98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4356

 

Introduced , by Rep. Chad Hays

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.2
35 ILCS 110/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.32
35 ILCS 120/1  from Ch. 120, par. 440

    Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, with respect to sales of cellular telephones and other wireless cellular devices, the terms "selling price" and "gross receipts" do not include consideration paid by a third-party cellular service provider. Effective immediately.


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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    Sec. 2. "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right
8or power over tangible personal property incident to the
9ownership of that property, except that it does not include the
10sale of such property in any form as tangible personal property
11in the regular course of business to the extent that such
12property is not first subjected to a use for which it was
13purchased, and does not include the use of such property by its
14owner for demonstration purposes: Provided that the property
15purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale,
16despite first being used, to the extent to which it is resold
17as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
18by-product of manufacturing. "Use" does not mean the
19demonstration use or interim use of tangible personal property
20by a retailer before he sells that tangible personal property.
21For watercraft or aircraft, if the period of demonstration use
22or interim use by the retailer exceeds 18 months, the retailer
23shall pay on the retailers' original cost price the tax imposed

 

 

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

 

 

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1title to tangible personal property to a purchaser, for the
2purpose of use, and not for the purpose of resale in any form
3as tangible personal property to the extent not first subjected
4to a use for which it was purchased, for a valuable
5consideration: Provided that the property purchased is deemed
6to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite first being
7used, to the extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of
8an intentionally produced product or by-product of
9manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as an incident
10to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is considered to be
11an intentionally produced by-product of manufacturing. "Sale
12at retail" includes any such transfer made for resale unless
13made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers' Occupation
14Tax Act, as incorporated by reference into Section 12 of this
15Act. Transactions whereby the possession of the property is
16transferred but the seller retains the title as security for
17payment of the selling price are sales.
18    "Sale at retail" shall also be construed to include any
19Illinois florist's sales transaction in which the purchase
20order is received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for
21use or consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in
22another state deliver the property to the purchaser or the
23purchaser's donee in such other state.
24    Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
25persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
26cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is

 

 

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1transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
2part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
3package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
4consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
5items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
6plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or other
7containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie bags,
8and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred to
9customers as part of the sale of food or beverages in the
10ordinary course of business.
11    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
12personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
13of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
14purchase, use or sale of tangible personal property.
15    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
16in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
17cash, credits, property other than as hereinafter provided, and
18services, but not including the value of or credit given for
19traded-in tangible personal property where the item that is
20traded-in is of like kind and character as that which is being
21sold, and shall be determined without any deduction on account
22of the cost of the property sold, the cost of materials used,
23labor or service cost or any other expense whatsoever, but does
24not include interest or finance charges which appear as
25separate items on the bill of sale or sales contract nor
26charges that are added to prices by sellers on account of the

 

 

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1seller's tax liability under the "Retailers' Occupation Tax
2Act", or on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
3purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act, or, except as
4otherwise provided with respect to any cigarette tax imposed by
5a home rule unit, on account of the seller's tax liability
6under any local occupation tax administered by the Department,
7or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any cigarette
8tax imposed by a home rule unit on account of the seller's duty
9to collect, from the purchasers, the tax that is imposed under
10any local use tax administered by the Department. Effective
11December 1, 1985, "selling price" shall include charges that
12are added to prices by sellers on account of the seller's tax
13liability under the Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the
14seller's duty to collect, from the purchaser, the tax imposed
15under the Cigarette Use Tax Act, and on account of the seller's
16duty to collect, from the purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed
17by a home rule unit. With respect to sales of cellular
18telephones or other wireless cellular devices, the term
19"selling price" does not include consideration paid by a
20third-party cellular service provider. The changes made by this
21amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are declarative of
22existing law.
23    "Wireless cellular device" means any wireless
24communication device that provides for voice or data
25communication between 2 or more parties, including, but not
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1or receives messages or electronic data.
2    The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
3construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
4vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
5agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
6agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
7which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
8retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
9occasional sale.
10    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
11    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
12association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
13private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
14executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
15by order of any court.
16    "Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in the
17business of making sales at retail as defined in this Section.
18    A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
19(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
20property at retail is a retailer hereunder with respect to such
21sales (and not primarily in a service occupation)
22notwithstanding the fact that such person designs and produces
23such tangible personal property on special order for the
24purchaser and in such a way as to render the property of value
25only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal property so
26produced on special order serves substantially the same

 

 

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1function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
2property that are sold at retail.
3    A person whose activities are organized and conducted
4primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
5engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
6(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
7is a retailer with respect to such transactions, excepting only
8a person organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
9religious or educational purposes either (1), to the extent of
10sales by such person to its members, students, patients or
11inmates of tangible personal property to be used primarily for
12the purposes of such person, or (2), to the extent of sales by
13such person of tangible personal property which is not sold or
14offered for sale by persons organized for profit. The selling
15of school books and school supplies by schools at retail to
16students is not "primarily for the purposes of" the school
17which does such selling. This paragraph does not apply to nor
18subject to taxation occasional dinners, social or similar
19activities of a person organized and operated exclusively for
20charitable, religious or educational purposes, whether or not
21such activities are open to the public.
22    A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
23Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
24serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
25for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
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1suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not a
2retailer under this Act with respect to such transactions.
3    Persons who engage in the business of transferring tangible
4personal property upon the redemption of trading stamps are
5retailers hereunder when engaged in such business.
6    The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
7property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
8being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
9such tangible personal property at retail or a sale through a
10bulk vending machine does not make such person a retailer
11hereunder. However, any person who is engaged in a business
12which is not subject to the tax imposed by the "Retailers'
13Occupation Tax Act" because of involving the sale of or a
14contract to sell real estate or a construction contract to
15improve real estate, but who, in the course of conducting such
16business, transfers tangible personal property to users or
17consumers in the finished form in which it was purchased, and
18which does not become real estate, under any provision of a
19construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
20agreement entered into with some other person arising out of or
21because of such nontaxable business, is a retailer to the
22extent of the value of the tangible personal property so
23transferred. If, in such transaction, a separate charge is made
24for the tangible personal property so transferred, the value of
25such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the amount so
26separately charged, but not less than the cost of such property

 

 

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1to the transferor; if no separate charge is made, the value of
2such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the cost to the
3transferor of such tangible personal property.
4    "Retailer maintaining a place of business in this State",
5or any like term, means and includes any of the following
6retailers:
7        1. A retailer having or maintaining within this State,
8    directly or by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house,
9    sales house, warehouse or other place of business, or any
10    agent or other representative operating within this State
11    under the authority of the retailer or its subsidiary,
12    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
13    other representative is located here permanently or
14    temporarily, or whether such retailer or subsidiary is
15    licensed to do business in this State. However, the
16    ownership of property that is located at the premises of a
17    printer with which the retailer has contracted for printing
18    and that consists of the final printed product, property
19    that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy
20    from which the printed product is produced shall not result
21    in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office,
22    distribution house, sales house, warehouse, or other place
23    of business within this State.
24        1.1. Beginning July 1, 2011, a retailer having a
25    contract with a person located in this State under which
26    the person, for a commission or other consideration based

 

 

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1    upon the sale of tangible personal property by the
2    retailer, directly or indirectly refers potential
3    customers to the retailer by a link on the person's
4    Internet website. The provisions of this paragraph 1.1
5    shall apply only if the cumulative gross receipts from
6    sales of tangible personal property by the retailer to
7    customers who are referred to the retailer by all persons
8    in this State under such contracts exceed $10,000 during
9    the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day of
10    March, June, September, and December.
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 based
20        upon the sale of tangible personal property by the
21        retailer.
22    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
23    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of tangible
24    personal property by the retailer to customers in this
25    State under all such contracts exceed $10,000 during the
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1    March, June, September, and December.
2        2. A retailer soliciting orders for tangible personal
3    property by means of a telecommunication or television
4    shopping system (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is
5    intended by the retailer to be broadcast by cable
6    television or other means of broadcasting, to consumers
7    located in this State.
8        3. A retailer, pursuant to a contract with a
9    broadcaster or publisher located in this State, soliciting
10    orders for tangible personal property by means of
11    advertising which is disseminated primarily to consumers
12    located in this State and only secondarily to bordering
13    jurisdictions.
14        4. A retailer soliciting orders for tangible personal
15    property by mail if the solicitations are substantial and
16    recurring and if the retailer benefits from any banking,
17    financing, debt collection, telecommunication, or
18    marketing activities occurring in this State or benefits
19    from the location in this State of authorized installation,
20    servicing, or repair facilities.
21        5. A retailer that is owned or controlled by the same
22    interests that own or control any retailer engaging in
23    business in the same or similar line of business in this
24    State.
25        6. A retailer having a franchisee or licensee operating
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1    required to collect the tax under this Section.
2        7. A retailer, pursuant to a contract with a cable
3    television operator located in this State, soliciting
4    orders for tangible personal property by means of
5    advertising which is transmitted or distributed over a
6    cable television system in this State.
7        8. A retailer engaging in activities in Illinois, which
8    activities in the state in which the retail business
9    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
10    maintaining a place of business in that state.
11    "Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
12unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
13primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
14coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
15inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
16without selection by the customer.
17(Source: P.A. 95-723, eff. 6-23-08; 96-1544, eff. 3-10-11.)
 
18    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
19Section 2 as follows:
 
20    (35 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
21    Sec. 2. "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right
22or power over tangible personal property incident to the
23ownership of that property, but does not include the sale or
24use for demonstration by him of that property in any form as

 

 

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1tangible personal property in the regular course of business.
2"Use" does not mean the interim use of tangible personal
3property nor the physical incorporation of tangible personal
4property, as an ingredient or constituent, into other tangible
5personal property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of
6business or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient
7or constituent therein has undertaken at the time of such
8purchase to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
9destinations outside the State of Illinois.
10    "Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
11ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
12sale of service.
13    "Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
14service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
15personal property.
16    "Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
17for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
18otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
19determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
20cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
21incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
22or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
23shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
24property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
25is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
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1the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
2    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
3in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
4cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
5deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
6sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
7other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
8finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
9sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
10sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
11purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act. With respect to
12sales of cellular telephones or other wireless cellular
13devices, the term "selling price" does not include
14consideration paid by a third-party cellular service provider.
15The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th General
16Assembly are declarative of existing law.
17    "Wireless cellular device" means any wireless
18communication device that provides for voice or data
19communication between 2 or more parties, including, but not
20limited to, a text messaging device or other device that sends
21or receives messages or electronic data.
22    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
23    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
24association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
25private corporation, limited liability company, and any
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1appointed by order of any court.
2    "Sale of service" means any transaction except:
3        (1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
4    under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
5    Tax Act.
6        (2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
7    purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
8    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
9        (3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
10    of tangible personal property as an incident to the
11    rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
12    for or by any corporation, society, association,
13    foundation or institution organized and operated
14    exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
15    purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
16    association, foundation, institution or organization which
17    has no compensated officers or employees and which is
18    organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
19    persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
20    company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
21    only if the limited liability company is organized and
22    operated exclusively for educational purposes.
23        (4) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
24    an incident to the rendering of service for interstate
25    carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
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1    or longer, executed or in effect at the time of purchase of
2    personal property, to interstate carriers for hire for use
3    as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce so long as
4    so used by such interstate carriers for hire, and equipment
5    operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a
6    common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
7    which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft
8    moving in interstate commerce.
9        (4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
10    as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
11    lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
12    utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling
13    stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
14    interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
15    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
16    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
17    permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
18    interstate commerce.
19        (4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
20    2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
21    division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
22    pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
23    motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
24    imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
25    Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
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1    (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000
2    pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
3    distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
4    Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
5    for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
6    exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
7    after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
8    motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
9    the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
10    Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
11    purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
12    in furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise
13    whether for-hire or not.
14        (5) a sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
15    primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
16    assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
17    manufacturing facility, of tangible personal property for
18    wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
19    lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
20    person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
21    by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
22    sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
23    seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
24    applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
25    Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
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1    machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
2    electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
3    generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
4    wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
5    through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment
6    of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
7    customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The
8    provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
9    Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning
10    and scope of this exemption.
11        (5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
12    a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
13    which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
14    such carrier receives the physical possession of the
15    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
16    personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
17    transports, or shares with another common carrier in the
18    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
19    standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
20    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
21    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
22        (5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
23    which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
24    such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
25    Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
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1    carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
2    such property in Illinois, and which transports such
3    property, or shares with another common carrier in the
4    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
5    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
6    property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
7    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
8        (6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
9    distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit
10    and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery
11    and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
12    the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
13    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
14    for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
15    or resale.
16        (7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
17    be otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of
18    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
19    year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
20    price of tangible personal property transferred as an
21    incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
22    in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
23    or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
24    aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of
25    service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
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1    Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
2    primary serviceman who has made the election described in
3    this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
4    serviceman who has also made the election described in this
5    paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
6    liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
7    pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
8    personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
9    and (ii) certifies that fact in writing to the primary
10    serviceman.
11    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
12completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
13imposed pursuant to this Act.
14    Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
15the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
16equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
17equipment. The machinery and equipment exemption does not
18include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
19electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
20or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
21retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
22pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
23wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
24pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
25Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
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1purposes of exemption (5), each of these terms shall have the
2following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
3production of any article of tangible personal property,
4whether such article is a finished product or an article for
5use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
6article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
7regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
8refining which changes some existing material or materials into
9a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
10recognized integrated business composed of a series of
11operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
12individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
13manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
14first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
15not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
16in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
17further, for purposes of exemption (5), photoprocessing is
18deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
19property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
20shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
21property, whether such article is a finished product or an
22article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
23different article of tangible personal property, by the
24combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
25as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
26use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical

 

 

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1machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
2manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
3include any independent device or tool separate from any
4machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
5assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
6manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
7manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
8comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
9or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
10fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
11periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
12shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
13chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
14chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
15change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
16wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
17machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
18number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
19purchase. The user of such machinery and equipment and tools
20without an active resale registration number shall prepare a
21certificate of exemption for each transaction stating facts
22establishing the exemption for that transaction, which
23certificate shall be available to the Department for inspection
24or audit. The Department shall prescribe the form of the
25certificate.
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1Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
2from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
3exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
4maintained as a public record, and made available for public
5inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
6letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
7information, where possible the Department shall delete such
8information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
9rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
10applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
11policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
12Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
13    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
14under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax free
15purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
16number issued by the Department.
17    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
18personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
19of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
20purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
21property within the meaning of this Act.
22    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
23occupation of making sales of service.
24    "Sale at retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
25Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
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1personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
2incident to a sale of service.
3    "Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
4or any like term, means and includes any serviceman:
5        1. having or maintaining within this State, directly or
6    by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
7    house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
8    or other representative operating within this State under
9    the authority of the serviceman or its subsidiary,
10    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
11    other representative is located here permanently or
12    temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
13    licensed to do business in this State;
14        1.1. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
15    person located in this State under which the person, for a
16    commission or other consideration based on the sale of
17    service by the serviceman, directly or indirectly refers
18    potential customers to the serviceman by a link on the
19    person's Internet website. The provisions of this
20    paragraph 1.1 shall apply only if the cumulative gross
21    receipts from sales of service by the serviceman to
22    customers who are referred to the serviceman by all persons
23    in this State under such contracts exceed $10,000 during
24    the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day of
25    March, June, September, and December;
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1    person located in this State under which:
2            A. the serviceman sells the same or substantially
3        similar line of services as the person located in this
4        State and does so using an identical or substantially
5        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
6        located in this State; and
7            B. the serviceman provides a commission or other
8        consideration to the person located in this State based
9        upon the sale of services by the serviceman.
10    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
11    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
12    serviceman to customers in this State under all such
13    contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
14    periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
15    and December;
16        2. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
17    means of a telecommunication or television shopping system
18    (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended by the
19    retailer to be broadcast by cable television or other means
20    of broadcasting, to consumers located in this State;
21        3. pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
22    publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
23    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
24    disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
25    and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
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1    mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring and
2    if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing, debt
3    collection, telecommunication, or marketing activities
4    occurring in this State or benefits from the location in
5    this State of authorized installation, servicing, or
6    repair facilities;
7        5. being owned or controlled by the same interests
8    which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
9    the same or similar line of business in this State;
10        6. having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
11    trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
12    collect the tax under this Section;
13        7. pursuant to a contract with a cable television
14    operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
15    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
16    transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
17    in this State; or
18        8. engaging in activities in Illinois, which
19    activities in the state in which the supply business
20    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
21    maintaining a place of business in that state.
22(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
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1    (35 ILCS 120/1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 440)
2    Sec. 1. Definitions. "Sale at retail" means any transfer of
3the ownership of or title to tangible personal property to a
4purchaser, for the purpose of use or consumption, and not for
5the purpose of resale in any form as tangible personal property
6to the extent not first subjected to a use for which it was
7purchased, for a valuable consideration: Provided that the
8property purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of
9resale, despite first being used, to the extent to which it is
10resold as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
11byproduct of manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as
12an incident to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is
13considered to be an intentionally produced byproduct of
14manufacturing. Transactions whereby the possession of the
15property is transferred but the seller retains the title as
16security for payment of the selling price shall be deemed to be
17sales.
18    "Sale at retail" shall be construed to include any transfer
19of the ownership of or title to tangible personal property to a
20purchaser, for use or consumption by any other person to whom
21such purchaser may transfer the tangible personal property
22without a valuable consideration, and to include any transfer,
23whether made for or without a valuable consideration, for
24resale in any form as tangible personal property unless made in
25compliance with Section 2c of this Act.
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1extent not first subjected to a use for which it was purchased,
2as an ingredient or constituent, goes into and forms a part of
3tangible personal property subsequently the subject of a "Sale
4at retail", are not sales at retail as defined in this Act:
5Provided that the property purchased is deemed to be purchased
6for the purpose of resale, despite first being used, to the
7extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of an
8intentionally produced product or byproduct of manufacturing.
9    "Sale at retail" shall be construed to include any Illinois
10florist's sales transaction in which the purchase order is
11received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for use or
12consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in another
13state deliver the property to the purchaser or the purchaser's
14donee in such other state.
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 other
24containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie bags,
25and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred to
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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, excepting
12only 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 provisions
22of this paragraph shall not apply to nor subject to taxation
23occasional dinners, socials or similar activities of a person
24organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious
25or educational purposes, whether or not such activities are
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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 consumption.
15No person shall act as a reseller of motor fuel within this
16State without first being registered as a reseller pursuant to
17Section 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 not including
22the value of or credit given for traded-in tangible personal
23property where the item that is traded-in is of like kind and
24character as that which is being sold, and shall be determined
25without any deduction on account of the cost of the property
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1other expense whatsoever, but does not include charges that are
2added to prices by sellers on account of the seller's tax
3liability under this Act, or on account of the seller's duty to
4collect, from the purchaser, the tax that is imposed by the Use
5Tax Act, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any
6cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the
7seller's tax liability under any local occupation tax
8administered by the Department, or, except as otherwise
9provided with respect to any cigarette tax imposed by a home
10rule unit on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
11purchasers, the tax that is imposed under any local use tax
12administered by the Department. Effective December 1, 1985,
13"selling price" shall include charges that are added to prices
14by sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
15Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the sellers' duty to collect,
16from the purchaser, the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use Tax
17Act, and on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
18purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit. With
19respect to sales of cellular telephones or other wireless
20cellular devices, the term "selling price" does not include
21consideration paid by a third-party cellular service provider.
22The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th General
23Assembly are declarative of existing law.
24    The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
25construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
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1agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
2agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
3which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
4retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
5occasional sale.
6    "Gross receipts" from the sales of tangible personal
7property at retail means the total selling price or the amount
8of such sales, as hereinbefore defined. In the case of charge
9and time sales, the amount thereof shall be included only as
10and when payments are received by the seller. Receipts or other
11consideration derived by a seller from the sale, transfer or
12assignment of accounts receivable to a wholly owned subsidiary
13will not be deemed payments prior to the time the purchaser
14makes payment on such accounts. With respect to sales of
15cellular telephones or other wireless cellular devices, the
16term "gross receipts" does not include consideration paid by a
17third-party cellular service provider. The changes made by this
18amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are declarative of
19existing law.
20    "Wireless cellular device" means any wireless
21communication device that provides for voice or data
22communication between 2 or more parties, including, but not
23limited to, a text messaging device or other device that sends
24or receives messages or electronic data.
25    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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1association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
2private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
3executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
4by order of any court.
5    The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
6property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
7being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
8such tangible personal property at retail, or a sale through a
9bulk vending machine, does not constitute engaging in a
10business of selling such tangible personal property at retail
11within the meaning of this Act; provided that any person who is
12engaged in a business which is not subject to the tax imposed
13by this Act because of involving the sale of or a contract to
14sell real estate or a construction contract to improve real
15estate or a construction contract to engineer, install, and
16maintain an integrated system of products, but who, in the
17course of conducting such business, transfers tangible
18personal property to users or consumers in the finished form in
19which it was purchased, and which does not become real estate
20or was not engineered and installed, under any provision of a
21construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
22agreement entered into with some other person arising out of or
23because of such nontaxable business, is engaged in the business
24of selling tangible personal property at retail to the extent
25of the value of the tangible personal property so transferred.
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1tangible personal property so transferred, the value of such
2property, for the purpose of this Act, shall be the amount so
3separately charged, but not less than the cost of such property
4to the transferor; if no separate charge is made, the value of
5such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the cost to the
6transferor of such tangible personal property. Construction
7contracts for the improvement of real estate consisting of
8engineering, installation, and maintenance of voice, data,
9video, security, and all telecommunication systems do not
10constitute engaging in a business of selling tangible personal
11property at retail within the meaning of this Act if they are
12sold at one specified contract price.
13    A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
14(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
15property at retail is a person engaged in the business of
16selling tangible personal property at retail hereunder with
17respect to such sales (and not primarily in a service
18occupation) notwithstanding the fact that such person designs
19and produces such tangible personal property on special order
20for the purchaser and in such a way as to render the property
21of value only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal
22property so produced on special order serves substantially the
23same function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
24property that are sold at retail.
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1engaged in the business of selling such property at retail and
2shall be liable for and shall pay the tax imposed by this Act
3on the basis of the retail value of the property transferred
4upon redemption of such stamps.
5    "Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
6unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
7primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
8coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
9inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
10without selection by the customer.
11(Source: P.A. 95-723, eff. 6-23-08.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.