100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2259

 

Introduced 11/1/2017, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

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

    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for taxpayers who (1) have an adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less and (2) are college or university students or may claim a college or university student as a dependent. Provides that the credit shall be equal to a portion of the tuition and fee expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year on behalf of the qualifying student. Sets forth the amount of the credit. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 3.75%
5    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 July 1, 2017, and
8    ending after June 30, 2017, an amount equal to the sum of
9    (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
10    to July 1, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
11    (ii) 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
12    after June 30, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5.
13        (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
14    for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an
15    amount equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the
16    taxable year.
17        (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
18    ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
19    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
20        (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
21    beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
22    1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
23    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
24    as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
25    taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,
26    as calculated under Section 202.3.

 

 

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1        (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
2    beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
3    1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
4    income for the taxable year.
5        (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
6    beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
7    December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
8    of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
9    January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
10    (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
11    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
12        (10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
13    beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
14    January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
15    net income for the taxable year.
16        (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
17    beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
18    December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
19    the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
20    1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
21    of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
22    31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
23        (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
24    beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
25    July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's
26    net income for the taxable year.

 

 

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1        (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
2    beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and ending after June 30,
3    2017, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25% of the
4    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 2017,
5    as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 7% of the
6    taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 2017,
7    as calculated under Section 202.5.
8        (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
9    beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 7%
10    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
11    The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
12provisions of Section 201.5.
13    (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
14Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
15income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
16Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
17corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
18and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
19Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
20income in or as a resident of this State. The Personal Property
21Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
22tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
23addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
24this State or by any municipal corporation or political
25subdivision thereof.
26    (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income

 

 

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1Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
2imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
3in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
4corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
5be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
6income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
71, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
8subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
9partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
10additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
11for the taxable year.
12    (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
13case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
14Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
15imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
16(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
17are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
18under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
19that for purposes of this determination premiums from
20reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
21reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
22on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
23imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
24increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
25under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,
26shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed

 

 

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

 

 

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1    and (d).
2        (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
3    subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
4    by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
5    subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
6    Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
7    has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
8    subsection (d).
9    This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
10Section 250.
11    (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
12against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for
13investment in qualified property.
14        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
15    of the basis of qualified property placed in service during
16    the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
17    service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
18    additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
19    property placed in service during the taxable year,
20    provided such property is placed in service on or after
21    July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
22    Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
23    year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
24    filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
25    Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have
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1    which they file employment records with the Illinois
2    Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
3    this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
4    Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
5    law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
6    increase in base employment within Illinois over the
7    preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
8    be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
9    numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
10    1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
11    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
12    taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
13    any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
14    other than the year in which the property was placed in
15    service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
16    December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
17    credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
18    property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
19    credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
20    exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
21    amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
22    the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
23    excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
24    which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
25    equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
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1    Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
2    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
3    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
4    complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
5    (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
6    Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
7    Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
8    such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
9    after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
10    the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
11    or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
12    for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability or
13    the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
14    forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
15    years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
16    be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
17    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
18    that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
19    shall be applied first.
20        (2) The term "qualified property" means property
21    which:
22            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
23        buildings and structural components of buildings and
24        signs that are real property, but not including land or
25        improvements to real property that are not a structural
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1        lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
2        other appurtenances;
3            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
4        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
5        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
6        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
7        (e);
8            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
9        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
10            (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
11        primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
12        or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
13        on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
14        Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
15        Redevelopment Zone Act; and
16            (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
17        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
18        the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
19        subsection (f).
20        (3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
21    "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
22    of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
23    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
24    assembling which changes some existing material into new
25    shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of
26    this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same

 

 

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

 

 

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1    months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
2    Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
3    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
4    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
5    allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
6    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
7    computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
8    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
9    purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
10    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
11    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
12    property to the extent of such reduction.
13        (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
14    the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
15    incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs incurred
16    pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
17    December 31, 2018.
18        (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
19    a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
20    credits to which the partnership is entitled under this
21    subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
22    credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
23    against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
24    Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
25    credits shall be allocated among the partners in the
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1    Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
2    promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
3    the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
4    taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
5    its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
6    that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
7    shall be irrevocable.
8        For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
9    a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
10    under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
11    of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
12    S corporation for a subtraction under subparagraph (S) of
13    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
14    allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
15    share of the credit earned under this subsection (e) during
16    the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
17    corporation, determined in accordance with the
18    determination of income and distributive share of income
19    under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
20    Revenue Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
21    of Section 250.
22    (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
23Redevelopment Zone.
24        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
25    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
26    investment in qualified property which is placed in service

 

 

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1    in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
2    Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
3    or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
4    established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
5    Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
6    corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
7    if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
8    purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
9    be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
10    determined in accordance with the determination of income
11    and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
12    and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. The credit
13    shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
14    shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
15    property is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or
16    River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
17    the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
18    the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
19    to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
20    31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in
21    which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
22    of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
23    whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
24    as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
25    applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years
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1    applied to the earliest year for which there is a
2    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
3    that is available to offset a liability, the credit
4    accruing first in time shall be applied first.
5        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
6            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
7        buildings and structural components of buildings;
8            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
9        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
10        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
11        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
12        (f);
13            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
14        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
15            (D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
16        Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
17            (E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
18        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
19        the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
20        subsection (e).
21        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
22    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
23    income tax purposes.
24        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
25    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
26    in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge

 

 

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1    Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
2    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
3    date of such increase in basis.
4        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
5    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
6        (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
7    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
8    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
9    any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
10    or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after
11    being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
12    (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable year shall be
13    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
14    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
15    allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
16    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
17    computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
18    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
19    purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
20    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
21    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
22    property to the extent of such reduction.
23        (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
24    to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
25    service during the taxable year in a River Edge
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1    service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
2    employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
3    the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
4    employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
5    Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
6    shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
7    employment for the first year in which they file employment
8    records with the Illinois Department of Employment
9    Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
10    within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,
11    the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
12    times a fraction, the numerator of which is 0.5% and the
13    denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
14    (g) (Blank).
15    (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
16        (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
17    of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
18    allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
19    and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
20    property which is placed in service by a Department of
21    Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
22    Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
23    property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
24    minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
25    subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
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1    time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
2    Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
3    Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
4    (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
5    Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
6    reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
7    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
8    credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
9    taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
10    The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
11    investment by a designated high impact business authorized
12    under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
13    Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
14    year in which the property is placed in service and shall
15    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
16    taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
17    and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
18    on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
19    for the tax year in which the property is placed in
20    service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
21    liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
22    liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
23    may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
24    the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
25    credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
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1    tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
2    credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
3        Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
4    88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
5    reflect existing law.
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        (h);
14            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
15        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
16            (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
17        Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
18        Section.
19        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
20    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
21    income tax purposes.
22        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
23    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
24    in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
25    Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
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1    the date of such increase in basis.
2        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
3    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
4        (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
5    December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
6    property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
7    after being placed in service, or the situs of any
8    qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
9    months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
10    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
11    year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
12    by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
13    been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
14    was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
15    such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
16    credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
17    the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
18    basis of qualified property resulting from a
19    redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
20    disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
21    reduction.
22        (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
23    1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
24    subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
25    the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
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1    18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
2    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
3    for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
4    facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
5    received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
6    (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
7Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
8shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
9(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
10(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
11multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
12Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
13allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
14base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
15rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
16    Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
17subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
18because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
19and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
20liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
21forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
22(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
23year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
24year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
25applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
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1than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
2earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
3first.
4    If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
51986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
6Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
7subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
8shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
9recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
10imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
11reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
12taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
13year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
14    (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
15ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
162003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
17imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
18amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
19the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
20of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
21training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
22or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
23computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
24imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
25training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
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1liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
2federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
3credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
4with the determination of income and distributive share of
5income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
6Internal Revenue Code.
7    Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
8the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
9the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
10first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
11first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
12there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
13year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
14credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
15carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
16after December 31, 2003.
17    (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending
18after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and
19beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31,
202004, and ending prior to January 1, 2022, a taxpayer shall be
21allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
22(b) of this Section for increasing research activities in this
23State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by
24subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the
25qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in
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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 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    For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
9means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
10credit for increasing research activities which would be
11allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
12which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
13increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
14of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
15incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
16"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
17of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
18period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
19preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
20made.
21    Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
22year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
23unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
24as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
25taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
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1prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
2ending on or after December 31, 2003.
3    If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
42 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
5year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
6given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
7remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
8applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
9liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
10credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
11following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
12that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
13than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
14credit is given was incurred.
15    No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
1691st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
17years beginning before January 1, 1999.
18    It is the intent of the General Assembly that the research
19and development credit under this subsection (k) shall apply
20continuously for all tax years ending on or after December 31,
212004 and ending prior to January 1, 2022, including, but not
22limited to, the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending
23on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
24General Assembly. All actions taken in reliance on the
25continuation of the credit under this subsection (k) by any
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1    (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
2        (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
3    or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
4    credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
5    of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
6    eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
7    subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
8    eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
9    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
10    Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
11    paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
12    which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
13    Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
14    Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
15    for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
16    eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
17    available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
18    party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
19    release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
20    that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
21    pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
22    Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
23    Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
24    Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
25    enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
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1    for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
2    those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
3    includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
4    succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
5    and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
6    deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
7    Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
8    a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
9    credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
10    and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
11    remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
12    that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
13    contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
14    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
15    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
16    total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
17    a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
18    shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
19    allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
20    accordance with the determination of income and
21    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
22    subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
23        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
24    unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
25    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
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1    term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
2    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
3    maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
4    This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
5    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
6    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
7    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
8    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
9    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
10    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
11    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
12    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
13    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
14    transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
15    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
16    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
17    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
18    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
19    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
20    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
21    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
22        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
23    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
24    Environmental Protection Act.
25    (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
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1of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
2against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
3Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
4the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
5qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
6credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
7custodian of qualifying pupils exceed (i) $500 for tax years
8ending prior to December 31, 2017, and (ii) $750 for tax years
9ending on or after December 31, 2017. In no event shall a
10credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
11under this Act to less than zero. Notwithstanding any other
12provision of law, for taxable years beginning on or after
13January 1, 2017, no taxpayer may claim a credit under this
14subsection (m) if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the
15taxable year exceeds (i) $500,000, in the case of spouses
16filing a joint federal tax return or (ii) $250,000, in the case
17of all other taxpayers. This subsection is exempt from the
18provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
19    For purposes of this subsection:
20    "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
21residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
2221 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
23sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
24sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
25twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
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1    "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
2behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
3book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
4enrolled during the regular school year.
5    "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
6secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
7VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
8satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
9except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
10attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
11the credit under this Section.
12    "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
13Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
14guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
15    (m-1) College tuition expense credit. For taxable years
16ending on or after December 31, 2018, a taxpayer who (1) has an
17adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less and (2) is a
18qualifying student or a taxpayer who may claim one or more
19qualifying students as a dependent shall be allowed a credit
20against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
21Section for qualified tuition and fee expenses paid by the
22taxpayer during the taxable year on behalf of the qualifying
23student or students. For taxpayers with an adjusted gross
24income of less than $75,000, the credit shall not exceed $1,000
25in tuition and fee expenses per qualifying student. For
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1less than $150,000, the credit shall not exceed $750 in tuition
2and fee expenses per qualifying student. For taxpayers with an
3adjusted gross income of $150,000 or more but not more than
4$200,000, the credit shall not exceed $500 in tuition and fee
5expenses per qualifying student. In no event shall a credit
6under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability under
7this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt from the
8provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
9    For purposes of this subsection (m-1):
10    "Qualifying college or university" means any public or
11private university, community college, vocational school, or
12other postsecondary educational institution that is physically
13located in the State and is eligible to participate in a
14student loan program administered by the United States
15Department of Education.
16    "Qualifying student" means an individual who (i) is a
17resident of the State, (ii) is under the age of 24 at the close
18of the school year for which a credit is sought, and (iii)
19during the school year for which a credit is sought, is a
20full-time student enrolled in a program at a qualifying college
21or university.
22    "Qualified tuition and fee expense" means the amount
23incurred by on behalf of a qualifying student for tuition, book
24fees, and lab fees at the qualifying college or university at
25which the student is enrolled.
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1credit.
2        (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
3    a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
4    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
5    certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
6    costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
7    this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
8    means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
9    Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
10    Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
11    environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
12    Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
13    Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
14    58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
15    be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
16    the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
17    not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
18    related party caused or contributed to, in any material
19    respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
20    the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
21    action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
22    Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
23    availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
24    consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
25    Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
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1    of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
2    Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
3    the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
4    Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
5    persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
6    (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
7    Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
8    of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
9    by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
10    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
11    $100,000 per site.
12        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
13    unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
14    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
15    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
16    credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
17    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
18    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
19    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
20    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
21    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
22    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
23    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
24    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
25    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
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1    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
2    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
3    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
4    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
5    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
6    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
7    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
8        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
9    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
10    Environmental Protection Act.
11    (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use
12of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, a surcharge is imposed on
13all taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of
14capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
15used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of
16an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of
17Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. The amount of the surcharge
18is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
19taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
20surcharge imposed does not apply if:
21        (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center
22    registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or
23    the property of a registration is transferred as a result
24    of any of the following:
25            (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
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1        registration or the substantial owners of the initial
2        registration;
3            (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
4        any registration by the Illinois Department of Public
5        Health;
6            (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of
7        Public Health that transfer of the registration is in
8        the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as
9        defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
10        Pilot Program Act;
11            (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
12        a registrant;
13            (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in
14        the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
15        publicly traded company;
16            (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
17        owned subsidiary; or
18            (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
19        another person where both persons were initial owners
20        of the registration when the registration was issued;
21        or
22        (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration,
23    medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the
24    controlling interest in a registrant's property is
25    transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in which
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1    transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal
2    Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized.
3(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.