STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10120 IN ASSEMBLY March 12, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the taxation of investment income The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the state of 2 New York taxes income derived from capital gains at the same rate as 3 income derived from labor and, like most other states, does not offer 4 preferential tax rates for income derived from capital gains, as 5 compared to the tax rates for income derived from labor. Whereas the 6 federal government currently taxes long term capital gains at a rate 7 that is substantially lower than the rate of taxation that applies to 8 income from labor. The people of the state of New York wish to correct 9 for the imbalance of taxation rates on long term capital gains and labor 10 at the federal level unless and until the federal government equalizes 11 these rates. It is the intent of the legislature that this act amends 12 New York's tax law to provide needed revenue through the taxation of 13 investment income from wealthy individuals. 14 § 2. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding 15 a new paragraph 43 to read as follows: 16 (43) (a) For taxable years commencing on or after January first, two 17 thousand twenty, the department shall conduct an annual review to deter- 18 mine the disparity between federal income tax rates on ordinary income 19 and federal income tax rates on capital gains, as well as the types of 20 income taxed at capital gains rates, and shall publish its findings. For 21 taxable years commencing on or after January first, two thousand twen- 22 ty-one, there is imposed a surcharge on the share of a taxpayer's New 23 York taxable income that is taxed at preferential federal capital gains 24 rates in an amount equal to the difference between the federal ordinary 25 income tax rate and the federal capital gains tax rate for such taxpay- 26 er, based on the brackets in section 1 of the internal revenue code. 27 The surcharge shall be in addition to any other tax, fee or surcharge 28 for which the taxpayer is liable. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15388-02-0

A. 10120 2 1 (b) Each taxpayer subject to the surcharge pursuant to subparagraph 2 (a) of this paragraph shall file a return with the department in such 3 form and containing such information as the department may prescribe. 4 Such return shall accurately set forth the amount of the net gain calcu- 5 lated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this paragraph for the preceding 6 taxable year and the amount of the taxpayer's surcharge liability for 7 such year. A person required to file a return shall, without assess- 8 ment, notice or demand, pay any surcharge due thereon to the department 9 on or before the date specified in state law, determined without regard 10 to any extension of time for filing the return. 11 (c) If any person fails to pay the amount of the surcharge reported 12 due on a return within the time specified, there shall be imposed a 13 penalty equal to twenty percent of such amount due and unpaid. Such 14 amount shall bear interest at the rate of two percent per month or frac- 15 tion thereof, from the due date of such surcharge until the date of 16 payment. 17 (d) The department may adopt rules and regulations to implement the 18 provisions of this section. 19 (e) At the close of each fiscal year the comptroller is authorized to 20 record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of the surcharge 21 imposed under the provisions of this paragraph that is received by the 22 department. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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