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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Sections
53, 3-5, 3-25, and 3-50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3)
7    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon the privilege of
8using in this State tangible personal property purchased at
9retail from a retailer, including computer software, and
10including photographs, negatives, and positives that are the
11product of photoprocessing, but not including products of
12photoprocessing produced for use in motion pictures for
13commercial exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid
14telephone calling arrangements shall be considered tangible
15personal property subject to the tax imposed under this Act
16regardless of the form in which those arrangements may be
17embodied, transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or
18hereafter developed. Purchases of (1) electricity delivered to
19customers by wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is
20delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; and
21(3) water that is delivered to customers through pipes,
22pipelines, or mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The
23provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly

 

 

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1are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
2this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
4    (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
5    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
6personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
7    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
8society, association, foundation, institution, or
9organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
10organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
11for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
12personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
13purpose of resale by the enterprise.
14    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
15Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
16operating, or promoting the county fair.
17    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
18cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
19the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
20Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
21organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
22support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
23services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
24music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
25orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service

 

 

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1organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
2and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
3of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
4an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
5tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
6number issued by the Department.
7    (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
8a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
9institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
10religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
11corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
12organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
13that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
14persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
15may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
16limited liability company is organized and operated
17exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
181987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
19shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
20identification number issued by the Department.
21    (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
22replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
23the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
24    (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
252004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
26equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and

 

 

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1used, and including that manufactured on special order,
2certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
3arts production, and including machinery and equipment
4purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
5acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
6acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
7graphic arts product.
8    (7) Farm chemicals.
9    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
10coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
11United States of America, or the government of any foreign
12country, and bullion.
13    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
14student organization affiliated with an elementary or
15secondary school located in Illinois.
16    (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
17of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
18designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
19for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
20through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
21motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
22configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
237 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
24the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
25as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
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1    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
2including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
3purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
4State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
5replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
6machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
7implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
8Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
9chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
10be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
11but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
12under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
13hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
14plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
15this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
16boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
17required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
18vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
19tender is separately stated.
20    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
21farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
22installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
23limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
24or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
25limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
26software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other

 

 

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1such equipment.
2    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
3sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
4computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
5facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
6to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
7crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
8agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
9provisions of Section 3-90.
10    (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
11common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
12consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
13business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
14returning from a location or locations outside the United
15States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
16stopovers.
17    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
18stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
19food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
20extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
21turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
22employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
23hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
24respect to which the service charge is imposed.
25    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
26and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,

 

 

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1rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
2tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
3and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
4individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
5drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
6equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
7required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
9repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
10manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
11used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
12photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
13    (16) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
14effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
15Assembly and thereafter, coal and aggregate exploration,
16mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
17reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
18equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
19excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
20Illinois Vehicle Code.
21    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
22equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
23retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
24production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
25as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
26use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.

 

 

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1    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
2used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
3tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
4lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
5manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
6used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
7person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
8an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
9of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
10other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
11a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
12paragraph (18) does not include machinery and equipment used in
13(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
14(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
15for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
16through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
17water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
18customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
19this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
20declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of this
21exemption.
22    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
23purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
24that personal property was received by a florist located
25outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
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1    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
2for direct agricultural production.
3    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
4meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
5Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
6Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
7Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
8racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
9of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
10(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
11claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
122008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
132000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
14    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
15any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
16analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
17lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
18longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
19otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
20hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
21identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
22Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
23manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
24any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
25tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
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1the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
2or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
3purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
4Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
5has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
6collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
7a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
8If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
9reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
10Department.
11    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
12property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
13effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
14tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
15issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
16the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
17Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
18qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
19manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
20this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
21on the fair market value of the property at the time the
22non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
23to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
24reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
25Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
26paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such

 

 

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1amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
2claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
3that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
4lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
5    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
8disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
9disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
10manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
11corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
12that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
13number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
14who reside within the declared disaster area.
15    (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
16December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
17before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
18performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
19but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
20bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
21line extensions, water distribution and purification
22facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
23sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
24federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
25when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
26declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.

 

 

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1    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
2at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
3used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
4provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
61-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
7corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
8foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
9to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
10purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
11limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
12or institution organized and operated exclusively for
13educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
14private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
15branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
16that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
17course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
18vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
19operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
20than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
21follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
22industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
23    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
24including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
25benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
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1the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
2district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
3parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
4does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
5private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
6entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
7another individual or entity that sold the property for the
8purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
9from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
10exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
122001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
13serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
14items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
15January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
16for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
17vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
18gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
19coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
20is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
21    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
22food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
23premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
24drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
25consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
26drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing

 

 

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1materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
2use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
3assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
4resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
5the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
6in the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental
7Health Rehabilitation Act.
8    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
10equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
11in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
12purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
13of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
14lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
15Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
16identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
17Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
18manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
19any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
20tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
21case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
22the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
23or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
24purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
25Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
26has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly

 

 

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1collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
2a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
3If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
4reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
5Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
6Section 3-90.
7    (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
8of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
9lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
10longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
11otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
12governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
13exemption identification number by the Department under
14Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
15property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this
16exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
17shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
18Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
19market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
20occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
21(however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
22the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
23case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
24lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
25lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
26amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not

 

 

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1refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
2pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
3from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
5the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
6with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
7are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
8Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
91, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
10motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
11weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
12to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
133-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
14primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
15this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
16after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
17motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
18rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
19purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
20purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
21furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
22whether for-hire or not.
23    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
24used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
25supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
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1corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
2Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
3exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
5equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
6upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
7completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
8aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
9the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
10repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
11materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
12supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
13maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
14engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
15such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
16limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
17lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
18films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
19(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
20an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
21Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
22operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
23Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
24by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
25service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
26of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

 

 

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1    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
2public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
311-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
4constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
5only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
6transferred to the municipality without any further
7consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
8of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
9retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
10issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
11the development of the municipal convention hall. This
12exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
13provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
14This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15(Source: P.A. 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
1696-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
177-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-431, eff.
188-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff. 7-9-12.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 105/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-25)
20    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
21"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
22instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
23order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
24those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
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1developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
2instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
3to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
4held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
5documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
6magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
7does not include software that is adapted to specific
8individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
9modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
10purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
11equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
12tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
13lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
14(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
15(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
16for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
17through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
18water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
19customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
20"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
21the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
22the meaning and scope of this exemption.
23    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
24considered to be tangible personal property.
25(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 105/3-50)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50)
2    Sec. 3-50. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
3manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption
4includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
5equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
6machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
7manufacturing facility. The machinery and equipment exemption
8also includes machinery and equipment used in the general
9maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for
10in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. The
11machinery and equipment exemption does not include machinery
12and equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
13wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of
14natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
15delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
16(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
17is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
18The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
19Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
20scope of this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption,
21terms have the following meanings:
22        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
23    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
24    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
25    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
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1    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
2    refining that changes some existing material into a
3    material with a different form, use, or name. In relation
4    to a recognized integrated business composed of a series of
5    operations that collectively constitute manufacturing, or
6    individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
7    manufacturing process commences with the first operation
8    or stage of production in the series and does not end until
9    the completion of the final product in the last operation
10    or stage of production in the series. For purposes of this
11    exemption, photoprocessing is a manufacturing process of
12    tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale.
13        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
14    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
15    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
16    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
17    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
18    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
19    results in an article or material of a different form, use,
20    or name.
21        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
22    major components of those machines contributing to a
23    manufacturing or assembling process.
24        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
25    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
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1    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
2    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
3    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
4    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
5    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
6    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
7    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
8    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
9    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
10    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
11    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
12    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
13        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
14    means all tangible personal property that is used or
15    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
16    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
17    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
18    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
19    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
20    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
21    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
22    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
23    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
24    "Production related tangible personal property" does not
25    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
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1    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
2    recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible
3    personal property that is required to be titled or
4    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
5    State, or local government.
6    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
7exemption includes production related tangible personal
8property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
9before June 30, 2008. The exemption for production related
10tangible personal property is subject to both of the following
11limitations:
12        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
13    taxpayer may not exceed 5% of the purchase price of
14    production related tangible personal property that is
15    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June
16    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
17    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
18    personal property for which an exemption is received under
19    this Section.
20        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
21    production related tangible personal property awarded
22    under this Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to all
23    taxpayers may not exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the
24    exemption exceed $10,000,000, then the Department shall
25    reduce the amount of the exemption to each taxpayer on a
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1The Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
2exemption for production related tangible personal property.
3    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
4exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
5produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
6who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
7manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
8also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
9manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
10machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
11or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal property.
12This exemption includes the sale of exempted types of machinery
13or equipment to a purchaser who is not the manufacturer, but
14who rents or leases the use of the property to a manufacturer.
15The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
16resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
17seller at the time of purchase. A user of the machinery,
18equipment, or tools without an active resale registration
19number shall prepare a certificate of exemption for each
20transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
21transaction, and that certificate shall be available to the
22Department for inspection or audit. The Department shall
23prescribe the form of the certificate. Informal rulings,
24opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
25inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
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1devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
2made available for public inspection and copying. If the
3informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
4other confidential information, where possible, the Department
5shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
6informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
7general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
8adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
9Administrative Procedure Act.
10(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
11    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
12Sections 2, 3, and 3-25 as follows:
 
13    (35 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
14    Sec. 2. "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right
15or power over tangible personal property incident to the
16ownership of that property, but does not include the sale or
17use for demonstration by him of that property in any form as
18tangible personal property in the regular course of business.
19"Use" does not mean the interim use of tangible personal
20property nor the physical incorporation of tangible personal
21property, as an ingredient or constituent, into other tangible
22personal property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of
23business or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient
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1purchase to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
2destinations outside the State of Illinois.
3    "Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
4ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
5sale of service.
6    "Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
7service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
8personal property.
9    "Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
10for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
11otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
12determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
13cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
14incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
15or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
16shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
17property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
18is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
19serviceman in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by
20the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
21    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
22in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
23cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
24deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
25sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
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1finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
2sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
3sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
4purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act.
5    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
6    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
7association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
8private corporation, limited liability company, and any
9receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
10appointed by order of any court.
11    "Sale of service" means any transaction except:
12        (1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
13    under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
14    Tax Act.
15        (2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
16    purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
17    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
18        (3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
19    of tangible personal property as an incident to the
20    rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
21    for or by any corporation, society, association,
22    foundation or institution organized and operated
23    exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
24    purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
25    association, foundation, institution or organization which
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1    organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
2    persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
3    company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
4    only if the limited liability company is organized and
5    operated exclusively for educational purposes.
6        (4) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
7    an incident to the rendering of service for interstate
8    carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
9    interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of one year
10    or longer, executed or in effect at the time of purchase of
11    personal property, to interstate carriers for hire for use
12    as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce so long as
13    so used by such interstate carriers for hire, and equipment
14    operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a
15    common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
16    which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft
17    moving in interstate commerce.
18        (4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
19    as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
20    lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
21    utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling
22    stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
23    interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
24    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
25    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
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1    interstate commerce.
2        (4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
3    2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
4    division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
5    pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
6    motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
7    imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8    Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
9    use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division:
10    (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000
11    pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
12    distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
13    Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
14    for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
15    exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
16    after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
17    motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
18    the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
19    Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
20    purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
21    in furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise
22    whether for-hire or not.
23        (5) a sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
24    primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
25    assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
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1    wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
2    lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
3    person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
4    by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
5    sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
6    seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
7    applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
8    Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
9    exemption provided by this paragraph (5) does not include
10    machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
11    electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
12    generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
13    wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
14    through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment
15    of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
16    customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The
17    provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
18    Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning
19    and scope of this exemption.
20        (5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
21    a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
22    which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
23    such carrier receives the physical possession of the
24    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
25    personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
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1    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
2    standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
3    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
4    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
5        (5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
6    which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
7    such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
8    Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
9    Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
10    carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
11    such property in Illinois, and which transports such
12    property, or shares with another common carrier in the
13    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
14    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
15    property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
16    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
17        (6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
18    distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit
19    and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery
20    and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
21    the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
22    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
23    for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
24    or resale.
25        (7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
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1    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
2    year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
3    price of tangible personal property transferred as an
4    incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
5    in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
6    or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
7    aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of
8    service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
9    the serviceman shall be subject to tax under the Retailers'
10    Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
11    primary serviceman who has made the election described in
12    this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
13    serviceman who has also made the election described in this
14    paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
15    liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
16    pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
17    personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
18    and (ii) certifies that fact in writing to the primary
19    serviceman.
20    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
21completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
22imposed pursuant to this Act.
23    Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
24the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
25equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
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1include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
2electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
3or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
4retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
5pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
6wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
7pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
8Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
9law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
10purposes of exemption (5), each of these terms shall have the
11following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
12production of any article of tangible personal property,
13whether such article is a finished product or an article for
14use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
15article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
16regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
17refining which changes some existing material or materials into
18a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
19recognized integrated business composed of a series of
20operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
21individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
22manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
23first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
24not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
25in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
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1deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
2property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
3shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
4property, whether such article is a finished product or an
5article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
6different article of tangible personal property, by the
7combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
8as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
9use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
10machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
11manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
12include any independent device or tool separate from any
13machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
14assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
15manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
16manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
17comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
18or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
19fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
20periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
21shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
22chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
23chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
24change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
25wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
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1number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
2purchase. The user of such machinery and equipment and tools
3without an active resale registration number shall prepare a
4certificate of exemption for each transaction stating facts
5establishing the exemption for that transaction, which
6certificate shall be available to the Department for inspection
7or audit. The Department shall prescribe the form of the
8certificate.
9    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
10Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
11from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
12exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
13maintained as a public record, and made available for public
14inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
15letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
16information, where possible the Department shall delete such
17information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
18rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
19applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
20policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
21Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
22    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
23under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax free
24purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
25number issued by the Department.
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1personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
2of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
3purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
4property within the meaning of this Act.
5    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
6occupation of making sales of service.
7    "Sale at retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
9    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
10personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
11incident to a sale of service.
12    "Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
13or any like term, means and includes any serviceman:
14        1. having or maintaining within this State, directly or
15    by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
16    house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
17    or other representative operating within this State under
18    the authority of the serviceman or its subsidiary,
19    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
20    other representative is located here permanently or
21    temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
22    licensed to do business in this State;
23        1.1. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
24    person located in this State under which the person, for a
25    commission or other consideration based on the sale of
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1    potential customers to the serviceman by a link on the
2    person's Internet website. The provisions of this
3    paragraph 1.1 shall apply only if the cumulative gross
4    receipts from sales of service by the serviceman to
5    customers who are referred to the serviceman by all persons
6    in this State under such contracts exceed $10,000 during
7    the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day of
8    March, June, September, and December;
9        1.2. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
10    person located in this State under which:
11            A. the serviceman sells the same or substantially
12        similar line of services as the person located in this
13        State and does so using an identical or substantially
14        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
15        located in this State; and
16            B. the serviceman provides a commission or other
17        consideration to the person located in this State based
18        upon the sale of services by the serviceman.
19    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
20    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
21    serviceman to customers in this State under all such
22    contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
23    periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
24    and December;
25        2. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
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1    (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended by the
2    retailer to be broadcast by cable television or other means
3    of broadcasting, to consumers located in this State;
4        3. pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
5    publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
6    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
7    disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
8    and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
9        4. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
10    mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring and
11    if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing, debt
12    collection, telecommunication, or marketing activities
13    occurring in this State or benefits from the location in
14    this State of authorized installation, servicing, or
15    repair facilities;
16        5. being owned or controlled by the same interests
17    which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
18    the same or similar line of business in this State;
19        6. having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
20    trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
21    collect the tax under this Section;
22        7. pursuant to a contract with a cable television
23    operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
24    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
25    transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
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1        8. engaging in activities in Illinois, which
2    activities in the state in which the supply business
3    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
4    maintaining a place of business in that state.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1544, eff. 3-10-11.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 110/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33)
7    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon the privilege of
8using in this State real or tangible personal property acquired
9as an incident to the purchase of a service from a serviceman,
10including computer software, and including photographs,
11negatives, and positives that are the product of
12photoprocessing, but not including products of photoprocessing
13produced for use in motion pictures for public commercial
14exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid telephone
15calling arrangements shall be considered tangible personal
16property subject to the tax imposed under this Act regardless
17of the form in which those arrangements may be embodied,
18transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or hereafter
19developed. Purchases of (1) electricity delivered to customers
20by wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is delivered to
21customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; and (3) water
22that is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or
23mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The provisions of
24this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
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1Act.
2(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
3    (35 ILCS 110/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-25)
4    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
5"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
6instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
7order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
8those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
9transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
10developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
11instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
12to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
13held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
14documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
15magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
16does not include software that is adapted to specific
17individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
18modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
19purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
20equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
21tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
22lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
23(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
24(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
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1through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
2water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
3customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
4"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
5the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
6the meaning and scope of this exemption.
7    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
8considered to be tangible personal property.
9(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
10    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
11changing Sections 2, 3, and 3-25 as follows:
 
12    (35 ILCS 115/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.102)
13    Sec. 2. "Transfer" means any transfer of the title to
14property or of the ownership of property whether or not the
15transferor retains title as security for the payment of amounts
16due him from the transferee.
17    "Cost Price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
18for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
19otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
20determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
21cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
22incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
23or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
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1property transferred to him by his or her subcontractor is
2equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the serviceman
3in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by the
4subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
5    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
6    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
7association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
8private corporation, limited liability company, and any
9receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
10appointed by order of any court.
11    "Sale of Service" means any transaction except:
12    (a) A retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
13under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use Tax
14Act.
15    (b) A sale of tangible personal property for the purpose of
16resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
17Occupation Tax Act.
18    (c) Except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer of
19tangible personal property as an incident to the rendering of
20service for or by any governmental body or for or by any
21corporation, society, association, foundation or institution
22organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious
23or educational purposes or any not-for-profit corporation,
24society, association, foundation, institution or organization
25which has no compensated officers or employees and which is
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155 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
2qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
3limited liability company is organized and operated
4exclusively for educational purposes.
5    (d) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as an
6incident to the rendering of service for interstate carriers
7for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
8or lessors under leases of one year or longer, executed or in
9effect at the time of purchase, to interstate carriers for hire
10for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce, and
11equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed
12as a common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
13which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving
14in interstate commerce.
15    (d-1) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
16an incident to the rendering of service for owners, lessors or
17shippers of tangible personal property which is utilized by
18interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
19interstate commerce, and equipment operated by a
20telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
21the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
22installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
23commerce.
24    (d-1.1) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
252004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
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1as an incident to the rendering of service if that motor
2vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
3under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning
4on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this
5State of motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a
6gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii)
7that are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
8under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii)
9that are primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June
1030, 2005, this exemption applies to repair and replacement
11parts added after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle
12if that motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify
13for the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
14Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
15purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
16furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise whether
17for-hire or not.
18    (d-2) The repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for a
19common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property which
20belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which such carrier
21receives the physical possession of the repaired,
22reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible personal property
23in Illinois, and which such carrier transports, or shares with
24another common carrier in the transportation of such property,
25out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading showing
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1property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
2destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
3    (d-3) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property
4which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
5such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
6Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
7Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
8carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of such
9property in Illinois, and which transports such property, or
10shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
11such property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
12lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
13consignor of such property to a destination outside Illinois,
14for use outside Illinois.
15    (d-4) Until January 1, 1997, a sale, by a registered
16serviceman paying tax under this Act to the Department, of
17special order printed materials delivered outside Illinois and
18which are not returned to this State, if delivery is made by
19the seller or agent of the seller, including an agent who
20causes the product to be delivered outside Illinois by a common
21carrier or the U.S. postal service.
22    (e) A sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
23primarily in the process of the manufacturing or assembling,
24either in an existing, an expanded or a new manufacturing
25facility, of tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
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1the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
2used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
3person, or whether such sale or lease is made apart from or as
4an incident to the seller's engaging in a service occupation
5and the applicable tax is a Service Occupation Tax or Service
6Use Tax, rather than Retailers' Occupation Tax or Use Tax. The
7exemption provided by this paragraph (e) does not include
8machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
9electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
10or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
11retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
12pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
13wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
14pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
15Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
16law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
17    (f) Until July 1, 2003, the sale or transfer of
18distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit and
19assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery and
20equipment is certified by the user to be used only for the
21production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
22as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
23use of such user and not subject to sale or resale.
24    (g) At the election of any serviceman not required to be
25otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of the
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1of service in which the aggregate annual cost price of tangible
2personal property transferred as an incident to the sales of
3service is less than 35% (75% in the case of servicemen
4transferring prescription drugs or servicemen engaged in
5graphic arts production) of the aggregate annual total gross
6receipts from all sales of service. The purchase of such
7tangible personal property by the serviceman shall be subject
8to tax under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax
9Act. However, if a primary serviceman who has made the election
10described in this paragraph subcontracts service work to a
11secondary serviceman who has also made the election described
12in this paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use
13Tax liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
14pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible personal
15property transferred to the primary serviceman and (ii)
16certifies that fact in writing to the primary serviceman.
17    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
18completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
19imposed pursuant to this Act.
20    Exemption (e) also includes machinery and equipment used in
21the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
22equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
23equipment. The machinery and equipment exemption does not
24include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
25electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
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1retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
2pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
3wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
4pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
5Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
6law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
7purposes of exemption (e), each of these terms shall have the
8following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
9production of any article of tangible personal property,
10whether such article is a finished product or an article for
11use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
12article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
13regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
14refining which changes some existing material or materials into
15a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
16recognized integrated business composed of a series of
17operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
18individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
19manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
20first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
21not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
22in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
23further for purposes of exemption (e), photoprocessing is
24deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
25property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
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1property, whether such article is a finished product or an
2article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
3different article of tangible personal property, by the
4combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
5as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
6use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
7machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
8manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
9include any independent device or tool separate from any
10machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
11assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
12manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
13manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
14comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
15or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
16fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
17periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
18shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
19chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
20chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
21change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
22wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
23machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
24number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
25purchase. The purchaser of such machinery and equipment and
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1furnish to the seller a certificate of exemption for each
2transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
3transaction, which certificate shall be available to the
4Department for inspection or audit.
5    Except as provided in Section 2d of this Act, the rolling
6stock exemption applies to rolling stock used by an interstate
7carrier for hire, even just between points in Illinois, if such
8rolling stock transports, for hire, persons whose journeys or
9property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
10Illinois.
11    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
12Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
13from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
14exemption (e) to specific devices shall be published,
15maintained as a public record, and made available for public
16inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
17letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
18information, where possible the Department shall delete such
19information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
20rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
21applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
22policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
23Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
24    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
25under exemption (c) of this Section shall make tax free
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1number issued by the Department.
2    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
3occupation of making sales of service.
4    "Sale at Retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
5Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
6    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
7personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
8incident to a sale of service.
9(Source: P.A. 92-484, eff. 8-23-01; 93-23, eff. 6-20-03; 93-24,
10eff. 6-20-03; 93-1033, eff. 9-3-04.)
 
11    (35 ILCS 115/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103)
12    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon all persons
13engaged in the business of making sales of service (referred to
14as "servicemen") on all tangible personal property transferred
15as an incident of a sale of service, including computer
16software, and including photographs, negatives, and positives
17that are the product of photoprocessing, but not including
18products of photoprocessing produced for use in motion pictures
19for public commercial exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001,
20prepaid telephone calling arrangements shall be considered
21tangible personal property subject to the tax imposed under
22this Act regardless of the form in which those arrangements may
23be embodied, transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or
24hereafter developed. Sales of (1) electricity delivered to
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1delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; and
2(3) water that is delivered to customers through pipes,
3pipelines, or mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The
4provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
5are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
6this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 115/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-25)
9    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
10"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
11instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
12order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
13those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
14transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
15developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
16instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
17to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
18held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
19documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
20magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
21does not include software that is adapted to specific
22individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
23modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
24purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
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1tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
2lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
3(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
4(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
5for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
6through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
7water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
8customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
9"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
10the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
11the meaning and scope of this exemption.
12    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
13considered to be tangible personal property.
14(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
15    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
16changing Sections 1d, 2, 2-5, 2-25, 2-45, and 2a as follows:
 
17    (35 ILCS 120/1d)  (from Ch. 120, par. 440d)
18    Sec. 1d. Subject to the provisions of Section 1f, all
19tangible personal property to be used or consumed within an
20enterprise zone established pursuant to the "Illinois
21Enterprise Zone Act", as amended, or subject to the provisions
22of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, all
23tangible personal property to be used or consumed by any High
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1assembly of tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
2sale or lease or in the process of graphic arts production if
3used or consumed at a facility which is a Department of
4Commerce and Economic Opportunity certified business and
5located in a county of more than 4,000 persons and less than
645,000 persons is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act. This
7exemption includes repair and replacement parts for machinery
8and equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or
9assembling tangible personal property or in the process of
10graphic arts production if used or consumed at a facility which
11is a Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity certified
12business and located in a county of more than 4,000 persons and
13less than 45,000 persons for wholesale or retail sale, or
14lease, and equipment, manufacturing or graphic arts fuels,
15material and supplies for the maintenance, repair or operation
16of such manufacturing or assembling or graphic arts machinery
17or equipment. The exemption provided in this Section for
18tangible personal property to be used or consumed in the
19process of manufacturing or assembly of tangible personal
20property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, and the repair
21and replacement parts for that machinery and equipment, does
22not apply to such property used or consumed in (i) the
23generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii)
24the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
25wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
26pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for

 

 

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1wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
2pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
3Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
4law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
5(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441)
7    Sec. 2. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon persons engaged
8in the business of selling at retail tangible personal
9property, including computer software, and including
10photographs, negatives, and positives that are the product of
11photoprocessing, but not including products of photoprocessing
12produced for use in motion pictures for public commercial
13exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid telephone
14calling arrangements shall be considered tangible personal
15property subject to the tax imposed under this Act regardless
16of the form in which those arrangements may be embodied,
17transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or hereafter
18developed. Sales of (1) electricity delivered to customers by
19wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is delivered to
20customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; and (3) water
21that is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or
22mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The provisions of
23this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
24declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of this
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1(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
2    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
3    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
4sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
5from the tax imposed by this Act:
6    (1) Farm chemicals.
7    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
8including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
9purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
10State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
11replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
12machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
13implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
14Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
15chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
16be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
17but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
18under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
19hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
20plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
21this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
22shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
23required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
24vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
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1    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
2farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
3installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
4limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
5or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
6limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
7software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
8such equipment.
9    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
10sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
11computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
12facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
13to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
14crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
15agricultural chemicals. This item (2) is exempt from the
16provisions of Section 2-70.
17    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
18equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
19retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
20production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
21as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
22use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
23    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
242004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
25equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
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1purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
2primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
3chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
4chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
5immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
6    (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
7of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
8designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
9for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
10through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
11or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
12configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
137 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
14the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
15as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
16Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
172-70.
18    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
19organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
20located in Illinois.
21    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
22selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
23to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
24    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
25association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
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1    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
2cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
3the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
4Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
5organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
6support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
7services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
8music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
9orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
10organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
11and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
12of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
13an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
14tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
15number issued by the Department.
16    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
17association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
18than a limited liability company, that is organized and
19operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
20of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
21was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
22by the enterprise.
23    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
24corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
25organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
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1society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
2that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
3organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
455 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
5qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
6limited liability company is organized and operated
7exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
81987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
9shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
10identification number issued by the Department.
11    (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
12carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
13commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
14executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
15carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
16commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
17provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
18Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
19or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
20    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
21motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
22weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
23commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
24the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
25through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
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1in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
2commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
3the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
4for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
5applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
6purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
7in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
8otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
9paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
10transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
11commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
12    (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
13tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
14carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
15commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
16provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
17Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
18or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
19    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
20purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
21process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
22property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
23sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
24other person, whether the materials used in the process are
25owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
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1seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
2machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
3items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
4purchaser. The exemption provided by this paragraph (14) does
5not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation
6of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
7generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
8wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
9pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
10wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
11pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
12Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
13law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
14    (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
15stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
16and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
17charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
18tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
19serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
20with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
21    (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
22is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
23purchaser.
24    (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
25rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
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1shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
2property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
3showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
4of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
5outside Illinois.
6    (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
7coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
8United States of America, or the government of any foreign
9country, and bullion.
10    (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
11and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
12rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
13tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
14and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
15individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
16drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
17equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
18required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
19    (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
20repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
21manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
22used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
23photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
24    (21) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
25effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
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1mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
2reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
3equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
4excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
5Illinois Vehicle Code.
6    (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
7carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
8shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
9common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
10location or locations outside the United States without regard
11to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
12    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
13by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
14florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
15purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
16    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
17barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
18transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
19hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
20by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
21it is afloat upon that bordering river.
22    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
23motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
24the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
25State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
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1provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
2the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
3transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
4state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
5out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
6facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
7this State.
8    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
9state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
10a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
11in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
12The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
13in this State to a resident of another state that does not
14allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
15to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
16which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
17not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
18Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
19statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
20intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
21is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
22the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
23equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
24his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
25the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
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1of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
2shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
3this state following the filing of an intent to title the
4vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
5titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
6days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
7in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
8distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
9rate imposed under this Act.
10    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
11this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
12the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
13conditions are met:
14        (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
15    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
16    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
17    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
18    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
19    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
20        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
21    State after the sale of the aircraft; and
22        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
23    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
24    certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
25    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
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1    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
2    location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
3    the address of the primary physical location of the
4    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
5    reasonably require.
6    For purposes of this item (25-7):
7    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
8used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
9Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
10immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
11    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
12with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
13or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
14Administration to an address located in this State.
15    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
16Section 2-70.
17    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
18for direct agricultural production.
19    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
20meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
21Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
22Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
23Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
24racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
25of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
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1claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
22008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
3paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
4January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
5    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
6any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
7analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
8who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
9executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
10hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
11identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
12this Act.
13    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
14property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
15effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
16has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
17by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
18    (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
19December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
20before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
21disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
22disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
23manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
24corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
25that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
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1who reside within the declared disaster area.
2    (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
3December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
4before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
5performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
6but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
7bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
8line extensions, water distribution and purification
9facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
10sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
11federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
12when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
13declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
14    (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
15"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
16in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
17provisions of Section 2-70.
18    (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
191-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
20corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
21foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
22to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
23purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
24limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
25or institution organized and operated exclusively for
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1private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
2branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
3that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
4course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
5vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
6operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
7than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
8follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
9industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
10    (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
11including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
12benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
13a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
14the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
15district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
16parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
17does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
18private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
19entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
20another individual or entity that sold the property for the
21purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
22from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
23exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
24    (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
252001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
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1items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
2January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
3for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
4vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
5gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
6coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
7is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
8    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
9food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
10premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
11drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
12consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
13drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
14materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
15use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
16assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
17resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
18the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
19the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental Health
20Rehabilitation Act.
21    (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
22communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
23equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
24hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
25under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
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1active tax exemption identification number by the Department
2under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
3provisions of Section 2-70.
4    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
5lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
6longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
7governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
8identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
9this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
10Section 2-70.
11    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
122016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
13retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
14activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
15in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
16the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
17for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
18(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
19manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
20tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
21and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
22Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
23accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
24issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
25Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
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1shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
2specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
3tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
4taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
5necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
6consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
7the State of Illinois.
8    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
9used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
10supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
11Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
12corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
13Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
14exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
15    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
16equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
17upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
18completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
19aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
20the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
21repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
22materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
23supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
24maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
25engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
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1limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
2lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
3films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
4(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
5an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
6Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
7operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
8Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
9by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
10service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
11of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
12    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
13public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1411-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
15constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
16only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
17transferred to the municipality without any further
18consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
19of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
20retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
21issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
22the development of the municipal convention hall. This
23exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
24provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
25This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
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196-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
27-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-73, eff. 6-30-11; 97-227, eff.
31-1-12; 97-431, eff. 8-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff.
47-9-12.)
 
5    (35 ILCS 120/2-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-25)
6    Sec. 2-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
7"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
8instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
9order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
10those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
11transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
12developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
13instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
14to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
15held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
16documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
17magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
18does not include software that is adapted to specific
19individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
20modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
21purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
22equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
23tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
24lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
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1(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
2for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
3through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
4water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
5customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
6"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
7the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
8the meaning and scope of this exemption.
9    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
10considered to be tangible personal property.
11(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
12    (35 ILCS 120/2-45)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-45)
13    Sec. 2-45. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
14manufacturing and assembly machinery and equipment exemption
15includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
16equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
17machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
18manufacturing facility.
19    The machinery and equipment exemption also includes
20machinery and equipment used in the general maintenance or
21repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for in-house
22manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. The machinery
23and equipment exemption does not include machinery and
24equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
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1natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
2delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
3(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
4is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
5The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
6Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
7scope of this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption,
8terms have the following meanings:
9        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
10    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
11    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
12    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
13    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
14    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
15    refining that changes some existing material or materials
16    into a material with a different form, use, or name. In
17    relation to a recognized integrated business composed of a
18    series of operations that collectively constitute
19    manufacturing, or individually constitute manufacturing
20    operations, the manufacturing process commences with the
21    first operation or stage of production in the series and
22    does not end until the completion of the final product in
23    the last operation or stage of production in the series.
24    For purposes of this exemption, photoprocessing is a
25    manufacturing process of tangible personal property for
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1        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
2    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
3    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
4    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
5    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
6    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
7    results in a material of a different form, use, or name.
8        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
9    major components of those machines contributing to a
10    manufacturing or assembling process.
11        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
12    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
13    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
14    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
15    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
16    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
17    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
18    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
19    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
20    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
21    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
22    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
23    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
24    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
25    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
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1    means all tangible personal property that is used or
2    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
3    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
4    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
5    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
6    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
7    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
8    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
9    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
10    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
11    "Production related tangible personal property" does not
12    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
13    or without a manufacturing facility, in sales, purchasing,
14    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
15    recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible
16    personal property that is required to be titled or
17    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
18    State, or local government.
19    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
20exemption includes production related tangible personal
21property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
22before June 30, 2008. The exemption for production related
23tangible personal property is subject to both of the following
24limitations:
25        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
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1    production related tangible personal property that is
2    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June
3    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
4    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
5    personal property for which an exemption is received under
6    this Section.
7        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
8    production related tangible personal property awarded
9    under this Act and the Use Tax Act to all taxpayers may not
10    exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the exemption exceed
11    $10,000,000, then the Department shall reduce the amount of
12    the exemption to each taxpayer on a pro rata basis.
13The Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
14exemption for production related tangible personal property.
15    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
16exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
17produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
18who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
19manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
20also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
21manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
22machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
23or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal property.
24The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
25resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
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1equipment, and tools without an active resale registration
2number shall furnish to the seller a certificate of exemption
3for each transaction stating facts establishing the exemption
4for that transaction, and that certificate shall be available
5to the Department for inspection or audit. Informal rulings,
6opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
7inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
8coverage and applicability of this exemption to specific
9devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
10made available for public inspection and copying. If the
11informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
12other confidential information, where possible, the Department
13shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
14informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
15general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
16adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
17Administrative Procedure Act.
18(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 120/2a)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441a)
20    Sec. 2a. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the
21business of selling tangible personal property at retail in
22this State without a certificate of registration from the
23Department. Application for a certificate of registration
24shall be made to the Department upon forms furnished by it.
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1state: (1) the name and social security number of the
2applicant; (2) the address of his principal place of business;
3(3) the address of the principal place of business from which
4he engages in the business of selling tangible personal
5property at retail in this State and the addresses of all other
6places of business, if any (enumerating such addresses, if any,
7in a separate list attached to and made a part of the
8application), from which he engages in the business of selling
9tangible personal property at retail in this State; (4) the
10name and address of the person or persons who will be
11responsible for filing returns and payment of taxes due under
12this Act; (5) in the case of a publicly traded corporation, the
13name and title of the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating
14Officer, and any other officer or employee with responsibility
15for preparing tax returns under this Act, along with the last 4
16digits of each of their social security numbers, and in the
17case of all other corporations a corporation, the name, title,
18and social security number of each corporate officer; (6) in
19the case of a limited liability company, the name, social
20security number, and FEIN number of each manager and member;
21and (7) such other information as the Department may reasonably
22require. The application shall contain an acceptance of
23responsibility signed by the person or persons who will be
24responsible for filing returns and payment of the taxes due
25under this Act. If the applicant will sell tangible personal
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1register shall indicate the number of vending machines to be so
2operated. If requested by the Department at any time, that
3person shall verify the total number of vending machines he or
4she uses in his or her business of selling tangible personal
5property at retail.
6    The Department may deny a certificate of registration to
7any applicant if the owner, any partner, any manager or member
8of a limited liability company, or a corporate officer of the
9applicant, is or has been the owner, a partner, a manager or
10member of a limited liability company, or a corporate officer,
11of another retailer that is in default for moneys due under
12this Act.
13    The Department may require an applicant for a certificate
14of registration hereunder to, at the time of filing such
15application, furnish a bond from a surety company authorized to
16do business in the State of Illinois, or an irrevocable bank
17letter of credit or a bond signed by 2 personal sureties who
18have filed, with the Department, sworn statements disclosing
19net assets equal to at least 3 times the amount of the bond to
20be required of such applicant, or a bond secured by an
21assignment of a bank account or certificate of deposit, stocks
22or bonds, conditioned upon the applicant paying to the State of
23Illinois all moneys becoming due under this Act and under any
24other State tax law or municipal or county tax ordinance or
25resolution under which the certificate of registration that is
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1applicant to engage in business without registering separately
2under such other law, ordinance or resolution. In making a
3determination as to whether to require a bond or other
4security, the Department shall take into consideration whether
5the owner, any partner, any manager or member of a limited
6liability company, or a corporate officer of the applicant is
7or has been the owner, a partner, a manager or member of a
8limited liability company, or a corporate officer of another
9retailer that is in default for moneys due under this Act or
10any other tax or fee Act administered by the Department; and
11whether the owner, any partner, any manager or member of a
12limited liability company, or a corporate officer of the
13applicant is or has been the owner, a partner, a manager or
14member of a limited liability company, or a corporate officer
15of another retailer whose certificate of registration has been
16revoked within the previous 5 years under this Act or any other
17tax or fee Act administered by the Department. If a bond or
18other security is required, the Department shall fix the amount
19of the bond or other security, taking into consideration the
20amount of money expected to become due from the applicant under
21this Act and under any other State tax law or municipal or
22county tax ordinance or resolution under which the certificate
23of registration that is issued to the applicant under this Act
24will permit the applicant to engage in business without
25registering separately under such other law, ordinance, or
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1shall be such as, in its opinion, will protect the State of
2Illinois against failure to pay the amount which may become due
3from the applicant under this Act and under any other State tax
4law or municipal or county tax ordinance or resolution under
5which the certificate of registration that is issued to the
6applicant under this Act will permit the applicant to engage in
7business without registering separately under such other law,
8ordinance or resolution, but the amount of the security
9required by the Department shall not exceed three times the
10amount of the applicant's average monthly tax liability, or
11$50,000.00, whichever amount is lower.
12    No certificate of registration under this Act shall be
13issued by the Department until the applicant provides the
14Department with satisfactory security, if required, as herein
15provided for.
16    Upon receipt of the application for certificate of
17registration in proper form, and upon approval by the
18Department of the security furnished by the applicant, if
19required, the Department shall issue to such applicant a
20certificate of registration which shall permit the person to
21whom it is issued to engage in the business of selling tangible
22personal property at retail in this State. The certificate of
23registration shall be conspicuously displayed at the place of
24business which the person so registered states in his
25application to be the principal place of business from which he
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1at retail in this State.
2    No certificate of registration issued to a taxpayer who
3files returns required by this Act on a monthly basis shall be
4valid after the expiration of 5 years from the date of its
5issuance or last renewal. The expiration date of a
6sub-certificate of registration shall be that of the
7certificate of registration to which the sub-certificate
8relates. A certificate of registration shall automatically be
9renewed, subject to revocation as provided by this Act, for an
10additional 5 years from the date of its expiration unless
11otherwise notified by the Department as provided by this
12paragraph. Where a taxpayer to whom a certificate of
13registration is issued under this Act is in default to the
14State of Illinois for delinquent returns or for moneys due
15under this Act or any other State tax law or municipal or
16county ordinance administered or enforced by the Department,
17the Department shall, not less than 120 days before the
18expiration date of such certificate of registration, give
19notice to the taxpayer to whom the certificate was issued of
20the account period of the delinquent returns, the amount of
21tax, penalty and interest due and owing from the taxpayer, and
22that the certificate of registration shall not be automatically
23renewed upon its expiration date unless the taxpayer, on or
24before the date of expiration, has filed and paid the
25delinquent returns or paid the defaulted amount in full. A
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1applicant for renewal. The Department shall promulgate
2regulations establishing procedures for taxpayers who file
3returns on a monthly basis but desire and qualify to change to
4a quarterly or yearly filing basis and will no longer be
5subject to renewal under this Section, and for taxpayers who
6file returns on a yearly or quarterly basis but who desire or
7are required to change to a monthly filing basis and will be
8subject to renewal under this Section.
9    The Department may in its discretion approve renewal by an
10applicant who is in default if, at the time of application for
11renewal, the applicant files all of the delinquent returns or
12pays to the Department such percentage of the defaulted amount
13as may be determined by the Department and agrees in writing to
14waive all limitations upon the Department for collection of the
15remaining defaulted amount to the Department over a period not
16to exceed 5 years from the date of renewal of the certificate;
17however, no renewal application submitted by an applicant who
18is in default shall be approved if the immediately preceding
19renewal by the applicant was conditioned upon the installment
20payment agreement described in this Section. The payment
21agreement herein provided for shall be in addition to and not
22in lieu of the security that may be required by this Section of
23a taxpayer who is no longer considered a prior continuous
24compliance taxpayer. The execution of the payment agreement as
25provided in this Act shall not toll the accrual of interest at
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1    The Department may suspend a certificate of registration if
2the Department finds that the person to whom the certificate of
3registration has been issued knowingly sold contraband
4cigarettes.
5    A certificate of registration issued under this Act more
6than 5 years before the effective date of this amendatory Act
7of 1989 shall expire and be subject to the renewal provisions
8of this Section on the next anniversary of the date of issuance
9of such certificate which occurs more than 6 months after the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989. A certificate of
11registration issued less than 5 years before the effective date
12of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall expire and be subject to
13the renewal provisions of this Section on the 5th anniversary
14of the issuance of the certificate.
15    If the person so registered states that he operates other
16places of business from which he engages in the business of
17selling tangible personal property at retail in this State, the
18Department shall furnish him with a sub-certificate of
19registration for each such place of business, and the applicant
20shall display the appropriate sub-certificate of registration
21at each such place of business. All sub-certificates of
22registration shall bear the same registration number as that
23appearing upon the certificate of registration to which such
24sub-certificates relate.
25    If the applicant will sell tangible personal property at
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1him with a sub-certificate of registration for each such
2vending machine, and the applicant shall display the
3appropriate sub-certificate of registration on each such
4vending machine by attaching the sub-certificate of
5registration to a conspicuous part of such vending machine. If
6a person who is registered to sell tangible personal property
7at retail through vending machines adds an additional vending
8machine or additional vending machines to the number of vending
9machines he or she uses in his or her business of selling
10tangible personal property at retail, he or she shall notify
11the Department, on a form prescribed by the Department, to
12request an additional sub-certificate or additional
13sub-certificates of registration, as applicable. With each
14such request, the applicant shall report the number of
15sub-certificates of registration he or she is requesting as
16well as the total number of vending machines from which he or
17she makes retail sales.
18    Where the same person engages in 2 or more businesses of
19selling tangible personal property at retail in this State,
20which businesses are substantially different in character or
21engaged in under different trade names or engaged in under
22other substantially dissimilar circumstances (so that it is
23more practicable, from an accounting, auditing or bookkeeping
24standpoint, for such businesses to be separately registered),
25the Department may require or permit such person (subject to
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1those that are provided for hereinbefore in this Section as to
2each application for a certificate of registration) to apply
3for and obtain a separate certificate of registration for each
4such business or for any of such businesses, under a single
5certificate of registration supplemented by related
6sub-certificates of registration.
7    Any person who is registered under the "Retailers'
8Occupation Tax Act" as of March 8, 1963, and who, during the
93-year period immediately prior to March 8, 1963, or during a
10continuous 3-year period part of which passed immediately
11before and the remainder of which passes immediately after
12March 8, 1963, has been so registered continuously and who is
13determined by the Department not to have been either delinquent
14or deficient in the payment of tax liability during that period
15under this Act or under any other State tax law or municipal or
16county tax ordinance or resolution under which the certificate
17of registration that is issued to the registrant under this Act
18will permit the registrant to engage in business without
19registering separately under such other law, ordinance or
20resolution, shall be considered to be a Prior Continuous
21Compliance taxpayer. Also any taxpayer who has, as verified by
22the Department, faithfully and continuously complied with the
23condition of his bond or other security under the provisions of
24this Act for a period of 3 consecutive years shall be
25considered to be a Prior Continuous Compliance taxpayer.
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1from all requirements under this Act concerning the furnishing
2of a bond or other security as a condition precedent to his
3being authorized to engage in the business of selling tangible
4personal property at retail in this State. This exemption shall
5continue for each such taxpayer until such time as he may be
6determined by the Department to be delinquent in the filing of
7any returns, or is determined by the Department (either through
8the Department's issuance of a final assessment which has
9become final under the Act, or by the taxpayer's filing of a
10return which admits tax that is not paid to be due) to be
11delinquent or deficient in the paying of any tax under this Act
12or under any other State tax law or municipal or county tax
13ordinance or resolution under which the certificate of
14registration that is issued to the registrant under this Act
15will permit the registrant to engage in business without
16registering separately under such other law, ordinance or
17resolution, at which time that taxpayer shall become subject to
18all the financial responsibility requirements of this Act and,
19as a condition of being allowed to continue to engage in the
20business of selling tangible personal property at retail, may
21be required to post bond or other acceptable security with the
22Department covering liability which such taxpayer may
23thereafter incur. Any taxpayer who fails to pay an admitted or
24established liability under this Act may also be required to
25post bond or other acceptable security with this Department
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1liability.
2    No certificate of registration shall be issued to any
3person who is in default to the State of Illinois for moneys
4due under this Act or under any other State tax law or
5municipal or county tax ordinance or resolution under which the
6certificate of registration that is issued to the applicant
7under this Act will permit the applicant to engage in business
8without registering separately under such other law, ordinance
9or resolution.
10    Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department
11under this Section may, within 20 days after notice of such
12decision, protest and request a hearing, whereupon the
13Department shall give notice to such person of the time and
14place fixed for such hearing and shall hold a hearing in
15conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its
16final administrative decision in the matter to such person. In
17the absence of such a protest within 20 days, the Department's
18decision shall become final without any further determination
19being made or notice given.
20    With respect to security other than bonds (upon which the
21Department may sue in the event of a forfeiture), if the
22taxpayer fails to pay, when due, any amount whose payment such
23security guarantees, the Department shall, after such
24liability is admitted by the taxpayer or established by the
25Department through the issuance of a final assessment that has
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1taxpayer has furnished into money for the State, after first
2giving the taxpayer at least 10 days' written notice, by
3registered or certified mail, to pay the liability or forfeit
4such security to the Department. If the security consists of
5stocks or bonds or other securities which are listed on a
6public exchange, the Department shall sell such securities
7through such public exchange. If the security consists of an
8irrevocable bank letter of credit, the Department shall convert
9the security in the manner provided for in the Uniform
10Commercial Code. If the security consists of a bank certificate
11of deposit, the Department shall convert the security into
12money by demanding and collecting the amount of such bank
13certificate of deposit from the bank which issued such
14certificate. If the security consists of a type of stocks or
15other securities which are not listed on a public exchange, the
16Department shall sell such security to the highest and best
17bidder after giving at least 10 days' notice of the date, time
18and place of the intended sale by publication in the "State
19Official Newspaper". If the Department realizes more than the
20amount of such liability from the security, plus the expenses
21incurred by the Department in converting the security into
22money, the Department shall pay such excess to the taxpayer who
23furnished such security, and the balance shall be paid into the
24State Treasury.
25    The Department shall discharge any surety and shall release
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1otherwise provided to it by a taxpayer under this Section
2within 30 days after:
3        (1) such taxpayer becomes a Prior Continuous
4    Compliance taxpayer; or
5        (2) such taxpayer has ceased to collect receipts on
6    which he is required to remit tax to the Department, has
7    filed a final tax return, and has paid to the Department an
8    amount sufficient to discharge his remaining tax
9    liability, as determined by the Department, under this Act
10    and under every other State tax law or municipal or county
11    tax ordinance or resolution under which the certificate of
12    registration issued under this Act permits the registrant
13    to engage in business without registering separately under
14    such other law, ordinance or resolution. The Department
15    shall make a final determination of the taxpayer's
16    outstanding tax liability as expeditiously as possible
17    after his final tax return has been filed; if the
18    Department cannot make such final determination within 45
19    days after receiving the final tax return, within such
20    period it shall so notify the taxpayer, stating its reasons
21    therefor.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1355, eff. 7-28-10; 97-335, eff. 1-1-12.)