093_HB0212

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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 204 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 5/204) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-204)
 7        Sec. 204.  Standard Exemption.
 8        (a)  Allowance  of  exemption.  In  computing  net income
 9    under this Act, there shall be allowed as  an  exemption  the
10    sum  of  the  amounts  determined under subsections (b), (c),
11    (c-5), and (d), multiplied by a  fraction  the  numerator  of
12    which  is  the amount of the taxpayer's base income allocable
13    to this State for the taxable year  and  the  denominator  of
14    which  is  the  taxpayer's  total base income for the taxable
15    year.
16        (b)  Basic amount. For the purpose of subsection  (a)  of
17    this Section, except as provided by subsection (a) of Section
18    205  and in this subsection, each taxpayer shall be allowed a
19    basic amount of $1000, except that for individuals the  basic
20    amount shall be:
21             (1)  for  taxable  years ending on or after December
22        31, 1998 and prior to December 31, 1999, $1,300;
23             (2)  for taxable years ending on or  after  December
24        31, 1999 and prior to December 31, 2000, $1,650;
25             (3)  for  taxable  years ending on or after December
26        31, 2000, $2,000.
27    For taxable years ending on or after  December  31,  1992,  a
28    taxpayer  whose Illinois base income exceeds the basic amount
29    and who is claimed as a dependent  on  another  person's  tax
30    return  under  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be
31    allowed any basic amount under this subsection.

 
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 1        (c)  Additional amount for individuals. In the case of an
 2    individual taxpayer, there shall be allowed for  the  purpose
 3    of  subsection  (a), in addition to the basic amount provided
 4    by subsection (b), an additional exemption equal to the basic
 5    amount for each exemption in excess of one allowable to  such
 6    individual taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 151 of
 7    the Internal Revenue Code.
 8        (c-5)  Additional  exemption for dependents.  For taxable
 9    years ending on or after December 31, 2003, in the case of an
10    individual taxpayer, there shall be allowed for  the  purpose
11    of  subsection  (a), in addition to the basic amount provided
12    by subsection (b)  and  the  additional  amount  provided  by
13    subsection  (c), an additional exemption for dependents equal
14    to the basic amount for  each  exemption  allowable  to  such
15    individual taxpayer for the taxable year under subsection (c)
16    of Section 151 of the Internal Revenue Code.
17        (d)  Additional exemptions for an individual taxpayer and
18    his or her spouse.  In the case of an individual taxpayer and
19    his or her spouse, he or she shall each be allowed additional
20    exemptions as follows:
21             (1)  Additional  exemption for taxpayer or spouse 65
22        years of age or older.
23                  (A)  For taxpayer.  An additional exemption  of
24             $1,000  for  the  taxpayer if he or she has attained
25             the age of 65 before the end of the taxable year.
26                  (B)  For spouse when  a  joint  return  is  not
27             filed.   An  additional  exemption of $1,000 for the
28             spouse of the taxpayer if a joint return is not made
29             by the taxpayer and his spouse, and  if  the  spouse
30             has  attained  the  age of 65 before the end of such
31             taxable year, and, for the calendar  year  in  which
32             the  taxable  year  of  the  taxpayer begins, has no
33             gross income and is not  the  dependent  of  another
34             taxpayer.
 
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 1             (2)  Additional  exemption for blindness of taxpayer
 2        or spouse.
 3                  (A)  For taxpayer.  An additional exemption  of
 4             $1,000 for the taxpayer if he or she is blind at the
 5             end of the taxable year.
 6                  (B)  For  spouse  when  a  joint  return is not
 7             filed.  An additional exemption of  $1,000  for  the
 8             spouse  of the taxpayer if a separate return is made
 9             by the taxpayer, and if the spouse is blind and, for
10             the calendar year in which the taxable year  of  the
11             taxpayer  begins, has no gross income and is not the
12             dependent of another taxpayer. For purposes of  this
13             paragraph,  the  determination of whether the spouse
14             is blind shall be made as of the end of the  taxable
15             year of the taxpayer; except that if the spouse dies
16             during such taxable year such determination shall be
17             made as of the time of such death.
18                  (C)  Blindness  defined.   For purposes of this
19             subsection, an individual is blind only  if  his  or
20             her  central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in
21             the better eye with correcting lenses, or if his  or
22             her  visual  acuity  is  greater  than 20/200 but is
23             accompanied by a limitation in the fields of  vision
24             such  that  the widest diameter of the visual fields
25             subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
26        (e)  Cross reference. See Article 3  for  the  manner  of
27    determining base income allocable to this State.
28        (f)  Application  of  Section  250.  Section 250 does not
29    apply to the amendments to this Section made  by  Public  Act
30    90-613.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-613, eff. 7-9-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)