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Assembly Bill A8837C

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and wounded veterans

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2011-A8837 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6024
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4098, S1707
2015-2016: S6523
2017-2018: S4643
2019-2020: S2230
2021-2022: S647
2023-2024: S1153
2025-2026: S910

2011-A8837 - Summary

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and wounded veterans; such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every wounded veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000.

2011-A8837 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8837

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

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 establishing a returning
  veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans

  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 44 to read as follows:
  44. RETURNING VETERANS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE  FOR  EACH  VETERAN  OR  WOUNDED
VETERAN  HIRED  DURING  A  TAXABLE  YEAR,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERAN OR
WOUNDED VETERAN IS EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE PER  WEEK  AND
REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE.
  (B)  AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL EQUAL
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HIRED VETERAN AND FOUR THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER
HIRED WOUNDED VETERAN BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  (C)  CARRYOVERS.  THE  CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE
CLAIMED AND IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH  THE  CREDIT
IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE FIVE SUCCEEDING
TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED
TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.
  (D)  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (I) "VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO SERVED IN THE  ACTIVE  MILITARY,
NAVAL,  OR AIR SERVICE DURING A PERIOD OF WAR, OR WHO WAS A RECIPIENT OF
THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY  MEDAL,  MARINE
CORPS  EXPEDITIONARY  MEDAL,  OR  GLOBAL  WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY
MEDAL, AND WHO WAS DISCHARGED  OR  RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER  HONORABLE
CONDITIONS.
  (II)  "WOUNDED  VETERAN"  SHALL MEAN A VETERAN, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHO SUSTAINED  A  SERVICE  CONNECTED
DISABILITY  AS  CERTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION OR THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2011-A8837A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6024
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4098, S1707
2015-2016: S6523
2017-2018: S4643
2019-2020: S2230
2021-2022: S647
2023-2024: S1153
2025-2026: S910

2011-A8837A - Summary

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and wounded veterans; such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every wounded veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000.

2011-A8837A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8837--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. THIELE, SWEENEY, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, LATIMER,
  JAFFEE,  HEVESI,  COLTON,  GUNTHER,   MAGNARELLI,   GIBSON,   LUPARDO,
  N. RIVERA,  ROBERTS, GALEF, BURLING, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M.   of A.  CALHOUN,  CASTELLI,  CERETTO,  CONTE,  CRESPO,
  CROUCH,  DUPREY,  GRAF,  JOHNS,  KATZ,  P. LOPEZ,  LOSQUADRO,  MARKEY,
  J. MILLER, MONTESANO, NOLAN, PALMESANO,  RA,  SAYWARD,  WEISENBERG  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to establishing a returning
  veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans

  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 45 to read as follows:
  45. RETURNING VETERANS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE  FOR  EACH  VETERAN  OR  WOUNDED
VETERAN HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH:
  (I)  VETERAN  IS  EMPLOYED  FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK AND
REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE.
  (II) WOUNDED VETERAN IS EMPLOYED FOR SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF  HOURS  OR
MORE  PER  WEEK  AND  REMAINS  IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE
MONTHS OR MORE.
  (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL  EQUAL
THREE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS PER HIRED VETERAN AND FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
HIRED WOUNDED VETERAN BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  (C) CARRYOVERS. THE CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY  BE
CLAIMED  AND  IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT
IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE FIVE SUCCEEDING
TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED
TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.

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

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multi-Sponsors

2011-A8837B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6024
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4098, S1707
2015-2016: S6523
2017-2018: S4643
2019-2020: S2230
2021-2022: S647
2023-2024: S1153
2025-2026: S910

2011-A8837B - Summary

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and wounded veterans; such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every wounded veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000.

2011-A8837B - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8837--B

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. THIELE, SWEENEY, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, LATIMER,
  JAFFEE,  HEVESI,  COLTON,  GUNTHER,   MAGNARELLI,   GIBSON,   LUPARDO,
  N. RIVERA, ROBERTS, GALEF, BURLING, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY, RAMOS, CASTRO,
  ROBINSON,  SCHIMEL,  WEPRIN, HOOPER, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A.    CALHOUN,  CASTELLI,  CERETTO,  CONTE,  CRESPO,  CROUCH,
  DUPREY,   FINCH,  GRAF,  JOHNS,  KATZ,  P. LOPEZ,  LOSQUADRO,  MARKEY,
  J. MILLER, MONTESANO, MURRAY, NOLAN, PALMESANO, RA,  SAYWARD,  TITONE,
  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Ways and
  Means -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
  committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
  ted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to establishing a returning
  veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans

  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 45 to read as follows:
  45. RETURNING VETERANS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE  FOR  EACH  VETERAN  OR  WOUNDED
VETERAN HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH:
  (I)  VETERAN  IS  EMPLOYED  FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK AND
REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE.
  (II) WOUNDED VETERAN IS EMPLOYED FOR SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF  HOURS  OR
MORE  PER  WEEK  AND  REMAINS  IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE
MONTHS OR MORE.
  (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL  EQUAL
THREE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS PER HIRED VETERAN AND FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
HIRED WOUNDED VETERAN BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  (C) CARRYOVERS. THE CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY  BE
CLAIMED  AND  IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT
IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE FIVE SUCCEEDING
TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED
TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.
              

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A8837C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6024
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4098, S1707
2015-2016: S6523
2017-2018: S4643
2019-2020: S2230
2021-2022: S647
2023-2024: S1153
2025-2026: S910

2011-A8837C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and wounded veterans; such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every wounded veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000.

2011-A8837C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8837--C

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. THIELE, SWEENEY, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, LATIMER,
  JAFFEE,  HEVESI,  COLTON,  GUNTHER,   MAGNARELLI,   GIBSON,   LUPARDO,
  N. RIVERA, ROBERTS, GALEF, BURLING, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY, RAMOS, CASTRO,
  ROBINSON,  SCHIMEL,  WEPRIN, HOOPER, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A.    CALHOUN,  CASTELLI,  CERETTO,  CONTE,  CRESPO,  CROUCH,
  DUPREY,   FINCH,  GRAF,  JOHNS,  KATZ,  P. LOPEZ,  LOSQUADRO,  MARKEY,
  J. MILLER, MONTESANO, MURRAY, NOLAN, PALMESANO, RA,  SAYWARD,  TITONE,
  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Ways and
  Means -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
  committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
  ted  to  said  committee  --  again  reported from said committee with
  amendments, ordered reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to establishing a returning
  veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans

  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 45 to read as follows:
  45. RETURNING VETERANS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE  FOR  EACH  VETERAN  OR  WOUNDED
VETERAN HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH:
  (I) VETERAN IS A NEW EMPLOYEE AND IS EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR
MORE  PER  WEEK  AND  REMAINS  IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE
MONTHS OR MORE.
  (II) WOUNDED VETERAN IS A NEW EMPLOYEE AND IS EMPLOYED  FOR  SEVENTEEN
AND  ONE-HALF  HOURS  OR MORE PER WEEK AND REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH
TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE.
  (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL  EQUAL
THREE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS PER HIRED VETERAN AND FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS PER

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

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