Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
Filed: 4/2/2025
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1074 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1074 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
| 5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2HHHH. Fees for electronic filing prohibited. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Software company" means a developer of tax software. | ||||||
| 10 | "Tax software" means any computer software program | ||||||
| 11 | intended for tax return preparation purposes, including, but | ||||||
| 12 | not limited to, an off-the-shelf software program loaded onto | ||||||
| 13 | a tax return preparer's or taxpayer's computer or an online | ||||||
| 14 | tax preparation application. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this | ||||||
| 16 | Act for a software company to charge a separate fee for the | ||||||
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| 1 | electronic filing of returns under the Illinois Income Tax Act | ||||||
| 2 | or to offer for sale a version of its tax software that charges | ||||||
| 3 | a separate fee for the electronic filing of returns under the | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Income Tax Act and a version of the same tax software | ||||||
| 5 | that does not.". | ||||||