Senate Bill S237A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to a study on requiring credit card companies to collect certain taxes

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S237 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6756
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Taxation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5310, A7611
2013-2014: S150, A4066
2017-2018: S4963

2015-S237 - Summary

Relates to a study on requiring credit card companies to collect certain taxes and requires the results of the study to be submitted to the legislature.

2015-S237 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S237 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   237

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT requiring the commissioner of taxation and finance to  conduct  a
  study  on requiring issuers of credit cards and debit cards to pay and
  collect sales and use taxes and to pay such  taxes  directly  to  such
  commissioner

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

  Section 1. Study on credit card companies collecting certain taxes. 1.
The commissioner of taxation and finance is authorized and  directed  to
conduct  a study on requiring issuers of credit cards and debit cards to
pay and collect sales and use taxes and pay such taxes directly to  such
commissioner.
  2.  Such study shall include but not be limited to an investigation of
the current system which relies solely upon the thousands of vendors  to
voluntarily remit such sales taxes, methods to improve the collection of
sales taxes from credit card and debit card issuers, the technology that
would be required to implement a system of direct payment to the commis-
sioner  of  taxation  and  finance,  and the cost of implementing such a
system.
  3. Such study shall be submitted to the legislature on or before April
15, 2017.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00165-01-5


              

2015-S237A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6756
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Taxation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5310, A7611
2013-2014: S150, A4066
2017-2018: S4963

2015-S237A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a study on requiring credit card companies to collect certain taxes and requires the results of the study to be submitted to the legislature.

2015-S237A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S237A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 237--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  requiring the commissioner of taxation and finance to conduct a
  study on requiring issuers of credit cards and debit cards to pay  and
  collect  sales  and  use  taxes and to pay such taxes directly to such
  commissioner

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

  Section 1. Study on credit card companies collecting certain taxes. 1.
The  commissioner  of taxation and finance is authorized and directed to
conduct a study on requiring issuers of credit cards and debit cards  to
pay  and collect sales and use taxes and pay such taxes directly to such
commissioner.
  2. Such study shall include but not be limited to an investigation  of
the  current system which relies solely upon the thousands of vendors to
voluntarily remit such sales taxes, methods to improve the collection of
sales taxes from credit card and debit card issuers, the technology that
would be required to implement a system of direct payment to the commis-
sioner of taxation and finance, and the  cost  of  implementing  such  a
system.
  3. Such study shall be submitted to the legislature on or before April
15, 2018.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00165-02-6

              

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