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| Tax Credit Act is amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 10/5-15)
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| Sec. 5-15. Tax Credit Awards. Subject to the conditions set |
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| forth in this
Act, a Taxpayer is
entitled to a Credit against |
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| or, as described in subsection (f) of this Section, a payment |
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| towards taxes imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
of |
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| Section 201 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act that may be imposed |
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| on the Taxpayer for a taxable year beginning
on or
after |
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| January 1, 1999,
if the Taxpayer is awarded a Credit by the |
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| Department under this Act for that
taxable year.
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| (a) The Department shall make Credit awards under this Act |
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| to foster job
creation and retention in Illinois.
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| (b) A person that proposes a project to create new jobs in |
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| Illinois must
enter into an Agreement with the
Department for |
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| the Credit under this Act.
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| (c) The Credit shall be claimed for the taxable years |
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| specified in the
Agreement.
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| (d) The Credit shall not exceed the Incremental Income Tax |
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| attributable to
the project that is the subject of the |
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| Agreement.
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| (e) Nothing herein shall prohibit a Tax Credit Award to an |
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| Applicant that uses a PEO if all other award criteria are |
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| satisfied.
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| (f) A pass-through entity that has been awarded a credit |
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| under this Act, its shareholders, or its partners may treat |
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| some or all of the credit awarded pursuant to this Act as a tax |
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| payment for purposes of the Illinois Income Tax Act. The term |
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| "tax payment" means a payment as described in Article 6 or |
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| Article 8 of the Illinois Income Tax Act or a composite payment |
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| made by a pass-through entity on behalf of any of its |
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| shareholders or partners to satisfy such shareholders' or |
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| partners' taxes imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of |
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| Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. In no event shall |
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| the amount of the award credited pursuant to this Act exceed |
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| the Illinois income tax liability of the pass-through entity or |
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| its shareholders or partners for the taxable year. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-375, eff. 8-23-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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