Bill Text: NY S06190 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "hire veterans now act", which establishes a tax credit for employers who hire certain veterans for a period of one year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S06190 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06190-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6190 I N S E N A T E January 11, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting the "hire veterans now act"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hire 2 veterans now act". 3 S 2. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 24-a to read as follows: 5 24-A. CREDIT FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED VETERANS. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE 6 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE 7 TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS AND FOR 8 THE RETENTION OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. 9 (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE 10 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 11 (1) "QUALIFIED EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY EMPLOYER OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, 12 STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF; 13 (2) "QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL RESIDING IN THIS STATE 14 WHO: 15 (A) IS A VETERAN AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE 16 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; 17 (B) BEGINS EMPLOYMENT WITH A QUALIFIED EMPLOYER AFTER JANUARY FIRST, 18 TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN; 19 (C) CERTIFIES BY A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, 20 THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN FORTY HOURS 21 DURING THE SIXTY DAY PERIOD ENDING ON THE DATE SUCH INDIVIDUAL BEGINS 22 SUCH EMPLOYMENT; AND 23 (D) IS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER 24 EMPLOYEE OF SUCH EMPLOYER UNLESS SUCH OTHER EMPLOYEE SEPARATED FROM 25 EMPLOYMENT VOLUNTARILY OR FOR CAUSE; 26 (3) "RETAINED WORKER" MEANS ANY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13415-04-2 S. 6190 2 1 (A) WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY THE TAXPAYER ON ANY DATE DURING THE TAXABLE 2 YEAR; 3 (B) WHO WAS SO EMPLOYED BY THE TAXPAYER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 4 FIFTY-TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS; 5 (C) WAS EMPLOYED FULL TIME, NOT LESS THAN THIRTY-FIVE HOURS A WEEK 6 DURING THE FIFTY-TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS PERIOD; AND 7 (D) WHOSE WAGES FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT DURING THE LAST TWENTY-SIX WEEKS 8 OF SUCH PERIOD EQUALED AS LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF SUCH WAGES FOR THE 9 FIRST TWENTY-SIX WEEKS FOR SUCH PERIOD. 10 (C) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER 11 RETAINED WORKER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXA- 12 BLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE 13 HIGHER OF THE AMOUNTS PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) OF SUBDIVI- 14 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE AMOUNT OF CRED- 15 IT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX 16 TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR 17 MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED 18 FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. 19 S 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606 20 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (xxx) to read as 21 follows: 22 (XXX) CREDIT FOR HIRING AMOUNT OF CREDIT UNDER SUBDIVISION 23 UNEMPLOYED VETERANS TWENTY-FOUR-A OF SECTION TWO 24 HUNDRED TEN OR 25 SUBSECTION (J-1) OF SECTION 26 FOURTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX 27 S 4. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 28 (s-1) to read as follows: 29 (S-1) CREDIT FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED VETERANS. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE 30 ALLOWED A CREDIT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY 31 THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE HIRING OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, AS DEFINED IN 32 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND 33 THE RETENTION OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE AMOUNT 34 OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER RETAINED WORKER. IF THE 35 AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL EXCEED THE 36 TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE 37 FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR 38 SUCH YEARS OR YEARS. 39 S 5. Section 1456 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 40 (j-1) to read as follows: 41 (J-1) CREDIT FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED VETERANS. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE 42 ALLOWED A CREDIT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY 43 THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE HIRING OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, AS DEFINED IN 44 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND 45 THE RETENTION OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE AMOUNT 46 OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER RETAINED WORKER. THE 47 CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT 48 REDUCE THE TAX TO LESS THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FIXED AS A MINIMUM TAX BY 49 SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE. 50 IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE 51 YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, THE EXCESS MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO 52 THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX 53 FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. 54 S 6. Section 1511 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 55 sion (cc) to read as follows: S. 6190 3 1 (CC) CREDIT FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED VETERANS. (1) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE 2 ALLOWED A CREDIT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY 3 THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE HIRING OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, AS DEFINED IN 4 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND 5 THE RETENTION OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE AMOUNT 6 OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER RETAINED WORKER. 7 (2) THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR 8 SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX TO LESS THAN THE MINIMUM TAX FIXED BY THIS 9 ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVI- 10 SION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF 11 CREDIT THUS NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO 12 THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX 13 FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. 14 S 7. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law and shall apply to taxable years commencing on or 16 after January 1, 2012; provided however, that this act shall expire 17 January 1, 2014 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be 18 deemed repealed.