Bill Text: NY A06170 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring cash transactions in excess of ten thousand dollars to be reported to the commissioner of taxation and finance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A06170 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06170-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6170
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 26, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN,
         CLARK,  GOTTFRIED,  GREENE, JOHN, PERRY, PHEFFER, PRETLOW -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring cash  transactions
         in  excess  of ten thousand dollars to be reported to the commissioner
         of taxation and finance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  tax  law is amended by adding a new section 171-t to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 171-T. RETURNS RELATING TO CASH RECEIVED IN A TRADE OR BUSINESS. (1)
    4  ANY PERSON ENGAGED IN A TRADE OR BUSINESS WHO, IN  THE  COURSE  OF  SUCH
    5  TRADE  OR  BUSINESS RECEIVES MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN A
    6  SINGLE TRANSACTION, OR IN TWO OR MORE RELATED TRANSACTIONS SHALL  WITHIN
    7  THIRTY  DAYS  OF THE RECEIPT THEREOF FILE A RETURN WITH THE COMMISSIONER
    8  CONTAINING:
    9    (A) THE NAME, ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, OR  TAX  IDENTIFICA-
   10  TION  NUMBER  WHERE  DIFFERENT,  OF  THE  PERSON  FROM WHOM THE CASH WAS
   11  RECEIVED,
   12    (B) THE AMOUNT OF THE CASH RECEIVED, AND
   13    (C) THE DATE AND NATURE OF THE TRANSACTION.
   14    (2) FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM  "CASH"  SHALL  INCLUDE
   15  FOREIGN CURRENCY.
   16    (3) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE SUCH FORMS WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO
   17  EFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   18    (4)  EVERY  PERSON  REQUIRED TO MAKE A RETURN UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
   19  FURNISH TO EACH PERSON WHOSE NAME IS REQUIRED TO BE SET  FORTH  IN  SUCH
   20  RETURN A COPY OF SUCH RETURN.
   21    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   22  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
   23  transactions occurring on and after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08745-01-9