100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5349

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 5/246 new

    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue, with the assistance of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall examine the investment credit and the research and development credit to determine the impact that each of these credits has on the creation and retention of jobs, and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019. Provides that the Department of Revenue, with the assistance of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall examine each credit against a tax imposed under the Illinois Income Tax Act on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act to determine the impact that each credit has on the creation and retention of jobs, including, but not limited to, any stated job creation goals, and report its findings for each credit to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before 3 years after the effective date of the credit in question, and on or before every 3 years thereafter. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding
5Section 246 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 5/246 new)
7    Sec. 246. Impact of credits; report.
8    (a) The Department, with the assistance of the Department
9of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall examine the credits
10provided under subsections (e) and (k) of Section 201 to
11determine the impact that each of these credits has on the
12creation and retention of jobs. The Department shall report its
13findings under this subsection (a) to the Governor and the
14General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019.
15    (b) The Department, with the assistance of the Department
16of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall examine each credit
17against a tax imposed under Section 201 created, extended, or
18reenacted on and after the effective date of this amendatory
19Act of the 100th General Assembly, to determine the impact that
20each credit has on the creation and retention of jobs,
21including, but not limited to, any stated job creation goals.
22The Department shall report its findings under this subsection
23(b) to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before 3

 

 

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1years after the effective date of the credit in question, and
2on or before every 3 years thereafter.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.