Assembly Bill A9194A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates the empire state digital gaming media production credit; creates the empire state digital gaming diversity job training development fund

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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-A9194 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4107
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45, amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; add §242, Ec Dev L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8758, S6882

2021-A9194 - Summary

Creates the empire state digital gaming media production credit for a taxpayer which is a digital gaming media production entity engaged in qualified digital gaming media production, or who is a sole proprietor of or a member of a partnership, which is a digital gaming media production entity engaged in qualified digital gaming media production; creates the empire state digital gaming diversity job training development fund; requires the empire state development corporation to file a biannual report with the director of the division of the budget and the chairpersons of the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance committee; makes related provisions.

2021-A9194 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9194
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. McDONALD, WOERNER -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the  tax  law  and  the  economic  development  law,  in
   relation  to  the  creation  of  the empire state digital gaming media
   production credit; and providing for the repeal of certain  provisions
   upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 45  to  read
 as follows:
   §  45. EMPIRE STATE DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION CREDIT. (A) ALLOW-
 ANCE OF  CREDIT.  (1)  A  TAXPAYER  WHICH  IS  A  DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA
 PRODUCTION  ENTITY ENGAGED IN QUALIFIED DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION,
 OR WHO IS A SOLE PROPRIETOR OF OR A MEMBER OF A PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS  A
 DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA  PRODUCTION  ENTITY  ENGAGED IN QUALIFIED DIGITAL
 GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION, AND IS SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER ARTICLE  NINE-A  OR
 TWENTY-TWO  OF  THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST SUCH TAX
 TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
   (2) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE THE PRODUCT (OR PRO  RATA  SHARE
 OF  THE  PRODUCT,  IN  THE  CASE OF A MEMBER OF A PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY) OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT AND  THE  ELIGIBLE  PRODUCTION
 COSTS OF ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTIONS.
   (3)  ELIGIBLE  DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A QUALIFIED
 DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION INCURRED AND  PAID  IN  THIS  STATE  BUT
 OUTSIDE  SUCH  METROPOLITAN  COMMUTER  TRANSPORTATION  DISTRICT SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF SUCH ELIGIBLE  PRODUCTION  COSTS
 IN  ADDITION  TO  THE CREDIT SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   (4) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION COSTS SHALL NOT INCLUDE THOSE  COSTS  USED  BY
 THE  TAXPAYER  OR ANOTHER TAXPAYER AS THE BASIS CALCULATION OF ANY OTHER
 TAX CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR ALLOWED IN ANY OTHER STATE.
   (B) ALLOCATION OF CREDIT. THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS  ALLOWED
 UNDER  THIS SECTION, SUBDIVISION FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B
 AND SUBSECTION (NNN) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER  IN  ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A9194A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4107
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45, amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; add §242, Ec Dev L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8758, S6882

2021-A9194A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the empire state digital gaming media production credit for a taxpayer which is a digital gaming media production entity engaged in qualified digital gaming media production, or who is a sole proprietor of or a member of a partnership, which is a digital gaming media production entity engaged in qualified digital gaming media production; creates the empire state digital gaming diversity job training development fund; requires the empire state development corporation to file a biannual report with the director of the division of the budget and the chairpersons of the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance committee; makes related provisions.

2021-A9194A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9194--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD, WOERNER, FAHY, BURGOS, DICKENS, JACOB-
   SON, GRIFFIN, CLARK, BUTTENSCHON, BRONSON, ZEBROWSKI, ASHBY,  BRABENEC
   --  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  and  the economic development law, in
   relation to the creation of the  empire  state  digital  gaming  media
   production  credit;  to  amend  the  state finance law, in relation to
   creating the empire state digital gaming diversity job training devel-
   opment fund; and providing for the repeal of certain  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 45  to  read
 as follows:
   §  45. EMPIRE STATE DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION CREDIT. (A) ALLOW-
 ANCE OF  CREDIT.  (1)  A  TAXPAYER  WHICH  IS  A  DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA
 PRODUCTION  ENTITY ENGAGED IN QUALIFIED DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION,
 OR WHO IS A SOLE PROPRIETOR OF OR A MEMBER OF A PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS  A
 DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA  PRODUCTION  ENTITY  ENGAGED IN QUALIFIED DIGITAL
 GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION, AND IS SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER ARTICLE  NINE-A  OR
 TWENTY-TWO  OF  THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST SUCH TAX
 TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
   (2) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE THE PRODUCT (OR PRO  RATA  SHARE
 OF  THE  PRODUCT,  IN  THE  CASE OF A MEMBER OF A PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY) OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT AND  THE  ELIGIBLE  PRODUCTION
 COSTS OF ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTIONS.
   (3)  ELIGIBLE  DIGITAL  GAMING  MEDIA PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A QUALIFIED
 DIGITAL GAMING MEDIA PRODUCTION INCURRED AND  PAID  IN  THIS  STATE  BUT
 OUTSIDE  SUCH  METROPOLITAN  COMMUTER  TRANSPORTATION  DISTRICT SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF SUCH ELIGIBLE  PRODUCTION  COSTS
 IN  ADDITION  TO  THE CREDIT SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08744-04-2
              

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