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Assembly Bill A2757A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides a tax credit for small businesses employing a person previously convicted of a crime

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2019-A2757 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11367
2021-2022: A2252
2023-2024: A4951

2019-A2757 - Summary

Provides a tax credit for small businesses employing a person previously convicted of a crime; provides a tax credit of one thousand five hundred dollars for each person employed.

2019-A2757 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2757
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  for
   small  businesses  employing  a person previously convicted of a crime
   other than a violent felony

   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. REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED
 A CREDIT, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, OF ONE THOUSAND  FIVE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH PERSON PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A CRIME OTHER
 THAN A VIOLENT FELONY HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR AND RETAINED FOR FULL-
 TIME EMPLOYMENT BY SUCH BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. SUCH TAX  CREDIT
 SHALL  BE APPLICABLE ONLY TO BUSINESSES EMPLOYING FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOY-
 EES.
   § 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section  606
 of  the  tax  law  is  amended  by adding a new clause (xliv) to read as
 follows:
 
 (XLIV) REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITY    AMOUNT OF CREDIT UNDER SUBDIVISION
 TAX CREDIT UNDER SUBSECTION (JJJ)    FIFTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
                                      TEN-B
 
   § 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (jjj) to read as follows:
   (JJJ)  REHABILITATION  OPPORTUNITY  TAX  CREDIT.  A  TAXPAYER SHALL BE
 ALLOWED A CREDIT, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, OF ONE  THOU-
 SAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH PERSON PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A
 CRIME OTHER THAN A VIOLENT  FELONY  HIRED  DURING  A  TAXABLE  YEAR  AND
 RETAINED  FOR  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYMENT  BY  SUCH BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST ONE
 YEAR. SUCH TAX CREDIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE ONLY TO  BUSINESSES  EMPLOYING
 FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2019-A2757A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11367
2021-2022: A2252
2023-2024: A4951

2019-A2757A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a tax credit for small businesses employing a person previously convicted of a crime; provides a tax credit of one thousand five hundred dollars for each person employed.

2019-A2757A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2757--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ, REYES, GRIFFIN, D'URSO, ROMEO, ARROYO,
   RAYNOR, SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
   Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  for
   small businesses employing a person previously convicted of a crime
 
   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 54 to read as follows:
   54. REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED
 A  CREDIT, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH PERSON PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF  A  CRIME  HIRED
 DURING  A  TAXABLE  YEAR  AND  RETAINED FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT BY SUCH
 BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. SUCH TAX CREDIT  SHALL  BE  APPLICABLE
 ONLY TO BUSINESSES EMPLOYING FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
   §  2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
 of the tax law is amended by adding  a  new  clause  (xlv)  to  read  as
 follows:
 
 (XLV) REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITY     AMOUNT OF CREDIT UNDER SUBDIVISION
 TAX CREDIT UNDER SUBSECTION (KKK)    FIFTY-FOUR OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
                                      TEN-B
 
   §  3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (kkk) to read as follows:
   (KKK) REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITY  TAX  CREDIT.  A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
 ALLOWED  A CREDIT, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, OF ONE THOU-
 SAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH  PERSON  PREVIOUSLY  CONVICTED  OF  A
 CRIME  HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR AND RETAINED FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
 BY SUCH BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST SIX  MONTHS.  SUCH  TAX  CREDIT  SHALL  BE
 APPLICABLE ONLY TO BUSINESSES EMPLOYING FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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