22 - Allowance of credit, amount and limitations. - New York Statutes

§ 22. Allowance of credit, amount and limitations. 1. A taxpayer subject to tax under article nine-A, twenty-two, thirty-two or thirty-three of the tax law which owns an interest in one or more eligible low-income buildings shall be allowed a credit against such tax for the amount of low-income housing credit allocated by the commissioner to each such building. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, the credit amount so allocated shall be allowed as a credit against the tax for the ten taxable years in the credit period. 2. Adjustment of first-year credit allowed in eleventh year. The credit allowable for the first taxable year of the credit period with respect to any building shall be adjusted using the rules of section 42(f)(2) of the internal revenue code (relating to first-year adjustment of qualified basis by the weighted average of low-income to total residential units), and any reduction in first-year credit by reason of such adjustment shall be allowable for the first taxable year following the credit period. 3. Amount of credit. Except as provided in subdivisions four and five of this section, the amount of low-income housing credit shall be the applicable percentage of the qualified basis of each eligible low-income building. 4. Statewide limitation. The aggregate dollar amount of credit which the commissioner may allocate to eligible low-income buildings under this article shall be twenty-eight million dollars. The limitation provided by this subdivision applies only to allocation of the aggregate dollar amount of credit by the commissioner, and does not apply to allowance to a taxpayer of the credit with respect to an eligible low-income building for each year of the credit period. 5. Building limitation. The dollar amount of credit allocated to any building shall not exceed the amount the commissioner determines is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project and the viability of the building as an eligible low-income building throughout the credit period. In allocating a dollar amount of credit to any building, the commissioner shall specify the applicable percentage and the maximum qualified basis which may be taken into account under this article with respect to such building. The applicable percentage and the maximum qualified basis with respect to a building shall not exceed the amounts determined in subdivisions one and six, respectively, of section twenty-one of this article. 6. Long-term commitment to low-income housing required. No credit shall be allowed under this article with respect to a building for the taxable year unless an extended low-income housing commitment is in effect as of the end of such taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "extended low-income housing commitment" means an agreement between the taxpayer and the commissioner substantially similar to the agreement specified in section 42(h)(6)(B) of the internal revenue code. 7. Credit to successor owner. If a credit is allowed under subdivision one of this section with respect to an eligible low-income building and such building (or an interest therein) is sold during the credit period, the credit for the period after the sale which would have been allowable under such subdivision one to the prior owner had the building not been sold shall be allowable to the new owner. Credit for the year of sale shall be allocated between the parties on the basis of the number of days during such year that the building or interest was held by each.