Assembly Bill A6184

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for a transportation credit for commuters residing in this state and employed or self-employed within N.Y. city

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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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2011-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A747
2013-2014: A161
2015-2016: A5886

2011-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a transportation credit for commuters residing within this state and employed or self-employed within a large city, i.e. population over one million; provides that such credit is equal to one percent of wages and self-employment income earned within New York city.

2011-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6184

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a transporta-
  tion credit for those employed in large cities

  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 (ss) to read as follows:
  (SS) TRANSPORTATION FOR COMMUTERS TO LARGE CITIES.   (1) ALLOWANCE  OF
CREDIT.  A  TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREIN
PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR QUALIFIED  EMPLOY-
EES AND QUALIFIED SELF-EMPLOYEES.
  (2) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE OR SELF-EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:
  (A) IS A FULL-TIME RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
  (B)  IS  EMPLOYED  OR  SELF-EMPLOYED WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
GREATER THAN ONE MILLION (OR LARGE CITY), AND
  (C) RESIDES OUTSIDE SUCH CITY AND COMMUTES TO EMPLOYMENT  WITHIN  SUCH
CITY BY MEANS OF ROADS, BRIDGES, PATHS, RAILROAD LINES, AIR SPACE, WITH-
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
  (3)  AMOUNT  OF  CREDIT.  THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT SHALL BE ONE PERCENT OF
LARGE CITY INCOME DEFINED AS THE SUM OF WAGES EARNED WITHIN A LARGE CITY
PLUS NET EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT WITHIN A LARGE CITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
taxable years beginning on or after the first of January next succeeding
the date on which this act shall have become law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01004-01-1

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