Senate Bill S2230

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and disabled veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • 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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2019-S2230 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6024
2013-2014: S1707
2015-2016: S6523
2017-2018: S4643
2021-2022: S647
2023-2024: S1153

2019-S2230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and disabled veterans; provides that such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every disabled veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000 annually.

2019-S2230 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2230
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  establishing  a  returning
   veterans  tax  credit  for  businesses that hire veterans and disabled
   veterans

   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. RETURNING VETERANS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
 ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION,
 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR  EACH  VETERAN  OR  DISABLED
 VETERAN HIRED DURING A TAXABLE YEAR, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I)  SUCH  VETERAN  IS  A NEW EMPLOYEE AND IS EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE
 HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK AND REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF  SUCH  TAXPAYER  FOR
 TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE; OR
   (II)  SUCH  DISABLED  VETERAN  IS  A  NEW EMPLOYEE WHO IS EMPLOYED FOR
 SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK AND REMAINS IN THE  EMPLOY
 OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE.
   (B)  AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL EQUAL
 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HIRED VETERAN AND FOUR THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER
 HIRED  DISABLED  VETERAN  BUT  SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
 ANNUALLY.
   (C) CARRYOVERS. THE CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY  BE
 CLAIMED  AND  IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT
 IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE TEN  SUCCEEDING
 TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED
 TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.
   (D)  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I) "NEW EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT  CAUSES  THE
 TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES TO INCREASE ABOVE BASE EMPLOYMENT OR CREDIT
 EMPLOYMENT, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
              

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