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                                  3073

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing  a  tax  credit
  for training expenses for emerging technology 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.  TAX  CREDIT FOR TRAINING EXPENSES FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY EMPLOY-
EES. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR TRAINING  EXPENSES  OF
EMPLOYEES  INVOLVED  WITH  EMERGING  TECHNOLOGY.  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
CREDIT, TRAINING EXPENSES MUST BE FOR FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEES  INVOLVED  IN
THE  DEVELOPMENT,  MODIFICATION  OR IMPROVEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
THAT INVOLVE ADVANCED  COMPUTER  SOFTWARE  AND  HARDWARE,  VISUALIZATION
TECHNOLOGIES,  HUMAN  INTERFACE  TECHNOLOGIES,  AS  WELL  AS PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES WITH INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT  INVOLVING  ELECTRONIC  DISTRIB-
UTION  OR  ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. SUCH TECHNOLOGIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO, THE  FOLLOWING:  OPERATING  AND  APPLICATIONS  SOFTWARE,
ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE,  COMPUTER  MODELING AND SIMULATION, HIGH-LEVEL
SOFTWARE LANGUAGES, NEURAL NETWORKS, PROCESSOR  ARCHITECTURE,  ANIMATION
AND  FULL-MOTION  VIDEO,  GRAPHICS  HARDWARE  AND  SOFTWARE,  SPEECH AND
OPTICAL  CHARACTER  RECOGNITION,  HIGH-VOLUME  INFORMATION  STORAGE  AND
RETRIEVAL,  DATA COMPRESSION, BROADBAND SWITCHING, MULTIPLEXING, DIGITAL
SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGIES.
  (B) TO QUALIFY AS ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, THE TRAINING UNDERTAKEN  MUST  BE
TO  MAINTAIN  OR  IMPROVE A SKILL REQUIRED BY THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS OR HER
EMPLOYMENT OR THE TRAINING  IS  REQUIRED  TO  RETAIN  SALARY  STATUS  OR
EMPLOYMENT. THE TRAINING MAY TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE STATE AS LONG AS THE
EMPLOYEE'S  POSITION  IS  LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND MAY INCLUDE, BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING TAKEN THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, OR THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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PURCHASE OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES,  TEXTBOOKS,  MANUALS,  VIDEOTAPES,  AND
OTHER  INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA AND EQUIPMENT, THROUGH THE INTERNET. TRAINING
EXPENSES FOR WHICH A CREDIT IS ALLOWABLE AND  CLAIMED  UNDER  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CLAIMED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (C)  THE  CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL QUALI-
FIED TRAINING EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE TAXABLE  YEAR.  IN  NO  EVENT
SHALL  THE CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, AND CARRYOVERS OF SUCH CREDIT,
ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION REDUCE THE TAX PAYABLE TO LESS  THAN  THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT FIXED AS A MINIMUM TAX BY PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
OF  THIS SECTION. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT OR CARRYOVERS OF SUCH
CREDIT, OR BOTH, ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION  FOR  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR
REDUCES  THE  TAX  TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT OR CARRYOVERS OF
SUCH CREDIT THUS NOT USED IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE  CARRIED  OVER  TO
THE  FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE CLAIMED AS A CREDIT IN COMPUTING
THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. IN ADDITION, THE TAXPAYER MAY
ELECT, ON ITS REPORT FOR ITS TAXABLE YEAR WITH  RESPECT  TO  WHICH  SUCH
CREDIT  IS ALLOWED, TO TREAT THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CARRYOVER AS AN OVERPAY-
MENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED. ANY REFUND PAID PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A  REFUND  OF  AN  OVERPAYMENT  OF  TAX,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009.