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Assembly Bill A8674

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to offering a tax credit to employers who pay for employees to acquire a degree in cyber security

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2017-A8674 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L

2017-A8674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to offering a tax credit to employers who pay for their employees to acquire an associate of applied science in computer security from a SUNY or CUNY school.

2017-A8674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8674
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to offering a tax credit to
   employers who pay for their  employees  to  acquire  an  associate  of
   applied science in computer security from a SUNY or CUNY school

   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 53 to read as follows:
   53. EMPLOYEE CYBER SECURITY EDUCATION CREDIT. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION:
   (I) "EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE
 WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE TAXPAYER;
   (II)  "EDUCATION  COSTS"  SHALL  MEAN  TUITION,  FEES, AND THE COST OF
 REQUIRED BOOKS AND MATERIALS;
   (III) "QUALIFYING DEGREE" SHALL MEAN AN ASSOCIATE OF  APPLIED  SCIENCE
 DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN CYBER SECURITY; AND
   (IV)  "QUALIFYING  SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN ANY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL WHO OFFERS A QUALIFYING DEGREE  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B)  ALLOWANCE  OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE
 COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  AGAINST  THE
 TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, IF IT PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT, ON BEHALF OF AN
 EMPLOYEE,  OF  ALL  EDUCATION  COSTS  RELATING TO RECEIVING A QUALIFYING
 DEGREE FROM A QUALIFYING SCHOOL.
   (C) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TAXPAYER'S PAYMENT,
 ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE, OF EDUCATION COSTS  RELATING  TO  RECEIVING  A
 QUALIFYING  DEGREE  FROM A QUALIFYING SCHOOL. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO
 SUCH CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  EXCEED  FIVE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR EACH SUCH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED BY SUCH TAXPAYER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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