S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 9, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, CAHILL, BALL -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a corporate and
a personal income tax credit for wind energy system equipment
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 41 to read as follows:
41. WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A TAXPAYER, WHO
OWNS OR OPERATES WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
QUALIFIED WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES. THIS CREDIT SHALL
NOT EXCEED SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
(B) QUALIFIED WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES. (I) THE TERM
"QUALIFIED WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES" MEANS EXPENDI-
TURES, LIMITED TO THE EXPENDITURE CAP PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT WHICH
IS INSTALLED IN CONNECTION WITH PROPERTY WHICH IS (A) LOCATED IN THIS
STATE AND (B) WHICH IS USED BY THE TAXPAYER AS HIS OR HER PRINCIPAL
PREMISES AT THE TIME THE WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN
SERVICE.
(II) FOR PURPOSES OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM
"EXPENDITURE CAP" SHALL MEAN THE PRODUCT OF (A) SIX DOLLARS AND (B) THE
NUMBER OF WATTS INCLUDED IN THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT.
(III) SUCH QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES SHALL INCLUDE EXPENDITURES FOR MATE-
RIALS, LABOR COSTS PROPERLY ALLOCABLE TO ON-SITE PREPARATION, ASSEMBLY
AND ORIGINAL INSTALLATION, ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND
DESIGNS AND PLANS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION
OF THE WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(IV) SUCH QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT INCLUDE INTEREST OR OTHER
FINANCE CHARGES.
(C) WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT. THE TERM "WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIP-
MENT" SHALL MEAN EQUIPMENT WHICH, WHEN INSTALLED AT A TAXPAYER'S PREM-
ISES, USES WIND ENERGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY FOR USE
IN SUCH PREMISES.
(D) MULTIPLE TAXPAYERS. WHERE WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT IS
PURCHASED AND INSTALLED IN A PRINCIPAL PREMISES SHARED BY TWO OR MORE
TAXPAYERS, THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR
EACH SUCH TAXPAYER SHALL BE PRORATED ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CONTRIBUTED BY
EACH TAXPAYER.
(E) WHEN CREDIT ALLOWED. THE CREDIT FOR WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO THE
TAXABLE YEAR, COMMENCING AFTER TWO THOUSAND NINE, IN WHICH THE WIND
ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN SERVICE.
(F) CARRYOVER OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT, AND CARRYOVERS
OF SUCH CREDIT, ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR
SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT MAY BE
CARRIED OVER TO THE FIVE TAXABLE YEARS NEXT FOLLOWING THE TAXABLE YEAR
WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE CREDIT IS ALLOWED AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE
TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
S 2. The subsection heading and paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of
subsection (g-1) of section 606 of the tax law, the subsection heading
and paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 7 as amended by chapter 378 of the laws of
2005, subparagraph (B) of paragraph 2 as amended by chapter 251 of the
laws of 2006, paragraph 3 as amended by, paragraph 5 as added by and
paragraph 7 as renumbered by chapter 128 of the laws of 2007, are
amended to read as follows:
Solar AND WIND energy system equipment credit. (1) General. [An indi-
vidual] A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by
this article equal to twenty-five percent of qualified solar OR WIND
energy system equipment expenditures. This credit shall not exceed three
thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for qualified solar energy equip-
ment placed in service before September first, two thousand six, and
five thousand dollars for qualified solar energy equipment placed in
service on or after September first, two thousand six, AND SEVEN THOU-
SAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR QUALIFIED WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT.
(2) Qualified solar OR WIND energy system equipment expenditures. (A)
The term "qualified solar OR WIND energy system equipment expenditures"
means expenditures for the purchase of solar OR WIND energy system
equipment which is installed in connection with residential property
which is (i) located in this state and (ii) which is used by the taxpay-
er as his or her principal [residence] PREMISES at the time the solar OR
WIND energy system equipment is placed in service.
(B) Such qualified expenditures shall include expenditures for materi-
als, labor costs properly allocable to on-site preparation, assembly and
original installation, architectural and engineering services, and
designs and plans directly related to the construction or installation
of the solar OR WIND energy system equipment.
(C) Such qualified expenditures shall not include interest or other
finance charges.
(3) Solar OR WIND energy system equipment. The term "solar OR WIND
energy system equipment" shall mean an arrangement or combination of
components utilizing solar radiation OR WIND POWER, which, when
installed in a residence, produces energy designed to provide heating,
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cooling, hot water or electricity for use in such [residence] PREMISES.
Such arrangement or components shall not include equipment connected to
solar OR WIND energy system equipment that is a component of part or
parts of a non-solar OR NON-WIND energy system or which uses any sort of
recreational facility or equipment as a storage medium. Solar OR WIND
energy system equipment that generates electricity for use in a [resi-
dence] TAXPAYER'S PREMISES must conform to applicable requirements set
forth in section sixty-six-j of the public service law. Provided, howev-
er, where solar OR WIND energy system equipment is purchased and
installed by a condominium management association or a cooperative hous-
ing corporation, for purposes of this subsection only, the term "ten
kilowatts" in such section sixty-six-j shall be read as "fifty kilo-
watts."
(4) Multiple taxpayers. Where solar OR WIND energy system equipment is
purchased and installed in a principal [residence] PREMISES shared by
two or more taxpayers, the amount of the credit allowable under this
subsection for each such taxpayer shall be prorated according to the
percentage of the total expenditure for such solar OR WIND energy system
equipment contributed by each taxpayer.
(5) Proportionate share. Where solar OR WIND energy system equipment
is purchased and installed by a condominium management association or a
cooperative housing corporation, a taxpayer who is a member of the
condominium management association or who is a tenant-stockholder in the
cooperative housing corporation may for the purpose of this subsection
claim a proportionate share of the total expense as the expenditure for
the purposes of the credit attributable to his OR HER principal resi-
dence.
(7) When credit allowed. The credit FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT
provided for [herein] IN THIS SUBSECTION shall be allowed with respect
to the taxable year, commencing after nineteen hundred ninety-seven, in
which the solar energy system equipment is placed in service. THE CRED-
IT FOR WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL BE ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO THE TAXABLE YEAR, COMMENCING AFTER TWO
THOUSAND NINE, IN WHICH THE WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN
SERVICE.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.