Bill Text: NY S06696 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a small business tax credit for SBA guaranty fees paid by a taxpayer in connection with obtaining financing from the U.S. small business administration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-23 - referred to ways and means [S06696 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S06696-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6696 I N S E N A T E January 28, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a small busi- ness tax credit for SBA guaranty fees paid 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 41 to read as follows: 3 41. SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. A TAXPAYER WHO HAS ONE 4 HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR LESS, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS 5 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE 6 FOR ANY AMOUNT PAID TO THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 7 (SBA) AS A GUARANTY FEE PURSUANT TO THE OBTAINING OF A SBA 7(A) GUARAN- 8 TEED LOAN. 9 (B) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION MAY BE 10 CLAIMED FOR GUARANTY FEES PAID ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 11 ELEVEN. 12 (C) NO CREDIT MAY BE CLAIMED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION IF, PURSUANT 13 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BANKING ASSOCIATION OR CREDIT UNION AND THE 14 ENTITY TO WHICH PROCEEDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE, THE BANKING ASSOCIATION OR 15 CREDIT UNION ADDS THE AMOUNT OF THE SBA 7(A) LOAN GUARANTY FEE TO THE 16 AMOUNT FINANCED BY THE BORROWER OR IN ANY OTHER WAY RECOVERS THE GUARAN- 17 TY FEE AMOUNT FROM THE BORROWER. 18 (D) CARRYOVERS. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE 19 CLAIMED AND IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT 20 IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE FIVE SUCCEEDING 21 TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY NOT BE USED 22 TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO. 23 S 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606 24 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (xxxi) to read as 25 follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08416-04-0 S. 6696 2 1 (XXXI) SBA GUARANTY FEE CREDIT COSTS UNDER SUBDIVISION 2 UNDER SUBSECTION (R-1) FORTY-ONE OF SECTION 3 TWO HUNDRED TEN 4 S 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 5 (r-1) to read as follows: 6 (R-1) SMALL BUSINESS GUARANTY FEE TAX CREDIT. (1) GENERAL. A TAXPAYER 7 WHO HAS ONE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR LESS, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE 8 COMPUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS 9 ARTICLE FOR ANY AMOUNT PAID TO THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINIS- 10 TRATION (SBA) AS A GUARANTY FEE PURSUANT TO THE OBTAINING OF SBA GUARAN- 11 TEED FINANCING. 12 (2) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION MAY BE 13 CLAIMED FOR GUARANTY FEES PAID ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND 14 ELEVEN. 15 (3) NO CREDIT MAY BE CLAIMED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION IF, PURSUANT 16 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BANKING ASSOCIATION OR CREDIT UNION AND THE 17 ENTITY TO WHICH PROCEEDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE, THE BANKING ASSOCIATION OR 18 CREDIT UNION ADDS THE AMOUNT OF THE SBA 7(A) LOAN GUARANTY FEE TO THE 19 AMOUNT FINANCED BY THE BORROWER OR IN ANY OTHER WAY RECOVERS THE GUARAN- 20 TY FEE AMOUNT FROM THE BORROWER. 21 (4) CARRYOVERS. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE 22 CLAIMED AND IF NOT FULLY USED IN THE INITIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT 23 IS CLAIMED MAY BE CARRIED OVER, IN ORDER, TO EACH OF THE FIVE SUCCEEDING 24 TAXABLE YEARS. THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE USED 25 TO REDUCE THE TAX LIABILITY OF THE CREDIT CLAIMANT BELOW ZERO. 26 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.