How would
their circuit breaker tax break be calculated, she wondered.
Cuomo has proposed an income - based
circuit breaker tax relief plan that is tied to the property tax cap and would provide relief to only some New Yorkers.
John Whitley, with the New York State Property Tax Reform Coalition, admits
the circuit breaker tax relief may be a victim of a session preoccupied with arrests and leadership changes.
Like an electrical switch designed to automatically prevent a power overload,
a circuit breaker tax credit is supposed to kick in when homeowners» property tax burdens overload their ability to pay.
Not exact matches
Circuit -
breakers: Mechanisms that provide relief for an individual's property
tax obligation on the basis of the person's age, income level, or disability.
Cuomo's proposed property
tax relief plan — or
circuit breaker — is, as expected, drawing praise from some and criticism from others.
Cuomo's
circuit -
breaker and the existing, twice - as - large STAR program share the same basic shortcoming: they treat a symptom (extremely high property
taxes) rather than a disease (very high local spending).
The governor also is justifying the
circuit -
breaker credit on the grounds that, because it is linked to the
tax cap, it will create an added incentive for localities to remain under the cap.
He didn't use the phrase himself, but the property
tax credit unveiled yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo is of the type commonly known as a «
circuit breaker.»
The governor's Executive Budget proposal includes a significant new property
tax «
circuit breaker» that would provide relief to households whose property
taxes are unreasonably high relative to their income.
«It appears our legislative leaders couldn't agree to provide
tax relief to struggling homeowners and renters through a middle class property
tax circuit breaker but managed to find the political will to provide sales
tax exemptions for people buying luxury yachts.
The report shows that both programs would provide some property
tax relief but the
circuit breaker credits are superior to STAR rebates in many ways.
The governor's Executive Budget proposal includes a significant new property «
circuit breaker» that would provide relief to households (both owners and renters) whose property
taxes are unreasonably high relative to their income.
Cuomo had initially proposed a rebate program akin to a
circuit -
breaker for
tax relief as well as a two - tiered wage increase for New York City and a lower one for the rest of the state.
But in a real way, controlling spending is linked to property
taxes: Cuomo wants to use the planned surplus to help pay for a $ 1.66 billion property -
tax relief plan that is his administration's version of the
circuit -
breaker program, which ties relief to a household's income.
That plan would replace a
circuit breaker program Cuomo proposed in his own budget, which many lawmakers criticized as detrimental to municipalities and school districts already struggling under the weight of a two - percent property
tax cap passed into law in 2012.
Unfortunately, Cuomo's
tax cap combined with unnamed cuts to state spending to create the surplus needed to pay for the
circuit breaker means that what he gives with one hand in a
circuit breaker he takes back with the other hand as cuts to the schools and municipal services these same people use,» said Hawkins.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo put the kibosh on the Senate Democrats» proposed property
tax cap
circuit breaker, which has also been endorsed by a number of taxpayer advocacy groups.
«A
circuit breaker is a different purpose, a legitimate purpose, but it is just different from a property
tax cap across the board,» Cuomo told reporters this afternoon.
He says it would also include a
tax credit for lower income New Yorkers who pay a high percentage of their wages in property
taxes, sometimes called a
circuit breaker.
We need a property
tax circuit breaker based on income at the least, or every working adult
tax payer should pay based on his or her income.
And a
Circuit breaker which is a property
tax credit to help low and middle income New Yorkers based on their ability to pay.
«We had been, certainly, talking a lot about expanding the
circuit breaker on the personal income
tax which is a way to provide property
tax relief to a household based on its ability to pay,» said Parrott.
«I agree with the Governor that public funds to provide property
tax relief for renters and property owners should use a
circuit breaker approach to reach those who most need relief.
And that is why I am for an overall property
tax cap as opposed to a
circuit breaker.
The governor proposes a property
tax relief plan — a
circuit breaker — that wisely ties a family's property
tax burden to its income level, targeting meaningful relief to over one million New Yorkers that need it the most.
Instead, he says, they're in favor of so - called
circuit breakers that would provide proportionately more relief to New Yorkers who can least afford to pay their
tax bills.
Just one example: When you have to explain your cut in terms of a «
circuit breaker,» you know you are not moving to a cleaner, simpler
tax code.
This new property
tax «
circuit -
breaker» proposal will help middle - class taxpayers the most.
Some property
tax payers would even get a rebate on their
taxes, through what's known as a
circuit breaker, if their
taxes are determined to be too high for their income level.
The sources also said the Assembly is pressing for the proposed $ 1.3 billion property
tax rebate plan to take the form of something that blends the STAR rebate with a
circuit breaker, which ties rebates to income levels.
The proposal does not include Cuomo's
circuit -
breaker plan for property
taxes, which would tie relief to an individual household's income.
Gone from the budget framework is a property -
tax rebate proposal akin to a «
circuit -
breaker» that would tie relief to a household's income.
Cuomo's additional efforts to induce lawmakers to pass a version of the so - called «
circuit -
breaker» that ties
tax increases to a households income have faltered in the last two budget proposals.
Many of the groups are also urging state leaders to broaden the discussion to include
tax relief measures that would link property
taxes to individual income in the form of a
circuit breaker.
In addition to recommending the so - called
circuit -
breaker approach for property
taxes and cuts to business
taxes such as a complete phase out of the 18a assessment surchage for utilities, the commission called for linking the
tax cap, consolidating services and individual
tax credits for homeowners.
The
circuit -
breaker would tie property
taxes to a household's income — an option that isn't likely considering the state's poor finances.
Cuomo is counting on the spending rate to stay at 2 % or less in order to pay for a multi year phased in property
tax cut known as a
circuit breaker, that is based on the percentage of property
taxes compared to a homeowner's income.
The governor proposes a property
tax relief plan (
Circuit Breaker) that wisely ties a family's property
tax burden to its income level, targeting relief to over one million New Yorkers that need it the most.
Targeted
tax relief is a much better plan and the
Circuit Breaker approach, also recommended in the Commission report, will give a much bigger bang for the buck IF designed and implemented appropriately.
The Fiscal Policy Institute has long proposed a
circuit breaker as a solution to the burden of high property
taxes on moderate and lower income families and to ensure that retirees are not forced out of their homes.
[11] Rather than limit investment in other needed services to pay for the
circuit breaker, the state should generate additional revenues by fixing some of the problems related to last year's corporate
tax reform, eliminating or scaling back many of the state's smorgasbord of business tax credits, rejecting the proposed Education Tax Credit, and limiting the increase in the estate tax exempti
tax reform, eliminating or scaling back many of the state's smorgasbord of business
tax credits, rejecting the proposed Education Tax Credit, and limiting the increase in the estate tax exempti
tax credits, rejecting the proposed Education
Tax Credit, and limiting the increase in the estate tax exempti
Tax Credit, and limiting the increase in the estate
tax exempti
tax exemption.
On another property
tax - related issue, the deal apparently combines elements of Cuomo's proposed property
tax circuit -
breaker (specifically, income means - testing) with the Senate Republicans» desire for a property
tax «rebate.»
The Senate, in contrast, replaced the
circuit breaker with a
tax rebate for homeowners only based on the existing STAR exemptions.
Property
tax circuit breakers can address these and similar problems by providing
tax refunds based on annual income — often using information from income
tax returns — and property
tax bills.
I am very disappointment that a much - discussed property
tax relief measure called a
circuit breaker was not included in the budget framework nor was a cut in the small business income
tax rate.
NFIB also casts a skeptical eye at the renewed proposal to create a «
circuit -
breaker» for property
taxes, which ties increases to a household income.
The details on this count almost don't matter, since both the
circuit -
breaker and the rebate simply amount to more pain - dulling medication on top of the $ 3.3 billion School
Tax Relief (STAR) program.
Cuomo has spent the last several days unveiling his 2015 legislative proposals ranging from a new hike in the minimum wage to a small - business
tax cut along with a «
circuit -
breaker» solution on property
taxes.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said (through a spokesman) that he supports AG Andrew Cuomo's 2 percent property
tax cap proposal, and also thinks an expanded
circuit breaker «must be an integral part» of the plan.