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- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1466
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Exempts from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, preschool special education programs
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6487 REVISED 06/07/12
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax
Purpose
Exempts from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, preschool special education programs.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one amends subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax law.
Section two is the effective date.
Justification
Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2011 exempted public and non-public schools, employers with total payroll expenses less than $1.25 million, and self-employed taxpayers with business income less than $50,000 from the MTA payroll tax. The measure did not include preschool special education programs, a vital source for children with handicapping conditions.
This legislation seeks to add preschool special education programs to the list of institutions that are exempt from the MTA payroll tax. These schools help educate the future of our great state. By exempting preschool special education programs from the MTA payroll tax, we would be saving these programs money that could be better used in providing a quality education for these children.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
The Department of Taxation and Finance estimates that this bill would result in a $1.1 million revenue loss during SFY 2012-13, and a $1.5 million revenue loss annually thereafter.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section one of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011 takes effect.
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