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Assembly Bill A2415

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a business tax credit for the provision of social spaces for persons age sixty-five or older to gather and stay for extended periods of time

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2015-A2415 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8809

2015-A2415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a business tax credit for businesses that provide their communities with social spaces that specifically allow persons age sixty-five or older to gather and stay for extended periods of time.

2015-A2415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2415

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KIM, WEPRIN, MOSLEY, SIMOTAS, BRAUNSTEIN, MOYA,
  CRESPO, SEPULVEDA, ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, MILLER -- read once and  referred
  to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a business tax
  credit for businesses that provide their communities with social spac-
  es that specifically allow persons age sixty-five or older  to  gather
  and stay for extended periods of time

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 49 to read as follows:
  49.  COMMUNITY  CORNER CAFE TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. FOR TAXABLE YEARS
BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN,  A  TAXPAYER
WHO  QUALIFIES  AS  A TRIPLE-C BUSINESS SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE
COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY
THIS  ARTICLE,  FOR  PROVIDING  A QUALIFYING SOCIAL SETTING FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS OF TIME TO PERSONS AGE SIXTY-FIVE OR  OLDER.  THE  TAXPAYER  MAY
CLAIM  THE  CREDIT IN THE YEAR IN WHICH IT HAS PROVIDED SUCH SETTING FOR
ONE YEAR. IF THE TAXPAYER CLAIMS THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION, THE TAXPAYER MAY NOT USE THE PROVISION OF SUCH SOCIAL SETTING THAT
IS  THE  BASIS  FOR THIS CREDIT ON THE BASIS OF ANY OTHER CREDIT ALLOWED
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE  AT
LEAST  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
  (C) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION: (1) A TRIPLE-C BUSINESS MEANS A BUSI-
NESS CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A COMMUNITY CORNER CAFE BUSINESS.  A
TAXPAYER  SHALL  APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR CERTIFICATION AS A TRIPLE-C
BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER  AND  BY  SUBMITTING TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN SUCH FORM AS THE
DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE, PROOF OF PARTNERSHIP WITH AT LEAST  ONE  501(C)3

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00404-02-5
              

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