Bill Text: IL HB6214 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for all taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2004 (instead of on or after December 31, 2004 and prior to January 1, 2016). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB6214 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB6214-Introduced.html


97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6214

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

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

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for all taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2004 (instead of on or after December 31, 2004 and prior to January 1, 2016). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The 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) Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone, River Edge
16Redevelopment Zone, and Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
17 (1) A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an
18 enterprise zone or a High Impact Business designated by the
19 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or for
20 taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2006, in a
21 River Edge Redevelopment Zone conducting a trade or
22 business in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
23 Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed
24 by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section in the amount of
25 $500 per eligible employee hired to work in the zone during
26 the taxable year.

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1 (2) To qualify for the credit:
2 (A) the taxpayer must hire 5 or more eligible
3 employees to work in an enterprise zone, River Edge
4 Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
5 Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the taxable year;
6 (B) the taxpayer's total employment within the
7 enterprise zone, River Edge Redevelopment Zone, or
8 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
9 must increase by 5 or more full-time employees beyond
10 the total employed in that zone at the end of the
11 previous tax year for which a jobs tax credit under
12 this Section was taken, or beyond the total employed by
13 the taxpayer as of December 31, 1985, whichever is
14 later; and
15 (C) the eligible employees must be employed 180
16 consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for
17 purposes of this subsection.
18 (3) An "eligible employee" means an employee who is:
19 (A) Certified by the Department of Commerce and
20 Economic Opportunity as "eligible for services"
21 pursuant to regulations promulgated in accordance with
22 Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act, Training
23 Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III of the Job
24 Training Partnership Act, Employment and Training
25 Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program.
26 (B) Hired after the enterprise zone, River Edge

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1 Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
2 Trade Zone or Sub-Zone was designated or the trade or
3 business was located in that zone, whichever is later.
4 (C) Employed in the enterprise zone, River Edge
5 Redevelopment Zone, or Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
6 An employee is employed in an enterprise zone or
7 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone if
8 his services are rendered there or it is the base of
9 operations for the services performed.
10 (D) A full-time employee working 30 or more hours
11 per week.
12 (4) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1985
13 and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed
14 for the tax year in which the eligible employees are hired.
15 For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1988, the
16 credit shall be allowed for the tax year immediately
17 following the tax year in which the eligible employees are
18 hired. If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
19 liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
20 liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
21 may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
22 the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
23 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
24 there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
25 tax year that is available to offset a liability, earlier
26 credit shall be applied first.

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1 (5) The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such
2 rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry
3 out the purposes of this subsection (g).
4 (6) The credit shall be available for eligible
5 employees hired on or after January 1, 1986.
6 (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
7 (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
8 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
9 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
10 and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
11 property which is placed in service by a Department of
12 Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
13 Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
14 property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
15 minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
16 subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
17 Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
18 time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
19 Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
20 Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
21 (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
22 Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
23 reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
24 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
25 credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
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1 The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
2 investment by a designated high impact business authorized
3 under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
4 Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
5 year in which the property is placed in service and shall
6 not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
7 taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
8 and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
9 on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
10 for the tax year in which the property is placed in
11 service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
12 liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
13 liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
14 may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
15 the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
16 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
17 there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
18 tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
19 credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
20 Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
21 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
22 reflect existing law.
23 (2) The term qualified property means property which:
24 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
25 buildings and structural components of buildings;
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1 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
2 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
3 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
4 (h);
5 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
6 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
7 (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
8 Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
9 Section.
10 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
11 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
12 income tax purposes.
13 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
14 depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
15 in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
16 Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
17 such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
18 the date of such increase in basis.
19 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
20 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
21 (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
22 December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
23 property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
24 after being placed in service, or the situs of any
25 qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
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1 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
2 year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
3 by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
4 been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
5 was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
6 such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
7 credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
8 the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
9 basis of qualified property resulting from a
10 redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
11 disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
12 reduction.
13 (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
14 1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
15 subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
16 the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
17 the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
18 18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
19 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
20 for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
21 facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
22 received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
23 (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
24Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
25shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
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1(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
2multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
3Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
4allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
5base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
6rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
7 Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
8subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
9because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
10and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
11liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
12forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
13(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
14year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
15year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
16applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
17liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
18than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
19earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
20first.
21 If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
221986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
23Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
24subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
25shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
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1imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
2reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
3taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
4year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
5 (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
6ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
72003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
8imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
9amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
10the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
11of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
12training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
13or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
14computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
15imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
16training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
17corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
18liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
19federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
20credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
21with the determination of income and distributive share of
22income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
23Internal Revenue Code.
24 Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
25the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
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1first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
2first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
3there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
4year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
5credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
6carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
7after December 31, 2003.
8 (k) Research and development credit.
9 For tax years ending after July 1, 1990 and prior to
10December 31, 2003, and beginning again for tax years ending on
11or after December 31, 2004, and ending prior to January 1,
122016, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
13imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
14increasing research activities in this State. The credit
15allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
16shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for
17increasing research activities in this State. For partners,
18shareholders of subchapter S corporations, and owners of
19limited liability companies, if the liability company is
20treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State
21income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under this
22subsection to be determined in accordance with the
23determination of income and distributive share of income under
24Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
25Code.
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1means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
2credit for increasing research activities which would be
3allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
4which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
5increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
6of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
7incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
8"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
9of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
10period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
11preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
12made.
13 Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
14year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
15unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
16as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
17taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
18first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
19prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
20ending on or after December 31, 2003.
21 If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
222 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
23year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
24given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
25remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
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1liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
2credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
3following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
4that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
5than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
6credit is given was incurred.
7 No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
891st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
9years beginning before January 1, 1999.
10 This subsection (k) is exempt from the provisions of
11Section 250 of this Act.
12 (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
13 (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
14 or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
15 credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
16 of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
17 eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
18 subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
19 eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
20 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
21 Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
22 paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
23 which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
24 Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
25 Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
26 for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the

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1 eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
2 available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
3 party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
4 release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
5 that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
6 pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
7 Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
8 Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
9 Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
10 enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
11 Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
12 for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
13 those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
14 includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
15 succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
16 and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
17 deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
18 Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
19 a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
20 credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
21 and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
22 remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
23 that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
24 contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
25 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
26 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The

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1 total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
2 a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
3 shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
4 allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
5 accordance with the determination of income and
6 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
7 subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
8 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
9 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
10 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
11 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
12 term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
13 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
14 maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
15 This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
16 which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
17 subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
18 offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
19 subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
20 this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
21 all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
22 was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
23 tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
24 carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
25 transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
26 chain of title for the site and provide written notice to

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1 the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
2 assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
3 amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
4 the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
5 taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
6 eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
7 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
8 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
9 Environmental Protection Act.
10 (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
11ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the custodian
12of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
13against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
14Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
15the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
16qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
17credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
18custodian of qualifying pupils exceed $500. In no event shall a
19credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
20under this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt
21from the provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
22 For purposes of this subsection:
23 "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
24residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
2521 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
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1sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
2twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
3this subsection.
4 "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
5behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
6book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
7enrolled during the regular school year.
8 "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
9secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
10VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
11satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
12except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
13attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
14the credit under this Section.
15 "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
16Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
17guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
18 (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
19credit.
20 (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
21 a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
22 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
23 certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
24 costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
25 this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
26 means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental

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1 Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
2 Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
3 environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
4 Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
5 Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
6 58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
7 be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
8 the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
9 not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
10 related party caused or contributed to, in any material
11 respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
12 the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
13 action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
14 Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
15 availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
16 consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
17 Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
18 Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
19 of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
20 Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
21 the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
22 Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
23 persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
24 (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
25 Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
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1 by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
2 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
3 $100,000 per site.
4 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
5 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
6 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
7 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
8 credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
9 which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
10 subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
11 offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
12 subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
13 this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
14 all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
15 was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
16 tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
17 carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
18 transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
19 chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
20 the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
21 assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
22 amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
23 the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
24 taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
25 eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
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1 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
2 Environmental Protection Act.
3(Source: P.A. 96-115, eff. 7-31-09; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09;
496-937, eff. 6-23-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1496, eff.
51-13-11; 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.
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