Bill Text: NY S05146 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes an education investment tax credit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S05146 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S05146-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5146--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. C. JOHNSON, ADDABBO, DIAZ, GOLDEN, PARKER, STACHOW-
SKI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
ted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations --
recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Oper-
ations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting the "education
investment incentives act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "education investment incentives act".
3 S 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
4 declares that:
5 a. One of the most vexing problems facing policy makers and educators
6 is the funding of our educational system. When crafting annual school
7 budgets, school officials must grapple with rising costs, fluctuating
8 state and federal aid, and an often unstable local tax base. As a result
9 of these ever-changing dynamics, valuable educational programs are often
10 reduced, eliminated or never actually started;
11 b. The legislature further finds it necessary to encourage greater
12 private sector support of educational opportunities for children.
13 Private sector resources, from both individuals and businesses, would
14 not only help stabilize the school budget process but would allow
15 schools to maintain, expand or begin worthwhile programs;
16 c. In pursuance of the foregoing objectives an education investment
17 tax credit is established by this act to involve the private sector,
18 both individuals and corporations, by encouraging donations to public
19 education entities, and to educational scholarship organizations bene-
20 fitting students attending independent and religious schools;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 d. The tax credit provided in this act is merely one of many credits
2 available to New York taxpayers;
3 e. The intended beneficiaries of the tax credit provided in this act
4 are the students who attend public schools, including charter schools,
5 or who further their educations using tuition scholarships from educa-
6 tional scholarship organizations, or who participate in home-based
7 educational programs; therefore the tax credit does not constitute
8 public aid to non-public sectarian institutions; and
9 f. Permitting school personnel to claim a credit for the purchase of
10 classroom instructional materials and supplies will insure a wider
11 availability of such materials and supplies for all students.
12 S 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding five new
13 subsections (u), (v), (w), (w-1) and (w-2) to read as follows:
14 (U) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN SUBSECTIONS (V), (W), (W-1) AND (W-2) OF
15 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
16 (1) "PUBLIC EDUCATION ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR
17 ANY INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY CHARTER SCHOOL.
18 (2) "LOCAL EDUCATION FUND" SHALL MEAN A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN
19 THIS STATE THAT:
20 (A) IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501 (C)(3) OF THE
21 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND
22 (B) IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE EXPLICIT PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PUBLIC
23 EDUCATION WITHIN A SPECIFIC PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
24 (3) "EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN A CHARITABLE
25 ORGANIZATION IN THIS STATE THAT:
26 (A) IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501 (C)(3) OF THE
27 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND
28 (B) ALLOCATES AT LEAST EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ITS ANNUAL EXPENDITURES
29 FOR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS OR TUITION GRANTS TO CHILDREN ALLOWING THEM
30 TO ATTEND ANY ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL AND/OR TO RECEIVE
31 TUTORING AND MENTORING SERVICES IN AN ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT
32 SCHOOL, OR FOR OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES; AND
33 (C) MAKES EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
34 TUTORING AND MENTORING SERVICES, OR TUITION GRANTS AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN
35 FROM MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC OR ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL;
36 AND
37 (D) REPORTS ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND GROSS
38 AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND TUITION GRANTS, MENTORING SERVICES,
39 AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROPOSES.
40 (4) "ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN ANY RELI-
41 GIOUS OR INDEPENDENT PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT IS LOCATED IN THIS
42 STATE, THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR SUCH
43 SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE, AND THAT HAS QUALIFIED FOR FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION
44 UNDER SECTION 501 (C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
45 (5) "AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATE OF RECEIPT" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFICATE
46 DESIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF
47 A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A PUBLIC
48 EDUCATION ENTITY, OR OF A LOCAL EDUCATION FUND OR OF AN EDUCATIONAL
49 SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION.
50 (V) CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION CREDIT. FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGIN-
51 NING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, A CREDIT IS ALLOWED
52 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS
53 MADE BY THE TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A PUBLIC EDUCATION ENTI-
54 TY. ACCEPTANCE AND RECEIPT OF ALL SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE PERMITTED.
55 A TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX RETURN AN AUTHORIZED CERTIF-
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1 ICATE OF RECEIPT SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREIN-
2 AFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
3 (1) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT.
4 (A) THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH CONTRIB-
5 UTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR.
6 (B) A SHAREHOLDER OF A NEW YORK S CORPORATION OR A PARTNER OF A PART-
7 NERSHIP (OR OTHER ENTITY TREATED AS A PARTNERSHIP FOR INCOME TAX
8 PURPOSES) SHALL BE TREATED AS THE TAXPAYER WITH RESPECT TO HIS OR HER
9 PRO-RATA SHARE OF THE TAX CREDIT ALLOWABLE TO SUCH S CORPORATION OR
10 PARTNERSHIP, DETERMINED FOR THE S CORPORATION'S OR PARTNERSHIP'S TAXABLE
11 YEAR ENDING WITH OR WITHIN THE SHAREHOLDER'S OR PARTNER'S TAXABLE YEAR.
12 THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT FOR SUCH S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP
13 SHALL BE THE SAME AS THAT ALLOWABLE TO CORPORATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISIONS
14 FORTY-TWO AND FORTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
15 (2) A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO FILE SEPARATE RETURNS FOR A TAXABLE YEAR IN
16 WHICH THEY COULD HAVE FILED A JOINT RETURN MAY EACH CLAIM ONLY ONE-HALF
17 OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR A JOINT RETURN.
18 (3) IF THE ALLOWABLE TAX CREDIT EXCEEDS THE TAXES OTHERWISE DUE UNDER
19 THIS ARTICLE ON THE TAXPAYER'S INCOME, OR IF THERE ARE NO TAXES DUE
20 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE TAXPAYER MAY CARRY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT NOT
21 USED TO OFFSET THE TAXES UNDER THIS ARTICLE FORWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN
22 FIVE YEARS INCOME TAX LIABILITY.
23 (4) CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE
24 YEAR SHALL BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE DEDUCTIONS AS ALLOWED UNDER THIS ARTI-
25 CLE FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
26 (5) SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
27 (6) IF MADE TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE
28 SUPERVISED BY A PERSON SO DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR OR SUPERINTEN-
29 DENT. IF MADE TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL THEY SHALL BE SUPERVISED BY THE
30 SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. REPORTS OF DEPOSITS AND DISBURSEMENTS SHALL BE MADE TO
31 THE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNUALLY. CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL MAKE SUCH
32 REPORTS TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
33 (W) CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATION FUND CREDIT. IN LIEU OF CONTRIB-
34 UTIONS IN SUBSECTION (V) OF THIS SECTION, A CREDIT IS ALLOWED:
35 (1) FOR THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TAXPAY-
36 ER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A LOCAL EDUCATION FUND. A TAXPAYER WHO
37 SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX RETURN AN AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATE OF RECEIPT
38 SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED,
39 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
40 (A) THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH CONTRIB-
41 UTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR. A SHARE-
42 HOLDER OF A NEW YORK S CORPORATION OR A PARTNER OF A PARTNERSHIP (OR
43 OTHER ENTITY TREATED AS A PARTNERSHIP FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES) SHALL BE
44 TREATED AS THE TAXPAYER WITH RESPECT TO HIS OR HER PRO-RATA SHARE OF THE
45 TAX CREDIT ALLOWABLE TO SUCH S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP, DETERMINED
46 FOR THE S CORPORATION'S OR PARTNERSHIP'S TAXABLE YEAR ENDING WITH OR
47 WITHIN THE SHAREHOLDER'S OR PARTNER'S TAXABLE YEAR. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
48 OF THE CREDIT FOR SUCH S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP SHALL BE THE SAME AS
49 THAT ALLOWABLE TO CORPORATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISIONS FORTY-TWO AND
50 FORTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
51 (B) A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO FILE SEPARATE RETURNS FOR A TAXABLE YEAR IN
52 WHICH THEY COULD HAVE FILED A JOINT RETURN MAY EACH CLAIM ONLY ONE-HALF
53 OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR A JOINT RETURN.
54 (C) IF THE ALLOWABLE TAX CREDIT EXCEEDS THE TAXES OTHERWISE DUE UNDER
55 THIS ARTICLE ON THE TAXPAYER'S INCOME, OR IF THERE ARE TAXES DUE UNDER
56 THIS ARTICLE, THE TAXPAYER MAY CARRY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT NOT USED
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1 TO OFFSET THE TAXES UNDER THIS ARTICLE FORWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE
2 YEARS' INCOME TAX LIABILITY.
3 (D) CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE
4 YEAR SHALL BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE DEDUCTIONS AS ALLOWED UNDER THIS ARTI-
5 CLE FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
6 (E) THIS TAX CREDIT MAY NOT BE CLAIMED FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION TO A LOCAL
7 EDUCATION FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DESIGNATED STUDENT.
8 (2) FOR THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TAXPAY-
9 ER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO AN EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION. A
10 TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX RETURN AN AUTHORIZED CERTIF-
11 ICATE OF RECEIPT SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFT-
12 ER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
13 (A) THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH CONTRIB-
14 UTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR. A SHARE-
15 HOLDER OF A NEW YORK S CORPORATION OR A PARTNER OF A PARTNERSHIP (OR
16 OTHER ENTITY TREATED AS A PARTNERSHIP FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES) SHALL BE
17 TREATED AS THE TAXPAYER WITH RESPECT TO HIS OR HER PRO-RATA SHARE OF THE
18 TAX CREDIT ALLOWABLE TO SUCH S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP, DETERMINED
19 FOR THE S CORPORATION'S OR PARTNERSHIP'S TAXABLE YEAR ENDING WITH OR
20 WITHIN THE SHAREHOLDER'S OR PARTNER'S TAXABLE YEAR. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
21 OF THE CREDIT FOR SUCH S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP SHALL BE THE SAME AS
22 THAT ALLOWABLE TO CORPORATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISIONS FORTY-TWO AND
23 FORTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
24 (B) A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO FILE SEPARATE RETURNS FOR A TAXABLE YEAR IN
25 WHICH THEY COULD HAVE FILED A JOINT RETURN MAY EACH CLAIM ONLY ONE-HALF
26 OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR A JOINT RETURN.
27 (C) IF THE ALLOWABLE TAX CREDIT EXCEEDS THE TAXES OTHERWISE DUE UNDER
28 THIS ARTICLE ON THE TAXPAYER'S INCOME, OR IF THERE ARE NO TAXES DUE
29 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE TAXPAYER MAY CARRY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT NOT
30 USED TO OFFSET THE TAXES UNDER THIS ARTICLE FORWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN
31 FIVE YEARS' INCOME TAX LIABILITY.
32 (D) CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE
33 YEAR SHALL BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE DEDUCTIONS AS ALLOWED UNDER THIS ARTI-
34 CLE FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
35 (E) THIS TAX CREDIT MAY NOT BE CLAIMED FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION TO AN
36 EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DESIGNATED
37 STUDENT.
38 (W-1) HOME-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CREDIT. IN LIEU OF CONTRIB-
39 UTIONS IN SUBSECTIONS (V) AND (W) OF THIS SECTION, A CREDIT IS ALLOWED
40 FOR THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR NON-PUBLIC HOME-BASED
41 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF
42 SUCH PURCHASES.
43 (1) THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS IN
44 ANY TAXABLE YEAR.
45 (2) A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO FILE SEPARATE RETURNS FOR A TAXABLE YEAR IN
46 WHICH THEY COULD HAVE FILED A JOINT RETURN MAY EACH CLAIM ONLY ONE-HALF
47 OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR A JOINT RETURN.
48 (3) IF THE ALLOWABLE TAX CREDIT EXCEEDS THE TAXES OTHERWISE DUE UNDER
49 THIS ARTICLE ON THE TAXPAYER'S INCOME, OR IF THERE ARE NO TAXES DUE
50 UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE TAXPAYER MAY CARRY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT NOT
51 USED TO OFFSET THE TAXES UNDER THIS ARTICLE FORWARD FOR NOT MORE THAN
52 FIVE YEARS' INCOME TAX LIABILITY.
53 (4) IF THE TAXPAYER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE COMMISSION-
54 ER OF THE INTENTION TO CLAIM THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT, NO LATER THAN DECEM-
55 BER THIRTY-FIRST.
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1 (W-2) CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES CREDIT. A CREDIT
2 IS ALLOWED FOR THE PURCHASE OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND
3 SUPPLIES FOR PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY
4 CHARTER SCHOOL, OR IN ANY ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.
5 (1) THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH PURCHASES.
6 THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS IN ANY
7 TAXABLE YEAR.
8 (2) THE TAXPAYER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE COMMISSIONER
9 OF THE INTENTION TO CLAIM THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER
10 THIRTY-FIRST, INDICATING WHETHER THE PURCHASE WAS MADE FOR USE IN A
11 PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING A CHARTER SCHOOL, OR AN ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR
12 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.
13 S 4. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding three new subdi-
14 visions 41, 42 and 43 to read as follows:
15 41. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN SUBDIVISIONS FORTY-TWO AND FORTY-THREE OF
16 THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
17 (A) "PUBLIC EDUCATION ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR
18 ANY INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY CHARTER SCHOOL.
19 (B) "LOCAL EDUCATION FUND" SHALL MEAN A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN
20 THIS STATE THAT:
21 (1) IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501(C) (3) OF THE
22 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND
23 (2) IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE EXPLICIT PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PUBLIC
24 EDUCATION WITHIN A SPECIFIC PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND
25 (3) REPORTS ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND GROSS
26 AMOUNT EXPENDED IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
27 (C) "EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN A CHARITABLE
28 ORGANIZATION IN THIS STATE THAT:
29 (1) IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
30 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND
31 (2) ALLOCATES AT LEAST EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ITS ANNUAL EXPENDITURES
32 FOR EDUCATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS OR TUITION GRANTS TO CHILDREN ALLOWING THEM
33 TO ATTEND ANY ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL AND/OR TO RECEIVE
34 TUTORING AND MENTORING SERVICES IN AN ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT
35 SCHOOL, OR FOR OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES; AND
36 (3) MAKES EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
37 TUTORING AND MENTORING SERVICES, OR TUITION GRANTS AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN
38 FROM MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC OR ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL;
39 AND
40 (4) REPORTS ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND GROSS
41 AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND TUITION GRANTS.
42 (D) "ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN ANY RELI-
43 GIOUS OR INDEPENDENT PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT IS LOCATED IN THIS
44 STATE, THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR SUCH
45 SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE, AND THAT HAS QUALIFIED FOR FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION
46 UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
47 (E) "AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATE OF RECEIPT" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFICATE
48 DESIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF
49 A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A PUBLIC
50 EDUCATION ENTITY, OR OF A LOCAL EDUCATION FUND OR OF AN EDUCATIONAL
51 SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION.
52 42. CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION CREDIT. (A) FOR TAXABLE YEARS
53 BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, A CREDIT IS
54 ALLOWED AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR VOLUNTARY CASH
55 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TAXPAYER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A PUBLIC
56 EDUCATION ENTITY. ACCEPTANCE AND RECEIPT OF ALL SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL
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1 BE PERMITTED. A TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX CREDIT, TO BE
2 COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTI-
3 CLE. THIS CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS,
4 NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR.
5 (B) SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
6 (C) IF MADE TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE
7 SUPERVISED BY A PERSON SO DESIGNATED BY THE CHANCELLOR OR SUPERINTEN-
8 DENT. IF MADE TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL THEY SHALL BE SUPERVISED BY THE
9 SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. REPORTS OF DEPOSITS AND DISBURSEMENTS SHALL BE MADE TO
10 THE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNUALLY. CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL MAKE SUCH
11 REPORTS TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
12 43. CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATION FUND CREDIT. IN LIEU OF CONTRIB-
13 UTIONS IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-TWO OF THIS SECTION, A CREDIT IS ALLOWED:
14 (A) FOR THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TAXPAY-
15 ER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO A LOCAL EDUCATION FUND. A TAXPAYER WHO
16 SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX RETURN AN AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATE OF RECEIPT
17 SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED,
18 AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
19 (1) THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH
20 CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE
21 YEAR.
22 (2) THIS TAX CREDIT MAY NOT BE CLAIMED FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION TO A LOCAL
23 EDUCATION FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DESIGNATED STUDENT.
24 (B) FOR THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TAXPAY-
25 ER DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO AN EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION. A
26 TAXPAYER WHO SUBMITS WITH HIS OR HER TAX RETURN AN AUTHORIZED CERTIF-
27 ICATE OF RECEIPT SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFT-
28 ER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
29 (1) THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE VALUED AT SIXTY PERCENT OF SUCH
30 CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY TAXABLE
31 YEAR.
32 (2) THIS TAX CREDIT MAY NOT BE CLAIMED FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION TO AN
33 EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DESIGNATED
34 STUDENT.
35 S 5. Section 171 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision
36 twenty-ninth to read as follows:
37 TWENTY-NINTH. FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF
38 SUBSECTIONS (U), (V), (W), (W-1) AND (W-2) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX
39 AND SUBDIVISIONS FORTY-ONE, FORTY-TWO AND FORTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO
40 HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER THE COMMISSIONER SHALL:
41 (1) REGISTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
42 INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, LOCAL EDUCATION FUNDS, AND EDUCATIONAL SCHOL-
43 ARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS; AND
44 (2) UPON NOTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ANY EDUCATION
45 ENTITY SO REGISTERED THAT A CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED, SUCH NOTIFI-
46 CATION BEING WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OF SAID RECEIPT, RECORD THE AMOUNT
47 AND DATE OF THE CONTRIBUTION, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CONTRIBUTOR;
48 AND
49 (3) UPON NOTIFICATION THAT A CREDIT FOR THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL
50 MATERIALS FOR NON-PUBLIC HOME-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, RECORD THE
51 AMOUNT AND DATE OF THE NOTIFICATION, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CLAIM-
52 ANT; AND
53 (4) UPON NOTIFICATION THAT A CREDIT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CLASSROOM
54 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, RECORD THE AMOUNT AND DATE OF THE
55 NOTIFICATION, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CLAIMANT, AND WHETHER THE
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1 PURCHASE WAS MADE FOR USE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING A CHARTER
2 SCHOOL, OR AN ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL; AND
3 (5) MAKE NO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CREDITS AVAILABLE
4 IN ANY SINGLE TAX YEAR, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH
5 CREDITS SHALL BE AFFORDED TO TAXPAYERS WHO MAKE DONATIONS TO PUBLIC
6 EDUCATION ENTITIES AND LOCAL EDUCATION FUNDS, AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF
7 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR USE IN A PUBLIC
8 SCHOOL OR A CHARTER SCHOOL, AND THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH CREDITS SHALL
9 BE AFFORDED TO EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS OR FOR HOME-BASED
10 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL
11 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR USE IN AN ELIGIBLE RELIGIOUS OR INDEPENDENT
12 SCHOOL; AND
13 (6) ISSUE TO TAXPAYERS ALL AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATES OF RECEIPT FOR ALL
14 ELIGIBLE CREDITS NO LATER THAN JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST FOR CREDITS CLAIMED
15 FOR THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR.
16 S 6. The department of taxation and finance shall prepare a written
17 report before January 31 of each calendar year, which shall contain
18 statistical information regarding the credits allowed pursuant to
19 subsections (u), (v), (w), (w-1) and (w-2) of section 606 and subdivi-
20 sions 41, 42 and 43 of section 210 of the tax law as added by sections
21 three and four of this act, for the previous calendar year. Copies of
22 such report shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president
23 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
24 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means commit-
25 tee. Such reports shall contain, but need not be limited to, the number
26 of credits by type and the amount of such credits allowed to taxpayers.
27 S 7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
28 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
