102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4492

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Tony McCombie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 5/201

    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the research and development credit by providing that the increase in research and development activities shall be based on an increase over 50% of the average of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base period (instead of 100% of the average of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base period). Provides that the research and development credit applies on a permanent basis. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
5changing Section 201 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 5/201)
7    Sec. 201. Tax imposed.
8    (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
9imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for
10each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege
11of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this
12State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or
13privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
14corporation or political subdivision thereof.
15    (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
16Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
17subsection (d-1):
18        (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
19    taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount
20    equal to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the
21    taxable year.
22        (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
23    taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending

 

 

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1    after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
2    1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
3    July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)
4    3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
5    30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
6        (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
7    taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
8    prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
9    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
10        (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
11    for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
12    ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum
13    of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
14    to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
15    (ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
16    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
17        (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
18    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011,
19    and ending prior to January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 5%
20    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
21        (5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
22    for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and
23    ending after December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum
24    of (i) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
25    to January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
26    (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period

 

 

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1    after December 31, 2014, as calculated under Section
2    202.5.
3        (5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
4    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
5    and ending prior to July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 3.75%
6    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
7        (5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
8    for taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and
9    ending after June 30, 2017, an amount equal to the sum of
10    (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
11    prior to July 1, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5,
12    and (ii) 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
13    after June 30, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5.
14        (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
15    for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an
16    amount equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the
17    taxable year.
18        (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
19    ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
20    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
21        (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
22    beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
23    1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
24    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1,
25    1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of
26    the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30,

 

 

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1    1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
2        (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
3    beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
4    1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
5    income for the taxable year.
6        (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
7    beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
8    December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
9    of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
10    January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
11    (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
12    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
13        (10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
14    beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
15    January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
16    net income for the taxable year.
17        (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
18    beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
19    December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
20    the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
21    1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
22    of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
23    31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
24        (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
25    beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
26    July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's

 

 

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1    net income for the taxable year.
2        (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
3    beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and ending after June 30,
4    2017, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25% of the
5    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1,
6    2017, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 7% of
7    the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30,
8    2017, as calculated under Section 202.5.
9        (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
10    beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 7%
11    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
12    The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
13provisions of Section 201.5.
14    (b-5) Surcharge; sale or exchange of assets, properties,
15and intangibles of organization gaming licensees. For each of
16taxable years 2019 through 2027, a surcharge is imposed on all
17taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of
18capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
19used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles (i)
20of an organization licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing
21Act of 1975 and (ii) of an organization gaming licensee under
22the Illinois Gambling Act. The amount of the surcharge is
23equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
24taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
25surcharge imposed shall not apply if:
26        (1) the organization gaming license, organization

 

 

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1    license, or racetrack property is transferred as a result
2    of any of the following:
3            (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
4        adjustment initiated by or against the initial
5        licensee or the substantial owners of the initial
6        licensee;
7            (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
8        any such license by the Illinois Gaming Board or the
9        Illinois Racing Board;
10            (C) a determination by the Illinois Gaming Board
11        that transfer of the license is in the best interests
12        of Illinois gaming;
13            (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
14        a licensee;
15            (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in
16        the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
17        publicly traded company;
18            (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
19        owned subsidiary; or
20            (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
21        another person where both persons were initial owners
22        of the license when the license was issued; or
23        (2) the controlling interest in the organization
24    gaming license, organization license, or racetrack
25    property is transferred in a transaction to lineal
26    descendants in which no gain or loss is recognized or as a

 

 

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1    result of a transaction in accordance with Section 351 of
2    the Internal Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is
3    recognized; or
4        (3) live horse racing was not conducted in 2010 at a
5    racetrack located within 3 miles of the Mississippi River
6    under a license issued pursuant to the Illinois Horse
7    Racing Act of 1975.
8    The transfer of an organization gaming license,
9organization license, or racetrack property by a person other
10than the initial licensee to receive the organization gaming
11license is not subject to a surcharge. The Department shall
12adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this
13subsection.
14    (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
15Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
16income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
17Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
18corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
19and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
20Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or
21receiving income in or as a resident of this State. The
22Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in
23addition to the income tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
24of this Section and in addition to all other occupation or
25privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
26corporation or political subdivision thereof.

 

 

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1    (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
2Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
3imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
4in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
5corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
6be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
7income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
81, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
9subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
10partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
11additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
12for the taxable year.
13    (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
14case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
15Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
16imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
17(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
18are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
19under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
20that for purposes of this determination premiums from
21reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
22reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
23on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
24imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
25increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
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1shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
2on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
3the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
4domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
5and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
6insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
7allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on
8such income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For
9the purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate
10includes a mutual insurer under common management.
11        (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event
12    shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
13    (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:
14            (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such
15        foreign insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net
16        of all credits allowed under this Act, plus
17            (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of
18        the Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance
19        company tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire
20        Investigation Act, and the fire department taxes
21        imposed under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois
22        Municipal Code,
23    equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December
24    31, 2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
25    December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
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1    Section 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph
2    will in no event increase the rates imposed under
3    subsections (b) and (d).
4        (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
5    subsection shall be applied first against the rates
6    imposed by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed
7    by subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
8    Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
9    has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
10    subsection (d).
11    This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
12Section 250.
13    (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a
14credit against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
15Tax for investment in qualified property.
16        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
17    of the basis of qualified property placed in service
18    during the taxable year, provided such property is placed
19    in service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed
20    an additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of
21    qualified property placed in service during the taxable
22    year, provided such property is placed in service on or
23    after July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment
24    within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the
25    preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's employment
26    records filed with the Illinois Department of Employment

 

 

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1    Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be
2    deemed to have met the 1% growth in base employment for the
3    first year in which they file employment records with the
4    Illinois Department of Employment Security. The provisions
5    added to this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored
6    by Public Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of
7    existing law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year,
8    the increase in base employment within Illinois over the
9    preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit
10    shall be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
11    numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
12    1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
13    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
14    taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
15    any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
16    other than the year in which the property was placed in
17    service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
18    December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
19    credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
20    property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
21    credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
22    exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
23    amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
24    the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
25    excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
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1    equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
2    enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
3    Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
4    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
5    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
6    complying with the requirements specified in clause (i)
7    and (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
8    Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
9    Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
10    such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
11    after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
12    the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
13    or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
14    for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability
15    or the liability as later amended, such excess may be
16    carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5
17    taxable years following the excess credit years. The
18    credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
19    there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
20    tax year that is available to offset a liability, earlier
21    credit shall be applied first.
22        (2) The term "qualified property" means property
23    which:
24            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
25        buildings and structural components of buildings and
26        signs that are real property, but not including land

 

 

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1        or improvements to real property that are not a
2        structural component of a building such as
3        landscaping, sewer lines, local access roads, fencing,
4        parking lots, and other appurtenances;
5            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
6        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
7        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
8        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
9        (e);
10            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
11        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
12            (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
13        primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
14        or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
15        on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
16        Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
17        Redevelopment Zone Act; and
18            (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
19        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
20        the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
21        subsection (f).
22        (3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
23    "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
24    of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
25    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
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1    shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes
2    of this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the
3    same meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
4    Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection
5    (e), the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible
6    personal property for use or consumption and not for
7    resale, or services rendered in conjunction with the sale
8    of tangible personal property for use or consumption and
9    not for resale. For purposes of this subsection (e),
10    "tangible personal property" has the same meaning as when
11    that term is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
12    and, for taxable years ending after December 31, 2008,
13    does not include the generation, transmission, or
14    distribution of electricity.
15        (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
16    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
17    income tax purposes.
18        (5) If the basis of the property for federal income
19    tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been
20    placed in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount
21    of such increase shall be deemed property placed in
22    service on the date of such increase in basis.
23        (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
24    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
25        (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
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1    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
2    any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
3    months after being placed in service, the Personal
4    Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year
5    shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined by
6    (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
7    been allowed for the year in which credit for such
8    property was originally allowed by eliminating such
9    property from such computation and, (ii) subtracting such
10    recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously
11    allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (7), a
12    reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting
13    from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be
14    deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent
15    of such reduction.
16        (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
17    the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
18    incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs
19    incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or
20    before December 31, 2018.
21        (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
22    a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners
23    the credits to which the partnership is entitled under
24    this subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may
25    use the credit allocated to him or her under this
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1    and (d) of this Section. If the partnership makes that
2    election, those credits shall be allocated among the
3    partners in the partnership in accordance with the rules
4    set forth in Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code,
5    and the rules promulgated under that Section, and the
6    allocated amount of the credits shall be allowed to the
7    partners for that taxable year. The partnership shall make
8    this election on its Personal Property Tax Replacement
9    Income Tax return for that taxable year. The election to
10    pass through the credits shall be irrevocable.
11        For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
12    2000, a partner that qualifies its partnership for a
13    subtraction under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of
14    subsection (d) of Section 203 or a shareholder that
15    qualifies a Subchapter S corporation for a subtraction
16    under subparagraph (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
17    of Section 203 shall be allowed a credit under this
18    subsection (e) equal to its share of the credit earned
19    under this subsection (e) during the taxable year by the
20    partnership or Subchapter S corporation, determined in
21    accordance with the determination of income and
22    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
23    and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. This
24    paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
25    (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
26Redevelopment Zone.

 

 

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

 

 

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1    income tax purposes.
2        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income
3    tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been
4    placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
5    Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
6    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
7    date of such increase in basis.
8        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
9    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
10        (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
11    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
12    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
13    any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise
14    Zone or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months
15    after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
16    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
17    year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
18    by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
19    been allowed for the year in which credit for such
20    property was originally allowed by eliminating such
21    property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such
22    recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously
23    allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (6), a
24    reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting
25    from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be
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1    of such reduction.
2        (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
3    to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
4    service during the taxable year in a River Edge
5    Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
6    service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
7    employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more
8    over the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
9    employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
10    Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
11    shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
12    employment for the first year in which they file
13    employment records with the Illinois Department of
14    Employment Security. If, in any year, the increase in base
15    employment within Illinois over the preceding year is less
16    than 1%, the additional credit shall be limited to that
17    percentage times a fraction, the numerator of which is
18    0.5% and the denominator of which is 1%, but shall not
19    exceed 0.5%.
20        (8) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
21    2021, there shall be allowed an Enterprise Zone
22    construction jobs credit against the taxes imposed under
23    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as provided in
24    Section 13 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.
25        The credit or credits may not reduce the taxpayer's
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1    credits exceeds the taxpayer's liability, the excess may
2    be carried forward and applied against the taxpayer's
3    liability in succeeding calendar years in the same manner
4    provided under paragraph (4) of Section 211 of this Act.
5    The credit or credits shall be applied to the earliest
6    year for which there is a tax liability. If there are
7    credits from more than one taxable year that are available
8    to offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be applied
9    first.
10        For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
11    corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
12    if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
13    the purposes of federal and State income taxation, there
14    shall be allowed a credit under this Section to be
15    determined in accordance with the determination of income
16    and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and
17    704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
18        The total aggregate amount of credits awarded under
19    the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9)
20    shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year.
21        This paragraph (8) is exempt from the provisions of
22    Section 250.
23    (g) (Blank).
24    (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
25        (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section
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1    be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections
2    (a) and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
3    property which is placed in service by a Department of
4    Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
5    Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
6    property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
7    minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
8    subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
9    Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
10    time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
11    Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
12    Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
13    (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
14    Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
15    reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
16    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
17    credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in
18    the taxable year in which such investments have been
19    completed. The credit for additional investments beyond
20    the minimum investment by a designated high impact
21    business authorized under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section
22    5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act shall be available
23    only in the taxable year in which the property is placed in
24    service and shall not be allowed to the extent that it
25    would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
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1    tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the credit
2    shall be allowed for the tax year in which the property is
3    placed in service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds
4    the tax liability for that year, whether it exceeds the
5    original liability or the liability as later amended, such
6    excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax
7    liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess
8    credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest
9    year for which there is a liability. If there is credit
10    from more than one tax year that is available to offset a
11    liability, the credit accruing first in time shall be
12    applied first.
13        Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
14    88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
15    reflect existing law.
16        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
17            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
18        buildings and structural components of buildings;
19            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
20        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
21        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
22        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
23        (h);
24            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
25        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
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1        Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
2        Section.
3        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
4    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
5    income tax purposes.
6        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income
7    tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been
8    placed in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade
9    Zone or Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the
10    amount of such increase shall be deemed property placed in
11    service on the date of such increase in basis.
12        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
13    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
14        (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
15    December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
16    property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
17    after being placed in service, or the situs of any
18    qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
19    months after being placed in service, the tax imposed
20    under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such
21    taxable year shall be increased. Such increase shall be
22    determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which
23    would have been allowed for the year in which credit for
24    such property was originally allowed by eliminating such
25    property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such
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1    allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (6), a
2    reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting
3    from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be
4    deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent
5    of such reduction.
6        (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
7    1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
8    subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
9    the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
10    the explicit terms and length of the contract under
11    Section 18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed
12    under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be
13    increased for the taxable year in which the taxpayer
14    relocated its facility by an amount equal to the amount of
15    credit received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
16    (h-5) High Impact Business construction jobs credit. For
17taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, there
18shall also be allowed a High Impact Business construction jobs
19credit against the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b)
20of this Section as provided in subsections (i) and (j) of
21Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.
22    The credit or credits may not reduce the taxpayer's
23liability to less than zero. If the amount of the credit or
24credits exceeds the taxpayer's liability, the excess may be
25carried forward and applied against the taxpayer's liability
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1paragraph (4) of Section 211 of this Act. The credit or credits
2shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax
3liability. If there are credits from more than one taxable
4year that are available to offset a liability, the earlier
5credit shall be applied first.
6    For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations,
7and owners of limited liability companies, if the liability
8company is treated as a partnership for the purposes of
9federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
10credit under this Section to be determined in accordance with
11the determination of income and distributive share of income
12under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
13Revenue Code.
14    The total aggregate amount of credits awarded under the
15Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9) shall not
16exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year.
17    This subsection (h-5) is exempt from the provisions of
18Section 250.
19    (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
20Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
21shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
22and (b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c)
23and (d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
24multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
25Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
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1base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
2rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
3    Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
4subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
5because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections
6(a) and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
7liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
8forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by
9subsections (a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the
10excess credit year, provided that no credit may be carried
11forward to any year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This
12credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for which
13there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
14subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
15offset a liability the earliest credit arising under this
16subsection shall be applied first.
17    If, during any taxable year ending on or after December
1831, 1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
19Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
20subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
21shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
22recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
23imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
24reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
25taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such
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1    (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
2ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
32003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
4imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
5amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
6the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed
7outside of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or
8vocational training in semi-technical or technical fields or
9semi-skilled or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross
10income in the computation of taxable income. The credit
11against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be
121.6% of such training expenses. For partners, shareholders of
13subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability
14companies, if the liability company is treated as a
15partnership for purposes of federal and State income taxation,
16there shall be allowed a credit under this subsection (j) to be
17determined in accordance with the determination of income and
18distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
19subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
20    Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused
21in the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each
22of the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit
23is first computed until it is used. This credit shall be
24applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
25liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from
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1the earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be
2applied first. No carryforward credit may be claimed in any
3tax year ending on or after December 31, 2003.
4    (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending
5after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and
6beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31,
72004, and ending prior to January 1, 2027, a taxpayer shall be
8allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
9and (b) of this Section for increasing research activities in
10this State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by
11subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the
12qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in
13this State. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
14corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if
15the liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes
16of federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
17credit under this subsection to be determined in accordance
18with the determination of income and distributive share of
19income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
20Internal Revenue Code.
21    For purposes of this subsection, the following terms have
22the following meanings:
23        "Qualifying "qualifying expenditures" means the
24    qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal credit
25    for increasing research activities which would be
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1    and which are conducted in this State.
2        "Qualifying , "qualifying expenditures for increasing
3    research activities in this State" means the excess of
4    qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
5    incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period.
6        "Qualifying , "qualifying expenditures for the base
7    period" means: (1) for taxable years ending prior to
8    December 31, 2021, the average of the qualifying
9    expenditures for each year in the base period; and (2) for
10    taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2021, 50% of
11    the average of the qualifying expenditures for each year
12    in the base period.
13        "Base , and "base period" means the 3 taxable years
14    immediately preceding the taxable year for which the
15    determination is being made.
16    Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
17year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
18unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
19as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
20taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever
21occurs first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year
22ending prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any
23year ending on or after December 31, 2003.
24    If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
252 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
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1given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
2remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
3applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
4liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
5credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
6following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
7that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
8than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
9credit is given was incurred.
10    No inference shall be drawn from Public Act 91-644 in
11construing this Section for taxable years beginning before
12January 1, 1999.
13    It is the intent of the General Assembly that the research
14and development credit under this subsection (k) shall apply
15continuously for all tax years ending on or after December 31,
162004 and ending prior to January 1, 2027, including, but not
17limited to, the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending
18on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-22). All
19actions taken in reliance on the continuation of the credit
20under this subsection (k) by any taxpayer are hereby
21validated.
22    This subsection (k) is exempt from the provisions of
23Section 250.
24    (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
25        (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and
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1    allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections
2    (a) and (b) of this Section for certain amounts paid for
3    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs, as specified in
4    this subsection. For purposes of this Section,
5    "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs" means costs
6    approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
7    ("Agency") under Section 58.14 of the Environmental
8    Protection Act that were paid in performing environmental
9    remediation at a site for which a No Further Remediation
10    Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
11    58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
12    be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval
13    of the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit
14    is not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
15    related party caused or contributed to, in any material
16    respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or
17    under the site that was identified and addressed by the
18    remedial action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program
19    of the Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution
20    Control Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
21    Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
22    enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
23    Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
24    for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
25    those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
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1    succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue
2    Code and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
3    deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
4    Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of
5    being a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners.
6    The credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections
7    (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed
8    eligible remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site,
9    except that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any
10    site contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
11    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
12    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
13    total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year
14    with a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners
15    and shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall
16    be allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined
17    in accordance with the determination of income and
18    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
19    and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
20        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
21    unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
22    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
23    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
24    term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
25    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
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1    This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year
2    for which there is a liability. If there is a credit under
3    this subsection from more than one tax year that is
4    available to offset a liability, the earliest credit
5    arising under this subsection shall be applied first. A
6    credit allowed under this subsection may be sold to a
7    buyer as part of a sale of all or part of the remediation
8    site for which the credit was granted. The purchaser of a
9    remediation site and the tax credit shall succeed to the
10    unused credit and remaining carry-forward period of the
11    seller. To perfect the transfer, the assignor shall record
12    the transfer in the chain of title for the site and provide
13    written notice to the Director of the Illinois Department
14    of Revenue of the assignor's intent to sell the
15    remediation site and the amount of the tax credit to be
16    transferred as a portion of the sale. In no event may a
17    credit be transferred to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or a
18    related party would not be eligible under the provisions
19    of subsection (i).
20        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
21    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
22    Environmental Protection Act.
23    (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
24ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the
25custodian of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a
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1this Section for qualified education expenses incurred on
2behalf of the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to
325% of qualified education expenses, but in no event may the
4total credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is
5the custodian of qualifying pupils exceed (i) $500 for tax
6years ending prior to December 31, 2017, and (ii) $750 for tax
7years ending on or after December 31, 2017. In no event shall a
8credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
9under this Act to less than zero. Notwithstanding any other
10provision of law, for taxable years beginning on or after
11January 1, 2017, no taxpayer may claim a credit under this
12subsection (m) if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the
13taxable year exceeds (i) $500,000, in the case of spouses
14filing a joint federal tax return or (ii) $250,000, in the case
15of all other taxpayers. This subsection is exempt from the
16provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
17    For purposes of this subsection:
18    "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
19residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
2021 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
21sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
22sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten
23through twelfth grade education program at any school, as
24defined in this subsection.
25    "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
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1book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
2enrolled during the regular school year.
3    "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
4secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
5VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
6satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
7except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
8attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify
9for the credit under this Section.
10    "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
11Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
12guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
13    (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
14credit.
15        (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31,
16    2006, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
17    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
18    certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
19    costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
20    this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
21    means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
22    Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
23    Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
24    environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
25    Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
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1    58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
2    be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval
3    of the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit
4    is not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
5    related party caused or contributed to, in any material
6    respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or
7    under the site that was identified and addressed by the
8    remedial action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program
9    of the Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to
10    credit availability for purposes of this Section shall be
11    made consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution
12    Control Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
13    Procedure Act for the administration and enforcement of
14    Section 58.9 of the Environmental Protection Act. For
15    purposes of this Section, "taxpayer" includes a person
16    whose tax attributes the taxpayer has succeeded to under
17    Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code and "related
18    party" includes the persons disallowed a deduction for
19    losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267
20    of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being a related
21    taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The credit
22    allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
23    shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
24    remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site.
25        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
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1    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
2    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
3    credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
4    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
5    subsection from more than one tax year that is available
6    to offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under
7    this subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed
8    under this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a
9    sale of all or part of the remediation site for which the
10    credit was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site
11    and the tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and
12    remaining carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect
13    the transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in
14    the chain of title for the site and provide written notice
15    to the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of
16    the assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
17    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
18    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
19    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
20    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
21        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
22    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
23    Environmental Protection Act.
24    (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use
25of Medical Cannabis Program, a surcharge is imposed on all
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1capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
2used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of
3an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of
4Medical Cannabis Program Act. The amount of the surcharge is
5equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
6taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
7surcharge imposed does not apply if:
8        (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center
9    registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or
10    the property of a registration is transferred as a result
11    of any of the following:
12            (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
13        adjustment initiated by or against the initial
14        registration or the substantial owners of the initial
15        registration;
16            (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
17        any registration by the Illinois Department of Public
18        Health;
19            (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of
20        Public Health that transfer of the registration is in
21        the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as
22        defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
23        Program Act;
24            (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
25        a registrant;
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1        the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
2        publicly traded company;
3            (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
4        owned subsidiary; or
5            (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
6        another person where both persons were initial owners
7        of the registration when the registration was issued;
8        or
9        (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration,
10    medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the
11    controlling interest in a registrant's property is
12    transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in
13    which no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a
14    transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal
15    Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized.
16    (p) Pass-through entity tax.
17        (1) For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
18    2021 and beginning prior to January 1, 2026, a partnership
19    (other than a publicly traded partnership under Section
20    7704 of the Internal Revenue Code) or Subchapter S
21    corporation may elect to apply the provisions of this
22    subsection. A separate election shall be made for each
23    taxable year. Such election shall be made at such time,
24    and in such form and manner as prescribed by the
25    Department, and, once made, is irrevocable.
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1    corporation electing to apply the provisions of this
2    subsection shall be subject to a tax for the privilege of
3    earning or receiving income in this State in an amount
4    equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the
5    taxable year.
6        (3) Net income defined.
7            (A) In general. For purposes of paragraph (2), the
8        term net income has the same meaning as defined in
9        Section 202 of this Act, except that the following
10        provisions shall not apply:
11                (i) the standard exemption allowed under
12            Section 204;
13                (ii) the deduction for net losses allowed
14            under Section 207;
15                (iii) in the case of an S corporation, the
16            modification under Section 203(b)(2)(S); and
17                (iv) in the case of a partnership, the
18            modifications under Section 203(d)(2)(H) and
19            Section 203(d)(2)(I).
20            (B) Special rule for tiered partnerships. If a
21        taxpayer making the election under paragraph (1) is a
22        partner of another taxpayer making the election under
23        paragraph (1), net income shall be computed as
24        provided in subparagraph (A), except that the taxpayer
25        shall subtract its distributive share of the net
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1        distributive share of the net income of the electing
2        partnership derived as a distributive share from
3        electing partnerships in which it is a partner).
4        (4) Credit for entity level tax. Each partner or
5    shareholder of a taxpayer making the election under this
6    Section shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed
7    under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
8    for the taxable year of the partnership or Subchapter S
9    corporation for which an election is in effect ending
10    within or with the taxable year of the partner or
11    shareholder in an amount equal to 4.95% times the partner
12    or shareholder's distributive share of the net income of
13    the electing partnership or Subchapter S corporation, but
14    not to exceed the partner's or shareholder's share of the
15    tax imposed under paragraph (1) which is actually paid by
16    the partnership or Subchapter S corporation. If the
17    taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation that
18    is itself a partner of a partnership making the election
19    under paragraph (1), the credit under this paragraph shall
20    be allowed to the taxpayer's partners or shareholders (or
21    if the partner is a partnership or Subchapter S
22    corporation then its partners or shareholders) in
23    accordance with the determination of income and
24    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
25    and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. If the
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1    the partner's or shareholder's liability for tax imposed
2    under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
3    for the taxable year, such excess shall be treated as an
4    overpayment for purposes of Section 909 of this Act.
5        (5) Nonresidents. A nonresident individual who is a
6    partner or shareholder of a partnership or Subchapter S
7    corporation for a taxable year for which an election is in
8    effect under paragraph (1) shall not be required to file
9    an income tax return under this Act for such taxable year
10    if the only source of net income of the individual (or the
11    individual and the individual's spouse in the case of a
12    joint return) is from an entity making the election under
13    paragraph (1) and the credit allowed to the partner or
14    shareholder under paragraph (4) equals or exceeds the
15    individual's liability for the tax imposed under
16    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act for the
17    taxable year.
18        (6) Liability for tax. Except as provided in this
19    paragraph, a partnership or Subchapter S making the
20    election under paragraph (1) is liable for the
21    entity-level tax imposed under paragraph (2). If the
22    electing partnership or corporation fails to pay the full
23    amount of tax deemed assessed under paragraph (2), the
24    partners or shareholders shall be liable to pay the tax
25    assessed (including penalties and interest). Each partner
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1    based on the ratio of the partner's or shareholder's share
2    of the net income of the partnership over the total net
3    income of the partnership. If the partnership or
4    Subchapter S corporation fails to pay the tax assessed
5    (including penalties and interest) and thereafter an
6    amount of such tax is paid by the partners or
7    shareholders, such amount shall not be collected from the
8    partnership or corporation.
9        (7) Foreign tax. For purposes of the credit allowed
10    under Section 601(b)(3) of this Act, tax paid by a
11    partnership or Subchapter S corporation to another state
12    which, as determined by the Department, is substantially
13    similar to the tax imposed under this subsection, shall be
14    considered tax paid by the partner or shareholder to the
15    extent that the partner's or shareholder's share of the
16    income of the partnership or Subchapter S corporation
17    allocated and apportioned to such other state bears to the
18    total income of the partnership or Subchapter S
19    corporation allocated or apportioned to such other state.
20        (8) Suspension of withholding. The provisions of
21    Section 709.5 of this Act shall not apply to a partnership
22    or Subchapter S corporation for the taxable year for which
23    an election under paragraph (1) is in effect.
24        (9) Requirement to pay estimated tax. For each taxable
25    year for which an election under paragraph (1) is in
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1    required to pay estimated tax for such taxable year under
2    Sections 803 and 804 of this Act if the amount payable as
3    estimated tax can reasonably be expected to exceed $500.
4        (10) The provisions of this subsection shall apply
5    only with respect to taxable years for which the
6    limitation on individual deductions applies under Section
7    164(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
8(Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19;
9101-207, eff. 8-2-19; 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff.
108-20-21; 102-658, eff. 8-27-21.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.