Assembly Bill A5092

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a billionaire mark to market tax

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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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2021-A5092 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4482
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §612-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10414
2023-2024: A3252, S1570

2021-A5092 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a billionaire mark to market tax taxing residents with one billion dollars or more in net assets.

2021-A5092 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5092
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DE LA ROSA, REYES, SIMON, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, DAVI-
   LA, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, CARROLL, NOLAN, NIOU,  GLICK,  L. ROSENTHAL,
   HUNTER,  CRUZ,  BRONSON, ROZIC, KIM, JEAN-PIERRE, RODRIGUEZ, PICHARDO,
   CAHILL, THIELE, RAMOS, FERNANDEZ, TAYLOR, RICHARDSON, PERRY,  SOLAGES,
   O'DONNELL,  DINOWITZ, WALKER, WEPRIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, QUART -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to establish the "billionaire mark to market  tax  act";  and  to
   amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a mark to market tax
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "billio-
 naire mark to market tax act".
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 612-a to read as
 follows:
   § 612-A. BILLIONAIRE MARK TO MARKET TAXATION.  (A)(1)  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL TAXPAY-
 ERS WITH NET ASSETS WORTH ONE BILLION DOLLARS OR MORE  ON  THE  DATE  OF
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL RECOGNIZE GAIN OR LOSS
 AS IF EACH ASSET OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER WERE SOLD FOR ITS FAIR
 MARKET  VALUE  ON  THAT  DATE. ANY RESULTING NET GAINS FROM THESE DEEMED
 SALES, UP TO THE PHASE-IN CAP AMOUNT, SHALL BE INCLUDED IN  THE  TAXPAY-
 ER'S  INCOME FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TAX YEAR. PROPER ADJUSTMENT
 SHALL BE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF ANY GAIN OR  LOSS  SUBSEQUENTLY  REALIZED
 FOR GAIN OR LOSS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT UNDER THE PRECEDING SENTENCE. AT THE
 TAXPAYER'S  OPTION,  ANY  ADDITIONAL  TAX  PAYABLE  AS  A RESULT OF THIS
 SUBSECTION SHALL EITHER BE PAYABLE ALONG WITH ANY OTHER TAX OWED FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TAX YEAR OR ELSE SHALL BE  PAYABLE  ANNUALLY  IN
 TEN  EQUAL  INSTALLMENTS  BEGINNING IN THE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SECTION AND WITH ALL SUCH INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS COMMENCING AFTER THE
 INITIAL INSTALLMENT PAYMENT ALSO BEING SUBJECT TO AN  ANNUAL  NONDEDUCT-
 IBLE DEFERRAL CHARGE.  THE ANNUAL NONDEDUCTIBLE DEFERRAL CHARGE SHALL BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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