Bill Text: NY A03979 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the maximum real property tax circuit breaker tax credit.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A03979 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03979-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3979
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 31, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROBINSON, COLTON, STEVENSON, GIBSON, JAFFEE --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  AMEDORE,  CERETTO,  CROUCH,  SAYWARD,
         SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
         Means
       AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the maximum real
         property tax circuit breaker credit
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of subsection (e) of section 606 of the tax
    2  law, as amended by chapter 28 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (3) Determination of credit. (A)  For  qualified  taxpayers  who  have
    5  attained  the  age of sixty-five years before the beginning of or during
    6  the  taxable  year  the  amount  of  the  credit  allowable  under  this
    7  subsection shall be fifty percent, or in the case of a qualified taxpay-
    8  er  who has elected to include an additional amount pursuant to subpara-
    9  graph (E) of paragraph one of this subsection, twenty-five  percent,  of
   10  the  excess  of  real  property taxes or the excess of real property tax
   11  equivalent determined as follows:
   12                                     Excess real property  taxes  are  the
   13                                     excess  of  real  property tax equiv-
   14                                     alent or the excess of qualifying
   15                                     real property taxes over the follow-
   16  If household gross income for      ing percentage of household gross
   17  the taxable year is:               income:
   18  _____________________________       ____________________________________
   19  $3,000 or less                                       3 1/2
   20  Over $3,000 but not over $5,000                      4
   21  Over $5,000 but not over $7,000                      4 1/2
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01411-01-1
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    1  Over $7,000 but not over $9,000                      5
    2  Over $9,000 but not over $11,000                     5 1/2
    3  Over $11,000 but not over $14,000                    6
    4  Over $14,000 but not over $18,000                    6 1/2
    5    Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions, the maximum credit deter-
    6  mined under this subparagraph may not exceed the  amount  determined  in
    7  accordance with the following table:
    8  If household gross income          The maximum credit is:
    9  for the taxable year is:
   10  _________________________________   ____________________________________
   11  $1,000 or less                                     [$375] $750
   12  Over $1,000 but not over $2,000                    [$358] $716
   13  Over $2,000 but not over $3,000                    [$341] $682
   14  Over $3,000 but not over $4,000                    [$324] $648
   15  Over $4,000 but not over $5,000                    [$307] $614
   16  Over $5,000 but not over $6,000                    [$290] $580
   17  Over $6,000 but not over $7,000                    [$273] $546
   18  Over $7,000 but not over $8,000                    [$256] $512
   19  Over $8,000 but not over $9,000                    [$239] $478
   20  Over $9,000 but not over $10,000                   [$222] $444
   21  Over $10,000 but not over $11,000                  [$205] $410
   22  Over $11,000 but not over $12,000                  [$188] $376
   23  Over $12,000 but not over $13,000                  [$171] $342
   24  Over $13,000 but not over $14,000                  [$154] $308
   25  Over $14,000 but not over $15,000                  [$137] $274
   26  Over $15,000 but not over $16,000                  [$120] $240
   27  Over $16,000 but not over $17,000                  [$103] $206
   28  Over $17,000 but not over $18,000                  [$ 86] $172
   29    (B)  For all other qualified taxpayers the amount of the credit allow-
   30  able under this subsection shall be fifty percent of excess real proper-
   31  ty taxes or the excess of the real property tax equivalent determined as
   32  follows:
   33                                     Excess real property  taxes  are  the
   34                                     excess  of  real  property tax equiv-
   35                                     alent or the excess of qualifying
   36                                     real property taxes over the follow-
   37  If household gross income for      ing percentage of household gross
   38  the taxable year is:               income:
   39  _____________________________       ____________________________________
   40  $3,000 or less                                     3 1/2
   41  Over $3,000 but not over $5,000                    4
   42  Over $5,000 but not over $7,000                    4 1/2
   43  Over $7,000 but not over $9,000                    5
   44  Over $9,000 but not over $11,000                   5 1/2
   45  Over $11,000 but not over $14,000                  6
   46  Over $14,000 but not over $18,000                  6 1/2
   47    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the  maximum  credit  deter-
   48  mined  under  this  subparagraph may not exceed the amount determined in
   49  accordance with the following table:
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    1  If household gross income for
    2  the taxable year is:               The maximum credit is:
    3  ______________________________      ____________________________________
    4  $1,000 or less                                     [$75] $150
    5  Over $1,000 but not over $2,000                    [$73] $146
    6  Over $2,000 but not over $3,000                    [$71] $142
    7  Over $3,000 but not over $4,000                    [$69] $138
    8  Over $4,000 but not over $5,000                    [$67] $134
    9  Over $5,000 but not over $6,000                    [$65] $130
   10  Over $6,000 but not over $7,000                    [$63] $126
   11  Over $7,000 but not over $8,000                    [$61] $122
   12  Over $8,000 but not over $9,000                    [$59] $118
   13  Over $9,000 but not over $10,000                   [$57] $114
   14  Over $10,000 but not over $11,000                  [$55] $110
   15  Over $11,000 but not over $12,000                  [$53] $106
   16  Over $12,000 but not over $13,000                  [$51] $102
   17  Over $13,000 but not over $14,000                  [$49] $98
   18  Over $14,000 but not over $15,000                  [$47] $94
   19  Over $15,000 but not over $16,000                  [$45] $90
   20  Over $16,000 but not over $17,000                  [$43] $86
   21  Over $17,000 but not over $18,000                  [$41] $82
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
   23  years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.
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