‘Robot Tax’ On Automation Proposed

‘Robot Tax’ On Automation Proposed

Assemblyman Patrick Burke, D-West Seneca, is pictured at a press event earlier this year. Assemblyman Patrick Burke, D-West Seneca, is pictured at a press event earlier this year. Businesses that use technology to cut their workforce could face a state tax in the future.

Assemblyman Pat Burke, D-West Seneca, has introduced legislation (A.8179) that would tax companies if their adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, or other technology results in any workers being laid off or displaced. Burke’s proposal machinery, artificial intelligence algorithms and computer applications as technologies that would qualify for the additional tax.

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