S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SCHIMMINGER, MILLMAN, LUPARDO, COLTON,
CUSICK, ZEBROWSKI, PEOPLES-STOKES, JAFFEE, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, COOK, HEASTIE, MAGEE, MARKEY, ORTIZ,
RIVERA, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a small business electric
energy tax credit
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 46 to read as follows:
46. SMALL BUSINESS ELECTRIC ENERGY TAX CREDIT. (A) A TAXPAYER THAT IS
ELIGIBLE UNDER THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDI-
VISION SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTI-
CLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF TWO
CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR FOR ALL BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE AT
THE TAXPAYER'S PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION.
(B) AN ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER SHALL (I) HAVE NO MORE THAN NINETEEN FULL
TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING ANY RELATED
MEMBERS OR AFFILIATES, (II) NOT BE A SOLE-PROPRIETORSHIP IF SUCH
SOLE-PROPRIETOR'S PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION IS SITED IN OR PART OF SUCH
SOLE-PROPRIETOR'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE, (III) NOT BE CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN-B OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, AND (IV) NOT BE RECEIV-
ING ANY ALLOCATION OR AWARD PURSUANT TO ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER
ARTICLE SIX OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW.
(C) (I) THE TERM "BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE" SHALL REFER TO
ELECTRICAL POWER USAGE USED TO FURTHER THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE
TAXPAYER AT THE PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION THAT IS CLEARLY DELIMITED FROM
ANY SHARED ELECTRICAL POWER USAGE COST. (II) THE TERM "PRIMARY BUSINESS
LOCATION" SHALL MEAN THE PHYSICAL SITE OF THE TAXPAYER WITHIN THE STATE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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OF NEW YORK WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE TAXPAYER'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS
GENERATED OR COORDINATED THROUGH. (III) THE TERM "RELATED MEMBERS"
SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) OF
SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (O) OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO
HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF PART M OF
CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THREE, AND
THE TERM "AFFILIATES" SHALL MEAN THOSE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF
THE SAME AFFILIATED GROUP (AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE) AS THE TAXPAYER.
(D) THE ELIGIBLE USAGE LEVEL SHALL BE THE TOTAL KILOWATT HOUR USAGE OF
THE TAXPAYER FOR BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE DURING THE TAXPAY-
ER'S TAXABLE YEAR AS VERIFIED THROUGH BILLS OR OTHER FORM OF USAGE CHART
PROVIDED TO THE TAXPAYER BY THE TAXPAYER'S ELECTRICITY POWER SERVICE
PROVIDER.
(E) THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR
SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE HIGHER OF
THE AMOUNTS PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDI-
VISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT
OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR SHALL BE TREATED AS AN
OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION TEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION TEN HUNDRED EIGHT-
Y-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER NOTWITHSTANDING, NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THER-
EON.
S 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(vv) to read as follows:
(VV) SMALL BUSINESS ELECTRIC ENERGY TAX CREDIT. (1) A TAXPAYER THAT IS
ELIGIBLE UNDER THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS
ARTICLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT (OR PRO
RATA SHARE OF THE PRODUCT IN THE CASE OF A PARTNERSHIP) OF TWO CENTS PER
KILOWATT HOUR FOR ALL BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE AT THE TAXPAY-
ER'S PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION.
(2) AN ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER SHALL (I) HAVE NO MORE THAN NINETEEN FULL
TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING ANY RELATED
MEMBERS OR AFFILIATES, (II) SHALL NOT BE A SOLE-PROPRIETORSHIP IF SUCH
SOLE-PROPRIETOR'S PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION IS SITED IN OR PART OF SUCH
SOLE-PROPRIETOR'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE, (III) NOT BE CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN-B OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, AND (IV) NOT BE RECEIV-
ING ANY ALLOCATION OR AWARD PURSUANT TO ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER
ARTICLE SIX OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW.
(3) (I) THE TERM "BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE" SHALL REFER TO
ELECTRICAL POWER USAGE USED TO FURTHER THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE
TAXPAYER AT THE PRIMARY BUSINESS LOCATION THAT IS CLEARLY DELIMITED FROM
ANY SHARED ELECTRICAL POWER USAGE COST. (II) THE TERM "PRIMARY BUSINESS
LOCATION" SHALL MEAN THE PHYSICAL SITE OF THE TAXPAYER WITHIN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE TAXPAYER'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS
GENERATED OR COORDINATED THROUGH. (III) THE TERM "RELATED MEMBERS" SHALL
HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) OF SUBPARA-
GRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (O) OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF PART M OF CHAPTER
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THREE, AND THE TERM
"AFFILIATES" SHALL MEAN THOSE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
AFFILIATED GROUP (AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE) AS THE TAXPAYER.
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(4) THE ELIGIBLE USAGE LEVEL SHALL BE THE TOTAL KILOWATT HOUR USAGE OF
THE TAXPAYER FOR BUSINESS RELATED ELECTRICITY USAGE DURING THE TAXPAY-
ER'S TAXABLE YEAR AS VERIFIED THROUGH BILLS OR OTHER FORM OF USAGE CHART
PROVIDED TO THE TAXPAYER BY THE TAXPAYER'S ELECTRICITY POWER SERVICE
PROVIDER.
(5) IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY
TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS
SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
S 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (xxxv) to read as
follows:
(XXXV) SMALL BUSINESS ELECTRIC QUALIFYING ELECTRICITY USAGE
ENERGY TAX CREDIT UNDER SUBDIVISION FORTY-SIX
UNDER SUBSECTION (VV) OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.