Bill Text: NY A09090 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to increasing the tax credit provided for solar energy system equipment from $5000 to $10,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-20 - referred to ways and means [A09090 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09090-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9090
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLMAN, BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the tax credit
         provided for solar energy system equipment
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph 1 of subsection (g-1) of section 606 of the tax
    2  law, as amended by chapter 378 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    (1)  General. An individual taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against
    5  the tax imposed by this article equal to twenty-five percent  of  quali-
    6  fied  solar  energy system equipment expenditures. This credit shall not
    7  exceed three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars  for  qualified  solar
    8  energy  equipment placed in service before September first, two thousand
    9  six, and five thousand dollars  for  qualified  solar  energy  equipment
   10  placed  in  service  on  or  after September first, two thousand six AND
   11  PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AND TEN THOUSAND  DOLLARS
   12  FOR  QUALIFIED  SOLAR  ENERGY  EQUIPMENT  PLACED  IN SERVICE ON OR AFTER
   13  SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
   15  years commencing on and after January 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14054-01-2
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