N.Y. Tax Law Section 39-A
Penalties for fraud in the START-UP NY program


If the commissioner of economic development on his or her own initiative or on the recommendation of a sponsoring campus, university or college finally determines that any such business participating in the START-UP NY program authorized under article twenty-one of the economic development law has acted fraudulently in connection with its participation in such program, such business:

(a)

shall be immediately terminated from such program;

(b)

shall be subject to applicable criminal penalties, including but not limited to the felony crime of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree pursuant to section 175.35 of the penal law; and

(c)

shall be required in that year to add back to tax the total value of the tax benefits described in § 39 (Tax benefits for businesses located in tax-free NY areas and employees of such businesses)section thirty-nine of this article that such business has received and that the employees of such business have received up to the date of such finding. The amount required to be added back shall be reported on such business’s corporate franchise report if such business is taxed as a corporation or on the corporate franchise tax reports or personal income tax returns of the owners of such business if such business is taxed as a sole proprietorship, partnership or New York S corporation.

Source: Section 39-A — Penalties for fraud in the START-UP NY program, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TAX/39-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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Short title
2
Definitions
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Exemption from certain taxes granted to certain corporations engaged in the operation of vessels in foreign commerce
4
Exemption from certain excise and sales taxes granted to the United Nations
5
Obtaining and furnishing taxpayer identification information
5‑A
Certification of registration to collect sales and compensating use taxes by certain contractors, affiliates and subcontractors
6
Filing of warrants in the department of state
7
Inapplicability of certain money judgment enforcement procedures
8
Exemption from taxes granted to REMICs
9
Electronic funds transfer by certain taxpayers remitting withholding taxes
10
Electronic funds transfer by certain taxpayers remitting sales and compensating use taxes, prepaid sales and compensating use taxes on mo...
11
Certified capital companies
12
Internet
13
Exemption from taxation for victims or targets of Nazi persecution
14
Empire zones program
14‑A
IMB credit for energy taxes
15
QEZE credit for real property taxes
16
QEZE tax reduction credit
17
Empire zones tax benefits report
18
Low-income housing credit
19
Green building credit
20
Credit for transportation improvement contributions
21
Brownfield redevelopment tax credit
21*2
Disclosure of taxpayer information in cases involving abandoned property
22
Tax credit for remediated brownfields
23
Environmental remediation insurance credit
24
Empire state film production credit
24‑A
Musical and theatrical production credit
24‑B
Television writers’ and directors’ fees and salaries credit
24‑C
New York city musical and theatrical production tax credit
25
Disclosure of certain transactions and related information
26
Security training tax credit
27
Suspension of tax-exempt status of terrorist organizations
28
Empire state commercial production credit
28*2
Biofuel production credit
29
Mandatory electronic filing and payment
30
Bad check or failed electronic funds withdrawal fee
31
Excelsior jobs program credit
31*2
Empire state film post production credit
32
Registration of tax return preparers
33
Correction periods for electronic tax documents and payments
33*2
Temporary deferral of certain tax credits
34
Tax return preparers and software companies not to charge separately for New York e-file services
34*2
Temporary deferral payout credits
35
Use of electronic means of communication
35*2
Economic transformation and facility redevelopment program tax credit
36
Empire state jobs retention program credit
37
Alcoholic beverage production credit
38
New York innovation hot spot program tax benefits
38*2
Minimum wage reimbursement credit
39
Tax benefits for businesses located in tax-free NY areas and employees of such businesses
39‑A
Penalties for fraud in the START-UP NY program
40
The tax-free NY area tax elimination credit
41
Limitations on tax credit eligibility
42
Farm workforce retention credit
42‑A
Farm employer overtime credit
43
Life sciences research and development tax credit
43*2
Single member limited liability companies and eligibility for tax credits
44
Employer-provided child care credit
45
Empire state digital gaming media production credit
46
Restaurant return-to-work tax credit
46‑A
Additional restaurant return-to-work tax credit
47
COVID-19 capital costs tax credit
47*2
Grade no
47*3
Suspension of certain taxes on motor fuel and Diesel motor fuel
48
Child care creation and expansion tax credit
49
Newspaper and broadcast media jobs tax credit
49*2
Commercial security tax credit

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 39-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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