S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6922
I N S E N A T E
April 11, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and
Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to filing fees for partnerships
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 3 of subsection (c)
of section 658 of the tax law, subparagraph (A) as amended by section 18
of part U of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011 and subparagraph (B) as
amended by section 1 of part H-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, are
amended to read as follows:
(A) Every subchapter K limited liability company, every limited
liability company that is a disregarded entity for federal income tax
purposes, and every LIMITED LIABILITY partnership UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT-B
OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW AND EVERY FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
which has any income derived from New York sources, determined in
accordance with the applicable rules of section six hundred thirty-one
of this article as in the case of a nonresident individual, shall, with-
in sixty days after the last day of the taxable year, make a payment of
a filing fee. The amount of the filing fee is the amount set forth in
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. The minimum filing fee is twenty-
five dollars for taxable years beginning in two thousand eight and ther-
eafter. Limited liability companies that are disregarded entities for
federal income tax purposes must pay a filing fee of twenty-five dollars
for taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thousand
eight.
(B) The filing fee will be based on the New York source gross income
of the limited liability company or LIMITED LIABILITY partnership for
the taxable year immediately preceding the taxable year for which the
fee is due. If the limited liability company or LIMITED LIABILITY part-
nership does not have any New York source gross income for the taxable
year immediately preceding the taxable year for which the fee is due,
the limited liability company or LIMITED LIABILITY partnership shall pay
the minimum filing fee. [Partnerships, other than limited liability
partnerships under article eight-B of the partnership law and foreign
limited liability partnerships, with less than one million dollars in
New York source gross income are exempt from the filing fee.] New York
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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source gross income is the sum of the partners' or members' shares of
federal gross income from the LIMITED LIABILITY partnership or limited
liability company derived from or connected with New York sources,
determined in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred
thirty-one of this article as if those provisions and any related
provisions expressly referred to a computation of federal gross income
from New York sources. For this purpose, federal gross income is
computed without any allowance or deduction for cost of goods sold.
The amount of the filing fee for taxable years beginning on or after
January first, two thousand eight will be determined in accordance with
the following table:
If the New York source gross income is: The fee is:
not more than $100,000 $25
more than $100,000 but not over $250,000 $50
more than $250,000 but not over $500,000 $175
more than $500,000 but not over $1,000,000 $500
more than $1,000,000 but not over $5,000,000 $1,500
more than $5,000,000 but not over $25,000,000 $3,000
Over $25,000,000 $4,500
S 2. Subsection (a) of section 1304-C of the tax law, as amended by
section 2 of part H-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In addition to any other taxes or fees authorized by this article
or any other law, any city imposing the taxes authorized by this article
is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws provid-
ing that every subchapter K limited liability company (as such term is
defined in subsection (b) of section thirteen hundred two of this arti-
cle), every limited liability company that is a disregarded entity for
federal income tax purposes and every LIMITED LIABILITY partnership
UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT-B OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW AND EVERY FOREIGN LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP which has any income derived from sources within
such city, determined in accordance with the applicable rules of section
six hundred thirty-one of this chapter as in the case of a state nonres-
ident individual (except that in making that determination any refer-
ences in section six hundred thirty-one of this chapter to "New York
source" or "New York sources" shall be read as references to "New York
city source" or "New York city sources" and any references in that
section to "this state" or "the state" shall be read as references to
"this city" or "the city"), shall within thirty days after the last day
of the taxable year make a payment of a filing fee. The amount of the
filing fee shall be the amount determined under paragraph three of
subsection (c) of section six hundred fifty-eight of this chapter,
except that in making that determination any references in that section
to "New York source gross income" must be read as reference to "New York
city source gross income". Any local law imposing the filing fee author-
ized by this section shall provide that where the filing fee is not
timely paid, it shall be paid upon notice and demand and shall be
assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as the taxes imposed
pursuant to the authority of this article, and for these purposes any
reference in the local law imposing those taxes to the taxes imposed by
that local law shall be deemed also to refer to the filing fee imposed
pursuant to the authority of this section.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.