Assembly Bill A3035

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a tax credit for employment of persons on probation or parole

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2017-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §187-t, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A4855

2017-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a tax credit for employment of persons on probation or parole.

2017-A3035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3035
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a credit for  employment  of
   persons on probation or parole
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  187-t  to
 read as follows:
   §  187-T.  CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS ON PROBATION OR PAROLE. 1.
 ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE
 COMPUTED  AS  HEREINAFTER  PROVIDED,  AGAINST  THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS
 ARTICLE, OTHER THAN THE TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTIONS  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-
 SIX-A AND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX-E OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR EMPLOYING WITHIN
 THE  STATE A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT
 ALLOWED BY THIS SECTION AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-FOUR  OF  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE THE EXCESS OF THE CREDIT COMPUTED
 UNDER THIS SECTION OVER THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT  ALLOWED  BY  THIS  SECTION
 AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY  SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   2. QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:
   (A) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY UNDER ANY  STATUTE  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES OR ANY STATE;
   (B) IS ON PROBATION OR PAROLE; AND
   (C)  HAS  WORKED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR THE EMPLOYER WHO IS CLAIMING
 THE CREDIT FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OR FOUR HUNDRED HOURS.
   3. AMOUNT OF CREDIT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  AMOUNT  OF CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE THIRTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE FIRST SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN QUALIFIED FIRST-YEAR  WAGES
 EARNED  BY  EACH  QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED FIRST-YEAR WAGES" MEANS
 WAGES PAID OR INCURRED BY THE TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO QUALI-
 FIED EMPLOYEES WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH  EMPLOY-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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