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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 16, 2019 |
referred to budget and revenue |
Senate Bill S6126
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S6126 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Budget And Revenue
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §606, Tax L
2019-S6126 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6126 SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring employers to provide notice of potential eligibility for federal and New York state earned income tax credits PURPOSE: This bill would require employers to notify employees that they may be eligible for a State or federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend Tax Law § 606(d)(6) to provide that: (1) employers with persons in their employ in New York State for whom they must furnish an annual wage summary must furnish to each such employee a notice that he or she may be eligible for a State or federal
2019-S6126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6126 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring employers to provide notice of potential eligibility for federal and New York state earned income tax credits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 6 of subsection (d) of section 606 of the tax law, as amended by section 3 of part V of chapter 60 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: (6) Notification. (I) The commissioner shall periodically, but not less than every three years, make efforts to alert taxpayers that may be currently eligible to receive the credit provided under this subsection, and the credit provided under any local law enacted pursuant to subsection (f) of section thirteen hundred ten of this chapter, as to their potential eligibility. In making the determination of whether a taxpayer may be eligible for such credit, the commissioner shall use such data as may be appropriate and available, including, but not limit- ed to, data available from the United States Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and New York state income tax returns for preceding tax years. (II) EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (D) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, EMPLOYERS WITH PERSONS IN THEIR EMPLOY IN NEW YORK STATE FOR WHOM THEY MUST PROVIDE AN ANNUAL WAGE SUMMARY SHALL EACH YEAR FURNISH TO EACH SUCH PERSON A NOTICE THAT HE OR SHE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION AND A FEDERAL EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, EMPLOYER SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11895-01-9
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