What's happening
This bill exempts higher education and career education institutions from the definition of "employer" under the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.
Why it matters
Reduces Operational Costs for Colleges and Career Schools. By exempting higher education and career education institutions from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, these schools could see significant savings in payroll expenses, potentially freeing up funds for educational programs, staffing, or student services.
Could Influence Tuition or Program Costs. Lower tax burdens on institutions may help restrain tuition hikes or program fees, benefiting students and families financially, especially in a state where college affordability is a major concern.
May Shift Tax Burden or Affect Transit Funding. Since the mobility tax funds public transportation in the New York metropolitan area, removing this revenue source from higher ed and career institutions could require the state to find alternative funding or accept reduced resources for public transit, with possible impacts on service or fares.
Signals State Priorities Regarding Education. The exemption underscores a policy choice to support educational institutions over transit funding, indicating legislative intent to prioritize the financial health and competitiveness of New York’s postsecondary schools in the region.
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Colleges Exempt from Transit Tax
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End College Transit Tax
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6940
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting institutions of higher education from the definition of "employer" for purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(4) [Any] any eligible educational institution. An "eligible educational institution" shall mean any public school district, a board of cooperative educational services, a public elementary or secondary school, a school approved pursuant to article eighty-five or eighty-nine of the education law to serve students with disabilities of school age, or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides instruction in grade one or above, all public library systems as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-two of the education law, [and] all public and free association libraries as such terms are defined in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three of the education law, or any institution providing higher education or career education, as such terms are defined in section two of the education law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03510-01-9
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