department
     4  of taxation and finance, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three
     5  of section one hundred seventy-one-a of  the  tax  law,  and  all  other
     6  moneys  appropriated,  credited,  or  transferred thereto from any other
     7  fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing in this  section  shall  prevent
     8  the  state  from  soliciting and receiving grants, gifts or bequests for
     9  the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing  them
    10  into the fund according to law.
    11    3.  Moneys  of  the  fund  shall  be  distributed equally to the state
    12  university of New York and the city university of  New  York  for  addi-
    13  tional operating support, as appropriated by the legislature.
    14    §  8. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any
    15  moneys collected pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 171-a of  the  tax
    16  law and appropriated for the general support of public schools shall not
    17  diminish  the  amount  of  school  aid appropriated for any given school
    18  year.   Such collected moneys  shall  be  additional  funding.  For  the
    19  purposes  of  this section, "amount of school aid" shall mean the amount
    20  appropriated pursuant to the state budget for the previous school year.
    21    § 9. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  any
    22  moneys  collected  pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 171-a of the tax
    23  law and appropriated for  additional  operating  support  of  the  state
    24  university  of  New  York  and the city university of New York shall not
    25  diminish the amount of operating support for the state university of New
    26  York and the city university of New  York  appropriated  for  any  given
    27  academic  year.   Such collected moneys shall be additional funding. For
    28  the purposes of this section, "operating support" shall mean the  amount
    29  appropriated  pursuant  to  the  state  budget for the previous academic
    30  year.
    31    § 10. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  be  deemed  to
    32  have  been  in  full  force  and effect on and after January 1, 2020 and
    33  shall apply to taxable years on and after such date.
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