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7404--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing that the low
income housing credit shall be treated as an overpayment of taxes
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 30 of section 210 of the tax
law is relettered paragraph (d) and a new paragraph (c) is added to read
as follows:
(C) TREATMENT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR
REFUNDED, PROVIDED THAT THE CREDITS: (1) HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE TWO-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND (2) ARE AVAILABLE PURSUANT
TO LAW ENACTED AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF
SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, NO INTEREST SHALL BE
PAID THEREON.
S 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (x) of section 606 of the tax law is
renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as
follows:
(3) TREATMENT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR
REFUNDED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE,
PROVIDED THAT THE CREDITS: (I) HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT ISSUED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
TWO-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND (II) ARE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO LAW
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ENACTED AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
S 3. Paragraph 3 of subsection (1) of section 1456 of the tax law is
renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as
follows:
(3) TREATMENT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR
REFUNDED, PROVIDED THAT THE CREDITS: (A) HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE TWO-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND (B) ARE AVAILABLE PURSUANT
TO LAW ENACTED AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF
SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, NO INTEREST SHALL BE
PAID THEREON.
S 4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (n) of section 1511 of the tax law is
renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as
follows:
(3) TREATMENT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR
REFUNDED, PROVIDED THAT THE CREDITS: (A) HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE TWO-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND (B) ARE AVAILABLE PURSUANT
TO LAW ENACTED AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF
SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, NO INTEREST SHALL BE
PAID THEREON.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to tax
years commencing on or after January 1, 2012.