Bill Text: NY A10775 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit to qualifying employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to ways and means [A10775 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10775-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10775 IN ASSEMBLY July 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fahy, McDo- nald, Hevesi, Jaffee, Barron, Gottfried, Englebright, Thiele, Mosley, Stern, Arroyo) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit 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 (d) of section 606 of the tax 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 63 of the laws of 3 2000, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) General. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit as provided herein 5 equal to (i) the applicable percentage of the earned income credit 6 allowed under section thirty-two of the internal revenue code for the 7 same taxable year, (ii) reduced by the credit permitted under subsection 8 (b) of this section. Provided, however, for taxable years beginning in 9 two thousand twenty and thereafter, for the purpose of determining the 10 amount of tax credit under this paragraph, in calculating the earned 11 income tax credit allowed under section thirty-two of the internal 12 revenue code, the phaseout amount as referenced in section 32(b)(2)(A) 13 of the internal revenue code shall be read as twenty four thousand nine 14 hundred sixty dollars instead of eleven thousand six hundred ten dollars 15 and such phaseout amount shall be subject to adjustments made in section 16 thirty-two of the internal revenue code (the calendar year referenced in 17 the cost of living adjustment in section 32(j)(1)(B) of the internal 18 revenue code shall be applied as calendar year two thousand twenty with 19 respect to the phaseout amounts), including an additional phaseout 20 amount for a joint filer and inflation adjustment specified in such 21 section of the internal revenue code for taxable years beginning in two 22 thousand twenty and thereafter. 23 The applicable percentage shall be (i) seven and one-half percent for 24 taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-four, (ii) ten 25 percent for taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five, 26 (iii) twenty percent for taxable years beginning after nineteen hundred EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16838-01-0A. 10775 2 1 ninety-five and before two thousand, (iv) twenty-two and one-half 2 percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand, (v) twenty-five 3 percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand one, (vi) twenty- 4 seven and one-half percent for taxable years beginning in two thousand 5 two, [and] (vii) thirty percent for taxable years beginning in two thou- 6 sand three, (viii) thirty-five percent for taxable years beginning in 7 two thousand twenty, and (ix) forty percent for taxable years beginning 8 in two thousand twenty-one and thereafter. For taxable years beginning 9 in two thousand twenty and thereafter, in the case of an eligible indi- 10 vidual with no qualifying children, the credit percentage shall be 11 fifteen and three-tenths to determine the amount of the earned income 12 tax credit referenced in section 32(b)(1) of the internal revenue code 13 and the earned income amount and the phaseout amount of such individual 14 shall be determined as if such earned income amount and phaseout amount 15 as referenced in section 32(b)(2)(A) of the internal revenue code are 16 equal to the amount allowed for an eligible individual with one qualify- 17 ing child as such amounts are referenced in such paragraph. Provided 18 further, for the purpose of this subsection, an eligible individual 19 shall be an individual who has attained nineteen years of age as opposed 20 to twenty-five years of age, irrespective of the eligibility referenced 21 in section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the internal revenue code. Further- 22 more, an individual otherwise eligible but for the requirement under 23 section 32(m) of the internal revenue code shall be eligible for this 24 credit. Provided, however, that if the reversion event, as defined in 25 this paragraph, occurs, the applicable percentage shall be twenty 26 percent for taxable years ending on or after the date on which the 27 reversion event occurred. The reversion event shall be deemed to have 28 occurred on the date on which federal action, including but not limited 29 to, administrative, statutory or regulatory changes, materially reduces 30 or eliminates New York state's allocation of the federal temporary 31 assistance for needy families block grant, or materially reduces the 32 ability of the state to spend federal temporary assistance for needy 33 families block grant funds for the earned income credit or to apply 34 state general fund spending on the earned income credit toward the 35 temporary assistance for needy families block grant maintenance of 36 effort requirement, and the commissioner of the office of temporary and 37 disability assistance shall certify the date of such event to the 38 commissioner of taxation and finance, the director of the division of 39 the budget, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of 40 the senate. 41 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 679 to read as 42 follows: 43 § 679. Advance payment of earned income credit. (a) General rule. 44 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioner shall 45 provide for the prepayment of the earned income credit to qualifying 46 employees. 47 (b) Earned income eligibility certificate. For purposes of this arti- 48 cle, an earned income eligibility certificate is a statement furnished 49 by an employee to the commissioner which: 50 (1) certifies that the employee will be eligible to receive an earned 51 income credit or an enhanced earned income credit provided pursuant to 52 subsection (d) or (d-1) of section six hundred six of this article for 53 the taxable year; 54 (2) certifies that the employee does not have an earned income eligi- 55 bility certificate in effect for the taxable year with respect to the 56 payment of wages by another employer; andA. 10775 3 1 (3) states whether the employee's spouse has an earned income eligi- 2 bility certificate in effect. For purposes of this section, a certif- 3 icate shall be treated as being in effect with respect to a spouse if 4 such certificate will be in effect on the first status determination 5 date following the date on which the other eligible spouse furnishes the 6 statement in question. 7 (c) Earned income advance amount. Four advanced payments shall be made 8 to such qualifying employees. An estimated annual tax credit shall be 9 determined by the commissioner in advance of the first payment and shall 10 be subject to adjustment due to changes in employment or family status 11 over the course of the year. Prior to disbursement, the commissioner 12 shall ensure that the qualifying employee's status has not changed. The 13 first three advanced payments shall be made during the taxable year and 14 shall be twenty percent of the anticipated credit. The fourth advanced 15 payment shall be made after the tax year is over and shall be adjusted 16 to match the actual credit due eligible. Such payments shall, to the 17 extent practicable, be made available via direct deposit and via elec- 18 tronic benefit transfer (EBT) card. 19 (d) Form and contents of certificate. Earned income eligibility 20 certificates shall be in such form and contain such information as the 21 commissioner may determine and prescribe. 22 (e) Notification. (1) The commissioner shall notify all taxpayers who 23 have received a refund of the credit pursuant to subsection (d) or (d-1) 24 of section six hundred six of this article based on the most recent tax 25 return or record in writing of the availability of earned income advance 26 amounts under this section. Such written or electronic notification 27 shall include a clearly labeled section or withholding forms and a sepa- 28 rate handout with information about the advanced payment of the earned 29 income credit in the six most common languages spoken by individuals in 30 this state. 31 (2) The commissioner shall provide information of the availability of 32 earned income advance amounts under this section to tax preparers, 33 accountants and organizations that assist individuals in tax prepara- 34 tion. Such information shall be distributed to qualifying individuals. 35 (f) Coordination with advance payments of earned income credit. (1) If 36 any payment is made to the individual by the department under this 37 section during any calendar year, the tax imposed by this chapter for 38 the individual's last taxable year beginning in such calendar year shall 39 be increased by the aggregate amount of such payments. 40 (2) If an individual establishes that he or she is requesting and 41 receiving payments under this section in good-faith by establishing that 42 he or she properly claimed payments under this section in the prior year 43 and that he or she has not experienced a substantial change in circum- 44 stances such that he or she has a reasonable expectation of eligibility 45 in the current year, then paragraph one of this subsection shall not 46 apply. 47 (3) Any increase in tax under this subsection shall not be treated as 48 tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of 49 any credit, other than the credit allowed by subsection (d) or (d-1) of 50 section six hundred six of this article, allowable under this article. 51 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 52 years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.