102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4344

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Amy Elik

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.2
35 ILCS 120/1  from Ch. 120, par. 440
35 ILCS 157/10-15
35 ILCS 158/15-10

    Amends the Use Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Aircraft Use Tax Law, and the Watercraft Use Tax Law. Provides that the taxes under those Acts do not apply to transfers that occur between a natural individual and (i) a revocable trust where the transferor is the grantor of the trust or (ii) a business entity if the transferor has ownership or control of the business entity. Provides that the transferor must retain a beneficial interest in the property, and the property must be transferred without valuable consideration.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 2
5as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 105/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.2)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-353)
8    Sec. 2. Definitions.
9    "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
10power over tangible personal property incident to the
11ownership of that property, except that it does not include
12the sale of such property in any form as tangible personal
13property in the regular course of business to the extent that
14such property is not first subjected to a use for which it was
15purchased, and does not include the use of such property by its
16owner for demonstration purposes: Provided that the property
17purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale,
18despite first being used, to the extent to which it is resold
19as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
20by-product of manufacturing. "Use" does not mean the
21demonstration use or interim use of tangible personal property
22by a retailer before he sells that tangible personal property.
23For watercraft or aircraft, if the period of demonstration use

 

 

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1or interim use by the retailer exceeds 18 months, the retailer
2shall pay on the retailers' original cost price the tax
3imposed by this Act, and no credit for that tax is permitted if
4the watercraft or aircraft is subsequently sold by the
5retailer. "Use" does not mean the physical incorporation of
6tangible personal property, to the extent not first subjected
7to a use for which it was purchased, as an ingredient or
8constituent, into other tangible personal property (a) which
9is sold in the regular course of business or (b) which the
10person incorporating such ingredient or constituent therein
11has undertaken at the time of such purchase to cause to be
12transported in interstate commerce to destinations outside the
13State of Illinois: Provided that the property purchased is
14deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite
15first being used, to the extent to which it is resold as an
16ingredient of an intentionally produced product or by-product
17of manufacturing.
18    "Watercraft" means a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4
19watercraft as defined in Section 3-2 of the Boat Registration
20and Safety Act, a personal watercraft, or any boat equipped
21with an inboard motor.
22    "Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the
23ownership of or title to tangible personal property through a
24sale at retail.
25    "Purchaser" means anyone who, through a sale at retail,
26acquires the ownership of tangible personal property for a

 

 

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1valuable consideration.
2    "Sale at retail" means any transfer of the ownership of or
3title to tangible personal property to a purchaser, for the
4purpose of use, and not for the purpose of resale in any form
5as tangible personal property to the extent not first
6subjected to a use for which it was purchased, for a valuable
7consideration: Provided that the property purchased is deemed
8to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite first being
9used, to the extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of
10an intentionally produced product or by-product of
11manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as an incident
12to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is considered to be
13an intentionally produced by-product of manufacturing. "Sale
14at retail" includes any such transfer made for resale unless
15made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
16Occupation Tax Act, as incorporated by reference into Section
1712 of this Act. Transactions whereby the possession of the
18property is transferred but the seller retains the title as
19security for payment of the selling price are sales.
20    "Sale at retail" shall also be construed to include any
21Illinois florist's sales transaction in which the purchase
22order is received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for
23use or consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in
24another state deliver the property to the purchaser or the
25purchaser's donee in such other state.
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1between a natural individual and (i) a revocable trust where
2the transferor is the grantor of the trust or (ii) a business
3entity, including a firm, partnership, association, joint
4stock company, joint adventure, public or private corporation,
5or limited liability company, where the transferor has
6ownership or control of the business entity, provided that the
7transferor retains a beneficial interest in the property, and
8the property is transferred without valuable consideration.
9    Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
10persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
11cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is
12transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
13part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
14package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
15consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
16items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
17plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or
18other containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie
19bags, and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred
20to customers as part of the sale of food or beverages in the
21ordinary course of business.
22    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
23personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
24of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
25purchase, use or sale of tangible personal property.
26    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued

 

 

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1in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
2cash, credits, property other than as hereinafter provided,
3and services, but, prior to January 1, 2020, not including the
4value of or credit given for traded-in tangible personal
5property where the item that is traded-in is of like kind and
6character as that which is being sold; beginning January 1,
72020, "selling price" includes the portion of the value of or
8credit given for traded-in motor vehicles of the First
9Division as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
10Code of like kind and character as that which is being sold
11that exceeds $10,000. "Selling price" shall be determined
12without any deduction on account of the cost of the property
13sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
14other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
15finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
16sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
17sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
18Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, or on account of the seller's
19duty to collect, from the purchaser, the tax that is imposed by
20this Act, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any
21cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the
22seller's tax liability under any local occupation tax
23administered by the Department, or, except as otherwise
24provided with respect to any cigarette tax imposed by a home
25rule unit on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
26purchasers, the tax that is imposed under any local use tax

 

 

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1administered by the Department. Effective December 1, 1985,
2"selling price" shall include charges that are added to prices
3by sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
4Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the seller's duty to collect,
5from the purchaser, the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use
6Tax Act, and on account of the seller's duty to collect, from
7the purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit.
8    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for any motor
9vehicle, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Vehicle Code, that
10is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing
11the vehicle for a defined period that is longer than one year
12and (1) is a motor vehicle of the second division that: (A) is
13a self-contained motor vehicle designed or permanently
14converted to provide living quarters for recreational,
15camping, or travel use, with direct walk through access to the
16living quarters from the driver's seat; (B) is of the van
17configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
187 nor more than 16 passengers; or (C) has a gross vehicle
19weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less or (2) is a motor vehicle
20of the first division, "selling price" or "amount of sale"
21means the consideration received by the lessor pursuant to the
22lease contract, including amounts due at lease signing and all
23monthly or other regular payments charged over the term of the
24lease. Also included in the selling price is any amount
25received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle
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1including, but not limited to, excess mileage charges and
2charges for excess wear and tear. For sales that occur in
3Illinois, with respect to any amount received by the lessor
4from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is not calculated
5at the time the lease is executed, the lessor who purchased the
6motor vehicle does not incur the tax imposed by the Use Tax Act
7on those amounts, and the retailer who makes the retail sale of
8the motor vehicle to the lessor is not required to collect the
9tax imposed by this Act or to pay the tax imposed by the
10Retailers' Occupation Tax Act on those amounts. However, the
11lessor who purchased the motor vehicle assumes the liability
12for reporting and paying the tax on those amounts directly to
13the Department in the same form (Illinois Retailers'
14Occupation Tax, and local retailers' occupation taxes, if
15applicable) in which the retailer would have reported and paid
16such tax if the retailer had accounted for the tax to the
17Department. For amounts received by the lessor from the lessee
18that are not calculated at the time the lease is executed, the
19lessor must file the return and pay the tax to the Department
20by the due date otherwise required by this Act for returns
21other than transaction returns. If the retailer is entitled
22under this Act to a discount for collecting and remitting the
23tax imposed under this Act to the Department with respect to
24the sale of the motor vehicle to the lessor, then the right to
25the discount provided in this Act shall be transferred to the
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1amount received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased
2vehicle that is not calculated at the time the lease is
3executed; provided that the discount is only allowed if the
4return is timely filed and for amounts timely paid. The
5"selling price" of a motor vehicle that is sold on or after
6January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing for a defined period
7of longer than one year shall not be reduced by the value of or
8credit given for traded-in tangible personal property owned by
9the lessor, nor shall it be reduced by the value of or credit
10given for traded-in tangible personal property owned by the
11lessee, regardless of whether the trade-in value thereof is
12assigned by the lessee to the lessor. In the case of a motor
13vehicle that is sold for the purpose of leasing for a defined
14period of longer than one year, the sale occurs at the time of
15the delivery of the vehicle, regardless of the due date of any
16lease payments. A lessor who incurs a Retailers' Occupation
17Tax liability on the sale of a motor vehicle coming off lease
18may not take a credit against that liability for the Use Tax
19the lessor paid upon the purchase of the motor vehicle (or for
20any tax the lessor paid with respect to any amount received by
21the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle that was not
22calculated at the time the lease was executed) if the selling
23price of the motor vehicle at the time of purchase was
24calculated using the definition of "selling price" as defined
25in this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
26Act to the contrary, lessors shall file all returns and make

 

 

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1all payments required under this paragraph to the Department
2by electronic means in the manner and form as required by the
3Department. This paragraph does not apply to leases of motor
4vehicles for which, at the time the lease is entered into, the
5term of the lease is not a defined period, including leases
6with a defined initial period with the option to continue the
7lease on a month-to-month or other basis beyond the initial
8defined period.
9    The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
10construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
11vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
12agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
13agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
14which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
15retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
16occasional sale.
17    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
18    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
19association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
20private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
21executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
22by order of any court.
23    "Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in the
24business of making sales at retail as defined in this Section.
25    A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
26(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal

 

 

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1property at retail is a retailer hereunder with respect to
2such sales (and not primarily in a service occupation)
3notwithstanding the fact that such person designs and produces
4such tangible personal property on special order for the
5purchaser and in such a way as to render the property of value
6only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal property so
7produced on special order serves substantially the same
8function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
9property that are sold at retail.
10    A person whose activities are organized and conducted
11primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
12engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
13(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
14is a retailer with respect to such transactions, excepting
15only a person organized and operated exclusively for
16charitable, religious or educational purposes either (1), to
17the extent of sales by such person to its members, students,
18patients or inmates of tangible personal property to be used
19primarily for the purposes of such person, or (2), to the
20extent of sales by such person of tangible personal property
21which is not sold or offered for sale by persons organized for
22profit. The selling of school books and school supplies by
23schools at retail to students is not "primarily for the
24purposes of" the school which does such selling. This
25paragraph does not apply to nor subject to taxation occasional
26dinners, social or similar activities of a person organized

 

 

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1and operated exclusively for charitable, religious or
2educational purposes, whether or not such activities are open
3to the public.
4    A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
5Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
6serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
7for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
8amount by the individual participant pursuant to a schedule of
9suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not a
10retailer under this Act with respect to such transactions.
11    Persons who engage in the business of transferring
12tangible personal property upon the redemption of trading
13stamps are retailers hereunder when engaged in such business.
14    The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
15property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
16being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
17such tangible personal property at retail or a sale through a
18bulk vending machine does not make such person a retailer
19hereunder. However, any person who is engaged in a business
20which is not subject to the tax imposed by the Retailers'
21Occupation Tax Act because of involving the sale of or a
22contract to sell real estate or a construction contract to
23improve real estate, but who, in the course of conducting such
24business, transfers tangible personal property to users or
25consumers in the finished form in which it was purchased, and
26which does not become real estate, under any provision of a

 

 

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1construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
2agreement entered into with some other person arising out of
3or because of such nontaxable business, is a retailer to the
4extent of the value of the tangible personal property so
5transferred. If, in such transaction, a separate charge is
6made for the tangible personal property so transferred, the
7value of such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the
8amount so separately charged, but not less than the cost of
9such property to the transferor; if no separate charge is
10made, the value of such property, for the purposes of this Act,
11is the cost to the transferor of such tangible personal
12property.
13    "Retailer maintaining a place of business in this State",
14or any like term, means and includes any of the following
15retailers:
16        (1) A retailer having or maintaining within this
17    State, directly or by a subsidiary, an office,
18    distribution house, sales house, warehouse or other place
19    of business, or any agent or other representative
20    operating within this State under the authority of the
21    retailer or its subsidiary, irrespective of whether such
22    place of business or agent or other representative is
23    located here permanently or temporarily, or whether such
24    retailer or subsidiary is licensed to do business in this
25    State. However, the ownership of property that is located
26    at the premises of a printer with which the retailer has

 

 

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1    contracted for printing and that consists of the final
2    printed product, property that becomes a part of the final
3    printed product, or copy from which the printed product is
4    produced shall not result in the retailer being deemed to
5    have or maintain an office, distribution house, sales
6    house, warehouse, or other place of business within this
7    State.
8        (1.1) A retailer having a contract with a person
9    located in this State under which the person, for a
10    commission or other consideration based upon the sale of
11    tangible personal property by the retailer, directly or
12    indirectly refers potential customers to the retailer by
13    providing to the potential customers a promotional code or
14    other mechanism that allows the retailer to track
15    purchases referred by such persons. Examples of mechanisms
16    that allow the retailer to track purchases referred by
17    such persons include but are not limited to the use of a
18    link on the person's Internet website, promotional codes
19    distributed through the person's hand-delivered or mailed
20    material, and promotional codes distributed by the person
21    through radio or other broadcast media. The provisions of
22    this paragraph (1.1) shall apply only if the cumulative
23    gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property by
24    the retailer to customers who are referred to the retailer
25    by all persons in this State under such contracts exceed
26    $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on

 

 

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1    the last day of March, June, September, and December. A
2    retailer meeting the requirements of this paragraph (1.1)
3    shall be presumed to be maintaining a place of business in
4    this State but may rebut this presumption by submitting
5    proof that the referrals or other activities pursued
6    within this State by such persons were not sufficient to
7    meet the nexus standards of the United States Constitution
8    during the preceding 4 quarterly periods.
9        (1.2) Beginning July 1, 2011, a retailer having a
10    contract with a person located in this State under which:
11            (A) the retailer sells the same or substantially
12        similar line of products 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 retailer provides a commission or other
17        consideration to the person located in this State
18        based upon the sale of tangible personal property by
19        the retailer.
20        The provisions of this paragraph (1.2) shall apply
21    only if the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
22    tangible personal property by the retailer to customers in
23    this State under all such contracts exceed $10,000 during
24    the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day
25    of March, June, September, and December.
26        (2) (Blank).

 

 

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1        (3) (Blank).
2        (4) (Blank).
3        (5) (Blank).
4        (6) (Blank).
5        (7) (Blank).
6        (8) (Blank).
7        (9) Beginning October 1, 2018, a retailer making sales
8    of tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
9    from outside of Illinois if:
10            (A) the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
11        tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
12        are $100,000 or more; or
13            (B) the retailer enters into 200 or more separate
14        transactions for the sale of tangible personal
15        property to purchasers in Illinois.
16        The retailer shall determine on a quarterly basis,
17    ending on the last day of March, June, September, and
18    December, whether he or she meets the criteria of either
19    subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph (9) for the
20    preceding 12-month period. If the retailer meets the
21    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for a 12-month
22    period, he or she is considered a retailer maintaining a
23    place of business in this State and is required to collect
24    and remit the tax imposed under this Act and file returns
25    for one year. At the end of that one-year period, the
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1    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the
2    preceding 12-month period. If the retailer met the
3    criteria in either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
4    preceding 12-month period, he or she is considered a
5    retailer maintaining a place of business in this State and
6    is required to collect and remit the tax imposed under
7    this Act and file returns for the subsequent year. If at
8    the end of a one-year period a retailer that was required
9    to collect and remit the tax imposed under this Act
10    determines that he or she did not meet the threshold in
11    either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the preceding
12    12-month period, the retailer shall subsequently determine
13    on a quarterly basis, ending on the last day of March,
14    June, September, and December, whether he or she meets the
15    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
16    preceding 12-month period.
17        Beginning January 1, 2020, neither the gross receipts
18    from nor the number of separate transactions for sales of
19    tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois that
20    a retailer makes through a marketplace facilitator and for
21    which the retailer has received a certification from the
22    marketplace facilitator pursuant to Section 2d of this Act
23    shall be included for purposes of determining whether he
24    or she has met the thresholds of this paragraph (9).
25        (10) Beginning January 1, 2020, a marketplace
26    facilitator that meets a threshold set forth in subsection

 

 

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1    (b) of Section 2d of this Act.
2    "Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
3unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
4primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
5coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
6inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
7without selection by the customer.
8(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-9, eff. 6-5-19;
9101-31, eff. 1-1-20; 101-604, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
10    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-353)
11    Sec. 2. Definitions.
12    "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
13power over tangible personal property incident to the
14ownership of that property, except that it does not include
15the sale of such property in any form as tangible personal
16property in the regular course of business to the extent that
17such property is not first subjected to a use for which it was
18purchased, and does not include the use of such property by its
19owner for demonstration purposes: Provided that the property
20purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale,
21despite first being used, to the extent to which it is resold
22as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
23by-product of manufacturing. "Use" does not mean the
24demonstration use or interim use of tangible personal property
25by a retailer before he sells that tangible personal property.

 

 

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1For watercraft or aircraft, if the period of demonstration use
2or interim use by the retailer exceeds 18 months, the retailer
3shall pay on the retailers' original cost price the tax
4imposed by this Act, and no credit for that tax is permitted if
5the watercraft or aircraft is subsequently sold by the
6retailer. "Use" does not mean the physical incorporation of
7tangible personal property, to the extent not first subjected
8to a use for which it was purchased, as an ingredient or
9constituent, into other tangible personal property (a) which
10is sold in the regular course of business or (b) which the
11person incorporating such ingredient or constituent therein
12has undertaken at the time of such purchase to cause to be
13transported in interstate commerce to destinations outside the
14State of Illinois: Provided that the property purchased is
15deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite
16first being used, to the extent to which it is resold as an
17ingredient of an intentionally produced product or by-product
18of manufacturing.
19    "Watercraft" means a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4
20watercraft as defined in Section 3-2 of the Boat Registration
21and Safety Act, a personal watercraft, or any boat equipped
22with an inboard motor.
23    "Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the
24ownership of or title to tangible personal property through a
25sale at retail.
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1acquires the ownership of tangible personal property for a
2valuable consideration.
3    "Sale at retail" means any transfer of the ownership of or
4title to tangible personal property to a purchaser, for the
5purpose of use, and not for the purpose of resale in any form
6as tangible personal property to the extent not first
7subjected to a use for which it was purchased, for a valuable
8consideration: Provided that the property purchased is deemed
9to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite first being
10used, to the extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of
11an intentionally produced product or by-product of
12manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as an incident
13to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is considered to be
14an intentionally produced by-product of manufacturing. "Sale
15at retail" includes any such transfer made for resale unless
16made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
17Occupation Tax Act, as incorporated by reference into Section
1812 of this Act. Transactions whereby the possession of the
19property is transferred but the seller retains the title as
20security for payment of the selling price are sales.
21    "Sale at retail" shall also be construed to include any
22Illinois florist's sales transaction in which the purchase
23order is received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for
24use or consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in
25another state deliver the property to the purchaser or the
26purchaser's donee in such other state.

 

 

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1    "Sale at retail" does not include a transfer that occurs
2between a natural individual and (i) a revocable trust where
3the transferor is the grantor of the trust or (ii) a business
4entity, including a firm, partnership, association, joint
5stock company, joint adventure, public or private corporation,
6or limited liability company, where the transferor has
7ownership or control of the business entity, provided that the
8transferor retains a beneficial interest in the property, and
9the property is transferred without valuable consideration.
10    Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
11persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
12cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is
13transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
14part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
15package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
16consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
17items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
18plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or
19other containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie
20bags, and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred
21to customers as part of the sale of food or beverages in the
22ordinary course of business.
23    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
24personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
25of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
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1    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
2in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
3cash, credits, property other than as hereinafter provided,
4and services, but, prior to January 1, 2020 and beginning
5again on January 1, 2022, not including the value of or credit
6given for traded-in tangible personal property where the item
7that is traded-in is of like kind and character as that which
8is being sold; beginning January 1, 2020 and until January 1,
92022, "selling price" includes the portion of the value of or
10credit given for traded-in motor vehicles of the First
11Division as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
12Code of like kind and character as that which is being sold
13that exceeds $10,000. "Selling price" shall be determined
14without any deduction on account of the cost of the property
15sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
16other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
17finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
18sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
19sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
20Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, or on account of the seller's
21duty to collect, from the purchaser, the tax that is imposed by
22this Act, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any
23cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the
24seller's tax liability under any local occupation tax
25administered by the Department, or, except as otherwise
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1rule unit on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
2purchasers, the tax that is imposed under any local use tax
3administered by the Department. Effective December 1, 1985,
4"selling price" shall include charges that are added to prices
5by sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
6Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the seller's duty to collect,
7from the purchaser, the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use
8Tax Act, and on account of the seller's duty to collect, from
9the purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit.
10    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for any motor
11vehicle, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Vehicle Code, that
12is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing
13the vehicle for a defined period that is longer than one year
14and (1) is a motor vehicle of the second division that: (A) is
15a self-contained motor vehicle designed or permanently
16converted to provide living quarters for recreational,
17camping, or travel use, with direct walk through access to the
18living quarters from the driver's seat; (B) is of the van
19configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
207 nor more than 16 passengers; or (C) has a gross vehicle
21weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less or (2) is a motor vehicle
22of the first division, "selling price" or "amount of sale"
23means the consideration received by the lessor pursuant to the
24lease contract, including amounts due at lease signing and all
25monthly or other regular payments charged over the term of the
26lease. Also included in the selling price is any amount

 

 

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1received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle
2that is not calculated at the time the lease is executed,
3including, but not limited to, excess mileage charges and
4charges for excess wear and tear. For sales that occur in
5Illinois, with respect to any amount received by the lessor
6from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is not calculated
7at the time the lease is executed, the lessor who purchased the
8motor vehicle does not incur the tax imposed by the Use Tax Act
9on those amounts, and the retailer who makes the retail sale of
10the motor vehicle to the lessor is not required to collect the
11tax imposed by this Act or to pay the tax imposed by the
12Retailers' Occupation Tax Act on those amounts. However, the
13lessor who purchased the motor vehicle assumes the liability
14for reporting and paying the tax on those amounts directly to
15the Department in the same form (Illinois Retailers'
16Occupation Tax, and local retailers' occupation taxes, if
17applicable) in which the retailer would have reported and paid
18such tax if the retailer had accounted for the tax to the
19Department. For amounts received by the lessor from the lessee
20that are not calculated at the time the lease is executed, the
21lessor must file the return and pay the tax to the Department
22by the due date otherwise required by this Act for returns
23other than transaction returns. If the retailer is entitled
24under this Act to a discount for collecting and remitting the
25tax imposed under this Act to the Department with respect to
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1the discount provided in this Act shall be transferred to the
2lessor with respect to the tax paid by the lessor for any
3amount received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased
4vehicle that is not calculated at the time the lease is
5executed; provided that the discount is only allowed if the
6return is timely filed and for amounts timely paid. The
7"selling price" of a motor vehicle that is sold on or after
8January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing for a defined period
9of longer than one year shall not be reduced by the value of or
10credit given for traded-in tangible personal property owned by
11the lessor, nor shall it be reduced by the value of or credit
12given for traded-in tangible personal property owned by the
13lessee, regardless of whether the trade-in value thereof is
14assigned by the lessee to the lessor. In the case of a motor
15vehicle that is sold for the purpose of leasing for a defined
16period of longer than one year, the sale occurs at the time of
17the delivery of the vehicle, regardless of the due date of any
18lease payments. A lessor who incurs a Retailers' Occupation
19Tax liability on the sale of a motor vehicle coming off lease
20may not take a credit against that liability for the Use Tax
21the lessor paid upon the purchase of the motor vehicle (or for
22any tax the lessor paid with respect to any amount received by
23the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle that was not
24calculated at the time the lease was executed) if the selling
25price of the motor vehicle at the time of purchase was
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1in this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
2Act to the contrary, lessors shall file all returns and make
3all payments required under this paragraph to the Department
4by electronic means in the manner and form as required by the
5Department. This paragraph does not apply to leases of motor
6vehicles for which, at the time the lease is entered into, the
7term of the lease is not a defined period, including leases
8with a defined initial period with the option to continue the
9lease on a month-to-month or other basis beyond the initial
10defined period.
11    The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
12construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
13vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
14agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
15agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
16which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
17retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
18occasional sale.
19    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
20    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
21association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
22private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
23executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
24by order of any court.
25    "Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in the
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1    A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
2(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
3property at retail is a retailer hereunder with respect to
4such sales (and not primarily in a service occupation)
5notwithstanding the fact that such person designs and produces
6such tangible personal property on special order for the
7purchaser and in such a way as to render the property of value
8only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal property so
9produced on special order serves substantially the same
10function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
11property that are sold at retail.
12    A person whose activities are organized and conducted
13primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
14engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
15(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
16is a retailer with respect to such transactions, excepting
17only a person organized and operated exclusively for
18charitable, religious or educational purposes either (1), to
19the extent of sales by such person to its members, students,
20patients or inmates of tangible personal property to be used
21primarily for the purposes of such person, or (2), to the
22extent of sales by such person of tangible personal property
23which is not sold or offered for sale by persons organized for
24profit. The selling of school books and school supplies by
25schools at retail to students is not "primarily for the
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1paragraph does not apply to nor subject to taxation occasional
2dinners, social or similar activities of a person organized
3and operated exclusively for charitable, religious or
4educational purposes, whether or not such activities are open
5to the public.
6    A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
7Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
8serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
9for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
10amount by the individual participant pursuant to a schedule of
11suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not a
12retailer under this Act with respect to such transactions.
13    Persons who engage in the business of transferring
14tangible personal property upon the redemption of trading
15stamps are retailers hereunder when engaged in such business.
16    The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
17property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
18being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
19such tangible personal property at retail or a sale through a
20bulk vending machine does not make such person a retailer
21hereunder. However, any person who is engaged in a business
22which is not subject to the tax imposed by the Retailers'
23Occupation Tax Act because of involving the sale of or a
24contract to sell real estate or a construction contract to
25improve real estate, but who, in the course of conducting such
26business, transfers tangible personal property to users or

 

 

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1consumers in the finished form in which it was purchased, and
2which does not become real estate, under any provision of a
3construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
4agreement entered into with some other person arising out of
5or because of such nontaxable business, is a retailer to the
6extent of the value of the tangible personal property so
7transferred. If, in such transaction, a separate charge is
8made for the tangible personal property so transferred, the
9value of such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the
10amount so separately charged, but not less than the cost of
11such property to the transferor; if no separate charge is
12made, the value of such property, for the purposes of this Act,
13is the cost to the transferor of such tangible personal
14property.
15    "Retailer maintaining a place of business in this State",
16or any like term, means and includes any of the following
17retailers:
18        (1) A retailer having or maintaining within this
19    State, directly or by a subsidiary, an office,
20    distribution house, sales house, warehouse or other place
21    of business, or any agent or other representative
22    operating within this State under the authority of the
23    retailer or its subsidiary, irrespective of whether such
24    place of business or agent or other representative is
25    located here permanently or temporarily, or whether such
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1    State. However, the ownership of property that is located
2    at the premises of a printer with which the retailer has
3    contracted for printing and that consists of the final
4    printed product, property that becomes a part of the final
5    printed product, or copy from which the printed product is
6    produced shall not result in the retailer being deemed to
7    have or maintain an office, distribution house, sales
8    house, warehouse, or other place of business within this
9    State.
10        (1.1) A retailer having a contract with a person
11    located in this State under which the person, for a
12    commission or other consideration based upon the sale of
13    tangible personal property by the retailer, directly or
14    indirectly refers potential customers to the retailer by
15    providing to the potential customers a promotional code or
16    other mechanism that allows the retailer to track
17    purchases referred by such persons. Examples of mechanisms
18    that allow the retailer to track purchases referred by
19    such persons include but are not limited to the use of a
20    link on the person's Internet website, promotional codes
21    distributed through the person's hand-delivered or mailed
22    material, and promotional codes distributed by the person
23    through radio or other broadcast media. The provisions of
24    this paragraph (1.1) shall apply only if the cumulative
25    gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property by
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1    by all persons in this State under such contracts exceed
2    $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on
3    the last day of March, June, September, and December. A
4    retailer meeting the requirements of this paragraph (1.1)
5    shall be presumed to be maintaining a place of business in
6    this State but may rebut this presumption by submitting
7    proof that the referrals or other activities pursued
8    within this State by such persons were not sufficient to
9    meet the nexus standards of the United States Constitution
10    during the preceding 4 quarterly periods.
11        (1.2) Beginning July 1, 2011, a retailer having a
12    contract with a person located in this State under which:
13            (A) the retailer sells the same or substantially
14        similar line of products as the person located in this
15        State and does so using an identical or substantially
16        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
17        located in this State; and
18            (B) the retailer provides a commission or other
19        consideration to the person located in this State
20        based upon the sale of tangible personal property by
21        the retailer.
22        The provisions of this paragraph (1.2) shall apply
23    only if the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
24    tangible personal property by the retailer to customers in
25    this State under all such contracts exceed $10,000 during
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1    of March, June, September, and December.
2        (2) (Blank).
3        (3) (Blank).
4        (4) (Blank).
5        (5) (Blank).
6        (6) (Blank).
7        (7) (Blank).
8        (8) (Blank).
9        (9) Beginning October 1, 2018, a retailer making sales
10    of tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
11    from outside of Illinois if:
12            (A) the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
13        tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
14        are $100,000 or more; or
15            (B) the retailer enters into 200 or more separate
16        transactions for the sale of tangible personal
17        property to purchasers in Illinois.
18        The retailer shall determine on a quarterly basis,
19    ending on the last day of March, June, September, and
20    December, whether he or she meets the criteria of either
21    subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph (9) for the
22    preceding 12-month period. If the retailer meets the
23    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for a 12-month
24    period, he or she is considered a retailer maintaining a
25    place of business in this State and is required to collect
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1    for one year. At the end of that one-year period, the
2    retailer shall determine whether he or she met the
3    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the
4    preceding 12-month period. If the retailer met the
5    criteria in either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
6    preceding 12-month period, he or she is considered a
7    retailer maintaining a place of business in this State and
8    is required to collect and remit the tax imposed under
9    this Act and file returns for the subsequent year. If at
10    the end of a one-year period a retailer that was required
11    to collect and remit the tax imposed under this Act
12    determines that he or she did not meet the threshold in
13    either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the preceding
14    12-month period, the retailer shall subsequently determine
15    on a quarterly basis, ending on the last day of March,
16    June, September, and December, whether he or she meets the
17    threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
18    preceding 12-month period.
19        Beginning January 1, 2020, neither the gross receipts
20    from nor the number of separate transactions for sales of
21    tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois that
22    a retailer makes through a marketplace facilitator and for
23    which the retailer has received a certification from the
24    marketplace facilitator pursuant to Section 2d of this Act
25    shall be included for purposes of determining whether he
26    or she has met the thresholds of this paragraph (9).

 

 

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1        (10) Beginning January 1, 2020, a marketplace
2    facilitator that meets a threshold set forth in subsection
3    (b) of Section 2d of this Act.
4    "Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
5unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
6primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
7coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
8inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
9without selection by the customer.
10(Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 101-31, eff. 1-1-20;
11101-604, eff. 1-1-20; 102-353, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
12    Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
13by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
14    (35 ILCS 120/1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 440)
15    Sec. 1. Definitions. "Sale at retail" means any transfer
16of the ownership of or title to tangible personal property to a
17purchaser, for the purpose of use or consumption, and not for
18the purpose of resale in any form as tangible personal
19property to the extent not first subjected to a use for which
20it was purchased, for a valuable consideration: Provided that
21the property purchased is deemed to be purchased for the
22purpose of resale, despite first being used, to the extent to
23which it is resold as an ingredient of an intentionally
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1purpose, slag produced as an incident to manufacturing pig
2iron or steel and sold is considered to be an intentionally
3produced byproduct of manufacturing. Transactions whereby the
4possession of the property is transferred but the seller
5retains the title as security for payment of the selling price
6shall be deemed to be sales.
7    "Sale at retail" shall be construed to include any
8transfer of the ownership of or title to tangible personal
9property to a purchaser, for use or consumption by any other
10person to whom such purchaser may transfer the tangible
11personal property without a valuable consideration, and to
12include any transfer, whether made for or without a valuable
13consideration, for resale in any form as tangible personal
14property unless made in compliance with Section 2c of this
15Act.
16    Sales of tangible personal property, which property, to
17the extent not first subjected to a use for which it was
18purchased, as an ingredient or constituent, goes into and
19forms a part of tangible personal property subsequently the
20subject of a "Sale at retail", are not sales at retail as
21defined in this Act: Provided that the property purchased is
22deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite
23first being used, to the extent to which it is resold as an
24ingredient of an intentionally produced product or byproduct
25of manufacturing.
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1Illinois florist's sales transaction in which the purchase
2order is received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for
3use or consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in
4another state deliver the property to the purchaser or the
5purchaser's donee in such other state.
6    "Sale at retail" does not include a transfer that occurs
7between a natural individual and (i) a revocable trust where
8the transferor is the grantor of the trust or (ii) a business
9entity, including a firm, partnership, association, joint
10stock company, joint adventure, public or private corporation,
11or limited liability company, where the transferor has
12ownership or control of the business entity, provided that the
13transferor retains a beneficial interest in the property, and
14the property is transferred without valuable consideration.
15    Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
16persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
17cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is
18transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
19part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
20package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
21consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
22items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
23plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or
24other containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie
25bags, and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred
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1ordinary course of business.
2    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
3personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
4of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
5purchase, use or sale of tangible personal property.
6    A person whose activities are organized and conducted
7primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
8engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
9(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
10is engaged in the business of selling tangible personal
11property at retail with respect to such transactions,
12excepting only a person organized and operated exclusively for
13charitable, religious or educational purposes either (1), to
14the extent of sales by such person to its members, students,
15patients or inmates of tangible personal property to be used
16primarily for the purposes of such person, or (2), to the
17extent of sales by such person of tangible personal property
18which is not sold or offered for sale by persons organized for
19profit. The selling of school books and school supplies by
20schools at retail to students is not "primarily for the
21purposes of" the school which does such selling. The
22provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to nor subject to
23taxation occasional dinners, socials or similar activities of
24a person organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
25religious or educational purposes, whether or not such
26activities are open to the public.

 

 

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1    A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
2Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
3serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
4for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
5amount by the individual participant pursuant to a schedule of
6suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not
7engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property
8at retail with respect to such transactions.
9    "Purchaser" means anyone who, through a sale at retail,
10acquires the ownership of or title to tangible personal
11property for a valuable consideration.
12    "Reseller of motor fuel" means any person engaged in the
13business of selling or delivering or transferring title of
14motor fuel to another person other than for use or
15consumption. No person shall act as a reseller of motor fuel
16within this State without first being registered as a reseller
17pursuant to Section 2c or a retailer pursuant to Section 2a.
18    "Selling price" or the "amount of sale" means the
19consideration for a sale valued in money whether received in
20money or otherwise, including cash, credits, property, other
21than as hereinafter provided, and services, but, prior to
22January 1, 2020 and beginning again on January 1, 2022, not
23including the value of or credit given for traded-in tangible
24personal property where the item that is traded-in is of like
25kind and character as that which is being sold; beginning
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1includes the portion of the value of or credit given for
2traded-in motor vehicles of the First Division as defined in
3Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code of like kind and
4character as that which is being sold that exceeds $10,000.
5"Selling price" shall be determined without any deduction on
6account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of materials
7used, labor or service cost or any other expense whatsoever,
8but does not include charges that are added to prices by
9sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under this
10Act, or on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
11purchaser, the tax that is imposed by the Use Tax Act, or,
12except as otherwise provided with respect to any cigarette tax
13imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the seller's tax
14liability under any local occupation tax administered by the
15Department, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to
16any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit on account of the
17seller's duty to collect, from the purchasers, the tax that is
18imposed under any local use tax administered by the
19Department. Effective December 1, 1985, "selling price" shall
20include charges that are added to prices by sellers on account
21of the seller's tax liability under the Cigarette Tax Act, on
22account of the sellers' duty to collect, from the purchaser,
23the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use Tax Act, and on account
24of the seller's duty to collect, from the purchaser, any
25cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit.
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1vehicle, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Vehicle Code, that
2is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing
3the vehicle for a defined period that is longer than one year
4and (1) is a motor vehicle of the second division that: (A) is
5a self-contained motor vehicle designed or permanently
6converted to provide living quarters for recreational,
7camping, or travel use, with direct walk through access to the
8living quarters from the driver's seat; (B) is of the van
9configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
107 nor more than 16 passengers; or (C) has a gross vehicle
11weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less or (2) is a motor vehicle
12of the first division, "selling price" or "amount of sale"
13means the consideration received by the lessor pursuant to the
14lease contract, including amounts due at lease signing and all
15monthly or other regular payments charged over the term of the
16lease. Also included in the selling price is any amount
17received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle
18that is not calculated at the time the lease is executed,
19including, but not limited to, excess mileage charges and
20charges for excess wear and tear. For sales that occur in
21Illinois, with respect to any amount received by the lessor
22from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is not calculated
23at the time the lease is executed, the lessor who purchased the
24motor vehicle does not incur the tax imposed by the Use Tax Act
25on those amounts, and the retailer who makes the retail sale of
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1tax imposed by the Use Tax Act or to pay the tax imposed by
2this Act on those amounts. However, the lessor who purchased
3the motor vehicle assumes the liability for reporting and
4paying the tax on those amounts directly to the Department in
5the same form (Illinois Retailers' Occupation Tax, and local
6retailers' occupation taxes, if applicable) in which the
7retailer would have reported and paid such tax if the retailer
8had accounted for the tax to the Department. For amounts
9received by the lessor from the lessee that are not calculated
10at the time the lease is executed, the lessor must file the
11return and pay the tax to the Department by the due date
12otherwise required by this Act for returns other than
13transaction returns. If the retailer is entitled under this
14Act to a discount for collecting and remitting the tax imposed
15under this Act to the Department with respect to the sale of
16the motor vehicle to the lessor, then the right to the discount
17provided in this Act shall be transferred to the lessor with
18respect to the tax paid by the lessor for any amount received
19by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is
20not calculated at the time the lease is executed; provided
21that the discount is only allowed if the return is timely filed
22and for amounts timely paid. The "selling price" of a motor
23vehicle that is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the
24purpose of leasing for a defined period of longer than one year
25shall not be reduced by the value of or credit given for
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1shall it be reduced by the value of or credit given for
2traded-in tangible personal property owned by the lessee,
3regardless of whether the trade-in value thereof is assigned
4by the lessee to the lessor. In the case of a motor vehicle
5that is sold for the purpose of leasing for a defined period of
6longer than one year, the sale occurs at the time of the
7delivery of the vehicle, regardless of the due date of any
8lease payments. A lessor who incurs a Retailers' Occupation
9Tax liability on the sale of a motor vehicle coming off lease
10may not take a credit against that liability for the Use Tax
11the lessor paid upon the purchase of the motor vehicle (or for
12any tax the lessor paid with respect to any amount received by
13the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle that was not
14calculated at the time the lease was executed) if the selling
15price of the motor vehicle at the time of purchase was
16calculated using the definition of "selling price" as defined
17in this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
18Act to the contrary, lessors shall file all returns and make
19all payments required under this paragraph to the Department
20by electronic means in the manner and form as required by the
21Department. This paragraph does not apply to leases of motor
22vehicles for which, at the time the lease is entered into, the
23term of the lease is not a defined period, including leases
24with a defined initial period with the option to continue the
25lease on a month-to-month or other basis beyond the initial
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1    The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
2construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
3vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
4agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
5agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
6which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
7retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
8occasional sale.
9    "Gross receipts" from the sales of tangible personal
10property at retail means the total selling price or the amount
11of such sales, as hereinbefore defined. In the case of charge
12and time sales, the amount thereof shall be included only as
13and when payments are received by the seller. Receipts or
14other consideration derived by a seller from the sale,
15transfer or assignment of accounts receivable to a wholly
16owned subsidiary will not be deemed payments prior to the time
17the purchaser makes payment on such accounts.
18    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
19    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
20association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
21private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
22executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
23by order of any court.
24    The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
25property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
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1such tangible personal property at retail, or a sale through a
2bulk vending machine, does not constitute engaging in a
3business of selling such tangible personal property at retail
4within the meaning of this Act; provided that any person who is
5engaged in a business which is not subject to the tax imposed
6by this Act because of involving the sale of or a contract to
7sell real estate or a construction contract to improve real
8estate or a construction contract to engineer, install, and
9maintain an integrated system of products, but who, in the
10course of conducting such business, transfers tangible
11personal property to users or consumers in the finished form
12in which it was purchased, and which does not become real
13estate or was not engineered and installed, under any
14provision of a construction contract or real estate sale or
15real estate sales agreement entered into with some other
16person arising out of or because of such nontaxable business,
17is engaged in the business of selling tangible personal
18property at retail to the extent of the value of the tangible
19personal property so transferred. If, in such a transaction, a
20separate charge is made for the tangible personal property so
21transferred, the value of such property, for the purpose of
22this Act, shall be the amount so separately charged, but not
23less than the cost of such property to the transferor; if no
24separate charge is made, the value of such property, for the
25purposes of this Act, is the cost to the transferor of such
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1improvement of real estate consisting of engineering,
2installation, and maintenance of voice, data, video, security,
3and all telecommunication systems do not constitute engaging
4in a business of selling tangible personal property at retail
5within the meaning of this Act if they are sold at one
6specified contract price.
7    A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
8(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
9property at retail is a person engaged in the business of
10selling tangible personal property at retail hereunder with
11respect to such sales (and not primarily in a service
12occupation) notwithstanding the fact that such person designs
13and produces such tangible personal property on special order
14for the purchaser and in such a way as to render the property
15of value only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal
16property so produced on special order serves substantially the
17same function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
18property that are sold at retail.
19    Persons who engage in the business of transferring
20tangible personal property upon the redemption of trading
21stamps are engaged in the business of selling such property at
22retail and shall be liable for and shall pay the tax imposed by
23this Act on the basis of the retail value of the property
24transferred upon redemption of such stamps.
25    "Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
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1primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
2coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
3inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
4without selection by the customer.
5    "Remote retailer" means a retailer that does not maintain
6within this State, directly or by a subsidiary, an office,
7distribution house, sales house, warehouse or other place of
8business, or any agent or other representative operating
9within this State under the authority of the retailer or its
10subsidiary, irrespective of whether such place of business or
11agent is located here permanently or temporarily or whether
12such retailer or subsidiary is licensed to do business in this
13State.
14    "Marketplace" means a physical or electronic place, forum,
15platform, application, or other method by which a marketplace
16seller sells or offers to sell items.
17    "Marketplace facilitator" means a person who, pursuant to
18an agreement with an unrelated third-party marketplace seller,
19directly or indirectly through one or more affiliates
20facilitates a retail sale by an unrelated third party
21marketplace seller by:
22        (1) listing or advertising for sale by the marketplace
23    seller in a marketplace, tangible personal property that
24    is subject to tax under this Act; and
25        (2) either directly or indirectly, through agreements
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1    from the customer and transmitting that payment to the
2    marketplace seller regardless of whether the marketplace
3    facilitator receives compensation or other consideration
4    in exchange for its services.
5    A person who provides advertising services, including
6listing products for sale, is not considered a marketplace
7facilitator, so long as the advertising service platform or
8forum does not engage, directly or indirectly through one or
9more affiliated persons, in the activities described in
10paragraph (2) of this definition of "marketplace facilitator".
11    "Marketplace facilitator" does not include any person
12licensed under the Auction License Act. This exemption does
13not apply to any person who is an Internet auction listing
14service, as defined by the Auction License Act.
15    "Marketplace seller" means a person that makes sales
16through a marketplace operated by an unrelated third party
17marketplace facilitator.
18(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-604, eff. 1-1-20;
19102-353, eff. 1-1-22; 102-634, eff. 8-27-21; revised 11-1-21.)
 
20    Section 15. The Aircraft Use Tax Law is amended by
21changing Section 10-15 as follows:
 
22    (35 ILCS 157/10-15)
23    Sec. 10-15. Tax imposed. A tax is hereby imposed on the
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1Section 3 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act acquired by gift,
2transfer, or purchase after June 30, 2003. This tax does not
3apply (i) if the use of the aircraft is otherwise taxed under
4the Use Tax Act; (ii) if the aircraft is bought and used by a
5governmental agency or a society, association, foundation, or
6institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
7religious, or educational purposes; (iii) if the use of the
8aircraft is not subject to the Use Tax Act by reason of
9subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Section 3-55 of that
10Act dealing with the prevention of actual or likely multistate
11taxation; or (iv) if the transfer is a gift to a beneficiary in
12the administration of an estate and the beneficiary is a
13surviving spouse. In addition, this tax does not apply if the
14transfer occurs between a natural individual and (i) a
15revocable trust where the transferor is the grantor of the
16trust or (ii) a business entity, including a firm,
17partnership, association, joint stock company, joint
18adventure, public or private corporation, or limited liability
19company, where the transferor has ownership or control of the
20business entity, provided that the transferor retains a
21beneficial interest in the property, and the property is
22transferred without valuable consideration. The rate of tax
23shall be 6.25% of the selling price for each purchase of
24aircraft that qualifies under this Law. For purposes of
25calculating the tax due under this Law when an aircraft is
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1fair market value of the aircraft on the date the aircraft is
2acquired or the date the aircraft is brought into the State,
3whichever is later. Tax shall be imposed on the selling price
4of an aircraft acquired through purchase. However, the selling
5price shall not be less than the fair market value of the
6aircraft on the date the aircraft is purchased or the date the
7aircraft is brought into the State, whichever is later.
8(Source: P.A. 93-24, eff. 6-20-03.)
 
9    Section 20. The Watercraft Use Tax Law is amended by
10changing Section 15-10 as follows:
 
11    (35 ILCS 158/15-10)
12    Sec. 15-10. Tax imposed. A tax is hereby imposed on the
13privilege of using, in this State, any watercraft acquired by
14gift, transfer, or purchase after September 1, 2004. This tax
15does not apply if: (i) the use of the watercraft is otherwise
16taxed under the Use Tax Act; (ii) the watercraft is bought and
17used by a governmental agency or a society, association,
18foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
19for charitable, religious, or educational purposes and that
20entity has been issued an exemption identification number
21under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; (iii)
22the use of the watercraft is not subject to the Use Tax Act by
23reason of subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Section 3-55
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1multi-state taxation; (iv) the transfer is a gift to a
2beneficiary in the administration of an estate and the
3beneficiary is a surviving spouse; or (v) the watercraft is
4exempted from the numbering provisions of Section 3-12 of the
5Boat Registration and Safety Act. In addition, this tax does
6not apply if the transfer occurs between a natural individual
7and (i) a revocable trust where the transferor is the grantor
8of the trust or (ii) a business entity, including a firm,
9partnership, association, joint stock company, joint
10adventure, public or private corporation, or limited liability
11company, where the transferor has ownership or control of the
12business entity, provided that the transferor retains a
13beneficial interest in the property, and the property is
14transferred without valuable consideration. However, the
15exemption from tax provided by item (v) shall not apply to a
16watercraft exempted under paragraphs A, B, C, F, and G of
17Section 3-12 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act if such
18watercraft are used upon the waters of this State for more than
1930 days in any calendar year.
20(Source: P.A. 93-840, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
21    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
22changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
23that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
24represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
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1made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
2Public Act.