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Public Act 91-0541

SB1118 Enrolled                               LRB9102874PTpkA

    AN ACT concerning taxation.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Illinois  Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Sections 203, 207, 304, 502, 601.1, 905, and 911 and
adding Section 405 as follows:

    (35 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-203)
    Sec. 203.  Base income defined.
    (a)  Individuals.
         (1)  In general.  In the case of an individual, base
    income means an amount equal to the  taxpayer's  adjusted
    gross   income  for  the  taxable  year  as  modified  by
    paragraph (2).
         (2)  Modifications.   The  adjusted   gross   income
    referred  to in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding
    thereto the sum of the following amounts:
              (A)  An amount equal to  all  amounts  paid  or
         accrued  to  the  taxpayer  as interest or dividends
         during the taxable year to the extent excluded  from
         gross  income  in  the computation of adjusted gross
         income, except stock dividends of  qualified  public
         utilities   described   in  Section  305(e)  of  the
         Internal Revenue Code;
              (B)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  tax
         imposed  by  this  Act  to  the extent deducted from
         gross income in the computation  of  adjusted  gross
         income for the taxable year;
              (C)  An  amount  equal  to  the amount received
         during the taxable year as a recovery or  refund  of
         real   property  taxes  paid  with  respect  to  the
         taxpayer's principal residence under the Revenue Act
         of 1939 and for which  a  deduction  was  previously
         taken  under  subparagraph (L) of this paragraph (2)
         prior to July 1, 1991, the retrospective application
         date of Article 4 of Public Act 87-17.  In the  case
         of  multi-unit  or  multi-use  structures  and  farm
         dwellings,  the  taxes  on  the taxpayer's principal
         residence shall be that portion of the  total  taxes
         for  the  entire  property  which is attributable to
         such principal residence;
              (D)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  the
         capital  gain deduction allowable under the Internal
         Revenue Code, to  the  extent  deducted  from  gross
         income in the computation of adjusted gross income;
              (D-5)  An amount, to the extent not included in
         adjusted  gross income, equal to the amount of money
         withdrawn by the taxpayer in the taxable year from a
         medical care savings account and the interest earned
         on the account in the taxable year of  a  withdrawal
         pursuant  to  subsection  (b)  of  Section 20 of the
         Medical Care Savings Account Act; and
              (D-10) For taxable years ending after  December
         31,   1997,   an   amount   equal  to  any  eligible
         remediation costs that the  individual  deducted  in
         computing  adjusted  gross  income and for which the
         individual claims a credit under subsection  (l)  of
         Section 201;
    and  by  deducting  from the total so obtained the sum of
    the following amounts:
              (E)  Any  amount  included  in  such  total  in
         respect  of  any  compensation  (including  but  not
         limited to any compensation paid  or  accrued  to  a
         serviceman  while  a  prisoner  of war or missing in
         action) paid to a resident by  reason  of  being  on
         active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States
         and  in  respect of any compensation paid or accrued
         to a resident who as a governmental employee  was  a
         prisoner of war or missing in action, and in respect
         of  any  compensation  paid to a resident in 1971 or
         thereafter for annual training performed pursuant to
         Sections 502 and 503, Title 32, United  States  Code
         as a member of the Illinois National Guard;
              (F)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         such  total  pursuant  to the provisions of Sections
         402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a),  and
         408  of  the  Internal  Revenue Code, or included in
         such total as distributions under the provisions  of
         any  retirement  or disability plan for employees of
         any  governmental  agency  or  unit,  or  retirement
         payments to retired  partners,  which  payments  are
         excluded   in   computing  net  earnings  from  self
         employment by Section 1402 of the  Internal  Revenue
         Code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
              (G)  The valuation limitation amount;
              (H)  An  amount  equal to the amount of any tax
         imposed by  this  Act  which  was  refunded  to  the
         taxpayer  and included in such total for the taxable
         year;
              (I)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         such total pursuant to the provisions of Section 111
         of the Internal Revenue Code as a recovery of  items
         previously  deducted  from  adjusted gross income in
         the computation of taxable income;
              (J)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in  such  total  which  were  paid  by  a
         corporation which conducts business operations in an
         Enterprise Zone or zones created under the  Illinois
         Enterprise  Zone Act, and conducts substantially all
         of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or zones;
              (K)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in   such  total  that  were  paid  by  a
         corporation that conducts business operations  in  a
         federally  designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
         and  that  is  designated  a  High  Impact  Business
         located  in  Illinois;   provided   that   dividends
         eligible  for the deduction provided in subparagraph
         (J) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be
         eligible  for  the  deduction  provided  under  this
         subparagraph (K);
              (L)  For taxable years  ending  after  December
         31,  1983,  an  amount  equal to all social security
         benefits and railroad retirement  benefits  included
         in  such  total pursuant to Sections 72(r) and 86 of
         the Internal Revenue Code;
              (M)   With  the  exception   of   any   amounts
         subtracted  under  subparagraph (N), an amount equal
         to the sum of all amounts disallowed  as  deductions
         by   (i)  Sections  171(a)(2),  and  265(2)  of  the
         Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now  or  hereafter
         amended,  and  all  amounts of expenses allocable to
         interest and disallowed  as  deductions  by  Section
         265(1)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now
         or hereafter amended; and  (ii)  for  taxable  years
         ending  on  or  after  the  effective  date  of this
         amendatory  Act  of  the  91st   General   Assembly,
         Sections  171(a)(2),  265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i)
         of the Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this
         subparagraph  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of
         Section 250;
              (N)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         such total which are exempt from  taxation  by  this
         State   either   by   reason   of  its  statutes  or
         Constitution  or  by  reason  of  the  Constitution,
         treaties or statutes of the United States;  provided
         that,  in the case of any statute of this State that
         exempts  income  derived   from   bonds   or   other
         obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the
         amount  exempted  shall  be the interest net of bond
         premium amortization;
              (O)  An amount equal to any  contribution  made
         to  a  job  training project established pursuant to
         the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
              (P)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  the
         deduction  used  to  compute  the federal income tax
         credit for restoration of substantial  amounts  held
         under  claim  of right for the taxable year pursuant
         to Section 1341 of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  of
         1986;
              (Q)  An amount equal to any amounts included in
         such   total,   received   by  the  taxpayer  as  an
         acceleration in the payment of  life,  endowment  or
         annuity  benefits  in advance of the time they would
         otherwise be payable as an indemnity for a  terminal
         illness;
              (R)  An  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of any
         federal or State  bonus  paid  to  veterans  of  the
         Persian Gulf War;
              (S)  An  amount,  to  the  extent  included  in
         adjusted  gross  income,  equal  to  the amount of a
         contribution made in the taxable year on  behalf  of
         the  taxpayer  to  a  medical  care  savings account
         established under the Medical Care  Savings  Account
         Act  to  the  extent the contribution is accepted by
         the account administrator as provided in that Act;
              (T)  An  amount,  to  the  extent  included  in
         adjusted  gross  income,  equal  to  the  amount  of
         interest earned in the taxable  year  on  a  medical
         care  savings  account established under the Medical
         Care Savings Account Act on behalf of the  taxpayer,
         other  than interest added pursuant to item (D-5) of
         this paragraph (2);
              (U)  For one taxable year beginning on or after
         January 1, 1994, an amount equal to the total amount
         of tax imposed and paid under  subsections  (a)  and
         (b)  of  Section  201  of  this Act on grant amounts
         received by the  taxpayer  under  the  Nursing  Home
         Grant  Assistance  Act during the taxpayer's taxable
         years 1992 and 1993;
              (V)  Beginning with  tax  years  ending  on  or
         after  December  31,  1995 and ending with tax years
         ending on or before December  31,  1999,  an  amount
         equal  to  the  amount  paid  by a taxpayer who is a
         self-employed taxpayer, a partner of a  partnership,
         or  a  shareholder in a Subchapter S corporation for
         health insurance or  long-term  care  insurance  for
         that   taxpayer   or   that   taxpayer's  spouse  or
         dependents, to the extent that the amount  paid  for
         that  health  insurance  or long-term care insurance
         may be deducted under Section 213  of  the  Internal
         Revenue  Code  of 1986, has not been deducted on the
         federal income tax return of the taxpayer, and  does
         not  exceed  the taxable income attributable to that
         taxpayer's  income,   self-employment   income,   or
         Subchapter  S  corporation  income;  except  that no
         deduction shall be allowed under this  item  (V)  if
         the  taxpayer  is  eligible  to  participate  in any
         health insurance or long-term care insurance plan of
         an  employer  of  the  taxpayer  or  the  taxpayer's
         spouse.  The amount  of  the  health  insurance  and
         long-term  care insurance subtracted under this item
         (V) shall be determined by multiplying total  health
         insurance and long-term care insurance premiums paid
         by  the  taxpayer times a number that represents the
         fractional percentage of eligible  medical  expenses
         under  Section  213  of the Internal Revenue Code of
         1986 not actually deducted on the taxpayer's federal
         income tax return; and
              (W)  For taxable years beginning  on  or  after
         January   1,  1998,  all  amounts  included  in  the
         taxpayer's federal gross income in the taxable  year
         from  amounts converted from a regular IRA to a Roth
         IRA. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
         Section 250.

    (b)  Corporations.
         (1)  In general.  In the case of a corporation, base
    income means an amount equal to  the  taxpayer's  taxable
    income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
         (2)  Modifications.   The taxable income referred to
    in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto  the
    sum of the following amounts:
              (A)  An  amount  equal  to  all amounts paid or
         accrued  to  the  taxpayer  as  interest   and   all
         distributions  received  from  regulated  investment
         companies  during  the  taxable  year  to the extent
         excluded from gross income  in  the  computation  of
         taxable income;
              (B)  An  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of tax
         imposed by this Act  to  the  extent  deducted  from
         gross  income  in  the computation of taxable income
         for the taxable year;
              (C)  In the  case  of  a  regulated  investment
         company,  an  amount  equal to the excess of (i) the
         net long-term capital gain  for  the  taxable  year,
         over  (ii)  the amount of the capital gain dividends
         designated  as  such  in  accordance  with   Section
         852(b)(3)(C)  of  the  Internal Revenue Code and any
         amount designated under Section 852(b)(3)(D) of  the
         Internal  Revenue  Code, attributable to the taxable
         year. (this  amendatory  Act  of  1995  (Public  Act
         89-89)  is  declarative of existing law and is not a
         new enactment);.
              (D)  The  amount  of  any  net  operating  loss
         deduction taken in arriving at taxable income, other
         than a net operating loss  carried  forward  from  a
         taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986; and
              (E)  For taxable years in which a net operating
         loss  carryback  or carryforward from a taxable year
         ending prior to December 31, 1986 is an  element  of
         taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
         or  subparagraph  (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection
         (e), the  amount  by  which  addition  modifications
         other  than  those provided by this subparagraph (E)
         exceeded subtraction modifications in  such  earlier
         taxable year, with the following limitations applied
         in the order that they are listed:
                   (i)  the addition modification relating to
              the  net operating loss carried back or forward
              to the  taxable  year  from  any  taxable  year
              ending  prior  to  December  31,  1986 shall be
              reduced by the amount of addition  modification
              under  this  subparagraph  (E) which related to
              that net operating loss  and  which  was  taken
              into  account in calculating the base income of
              an earlier taxable year, and
                   (ii)  the addition  modification  relating
              to  the  net  operating  loss  carried  back or
              forward to the taxable year  from  any  taxable
              year  ending  prior  to December 31, 1986 shall
              not exceed the  amount  of  such  carryback  or
              carryforward;
              For  taxable  years  in  which  there  is a net
         operating loss carryback or carryforward  from  more
         than one other taxable year ending prior to December
         31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this
         subparagraph  (E)  shall  be  the sum of the amounts
         computed   independently   under    the    preceding
         provisions  of  this  subparagraph (E) for each such
         taxable year;, and
              (E-5)  For taxable years ending after  December
         31,   1997,   an   amount   equal  to  any  eligible
         remediation costs that the corporation  deducted  in
         computing  adjusted  gross  income and for which the
         corporation claims a credit under subsection (l)  of
         Section 201;
    and  by  deducting  from the total so obtained the sum of
    the following amounts:
              (F)  An amount equal to the amount of  any  tax
         imposed  by  this  Act  which  was  refunded  to the
         taxpayer and included in such total for the  taxable
         year;
              (G)  An  amount equal to any amount included in
         such total under Section 78 of the Internal  Revenue
         Code;
              (H)  In  the  case  of  a  regulated investment
         company, an amount equal to  the  amount  of  exempt
         interest  dividends as defined in subsection (b) (5)
         of Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, paid to
         shareholders for the taxable year;
              (I)   With  the  exception   of   any   amounts
         subtracted  under  subparagraph (J), an amount equal
         to the sum of all amounts disallowed  as  deductions
         by (i) Sections 171(a)(2), and 265(a)(2) and amounts
         disallowed  as interest expense by Section 291(a)(3)
         of the Internal Revenue Code, as  now  or  hereafter
         amended,  and  all  amounts of expenses allocable to
         interest and disallowed  as  deductions  by  Section
         265(a)(1)  of  the  Internal Revenue Code, as now or
         hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable years ending
         on or after the effective date  of  this  amendatory
         Act   of   the   91st   General  Assembly,  Sections
         171(a)(2), 265, 280C,  and  832(b)(5)(B)(i)  of  the
         Internal   Revenue  Code;  the  provisions  of  this
         subparagraph  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of
         Section 250;
              (J)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         such total which are exempt from  taxation  by  this
         State   either   by   reason   of  its  statutes  or
         Constitution  or  by  reason  of  the  Constitution,
         treaties or statutes of the United States;  provided
         that,  in the case of any statute of this State that
         exempts  income  derived   from   bonds   or   other
         obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the
         amount  exempted  shall  be the interest net of bond
         premium amortization;
              (K)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in  such  total  which  were  paid  by  a
         corporation which conducts business operations in an
         Enterprise Zone or zones created under the  Illinois
         Enterprise  Zone  Act and conducts substantially all
         of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or zones;
              (L)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in   such  total  that  were  paid  by  a
         corporation that conducts business operations  in  a
         federally  designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
         and  that  is  designated  a  High  Impact  Business
         located  in  Illinois;   provided   that   dividends
         eligible  for the deduction provided in subparagraph
         (K) of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall  not  be
         eligible  for  the  deduction  provided  under  this
         subparagraph (L);
              (M)  For  any  taxpayer  that  is  a  financial
         organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
         this  Act,  an  amount  included  in  such  total as
         interest income from a loan or loans  made  by  such
         taxpayer  to  a  borrower, to the extent that such a
         loan is secured by property which  is  eligible  for
         the  Enterprise Zone Investment Credit. To determine
         the portion of a loan or loans that  is  secured  by
         property  eligible  for  a Section 201(h) investment
         credit to the borrower, the entire principal  amount
         of  the  loan  or loans between the taxpayer and the
         borrower should be divided into  the  basis  of  the
         Section  201(h)  investment  credit  property  which
         secures  the  loan  or loans, using for this purpose
         the original basis of such property on the date that
         it was placed in service  in  the  Enterprise  Zone.
         The  subtraction  modification available to taxpayer
         in any year under  this  subsection  shall  be  that
         portion  of  the total interest paid by the borrower
         with  respect  to  such  loan  attributable  to  the
         eligible property as calculated under  the  previous
         sentence;
              (M-1)  For  any  taxpayer  that  is a financial
         organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
         this Act,  an  amount  included  in  such  total  as
         interest  income  from  a loan or loans made by such
         taxpayer to a borrower, to the extent  that  such  a
         loan  is  secured  by property which is eligible for
         the High  Impact  Business  Investment  Credit.   To
         determine  the  portion  of  a loan or loans that is
         secured by property eligible for  a  Section  201(i)
         investment   credit  to  the  borrower,  the  entire
         principal amount of the loan or  loans  between  the
         taxpayer and the borrower should be divided into the
         basis   of  the  Section  201(i)  investment  credit
         property which secures the loan or loans, using  for
         this  purpose the original basis of such property on
         the  date  that  it  was  placed  in  service  in  a
         federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or  Sub-Zone
         located  in  Illinois.  No taxpayer that is eligible
         for the deduction provided in  subparagraph  (M)  of
         paragraph  (2)  of this subsection shall be eligible
         for the deduction provided under  this  subparagraph
         (M-1).   The  subtraction  modification available to
         taxpayers in any year under this subsection shall be
         that portion of  the  total  interest  paid  by  the
         borrower  with  respect to such loan attributable to
         the  eligible  property  as  calculated  under   the
         previous sentence;
              (N)  Two times any contribution made during the
         taxable  year  to  a designated zone organization to
         the extent that the contribution (i) qualifies as  a
         charitable  contribution  under  subsection  (c)  of
         Section  170  of  the Internal Revenue Code and (ii)
         must, by its terms, be used for a  project  approved
         by  the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
         under Section 11 of  the  Illinois  Enterprise  Zone
         Act;
              (O)  An  amount  equal  to: (i) 85% for taxable
         years ending on or before December 31, 1992,  or,  a
         percentage  equal  to the percentage allowable under
         Section 243(a)(1) of the Internal  Revenue  Code  of
         1986  for  taxable  years  ending after December 31,
         1992, of the amount by which dividends  included  in
         taxable  income and received from a corporation that
         is not created or organized under the  laws  of  the
         United  States or any state or political subdivision
         thereof, including, for taxable years ending  on  or
         after  December  31,  1988,  dividends  received  or
         deemed   received  or  paid  or  deemed  paid  under
         Sections 951 through 964  of  the  Internal  Revenue
         Code, exceed the amount of the modification provided
         under  subparagraph  (G)  of  paragraph  (2) of this
         subsection (b) which is related to  such  dividends;
         plus  (ii)  100%  of  the amount by which dividends,
         included in taxable income and received,  including,
         for  taxable  years  ending on or after December 31,
         1988, dividends received or deemed received or  paid
         or deemed paid under Sections 951 through 964 of the
         Internal  Revenue  Code,  from  any such corporation
         specified in clause  (i)  that  would  but  for  the
         provisions  of  Section 1504 (b) (3) of the Internal
         Revenue  Code  be  treated  as  a  member   of   the
         affiliated   group   which   includes  the  dividend
         recipient, exceed the  amount  of  the  modification
         provided  under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of
         this  subsection  (b)  which  is  related  to   such
         dividends;
              (P)  An  amount  equal to any contribution made
         to a job training project  established  pursuant  to
         the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act; and
              (Q)  An  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of the
         deduction used to compute  the  federal  income  tax
         credit  for  restoration of substantial amounts held
         under claim of right for the taxable  year  pursuant
         to  Section  1341  of  the  Internal Revenue Code of
         1986.
         (3)  Special rule.  For purposes  of  paragraph  (2)
    (A),  "gross  income"  in  the  case  of a life insurance
    company, for tax years ending on and after  December  31,
    1994,  shall  mean  the  gross  investment income for the
    taxable year.

    (c)  Trusts and estates.
         (1)  In general.  In the case of a trust or  estate,
    base  income  means  an  amount  equal  to the taxpayer's
    taxable income  for  the  taxable  year  as  modified  by
    paragraph (2).
         (2)  Modifications.   Subject  to  the provisions of
    paragraph  (3),  the  taxable  income  referred   to   in
    paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum
    of the following amounts:
              (A)  An  amount  equal  to  all amounts paid or
         accrued to the taxpayer  as  interest  or  dividends
         during  the taxable year to the extent excluded from
         gross income in the computation of taxable income;
              (B)  In the case of (i) an estate, $600; (ii) a
         trust which,  under  its  governing  instrument,  is
         required  to distribute all of its income currently,
         $300; and (iii) any other trust, $100, but  in  each
         such  case,  only  to  the  extent  such  amount was
         deducted in the computation of taxable income;
              (C)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  tax
         imposed  by  this  Act  to  the extent deducted from
         gross income in the computation  of  taxable  income
         for the taxable year;
              (D)  The  amount  of  any  net  operating  loss
         deduction taken in arriving at taxable income, other
         than  a  net  operating  loss carried forward from a
         taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986;
              (E)  For taxable years in which a net operating
         loss carryback or carryforward from a  taxable  year
         ending  prior  to December 31, 1986 is an element of
         taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
         or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2)  of  subsection
         (e),  the  amount  by  which  addition modifications
         other than those provided by this  subparagraph  (E)
         exceeded  subtraction  modifications in such taxable
         year, with the following limitations applied in  the
         order that they are listed:
                   (i)  the addition modification relating to
              the  net operating loss carried back or forward
              to the  taxable  year  from  any  taxable  year
              ending  prior  to  December  31,  1986 shall be
              reduced by the amount of addition  modification
              under  this  subparagraph  (E) which related to
              that net operating loss  and  which  was  taken
              into  account in calculating the base income of
              an earlier taxable year, and
                   (ii)  the addition  modification  relating
              to  the  net  operating  loss  carried  back or
              forward to the taxable year  from  any  taxable
              year  ending  prior  to December 31, 1986 shall
              not exceed the  amount  of  such  carryback  or
              carryforward;
              For  taxable  years  in  which  there  is a net
         operating loss carryback or carryforward  from  more
         than one other taxable year ending prior to December
         31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this
         subparagraph  (E)  shall  be  the sum of the amounts
         computed   independently   under    the    preceding
         provisions  of  this  subparagraph (E) for each such
         taxable year;
              (F)  For  taxable  years  ending  on  or  after
         January 1, 1989, an amount equal to the tax deducted
         pursuant to Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code
         if the trust or estate is claiming the same tax  for
         purposes  of  the  Illinois foreign tax credit under
         Section 601 of this Act;
              (G)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  the
         capital  gain deduction allowable under the Internal
         Revenue Code, to  the  extent  deducted  from  gross
         income in the computation of taxable income; and
              (G-5)  For  taxable years ending after December
         31,  1997,  an  amount   equal   to   any   eligible
         remediation  costs that the trust or estate deducted
         in computing adjusted gross income and for which the
         trust or estate claims a credit under subsection (l)
         of Section 201;
    and by deducting from the total so obtained  the  sum  of
    the following amounts:
              (H)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         such  total  pursuant  to the provisions of Sections
         402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a),  407(a)  and
         408 of the Internal Revenue Code or included in such
         total  as  distributions under the provisions of any
         retirement or disability plan for employees  of  any
         governmental  agency or unit, or retirement payments
         to retired partners, which payments are excluded  in
         computing  net  earnings  from  self  employment  by
         Section  1402  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  and
         regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
              (I)  The valuation limitation amount;
              (J)  An  amount  equal to the amount of any tax
         imposed by  this  Act  which  was  refunded  to  the
         taxpayer  and included in such total for the taxable
         year;
              (K)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         taxable income as  modified  by  subparagraphs  (A),
         (B),  (C),  (D),  (E),  (F) and (G) which are exempt
         from taxation by this State either by reason of  its
         statutes   or  Constitution  or  by  reason  of  the
         Constitution, treaties or  statutes  of  the  United
         States; provided that, in the case of any statute of
         this State that exempts income derived from bonds or
         other  obligations  from  the tax imposed under this
         Act, the amount exempted shall be the  interest  net
         of bond premium amortization;
              (L)    With   the   exception  of  any  amounts
         subtracted under subparagraph (K), an  amount  equal
         to  the  sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions
         by (i)  Sections  171(a)(2)  and  265(a)(2)  of  the
         Internal  Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended,
         and all amounts of expenses  allocable  to  interest
         and  disallowed  as  deductions by Section 265(1) of
         the  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  1954,  as  now  or
         hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable years ending
         on or after the effective date  of  this  amendatory
         Act   of   the   91st   General  Assembly,  Sections
         171(a)(2), 265, 280C,  and  832(b)(5)(B)(i)  of  the
         Internal   Revenue  Code;  the  provisions  of  this
         subparagraph  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of
         Section 250;
              (M)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in  such  total  which  were  paid  by  a
         corporation which conducts business operations in an
         Enterprise Zone or zones created under the  Illinois
         Enterprise  Zone  Act and conducts substantially all
         of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or Zones;
              (N)  An amount equal to any  contribution  made
         to  a  job  training project established pursuant to
         the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
              (O)  An  amount  equal   to   those   dividends
         included   in   such  total  that  were  paid  by  a
         corporation that conducts business operations  in  a
         federally  designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
         and  that  is  designated  a  High  Impact  Business
         located  in  Illinois;   provided   that   dividends
         eligible  for the deduction provided in subparagraph
         (M) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be
         eligible  for  the  deduction  provided  under  this
         subparagraph (O); and
              (P)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  the
         deduction  used  to  compute  the federal income tax
         credit for restoration of substantial  amounts  held
         under  claim  of right for the taxable year pursuant
         to Section 1341 of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  of
         1986.
         (3)  Limitation.   The  amount  of  any modification
    otherwise required under  this  subsection  shall,  under
    regulations  prescribed by the Department, be adjusted by
    any amounts included therein which  were  properly  paid,
    credited,  or  required to be distributed, or permanently
    set aside for charitable purposes pursuant   to  Internal
    Revenue Code Section 642(c) during the taxable year.

    (d)  Partnerships.
         (1)  In  general. In the case of a partnership, base
    income means an amount equal to  the  taxpayer's  taxable
    income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
         (2)  Modifications.  The  taxable income referred to
    in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto  the
    sum of the following amounts:
              (A)  An  amount  equal  to  all amounts paid or
         accrued to the taxpayer  as  interest  or  dividends
         during  the taxable year to the extent excluded from
         gross income in the computation of taxable income;
              (B)  An amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  tax
         imposed  by  this  Act  to  the extent deducted from
         gross income for the taxable year; and
              (C)  The amount of deductions  allowed  to  the
         partnership  pursuant  to  Section  707  (c)  of the
         Internal Revenue Code  in  calculating  its  taxable
         income; and
              (D)  An  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of the
         capital gain deduction allowable under the  Internal
         Revenue  Code,  to  the  extent  deducted from gross
         income in the computation of taxable income;
    and by deducting from the total so obtained the following
    amounts:
              (E)  The valuation limitation amount;
              (F)  An amount equal to the amount of  any  tax
         imposed  by  this  Act  which  was  refunded  to the
         taxpayer and included in such total for the  taxable
         year;
              (G)  An amount equal to all amounts included in
         taxable  income  as  modified  by subparagraphs (A),
         (B), (C) and (D) which are exempt from  taxation  by
         this  State  either  by  reason  of  its statutes or
         Constitution  or  by  reason  of  the  Constitution,
         treaties or statutes of the United States;  provided
         that,  in the case of any statute of this State that
         exempts  income  derived   from   bonds   or   other
         obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the
         amount  exempted  shall  be the interest net of bond
         premium amortization;
              (H)  Any  income  of  the   partnership   which
         constitutes  personal  service  income as defined in
         Section 1348 (b) (1) of the  Internal  Revenue  Code
         (as  in  effect  December  31, 1981) or a reasonable
         allowance  for  compensation  paid  or  accrued  for
         services rendered by partners  to  the  partnership,
         whichever is greater;
              (I)  An  amount  equal to all amounts of income
         distributable to an entity subject to  the  Personal
         Property  Tax  Replacement  Income  Tax  imposed  by
         subsections  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act
         including  amounts  distributable  to  organizations
         exempt from federal income tax by reason of  Section
         501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
              (J)    With   the   exception  of  any  amounts
         subtracted under subparagraph (G), an  amount  equal
         to  the  sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions
         by  (i)  Sections  171(a)(2),  and  265(2)  of   the
         Internal  Revenue  Code of 1954, as now or hereafter
         amended, and all amounts of  expenses  allocable  to
         interest  and  disallowed  as  deductions by Section
         265(1) of the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  as  now  or
         hereafter   amended;  and  (ii)  for  taxable  years
         _ending on or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
         amendatory   Act   of  the  91st  General  Assembly,
         Sections 171(a)(2), 265, 280C,  and  832(b)(5)(B)(i)
         of the Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this
         subparagraph  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of
         Section 250;
              (K)  An   amount   equal   to  those  dividends
         included  in  such  total  which  were  paid  by   a
         corporation which conducts business operations in an
         Enterprise  Zone or zones created under the Illinois
         Enterprise Zone Act, enacted  by  the  82nd  General
         Assembly, and which does not conduct such operations
         other than in an Enterprise Zone or Zones;
              (L)  An  amount  equal to any contribution made
         to a job training project  established  pursuant  to
         the   Real   Property   Tax   Increment   Allocation
         Redevelopment Act;
              (M)  An   amount   equal   to  those  dividends
         included  in  such  total  that  were  paid   by   a
         corporation  that  conducts business operations in a
         federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or  Sub-Zone
         and  that  is  designated  a  High  Impact  Business
         located   in   Illinois;   provided  that  dividends
         eligible for the deduction provided in  subparagraph
         (K) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be
         eligible  for  the  deduction  provided  under  this
         subparagraph (M); and
              (N)  An  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of the
         deduction used to compute  the  federal  income  tax
         credit  for  restoration of substantial amounts held
         under claim of right for the taxable  year  pursuant
         to  Section  1341  of  the  Internal Revenue Code of
         1986.

    (e)  Gross income; adjusted gross income; taxable income.
         (1)  In  general.   Subject  to  the  provisions  of
    paragraph (2) and subsection (b)  (3),  for  purposes  of
    this  Section  and  Section  803(e),  a  taxpayer's gross
    income, adjusted gross income, or taxable income for  the
    taxable  year  shall  mean  the  amount  of gross income,
    adjusted  gross  income  or   taxable   income   properly
    reportable  for  federal  income  tax  purposes  for  the
    taxable year under the provisions of the Internal Revenue
    Code.  Taxable income may be less than zero. However, for
    taxable years ending on or after December 31,  1986,  net
    operating  loss  carryforwards  from taxable years ending
    prior to December 31, 1986, may not  exceed  the  sum  of
    federal  taxable  income  for the taxable year before net
    operating loss deduction, plus  the  excess  of  addition
    modifications  over  subtraction  modifications  for  the
    taxable year.  For taxable years ending prior to December
    31, 1986, taxable income may never be an amount in excess
    of the net operating loss for the taxable year as defined
    in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 172 of the Internal
    Revenue  Code,  provided  that  when  taxable income of a
    corporation (other  than  a  Subchapter  S  corporation),
    trust,   or   estate  is  less  than  zero  and  addition
    modifications, other than those provided by  subparagraph
    (E)  of  paragraph (2) of subsection (b) for corporations
    or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2)  of  subsection  (c)
    for trusts and estates, exceed subtraction modifications,
    an   addition  modification  must  be  made  under  those
    subparagraphs for any other taxable  year  to  which  the
    taxable  income  less  than  zero (net operating loss) is
    applied under Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code or
    under  subparagraph  (E)  of  paragraph   (2)   of   this
    subsection (e) applied in conjunction with Section 172 of
    the Internal Revenue Code.
         (2)  Special rule.  For purposes of paragraph (1) of
    this  subsection,  the taxable income properly reportable
    for federal income tax purposes shall mean:
              (A)  Certain life insurance companies.  In  the
         case  of a life insurance company subject to the tax
         imposed by Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code,
         life insurance  company  taxable  income,  plus  the
         amount  of  distribution  from pre-1984 policyholder
         surplus accounts as calculated under Section 815a of
         the Internal Revenue Code;
              (B)  Certain other insurance companies.  In the
         case of mutual insurance companies  subject  to  the
         tax  imposed  by Section 831 of the Internal Revenue
         Code, insurance company taxable income;
              (C)  Regulated investment  companies.   In  the
         case  of  a  regulated investment company subject to
         the tax imposed  by  Section  852  of  the  Internal
         Revenue Code, investment company taxable income;
              (D)  Real  estate  investment  trusts.   In the
         case of a real estate investment  trust  subject  to
         the  tax  imposed  by  Section  857  of the Internal
         Revenue Code, real estate investment  trust  taxable
         income;
              (E)  Consolidated corporations.  In the case of
         a  corporation  which  is  a member of an affiliated
         group of corporations filing a  consolidated  income
         tax  return  for the taxable year for federal income
         tax purposes, taxable income determined as  if  such
         corporation  had filed a separate return for federal
         income tax purposes for the taxable  year  and  each
         preceding  taxable year for which it was a member of
         an  affiliated   group.   For   purposes   of   this
         subparagraph, the taxpayer's separate taxable income
         shall  be  determined as if the election provided by
         Section 243(b) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code  had
         been in effect for all such years;
              (F)  Cooperatives.     In   the   case   of   a
         cooperative corporation or association, the  taxable
         income of such organization determined in accordance
         with  the provisions of Section 1381 through 1388 of
         the Internal Revenue Code;
              (G)  Subchapter S corporations.   In  the  case
         of:  (i)  a Subchapter S corporation for which there
         is in effect an election for the taxable year  under
         Section  1362  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code, the
         taxable income of  such  corporation  determined  in
         accordance  with  Section  1363(b)  of  the Internal
         Revenue Code, except that taxable income shall  take
         into  account  those  items  which  are  required by
         Section 1363(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue  Code  to
         be  separately  stated;  and  (ii)  a  Subchapter  S
         corporation  for  which there is in effect a federal
         election  to  opt  out  of  the  provisions  of  the
         Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982 and  have  applied
         instead  the  prior federal Subchapter S rules as in
         effect on July 1, 1982, the taxable income  of  such
         corporation   determined   in  accordance  with  the
         federal Subchapter S rules as in effect on  July  1,
         1982; and
              (H)  Partnerships.     In   the   case   of   a
         partnership, taxable income determined in accordance
         with Section  703  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code,
         except  that  taxable income shall take into account
         those items which are required by Section  703(a)(1)
         to  be  separately  stated  but which would be taken
         into account by an  individual  in  calculating  his
         taxable income.

    (f)  Valuation limitation amount.
         (1)  In  general.   The  valuation limitation amount
    referred to in subsections (a) (2) (G), (c) (2)  (I)  and
    (d)(2) (E) is an amount equal to:
              (A)  The   sum   of   the  pre-August  1,  1969
         appreciation amounts (to the  extent  consisting  of
         gain reportable under the provisions of Section 1245
         or  1250  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code)  for all
         property in respect of which such gain was  reported
         for the taxable year; plus
              (B)  The   lesser   of   (i)  the  sum  of  the
         pre-August 1,  1969  appreciation  amounts  (to  the
         extent  consisting of capital gain) for all property
         in respect of  which  such  gain  was  reported  for
         federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, or
         (ii)  the  net  capital  gain  for the taxable year,
         reduced in either case by any amount  of  such  gain
         included  in  the amount determined under subsection
         (a) (2) (F) or (c) (2) (H).
    (2)  Pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amount.
              (A)  If  the  fair  market  value  of  property
         referred   to   in   paragraph   (1)   was   readily
         ascertainable on August 1, 1969, the  pre-August  1,
         1969  appreciation  amount  for such property is the
         lesser of (i) the excess of such fair  market  value
         over the taxpayer's basis (for determining gain) for
         such  property  on  that  date (determined under the
         Internal Revenue Code as in effect on that date), or
         (ii) the total  gain  realized  and  reportable  for
         federal  income tax purposes in respect of the sale,
         exchange or other disposition of such property.
              (B)  If  the  fair  market  value  of  property
         referred  to  in  paragraph  (1)  was  not   readily
         ascertainable  on  August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1,
         1969 appreciation amount for such property  is  that
         amount  which bears the same ratio to the total gain
         reported in respect  of  the  property  for  federal
         income  tax  purposes  for  the taxable year, as the
         number of full calendar months in that part  of  the
         taxpayer's  holding  period  for the property ending
         July 31, 1969 bears to the number of  full  calendar
         months  in  the taxpayer's entire holding period for
         the property.
              (C)  The  Department   shall   prescribe   such
         regulations  as  may  be  necessary to carry out the
         purposes of this paragraph.

    (g)  Double  deductions.   Unless  specifically  provided
otherwise, nothing in this Section shall permit the same item
to be deducted more than once.

    (h)  Legislative intention.  Except as expressly provided
by  this  Section  there  shall  be   no   modifications   or
limitations on the amounts of income, gain, loss or deduction
taken  into  account  in  determining  gross income, adjusted
gross  income  or  taxable  income  for  federal  income  tax
purposes for the taxable year, or in the amount of such items
entering into the computation of base income and  net  income
under  this  Act for such taxable year, whether in respect of
property values as of August 1, 1969 or otherwise.
(Source: P.A.  89-89,  eff.  6-30-95;  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;
89-418,  eff.  11-15-95;  89-460,  eff. 5-24-96; 89-626, eff.
8-9-96; 90-491, eff. 1-1-98;  90-717,  eff.  8-7-98;  90-770,
eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-21-98.)

    (35 ILCS 5/207) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-207)
    Sec. 207.  Net Losses.
    (a)  If  after applying all of the modifications provided
for in paragraph (2) of  Section  203(b),  paragraph  (2)  of
Section  203(c)  and  paragraph (2) of Section 203(d) and the
allocation and apportionment provisions of Article 3 of  this
Act, the taxpayer's net income results in a loss;
         (1)  for  any  taxable year ending prior to December
    31, 1999, such loss shall be allowed as  a  carryover  or
    carryback  deduction  in the manner allowed under Section
    172 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
         (2)  for  any  taxable  year  ending  on  or   after
    December  31,  1999,  such  loss  shall  be  allowed as a
    carryback to each of the 2 taxable  years  preceding  the
    taxable  year  of  such loss and shall be a net operating
    carryover to each of the 20 taxable years  following  the
    taxable year of such loss.
              (A)  The  taxpayer  may elect to relinquish the
         entire carryback period with respect to  such  loss.
         Such  election  shall be made in the form and manner
         prescribed by the Department and shall  be  made  by
         the  due  date  (including  extensions  of time) for
         filing the taxpayer's return for the taxable year in
         which such loss is incurred, and such election, once
         made, shall be irrevocable.
              (B)  The entire amount of such  loss  shall  be
         carried  to  the earliest taxable year to which such
         loss may be carried.  The amount of such loss  which
         shall  be carried to each of the other taxable years
         shall be the excess, if any, of the amount  of  such
         loss over the sum of the deductions for carryback or
         carryover  of  such  loss  allowable for each of the
         prior taxable  years  to  which  such  loss  may  be
         carried.
    (b)  Any  loss  determined  under  subsection (a) of this
Section must be carried back or carried forward in  the  same
manner for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201
of  this  Act  as  for purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of
Section 201 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-731.)

    (35 ILCS 5/304) (from Ch. 120, par. 3-304)
    Sec.  304.  Business  income  of   persons   other   than
residents.
    (a)  In  general.  The  business income of a person other
than a resident shall be allocated  to  this  State  if  such
person's  business  income is derived solely from this State.
If a person other than a  resident  derives  business  income
from  this  State and one or more other states, then, for tax
years ending on or before December 30, 1998,  and  except  as
otherwise  provided  by  this Section, such person's business
income shall be apportioned to this State by multiplying  the
income  by  a  fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of
the property factor (if any), the payroll factor (if any) and
200% of the sales factor (if any),  and  the  denominator  of
which  is  4  reduced by the number of factors other than the
sales factor which have a  denominator  of  zero  and  by  an
additional  2  if the sales factor has a denominator of zero.
For tax years ending on  or  after  December  31,  1998,  and
except  as  otherwise provided by this Section, persons other
than residents who derive business income from this State and
one or more other states shall  compute  their  apportionment
factor  by  weighting  their  property,  payroll,  and  sales
factors as provided in subsection (h) of this Section.
    (1)  Property factor.
         (A)  The   property   factor   is  a  fraction,  the
    numerator of which is the average value of  the  person's
    real  and  tangible personal property owned or rented and
    used in the trade or business in this  State  during  the
    taxable  year and the denominator of which is the average
    value of all the  person's  real  and  tangible  personal
    property  owned  or  rented  and  used  in  the  trade or
    business during the taxable year.
         (B)  Property owned by the person is valued  at  its
    original cost. Property rented by the person is valued at
    8  times  the  net  annual rental rate. Net annual rental
    rate is the annual rental rate paid by  the  person  less
    any  annual  rental  rate  received  by  the  person from
    sub-rentals.
         (C)  The  average  value  of   property   shall   be
    determined  by  averaging the values at the beginning and
    ending of the taxable year but the Director  may  require
    the  averaging  of monthly values during the taxable year
    if reasonably required to reflect  properly  the  average
    value of the person's property.
    (2)  Payroll factor.
         (A)  The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator
    of  which  is  the total amount paid in this State during
    the taxable year by the person for compensation, and  the
    denominator  of  which  is  the  total  compensation paid
    everywhere during the taxable year.
         (B)  Compensation is paid in this State if:
              (i)  The  individual's  service  is   performed
         entirely within this State;
              (ii)  The  individual's  service  is  performed
         both  within and without this State, but the service
         performed without this State is  incidental  to  the
         individual's service performed within this State; or
              (iii)  Some  of the service is performed within
         this State and either the base of operations, or  if
         there is no base of operations, the place from which
         the service is directed or controlled is within this
         State,  or  the base of operations or the place from
         which the service is directed or controlled  is  not
         in  any  state  in which some part of the service is
         performed, but the individual's residence is in this
         State.
         Beginning with taxable  years  ending  on  or  after
    December  31, 1992, for residents of states that impose a
    comparable tax liability on residents of this State,  for
    purposes  of  item (i) of this paragraph (B), in the case
    of persons who perform personal services  under  personal
    service  contracts  for  sports performances, services by
    that person at a sporting event taking place in  Illinois
    shall  be deemed to be a performance entirely within this
    State.
    (3)  Sales factor.
         (A)  The sales factor is a fraction,  the  numerator
    of  which  is the total sales of the person in this State
    during the taxable year, and the denominator of which  is
    the  total  sales  of  the  person  everywhere during the
    taxable year.
         (B)  Sales of tangible personal property are in this
    State if:
              (i)  The property is delivered or shipped to  a
         purchaser,  other than the United States government,
         within this State regardless of the f. o.  b.  point
         or other conditions of the sale; or
              (ii)  The  property  is shipped from an office,
         store, warehouse, factory or other place of  storage
         in this State and either the purchaser is the United
         States  government  or  the person is not taxable in
         the state of the purchaser; provided, however,  that
         premises  owned  or  leased  by  a  person  who  has
         independently  contracted  with  the  seller for the
         printing of newspapers, periodicals or  books  shall
         not  be  deemed  to  be an office, store, warehouse,
         factory or other place of storage  for  purposes  of
         this  Section.   Sales of tangible personal property
         are not in this State if the  seller  and  purchaser
         would  be members of the same unitary business group
         but for the fact that either the seller or purchaser
         is a person with  80%  or  more  of  total  business
         activity  outside  of  the  United  States  and  the
         property is purchased for resale.
         (B-1)  Patents,  copyrights, trademarks, and similar
    items of intangible personal property.
              (i)  Gross receipts from the  licensing,  sale,
         or   other   disposition  of  a  patent,  copyright,
         trademark, or similar item  of  intangible  personal
         property are in this State to the extent the item is
         utilized  in  this  State  during the year the gross
         receipts are included in gross income.
              (ii)  Place of utilization.
                   (I)  A patent is utilized in  a  state  to
              the  extent  that it is employed in production,
              fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing
              in the state or to the extent that  a  patented
              product  is produced in the state.  If a patent
              is utilized in more than one state, the  extent
              to  which it is utilized in any one state shall
              be a fraction equal to the  gross  receipts  of
              the  licensee or purchaser from sales or leases
              of items produced, fabricated, manufactured, or
              processed within that state  using  the  patent
              and  of  patented  items  produced  within that
              state, divided  by  the  total  of  such  gross
              receipts  for all states in which the patent is
              utilized.
                   (II)  A copyright is utilized in  a  state
              to   the   extent   that   printing   or  other
              publication originates  in  the  state.   If  a
              copyright  is  utilized in more than one state,
              the extent to which it is utilized in  any  one
              state  shall  be  a fraction equal to the gross
              receipts from sales or  licenses  of  materials
              printed  or  published in that state divided by
              the total of such gross receipts for all states
              in which the copyright is utilized.
                   (III)  Trademarks  and  other   items   of
              intangible  personal  property governed by this
              paragraph (B-1) are utilized in  the  state  in
              which  the  commercial domicile of the licensee
              or purchaser is located.
              (iii)  If the state of utilization of  an  item
         of  property governed by this paragraph (B-1) cannot
         be determined from the taxpayer's books and  records
         or  from the books and records of any person related
         to the taxpayer within the meaning of Section 267(b)
         of the Internal Revenue Code,  26  U.S.C.  267,  the
         gross  receipts  attributable  to that item shall be
         excluded from both the numerator and the denominator
         of the sales factor.
         (B-2)  Gross receipts from  the  license,  sale,  or
    other disposition of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and
    similar  items  of  intangible  personal  property may be
    included in the numerator or  denominator  of  the  sales
    factor  only  if  gross receipts from licenses, sales, or
    other disposition of such items comprise more than 50% of
    the taxpayer's total gross  receipts  included  in  gross
    income  during  the  tax  year  and  during each of the 2
    immediately preceding tax years; provided  that,  when  a
    taxpayer  is  a  member of a unitary business group, such
    determination shall be made on the  basis  of  the  gross
    receipts of the entire unitary business group.
         (C)  Sales,  other than sales governed by paragraphs
    (B) and (B-1) of tangible personal property, are in  this
    State if:
              (i)  The income-producing activity is performed
         in this State; or
              (ii)  The    income-producing    activity    is
         performed  both  within and without this State and a
         greater proportion of the income-producing  activity
         is  performed  within  this  State than without this
         State, based on performance costs.
         (D)  For taxable years ending on or  after  December
    31,  1995,  the  following  items  of income shall not be
    included in the numerator or  denominator  of  the  sales
    factor:  dividends;  amounts included under Section 78 of
    the Internal  Revenue  Code;  and  Subpart  F  income  as
    defined  in  Section 952 of the Internal Revenue Code. No
    inference shall be  drawn  from  the  enactment  of  this
    paragraph  (D)  in  construing  this  Section for taxable
    years ending before December 31, 1995.
         (E)  Paragraphs (B-1) and (B-2) shall apply  to  tax
    years ending on or after December 31, 1999, provided that
    a  taxpayer  may  elect  to apply the provisions of these
    paragraphs to prior tax years.  Such  election  shall  be
    made in the form and manner prescribed by the Department,
    shall  be  irrevocable, and shall apply to all tax years;
    provided  that,  if  a  taxpayer's  Illinois  income  tax
    liability for any tax year, as assessed under Section 903
    prior to January  1,  1999,  was  computed  in  a  manner
    contrary  to the provisions of paragraphs (B-1) or (B-2),
    no refund shall be payable to the taxpayer for  that  tax
    year  to the extent such refund is the result of applying
    the provisions of paragraph (B-1) or (B-2) retroactively.
    In the case of a unitary business  group,  such  election
    shall  apply  to  all members of such group for every tax
    year such group is in existence, but shall not  apply  to
    any taxpayer for any period during which that taxpayer is
    not a member of such group.
    (b)  Insurance companies.
         (1)  In  general.  Except  as  otherwise provided by
    paragraph (2), business income of  an  insurance  company
    for  a taxable year shall be apportioned to this State by
    multiplying such income by a fraction, the  numerator  of
    which  is  the direct premiums written for insurance upon
    property or risk in this State, and  the  denominator  of
    which  is  the direct premiums written for insurance upon
    property  or  risk  everywhere.  For  purposes  of   this
    subsection,  the term "direct premiums written" means the
    total amount of direct premiums written, assessments  and
    annuity  considerations  as reported for the taxable year
    on the annual statement filed by  the  company  with  the
    Illinois  Director  of  Insurance in the form approved by
    the National Convention  of  Insurance  Commissioners  or
    such other form as may be prescribed in lieu thereof.
         (2)  Reinsurance.   If   the   principal  source  of
    premiums written by  an  insurance  company  consists  of
    premiums  for  reinsurance  accepted  by it, the business
    income of such company shall be apportioned to this State
    by multiplying such income by a fraction,  the  numerator
    of  which  is  the sum of (i) direct premiums written for
    insurance upon property or risk in this State, plus  (ii)
    premiums  written  for reinsurance accepted in respect of
    property or risk in this State, and  the  denominator  of
    which  is  the  sum  of (iii) direct premiums written for
    insurance upon property or  risk  everywhere,  plus  (iv)
    premiums  written  for reinsurance accepted in respect of
    property  or  risk  everywhere.  For  purposes  of   this
    paragraph,  premiums  written for reinsurance accepted in
    respect of property or risk in this State, whether or not
    otherwise determinable,  may,  at  the  election  of  the
    company,  be  determined  on  the basis of the proportion
    which premiums  written  for  reinsurance  accepted  from
    companies  commercially  domiciled  in  Illinois bears to
    premiums  written  for  reinsurance  accepted  from   all
    sources,  or,  alternatively, in the proportion which the
    sum of the direct premiums  written  for  insurance  upon
    property  or  risk  in  this State by each ceding company
    from which reinsurance is accepted bears to  the  sum  of
    the  total  direct  premiums  written by each such ceding
    company for the taxable year.
    (c)  Financial organizations.
         (1)  In general.  Business  income  of  a  financial
    organization  shall  be  apportioned  to  this  State  by
    multiplying  such  income by a fraction, the numerator of
    which is its business income  from  sources  within  this
    State,  and  the  denominator  of  which  is its business
    income  from  all  sources.  For  the  purposes  of  this
    subsection,  the   business   income   of   a   financial
    organization from sources within this State is the sum of
    the  amounts referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (E)
    following,  but  excluding  the  adjusted  income  of  an
    international banking facility as determined in paragraph
    (2):
              (A)  Fees, commissions  or  other  compensation
         for financial services rendered within this State;
              (B)  Gross  profits  from  trading  in  stocks,
         bonds or other securities managed within this State;
              (C)  Dividends,   and  interest  from  Illinois
         customers, which are received within this State;
              (D)  Interest charged to customers at places of
         business maintained within this State  for  carrying
         debit balances of margin accounts, without deduction
         of any costs incurred in carrying such accounts; and
              (E)  Any  other gross income resulting from the
         operation as a financial  organization  within  this
         State.  In  computing  the  amounts  referred  to in
         paragraphs (A) through (E) of this  subsection,  any
         amount  received  by a member of an affiliated group
         (determined under Section 1504(a)  of  the  Internal
         Revenue  Code  but  without reference to whether any
         such  corporation  is  an  "includible  corporation"
         under Section 1504(b) of the Internal Revenue  Code)
         from  another member of such group shall be included
         only to the extent such amount exceeds  expenses  of
         the recipient directly related thereto.
         (2)  International Banking Facility.
              (A)  Adjusted  Income.   The adjusted income of
         an international  banking  facility  is  its  income
         reduced by the amount of the floor amount.
              (B)  Floor  Amount.   The floor amount shall be
         the amount, if any, determined  by  multiplying  the
         income  of  the  international banking facility by a
         fraction, not greater than one, which is  determined
         as follows:
                   (i)  The numerator shall be:
                   The  average  aggregate,  determined  on a
              quarterly    basis,    of     the     financial
              organization's   loans   to  banks  in  foreign
              countries,  to  foreign   domiciled   borrowers
              (except where secured primarily by real estate)
              and  to  foreign  governments and other foreign
              official  institutions,  as  reported  for  its
              branches, agencies and offices within the state
              on  its  "Consolidated  Report  of  Condition",
              Schedule A, Lines 2.c., 5.b., and  7.a.,  which
              was  filed  with  the Federal Deposit Insurance
              Corporation and other  regulatory  authorities,
              for the year 1980, minus
                   The  average  aggregate,  determined  on a
              quarterly basis,  of  such  loans  (other  than
              loans of an international banking facility), as
              reported  by  the financial institution for its
              branches,  agencies  and  offices  within   the
              state,  on the corresponding Schedule and lines
              of the Consolidated Report of Condition for the
              current taxable year, provided,  however,  that
              in  no case shall the amount determined in this
              clause  (the  subtrahend)  exceed  the   amount
              determined   in   the   preceding  clause  (the
              minuend); and
                   (ii)  the denominator shall be the average
              aggregate, determined on a quarterly basis,  of
              the  international  banking facility's loans to
              banks  in   foreign   countries,   to   foreign
              domiciled   borrowers   (except  where  secured
              primarily  by  real  estate)  and  to   foreign
              governments    and   other   foreign   official
              institutions,  which  were  recorded   in   its
              financial  accounts  for  the  current  taxable
              year.
              (C)  Change to Consolidated Report of Condition
         and in Qualification.  In the event the Consolidated
         Report  of Condition which is filed with the Federal
         Deposit Insurance Corporation and  other  regulatory
         authorities  is  altered  so  that  the  information
         required  for  determining  the  floor amount is not
         found on Schedule A, lines 2.c., 5.b. and 7.a.,  the
         financial  institution  shall  notify the Department
         and the Department may, by regulations or otherwise,
         prescribe or authorize the  use  of  an  alternative
         source   for   such   information.   The   financial
         institution  shall also notify the Department should
         its international banking facility fail  to  qualify
         as such, in whole or in part, or should there be any
         amendment  or  change  to the Consolidated Report of
         Condition, as originally filed, to the  extent  such
         amendment  or  change alters the information used in
         determining the floor amount.
    (d)  Transportation  services.  Business  income  derived
from furnishing transportation services shall be  apportioned
to this State in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2):
         (1)  Such  business  income (other than that derived
    from transportation by pipeline) shall be apportioned  to
    this  State by multiplying such income by a fraction, the
    numerator of which is the revenue miles of the person  in
    this  State,  and the denominator of which is the revenue
    miles of the person  everywhere.  For  purposes  of  this
    paragraph,  a  revenue  mile  is  the transportation of 1
    passenger or 1 net ton of freight the distance of 1  mile
    for  a  consideration.  Where  a person is engaged in the
    transportation  of  both  passengers  and  freight,   the
    fraction  above  referred to shall be determined by means
    of an average of the passenger revenue mile fraction  and
    the  freight  revenue  mile fraction, weighted to reflect
    the person's
              (A)  relative  railway  operating  income  from
         total  passenger  and  total  freight  service,   as
         reported  to  the Interstate Commerce Commission, in
         the case of transportation by railroad, and
              (B)  relative gross receipts from passenger and
         freight transportation, in  case  of  transportation
         other than by railroad.
         (2)  Such     business     income    derived    from
    transportation by pipeline shall be apportioned  to  this
    State  by  multiplying  such  income  by  a fraction, the
    numerator of which is the revenue miles of the person  in
    this  State,  and the denominator of which is the revenue
    miles of the person everywhere. For the purposes of  this
    paragraph,  a  revenue  mile  is  the  transportation  by
    pipeline  of 1 barrel of oil, 1,000 cubic feet of gas, or
    of any specified quantity of  any  other  substance,  the
    distance of 1 mile for a consideration.
    (e)  Combined apportionment.  Where 2 or more persons are
engaged  in  a  unitary  business  as described in subsection
(a)(27) of Section 1501, a part of which is conducted in this
State by one or more  members  of  the  group,  the  business
income  attributable  to  this  State  by  any such member or
members  shall  be  apportioned  by  means  of  the  combined
apportionment method.
    (f)  Alternative  allocation.  If  the   allocation   and
apportionment  provisions  of subsections (a) through (e) and
of subsection (h) do not fairly represent  the  extent  of  a
person's  business  activity  in  this  State, the person may
petition for, or the Director may require, in respect of  all
or any part of the person's business activity, if reasonable:
         (1)  Separate accounting;
         (2)  The exclusion of any one or more factors;
         (3)  The inclusion of one or more additional factors
    which   will   fairly  represent  the  person's  business
    activities in this State; or
         (4)  The  employment  of   any   other   method   to
    effectuate  an  equitable allocation and apportionment of
    the person's business income.
    (g)  Cross reference. For allocation of  business  income
by residents, see Section 301(a).
    (h)  For  tax years ending on or after December 31, 1998,
the apportionment  factor  of  persons  who  apportion  their
business  income  to this State under subsection (a) shall be
equal to:
         (1)  for tax years ending on or after  December  31,
    1998  and  before  December  31,  1999,  16  2/3%  of the
    property factor plus 16 2/3% of the payroll  factor  plus
    66 2/3% of the sales factor;
         (2)  for  tax  years ending on or after December 31,
    1999 and before December 31, 2000, 8 1/3% of the property
    factor plus 8 1/3% of the payroll factor plus 83 1/3%  of
    the sales factor;
         (3)  for  tax  years ending on or after December 31,
    2000, the sales factor.
If, in any tax year ending on or after December 31, 1998  and
before  December  31,  2000,  the denominator of the payroll,
property, or sales factor is zero, the  apportionment  factor
computed  in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection for that
year shall be divided by an amount equal to  100%  minus  the
percentage  weight  given to each factor whose denominator is
equal to zero.
(Source: P.A. 89-379,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-399,  eff.  8-20-95;
89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-562,  eff.  12-16-97; 90-613, eff.
7-9-98.)

    (35 ILCS 5/405 new)
    Sec. 405.  Carryovers in certain acquisitions.
    (a)  In the case  of  the  acquisition  of  assets  of  a
corporation  by  another  corporation  described  in  Section
381(a)   of   the   Internal   Revenue  Code,  the  acquiring
corporation shall succeed to and take into account, as of the
close of the day of distribution or transfer, all  Article  2
credits  and  net losses under Section 207 of the corporation
from which the  assets  where  acquired,  without  limitation
under  Section  382  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  or the
separate return limitation year regulations promulgated under
Section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (b)  In the case  of  the  acquisition  of  assets  of  a
partnership  by another partnership in a transaction in which
the acquiring partnership is considered to be a  continuation
of  the partnership from which the assets were acquired under
the provisions of Section 708 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code
and  any  regulations  promulgated  under  that  Section, the
acquiring partnership shall succeed to and take into account,
as of the close of the day of distribution or  transfer,  all
Article  2  credits  and  net losses under Section 207 of the
partnership from which the assets were acquired.
    (c)  The provisions of this amendatory Act  of  the  91st
General Assembly shall apply to all acquisitions occurring in
taxable  years ending on or after December 31, 1986; provided
that if a taxpayer's Illinois income tax  liability  for  any
taxable  year, as assessed under Section 903 prior to January
1, 1999, was computed without taking into account all of  the
Article 2 credits and net losses under Section 207 as allowed
by this Section:
         (1)  no  refund shall be payable to the taxpayer for
    that taxable year as the result of allowing  any  portion
    of  the Article 2 credits or net losses under Section 207
    that were not taken into account  in  computing  the  tax
    assessed prior to January 1, 1999;
         (2)  any  deficiency  which has not been paid may be
    reduced (but not below zero) by the allowance of some  or
    all  of the Article 2 credits or net losses under Section
    207 that were not taken into account in computing the tax
    assessed prior to January 1, 1999; and
         (3)  in the case of any Article 2 credit or net loss
    under Section 207 that, pursuant to this subsection  (c),
    could  not  be taken into account either in computing the
    tax assessed prior to January 1, 1999 for a taxable  year
    or  in  reducing a deficiency for that taxable year under
    paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the  allowance  of  such
    credit  or  loss  in  any other taxable year shall not be
    denied on the grounds that such  credit  or  loss  should
    properly  have  been  claimed  in that taxable year under
    subsection (a) or (b).

    (35 ILCS 5/502) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-502)
    Sec. 502.  Returns and notices.
    (a)  In general. A  return  with  respect  to  the  taxes
imposed  by  this  Act  shall be made by every person for any
taxable year:
         (1)  For which such  person  is  liable  for  a  tax
    imposed by this Act, or
         (2)  In  the  case of a resident or in the case of a
    corporation which is qualified to  do  business  in  this
    State,  for  which  such  person  is  required  to make a
    federal income tax return,  regardless  of  whether  such
    person is liable for a tax imposed by this Act.  However,
    this  paragraph  shall  not  require a resident to make a
    return if such person has an Illinois base income of  the
    basic  amount  in  Section  204(b)  or less and is either
    claimed as a dependent on  another  person's  tax  return
    under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or is claimed as
    a  dependent  on  another  person's tax return under this
    Act.
    (b)  Fiduciaries and receivers.
         (1)  Decedents. If an individual  is  deceased,  any
    return  or  notice required of such individual under this
    Act shall be made  by  his  executor,  administrator,  or
    other person charged with the property of such decedent.
         (2)  Individuals   under   a   disability.   If   an
    individual  is unable to make a return or notice required
    under this Act, the return or  notice  required  of  such
    individual  shall  be  made by his duly authorized agent,
    guardian, fiduciary or other person charged with the care
    of the person or property of such individual.
         (3)  Estates and trusts. Returns or notices required
    of an estate or a trust shall be made  by  the  fiduciary
    thereof.
         (4)  Receivers,    trustees    and   assignees   for
    corporations. In a case  where  a  receiver,  trustee  in
    bankruptcy, or assignee, by order of a court of competent
    jurisdiction,  by  operation  of  law,  or otherwise, has
    possession of or holds title to all or substantially  all
    the property or business of a corporation, whether or not
    such   property  or  business  is  being  operated,  such
    receiver, trustee, or assignee shall make the returns and
    notices required of such corporation in the  same  manner
    and  form  as  corporations  are  required  to  make such
    returns and notices.
    (c)  Joint returns by husband and wife.
         (1)  Except as  provided  in  paragraph  (3),  if  a
    husband  and  wife file a joint federal income tax return
    for a taxable year they shall file a joint  return  under
    this  Act  for  such  taxable  year and their liabilities
    shall be joint and several, but if the federal income tax
    liability of either spouse is determined  on  a  separate
    federal  income  tax  return,  they  shall  file separate
    returns under this Act.
         (2)  If neither spouse is required to file a federal
    income tax return and either or both are required to file
    a return under this Act, they may elect to file  separate
    or  joint  returns  and  pursuant  to such election their
    liabilities shall be separate or joint and several.
         (3)  If either husband or wife is a resident and the
    other is a nonresident, they shall file separate  returns
    in  this  State  on  such forms as may be required by the
    Department in which event their tax liabilities shall  be
    separate; but they may elect to determine their joint net
    income  and file a joint return as if both were residents
    and in such case, their liabilities shall  be  joint  and
    several.
         (4)  Innocent spouses.
              (A)  However,  for  tax liabilities arising and
         paid prior to the effective date of this  amendatory
         Act of the 91st General Assembly, an innocent spouse
         shall  be  relieved  of liability for tax (including
         interest and penalties) for  any  taxable  year  for
         which  a joint return has been made, upon submission
         of proof that the Internal Revenue Service has  made
         a   determination   under  Section  6013(e)  of  the
         Internal Revenue Code, for the  same  taxable  year,
         which   determination   relieved   the  spouse  from
         liability for federal income taxes. If there  is  no
         federal  income  tax liability at issue for the same
         taxable year,  the  Department  shall  rely  on  the
         provisions  of  Section 6013(e) to determine whether
         the person requesting innocent spouse  abatement  of
         tax,  penalty,  and  interest  is  entitled  to that
         relief.
              (B)  For  tax  liabilities  arising  after  the
         effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  91st
         General  Assembly  or  which  arose  prior  to  that
         effective   date,   but  remain  unpaid  as  of  the
         effective date, if an individual who filed  a  joint
         return  for  any  taxable  year has made an election
         under this paragraph, the individual's liability for
         any tax shown on the joint return shall  not  exceed
         the  individual's  separate  return  amount  and the
         individual's liability for any  deficiency  assessed
         for  that  taxable year shall not exceed the portion
         of  the  deficiency  properly   allocable   to   the
         individual.  For purposes of this paragraph:
                   (i)  An election properly made pursuant to
              Section 6015 of the Internal Revenue Code shall
              constitute  an  election  under this paragraph,
              provided  that  the  election  shall   not   be
              effective until the individual has notified the
              Department  of  the  election  in  the form and
              manner prescribed by the Department.
                   (ii)  If no election has been  made  under
              Section   6015,  the  individual  may  make  an
              election under this paragraph in the  form  and
              manner  prescribed  by the Department, provided
              that no election may be made if the  Department
              finds  that  assets  were  transferred  between
              individuals  filing a joint return as part of a
              scheme by such individuals to avoid payment  of
              Illinois  income tax and the election shall not
              eliminate the individual's  liability  for  any
              portion  of  a  deficiency  attributable  to an
              error on the return of which the individual had
              actual knowledge as of the date of filing.
                   (iii)  In determining the separate  return
              amount    or    portion   of   any   deficiency
              attributable to an individual,  the  Department
              shall  follow the provisions in Section 6015(b)
              and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
                   (iv)  In determining the  validity  of  an
              individual's  election  under subparagraph (ii)
              and in  determining  an  electing  individual's
              separate   return  amount  or  portion  of  any
              deficiency  under   subparagraph   (iii),   any
              determination  made  by  the  Secretary  of the
              Treasury under Section 6015(a) of the  Internal
              Revenue Code regarding criteria for eligibility
              or under Section 6015(b) or (c) of the Internal
              Revenue  Code  regarding  the allocation of any
              item of income, deduction, payment,  or  credit
              between   an   individual  making  the  federal
              election and that individual's spouse shall  be
              conclusively  presumed  to  be  correct.   With
              respect to any item that is not the subject  of
              a   determination   by  the  Secretary  of  the
              Treasury,  in  any  proceeding  involving  this
              subsection, the individual making the  election
              shall  have the burden of proof with respect to
              any item except that the Department shall  have
              the  burden  of  proof with respect to items in
              subdivision (ii).
                   (v)  Any election made  by  an  individual
              under  this subsection shall apply to all years
              for which that individual and the spouse  named
              in the election have filed a joint return.
                   (vi)  After  receiving  a  notice that the
              federal  election  has  been  made   or   after
              receiving  an  election under subdivision (ii),
              the Department shall take no collection  action
              against   the   electing   individual  for  any
              liability arising from a joint  return  covered
              by   the  election  until  the  Department  has
              notified the  electing  individual  in  writing
              that  the election is invalid or of the portion
              of the liability the Department  has  allocated
              to  the  electing  individual.   Within 60 days
              (150 days if  the  individual  is  outside  the
              United  States)  after  the  issuance  of  such
              notification, the individual may file a written
              protest of the denial of the election or of the
              Department's  determination  of  the  liability
              allocated  to him or her and shall be granted a
              hearing  within  the   Department   under   the
              provisions  of  Section  908.   If a protest is
              filed, the Department shall take no  collection
              action  against  the  electing individual until
              the decision regarding the protest  has  become
              final  under  subsection (d) of Section 908 or,
              if administrative review  of  the  Department's
              decision is requested under Section 1201, until
              the decision of the court becomes final.
    (d)  Partnerships.  Every  partnership  having  any  base
income  allocable  to  this  State in accordance with section
305(c) shall  retain  information  concerning  all  items  of
income,  gain, loss and deduction; the names and addresses of
all of the partners, or names and addresses of members  of  a
limited  liability  company,  or  other  persons who would be
entitled to share in the base income of  the  partnership  if
distributed;  the  amount  of the distributive share of each;
and such other pertinent information as the Department may by
forms or regulations prescribe. The  partnership  shall  make
that  information  available to the Department when requested
by the Department.
    (e)  For taxable years ending on or  after  December  31,
1985,  and  before  December  31,  1993,  taxpayers  that are
corporations (other than Subchapter  S  corporations)  having
the  same  taxable  year  and  that  are  members of the same
unitary business  group  may  elect  to  be  treated  as  one
taxpayer  for purposes of any original return, amended return
which includes the same taxpayers of the unitary group  which
joined   in   the  election  to  file  the  original  return,
extension,  claim  for  refund,  assessment,  collection  and
payment and determination of the group's tax liability  under
this Act. This subsection (e) does not permit the election to
be  made  for  some,  but not all, of the purposes enumerated
above. For taxable years ending  on  or  after  December  31,
1987,    corporate   members   (other   than   Subchapter   S
corporations) of the same unitary business group making  this
subsection  (e)  election  are  not required to have the same
taxable year.
    For taxable years ending on or after December  31,  1993,
taxpayers  that  are  corporations  (other  than Subchapter S
corporations) and that  are  members   of  the  same  unitary
business  group shall be treated as one taxpayer for purposes
of any original return, amended  return  which  includes  the
same  taxpayers  of  the unitary group which joined in filing
the original return, extension, claim for refund, assessment,
collection and payment and determination of the  group's  tax
liability under this Act.
    (f)  The  Department may promulgate regulations to permit
nonresident individual  partners  of  the  same  partnership,
nonresident Subchapter S corporation shareholders of the same
Subchapter   S   corporation,   and  nonresident  individuals
transacting an insurance business in Illinois under a  Lloyds
plan  of operation, and nonresident individual members of the
same  limited  liability  company  that  is  treated   as   a
partnership  under  Section 1501 (a)(16) of this Act, to file
composite  individual  income  tax  returns  reflecting   the
composite  income  of  such individuals allocable to Illinois
and to make composite individual income  tax  payments.   The
Department  may  by  regulation  also  permit  such composite
returns to include the income tax owed by Illinois  residents
attributable  to their income from partnerships, Subchapter S
corporations, insurance businesses organized under  a  Lloyds
plan  of  operation,  or limited liability companies that are
treated as partnership under Section  1501  (a)(16)  of  this
Act,  in which case such Illinois residents will be permitted
to claim credits on their individual returns for their shares
of the composite tax payments.  This subsection  (f)  applies
to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987.
    (g)  The  Department  may  adopt  rules  to authorize the
electronic filing of any return required to  be  filed  under
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90-613, eff. 7-9-98.)

    (35 ILCS 5/601.1) (Ch. 120, par. 6-601.1)
    Sec. 601.1.  (a) Beginning on October 1, 1993, a taxpayer
who  has an average monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more
under Article 7 of this Act shall make all payments  required
by  rules  of  the  Department  by electronic funds transfer.
Beginning October 1, 1993, a  taxpayer  who  has  an  average
quarterly  estimated  tax  payment  obligation of $450,000 or
more under Article 8 of this  Act  shall  make  all  payments
required  by  rules  of  the  Department  by electronic funds
transfer.  Beginning on October 1, 1994, a taxpayer  who  has
an  average  monthly  tax liability of $100,000 or more under
Article 7 of this Act shall make  all  payments  required  by
rules   of  the  Department  by  electronic  funds  transfer.
Beginning October 1, 1994, a  taxpayer  who  has  an  average
quarterly  estimated  tax  payment  obligation of $300,000 or
more under Article 8 of this  Act  shall  make  all  payments
required  by  rules  of  the  Department  by electronic funds
transfer.  Beginning on October 1, 1995, a taxpayer  who  has
an  average  monthly  tax  liability of $50,000 or more under
Article 7 of this Act shall make  all  payments  required  by
rules   of  the  Department  by  electronic  funds  transfer.
Beginning October 1, 1995, a  taxpayer  who  has  an  average
quarterly  estimated  tax  payment  obligation of $150,000 or
more under Article 8 of this  Act  shall  make  all  payments
required  by  rules  of  the  Department  by electronic funds
transfer. Beginning on October 1, 2000, and for all liability
periods thereafter, a taxpayer who has an average annual  tax
liability  of  $200,000  or  more under Article 7 of this Act
shall make all payments required by rules of  the  Department
by  electronic  funds transfer.  Beginning October 1, 2000, a
taxpayer who has an average quarterly estimated  tax  payment
obligation  of  $50,000  or  more under Article 8 of this Act
shall make all payments required by rules of  the  Department
by electronic funds transfer.
    (b)  Any taxpayer who is not required to make payments by
electronic  funds  transfer  may  make payments by electronic
funds transfer with the permission of the Department.
    (c)  All  taxpayers  required   to   make   payments   by
electronic  funds  transfer  and  any  taxpayers  who wish to
voluntarily make payments by electronic funds transfer  shall
make   those   payments  in  the  manner  authorized  by  the
Department.
    (d)  The Department shall notify all  taxpayers  required
to   make   payments   by  electronic  funds  transfer.   All
taxpayers notified by the Department shall make  payments  by
electronic funds transfer for a minimum of one year beginning
on  October  1.   In  determining the threshold amounts under
subsection (a), the Department shall calculate  the  averages
as follows:
         (1)  the  total  liability  under  Article 7 for the
    preceding tax  year  (and,  prior  to  October  1,  2000,
    divided by 12); or
         (2)  for   purposes   of  estimated  payments  under
    Article 8, the total tax obligation of the  taxpayer  for
    the previous tax year divided by 4.
    (e)  The   Department  shall  adopt  such  rules  as  are
necessary  to  effectuate  a  program  of  electronic   funds
transfer and the requirements of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 87-1132; 87-1246.)

    (35 ILCS 5/905) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-905)
    Sec. 905.  Limitations on Notices of Deficiency.
    (a)  In  general.  Except  as  otherwise provided in this
Act:
         (1)  A notice of  deficiency  shall  be  issued  not
    later  than  3 years after the date the return was filed,
    and
         (2)  No deficiency shall be  assessed  or  collected
    with  respect  to the year for which the return was filed
    unless such notice is issued within such period.
    (b)  Omission of more than 25% of income. If the taxpayer
omits from base income an amount properly includible  therein
which is in excess of 25% of the amount of base income stated
in the return, a notice of deficiency may be issued not later
than 6 years after the return was filed. For purposes of this
paragraph,  there  shall not be taken into account any amount
which is omitted in the return if such amount is disclosed in
the return, or in a statement attached to the  return,  in  a
manner  adequate  to apprise the Department of the nature and
the amount of such item.
    (c)  No return or fraudulent  return.  If  no  return  is
filed  or  a false and fraudulent return is filed with intent
to evade the tax imposed by this Act, a notice of  deficiency
may be issued at any time.
    (d)  Failure  to  report  federal  change.  If a taxpayer
fails to notify the Department in any case where notification
is required by Section 304(c) or 506(b), or fails to report a
change or correction which is treated in the same  manner  as
if  it  were  a deficiency for federal income tax purposes, a
notice of deficiency may be issued (i) at any time or (ii) on
or after the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the
91st  General  Assembly, at any time for the taxable year for
which the notification is required or for any taxable year to
which the taxpayer may  carry  an  Article  2  credit,  or  a
Section  207  loss, earned, incurred, or used in the year for
which the notification is required; provided,  however,  that
the amount of any proposed assessment set forth in the notice
shall  be  limited  to the amount of any deficiency resulting
under this Act from the recomputation of the  taxpayer's  net
income,  Article  2  credits,  or  Section  207  loss earned,
incurred,  or  used  in  the  taxable  year  for  which   the
notification  is  required after giving effect to the item or
items required to be reported.
    (e)  Report of federal change.
         (1)  Before the effective date  of  this  amendatory
    Act  of  the  91st  General  Assembly,  in any case where
    notification of an alteration is  given  as  required  by
    Section  506(b),  a notice of deficiency may be issued at
    any time within 2 years after the date such  notification
    is  given,  provided,  however,  that  the  amount of any
    proposed assessment set forth in  such  notice  shall  be
    limited  to  the amount of any deficiency resulting under
    this Act from recomputation of the taxpayer's net income,
    net loss, or Article 2 credits for the taxable year after
    giving effect to the  item  or  items  reflected  in  the
    reported alteration.
         (2)  On   and  after  the  effective  date  of  this
    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, in any  case
    where  notification of an alteration is given as required
    by Section 506(b), a notice of deficiency may  be  issued
    at   any   time  within  2  years  after  the  date  such
    notification is given for the taxable year for which  the
    notification  is  given  or for any taxable year to which
    the taxpayer may carry an Article 2 credit, or a  Section
    207 loss, earned, incurred, or used in the year for which
    the  notification  is  given, provided, however, that the
    amount of any  proposed  assessment  set  forth  in  such
    notice  shall  be limited to the amount of any deficiency
    resulting  under  this  Act  from  recomputation  of  the
    taxpayer's net income, Article 2 credits, or Section  207
    loss  earned,  incurred,  or used in the taxable year for
    which the notification is given after  giving  effect  to
    the item or items reflected in the reported alteration.
    (f)  Extension by agreement. Where, before the expiration
of  the time prescribed in this section for the issuance of a
notice of deficiency, both the Department  and  the  taxpayer
shall  have  consented  in writing to its issuance after such
time, such notice may be issued at  any  time  prior  to  the
expiration  of  the  period agreed upon. The period so agreed
upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made
before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.
    (g)  Erroneous refunds. In any case in  which  there  has
been  an  erroneous  refund  of tax payable under this Act, a
notice of deficiency may be issued at any time within 2 years
from the making of such refund, or within 5  years  from  the
making  of  such  refund  if  it appears that any part of the
refund was induced by fraud or  the  misrepresentation  of  a
material  fact,  provided,  however,  that  the amount of any
proposed assessment set forth in such notice shall be limited
to the amount of such erroneous refund.
    Beginning July 1, 1993, in any case in  which  there  has
been a refund of tax payable under this Act attributable to a
net  loss  carryback as provided for in Section 207, and that
refund is subsequently determined to be an  erroneous  refund
due  to  a  reduction in the amount of the net loss which was
originally carried back,  a  notice  of  deficiency  for  the
erroneous  refund amount may be issued at any time during the
same time period in which  a  notice  of  deficiency  can  be
issued  on  the  loss  year creating the carryback amount and
subsequent erroneous  refund.  The  amount  of  any  proposed
assessment  set  forth  in the notice shall be limited to the
amount of such erroneous refund.
    (h)  Time return  deemed  filed.  For  purposes  of  this
Section  a tax return filed before the last day prescribed by
law (including any extension thereof) shall be deemed to have
been filed on such last day.
    (i)  Request for prompt determination of  liability.  For
purposes  of  Subsection  (a)(1), in the case of a tax return
required under this Act in respect of a decedent, or  by  his
estate   during   the  period  of  administration,  or  by  a
corporation, the period referred to in such Subsection  shall
be 18 months after a written request for prompt determination
of  liability  is filed with the Department (at such time and
in  such  form  and  manner  as  the  Department   shall   by
regulations  prescribe)  by  the  executor, administrator, or
other fiduciary representing the estate of such decedent,  or
by such corporation, but not more than 3 years after the date
the  return was filed. This Subsection shall not apply in the
case of a corporation unless:
         (1) (A)  Such   written   request    notifies    the
    Department  that the corporation contemplates dissolution
    at or before the expiration of such 18-month period,  (B)
    the  dissolution  is  begun  in  good  faith  before  the
    expiration   of   such   18-month  period,  and  (C)  the
    dissolution is completed;
         (2) (A)  Such   written   request    notifies    the
    Department  that  a  dissolution  has  in good faith been
    begun, and (B) the dissolution is completed; or
         (3)  A dissolution has been completed  at  the  time
    such written request is made.
    (j)  Withholding  tax.  In  the  case of returns required
under Article 7 of this Act  (with  respect  to  any  amounts
withheld as tax or any amounts required to have been withheld
as tax) a notice of deficiency shall be issued not later than
3  years  after  the  15th day of the 4th month following the
close of the calendar year  in  which  such  withholding  was
required.
    (k)  Penalties  for  failure to make information reports.
A  notice  of  deficiency  for  the  penalties  provided   by
Subsection  1405.1(c) of this Act may not be issued more than
3 years after the due date of the  reports  with  respect  to
which the penalties are asserted.
    (l)  Penalty  for failure to file withholding returns.  A
notice of deficiency for penalties provided by  Section  1004
of  this  Act  for  taxpayer's  failure  to  file withholding
returns may not be issued more than  three  years  after  the
15th day of the 4th month following the close of the calendar
year  in  which  the  withholding  giving  rise to taxpayer's
obligation to file those returns occurred.
    (m)  Transferee liability. A notice of deficiency may  be
issued to a transferee relative to a liability asserted under
Section 1405 during time periods defined as follows:
         1)  Initial   Transferee.    In   the  case  of  the
    liability of an initial transferee, up to 2  years  after
    the expiration of the period of limitation for assessment
    against the transferor, except that if a court proceeding
    for  review  of the assessment against the transferor has
    begun, then up  to  2  years  after  the  return  of  the
    certified copy of the judgment in the court proceeding.
         2)  Transferee  of  Transferee.   In the case of the
    liability of a  transferee,  up  to  2  years  after  the
    expiration  of  the  period  of limitation for assessment
    against the preceding transferee, but  not  more  than  3
    years  after  the  expiration of the period of limitation
    for assessment against  the  initial  transferor;  except
    that   if,   before  the  expiration  of  the  period  of
    limitation for the assessment of  the  liability  of  the
    transferee,  a court proceeding for the collection of the
    tax or  liability  in  respect  thereof  has  been  begun
    against  the  initial  transferor  or  the last preceding
    transferee, as the  case  may  be,  then  the  period  of
    limitation   for  assessment  of  the  liability  of  the
    transferee shall expire 2 years after the return  of  the
    certified copy of the judgment in the court proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98.)

    (35 ILCS 5/911) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-911)
    Sec. 911. Limitations on Claims for Refund.
    (a)  In  general.  Except  as  otherwise provided in this
Act:
         (1)  A claim for refund shall  be  filed  not  later
    than  3 years after the date the return was filed (in the
    case of returns required under  Article  7  of  this  Act
    respecting  any amounts withheld as tax, not later than 3
    years after the 15th day of the 4th month  following  the
    close  of the calendar year in which such withholding was
    made), or one year after  the  date  the  tax  was  paid,
    whichever is the later; and
         (2)  No  credit  or  refund shall be allowed or made
    with respect to the year for which the  claim  was  filed
    unless such claim is filed within such period.
    (b)  Federal changes.
         (1)  In  general.  In any case where notification of
    an alteration is required by Section 506 (b), a claim for
    refund may be filed within 2  years  after  the  date  on
    which  such  notification  was due (regardless of whether
    such  notice  was  given),  but  the  amount  recoverable
    pursuant to a claim filed under  this  Section  shall  be
    limited  to the amount of any overpayment resulting under
    this Act from recomputation of the taxpayer's net income,
    net loss, or Article 2 credits for the taxable year after
    giving effect to the  item  or  items  reflected  in  the
    alteration required to be reported.
         (2)  Tentative  carryback  adjustments  paid  before
    January  1, 1974. If, as the result of the payment before
    January  1,  1974  of  a  federal   tentative   carryback
    adjustment,  a  notification of an alteration is required
    under Section 506 (b), a claim for refund may be filed at
    any  time  before  January  1,  1976,  but   the   amount
    recoverable  pursuant to a claim filed under this Section
    shall  be  limited  to  the  amount  of  any  overpayment
    resulting  under  this  Act  from  recomputation  of  the
    taxpayer's base income for the taxable year after  giving
    effect  to  the  federal  alteration  resulting  from the
    tentative  carryback  adjustment  irrespective   of   any
    limitation imposed in paragraph (l) of this subsection.
    (c)  Extension   by   agreement.    Where,   before   the
expiration  of  the  time  prescribed in this section for the
filing of a claim for refund, both  the  Department  and  the
claimant  shall have consented in writing to its filing after
such time, such claim may be filed at any time prior  to  the
expiration  of  the period agreed upon.  The period so agreed
upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made
before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.
    (d)  Limit on amount of credit or refund.
         (1)  Limit where claim filed within  3-year  period.
    If  the claim was filed by the claimant during the 3-year
    period prescribed in subsection (a), the  amount  of  the
    credit  or refund shall not exceed the portion of the tax
    paid within the period, immediately preceding the  filing
    of  the  claim,  equal  to 3 years plus the period of any
    extension of time for filing the return.
         (2)  Limit  where  claim  not  filed  within  3-year
    period.  If the claim was not filed  within  such  3-year
    period,  the  amount  of  the  credit or refund shall not
    exceed the portion of the tax paid during  the  one  year
    immediately preceding the filing of the claim.
    (e)  Time  return  deemed  filed.   For  purposes of this
section a tax return filed before the last day prescribed  by
law  for  the filing of such return (including any extensions
thereof) shall be deemed to have been filed on such last day.
    (f)  No claim for refund based on the taxpayer's taking a
credit for estimated tax payments as provided by Section  601
(b)  (2)  or  for  any  amount paid by a taxpayer pursuant to
Section 602(a) or for any amount of credit for  tax  withheld
pursuant  to Section 701 may be filed more than 3 years after
the due date, as provided by Section 505, of the return which
was required to be filed relative to  the  taxable  year  for
which  the  payments  were  made  or  for  which  the tax was
withheld. The changes in this subsection  (f)  made  by  this
amendatory  Act  of  1987  shall  apply  to all taxable years
ending on or after December 31, 1969.
    (g)  Special Period of Limitation  with  Respect  to  Net
Loss  Carrybacks.    If  the  claim  for refund relates to an
overpayment attributable to a net loss carryback as  provided
by  Section  207,  in lieu of the 3 year period of limitation
prescribed in subsection (a), the period shall be that period
which ends 3 years after  the  time  prescribed  by  law  for
filing  the  return  (including  extensions  thereof) for the
taxable year of the net loss which results in such  carryback
(or,  on  and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly, with respect to a change in the
carryover of an Article 2 credit to a taxable year  resulting
from  the  carryback  of  a  Section  207  loss incurred in a
taxable year beginning on  or  after  January  1,  2000,  the
period  shall be that period that ends 3 years after the time
prescribed by law for filing the return (including extensions
of that time) for  that  subsequent  taxable  year),  or  the
period  prescribed  in  subsection  (c)  in  respect  of such
taxable year, whichever expires later.  In the case of such a
claim, the amount of the refund may exceed the portion of the
tax paid within the period provided in subsection (d) to  the
extent  of the amount of the overpayment attributable to such
carryback. On and after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 91st General Assembly, if  the  claim  for  refund
relates to an overpayment attributable to the carryover of an
Article  2 credit, or of a Section 207 loss, earned, incurred
(in a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2000), or
used in a year for which a notification of a change affecting
federal taxable income must be filed under subsection (b)  of
Section  506,  the  claim  may  be  filed  within  the period
prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) in  respect  of
the year for which the notification is required.  In the case
of  such  a  claim,  the  amount of the refund may exceed the
portion of  the  tax  paid  within  the  period  provided  in
subsection (d) to the extent of the amount of the overpayment
attributable to the recomputation of the taxpayer's Article 2
credits,  or  Section  207 loss, earned, incurred, or used in
the taxable year for which the notification is given.
(Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98.)

    Section 10.  The Use  Tax  Act  is  amended  by  changing
Sections 3-30, 9, and 10 as follows:

    (35 ILCS 105/3-30) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-30)
    Sec. 3-30.  Graphic arts production.  For the purposes of
this Act, "graphic arts production" means printing, including
ink  jet  printing,  by  one  or more of the common processes
described in Groups 323110 through 323122 of  Subsector  323,
Groups  511110  through  511199  of  Subsector 511, and Group
512230 of  Subsector  512  of  the  North  American  Industry
Classification   System  published  by  the  U.S.  Office  of
Management  and  Budget,  1997  edition   or   graphic   arts
production  services  as  those  processes  and  services are
defined in Major Group 27 of the U.  S.  Standard  Industrial
Classification  Manual.  Graphic  arts  production  does  not
include  (i)  the  transfer  of  images  onto  paper or other
tangible personal property by means of photocopying  or  (ii)
final printed products in electronic or audio form, including
the production of software or audio-books.
(Source:  P.A. 86-44; 86-244; 86-252; 86-820; 86-905; 86-928;
86-953; 86-1394; 86-1475.)

    (35 ILCS 105/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.9)
    Sec.  9.  Except  as  to  motor   vehicles,   watercraft,
aircraft,  and  trailers  that  are required to be registered
with an agency of  this  State,  each  retailer  required  or
authorized  to  collect the tax imposed by this Act shall pay
to the Department the amount of such tax (except as otherwise
provided) at the time when he is required to file his  return
for  the  period  during which such tax was collected, less a
discount of 2.1% prior to January 1, 1990, and 1.75%  on  and
after  January 1, 1990, or $5 per calendar year, whichever is
greater, which is  allowed  to  reimburse  the  retailer  for
expenses  incurred  in  collecting  the tax, keeping records,
preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax and supplying
data to the Department on request.  In the case of  retailers
who  report  and  pay the tax on a transaction by transaction
basis, as provided in this Section, such  discount  shall  be
taken  with  each  such  tax  remittance instead of when such
retailer files his periodic  return.   A  retailer  need  not
remit  that  part  of  any tax collected by him to the extent
that he is required to remit and does remit the  tax  imposed
by  the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax Act, with respect to the
sale of the same property.
    Where such tangible personal property  is  sold  under  a
conditional  sales  contract, or under any other form of sale
wherein the payment of the principal sum, or a part  thereof,
is  extended  beyond  the  close  of the period for which the
return is filed, the retailer, in collecting the tax  (except
as to motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that
are  required to be registered with an agency of this State),
may  collect  for  each  tax  return  period,  only  the  tax
applicable  to  that  part  of  the  selling  price  actually
received during such tax return period.
    Except as provided in this  Section,  on  or  before  the
twentieth  day  of  each  calendar month, such retailer shall
file a return for the preceding calendar month.  Such  return
shall  be  filed  on  forms  prescribed by the Department and
shall  furnish  such  information  as  the   Department   may
reasonably require.
    The  Department  may  require  returns  to  be filed on a
quarterly basis.  If so required, a return for each  calendar
quarter  shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the
calendar month following the end of  such  calendar  quarter.
The taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for
each  of the first two months of each calendar quarter, on or
before the twentieth day of  the  following  calendar  month,
stating:
         1.  The name of the seller;
         2.  The  address  of the principal place of business
    from which he engages in the business of selling tangible
    personal property at retail in this State;
         3.  The total amount of taxable receipts received by
    him during the preceding calendar  month  from  sales  of
    tangible  personal  property by him during such preceding
    calendar month, including receipts from charge  and  time
    sales, but less all deductions allowed by law;
         4.  The  amount  of credit provided in Section 2d of
    this Act;
         5.  The amount of tax due;
         5-5.  The signature of the taxpayer; and
         6.  Such  other  reasonable   information   as   the
    Department may require.
    If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after
the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department,
the  return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to
be due on the return shall be deemed assessed.
    Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an  average
monthly  tax  liability  of  $150,000  or more shall make all
payments required by rules of the  Department  by  electronic
funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who has
an  average  monthly  tax liability of $100,000 or more shall
make all payments required by  rules  of  the  Department  by
electronic  funds  transfer.  Beginning  October  1,  1995, a
taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of  $50,000
or  more  shall  make  all  payments required by rules of the
Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1,
2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of  $200,000
or  more  shall  make  all  payments required by rules of the
Department by electronic funds transfer.   The  term  "annual
tax liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's liabilities
under   this  Act,  and  under  all  other  State  and  local
occupation and use tax laws administered by  the  Department,
for   the  immediately  preceding  calendar  year.  The  term
"average  monthly  tax  liability"  means  the  sum  of   the
taxpayer's  liabilities  under  this Act, and under all other
State and local occupation and use tax laws  administered  by
the  Department,  for the immediately preceding calendar year
divided by 12.
    Before August 1 of  each  year  beginning  in  1993,  the
Department  shall  notify  all  taxpayers  required  to  make
payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers required
to  make  payments  by  electronic  funds transfer shall make
those payments for a minimum of one year beginning on October
1.
    Any taxpayer not required to make payments by  electronic
funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer
with the permission of the Department.
    All  taxpayers  required  to  make  payment by electronic
funds transfer and any taxpayers  authorized  to  voluntarily
make  payments  by electronic funds transfer shall make those
payments in the manner authorized by the Department.
    The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to
effectuate a program of electronic  funds  transfer  and  the
requirements of this Section.
    Before October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly
tax   liability   to  the  Department  under  this  Act,  the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,  the  Service  Occupation  Tax
Act,  the  Service Use Tax Act was $10,000 or more during the
preceding 4 complete  calendar  quarters,  he  shall  file  a
return  with the Department each month by the 20th day of the
month  next  following  the  month  during  which  such   tax
liability   is  incurred  and  shall  make  payments  to  the
Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last  day  of
the  month  during  which  such liability is incurred. On and
after October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly  tax
liability  to  the  Department under this Act, the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act,  and  the
Service  Use Tax Act was $20,000 or more during the preceding
4 complete calendar quarters, he shall file a return with the
Department each month by the  20th  day  of  the  month  next
following  the  month  during  which  such  tax  liability is
incurred and shall make  payment  to  the  Department  on  or
before  the  7th, 15th, 22nd and last day or the month during
which such liability is incurred.  If the month during  which
such  tax  liability  is  incurred  began prior to January 1,
1985, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 1/4 of  the
taxpayer's actual liability for the month or an amount set by
the  Department  not  to  exceed  1/4  of the average monthly
liability of the taxpayer to the Department for the preceding
4 complete calendar quarters (excluding the month of  highest
liability and the month of lowest liability in such 4 quarter
period).   If  the  month  during which such tax liability is
incurred begins on or after January 1,  1985,  and  prior  to
January  1, 1987, each payment shall be in an amount equal to
22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability  for  the  month  or
27.5% of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month
of  the  preceding  year.  If the month during which such tax
liability is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1987, and
prior to January 1, 1988, each payment shall be in an  amount
equal  to  22.5%  of  the taxpayer's actual liability for the
month or 26.25% of the  taxpayer's  liability  for  the  same
calendar  month  of  the preceding year.  If the month during
which such tax liability  is  incurred  begins  on  or  after
January  1,  1988, and prior to January 1, 1989, or begins on
or after January 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an  amount
equal  to  22.5%  of  the taxpayer's actual liability for the
month or  25%  of  the  taxpayer's  liability  for  the  same
calendar  month  of  the preceding year.  If the month during
which such tax liability  is  incurred  begins  on  or  after
January  1,  1989, and prior to January 1, 1996, each payment
shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual
liability for the month or 25% of  the  taxpayer's  liability
for  the same calendar month of the preceding year or 100% of
the taxpayer's  actual  liability  for  the  quarter  monthly
reporting   period.   The  amount  of  such  quarter  monthly
payments shall be credited against the final tax liability of
the taxpayer's return for  that  month.   Before  October  1,
2000,  once  applicable,  the  requirement  of  the making of
quarter monthly payments to  the  Department  shall  continue
until  such  taxpayer's  average  monthly  liability  to  the
Department  during the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters
(excluding the month of highest liability and  the  month  of
lowest   liability)  is  less  than  $9,000,  or  until  such
taxpayer's average monthly liability  to  the  Department  as
computed  for  each  calendar  quarter  of  the  4  preceding
complete  calendar  quarter  period  is  less  than  $10,000.
However,  if  a  taxpayer  can  show  the  Department  that a
substantial change in the taxpayer's  business  has  occurred
which  causes  the  taxpayer  to  anticipate that his average
monthly tax liability for the reasonably  foreseeable  future
will fall below the $10,000 threshold stated above, then such
taxpayer  may  petition  the  Department  for  change in such
taxpayer's reporting status. On and after  October  1,  2000,
once  applicable,  the  requirement  of the making of quarter
monthly payments to the Department shall continue until  such
taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department during
the  preceding  4  complete  calendar quarters (excluding the
month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability)
is less than $19,000 or until such taxpayer's average monthly
liability to the Department