N.Y. Tax Law § 38*2: Minimum wage reimbursement credit

* § 38. Minimum wage reimbursement credit. (a) A taxpayer that is an

eligible employer or an owner of an eligible employer as defined in

subdivision (b) of this section shall be eligible for a credit against

the tax imposed under article nine, nine-A, twenty-two, or thirty-three

of this article, pursuant to the provisions referenced in subdivision

(e) of this section.

(b) An eligible employer is a corporation (including a New York S

corporation), a sole proprietorship, a limited liability company or a

partnership. An eligible employee is an individual who is (i) employed

by an eligible employer in New York state, (ii) paid at the minimum wage

rate as defined in article nineteen of the labor law during the taxable

year by the eligible employer, (iii) between the ages of sixteen and

nineteen during the period in which he or she is paid at such minimum

wage rate by the eligible employer, and (iv) a student during the period

in which he or she is paid at such minimum wage rate by the taxpayer.

(c) For taxable years beginning on or after January first, two

thousand fourteen and before January first, two thousand fifteen, the

amount of the credit allowed under this section shall be equal to the

product of the total number of hours worked during the taxable year by

eligible employees for which they were paid at the minimum wage rate as

defined in article nineteen of the labor law and seventy five cents. For

taxable years beginning on or after January first, two thousand fifteen

and before January first, two thousand sixteen, the amount of the credit

allowed under this section shall be equal to the product of the total

number of hours during the taxable year worked by eligible employees for

which they were paid at such minimum wage rate and one dollar and

thirty-one cents. For taxable years beginning on or after January first,

two thousand sixteen and before January first, two thousand nineteen,

the amount of the credit allowed under this section shall be equal to

the product of the total number of hours during the taxable year worked

by eligible employees for which they were paid at such minimum wage rate

and one dollar and thirty-five cents. Provided, however, if the federal

minimum wage established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section

206 or its successors is increased above eighty-five percent of the

minimum wage in article nineteen of the labor law, the dollar amounts in

this subdivision shall be reduced to the difference between the minimum

wage in article nineteen of the labor law and the federal minimum wage.

Such reduction would take effect on the date that employers are required

to pay such federal minimum wage.

(d) Employer prohibition. An employer shall not discharge an employee

and hire an eligible employee solely for the purpose of qualifying for

this credit. An eligible employee who is used as the basis for this

credit may not be used as the basis of any other credit allowed under

this chapter.

(e) Cross references: For application of the credit provided in this

section, see the following provisions of this chapter:

(2) Article 9-A: Section 210-B, subdivision 40.

(3) Article 22: Section 606, subsection (aaa).

(4) Article 33: Section 1511, subdivision (cc).

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