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Assembly Bill A1905

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a credit against the franchise tax on corporations and the personal income tax to employers who provide housing assistance to eligible employees

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2009-A1905 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7415

2009-A1905 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a credit against the franchise tax on corporations and the personal income tax to employers who provide housing assistance to eligible employees.

2009-A1905 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1905

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a credit against
  the franchise tax on corporations  and  the  personal  income  tax  to
  employers who provide housing assistance to eligible employees

  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.  COMMUNITY  HOUSING  OPPORTUNITY  CREDIT.  (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE
ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER  PROVIDED,  AGAINST  THE
TAX  IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO
FIFTY PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED COMMUNITY  HOUSING  OPPORTUNITY  EXPENDI-
TURES  MADE  BY  THE  TAXPAYER  IN RELATION TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES OF THE
TAXPAYER, AS FURTHER PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION:  (1)  THE  TERM  "ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEE"  MEANS  AN  ANNUAL OR SEASONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS AT
LEAST THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK. A SEASONAL EMPLOYEE SHALL  WORK  AT  LEAST
THIRTEEN  WEEKS  DURING THE TAX YEAR BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY-NINE WEEKS
IN ORDER TO BE AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE. AN ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SHALL WORK  MORE
THAN  THIRTY-NINE  WEEKS  DURING  THE  TAX  YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE GROSS
ADJUSTED INCOME OF SUCH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE AT OR BELOW THE MEDI-
AN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE RESIDES.    IN
THE  CASE  OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEE, GROSS ADJUSTED INCOME SHALL BE PRORATED
OVER THE ENTIRE TAX YEAR IN ORDER TO DETERMINE INCOME ELIGIBILITY.
  (2) THE TERM "QUALIFIED COMMUNITY  HOUSING  OPPORTUNITY  EXPENDITURES"
MEANS:  (I) IN THE CASE OF THE PURCHASE OF A HOUSING UNIT BY AN ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEE, EXPENDITURES BY  THE  TAXPAYER  FOR  DOWN  PAYMENTS,  MORTGAGE
INTEREST  RATE BUY-DOWNS OR OTHER MORTGAGE SUBSIDIES, AND CLOSING COSTS;
(II) IN THE CASE OF THE RENTAL OF A HOUSING UNIT BY AN ELIGIBLE  EMPLOY-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03219-01-9

              

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