99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0043

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/1-101.1  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-101.1
35 ILCS 5/201  from Ch. 120, par. 2-201

    Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the tax imposed.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 1-101.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/1-101.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-101.1)
7    Sec. 1-101.1. Definitions. For purposes of this Article,
8unless the the context otherwise requires, the words defined in
9the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 1-102
10shall have meanings given in those Sections.
11(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
12    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
13changing Section 201 as follows:
 
14    (35 ILCS 5/201)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
15    Sec. 201. Tax Imposed.
16    (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
17imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for
18each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the the
19privilege of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of
20this State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other
21occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any

 

 

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1municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.
2    (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
3Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
4subsection (d-1):
5        (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
6    taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal
7    to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
8    year.
9        (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
10    taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending
11    after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
12    1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
13    July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)
14    3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
15    30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
16        (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
17    taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
18    prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
19    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
20        (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
21    taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
22    ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum
23    of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
24    to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
25    (ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
26    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.

 

 

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1        (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
2    taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and
3    ending prior to January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 5% of
4    the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
5        (5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
6    for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and
7    ending after December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum
8    of (i) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
9    to January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
10    (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
11    after December 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
12        (5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
13    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
14    and ending prior to January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
15    3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
16        (5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
17    for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and
18    ending after December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum
19    of (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
20    prior to January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section
21    202.5, and (ii) 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the
22    period after December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section
23    202.5.
24        (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
25    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an
26    amount equal to 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the

 

 

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1    taxable year.
2        (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
3    ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
4    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
5        (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
6    beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
7    1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
8    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
9    as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
10    taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,
11    as calculated under Section 202.3.
12        (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
13    beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
14    1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
15    income for the taxable year.
16        (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
17    beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
18    December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
19    of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
20    January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
21    (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
22    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
23        (10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
24    beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
25    January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
26    net income for the taxable year.

 

 

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1        (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
2    beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
3    December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
4    the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
5    1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
6    of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
7    31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
8        (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
9    beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
10    January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's
11    net income for the taxable year.
12        (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
13    beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and ending after
14    December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25%
15    of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
16    January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
17    (ii) 4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
18    December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
19        (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
20    beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
21    4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
22    The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
23provisions of Section 201.5.
24    (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
25Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
26income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property

 

 

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1Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
2corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
3and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
4Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
5income in or as a resident of this State. The Personal Property
6Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
7tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
8addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
9this State or by any municipal corporation or political
10subdivision thereof.
11    (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
12Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
13imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
14in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
15corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
16be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
17income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
181, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
19subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
20partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
21additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
22for the taxable year.
23    (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
24case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
25Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
26imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax

 

 

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1(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
2are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
3under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
4that for purposes of this determination premiums from
5reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
6reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
7on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
8imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
9increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
10under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,
11shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
12on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
13the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
14domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
15and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
16insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
17allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on such
18income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For the
19purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes
20a mutual insurer under common management.
21        (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event
22    shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
23    (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:
24            (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such foreign
25        insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net of all
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1            (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of the
2        Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance company
3        tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
4        Act, and the fire department taxes imposed under
5        Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
6    equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 31,
7    2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
8    December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
9    the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section
10    409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will in
11    no event increase the rates imposed under subsections (b)
12    and (d).
13        (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
14    subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
15    by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
16    subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
17    Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
18    has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
19    subsection (d).
20    This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
21Section 250.
22    (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
23against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for
24investment in qualified property.
25        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
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1    the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
2    service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
3    additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
4    property placed in service during the taxable year,
5    provided such property is placed in service on or after
6    July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
7    Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
8    year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
9    filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
10    Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have
11    met the 1% growth in base employment for the first year in
12    which they file employment records with the Illinois
13    Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
14    this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
15    Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
16    law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
17    increase in base employment within Illinois over the
18    preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
19    be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
20    numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
21    1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
22    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
23    taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
24    any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
25    other than the year in which the property was placed in
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1    December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
2    credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
3    property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
4    credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
5    exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
6    amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
7    the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
8    excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
9    which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
10    equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
11    enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
12    Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
13    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
14    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
15    complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
16    (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
17    Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
18    Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
19    such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
20    after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
21    the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
22    or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
23    for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability or
24    the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
25    forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
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1    be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
2    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
3    that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
4    shall be applied first.
5        (2) The term "qualified property" means property
6    which:
7            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
8        buildings and structural components of buildings and
9        signs that are real property, but not including land or
10        improvements to real property that are not a structural
11        component of a building such as landscaping, sewer
12        lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
13        other appurtenances;
14            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
15        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
16        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
17        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
18        (e);
19            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
20        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
21            (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
22        primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
23        or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
24        on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
25        Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
26        Redevelopment Zone Act; and

 

 

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1            (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
2        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
3        the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
4        subsection (f).
5        (3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
6    "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
7    of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
8    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
9    assembling which changes some existing material into new
10    shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of
11    this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same
12    meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
13    Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection (e),
14    the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible personal
15    property for use or consumption and not for resale, or
16    services rendered in conjunction with the sale of tangible
17    personal property for use or consumption and not for
18    resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), "tangible
19    personal property" has the same meaning as when that term
20    is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and, for
21    taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, does not
22    include the generation, transmission, or distribution of
23    electricity.
24        (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
25    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
26    income tax purposes.

 

 

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1        (5) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
2    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
3    in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of such
4    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
5    date of such increase in basis.
6        (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
7    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
8        (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
9    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
10    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
11    any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
12    months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
13    Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
14    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
15    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
16    allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
17    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
18    computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
19    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
20    purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
21    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
22    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
23    property to the extent of such reduction.
24        (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
25    the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
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1    pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
2    December 31, 2018.
3        (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
4    a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
5    credits to which the partnership is entitled under this
6    subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
7    credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
8    against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
9    Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
10    credits shall be allocated among the partners in the
11    partnership in accordance with the rules set forth in
12    Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
13    promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
14    the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
15    taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
16    its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
17    that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
18    shall be irrevocable.
19        For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
20    a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
21    under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
22    of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
23    S corporation for a subtraction under subparagraph (S) of
24    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
25    allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
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1    the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
2    corporation, determined in accordance with the
3    determination of income and distributive share of income
4    under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
5    Revenue Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
6    of Section 250.
7    (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
8Redevelopment Zone.
9        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
10    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
11    investment in qualified property which is placed in service
12    in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
13    Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
14    or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
15    established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
16    Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
17    corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
18    if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
19    purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
20    be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
21    determined in accordance with the determination of income
22    and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
23    and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. The credit
24    shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
25    shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
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1    River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
2    the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
3    the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
4    to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
5    31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in
6    which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
7    of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
8    whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
9    as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
10    applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years
11    following the excess credit year. The credit shall be
12    applied to the earliest year for which there is a
13    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
14    that is available to offset a liability, the credit
15    accruing first in time shall be applied first.
16        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
17            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
18        buildings and structural components of buildings;
19            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
20        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
21        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
22        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
23        (f);
24            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
25        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
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1        Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
2            (E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
3        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
4        the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
5        subsection (e).
6        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
7    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
8    income tax purposes.
9        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
10    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
11    in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
12    Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
13    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
14    date of such increase in basis.
15        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
16    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
17        (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
18    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
19    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
20    any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
21    or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after
22    being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
23    (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable year shall be
24    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
25    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
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1    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
2    computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
3    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
4    purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
5    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
6    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
7    property to the extent of such reduction.
8        (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
9    to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
10    service during the taxable year in a River Edge
11    Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
12    service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
13    employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
14    the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
15    employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
16    Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
17    shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
18    employment for the first year in which they file employment
19    records with the Illinois Department of Employment
20    Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
21    within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,
22    the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
23    times a fraction, the numerator of which is 0.5% and the
24    denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
25    (g) (Blank).
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1        (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
2    of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
3    allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
4    and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
5    property which is placed in service by a Department of
6    Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
7    Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
8    property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
9    minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
10    subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
11    Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
12    time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
13    Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
14    Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
15    (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
16    Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
17    reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
18    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
19    credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
20    taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
21    The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
22    investment by a designated high impact business authorized
23    under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
24    Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
25    year in which the property is placed in service and shall
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1    taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
2    and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
3    on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
4    for the tax year in which the property is placed in
5    service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
6    liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
7    liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
8    may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
9    the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
10    credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
11    there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
12    tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
13    credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
14        Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
15    88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
16    reflect existing law.
17        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
18            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
19        buildings and structural components of buildings;
20            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
21        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
22        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
23        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
24        (h);
25            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
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1            (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
2        Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
3        Section.
4        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
5    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
6    income tax purposes.
7        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
8    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
9    in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
10    Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
11    such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
12    the date of such increase in basis.
13        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
14    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
15        (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
16    December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
17    property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
18    after being placed in service, or the situs of any
19    qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
20    months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
21    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
22    year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
23    by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
24    been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
25    was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
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1    credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
2    the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
3    basis of qualified property resulting from a
4    redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
5    disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
6    reduction.
7        (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
8    1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
9    subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
10    the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
11    the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
12    18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
13    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
14    for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
15    facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
16    received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
17    (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
18Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
19shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
20(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
21(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
22multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
23Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
24allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
25base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
26rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.

 

 

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1    Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
2subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
3because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
4and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
5liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
6forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
7(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
8year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
9year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
10applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
11liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
12than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
13earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
14first.
15    If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
161986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
17Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
18subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
19shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
20recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
21imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
22reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
23taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
24year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
25    (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
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12003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
2imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
3amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
4the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
5of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
6training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
7or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
8computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
9imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
10training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
11corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
12liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
13federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
14credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
15with the determination of income and distributive share of
16income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
17Internal Revenue Code.
18    Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
19the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
20the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
21first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
22first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
23there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
24year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
25credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
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1after December 31, 2003.
2    (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending
3after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and
4beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31,
52004, and ending prior to January 1, 2016, a taxpayer shall be
6allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
7(b) of this Section for increasing research activities in this
8State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by
9subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the
10qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in
11this State. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
12corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
13liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
14federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
15credit under this subsection to be determined in accordance
16with the determination of income and distributive share of
17income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
18Internal Revenue Code.
19    For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
20means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
21credit for increasing research activities which would be
22allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
23which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
24increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
25of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
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1"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
2of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
3period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
4preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
5made.
6    Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
7year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
8unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
9as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
10taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
11first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
12prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
13ending on or after December 31, 2003.
14    If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
152 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
16year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
17given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
18remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
19applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
20liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
21credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
22following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
23that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
24than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
25credit is given was incurred.
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191st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
2years beginning before January 1, 1999.
3    (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
4        (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
5    or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
6    credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
7    of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
8    eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
9    subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
10    eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
11    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
12    Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
13    paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
14    which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
15    Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
16    Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
17    for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
18    eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
19    available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
20    party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
21    release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
22    that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
23    pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
24    Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
25    Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
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1    enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
2    Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
3    for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
4    those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
5    includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
6    succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
7    and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
8    deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
9    Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
10    a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
11    credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
12    and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
13    remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
14    that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
15    contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
16    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
17    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
18    total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
19    a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
20    shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
21    allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
22    accordance with the determination of income and
23    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
24    subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
25        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
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1    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
2    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
3    term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
4    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
5    maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
6    This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
7    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
8    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
9    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
10    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
11    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
12    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
13    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
14    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
15    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
16    transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
17    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
18    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
19    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
20    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
21    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
22    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
23    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
24        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
25    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
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1    (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
2ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the custodian
3of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
4against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
5Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
6the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
7qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
8credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
9custodian of qualifying pupils exceed $500. In no event shall a
10credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
11under this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt
12from the provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
13    For purposes of this subsection:
14    "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
15residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
1621 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
17sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
18sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
19twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
20this subsection.
21    "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
22behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
23book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
24enrolled during the regular school year.
25    "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
26secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title

 

 

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1VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
2satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
3except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
4attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
5the credit under this Section.
6    "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
7Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
8guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
9    (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
10credit.
11        (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
12    a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
13    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
14    certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
15    costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
16    this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
17    means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
18    Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
19    Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
20    environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
21    Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
22    Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
23    58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
24    be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
25    the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
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1    related party caused or contributed to, in any material
2    respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
3    the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
4    action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
5    Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
6    availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
7    consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
8    Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
9    Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
10    of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
11    Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
12    the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
13    Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
14    persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
15    (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
16    Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
17    of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
18    by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
19    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
20    $100,000 per site.
21        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
22    unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
23    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
24    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
25    credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
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1    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
2    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
3    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
4    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
5    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
6    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
7    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
8    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
9    transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
10    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
11    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
12    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
13    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
14    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
15    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
16    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
17        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
18    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
19    Environmental Protection Act.
20    (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use
21of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, a surcharge is imposed on
22all taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of
23capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
24used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of
25an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of
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1is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
2taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
3surcharge imposed does not apply if:
4        (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center
5    registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or
6    the property of a registration is transferred as a result
7    of any of the following:
8            (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
9        adjustment initiated by or against the initial
10        registration or the substantial owners of the initial
11        registration;
12            (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
13        any registration by the Illinois Department of Public
14        Health;
15            (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of
16        Public Health that transfer of the registration is in
17        the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as
18        defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
19        Pilot Program Act;
20            (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
21        a registrant;
22            (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in
23        the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
24        publicly traded company;
25            (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
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1            (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
2        another person where both persons were initial owners
3        of the registration when the registration was issued;
4        or
5        (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration,
6    medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the
7    controlling interest in a registrant's property is
8    transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in which
9    no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a
10    transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal
11    Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized.
12(Source: P.A. 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-905,
13eff. 8-7-12; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13; 98-122, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756,
14eff. 7-16-14.)