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Assembly Bill A1348

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates personal income tax credit for fees imposed by recyclers for acceptance of electronic equipment surrendered by the taxpayer

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2009-A1348 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L

2009-A1348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a personal income tax credit for the fees imposed by recyclers for the acceptance of electronic equipment surrendered by the taxpayer; defines "electronic equipment".

2009-A1348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1348

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DelMONTE, GALEF, JOHN, KOLB, MORELLE  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to establishing a personal
  income tax credit for costs incurred  for  the  purpose  of  recycling
  electronic equipment

  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 (qq) to read as follows:
  (QQ)  CREDIT FOR RECYCLING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.  (1) GENERAL. A RESI-
DENT TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY  THIS
ARTICLE  FOR  ANY  FEES  IMPOSED BY A RECYCLER FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SURRENDERED BY SUCH TAXPAYER.
  (2) DEFINITION. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION,  "ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN APPLIANCES THAT CONTAIN COMPLEX CIRCUITRY, CIRCUIT
BOARDS  OR  SIGNAL  PROCESSING, AND ONE OR MORE HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS. SUCH
TERM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, TELEVISIONS, AUDIO AND  STER-
EO-EQUIPMENT,  MONITORS,  COMPUTERS,  VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS, COMPUTER
KEYBOARDS, PRINTERS, TELEPHONES, COPY AND FACSIMILE MACHINES, AND MICRO-
WAVES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years commencing after such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01365-01-9

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