Bill Text: NY A00808 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides personal income tax credits for cold war veterans who own tangible real property.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A00808 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00808-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 808 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COLTON, ROBINSON, ROBERTS, HAWLEY, GRAF, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, LOPEZ, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing personal income tax credits for cold war veterans who own tangible real property THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subsection (e-3) to read as follows: 3 (E-3) COLD WAR VETERAN'S TAX CREDIT. (1) FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING 4 ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, A RESIDENT TAXPAYER WHO IS A 5 COLD WAR VETERAN AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF 6 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SHALL BE 7 ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO TWO 8 HUNDRED DOLLARS. 9 (2) IF A TAXPAYER RECEIVES A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION RELATING TO 10 SUCH STATUS UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-B OF THE REAL PROPER- 11 TY TAX LAW, SUCH TAXPAYER SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CREDIT. 12 (3) IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY 13 TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS 14 SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN 15 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS 16 ARTICLE, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON. 17 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01994-01-5