Bill Text: NY A08827 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides business franchise, personal income, banking franchise and insurance franchise tax credits for a portion of the wages paid to certain employees who have a developmental disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - print number 8827a [A08827 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08827-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8827--A I N A S S E M B L Y February 19, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing business fran- chise, personal income, banking franchise and insurance franchise tax credits for a portion of the wages paid to certain employees who have a developmental disability THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 23-b to read as follows: 3 23-B. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL 4 DISABILITY. (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE 5 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, 6 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR 7 NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK, 8 OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI- 9 FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE. 10 (B) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN 11 EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY 12 INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF. 13 (C) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 14 RESIDES IN THIS STATE: 15 (1) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN 16 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; 17 (2) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER 18 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU- 19 SAND EIGHTEEN; 20 (3) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT 21 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS OR THAT HE OR 22 SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR FIFTEEN OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK IN 23 THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY THE 24 QUALIFIED TAXPAYER; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14053-08-4 A. 8827--A 2 1 (4) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER 2 EMPLOYEE; AND/OR 3 (5) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR 4 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRON- 5 MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR 6 (6) WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY 7 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. 8 (D) CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 9 PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON 10 IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 11 (E) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE FIFTEEN 12 PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER 13 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUALI- 14 FIED EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME 15 TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE 16 WHO WORKS AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS 17 THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED 18 WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 19 FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT 20 EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED 21 FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI- 22 FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR INCURRED 23 BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY- 24 EE WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES 25 RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 26 (F) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXA- 27 BLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE 28 AMOUNT PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. 29 HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR 30 ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT 31 NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING 32 THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR 33 SUCH YEARS. 34 S 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606 35 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (xxxvii) to read as 36 follows: 37 (XXXVII) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT QUALIFIED WAGES 38 OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES UNDER SUBDIVISION 39 UNDER SUBSECTION (A-3) TWENTY-THREE-B 40 OF SECTION TWO 41 HUNDRED TEN OR 42 SUBSECTION (E-2) 43 OF SECTION FOURTEEN 44 HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX 45 S 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 46 (a-3) to read as follows: 47 (A-3) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL 48 DISABILITY. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE 49 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, 50 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THE ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR 51 NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK, 52 OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI- 53 FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE. A. 8827--A 3 1 (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHO IS AN 2 EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY 3 INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF. 4 (3) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 5 RESIDES IN THIS STATE: 6 (A) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN 7 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; 8 (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER 9 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU- 10 SAND EIGHTEEN; 11 (C) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT 12 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK 13 IN THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY 14 THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER; 15 (D) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER 16 EMPLOYEE; AND/OR 17 (E) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR 18 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRON- 19 MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR 20 (F) WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY 21 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. 22 (4) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE FIFTEEN 23 PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER 24 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUALI- 25 FIED EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME 26 TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE 27 WHO WORKS AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS 28 THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED 29 WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 30 FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT 31 EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED 32 FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI- 33 FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR INCURRED 34 BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY- 35 EE WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES 36 RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 37 (5) CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 38 PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON 39 IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 40 (6) CARRYOVER. IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION 41 FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, ANY 42 AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER 43 TO THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE QUALIFIED 44 TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS. 45 S 4. Section 1456 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 46 (e-2) to read as follows: 47 (E-2) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL 48 DISABILITY. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE 49 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, 50 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR 51 NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK, 52 OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI- 53 FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE. 54 (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN 55 EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY 56 INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF. A. 8827--A 4 1 (3) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 2 RESIDES IN THIS STATE: 3 (A) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN 4 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; 5 (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER 6 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU- 7 SAND EIGHTEEN; 8 (C) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT 9 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK 10 IN THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY 11 THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER; 12 (D) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER 13 EMPLOYEE; AND/OR 14 (E) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR 15 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRONMENT 16 THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR 17 (F) WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY 18 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. 19 (4) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE FIFTEEN 20 PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER 21 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUALI- 22 FIED EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME 23 TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE 24 WHO WORKS AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS 25 THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED 26 WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 27 FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT 28 EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED 29 FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI- 30 FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR INCURRED 31 BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY- 32 EE WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES 33 RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 34 (5) CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 35 PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON 36 IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 37 (6) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXA- 38 BLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE 39 MINIMUM TAX FIXED BY SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED 40 FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE 41 UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH 42 AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR MAY BE 43 CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE, DEDUCTED FROM THE 44 QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS. 45 S 5. Section 1511 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 46 sion (g-2) to read as follows: 47 (G-2) CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL 48 DISABILITY. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE 49 ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, 50 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING, FOR 51 NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY HOURS EACH WEEK, 52 OR FOR PART-TIME WORK FOR NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN HOURS A WEEK, A QUALI- 53 FIED EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE STATE. 54 (2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER. A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS AN 55 EMPLOYER, OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY 56 INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF. A. 8827--A 5 1 (3) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 2 RESIDES IN THIS STATE: 3 (A) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN 4 SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; 5 (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER 6 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU- 7 SAND EIGHTEEN; 8 (C) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT 9 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY WEEK 10 IN THE NINETY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BY 11 THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER; 12 (D) WHO WAS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER TO REPLACE ANOTHER 13 EMPLOYEE; AND/OR 14 (E) WHO IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH FOR 15 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZATION OR ENVIRON- 16 MENT THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS; OR 17 (F) WHO WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY 18 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. 19 (4) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE FIFTEEN 20 PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER 21 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUALI- 22 FIED EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND IS FULL TIME 23 TOTALING AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS PER WEEK. A QUALIFIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE 24 WHO WORKS AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS PER WEEK AND IS EMPLOYED FOR NOT LESS 25 THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL RECEIVE A CREDIT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED 26 WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 27 FIFTEEN. THE CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT 28 EXCEED, DURING ANY TAXABLE YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED 29 FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALI- 30 FIED PART TIME EMPLOYEE. "QUALIFIED WAGES" MEANS WAGES PAID OR INCURRED 31 BY THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A QUALIFIED EMPLOY- 32 EE WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, TO SERVICES 33 RENDERED BY THE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 34 (5) CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 35 PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON 36 IS CERTIFIED AS A QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE. 37 (6) CARRYOVER. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXA- 38 BLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS THAN THE 39 MINIMUM TAX FIXED BY PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 40 FIFTEEN HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT 41 ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO 42 SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF CREDIT NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR 43 MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, AND MAY BE DEDUCTED 44 FROM THE QUALIFIED TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEARS. 45 S 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015; provided, however, 46 that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any 47 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 48 effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or 49 before such effective date.