A07891 Summary:
BILL NO | A07891A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03884-A |
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SPONSOR | Bronson |
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Amd §§606, 614 & 615, Tax L | |
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Provides an earned income tax credit to youth workers, increases the standard deduction for individuals eighteen to twenty-four years of age, provides for the deduction of student loan interest and provides for the expiration of such provisions. |
A07891 Actions:
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05/29/2015 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2016 | amend and recommit to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2016 | print number 7891a |
A07891 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A7891A SPONSOR: Bronson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing an earned income tax credit to youth workers, increasing the standard deduction and providing for the deduction of student loan interest; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: To provide earned income tax credit to youth workers, increase the stan- dard deduction for individuals 18 to 24, and provide for the deduction of student loan interest.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 606 of the tax law by adding a new subsection d-2 creating the earned income tax credit for youth workers. The credit allowed is equal to that allowed to a taxpayer under section 32 of the internal revenue code. This section sets the qualifications the taxpayer must satisfy in order to be eligible for the credit. Section 2 amends subsection a of section 614 of the tax law by providing a standard deduction of ten thousand dollars by a New York state resi- dent who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four and setting other qualifications. Section 3 adds a new subsection g to section 615 of the tax law by providing a deduction for interest paid on qualified education loans. Section 4 is the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State tax law does not provide exemptions for young, independ- ent adults ages 17-24. This age group is often ignored and left out of exemptions, left with lower income deduction rates and not provided the benefits on par with the Federal government on student-loan deductions. Our youngest population of adults deserves tax relief on the same level as the rest of our independent residents throughout the state. New York is dealing with an exodus of younger adults seeking greater economic opportunities in other states. Because of the loss in population, it is in the best interest of the state to try to assist these independent young workers and students and encourage them to stay in the state to be contributing members to New York State's improvement initiatives and economic growth.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A11826 of 2008: Referred Ways & Means; A5399 of 2011: referred to Ways and Means; A2617 of 2013: Referred to Ways and Means   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2019.
A07891 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7891--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing an earned income tax credit to youth workers, increasing the standard deduction and providing for the deduction of student loan interest; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 (d-2) to read as follows: 3 (d-2) Earned income tax credit for youth workers. (1) A taxpayer 4 described in paragraph two of this subsection shall be allowed a credit 5 equal to the product of one and three-tenths and the amount of the 6 earned income tax credit that would have been allowed to the taxpayer 7 under section 32 of the internal revenue code, if the taxpayer had 8 attained the minimum age of eligibility for such earned income tax cred- 9 it set forth in section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the internal revenue 10 code. 11 (2) To be allowed a credit under this subsection, a taxpayer must 12 satisfy all of the following qualifications: 13 (A) The taxpayer must be a resident taxpayer who is not claimed as a 14 dependent of another taxpayer. 15 (B) The taxpayer must have attained the age of seventeen and must not 16 have attained the minimum age at which a taxpayer is qualified for the 17 earned income tax credit as such age is set forth in section 18 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the internal revenue code. 19 (C) The taxpayer must not be the custodial or non-custodial parent of 20 a minor child or children. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09327-03-6A. 7891--A 2 1 (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the qualifica- 2 tions of a taxpayer who is otherwise eligible for the earned income tax 3 credit and who is enrolled in a full-time or part-time academic program 4 leading to completion of a high school diploma, general equivalency 5 diploma, post-secondary certificate or work readiness credential, asso- 6 ciate degree or baccalaureate degree. 7 (4) Reports. The commissioner shall prepare a preliminary written 8 report after July thirty-first and a final written report after December 9 thirty-first of each calendar year, which shall contain statistical 10 information regarding the credits granted on or before such dates under 11 this subsection during such calendar year. Copies of these reports shall 12 be submitted by such commissioner to the governor, the temporary presi- 13 dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chairman of the 14 senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means 15 committee within sixty days of July thirty-first with respect to the 16 preliminary report, and within forty-five days of December thirty-first 17 with respect to the final report. Such reports shall contain, but need 18 not be limited to, the number of credits and the average amount of such 19 credits allowed. Such information shall include the number of credits 20 and the average amount of such credits allowed; and of those, the number 21 of credits and the average amounts of such credits allowed to taxpayers 22 in each county. 23 § 2. Subsection (a) of section 614 of the tax law, as amended by chap- 24 ter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 25 (a) Unmarried individual. For taxable years beginning after nineteen 26 hundred ninety-six, the New York standard deduction of a resident indi- 27 vidual who is not married nor the head of a household nor a surviving 28 spouse nor an individual whose federal exemption amount is zero shall be 29 seven thousand five hundred dollars; for taxable years beginning in 30 nineteen hundred ninety-six, such standard deduction shall be seven 31 thousand four hundred dollars; for taxable years beginning in nineteen 32 hundred ninety-five, such standard deduction shall be six thousand six 33 hundred dollars; and for taxable years beginning after nineteen hundred 34 eighty-nine and before nineteen hundred ninety-five, such standard 35 deduction shall be six thousand dollars. For taxable years beginning 36 after two thousand sixteen, the New York standard deduction of a resi- 37 dent individual who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four and 38 who is not married nor the head of a household nor a surviving spouse 39 nor an individual whose federal exemption amount is zero shall be ten 40 thousand dollars. 41 § 3. Section 615 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 42 (h) to read as follows: 43 (h) For taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thou- 44 sand seventeen, in the case of a resident individual, there shall be 45 allowed as a deduction for the taxable year an amount equal to the 46 interest paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year on any qualified 47 education loan to the extent and as provided in section 221 of the 48 Internal Revenue Code. 49 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 50 years beginning on or after January 1, 2019 and shall expire and be 51 deemed repealed December 31, 2024.