S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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857
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 creating an enhanced real
property tax circuit breaker credit
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 (e-2) to read as follows:
(E-2) ENHANCED REAL PROPERTY TAX CIRCUIT BREAKER CREDIT. (1) FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
(A) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF THE STATE, WHO
(I) IS A RESIDENT OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OVER ONE MILLION, (II) HAS
OCCUPIED THE SAME RESIDENCE FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF THE TAXABLE YEAR,
AND (III) IS REQUIRED OR CHOOSES TO FILE A RETURN UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
(B) "HOUSEHOLD" OR "MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD" MEANS A QUALIFIED
TAXPAYER AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED, WHO HAVE THE
SAME RESIDENCE AND SHARE ITS FURNISHINGS, FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
SUCH TERMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE A TENANT, SUBTENANT, ROOMER OR BOARDER WHO
IS NOT RELATED TO THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IN ANY DEGREE SPECIFIED IN
SUBPARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (G) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBSECTION (D) OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, 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-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01921-01-1
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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
P.L. 103-286. PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL ONLY
INCLUDE ALL SUCH INCOME RECEIVED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD WHILE
MEMBERS OF SUCH HOUSEHOLD. IN COMPUTING HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME, THE NET
AMOUNT OF LOSS REPORTED ON FEDERAL SCHEDULE C, D, E, OR F SHALL NOT
EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER SCHEDULE. IN ADDITION, THE NET AMOUNT
OF ANY OTHER SEPARATE CATEGORY OF LOSS SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ALL LOSSES INCLUDED IN COMPUTING HOUSE-
HOLD GROSS INCOME SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(D) "RESIDENCE" MEANS A DWELLING IN THIS STATE, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF OVER ONE MILLION, OWNED OR RENTED BY THE TAXPAYER, AND SO MUCH
OF THE LAND ABUTTING IT, NOT EXCEEDING ONE ACRE, AS IS REASONABLY NECES-
SARY FOR USE OF THE DWELLING AS A HOME, AND MAY CONSIST OF A PART OF A
MULTI-DWELLING OR MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING INCLUDING A COOPERATIVE OR
CONDOMINIUM, AND RENTAL UNITS WITHIN A SINGLE DWELLING. RESIDENCE
INCLUDES A TRAILER OR MOBILE HOME, USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL
PURPOSES AND DEFINED AS REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF
SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX
LAW.
(E) "QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES" MEANS ALL REAL PROPERTY TAXES,
SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF PENAL-
TIES AND INTEREST, LEVIED ON THE RESIDENCE OF A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND
PAID DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER MAY ELECT TO INCLUDE
ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEVIED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW. IF TENANT-STOCKHOLDERS IN A
COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TWO
HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE BY WHICH THEY ARE ALLOWED A
DEDUCTION FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES, THE AMOUNT OF TAXES SO ALLOWABLE, OR
WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWABLE IF THE TAXPAYER HAD FILED RETURNS ON A CASH
BASIS, SHALL BE QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES. IF A RESIDENCE IS OWNED
BY TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS AS JOINT TENANTS OR TENANTS IN COMMON, AND
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD, QUALI-
FYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES IS THAT PART OF SUCH TAXES ON THE RESIDENCE
WHICH REFLECTS THE OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE OF THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND
MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD. IF A RESIDENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A
LARGER UNIT, QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THAT
AMOUNT OF SUCH TAXES PAID AS MAY BE REASONABLY APPORTIONED TO SUCH RESI-
DENCE. IF A HOUSEHOLD OWNS AND OCCUPIES TWO OR MORE RESIDENCES DURING
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DIFFERENT PERIODS IN THE SAME TAXABLE YEAR, QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY
TAXES SHALL BE THE SUM OF THE PRORATED QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HOUSEHOLD DURING THE PERIODS SUCH HOUSEHOLD OCCUPIES
EACH OF SUCH RESIDENCES. IF THE HOUSEHOLD OWNS AND OCCUPIES A RESIDENCE
FOR PART OF THE TAXABLE YEAR AND RENTS A RESIDENCE FOR PART OF THE SAME
TAXABLE YEAR, IT MAY INCLUDE THE PRORATION OF QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY
TAXES ON THE RESIDENCE OWNED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, FOR PURPOSES OF THE
CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, QUALIFYING REAL PROPERTY TAXES MAY
BE INCLUDED BY A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH TAXPAY-
ER OR THE SPOUSE OF SUCH TAXPAYER, OCCUPYING SUCH RESIDENCE FOR ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE DAYS OR MORE OF THE TAXABLE YEAR, OWNS OR HAS OWNED
THE RESIDENCE AND PAID SUCH TAXES.
(F) "REAL PROPERTY TAX EQUIVALENT" MEANS FIFTEEN AND THREE-QUARTERS
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 INDI-
VIDUALS 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 FIFTEEN AND THREE-QUARTERS PERCENT OF THE ADJUSTED RENT
PAID IN THE TAXABLE YEAR WHICH REFLECTS THAT PORTION OF THE RENT ATTRIB-
UTABLE TO THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSE-
HOLD.
(G) "ADJUSTED RENT" MEANS RENTAL PAID FOR THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY OF A
RESIDENCE, EXCLUDING CHARGES FOR HEAT, GAS, ELECTRICITY, FURNISHINGS AND
BOARD. WHERE CHARGES FOR HEAT, GAS, ELECTRICITY, FURNISHINGS OR BOARD
ARE INCLUDED IN RENTAL BUT WHERE SUCH CHARGES AND THE AMOUNT THEREOF ARE
NOT SEPARATELY SET FORTH IN A WRITTEN RENTAL AGREEMENT, FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING ADJUSTED RENT THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL REDUCE RENTAL
PAID AS FOLLOWS:
(I) FOR HEAT, OR HEAT AND GAS, DEDUCT SIX PERCENT OF RENTAL PAID.
(II) FOR HEAT, GAS AND ELECTRICITY, DEDUCT EIGHT PERCENT OF RENTAL
PAID.
(III) FOR HEAT, GAS, ELECTRICITY AND FURNISHINGS, DEDUCT TEN PERCENT
OF RENTAL PAID.
(IV) FOR HEAT, GAS, ELECTRICITY, FURNISHINGS AND BOARD, DEDUCT TWENTY
PERCENT OF RENTAL PAID.
IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE ADJUSTED RENT SHOWN ON THE
RETURN IS EXCESSIVE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY REDUCE SUCH RENT, FOR PURPOSES
OF THE COMPUTATION OF THE CREDIT, TO AN AMOUNT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
TO RENT FOR A COMPARABLE ACCOMMODATION.
(2) A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AS PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS SUBSECTION AGAINST THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS
ARTICLE REDUCED BY THE CREDITS PERMITTED BY THIS ARTICLE. IF THE CREDIT
EXCEEDS THE TAX AS SO REDUCED FOR SUCH YEAR UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE
EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT, TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED,
WITHOUT INTEREST. 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 THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CRED-
IT TO BE CREDITED OR REPAID AS AN OVERPAYMENT, WITHOUT INTEREST.
(3) DETERMINATION OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME EXCESS REAL PROPERTY THE CREDIT AMOUNT IS
FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR IS: TAXES ARE THE EXCESS THE FOLLOWING
OF REAL PROPERTY TAX PERCENTAGE OF EXCESS
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EQUIVALENT OR THE PROPERTY TAXES:
EXCESS OF QUALIFYING
REAL PROPERTY TAXES
OVER THE FOLLOWING
PERCENTAGE OF
HOUSEHOLD GROSS
INCOME:
LESS THAN $100,000 2 15
$100,000 TO LESS THAN 2.5 10
$150,000
$150,000 TO LESS THAN 3 5
$200,000
(4) IF A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER OCCUPIES A RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF LESS
THAN TWELVE MONTHS DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR OR OCCUPIES TWO OR MORE RESI-
DENCES DURING DIFFERENT PERIODS IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR, THE CREDIT ALLOWED
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE COMPUTED IN SUCH MANNER AS THE
COMMISSIONER MAY, BY REGULATION, PRESCRIBE IN ORDER TO PROPERLY REFLECT
THE CREDIT OR PORTION THEREOF ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH RESIDENCE OR RESI-
DENCES AND SUCH PERIOD OR PERIODS.
(5) THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE THAT THE CREDIT UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE DETERMINED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE USE OF TABLES
PRESCRIBED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER. SUCH TABLES SHALL SET FORTH THE CREDIT
TO THE NEAREST DOLLAR.
(6) ONLY ONE CREDIT PER HOUSEHOLD AND PER QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE
ALLOWED PER TAXABLE YEAR UNDER THIS SUBSECTION. WHEN TWO OR MORE MEMBERS
OF A HOUSEHOLD ARE ABLE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A QUALIFIED
TAXPAYER, THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN OR AMONG SUCH
INDIVIDUALS UNLESS SUCH INDIVIDUALS FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER A WRITTEN
AGREEMENT AMONG SUCH INDIVIDUALS SETTING FORTH A DIFFERENT DIVISION.
(A) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE A JOINT INCOME TAX RETURN HAS BEEN FILED
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS
ARTICLE BY A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE (OR WHERE BOTH
SPOUSES ARE QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS AND HAVE FILED SUCH JOINT RETURN), THE
CREDIT, OR THE PORTION OF THE CREDIT IF DIVIDED, TO WHICH THE SPOUSES
ARE ENTITLED SHALL BE APPLIED AGAINST THE TAX OF BOTH SPOUSES AND ANY
OVERPAYMENT SHALL BE MADE TO BOTH SPOUSES.
(B) WHERE ANY RETURN REQUIRED TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE IS COMBINED WITH ANY
RETURN OF TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY
OTHER LAW IF SUCH TAX IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE CREDIT OR
THE PORTION OF THE CREDIT IF DIVIDED, ALLOWED TO THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER
MAY BE APPLIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TOWARD ANY LIABILITY FOR THE AFORE-
MENTIONED TAXES.
(7) NO CREDIT SHALL BE GRANTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION:
(A) IF HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR EQUALS OR EXCEEDS
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(B) TO A PROPERTY OWNER UNLESS: (I) THE PROPERTY IS USED FOR RESIDEN-
TIAL PURPOSES, (II) NOT MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE RENTAL INCOME,
IF ANY, FROM THE PROPERTY IS FROM RENTAL FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND
(III) THE PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED AS A RESIDENCE IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ONE
OR MORE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
(C) TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH RESPECT TO WHOM A DEDUCTION UNDER SUBSECTION
(C) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE IS
ALLOWABLE TO ANOTHER TAXPAYER FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR.
(D) WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDENCE THAT IS WHOLLY EXEMPTED FROM REAL
PROPERTY TAXATION.
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(E) TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF A CITY, WITH-
IN THE STATE, WITH A POPULATION OVER ONE MILLION, FOR THE ENTIRE TAXABLE
YEAR.
(8) THE RIGHT TO CLAIM A CREDIT OR THE PORTION OF A CREDIT, WHERE SUCH
CREDIT HAS BEEN DIVIDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, SHALL BE PERSONAL TO THE
QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND SHALL NOT SURVIVE HIS OR HER DEATH, BUT SUCH
RIGHT MAY BE EXERCISED ON BEHALF OF A CLAIMANT BY HIS OR HER LEGAL GUAR-
DIAN OR ATTORNEY IN FACT DURING HIS OR HER LIFETIME.
(9) RETURNS. IF A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE A RETURN
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, A CLAIM FOR A
CREDIT MAY BE TAKEN ON A RETURN FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THREE
YEARS FROM THE TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED THAT A RETURN BE FILED
PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION HAD THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER HAD A TAXABLE YEAR
ENDING ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST. RETURNS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICH SHALL
MAKE AVAILABLE SUCH FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING SUCH RETURNS.
(10) PROOF OF CLAIM. THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER
TO FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF HIS CLAIM FOR CREDIT
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION: HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME, REAL PROPERTY TAXES
LEVIED OR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEVIED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXEMPTION
FROM REAL PROPERTY TAX PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF
THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, THE NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND
OTHER QUALIFYING TAXPAYERS OCCUPYING THE SAME RESIDENCE AND THEIR IDEN-
TIFYING NUMBERS INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, HOUSEHOLD GROSS
INCOME, SIZE AND NATURE OF PROPERTY CLAIMED AS RESIDENCE AND ALL OTHER
INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO DETERMINE THE
CREDIT.
(11) ADMINISTRATION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT,
AND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE PROVISIONS OF PART
SIX OF THIS ARTICLE RELATING TO PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING
THE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, EXCEPT SO MUCH
OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH PERMITS A
CLAIM FOR CREDIT OR REFUND TO BE FILED AFTER THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN
PARAGRAPH NINE OF THIS SUBSECTION AND EXCEPT SECTIONS SIX HUNDRED
FIFTY-SEVEN, SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT AND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THIS
ARTICLE, SHALL APPLY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION IN THE SAME
MANNER AND WITH THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF THE LANGUAGE OF THOSE
PROVISIONS HAD BEEN INCORPORATED IN FULL INTO THIS SUBSECTION AND HAD
EXPRESSLY REFERRED TO THE CREDIT ALLOWED OR RETURNS FILED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH PROVISION IS EITHER
INCONSISTENT WITH A PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION OR IS NOT RELEVANT TO
THIS SUBSECTION. AS USED IN SUCH SECTIONS AND SUCH PART, THE TERM
"TAXPAYER" SHALL INCLUDE A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER UNDER THIS SUBSECTION AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, WHERE A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER HAS PROTESTED
THE DENIAL OF A CLAIM FOR CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION AND THE TIME TO
FILE A PETITION FOR REDETERMINATION OF A DEFICIENCY OR FOR REFUND HAS
NOT EXPIRED, HE SHALL, SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AS MAY BE SET BY THE
COMMISSIONER, RECEIVE SUCH INFORMATION (A) WHICH IS CONTAINED IN ANY
RETURN FILED UNDER THIS ARTICLE BY A MEMBER OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD FOR
THE TAXABLE YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT IS CLAIMED, AND (B) WHICH THE
COMMISSIONER FINDS IS RELEVANT AND MATERIAL TO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER SUCH
CLAIM WAS PROPERLY DENIED.
(12) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, THE CREDIT
ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE DETERMI-
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NATION AND APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER CREDITS PERMITTED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
(13) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT AFTER DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH SHALL CONTAIN STATISTICAL
INFORMATION REGARDING THE CREDITS GRANTED ON OR BEFORE SUCH DATES UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION DURING SUCH CALENDAR YEAR. COPIES OF THE REPORT SHALL BE
SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST. SUCH REPORT
SHALL CONTAIN, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF CREDITS AND THE
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDITS ALLOWED; AND OF THOSE, THE NUMBER OF
CREDITS AND THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDITS ALLOWED TO QUALIFIED
TAXPAYERS IN EACH COUNTY; AND OF THOSE, THE NUMBER OF CREDITS AND THE
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDITS ALLOWED TO QUALIFIED TAXPAYERS WHOSE
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME FALLS WITHIN EACH OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME
RANGES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS SUBSECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on or after the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.
