NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7353

Senate Bill S7353

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a small business tax credit for salary and wages paid to employees for time spent at sexual harassment prevention training

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 03, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 21, 2020	referred to budget and revenue

Votes

- Mar 3, 2020 - Budget And Revenue Committee Vote
  S7353
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Budget And Revenue Committee Vote: Mar 3, 2020
      
      aye (6)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Borrello
      
      Felder
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Tedisco
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Krueger

2019-S7353 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10117
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S32, A6278
2023-2024: A6620

2019-S7353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a small business tax credit for salary and wages paid to employees for time spent at sexual harassment prevention training.

2019-S7353 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7353

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a small busi-
ness tax credit for salary and wages paid to employees for time spent at
sexual harassment prevention training

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation allows for a tax credit to small business of fifty
percent of salary/wages paid to an employee for time spent at sexual
harassment prevention training.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 554 to Section 210-B of the tax law to
create a credit for a small business with fifty or less employees. The
amount of credit is equal to fifty percent of the wages and salary paid
by the employer to the employee or fifty dollars per employee whichever

is less. This section allows for carryover of credit for a period of
five succeeding years.

Section 2 amends Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of
section 606 of the tax law to add a new clause for the small business
tax credit created here.

Section 3 adds a new subsection (kkk) to section 606 of the tax law to
create a credit for a small business with fifty or less employees.  The
amount of credit is equal to fifty percent of the wages and salary paid
by the employer to the employee or fifty dollars per employee whichever
is less. This section allows for carryover of credit for a period of
five succeeding years.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's sexual harassment training requirement is critically impor-
tant to fostering a positive and harassment free work environment.
Having such a strong sexual harassment training requirement is something
to be proud of as we work to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
In discussions with business they laud this law as important as well and
understand the goals that went into its enactment. However, small busi-
ness speak often about the fiscal strain placed on them by having to pay
each of their employees for their time at sexual harassment training,
they express no issue with comporting with the law however they are
fiscally stressed by cost both paid to their employees to take the
training, while also possibly having to pay other employees to cover
work responsibilities for the individual taking harassment training.

This legislation attempts to create a simple tax credit to offset some
of the cost of small business. Allowing a credit of up to fifty percent
of salary paid to an employee, capped at $50 for small businesses fifty
and under is a simple step we can take towards alleviating some of the
stress caused by this fiscal burden.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to table years
beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

2019-S7353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7353
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a  small  busi-
   ness  tax credit for salary and wages paid to employees for time spent
   at sexual harassment prevention training
 
   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 55 to read as follows:
   55. SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION  TRAINING.
 (A)  GENERAL.  A  TAXPAYER  WHO  HAS  FIFTY  EMPLOYEES OR LESS, SHALL BE
 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY THIS ARTICLE FOR SALARY AND WAGES PAID BY
 SUCH TAXPAYER TO ITS EMPLOYEES  FOR  TIME  SPENT  AT  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 PREVENTION  TRAINING  REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-G OF
 THE LABOR LAW.  SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON AN  ANNUAL  BASIS  AND
 SHALL  ONLY  BE  MADE AVAILABLE ON ONE SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING COURSE
 PER YEAR FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
   (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF  THE  CREDIT  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE WAGES AND SALARY
 ACTUALLY PAID BY THE EMPLOYER TO EACH  EMPLOYEE  OR  FIFTY  DOLLARS  PER
 EMPLOYEE, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
   (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 FIVE SUCCEEDING
 TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED
 TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.
   §  2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
 of the tax law is amended by adding a  new  clause  (xlvi)  to  read  as
 follows:

 (XLVI) SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT;    COSTS UNDER SUBDIVISION
 SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION         FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION
 TRAINING UNDER SUBSECTION (KKK)      TWO HUNDRED TEN-B
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14342-04-0

 S. 7353                             2
 
   §  3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (kkk) to read as follows:
   (KKK)  (A)  GENERAL. A TAXPAYER WHO HAS FIFTY EMPLOYEES OR LESS, SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBSECTION,
 AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY THIS ARTICLE FOR SALARY AND WAGES PAID BY
 SUCH TAXPAYER TO ITS EMPLOYEES  FOR  TIME  SPENT  AT  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 PREVENTION  TRAINING  REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-G OF
 THE LABOR LAW.  SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON AN  ANNUAL  BASIS  AND
 SHALL  ONLY  BE  MADE AVAILABLE ON ONE SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING COURSE
 PER YEAR FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
   (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF  THE  CREDIT  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 SUBSECTION SHALL BE EQUAL TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE WAGES AND SALARY ACTU-
 ALLY  PAID BY THE EMPLOYER TO EACH EMPLOYEE OR FIFTY DOLLARS PER EMPLOY-
 EE, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
   (C) CARRYOVERS. THE  CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS  SUBSECTION  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 FIVE SUCCEEDING
 TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE  USED
 TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

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