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Jul 01, 2010 | held for consideration in ways and means |
Jan 06, 2010 | referred to ways and means |
Feb 20, 2009 | referred to ways and means |
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Co-Sponsors
Gary Finch
Robert Barra
Joseph Errigo
Thomas McKevitt
Multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Brian Kolb
Ann Rabbitt
Fred Thiele
A5819 (ACTIVE) - Details
A5819 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Grants credit against personal income tax to purchasers of residential housing in the amount of any down payment made on such housing; provides that the maximum credit shall not exceed 5 percent of the purchase price of the residential housing; requires taxpayers to meet eligibility requirements imposed by the state of New York mortgage agency.
A5819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5819 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 20, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, FINCH, BARRA, ERRIGO, McKEVITT, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, KOLB, RABBITT, THIELE, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to granting to purchasers of residential housing a credit against personal income tax in the amount of any downpayment made on such housing 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 a new subsection (r-1) to read as follows: (R-1) CREDIT FOR DOWNPAYMENT MADE BY PURCHASERS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUS- ING. (1) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS PART FOR ANY DOWNPAYMENT MADE ON THE PURCHASE OF A ONE- TO FOUR-FAMILY RESIDENCE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE. ANY TAX CREDIT NOT USED IN THE TAXABLE YEAR IN WHICH THE RESIDENCE WAS PURCHASED MAY BE CARRIED FORWARD OR BACKWARDS FOR THE FIVE, IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDING OR PRECEDING, CALENDAR OR FISCAL YEARS UNTIL THE FULL CREDIT HAS BEEN ALLOWED. THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE TAX CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. (2) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO TAXPAYERS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK MORTGAGE AGENCY FOR ITS FORWARD COMMITMENT LOAN PROGRAM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years commencing on or after the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02883-01-9