Bill Text: NY S00291 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S00291 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                        291--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  HASSELL-THOMPSON  --  read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee
       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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01411-02-1
       S. 291--A                           2
    1  Over $3,000 but not over $5,000                      4
    2  Over $5,000 but not over $7,000                      4 1/2
    3  Over $7,000 but not over $9,000                      5
    4  Over $9,000 but not over $11,000                     5 1/2
    5  Over $11,000 but not over $14,000                    6
    6  Over $14,000 but not over $18,000                    6 1/2
    7    Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions, the maximum credit deter-
    8  mined under this subparagraph may not exceed the  amount  determined  in
    9  accordance with the following table:
   10  If household gross income          The maximum credit is:
   11  for the taxable year is:
   12  _________________________________   ____________________________________
   13  $1,000 or less                                     [$375] $750
   14  Over $1,000 but not over $2,000                    [$358] $716
   15  Over $2,000 but not over $3,000                    [$341] $682
   16  Over $3,000 but not over $4,000                    [$324] $648
   17  Over $4,000 but not over $5,000                    [$307] $614
   18  Over $5,000 but not over $6,000                    [$290] $580
   19  Over $6,000 but not over $7,000                    [$273] $546
   20  Over $7,000 but not over $8,000                    [$256] $512
   21  Over $8,000 but not over $9,000                    [$239] $478
   22  Over $9,000 but not over $10,000                   [$222] $444
   23  Over $10,000 but not over $11,000                  [$205] $410
   24  Over $11,000 but not over $12,000                  [$188] $376
   25  Over $12,000 but not over $13,000                  [$171] $342
   26  Over $13,000 but not over $14,000                  [$154] $308
   27  Over $14,000 but not over $15,000                  [$137] $274
   28  Over $15,000 but not over $16,000                  [$120] $240
   29  Over $16,000 but not over $17,000                  [$103] $206
   30  Over $17,000 but not over $18,000                  [$ 86] $172
   31    (B)  For all other qualified taxpayers the amount of the credit allow-
   32  able under this subsection shall be fifty percent of excess real proper-
   33  ty taxes or the excess of the real property tax equivalent determined as
   34  follows:
   35                                     Excess real property  taxes  are  the
   36                                     excess  of  real  property tax equiv-
   37                                     alent or the excess of qualifying
   38                                     real property taxes over the follow-
   39  If household gross income for      ing percentage of household gross
   40  the taxable year is:               income:
   41  _____________________________       ____________________________________
   42  $3,000 or less                                     3 1/2
   43  Over $3,000 but not over $5,000                    4
   44  Over $5,000 but not over $7,000                    4 1/2
   45  Over $7,000 but not over $9,000                    5
   46  Over $9,000 but not over $11,000                   5 1/2
   47  Over $11,000 but not over $14,000                  6
   48  Over $14,000 but not over $18,000                  6 1/2
       S. 291--A                           3
    1    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the  maximum  credit  deter-
    2  mined  under  this  subparagraph may not exceed the amount determined in
    3  accordance with the following table:
    4  If household gross income for
    5  the taxable year is:               The maximum credit is:
    6  ______________________________      ____________________________________
    7  $1,000 or less                                     [$75] $150
    8  Over $1,000 but not over $2,000                    [$73] $146
    9  Over $2,000 but not over $3,000                    [$71] $142
   10  Over $3,000 but not over $4,000                    [$69] $138
   11  Over $4,000 but not over $5,000                    [$67] $134
   12  Over $5,000 but not over $6,000                    [$65] $130
   13  Over $6,000 but not over $7,000                    [$63] $126
   14  Over $7,000 but not over $8,000                    [$61] $122
   15  Over $8,000 but not over $9,000                    [$59] $118
   16  Over $9,000 but not over $10,000                   [$57] $114
   17  Over $10,000 but not over $11,000                  [$55] $110
   18  Over $11,000 but not over $12,000                  [$53] $106
   19  Over $12,000 but not over $13,000                  [$51] $102
   20  Over $13,000 but not over $14,000                  [$49] $98
   21  Over $14,000 but not over $15,000                  [$47] $94
   22  Over $15,000 but not over $16,000                  [$45] $90
   23  Over $16,000 but not over $17,000                  [$43] $86
   24  Over $17,000 but not over $18,000                  [$41] $82
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
   26  years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.
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