Assembly Bill A4777

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the credit for full-time nurses and the credit for teaching nurses to provide credits against income tax for certain nurses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4777 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6271
2011-2012: A6640
2013-2014: A5121
2017-2018: A5722

2015-A4777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the credit for full-time nurses and the credit for teaching nurses to provide credits against income tax for certain nurses; provides that the amount of such credit shall be five hundred dollars.

2015-A4777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4777

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing certain credits
  against income tax for nurses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding two new
subsections (ccc) and (ddd) to read as follows:
  (CCC) CREDIT FOR FULL-TIME NURSES. BEGINNING IN TAXABLE  YEARS  BEGIN-
NING  ON  OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, A TAXPAYER SHALL
BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE,  WHERE  THE
TAXPAYER  IS  LICENSED  AS  A  REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR LICENSED
PRACTICAL NURSE PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE  OF  THE
EDUCATION  LAW  AND  HAS  BEEN EMPLOYED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS WITHIN THIS
STATE AS A NURSE FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS DURING THE  TAXABLE  YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS  SUBSECTION,  THE  TERM  "EMPLOYED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS" SHALL MEAN
EMPLOYMENT OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK.
  (DDD) CREDIT FOR TEACHING NURSES. BEGINNING IN TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING
ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN,  A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT  AGAINST  THE  TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, WHERE THE
TAXPAYER IS LICENSED AS A  REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  OR  LICENSED
PRACTICAL  NURSE  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE
EDUCATION LAW AND WHO TEACHES NURSING AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCA-
TION FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR. THE AMOUNT OF
SUCH CREDIT  SHALL  BE  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SUBSECTION,  THE  TERM  "INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION" SHALL MEAN ANY
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR BUSINESS, TRADE, TECHNICAL  OR  OTHER
OCCUPATIONAL  SCHOOL,  RECOGNIZED  AND  APPROVED  BY THE REGENTS, OR ANY
SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK  OR
ACCREDITED  BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING AGENCY OR ASSOCIATION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08118-01-5

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