Bill Text: NY S01453 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases from 20% to 40%, the corporation, business franchise, personal income and insurance corporation tax credits for premiums paid for long-term care insurance premiums during the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 taxable years.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-09 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01453 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S01453-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1453 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, CARLUCCI, KLEIN, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the tax credits for premiums paid for long-term care insurance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 190 of the tax law, as amended by 2 section 102 of part A of chapter 59 of the laws of 2014, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 1. General. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax 5 imposed by this article equal to twenty percent of the premium paid 6 during the taxable year for long-term care insurance; provided, however, 7 that for taxable years commencing on or after January first, two thou- 8 sand seventeen and before January first, two thousand twenty-one, such 9 credit shall be forty percent of the premium paid during the taxable 10 year for long-term care insurance. In order to qualify for such credit, 11 the taxpayer's premium payment must be for the purchase of or for 12 continuing coverage under a long-term care insurance policy that quali- 13 fies for such credit pursuant to section one thousand one hundred seven- 14 teen of the insurance law. 15 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 210-B of the tax law, 16 as added by section 17 of part A of chapter 59 of the laws of 2014, is 17 amended to read as follows: 18 (a) General. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax 19 imposed by this article equal to twenty percent of the premium paid 20 during the taxable year for long-term care insurance; provided, however, 21 that for taxable years commencing on or after January first, two thou- 22 sand seventeen and before January first, two thousand twenty-one, such 23 credit shall be forty percent of the premium paid during the taxable 24 year for long-term care insurance. In order to qualify for such credit, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01182-01-7S. 1453 2 1 the taxpayer's premium payment must be for the purchase of or for 2 continuing coverage under a long-term care insurance policy that quali- 3 fies for such credit pursuant to section one thousand one hundred seven- 4 teen of the insurance law. 5 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (aa) of section 606 of the tax law, as 6 amended by section 1 of part P of chapter 61 of the laws of 2005, is 7 amended to read as follows: 8 (1) Residents. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax 9 imposed by this article equal to twenty percent of the premium paid 10 during the taxable year for long-term care insurance; provided, however, 11 that for taxable years commencing on or after January first, two thou- 12 sand seventeen and before January first, two thousand twenty-one, such 13 credit shall be forty percent of the premium paid during the taxable 14 year for long-term care insurance. In order to qualify for such credit, 15 the taxpayer's premium payment must be for the purchase of or for 16 continuing coverage under a long-term care insurance policy that quali- 17 fies for such credit pursuant to section one thousand one hundred seven- 18 teen of the insurance law. If the amount of the credit allowable under 19 this subsection for any taxable year shall exceed the taxpayer's tax for 20 such year, the excess may be carried over to the following year or years 21 and may be deducted from the taxpayer's tax for such year or years. 22 § 4. Paragraph 1 of subsection (m) of section 1511 of the tax law, as 23 amended by section 21 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2004, is 24 amended to read as follows: 25 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by 26 this article equal to twenty percent of the premium paid during the 27 taxable year for long-term care insurance; provided, however, that for 28 taxable years commencing on or after January first, two thousand seven- 29 teen and before January first, two thousand twenty-one, such credit 30 shall be forty percent of the premium paid during the taxable year for 31 long-term care insurance. In order to qualify for such credit, the 32 taxpayer's premium payment must be for the purchase of or for continuing 33 coverage under a long-term care insurance policy that qualifies for such 34 credit pursuant to section one thousand one hundred seventeen of the 35 insurance law. 36 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 37 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2017.
