HB3301 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3301

Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 5/224 new

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who make a qualified donation of a crop to a food bank or other charitable organization in Illinois. Provides that the amount of the credit shall be 15% of the value of the quantity of the crop donated. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 224 as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/224 new)

Sec. 224. Crop donation credit.

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, to the extent that such amounts have not been deducted for the purposes of calculating the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income, each taxpayer that makes a qualified donation of a crop is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201. In the case of a qualified donation made under circumstances described items (1) or (2) of the definition of "qualified donation" set forth in subsection (d) of this Section, the amount of the credit shall be 15% of the value of the quantity of the crop donated computed at the wholesale market price. In the case of a qualified donation made under circumstances described in item (3) of the definition of "qualified donation" set forth in subsection (d) of this Section, the amount of the credit shall be 15% of the value of the quantity of the crop donated computed at the wholesale market price that the grower would have received had the quantity of the crop donated been sold or salable.

(b) For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State income taxation, the credit under this Section shall be determined in accordance with the determination of income and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be applied first.

(d) For the purposes of this Section:

"Apparently wholesome food" means:

(1) food fit for human consumption; and

(2) food that meets all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal, State, or local laws, even though the food may not be readily marketable due to appearance, age, freshness, grade, size, surplus, or other condition.

"Crop" means an agricultural crop producing food for human consumption and includes, but is not limited to, bedding plants that produce food, orchard stock intended for the production of food, and livestock that may be processed into food for human consumption.

"Food bank or other charitable organization" means any organization located in this State, including but not limited to a gleaning cooperative, that is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that has as a principal or ongoing purpose the distribution of food to children or homeless, unemployed, elderly, or low-income individuals.

"Qualified donation" means the harvest or post-harvest contribution in Illinois of a crop or a portion of a crop grown primarily to be sold for cash that is donated by the grower of the crop to a food bank or other charitable organization engaged in the distribution of food without charge, while the crop is still usable as food for human consumption and:

(1) the grower of the crop has supplied any crop contract quota with the wholesale or retail buyer;

(2) if the grower of the crop is a party to a contingent supply contract, the wholesale or retail buyer reduces the crop quota that was reasonably anticipated to be supplied by the grower; or

(3) the grower of the crop otherwise determines to make a donation of apparently wholesome food.

"Wholesale market price" means the market price for the produce determined either by:

(1) the amount paid to the grower by the last previous cash buyer of the particular crop; or

(2) in the event there is no previous cash buyer, a market price based upon the market price of the nearest regional wholesale buyer or the regional U-Pick market price.

(e) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.