Senate Bill S4579

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission

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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-S4579 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6270
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4239, A8702
2011-2012: S912, A5542
2013-2014: S3266, A5834
2015-2016: S3110, A6458
2019-2020: S3982, A5750
2021-2022: S1434
2023-2024: S1244

2017-S4579 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission.

2017-S4579 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4579
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, HAMILTON, MONTGOMERY, SQUADRON --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to creating the middle class
   circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform study commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  606  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC) MIDDLE CLASS CIRCUIT BREAKER CREDIT. (1)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
   (A)  "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF THE STATE WHO
 OWNS OR RENTS THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH HE OR SHE  RESIDES,
 AND HAS RESIDED IN SUCH RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE
 YEARS.
   (B)  "HOUSEHOLD"  OR  "MEMBERS  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD"  MEANS A QUALIFIED
 TAXPAYER OR QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS,  NOT  NECESSARILY
 RELATED,  WHO  ALL  RESIDE IN THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE
 TAXPAYER OR TAXPAYERS, AND SHARE ITS FURNISHINGS, FACILITIES AND  ACCOM-
 MODATIONS;  PROVIDED  THAT  NO  PERSON  MAY BE A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE
 HOUSEHOLD AT ONE TIME.
   (C) "HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME" MEANS THE AGGREGATE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME
 OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE  YEAR  AS  REPORTED  FOR
 FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES,  OR  WHICH WOULD BE REPORTED AS ADJUSTED
 GROSS INCOME IF A FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN WERE REQUIRED TO  BE  FILED,
 WITH  THE  MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWELVE
 OF THIS ARTICLE BUT WITHOUT THE MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (C) OF  SUCH
 SECTION, PLUS ANY PORTION OF THE GAIN FROM THE SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROP-
 ERTY  OTHERWISE  EXCLUDED  FROM  SUCH AMOUNT; EARNED INCOME FROM SOURCES
 WITHOUT THE UNITED  STATES  EXCLUDABLE  FROM  FEDERAL  GROSS  INCOME  BY
 SECTION  NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; SUPPORT MONEY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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