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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Senate Bill S1973
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1973 SPONSOR: LITTLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to creating a tax credit for employers who reduce the governmental education loans of their employees and said employees who receive such reduction in governmental education loans PURPOSE: This bill would create a tax credit for employers who assist their employees in paying back their governmental education loans that they received during their time as a student. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the tax law by adding a new subdivision that allows a taxpayer a credit if it provides for a payment, on behalf of an employ- ee, of any debt that the employee owes under a governmental education
2019-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1973 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 creating a tax credit for employers who reduce the governmental education loans of their employ- ees and said employees who receive such reduction in governmental education loans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision 53 to read as follows: 53. EMPLOYEE INDEBTEDNESS REDUCTION CREDIT. (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN PARA- GRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, IF IT PROVIDES FOR A PAYMENT, ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE, OF ANY INDEBT- EDNESS OF THE EMPLOYEE UNDER A GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATION LOAN OR ANY INTER- EST RELATING TO SUCH A LOAN. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "GOVERN- MENTAL EDUCATION LOAN" SHALL MEAN ANY EDUCATION LOAN DEBT, INCLUDING JUDGMENTS, OWED TO THE FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION. (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TAXPAYER'S PAYMENT, ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE, OF ANY INDEBTEDNESS OF THE EMPLOYEE UNDER A GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATION LOAN OR ANY INTEREST RELATING TO SUCH A LOAN. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED BY SUCH EMPLOYER. (C) APPLICATION OF CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE. IF, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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