Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation and finance, to promulgate rules and regulations directing employers to annually provide notice to employees who based on income are eligible for the earned income tax credit.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5104
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
notify certain employees of their eligibility for the earned income
tax credit
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l to
2 read as follows:
3 § 202-l. Notice of earned income tax credit eligibility. The commis-
4 sioner, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation and finance,
5 shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring employers to annually
6 provide notice, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, to
7 employees, based on their income, who may be eligible for the federal
8 and/or state earned income tax credits on their federal and/or state
9 personal income tax returns.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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