NY State Senate Bill 2013-S3201A

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Feb 10, 2014	print number 3201a
Feb 10, 2014	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 08, 2014	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 31, 2013	referred to investigations and government operations

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2013-S3201 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§614 & 616, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7622
2015-2016: S2785
2017-2018: S2703
2019-2020: S5004
2021-2022: S5470
2023-2024: S7188

2013-S3201 - Summary

Establishes the New York state foreign dependent children tax inclusion act authorizing a tax deduction for support provided to children outside of the United States; defines "dependent children"; provides an exemption of $1,000 for each foreign dependent child.

2013-S3201 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3201

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to
establishing the New York state foreign dependent children tax
inclusion act

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  The purpose of the bill is to allow
a resident taxpayer to receive a state income tax standard deduction
and tax exemption for the financial support provided to a dependent
child or children residing outside of the United States.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  Subsection (c) of section 614 of the
tax law is amended by adding subdivision (2) to allow:

(2) (A) For taxable years after two thousand fourteen, an individual
providing financial support to a dependent child or children residing
outside of the United States to be considered as a head of household
for purposes of this section when the individual provides certain
proof as specified in this section.

(B) Provides the definition of "support" for the purposes of this
section.

(C) Provides the definition of "dependent child" for the purposes of
this section.

(D) Provides the penalty imposed for any taxpayer who submits a false
or fraudulent document.

(3) Section 616 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
to allow, for taxable years after two thousand fourteen, a resident
taxpayer to receive a New York tax exemption for the financial support
provided to a dependent child or children residing outside of the
United States.

Section 4: Establishes the effective date and gives the commissioner
of taxation and finance the authorization to promulgate rules and
regulation necessary to implement this act.

JUSTIFICATION:  Currently, under the New York State Tax Law, resident
taxpayers are eligible for a standard deduction and tax exemption only
when their dependent children are legal residents or citizens of the
United States and currently live with them for more than half of the
year.  Many resident taxpayers provide financial support to their
children who reside outside of the United States, which is a high
expense for many New Yorkers especially in these economic times. These
residents are taxed based on their total annual income without taking
into consideration the significant support they provide to their
families ill other countries. This legislation does not provide a tax
credit but a small standard deduction and tax exemption that will help
them save some money and receive the same benefit ether taxpayers
receive just because their children reside in the united states and
live with them. This bill will not allow these taxpayers to receive an
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for these dependent children.


PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-12: S.7622/10079A - Investigations &
Gov't Ups

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S3201 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3201

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing  the  New  York
  state foreign dependent children tax inclusion act

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
the "New York state foreign dependent children tax inclusion act".
  S 2. Subsection (c) of section 614 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
ter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  (c)  Head of household. (1) For taxable years beginning after nineteen
hundred ninety-six, the New York standard deduction of an individual who
is a head of household shall be ten thousand five hundred  dollars;  for
taxable  years  beginning  in nineteen hundred ninety-six, such standard
deduction shall be ten thousand dollars; for taxable years beginning  in
nineteen  hundred  ninety-five,  such  standard deduction shall be eight
thousand one hundred fifty dollars;  and  for  taxable  years  beginning
after  nineteen  hundred eighty-nine and before nineteen hundred ninety-
five, such standard deduction shall be seven thousand dollars.
  (2) (A) FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING AFTER TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,  AN
INDIVIDUAL  PROVIDING  SUPPORT TO A DEPENDENT CHILD OR CHILDREN RESIDING
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL  BE  DEEMED  HEAD  OF  HOUSEHOLD  FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES PROOF OF:
  (I)  THE  LEGAL  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  INDIVIDUAL AND HIS OR HER
DEPENDENT CHILD OR CHILDREN; AND
  (II) THE AMOUNT  OF  MONEY  WHICH  THE  DEPENDENT  CHILD  OR  CHILDREN
RECEIVED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL.
  (B)  SUPPORT  PROVIDED  TO CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES MEANS
MONEY OR OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHICH IS SENT  OR  TRANSFERRED  OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A DEPENDENT CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02218-02-3

S. 3201                             2

  (C)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "DEPENDENT CHILD"
SHALL MEAN ANY CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AGE EIGHTEEN OR YOUNGER.
  (D) ANY TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT TO DEPART-
MENT  REGARDING  THE PROOF REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION  (CC)  OF  SECTION
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  3. Section 616 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(c) to read as follows:
  (C) FOREIGN DEPENDENT CHILDREN. FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING AFTER  TWO
THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,  A  RESIDENT  INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ALLOWED A NEW YORK
EXEMPTION OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  DEPENDENT  CHILD  RESIDING
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF THE
LEGAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS OR HER DEPENDENT CHILD
OR  CHILDREN  AND  THE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES TO THE
DEPENDENT CHILD OR CHILDREN.  ANY TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS A FALSE OR  FRAU-
DULENT  DOCUMENT  TO DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE PROOF REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE  PENALTY  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
SUBSECTION (CC) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "DEPENDENT CHILD" SHALL MEAN ANY
CHILD OF THE RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO IS  AGE  EIGHTEEN  OR  YOUNGER  WHO
RESIDES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately.   The commissioner of
taxation and finance is authorized to promulgate any and all  rules  and
regulations  and take any other measures necessary to implement this act
on its effective date.

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§614 & 616, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7622
2015-2016: S2785
2017-2018: S2703
2019-2020: S5004
2021-2022: S5470
2023-2024: S7188

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3201A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to
establishing the New York state foreign dependent children tax
inclusion act

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to allow a
resident taxpayer to receive a state income tax standard deduction and
tax exemption for the financial support provided to a dependent child
or children residing outside of the United States.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Subsection (c) of section 614 of the
tax law is amended by adding subdivision (2) to allow:

(2) (A) For taxable years after 2015, an individual providing
financial support to a dependent child or children residing outside of
the United States to be considered as a head of household for purposes
of this section when the individual provides certain proof as
specified in this section.

(B) Provides the definition of "support" for the purposes of this
section.

(C) Provides the definition of "dependent child" for the purposes of
this section.

(D) Provides the penalty imposed for any taxpayer who submits a false
or fraudulent document.

(3) Section 616 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
to allow, for taxable years after 2015, a resident taxpayer to receive
a New York tax exemption for the financial support provided to a
dependent child or children residing outside of the United States.

Section 4: Establishes the effective date and gives the commissioner
of taxation and finance the authorization to promulgate rules and
regulation necessary to implement this act.

JUSTIFICATION: Currently, under the New York State Tax Law, resident
taxpayers are eligible for a standard deduction and tax exemption only
when their dependent children are legal residents or citizens of the
United States and currently live with them for more than half of the
year. Many resident taxpayers provide financial support to their
children who reside outside of the United States, which is a high
expense for many New Yorkers especially in these economic times.
These residents are taxed based on their total annual income without
taking into consideration the significant support they provide to
their families in other countries. This legislation does not provide a
tax credit but a small standard deduction and tax exemption that will
help them save some money and receive the same benefit ether taxpayers
receive just because their children reside in the united states and
live with them. This bill will not allow these taxpayers to receive an
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for these dependent children.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2011-12: S.7622/10079A - Investigations &
Gov't Ups


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3201--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the New York
  state foreign dependent children tax inclusion act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York state foreign dependent children tax inclusion act".
  S 2. Subsection (c) of section 614 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
ter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  (c) Head of household. (1) For taxable years beginning after  nineteen
hundred ninety-six, the New York standard deduction of an individual who
is  a  head of household shall be ten thousand five hundred dollars; for
taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred  ninety-six,  such  standard
deduction  shall be ten thousand dollars; for taxable years beginning in
nineteen hundred ninety-five, such standard  deduction  shall  be  eight
thousand  one  hundred  fifty  dollars;  and for taxable years beginning
after nineteen hundred eighty-nine and before nineteen  hundred  ninety-
five, such standard deduction shall be seven thousand dollars.
  (2)  (A)  FOR  TAXABLE  YEARS BEGINNING AFTER TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AN
INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING SUPPORT TO A DEPENDENT CHILD OR  CHILDREN  RESIDING
OUTSIDE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  SHALL  BE DEEMED HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES PROOF OF:
  (I) THE LEGAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN  THE  INDIVIDUAL  AND  HIS  OR  HER
DEPENDENT CHILD OR CHILDREN; AND
  (II)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY  WHICH  THE  DEPENDENT  CHILD OR CHILDREN
RECEIVED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02218-03-4

S. 3201--A                          2

  (B) SUPPORT PROVIDED TO CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF THE  UNITED  STATES  MEANS
MONEY  OR  OTHER  FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHICH IS SENT OR TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A DEPENDENT CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
  (C)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "DEPENDENT CHILD"
SHALL MEAN ANY CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AGE EIGHTEEN OR YOUNGER.
  (D) ANY TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT TO DEPART-
MENT REGARDING THE PROOF REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION  SHALL  BE
SUBJECT  TO  THE  PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (CC) OF SECTION
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Section 616 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
(c) to read as follows:
  (C)  FOREIGN DEPENDENT CHILDREN. FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING AFTER TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN, A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  NEW  YORK
EXEMPTION  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR EACH DEPENDENT CHILD RESIDING
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF THE
LEGAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS OR HER DEPENDENT CHILD
OR CHILDREN AND THE AMOUNT OF  MONEY  THE  INDIVIDUAL  PROVIDES  TO  THE
DEPENDENT  CHILD OR CHILDREN.  ANY TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS A FALSE OR FRAU-
DULENT DOCUMENT TO DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE PROOF REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SUBSECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO THE PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTION (CC) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.  FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "DEPENDENT CHILD" SHALL  MEAN  ANY
CHILD  OF  THE  RESIDENT  INDIVIDUAL  WHO IS AGE EIGHTEEN OR YOUNGER WHO
RESIDES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
  S 4. This act shall take effect  immediately.    The  commissioner  of
taxation  and  finance is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and
regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this  act
on its effective date.

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Senate Bill S3201A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

Bill Amendments

2013-S3201 - Details

2013-S3201 - Summary

2013-S3201 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3201 - Bill Text download pdf

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

Bill Amendments

2013-S3201 - Details

2013-S3201 - Summary

2013-S3201 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3201 - Bill Text download pdf

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3201A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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