Bill Text: IL HB3827 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the maximum amount of the education expense credit to $1,500 (currently, $500). Adds athletic fees, driver's education fees, and fees and costs associated with certain out-of-school activities to the list of qualified education expenses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3827 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3827-Introduced.html


99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3827

Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 5/201 from Ch. 120, par. 2-201

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the maximum amount of the education expense credit to $1,500 (currently, $500). Adds athletic fees, driver's education fees, and fees and costs associated with certain out-of-school activities to the list of qualified education expenses.
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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 Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
5changing Section 201 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 5/201) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
7 Sec. 201. Tax Imposed.
8 (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
9imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for
10each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege
11of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this
12State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or
13privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
14corporation or political subdivision thereof.
15 (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
16Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
17subsection (d-1):
18 (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
19 taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal
20 to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
21 year.
22 (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
23 taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending

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1 after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
3 July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)
4 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
5 30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
6 (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
7 taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
8 prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
9 taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
10 (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
11 taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
12 ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum
13 of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
14 to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
15 (ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
16 December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
17 (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
18 taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and
19 ending prior to January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 5% of
20 the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
21 (5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
22 for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and
23 ending after December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum
24 of (i) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
25 to January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
26 (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period

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1 after December 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
2 (5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
3 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
4 and ending prior to January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
5 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
6 (5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
7 for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and
8 ending after December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum
9 of (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
10 prior to January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section
11 202.5, and (ii) 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the
12 period after December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section
13 202.5.
14 (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
15 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an
16 amount equal to 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the
17 taxable year.
18 (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
19 ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
20 taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
21 (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
22 beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
23 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
24 taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
25 as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
26 taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,

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1 as calculated under Section 202.3.
2 (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
3 beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
4 1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
5 income for the taxable year.
6 (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
7 beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
8 December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
9 of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
10 January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
11 (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
12 December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
13 (10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
14 beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
15 January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
16 net income for the taxable year.
17 (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
18 beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
19 December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
20 the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
21 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
22 of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
23 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
24 (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
25 beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
26 January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's

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1 net income for the taxable year.
2 (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
3 beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and ending after
4 December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25%
5 of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
6 January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
7 (ii) 4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
8 December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
9 (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
10 beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
11 4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
12 The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
13provisions of Section 201.5.
14 (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
15Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
16income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
17Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
18corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
19and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
20Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
21income in or as a resident of this State. The Personal Property
22Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
23tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
24addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
25this State or by any municipal corporation or political
26subdivision thereof.

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1 (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
2Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
3imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
4in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
5corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
6be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
7income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
81, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
9subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
10partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
11additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
12for the taxable year.
13 (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
14case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
15Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
16imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
17(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
18are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
19under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
20that for purposes of this determination premiums from
21reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
22reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
23on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
24imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
25increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
26under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,

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1shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
2on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
3the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
4domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
5and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
6insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
7allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on such
8income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For the
9purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes
10a mutual insurer under common management.
11 (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event
12 shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
13 (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:
14 (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such foreign
15 insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net of all
16 credits allowed under this Act, plus
17 (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of the
18 Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance company
19 tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
20 Act, and the fire department taxes imposed under
21 Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
22 equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 31,
23 2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
24 December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
25 the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section
26 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will in

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1 no event increase the rates imposed under subsections (b)
2 and (d).
3 (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
4 subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
5 by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
6 subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
7 Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
8 has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
9 subsection (d).
10 This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
11Section 250.
12 (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
13against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for
14investment in qualified property.
15 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
16 of the basis of qualified property placed in service during
17 the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
18 service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
19 additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
20 property placed in service during the taxable year,
21 provided such property is placed in service on or after
22 July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
23 Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
24 year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
25 filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
26 Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have

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1 met the 1% growth in base employment for the first year in
2 which they file employment records with the Illinois
3 Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
4 this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
5 Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
6 law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
7 increase in base employment within Illinois over the
8 preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
9 be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
10 numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
11 1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
12 not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
13 taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
14 any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
15 other than the year in which the property was placed in
16 service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
17 December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
18 credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
19 property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
20 credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
21 exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
22 amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
23 the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
24 excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
25 which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
26 equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an

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1 enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
2 Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
3 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
4 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
5 complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
6 (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
7 Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
8 Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
9 such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
10 after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
11 the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
12 or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
13 for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability or
14 the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
15 forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
16 years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
17 be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
18 liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
19 that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
20 shall be applied first.
21 (2) The term "qualified property" means property
22 which:
23 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
24 buildings and structural components of buildings and
25 signs that are real property, but not including land or
26 improvements to real property that are not a structural

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1 component of a building such as landscaping, sewer
2 lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
3 other appurtenances;
4 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
5 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
6 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
7 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
8 (e);
9 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
10 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
11 (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
12 primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
13 or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
14 on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
15 Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
16 Redevelopment Zone Act; and
17 (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
18 such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
19 the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
20 subsection (f).
21 (3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
22 "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
23 of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
24 regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
25 assembling which changes some existing material into new
26 shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of

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1 this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same
2 meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
3 Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection (e),
4 the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible personal
5 property for use or consumption and not for resale, or
6 services rendered in conjunction with the sale of tangible
7 personal property for use or consumption and not for
8 resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), "tangible
9 personal property" has the same meaning as when that term
10 is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and, for
11 taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, does not
12 include the generation, transmission, or distribution of
13 electricity.
14 (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
15 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
16 income tax purposes.
17 (5) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
18 depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
19 in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of such
20 increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
21 date of such increase in basis.
22 (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
23 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
24 (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
25 be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
26 48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of

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1 any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
2 months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
3 Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
4 increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
5 recomputing the investment credit which would have been
6 allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
7 originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
8 computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
9 from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
10 purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
11 qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
12 purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
13 property to the extent of such reduction.
14 (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
15 the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
16 incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs incurred
17 pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
18 December 31, 2018.
19 (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
20 a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
21 credits to which the partnership is entitled under this
22 subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
23 credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
24 against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
25 Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
26 credits shall be allocated among the partners in the

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1 partnership in accordance with the rules set forth in
2 Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
3 promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
4 the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
5 taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
6 its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
7 that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
8 shall be irrevocable.
9 For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
10 a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
11 under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
12 of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
13 S corporation for a subtraction under subparagraph (S) of
14 paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
15 allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
16 share of the credit earned under this subsection (e) during
17 the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
18 corporation, determined in accordance with the
19 determination of income and distributive share of income
20 under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
21 Revenue Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
22 of Section 250.
23 (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
24Redevelopment Zone.
25 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
26 tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for

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1 investment in qualified property which is placed in service
2 in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
3 Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
4 or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
5 established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
6 Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
7 corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
8 if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
9 purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
10 be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
11 determined in accordance with the determination of income
12 and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
13 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. The credit
14 shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
15 shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
16 property is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or
17 River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
18 the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
19 the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
20 to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
21 31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in
22 which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
23 of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
24 whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
25 as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
26 applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years

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1 following the excess credit year. The credit shall be
2 applied to the earliest year for which there is a
3 liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
4 that is available to offset a liability, the credit
5 accruing first in time shall be applied first.
6 (2) The term qualified property means property which:
7 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
8 buildings and structural components of buildings;
9 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
10 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
11 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
12 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
13 (f);
14 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
15 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
16 (D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
17 Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
18 (E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
19 such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
20 the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
21 subsection (e).
22 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
23 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
24 income tax purposes.
25 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
26 depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed

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1 in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
2 Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
3 increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
4 date of such increase in basis.
5 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
6 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
7 (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
8 be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
9 48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
10 any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
11 or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after
12 being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
13 (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable year shall be
14 increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
15 recomputing the investment credit which would have been
16 allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
17 originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
18 computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
19 from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
20 purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
21 qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
22 purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
23 property to the extent of such reduction.
24 (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
25 to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
26 service during the taxable year in a River Edge

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1 Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
2 service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
3 employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
4 the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
5 employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
6 Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
7 shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
8 employment for the first year in which they file employment
9 records with the Illinois Department of Employment
10 Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
11 within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,
12 the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
13 times a fraction, the numerator of which is 0.5% and the
14 denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
15 (g) (Blank).
16 (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
17 (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
18 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
19 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
20 and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
21 property which is placed in service by a Department of
22 Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
23 Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
24 property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
25 minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
26 subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois

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1 Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
2 time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
3 Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
4 Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
5 (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
6 Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
7 reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
8 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
9 credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
10 taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
11 The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
12 investment by a designated high impact business authorized
13 under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
14 Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
15 year in which the property is placed in service and shall
16 not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
17 taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
18 and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
19 on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
20 for the tax year in which the property is placed in
21 service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
22 liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
23 liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
24 may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
25 the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
26 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which

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1 there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
2 tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
3 credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
4 Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
5 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
6 reflect existing law.
7 (2) The term qualified property means property which:
8 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
9 buildings and structural components of buildings;
10 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
11 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
12 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
13 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
14 (h);
15 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
16 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
17 (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
18 Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
19 Section.
20 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
21 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
22 income tax purposes.
23 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
24 depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
25 in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
26 Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of

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1 such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
2 the date of such increase in basis.
3 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
4 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
5 (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
6 December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
7 property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
8 after being placed in service, or the situs of any
9 qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
10 months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
11 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
12 year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
13 by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
14 been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
15 was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
16 such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
17 credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
18 the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
19 basis of qualified property resulting from a
20 redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
21 disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
22 reduction.
23 (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
24 1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
25 subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
26 the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of

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1 the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
2 18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
3 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
4 for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
5 facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
6 received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
7 (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
8Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
9shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
10(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
11(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
12multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
13Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
14allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
15base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
16rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
17 Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
18subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
19because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
20and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
21liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
22forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
23(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
24year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
25year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
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1liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
2than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
3earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
4first.
5 If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
61986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
7Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
8subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
9shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
10recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
11imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
12reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
13taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
14year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
15 (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
16ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
172003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
18imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
19amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
20the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
21of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
22training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
23or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
24computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
25imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
26training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S

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1corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
2liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
3federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
4credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
5with the determination of income and distributive share of
6income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
7Internal Revenue Code.
8 Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
9the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
10the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
11first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
12first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
13there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
14year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
15credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
16carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
17after December 31, 2003.
18 (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending
19after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and
20beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31,
212004, and ending prior to January 1, 2016, a taxpayer shall be
22allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
23(b) of this Section for increasing research activities in this
24State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by
25subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the
26qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in

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1this State. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
2corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
3liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
4federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
5credit under this subsection to be determined in accordance
6with the determination of income and distributive share of
7income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
8Internal Revenue Code.
9 For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
10means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
11credit for increasing research activities which would be
12allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
13which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
14increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
15of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
16incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
17"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
18of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
19period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
20preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
21made.
22 Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
23year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
24unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
25as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
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1first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
2prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
3ending on or after December 31, 2003.
4 If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
52 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
6year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
7given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
8remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
9applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
10liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
11credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
12following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
13that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
14than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
15credit is given was incurred.
16 No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
1791st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
18years beginning before January 1, 1999.
19 (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
20 (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
21 or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
22 credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
23 of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
24 eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
25 subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
26 eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the

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1 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
2 Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
3 paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
4 which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
5 Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
6 Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
7 for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
8 eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
9 available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
10 party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
11 release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
12 that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
13 pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
14 Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
15 Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
16 Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
17 enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
18 Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
19 for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
20 those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
21 includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
22 succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
23 and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
24 deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
25 Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
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1 credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
2 and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
3 remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
4 that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
5 contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
6 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
7 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
8 total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
9 a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
10 shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
11 allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
12 accordance with the determination of income and
13 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
14 subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
15 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
16 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
17 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
18 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
19 term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
20 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
21 maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
22 This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
23 which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
24 subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
25 offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
26 subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under

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1 this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
2 all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
3 was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
4 tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
5 carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
6 transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
7 chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
8 the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
9 assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
10 amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
11 the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
12 taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
13 eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
14 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
15 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
16 Environmental Protection Act.
17 (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
18ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the custodian
19of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
20against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
21Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
22the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
23qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
24credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
25custodian of qualifying pupils exceed $1,500 $500. In no event
26shall a credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's

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1liability under this Act to less than zero. This subsection is
2exempt from the provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
3 For purposes of this subsection:
4 "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
5residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
621 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
7sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
8sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
9twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
10this subsection.
11 "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
12behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
13book fees, athletic fees, driver's education fees, and lab fees
14at the school in which the pupil is enrolled during the regular
15school year. Any fee or cost associated with an out-of-school
16activity that increases a student's access to: language
17acquisition; music; arts; trade skills; or Science,
18Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning shall also be
19considered a qualified education expense.
20 "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
21secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
22VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
23satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
24except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
25attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
26the credit under this Section.

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1 "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
2Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
3guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
4 (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
5credit.
6 (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
7 a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
8 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
9 certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
10 costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
11 this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
12 means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
13 Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
14 Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
15 environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
16 Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
17 Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
18 58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
19 be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
20 the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
21 not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
22 related party caused or contributed to, in any material
23 respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
24 the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
25 action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
26 Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit

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1 availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
2 consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
3 Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
4 Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
5 of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
6 Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
7 the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
8 Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
9 persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
10 (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
11 Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
12 of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
13 by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
14 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
15 $100,000 per site.
16 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
17 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
18 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
19 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
20 credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
21 which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
22 subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
23 offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
24 subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
25 this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
26 all or part of the remediation site for which the credit

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1 was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
2 tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
3 carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
4 transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
5 chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
6 the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
7 assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
8 amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
9 the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
10 taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
11 eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
12 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
13 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
14 Environmental Protection Act.
15 (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use
16of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, a surcharge is imposed on
17all taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of
18capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
19used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of
20an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of
21Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. The amount of the surcharge
22is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
23taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
24surcharge imposed does not apply if:
25 (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center
26 registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or

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1 the property of a registration is transferred as a result
2 of any of the following:
3 (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
4 adjustment initiated by or against the initial
5 registration or the substantial owners of the initial
6 registration;
7 (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
8 any registration by the Illinois Department of Public
9 Health;
10 (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of
11 Public Health that transfer of the registration is in
12 the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as
13 defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
14 Pilot Program Act;
15 (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
16 a registrant;
17 (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in
18 the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
19 publicly traded company;
20 (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
21 owned subsidiary; or
22 (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
23 another person where both persons were initial owners
24 of the registration when the registration was issued;
25 or
26 (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration,

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1 medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the
2 controlling interest in a registrant's property is
3 transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in which
4 no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a
5 transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal
6 Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized.
7(Source: P.A. 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-905,
8eff. 8-7-12; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13; 98-122, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756,
9eff. 7-16-14.)
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