Bill Text: NY S04424 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a corporate franchise tax credit for co-payments for prescription drugs which are not collected by pharmacies pursuant to federal law or regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04424 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04424-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4424
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  O. JOHNSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
         Government Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing an uncollected
         prescription drug co-payment corporate franchise tax credit
         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 14 to read as follows:
    3    14. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY
    4  THIS  ARTICLE FOR POINT-OF-SALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG CO-PAYMENT AMOUNTS NOT
    5  COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL LAW  OR  REGULATION.  THE
    6  AMOUNT  OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
    7  AMOUNT OF POINT-OF-SALE CO-PAYMENTS DUE  IN  A  TAXABLE  YEAR.  FOR  THE
    8  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "TAXPAYER" SHALL MEAN A PHARMACY REGISTERED
    9  BY  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
   10  EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010  and  shall  apply  to
   12  taxable years commencing on or after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09248-01-9
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