NY State Senate Bill 2013-S3266A

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2013-S3266 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5834
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4239, A8702
2011-2012: S912, A5542
2015-2016: S3110, A6458
2017-2018: S4579, A6270
2019-2020: S3982, A5750
2021-2022: S1434
2023-2024: S1244

2013-S3266 - Summary

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission.

2013-S3266 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3266

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to creating the
middle class circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform study
commission

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To provide a personal income tax cred-
it for certain property taxpayers who pay a disproportionate share of
their income to property taxes.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  SECTION 1: Adds a new subsection (vv)
to section 606 of the tax law to provide for a real property tax credit.
The credit will be based on the income of the household and the percent-
age that said household pays for real property taxes.

FOR HOMEOWNERS

For taxable years starting in 2014:
Household Adjusted Gross Income Tax    Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                       Real Property taxes paid in
                                       excess of 9% of said income
                                       can receive a personal income
                                       tax credit of 70% of the overage.

$100,001 +                             No credit.

For taxable years starting in 2014:
Household Adjusted Gross
Income Tax                             Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                       Real Property taxes paid
                                       in excess of 8.5% of said
                                       income can receive
                                       a personal income tax credit
                                       of 70% of the overage.

$100,001 +                             No credit.

For taxable years starting in 2015:
Household Adjusted Gross Income Tax    Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                       Real Property taxes paid in
                                       excess of 7.5% of said income
                                       can receive a personal income
                                       tax credit of 70% of the overage.

$100,001 - $150,000                    Real Property taxes paid in
                                       excess of 7.5% of the first
                                       $100,000 of said income PLUS
                                       8.5% of said income above

                                       $100,000 can receive a personal
                                       income tax credit of 70% of the
                                       overage.

$150,001 +                             No credit.
For taxable years starting in 2016:
Household Adjusted Gross
Income Tax                             Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                       Real Property taxes paid
                                       in excess of 6% of said
                                       income can receive a
                                       personal income tax credit
                                       of 70% of the overage.

$100,001 - $150,000                    Real Property taxes paid in
                                       excess of 6% if the first
                                       $100,000 of said income
                                       PLUS 7% of said income above
                                       $100,000 can receive a personal
                                       income tax credit of 70% of
                                       of the overage.

$150,001 - $250,000                    Real Property taxes paid in
                                       excess of 6% of the first
                                       $100,000 of said income
                                       PLUS 7% of the next $50,000
                                       of said income PLUS 8.5%
                                       of said income above
                                       $150,000 can receive a
                                       personal income tax credit
                                       of 70% of the overage.

$250,000 +                             No credit.

To qualify, the taxpayer must have resided in the home for not less than
five  years.  Also,  the  taxpayer may still benefit from the Basic STAR
exemption or the Enhanced STAR exemption for senior citizens.  The cred-
it will equal seventy  percent  of  the  taxes  paid  over  the  allowed
percentage cap as provided in the bill.

The  act  would also provide for a "real property tax equivalent" in the
case of taxpayers who rent real property as their primary New York State
residence.

For taxable years starting in 2014 the "real  property  tax  equivalent"
equal  to  15%  of  the adjusted rent actually paid in the taxable year.
taxable years starting in 2016, the amount is increased to  20%  of  the
adjusted rent actually paid in the taxable year.

SECTION  2: Creates a tax reform study commission with appointments from
the Senate, Assembly and the Executive. The commission will  review  the
state's  existing  property  tax  reform  programs  as  well as programs
enacted in other states.

SECTION 3: Contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:  The middle class property tax circuit breaker program is
a  concept  that has successfully been used in several states to Provide
relief from a residential homeowner's property tax  when  it  exceeds  a
certain  portion  of  their  household income. It has been traditionally
Used for homeowners with very low incomes and low assessments. New  York
State  currently  has  a  circuit breaker provision that has existed for
decades, but the maximum eligible household income is  $18,000  and  the
maximum  eligible  home  value is $85,000. This new program would target
middle-class New Yorkers who have financially suffered as municipalities
have had to rely more heavily on real property taxes for  local  govern-
ment  revenue.  Many homeowners are facing sky-racking real property tax
bills as a result they are  often  faced  with  the  serious  threat  of
defaulting  on  their  property  taxes and/or seriously consider selling
their homes.

Critics of the New York's STAR program have claimed that it is inequita-
ble because it does not draw a connection between a taxpayer's household
income and the amount of his tax bill.  The  Middle  Class  STAR  Rebate
Checks  program,  which  began  in  1970  and  was  eliminated  in 2009,
compounded this effect because it calculated a household's rebate amount
as a percentage of the value of its  STAR  exemption.  This  legislation
seeks  to  resolve these limitations and remain sensitive to the State's
current financial crisis.  Additionally, the bill would add progressivi-
ty to property tax relief and extend the benefits  to  property  renters
who  are  often  burdened with property taxes in the cost of their rent.
The bill is phased in over four years  in  order  to  take  the  state's
fiscal  situation  into consideration while ensuring that the most over-
burdened property taxpayers, based on the percentage of income they  are
paying in property tax on their home, will get relief quickly.

FISCAL  IMPLICATIONS:  The program is phased in over four years and will
cost the State nothing in the first year. For year two the cost will  be
$1.1  billion;  year  three  will cost $1.8 billion and every year after
will cost $2.3 billion.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediately after enactment.

2013-S3266 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3266

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
  gations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to creating  the  middle  class
  circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform study commission

  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 (vv) to read as follows:
  (VV)  MIDDLE  CLASS  CIRCUIT  BREAKER CREDIT. (1) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
  (A) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF THE STATE  WHO
OWNS  OR RENTS THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES,
AND HAS RESIDED IN SUCH RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE
YEARS.
  (B) "HOUSEHOLD" OR  "MEMBERS  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD"  MEANS  A  QUALIFIED
TAXPAYER  OR  QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, NOT NECESSARILY
RELATED, WHO ALL RESIDE IN THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY  OWNED  BY  THE
TAXPAYER  OR TAXPAYERS, AND SHARE ITS FURNISHINGS, FACILITIES AND ACCOM-
MODATIONS; PROVIDED THAT NO PERSON MAY BE A  MEMBER  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE
HOUSEHOLD AT ONE TIME.
  (C) "HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME" MEANS THE AGGREGATE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME
OF  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR AS REPORTED FOR
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, OR WHICH  WOULD  BE  REPORTED  AS  ADJUSTED
GROSS  INCOME  IF A FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN WERE REQUIRED TO BE FILED,
WITH THE MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  TWELVE
OF  THIS ARTICLE BUT WITHOUT THE MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (C) OF SUCH
SECTION, PLUS ANY PORTION OF THE GAIN FROM THE SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROP-
ERTY OTHERWISE EXCLUDED FROM SUCH AMOUNT;  EARNED  INCOME  FROM  SOURCES
WITHOUT  THE  UNITED  STATES  EXCLUDABLE  FROM  FEDERAL  GROSS INCOME BY
SECTION NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; SUPPORT  MONEY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01851-01-3

S. 3266                             2

NOT  INCLUDED  IN  ADJUSTED  GROSS  INCOME;  NONTAXABLE STRIKE BENEFITS;
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PAYMENTS; THE GROSS AMOUNT OF  ANY  PENSION
OR  ANNUITY  BENEFITS  TO THE EXTENT NOT INCLUDED IN SUCH ADJUSTED GROSS
INCOME  (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND
ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT  AND  VETER-
ANS'  DISABILITY  PENSIONS); NONTAXABLE INTEREST RECEIVED FROM THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, ITS AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES,  PUBLIC  CORPORATIONS,  OR
POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS (INCLUDING A PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED PURSUANT
TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT WITH ANOTHER STATE OR CANADA); WORKERS'  COMPEN-
SATION;  THE GROSS AMOUNT OF "LOSS-OF-TIME" INSURANCE; AND THE AMOUNT OF
CASH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF, OTHER THAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE
NEEDY, PAID TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER  OR  MEMBERS
OF  HIS  OR  HER  HOUSEHOLD.  HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL   NOT INCLUDE
SURPLUS FOODS OR OTHER RELIEF IN KIND OR PAYMENTS  MADE  TO  INDIVIDUALS
BECAUSE  OF  THEIR  STATUS  AS VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION AS DEFINED IN
PUBLIC LAW 103-286 OR ANY DISABILITY COMPENSATION RECEIVED  BY  VETERANS
ON  ACCOUNT  OF INJURY OR ILLNESS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED DURING MILITARY
SERVICE IN THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ  SINCE  SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,
TWO  THOUSAND ONE.  PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL ONLY
INCLUDE ALL SUCH INCOME RECEIVED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE  HOUSEHOLD  WHILE
MEMBERS OF SUCH HOUSEHOLD.
  (D)  "ADJUSTED  RENT"  MEANS RENT PAID FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY OF A
RESIDENCE.
  (E) "REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT" MEANS (1) FOR TAXABLE YEARS  BEGIN-
NING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,  FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED RENT
ACTUALLY PAID IN THE TAXABLE YEAR BY A HOUSEHOLD SOLELY FOR THE RIGHT OF
OCCUPANCY OF ITS NEW YORK RESIDENCE FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR. IF (I) A RESI-
DENCE IS RENTED TO TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS AS COTENANTS, OR  SUCH  INDI-
VIDUALS SHARE IN THE PAYMENT OF A SINGLE RENT FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY
OF  SUCH RESIDENCE, AND (II) EACH OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS  IS A MEMBER OF  A
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD, ONE OR MORE OF WHICH INDIVIDUALS SHARES SUCH  RESI-
DENCE,  REAL  PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT IS THAT PORTION OF FIFTEEN PERCENT
OF THE ADJUSTED RENT PAID  IN  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  WHICH  REFLECTS  THAT
PORTION  OF  THE  RENT  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND THE
MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD; AND (2) FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING  IN
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED RENT
ACTUALLY  PAID  IN THE TAXABLE YEAR  BY A HOUSEHOLD SOLELY FOR THE RIGHT
OF OCCUPANCY OF ITS NEW YORK RESIDENCE FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR.  IF  (I)  A
RESIDENCE  IS  RENTED  TO  TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS AS COTENANTS, OR SUCH
INDIVIDUALS SHARE IN THE PAYMENT OF A SINGLE RENT FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCU-
PANCY OF SUCH RESIDENCE, AND (II) EACH OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS IS  A  MEMBER
OF  A  DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD, ONE OR MORE OF WHICH INDIVIDUALS SHARES SUCH
RESIDENCE, REAL PROPERTY  TAX  EQUIVALENT  IS  THAT  PORTION  OF  TWENTY
PERCENT  OF  THE  ADJUSTED  RENT PAID IN THE TAXABLE YEAR WHICH REFLECTS
THAT PORTION OF THE RENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND  THE
MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD.
  (F)  "NET REAL PROPERTY TAX" MEANS THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ASSESSED ON
THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY OWNED AND  OCCUPIED  BY  THE  TAXPAYER  OR
TAXPAYERS AFTER ANY EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE REAL
PROPERTY TAX LAW.
  (2) CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE
TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, EQUAL TO SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT BY
WHICH  THE TAXPAYER'S NET REAL PROPERTY TAX OR THE TAXPAYER'S REAL PROP-
ERTY TAX EQUIVALENT EXCEEDS THE TAXPAYER'S MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX, AS
DETERMINED BY PARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS SUBSECTION. IF SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
THE TAX FOR SUCH TAXABLE YEAR, AS REDUCED BY THE OTHER CREDITS PERMITTED

S. 3266                             3

BY THIS ARTICLE, THE QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  MAY  RECEIVE,  AND  THE  COMP-
TROLLER,  SUBJECT  TO  A  CERTIFICATE OF THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL PAY AS AN
OVERPAYMENT, WITHOUT INTEREST, ANY EXCESS BETWEEN SUCH TAX AS SO REDUCED
AND THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT. IF A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS NOT REQUIRED TO
FILE A RETURN PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  MAY  NEVERTHELESS  RECEIVE  AND THE COMPTROLLER,
SUBJECT TO A CERTIFICATE OF THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL PAY AS AN  OVERPAYMENT
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT, WITHOUT INTEREST.
  (3) MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX. (A) A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S MAXIMUM REAL
PROPERTY TAX SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
  (I) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 NINE PERCENT OF THE
DOLLARS OR LESS                      HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED                NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (II) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE
DOLLARS OR LESS                      HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED                NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (III) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS         SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
OR LESS                              HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND       SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO   ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS   PLUS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
                                     HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ABOVE
                                     ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY          NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (IV) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND THEREAFTER:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 SIX PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD GROSS
DOLLARS OR LESS                      INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND       SIX PERCENT OF ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO   THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS SEVEN
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS   PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
                                     ABOVE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY          SIX PERCENT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN      DOLLARS PLUS SEVEN
OR EQUAL TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY        PERCENT OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS                     PLUS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
                                     HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ABOVE ONE
                                     HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY          NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS
  (B)  THE  THRESHOLDS  OF  HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE
(IV) OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  INDEXED  FOR
INFLATION FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFT-
ER.

S. 3266                             4

  (4) EXCLUSIONS FROM ELIGIBILITY. NO CREDIT SHALL BE GRANTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION  IF  THE  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  CLAIMS  THE  REAL PROPERTY TAX
CIRCUIT BREAKER CREDIT, PURSUANT TO  SUBSECTION  (E)  OF  THIS  SECTION,
DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  S  2.  There  is  hereby  established a tax reform study commission to
provide the governor and the  legislature  with  a  long  run  plan  for
reforming  the state and local tax systems. The tax reform study commis-
sion shall consist of five  members  appointed  by  the  governor,  four
members  each appointed by the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
president of the senate, and one member each appointed by  the  minority
leader  of  the senate and the minority leader of the assembly. In addi-
tion, on or before January 1, 2016,  the  tax  reform  study  commission
shall  provide  the governor and the legislature with recommendations on
any changes that should be made in the definitions of income used in the
various property tax relief programs authorized by the laws of the state
of New York. Such recommendations shall be based on  an  examination  of
such  laws and of such laws in other states. In preparing such recommen-
dations, the tax reform study commission shall review the distributional
impact of the items of income included in the  definition  of  household
income for purposes of the circuit breaker and other property tax relief
programs established by state law and make recommendations to the gover-
nor and the legislature for any changes in any of these definitions that
the  tax  reform study commission deems appropriate. The commissioner of
taxation and finance and the director of the  office  of  real  property
services  shall  provide  the tax reform study commission with such data
and analysis as it may require.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2013-S3266A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5834
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4239, A8702
2011-2012: S912, A5542
2015-2016: S3110, A6458
2017-2018: S4579, A6270
2019-2020: S3982, A5750
2021-2022: S1434
2023-2024: S1244

2013-S3266A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and a tax reform study commission.

2013-S3266A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3266A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to creating
the middle class circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform
study commission

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To provide a personal income tax credit for certain property taxpayers
who pay a disproportionate share of their income to property taxes.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

SECTION 1: Adds a new subsection (yy) to section 606 of the tax law to
provide for a real property tax credit. The credit will be based on
the income of the household and the percentage that said household
pays for real property taxes.

FOR HOMEOWNERS

For taxable years starting in 2014:

Household Adjusted Gross Income Tax        Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                           Real Property taxes paid in
                                           excess of 9% of said income

                                           can receive a personal
income
                                           tax credit
                                           of 70% of the overage.

$100,00+                                   No credit.

For taxable years starting in 2014:

Household Adjusted Gross Income Tax
Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                           Real Property taxes paid
                                           in excess of 8.5% of said
                                           income can receive
                                           a personal income tax
credit
                                           of 70% of the overage.

$100,001+                                  No credit.

For taxable years starting in 2015:  Household Adjusted Gross Income
Tax        Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                           Real Property taxes paid in
                                           excess of 7.5% of said
                                           income can receive
                                           a personal income tax
credit
                                           of 70% of the overage.


$100,001 - $150,000                       Real Property taxes paid in
                                          excess of 7.5% of the first
                                          $100,000 of said income PLUS
                                          8.5% of said income above
                                          $100,000 can receive a
                                          personal
                                          income tax credit of 70%
                                          of the overage.

$150,001+                                 No credit.

For taxable years starting in 2016:  Household Adjusted Gross Income
Tax                               Maximum Real Property Tax

$100,000 or less                         Real Property taxes paid
                                         in excess of 6% of said
                                         income can receive a
                                         personal income tax credit
                                         of 70% of the overage.

$100,001 - $150,000                      Real Property taxes paid in
                                         excess of 6% if the first
                                         $100,000 of said income
                                         PLUS 7% of said income above
                                         $100,000 can receive a
personal
                                         income tax credit of 70% of
                                         the overage.

$150,001 - $250,000                      Real Property taxes paid in
                                         excess of 6% of the first
                                         $100,000 of said income
                                         PLUS 7% of the next $50,000
                                         of said income PLUS 8.5%
                                         of said income above
                                         $150,000 can receive a
                                         personal income tax credit
                                         of 70% of the overage.

To qualify, the taxpayer must have resided in the home for not less
than five years. Also, the taxpayer may still benefit from the Basic
STAR exemption or the Enhanced STAR exemption for senior citizens.
The credit will equal seventy percent of the taxes paid over the
allowed percentage cap as provided in the bill.

The act would also provide for a "real property tax equivalent" in the
case of taxpayers who rent real property as their primary New York
State residence.

For taxable years starting in 2015 the "real property tax equivalent"
equal to 15% of the adjusted rent actually paid in the taxable year.
Taxable years starting in 2016, the amount is increased to 20% of the
adjusted rent actually paid in the taxable year.

SECTION 2: Creates a tax reform study commission with appointments
from the Senate, Assembly and the Executive. The commission will


review the state's existing property tax reform programs as well as
programs enacted in other states.

SECTION 3: Contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The middle class property tax circuit breaker program is a concept
that has successfully been used in several states to Provide relief
from a residential homeowner's property tax when it exceeds a certain
portion of their household income. It has been traditionally Used for
homeowners with very low incomes and low assessments. New York State
currently has a circuit breaker provision that has existed for
decades, but the maximum eligible household income is $18,000 and the
maximum eligible home value is $85,000.  This new program would target
middle-class New Yorkers who have financially suffered as
municipalities have had to rely more heavily on real property taxes
for local government revenue. Many homeowners are facing sky-racking
real property tax bills as a result they are often faced with the
serious threat of defaulting on their property taxes and/or seriously
consider selling their homes.

Critics of the New York's STAR program have claimed that it is
inequitable because it does not draw a connection between a taxpayer's
household income and the amount of his tax bill. The Middle Class STAR
Rebate Checks program, which began in 1970 and was eliminated in 2009,
compounded this effect because it calculated a household's rebate
amount as a percentage of the value of its STAR exemption. This
legislation seeks to resolve these limitations and remain sensitive to
the State's current financial crisis.  Additionally, the bill would
add progressivity to property tax relief and extend the benefits to
property renters who are often burdened with property taxes in the
cost of their rent. The bill is phased in over four years in order to
take the state's fiscal situation into consideration while ensuring
that the most overburdened property taxpayers, based on the percentage
of income they are paying in property tax on their home, will get
relief quickly.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The program is phased in over four years and will cost the State
nothing in the first year. For year two the cost will be $1.1 billion;
year three will cost $1.8 billion and every year after will cost $2.3
billion.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediately after enactment.

2013-S3266A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 3266--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, HASSELL-THOMPSON, MONTGOMERY -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Investigations and Government  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 creating the middle class
  circuit breaker tax credit and creating a tax reform study commission

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

  Section 1. Subsections (yy) and (zz) of section 606 of the tax law are
redesignated  subsections  (yyy)  and (zzz) and a new subsection (yy) is
added to read as follows:
  (YY) MIDDLE CLASS CIRCUIT BREAKER CREDIT.  (1)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
  (A)  "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF THE STATE WHO
OWNS OR RENTS THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH HE OR SHE  RESIDES,
AND HAS RESIDED IN SUCH RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE
YEARS.
  (B)  "HOUSEHOLD"  OR  "MEMBERS  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD"  MEANS A QUALIFIED
TAXPAYER OR QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS,  NOT  NECESSARILY
RELATED,  WHO  ALL  RESIDE IN THE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE
TAXPAYER OR TAXPAYERS, AND SHARE ITS FURNISHINGS, FACILITIES AND  ACCOM-
MODATIONS;  PROVIDED  THAT  NO  PERSON  MAY BE A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE
HOUSEHOLD AT ONE TIME.
  (C) "HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME" MEANS THE AGGREGATE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME
OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE  YEAR  AS  REPORTED  FOR
FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES,  OR  WHICH WOULD BE REPORTED AS ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME IF A FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN WERE REQUIRED TO  BE  FILED,
WITH  THE  MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWELVE
OF THIS ARTICLE BUT WITHOUT THE MODIFICATIONS IN SUBSECTION (C) OF  SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01851-03-4

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SECTION, PLUS ANY PORTION OF THE GAIN FROM THE SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROP-
ERTY  OTHERWISE  EXCLUDED  FROM  SUCH AMOUNT; EARNED INCOME FROM SOURCES
WITHOUT THE UNITED  STATES  EXCLUDABLE  FROM  FEDERAL  GROSS  INCOME  BY
SECTION  NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; SUPPORT MONEY
NOT INCLUDED IN  ADJUSTED  GROSS  INCOME;  NONTAXABLE  STRIKE  BENEFITS;
SUPPLEMENTAL  SECURITY  INCOME PAYMENTS; THE GROSS AMOUNT OF ANY PENSION
OR ANNUITY BENEFITS TO THE EXTENT NOT INCLUDED IN  SUCH  ADJUSTED  GROSS
INCOME  (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND
ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT  AND  VETER-
ANS'  DISABILITY  PENSIONS); NONTAXABLE INTEREST RECEIVED FROM THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, ITS AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES,  PUBLIC  CORPORATIONS,  OR
POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS (INCLUDING A PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED PURSUANT
TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT WITH ANOTHER STATE OR CANADA); WORKERS'  COMPEN-
SATION;  THE GROSS AMOUNT OF "LOSS-OF-TIME" INSURANCE; AND THE AMOUNT OF
CASH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF, OTHER THAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE
NEEDY, PAID TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER  OR  MEMBERS
OF  HIS  OR  HER  HOUSEHOLD.  HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL   NOT INCLUDE
SURPLUS FOODS OR OTHER RELIEF IN KIND OR PAYMENTS  MADE  TO  INDIVIDUALS
BECAUSE  OF  THEIR  STATUS  AS VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION AS DEFINED IN
PUBLIC LAW 103-286 OR ANY DISABILITY COMPENSATION RECEIVED  BY  VETERANS
ON  ACCOUNT  OF INJURY OR ILLNESS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED DURING MILITARY
SERVICE IN THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ  SINCE  SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,
TWO  THOUSAND ONE.  PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL ONLY
INCLUDE ALL SUCH INCOME RECEIVED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE  HOUSEHOLD  WHILE
MEMBERS OF SUCH HOUSEHOLD.
  (D)  "ADJUSTED  RENT"  MEANS RENT PAID FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY OF A
RESIDENCE.
  (E) "REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT" MEANS (1) FOR TAXABLE YEARS  BEGIN-
NING IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED RENT ACTU-
ALLY  PAID  IN  THE  TAXABLE YEAR BY A HOUSEHOLD SOLELY FOR THE RIGHT OF
OCCUPANCY OF ITS NEW YORK RESIDENCE FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR. IF (I) A RESI-
DENCE IS RENTED TO TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS AS COTENANTS, OR  SUCH  INDI-
VIDUALS SHARE IN THE PAYMENT OF A SINGLE RENT FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY
OF  SUCH RESIDENCE, AND (II) EACH OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS  IS A MEMBER OF  A
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD, ONE OR MORE OF WHICH INDIVIDUALS SHARES SUCH  RESI-
DENCE,  REAL  PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT IS THAT PORTION OF FIFTEEN PERCENT
OF THE ADJUSTED RENT PAID  IN  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  WHICH  REFLECTS  THAT
PORTION  OF  THE  RENT  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND THE
MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD; AND (2) FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING  IN
TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  AND THEREAFTER, TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED
RENT ACTUALLY PAID IN THE TAXABLE YEAR  BY A HOUSEHOLD  SOLELY  FOR  THE
RIGHT  OF  OCCUPANCY  OF ITS NEW YORK RESIDENCE FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR. IF
(I) A RESIDENCE IS RENTED TO TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS  AS  COTENANTS,  OR
SUCH  INDIVIDUALS SHARE IN THE PAYMENT OF A SINGLE RENT FOR THE RIGHT OF
OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENCE, AND (II) EACH  OF  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  IS  A
MEMBER OF A DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD, ONE OR MORE OF WHICH INDIVIDUALS SHARES
SUCH  RESIDENCE,  REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT IS THAT PORTION OF TWENTY
PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED RENT PAID IN THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  WHICH  REFLECTS
THAT  PORTION OF THE RENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND THE
MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD.
  (F) "NET REAL PROPERTY TAX" MEANS THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ASSESSED  ON
THE  RESIDENTIAL  REAL  PROPERTY  OWNED  AND OCCUPIED BY THE TAXPAYER OR
TAXPAYERS AFTER ANY EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE REAL
PROPERTY TAX LAW.
  (2) CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE
TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, EQUAL TO SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT BY

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WHICH THE TAXPAYER'S NET REAL PROPERTY TAX OR THE TAXPAYER'S REAL  PROP-
ERTY TAX EQUIVALENT EXCEEDS THE TAXPAYER'S MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX, AS
DETERMINED BY PARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS SUBSECTION. IF SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
THE TAX FOR SUCH TAXABLE YEAR, AS REDUCED BY THE OTHER CREDITS PERMITTED
BY  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  MAY RECEIVE, AND THE COMP-
TROLLER, SUBJECT TO A CERTIFICATE OF THE DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  PAY  AS  AN
OVERPAYMENT, WITHOUT INTEREST, ANY EXCESS BETWEEN SUCH TAX AS SO REDUCED
AND THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT. IF A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS NOT REQUIRED TO
FILE A RETURN PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  MAY  NEVERTHELESS  RECEIVE  AND THE COMPTROLLER,
SUBJECT TO A CERTIFICATE OF THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL PAY AS AN  OVERPAYMENT
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT, WITHOUT INTEREST.
  (3) MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX. (A) A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S MAXIMUM REAL
PROPERTY TAX SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
  (I) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 NINE PERCENT OF THE
DOLLARS OR LESS                      HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED                NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (II) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE
DOLLARS OR LESS                      HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED                NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (III) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS         SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
OR LESS                              HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND       SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO   ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS   PLUS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
                                     HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ABOVE
                                     ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY          NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

  (IV) FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME               MAXIMUM REAL PROPERTY TAX
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND                 SIX PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD GROSS
DOLLARS OR LESS                      INCOME
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND       SIX PERCENT OF ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO   THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS SEVEN
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS   PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
                                     ABOVE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY          SIX PERCENT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT LESS THAN      DOLLARS PLUS SEVEN
OR EQUAL TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY        PERCENT OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS                     PLUS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF
                                     HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ABOVE ONE
                                     HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY          NO LIMITATION.
THOUSAND DOLLARS

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  (B)  THE  THRESHOLDS  OF  HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE
(IV) OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  INDEXED  FOR
INFLATION FOR TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFT-
ER.
  (4) EXCLUSIONS FROM ELIGIBILITY. NO CREDIT SHALL BE GRANTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION  IF  THE  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER  CLAIMS  THE  REAL PROPERTY TAX
CIRCUIT BREAKER CREDIT, PURSUANT TO  SUBSECTION  (E)  OF  THIS  SECTION,
DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  S  2.  There  is  hereby  established a tax reform study commission to
provide the governor and the  legislature  with  a  long  run  plan  for
reforming  the state and local tax systems. The tax reform study commis-
sion shall consist of five  members  appointed  by  the  governor,  four
members  each appointed by the speaker of the assembly and the temporary
president of the senate, and one member each appointed by  the  minority
leader  of  the senate and the minority leader of the assembly. In addi-
tion, on or before January 1, 2017,  the  tax  reform  study  commission
shall  provide  the governor and the legislature with recommendations on
any changes that should be made in the definitions of income used in the
various property tax relief programs authorized by the laws of the state
of New York. Such recommendations shall be based on  an  examination  of
such  laws and of such laws in other states. In preparing such recommen-
dations, the tax reform study commission shall review the distributional
impact of the items of income included in the  definition  of  household
income for purposes of the circuit breaker and other property tax relief
programs established by state law and make recommendations to the gover-
nor and the legislature for any changes in any of these definitions that
the  tax  reform study commission deems appropriate. The commissioner of
taxation and finance and the director of the  office  of  real  property
services  shall  provide  the tax reform study commission with such data
and analysis as it may require.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S3266A

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