093_HB1155
LRB093 07604 SJM 07783 b
1 AN ACT concerning taxation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
5 adding Section 213 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 5/213 new)
7 Sec. 213. Natural gas consumer tax credit. Beginning
8 with taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2003 and
9 ending with taxable years ending before December 31, 2008, a
10 taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by
11 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to
12 the amount paid in the taxable year by the taxpayer for taxes
13 assessed on natural gas bills.
14 If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability for
15 the year, the excess may be carried forward and applied to
16 the tax liability of the 2 taxable years following the excess
17 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest
18 year for which there is a tax liability. If there are
19 credits from more than one tax year that are available to
20 offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be applied
21 first.