Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 18, 2012 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1293 |
Jun 12, 2012 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7661
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2011-S7661 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §37, amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S3885
2011-S7661 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7661 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a hire-now veterans tax credit PURPOSE: To enact a Hire-Now tax credit and an additional incentive for hiring a Veteran. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: "HIRE-NOW-NY" TAX INCENTIVE: Our Hire-Now-NY proposal includes direct incentives for each new job employers create, a business would get a tax credit of up to $5,000 per employee for a maximum of three years. The credit will equal 6.85 percent of wages paid to the employee. The hires must be new employees. In order to qualify for the Hire-Now credit the employee must be hired by April 1, 2013 to encourage a quick boost in jobs. "HIRE-A-VET" ENHANCED CREDIT - This bill would provide an enhanced tax credit of up to $10,000 to any business that hires a veteran returning home from military service. The new employee must be
2011-S7661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7661 I N S E N A T E June 12, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a hire-now veterans tax credit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 37 to read as follows: S 37. HIRE-NOW TAX CREDIT. (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER ARTICLE NINE-A OR TWENTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHICH CREATES A NEW JOB, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST SUCH TAX. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF 6.85 PERCENT AND THE GROSS WAGES PAID FOR EACH NEW EMPLOYEE. THE CREDIT SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY NEW EMPLOYEE FOR ONE FULL YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT; IF A NEW EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN HIRED FOR LESS THAN A FULL TAX YEAR THIS AMOUNT SHALL BE PRORATED AND APPORTIONED TO EACH TAX YEAR BUT SHALL IN NO WAY DECREASE THE FULL THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF CREDIT ELIGIBILITY. THE TAXPAYER MAY CLAIM THIS CREDIT FOR EACH NEW EMPLOYEE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT. THE TAXPAYER MAY OFFSET QUARTERLY ESTIMATED TAX RETURNS WITH THE AMOUNT OF THIS CREDIT EARNED IN ANY PREVIOUS QUARTER. (B) HIRE-A-VET ENHANCEMENT. FOR CALENDAR YEARS TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN IF A NEW EMPLOYEE WAS RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS AT THE TIME OF HIRE AND IS ALSO A VETERAN, AN ADDI- TIONAL FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR CREDIT WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT. (C) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (1) "NEW EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT IS HIRED BY THE TAXPAYER AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, THAT CAUSES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TO INCREASE ABOVE BASE EMPLOYMENT OR CREDIT EMPLOYMENT, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER. (2) "BASE YEAR" SHALL MEAN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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