093_HB3163

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 201 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 5/201) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
 7        Sec. 201.  Tax Imposed.
 8        (a)  In  general.  A tax measured by net income is hereby
 9    imposed on every individual, corporation,  trust  and  estate
10    for  each  taxable  year  ending  after  July 31, 1969 on the
11    privilege of earning or receiving income in or as a  resident
12    of  this  State.  Such  tax shall be in addition to all other
13    occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any
14    municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.
15        (b)  Rates.  The tax imposed by subsection  (a)  of  this
16    Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
17    subsection (d-1):
18             (1)  In  the case of an individual, trust or estate,
19        for 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,
23        for taxable years beginning prior to  July  1,  1989  and
24        ending after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of
25        (i)  2  1/2%  of the taxpayer's net income for the period
26        prior to July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3,
27        and (ii) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for  the  period
28        after June 30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
29             (3)  In  the case of an individual, trust or estate,
30        for taxable years  beginning  after  June  30,  1989,  an
31        amount  equal  to 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the
 
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 1        taxable year.
 2             (4)  (Blank).
 3             (5)  (Blank).
 4             (6)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
 5        ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal  to  4%  of
 6        the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
 7             (7)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
 8        beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
 9        1989,  an  amount  equal  to  the  sum  of  (i) 4% of the
10        taxpayer's net income for the period  prior  to  July  1,
11        1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of
12        the  taxpayer's  net income for the period after June 30,
13        1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
14             (8)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
15        beginning after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to 4.8% of
16        the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
17        (c)  Personal  Property  Tax  Replacement   Income   Tax.
18    Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
19    income  tax,  there  is  also  hereby  imposed  the  Personal
20    Property Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on
21    every  corporation  (including  Subchapter  S  corporations),
22    partnership  and  trust,  for  each taxable year ending after
23    June 30, 1979.  Such taxes are imposed on  the  privilege  of
24    earning  or  receiving  income  in  or  as a resident of this
25    State.  The Personal  Property  Tax  Replacement  Income  Tax
26    shall be in addition to the income tax imposed by subsections
27    (a)  and  (b)  of  this  Section and in addition to all other
28    occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any
29    municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.
30        (d)  Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement  Income
31    Tax  Rates.  The personal property tax replacement income tax
32    imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
33    in the case of a  corporation,  other  than  a  Subchapter  S
34    corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
 
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 1    be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
 2    income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
 3    1,  1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
 4    subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in  the  case  of  a
 5    partnership,  trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
 6    additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
 7    for the taxable year.
 8        (d-1)  Rate reduction for certain foreign  insurers.   In
 9    the case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of
10    the  Illinois  Insurance  Code,  whose  state  or  country of
11    domicile  imposes  on  insurers  domiciled  in   Illinois   a
12    retaliatory  tax  (excluding  any insurer whose premiums from
13    reinsurance assumed are 50% or more of  its  total  insurance
14    premiums  as determined under paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
15    of  Section  304,  except   that   for   purposes   of   this
16    determination   premiums  from  reinsurance  do  not  include
17    premiums  from  inter-affiliate  reinsurance   arrangements),
18    beginning  with taxable years ending on or after December 31,
19    1999, the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections  (b)
20    and  (d)  shall be reduced (but not increased) to the rate at
21    which the total amount of tax imposed under this Act, net  of
22    all credits allowed under this Act, shall equal (i) the total
23    amount  of tax that would be imposed on the foreign insurer's
24    net income allocable to Illinois for the taxable year by such
25    foreign insurer's state or country of domicile  if  that  net
26    income were subject to all income taxes and taxes measured by
27    net income imposed by such foreign insurer's state or country
28    of  domicile,  net  of  all credits allowed or (ii) a rate of
29    zero if no such tax is imposed on such income by the  foreign
30    insurer's  state  of  domicile.  For  the  purposes  of  this
31    subsection   (d-1),  an  inter-affiliate  includes  a  mutual
32    insurer under common management.
33             (1)  For the purposes of  subsection  (d-1),  in  no
34        event  shall  the  sum  of  the  rates  of tax imposed by
 
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 1        subsections (b) and (d) be  reduced  below  the  rate  at
 2        which the sum of:
 3                  (A)  the  total  amount  of tax imposed on such
 4             foreign insurer under this Act for a  taxable  year,
 5             net of all credits allowed under this Act, plus
 6                  (B)  the  privilege  tax imposed by Section 409
 7             of the Illinois Insurance Code, the  fire  insurance
 8             company  tax  imposed  by  Section  12  of  the Fire
 9             Investigation Act, and  the  fire  department  taxes
10             imposed   under  Section  11-10-1  of  the  Illinois
11             Municipal Code,
12        equals 1.25% of the net taxable premiums written for  the
13        taxable  year,  as described by subsection (1) of Section
14        409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This  paragraph  will
15        in  no event increase the rates imposed under subsections
16        (b) and (d).
17             (2)  Any reduction in the rates of  tax  imposed  by
18        this  subsection shall be applied first against the rates
19        imposed by subsection (b) and only after the tax  imposed
20        by  subsection  (a) net of all credits allowed under this
21        Section other than the credit  allowed  under  subsection
22        (i)  has  been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed
23        by subsection (d).
24        This subsection (d-1) is exempt from  the  provisions  of
25    Section 250.
26        (e)  Investment  credit.   A  taxpayer shall be allowed a
27    credit against the Personal Property Tax  Replacement  Income
28    Tax for investment in qualified property.
29             (1)  A  taxpayer  shall be allowed a credit equal to
30        .5% of the basis of qualified property placed in  service
31        during the taxable year, provided such property is placed
32        in  service  on  or  after  July 1, 1984.  There shall be
33        allowed an additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of
34        qualified property placed in service during  the  taxable
 
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 1        year,  provided  such property is placed in service on or
 2        after July 1, 1986, and the  taxpayer's  base  employment
 3        within  Illinois  has  increased  by  1% or more over the
 4        preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's employment
 5        records filed with the Illinois Department of  Employment
 6        Security.   Taxpayers  who  are  new to Illinois shall be
 7        deemed to have met the 1% growth in base  employment  for
 8        the first year in which they file employment records with
 9        the  Illinois  Department  of  Employment  Security.  The
10        provisions added to this Section by  Public  Act  85-1200
11        (and restored by Public Act 87-895) shall be construed as
12        declaratory  of  existing law and not as a new enactment.
13        If, in any year, the increase in base  employment  within
14        Illinois  over  the  preceding  year is less than 1%, the
15        additional credit shall be  limited  to  that  percentage
16        times  a  fraction, the numerator of which is .5% and the
17        denominator of which is 1%, but  shall  not  exceed  .5%.
18        The  investment credit shall not be allowed to the extent
19        that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability  in  any  tax
20        year  below  zero,  nor  may  any  credit  for  qualified
21        property  be  allowed for any year other than the year in
22        which the property was placed in service in Illinois. For
23        tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, and on or
24        before December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
25        the tax year in which the property is placed in  service,
26        or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
27        for  that year, whether it exceeds the original liability
28        or the liability as later amended,  such  excess  may  be
29        carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5
30        taxable  years  following  the excess credit years if the
31        taxpayer (i) makes investments which cause  the  creation
32        of  a  minimum  of  2,000  full-time  equivalent  jobs in
33        Illinois,  (ii)  is  located  in   an   enterprise   zone
34        established  pursuant to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act
 
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 1        and (iii) is certified by the Department of Commerce  and
 2        Community  Affairs  as  complying  with  the requirements
 3        specified in clause (i) and (ii) by July  1,  1986.   The
 4        Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall notify
 5        the  Department  of  Revenue  of  all such certifications
 6        immediately. For tax  years  ending  after  December  31,
 7        1988,  the  credit  shall  be allowed for the tax year in
 8        which the property is  placed  in  service,  or,  if  the
 9        amount  of  the credit exceeds the tax liability for that
10        year, whether it exceeds the original  liability  or  the
11        liability  as  later  amended, such excess may be carried
12        forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
13        years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
14        be applied to the earliest year  for  which  there  is  a
15        liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
16        that  is  available to offset a liability, earlier credit
17        shall be applied first.
18             (2)  The term "qualified  property"  means  property
19        which:
20                  (A)  is   tangible,   whether   new   or  used,
21             including buildings  and  structural  components  of
22             buildings  and signs that are real property, but not
23             including land or improvements to real property that
24             are not a structural component of a building such as
25             landscaping,  sewer  lines,  local   access   roads,
26             fencing, parking lots, and other appurtenances;
27                  (B)  is  depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of
28             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
29             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
30             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
31             subsection (e);
32                  (C)  is acquired  by  purchase  as  defined  in
33             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
34                  (D)  is  used  in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
 
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 1             primarily engaged in  manufacturing,  or  in  mining
 2             coal or fluorite, or in retailing; and
 3                  (E)  has  not  previously been used in Illinois
 4             in such a manner and  by  such  a  person  as  would
 5             qualify  for  the credit provided by this subsection
 6             (e) or subsection (f).
 7             (3)  For   purposes   of   this   subsection    (e),
 8        "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
 9        of  tangible  personal  property  by  procedures commonly
10        regarded as manufacturing,  processing,  fabrication,  or
11        assembling  which changes some existing material into new
12        shapes, new qualities, or new combinations.  For purposes
13        of this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall  have  the
14        same  meaning  as  the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of
15        the  Internal  Revenue  Code.   For  purposes   of   this
16        subsection  (e),  the  term "retailing" means the sale of
17        tangible  personal  property  or  services  rendered   in
18        conjunction  with  the sale of tangible consumer goods or
19        commodities.
20             (4)  The basis of qualified property  shall  be  the
21        basis  used  to  compute  the  depreciation deduction for
22        federal income tax purposes.
23             (5)  If the basis of the property for federal income
24        tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has  been
25        placed in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount
26        of  such  increase  shall  be  deemed  property placed in
27        service on the date of such increase in basis.
28             (6)  The term "placed in  service"  shall  have  the
29        same  meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue
30        Code.
31             (7)  If during any taxable year, any property ceases
32        to be qualified property in the  hands  of  the  taxpayer
33        within  48  months  after being placed in service, or the
34        situs of any qualified property is moved outside Illinois
 
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 1        within 48 months  after  being  placed  in  service,  the
 2        Personal  Property  Tax  Replacement  Income Tax for such
 3        taxable year shall be increased.  Such increase shall  be
 4        determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which
 5        would  have been allowed for the year in which credit for
 6        such property was originally allowed by eliminating  such
 7        property from such computation and, (ii) subtracting such
 8        recomputed  credit  from  the amount of credit previously
 9        allowed. For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (7),  a
10        reduction  of  the  basis of qualified property resulting
11        from a redetermination of the  purchase  price  shall  be
12        deemed  a disposition of qualified property to the extent
13        of such reduction.
14             (8)  Unless the investment  credit  is  extended  by
15        law,  the  basis  of qualified property shall not include
16        costs incurred after December 31, 2003, except for  costs
17        incurred  pursuant  to a binding contract entered into on
18        or before December 31, 2003.
19             (9)  Each taxable year ending  before  December  31,
20        2000,  a  partnership  may  elect  to pass through to its
21        partners the credits to which the partnership is entitled
22        under this  subsection  (e)  for  the  taxable  year.   A
23        partner  may use the credit allocated to him or her under
24        this  paragraph  only  against   the   tax   imposed   in
25        subsections   (c)  and  (d)  of  this  Section.   If  the
26        partnership makes that election, those credits  shall  be
27        allocated  among  the  partners  in  the  partnership  in
28        accordance  with the rules set forth in Section 704(b) of
29        the Internal Revenue  Code,  and  the  rules  promulgated
30        under  that  Section,  and  the  allocated  amount of the
31        credits shall be allowed to the partners for that taxable
32        year.  The partnership shall make this  election  on  its
33        Personal  Property  Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
34        that taxable year.  The  election  to  pass  through  the
 
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 1        credits shall be irrevocable.
 2             For  taxable  years  ending on or after December 31,
 3        2000, a partner that  qualifies  its  partnership  for  a
 4        subtraction  under  subparagraph  (I) of paragraph (2) of
 5        subsection (d) of  Section  203  or  a  shareholder  that
 6        qualifies  a  Subchapter  S corporation for a subtraction
 7        under subparagraph (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
 8        of Section 203 shall  be  allowed  a  credit  under  this
 9        subsection  (e)  equal  to its share of the credit earned
10        under this subsection (e) during the taxable year by  the
11        partnership  or  Subchapter  S corporation, determined in
12        accordance  with  the   determination   of   income   and
13        distributive  share  of income under Sections 702 and 704
14        and Subchapter S of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code.   This
15        paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
16          (f)  Investment credit; Enterprise Zone.
17             (1)  A  taxpayer  shall  be allowed a credit against
18        the tax imposed  by  subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of  this
19        Section  for  investment  in  qualified property which is
20        placed in service in an Enterprise Zone created  pursuant
21        to  the  Illinois  Enterprise  Zone  Act.   For partners,
22        shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, and owners  of
23        limited  liability companies, if the liability company is
24        treated as a partnership  for  purposes  of  federal  and
25        State  income  taxation,  there shall be allowed a credit
26        under this subsection (f) to be determined in  accordance
27        with  the  determination of income and distributive share
28        of income under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S  of
29        the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  The credit shall be .5% of
30        the  basis  for  such  property.   The  credit  shall  be
31        available only in the taxable year in which the  property
32        is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone and shall not
33        be   allowed  to  the  extent  that  it  would  reduce  a
34        taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed  by  subsections
 
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 1        (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero.  For tax years
 2        ending on or after December 31, 1985, the credit shall be
 3        allowed  for the tax year in which the property is placed
 4        in service, or, if the amount of the credit  exceeds  the
 5        tax  liability  for  that  year,  whether  it exceeds the
 6        original liability or the  liability  as  later  amended,
 7        such excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax
 8        liability  of  the  5  taxable years following the excess
 9        credit year.  The credit shall be applied to the earliest
10        year for which there is a liability.  If there is  credit
11        from more than one tax year that is available to offset a
12        liability,  the  credit  accruing  first in time shall be
13        applied first.
14             (2)  The  term  qualified  property  means  property
15        which:
16                  (A)  is  tangible,   whether   new   or   used,
17             including  buildings  and  structural  components of
18             buildings;
19                  (B)  is depreciable pursuant to Section 167  of
20             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
21             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
22             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
23             subsection (f);
24                  (C)  is  acquired  by  purchase  as  defined in
25             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
26                  (D)  is used in  the  Enterprise  Zone  by  the
27             taxpayer; and
28                  (E)  has  not  been previously used in Illinois
29             in such a manner and  by  such  a  person  as  would
30             qualify  for  the credit provided by this subsection
31             (f) or subsection (e).
32             (3)  The basis of qualified property  shall  be  the
33        basis  used  to  compute  the  depreciation deduction for
34        federal income tax purposes.
 
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 1             (4)  If the basis of the property for federal income
 2        tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has  been
 3        placed in service in the Enterprise Zone by the taxpayer,
 4        the  amount  of  such  increase  shall be deemed property
 5        placed in service on the date of such increase in basis.
 6             (5)  The term "placed in  service"  shall  have  the
 7        same  meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue
 8        Code.
 9             (6)  If during any taxable year, any property ceases
10        to be qualified property in the  hands  of  the  taxpayer
11        within  48  months  after being placed in service, or the
12        situs of any qualified  property  is  moved  outside  the
13        Enterprise  Zone  within  48 months after being placed in
14        service, the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of
15        this Section for such taxable year  shall  be  increased.
16        Such  increase shall be determined by (i) recomputing the
17        investment credit which would have been allowed  for  the
18        year  in  which  credit  for such property was originally
19        allowed  by   eliminating   such   property   from   such
20        computation,  and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
21        from the amount of credit previously  allowed.   For  the
22        purposes  of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis
23        of qualified property resulting from a redetermination of
24        the purchase price  shall  be  deemed  a  disposition  of
25        qualified property to the extent of such reduction.
26          (g)  Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone and Foreign Trade
27    Zone or Sub-Zone.
28             (1)  A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an
29        enterprise  zone  or a High Impact Business designated by
30        the  Department  of  Commerce   and   Community   Affairs
31        conducting  a trade or business in a federally designated
32        Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone shall be allowed a  credit
33        against  the  tax  imposed  by subsections (a) and (b) of
34        this Section in the amount of $500 per eligible  employee
 
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 1        hired to work in the zone during the taxable year.
 2             (2)  To qualify for the credit:
 3                  (A)  the  taxpayer must hire 5 or more eligible
 4             employees to work in an enterprise zone or federally
 5             designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the
 6             taxable year;
 7                  (B)  the taxpayer's total employment within the
 8             enterprise  zone  or  federally  designated  Foreign
 9             Trade Zone or Sub-Zone must increase by  5  or  more
10             full-time  employees  beyond  the  total employed in
11             that zone at the end of the previous  tax  year  for
12             which  a  jobs  tax  credit  under  this Section was
13             taken, or beyond the total employed by the  taxpayer
14             as of December 31, 1985, whichever is later; and
15                  (C)  the  eligible  employees  must be employed
16             180 consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for
17             purposes of this subsection.
18             (3)  An "eligible employee" means  an  employee  who
19        is:
20                  (A)  Certified  by  the  Department of Commerce
21             and Community Affairs  as  "eligible  for  services"
22             pursuant  to  regulations  promulgated in accordance
23             with Title II of the Job Training  Partnership  Act,
24             Training Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III
25             of  the Job Training Partnership Act, Employment and
26             Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program.
27                  (B)  Hired  after  the   enterprise   zone   or
28             federally  designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
29             was designated or the trade or business was  located
30             in that zone, whichever is later.
31                  (C)  Employed in the enterprise zone or Foreign
32             Trade  Zone  or Sub-Zone. An employee is employed in
33             an enterprise zone or federally  designated  Foreign
34             Trade  Zone or Sub-Zone if his services are rendered
 
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 1             there or it  is  the  base  of  operations  for  the
 2             services performed.
 3                  (D)  A  full-time  employee  working 30 or more
 4             hours per week.
 5             (4)  For tax years ending on or after  December  31,
 6        1985  and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall be
 7        allowed for the tax year in which the eligible  employees
 8        are hired.  For tax years ending on or after December 31,
 9        1988,  the  credit  shall  be  allowed  for  the tax year
10        immediately following the tax year in which the  eligible
11        employees are hired.  If the amount of the credit exceeds
12        the  tax  liability for that year, whether it exceeds the
13        original liability or the  liability  as  later  amended,
14        such excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax
15        liability  of  the  5  taxable years following the excess
16        credit year.  The credit shall be applied to the earliest
17        year for which there is a liability. If there  is  credit
18        from more than one tax year that is available to offset a
19        liability, earlier credit shall be applied first.
20             (5)  The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such
21        rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry
22        out the purposes of this subsection (g).
23             (6)  The  credit  shall  be  available  for eligible
24        employees hired on or after January 1, 1986.
25        (h)  Investment credit; High Impact Business.
26             (1)  Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section
27        5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall
28        be  allowed  a  credit  against  the   tax   imposed   by
29        subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for investment in
30        qualified  property  which  is  placed  in  service  by a
31        Department of Commerce and Community  Affairs  designated
32        High  Impact  Business.   The  credit shall be .5% of the
33        basis  for  such  property.   The  credit  shall  not  be
34        available (i) until the minimum investments in  qualified
 
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 1        property  set  forth  in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section
 2        5.5  of  the  Illinois  Enterprise  Zone  Act  have  been
 3        satisfied or (ii) until the time authorized in subsection
 4        (b-5) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone  Act  for  entities
 5        designated  as  High Impact Businesses under subdivisions
 6        (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the
 7        Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, and shall not be allowed to
 8        the extent that it would reduce  a  taxpayer's  liability
 9        for  the  tax  imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
10        Section to below zero.  The  credit  applicable  to  such
11        investments  shall  be taken in the taxable year in which
12        such investments have been  completed.   The  credit  for
13        additional investments beyond the minimum investment by a
14        designated   high   impact   business   authorized  under
15        subdivision (a)(3)(A) of  Section  5.5  of  the  Illinois
16        Enterprise  Zone  Act  shall  be  available  only  in the
17        taxable year in which the property is placed  in  service
18        and  shall  not  be  allowed  to the extent that it would
19        reduce a taxpayer's liability  for  the  tax  imposed  by
20        subsections  (a)  and  (b) of this Section to below zero.
21        For tax years ending on or after December 31,  1987,  the
22        credit  shall  be  allowed  for the tax year in which the
23        property is placed in service, or, if the amount  of  the
24        credit  exceeds  the tax liability for that year, whether
25        it exceeds the original liability  or  the  liability  as
26        later  amended,  such  excess  may be carried forward and
27        applied to the tax  liability  of  the  5  taxable  years
28        following  the  excess  credit year.  The credit shall be
29        applied to  the  earliest  year  for  which  there  is  a
30        liability.   If  there  is  credit from more than one tax
31        year that is available to offset a liability, the  credit
32        accruing first in time shall be applied first.
33             Changes  made  in  this subdivision (h)(1) by Public
34        Act 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
 
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 1        reflect existing law.
 2             (2)  The  term  qualified  property  means  property
 3        which:
 4                  (A)  is  tangible,   whether   new   or   used,
 5             including  buildings  and  structural  components of
 6             buildings;
 7                  (B)  is depreciable pursuant to Section 167  of
 8             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
 9             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
10             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
11             subsection (h);
12                  (C)  is  acquired  by  purchase  as  defined in
13             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
14                  (D)  is not eligible for  the  Enterprise  Zone
15             Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
16             Section.
17             (3)  The  basis  of  qualified property shall be the
18        basis used to  compute  the  depreciation  deduction  for
19        federal income tax purposes.
20             (4)  If the basis of the property for federal income
21        tax  depreciation purposes is increased after it has been
22        placed in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade
23        Zone or Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the
24        amount of such increase shall be deemed  property  placed
25        in service on the date of such increase in basis.
26             (5)  The  term  "placed  in  service" shall have the
27        same meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal  Revenue
28        Code.
29             (6)  If  during any taxable year ending on or before
30        December 31, 1996, any property ceases  to  be  qualified
31        property  in  the  hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
32        after being placed  in  service,  or  the  situs  of  any
33        qualified  property  is  moved outside Illinois within 48
34        months after being placed in  service,  the  tax  imposed
 
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 1        under  subsections  (a)  and (b) of this Section for such
 2        taxable year shall be increased.  Such increase shall  be
 3        determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which
 4        would  have been allowed for the year in which credit for
 5        such property was originally allowed by eliminating  such
 6        property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such
 7        recomputed  credit  from  the amount of credit previously
 8        allowed.  For the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (6),  a
 9        reduction  of  the  basis of qualified property resulting
10        from a redetermination of the  purchase  price  shall  be
11        deemed  a disposition of qualified property to the extent
12        of such reduction.
13             (7)  Beginning with tax years ending after  December
14        31,  1996,  if  a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under
15        this  subsection  (h)  and  thereby  is  granted  a   tax
16        abatement  and the taxpayer relocates its entire facility
17        in violation of the explicit  terms  and  length  of  the
18        contract  under  Section 18-183 of the Property Tax Code,
19        the tax imposed under subsections (a)  and  (b)  of  this
20        Section  shall be increased for the taxable year in which
21        the taxpayer relocated its facility by an amount equal to
22        the amount of credit received by the taxpayer under  this
23        subsection (h).
24        (i)  Credit  for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
25    Tax.  A credit shall be allowed against the  tax  imposed  by
26    subsections  (a)  and (b) of this Section for the tax imposed
27    by subsections (c) and (d)  of  this  Section.   This  credit
28    shall   be   computed  by  multiplying  the  tax  imposed  by
29    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section by  a  fraction,  the
30    numerator  of  which is base income allocable to Illinois and
31    the denominator of which is Illinois base income, and further
32    multiplying  the  product  by  the  tax   rate   imposed   by
33    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
34        Any  credit  earned  on  or after December 31, 1986 under
 
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 1    this subsection which is unused in the  year  the  credit  is
 2    computed  because  it  exceeds  the  tax liability imposed by
 3    subsections (a) and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the
 4    original liability or the liability as later amended) may  be
 5    carried  forward  and applied to the tax liability imposed by
 6    subsections (a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following  the
 7    excess  credit  year.   This credit shall be applied first to
 8    the earliest year for which there is a liability.   If  there
 9    is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax year
10    that  is  available to offset a liability the earliest credit
11    arising under this subsection shall be applied first.
12        If, during any taxable year ending on or  after  December
13    31,  1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
14    Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under  this
15    subsection  (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
16    shall also be reduced.  Such reduction shall be determined by
17    recomputing the credit to take into account the  reduced  tax
18    imposed  by  subsections  (c) and (d).  If any portion of the
19    reduced amount of credit has  been  carried  to  a  different
20    taxable  year,  an  amended  return  shall  be filed for such
21    taxable year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
22        (j)  Training expense credit.  Beginning with  tax  years
23    ending  on  or  after  December 31, 1986, a taxpayer shall be
24    allowed a credit against the tax imposed by  subsections  (a)
25    and  (b)  under this Section for all amounts paid or accrued,
26    on behalf of all persons employed by the taxpayer in Illinois
27    or Illinois residents  employed  outside  of  Illinois  by  a
28    taxpayer,   for   educational   or   vocational  training  in
29    semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled or skilled
30    fields,  which  were  deducted  from  gross  income  in   the
31    computation  of  taxable  income.  The credit against the tax
32    imposed by subsections (a) and (b)  shall  be  1.6%  of  such
33    training  expenses.  For partners, shareholders of subchapter
34    S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if
 
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 1    the  liability  company  is  treated  as  a  partnership  for
 2    purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall be
 3    allowed a credit under this subsection (j) to  be  determined
 4    in   accordance   with   the   determination  of  income  and
 5    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and  704  and
 6    subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
 7        Any  credit allowed under this subsection which is unused
 8    in the year the credit is earned may be  carried  forward  to
 9    each  of the 5 taxable years following the year for which the
10    credit is first computed until it is used.  This credit shall
11    be applied first to the earliest year for which  there  is  a
12    liability.   If  there is a credit under this subsection from
13    more than  one  tax  year  that  is  available  to  offset  a
14    liability  the  earliest credit arising under this subsection
15    shall be applied first.
16        (k)  Research and development credit.
17        Beginning with tax years ending after  July  1,  1990,  a
18    taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by
19    subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  Section  for increasing
20    research  activities  in  this  State.   The  credit  allowed
21    against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)  shall  be
22    equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for increasing
23    research   activities   in   this   State.    For   partners,
24    shareholders  of  subchapter  S  corporations,  and owners of
25    limited liability companies,  if  the  liability  company  is
26    treated  as  a  partnership for purposes of federal and State
27    income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit  under  this
28    subsection   to   be   determined   in  accordance  with  the
29    determination of income  and  distributive  share  of  income
30    under  Sections  702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal
31    Revenue Code.
32        For purposes of this subsection:,
33        "Qualifying   expenditures"    means    the    qualifying
34    expenditures as defined for the federal credit for increasing
 
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 1    research activities which would be allowable under Section 41
 2    of  the Internal Revenue Code and which are conducted in this
 3    State.,
 4        "Qualifying   expenditures   for   increasing    research
 5    activities  in  this  State"  means,  at  the election of the
 6    taxpayer, either (1) the excess  of  qualifying  expenditures
 7    for  the  taxable  year  in  which  incurred  over qualifying
 8    expenditures for the base  period  or  (2)  as  an  alternate
 9    credit,  for  taxable  years  ending on or after December 31,
10    2003,  the  qualifying  expenditures  for  the  taxable  year
11    incurred in this State computed in a manner  consistent  with
12    the  alternative  incremental  credit  described  in  Section
13    41(c)(4)  of  the Internal Revenue Code.  For purposes of the
14    alternative  incremental  credit,   "base   amount",   "basic
15    research  payment", and "qualified research expense" mean the
16    same  as  defined  for  the  federal  credit  for  increasing
17    research activities under Section 41 of the Internal  Revenue
18    Code, except that for the alternative incremental credit such
19    amounts  are  for  activities  conducted  within the State of
20    Illinois.  The taxpayer may make this election regardless  of
21    the  method  used  for the taxpayer's federal income tax.  An
22    election is for the  tax  year,  and  the  taxpayer  may  use
23    another  or  the  same  method  for any subsequent year.  For
24    purposes of the  alternate  credit  computation,  the  credit
25    percentages   applicable   to   qualified  research  expenses
26    described  in  clauses  (i),  (ii),  and  (iii)  of   Section
27    41(c)(4)(A)  of  the  Internal Revenue Code are 1.65%, 2.20%,
28    and 2.75%, respectively.,
29        "Qualifying expenditures for the base period"  means  the
30    average  of  the qualifying expenditures for each year in the
31    base period, and "base period"  means  the  3  taxable  years
32    immediately   preceding   the  taxable  year  for  which  the
33    determination is being made.
34        Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
 
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 1    year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
 2    unused credit shown on its  final  completed  return  carried
 3    over  as a credit against the tax liability for the following
 4    5 taxable years or until it has been  fully  used,  whichever
 5    occurs first.
 6        If  an  unused  credit is carried forward to a given year
 7    from 2 or more earlier years,  that  credit  arising  in  the
 8    earliest year will be applied first against the tax liability
 9    for  the  given  year.  If a tax liability for the given year
10    still remains, the credit from the next  earliest  year  will
11    then  be applied, and so on, until all credits have been used
12    or  no  tax  liability  for  the  given  year  remains.   Any
13    remaining unused credit  or  credits  then  will  be  carried
14    forward  to  the next following year in which a tax liability
15    is incurred, except that no credit can be carried forward  to
16    a year which is more than 5 years after the year in which the
17    expense for which the credit is given was incurred.
18        Unless  extended  by  law,  the  credit shall not include
19    costs incurred after December 31, 2009 2004, except for costs
20    incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered  into  on  or
21    before December 31, 2009 2004.
22        No  inference  shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of
23    the 91st General Assembly  in  construing  this  Section  for
24    taxable years beginning before January 1, 1999.
25        (l)  Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
26             (i)  For  tax   years ending after December 31, 1997
27        and on or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer  shall  be
28        allowed  a  credit against the tax imposed by subsections
29        (a) and (b) of this Section for certain amounts paid  for
30        unreimbursed  eligible remediation costs, as specified in
31        this  subsection.    For  purposes   of   this   Section,
32        "unreimbursed  eligible  remediation  costs"  means costs
33        approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection  Agency
34        ("Agency")  under  Section  58.14  of  the  Environmental
 
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 1        Protection Act that were paid in performing environmental
 2        remediation  at a site for which a No Further Remediation
 3        Letter was  issued  by  the  Agency  and  recorded  under
 4        Section  58.10  of the Environmental Protection Act.  The
 5        credit must be claimed for  the  taxable  year  in  which
 6        Agency  approval  of  the  eligible  remediation costs is
 7        granted.  The credit is not available to any taxpayer  if
 8        the  taxpayer  or any related party caused or contributed
 9        to, in any  material  respect,  a  release  of  regulated
10        substances  on, in, or under the site that was identified
11        and addressed by the remedial action pursuant to the Site
12        Remediation Program of the Environmental Protection  Act.
13        After  the  Pollution  Control  Board  rules  are adopted
14        pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for
15        the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9 of the
16        Environmental Protection Act, determinations as to credit
17        availability for purposes of this Section shall  be  made
18        consistent  with  those  rules.   For  purposes  of  this
19        Section,   "taxpayer"   includes   a   person  whose  tax
20        attributes the taxpayer has succeeded  to  under  Section
21        381  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code and "related party"
22        includes the persons disallowed a deduction for losses by
23        paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of  Section  267  of  the
24        Internal  Revenue  Code  by  virtue  of  being  a related
25        taxpayer, as well as any of  its  partners.   The  credit
26        allowed  against  the  tax imposed by subsections (a) and
27        (b) shall be equal to 25% of  the  unreimbursed  eligible
28        remediation  costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
29        that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to  any  site
30        contained  in  an  enterprise  zone  as determined by the
31        Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.  The  total
32        credit  allowed  shall not exceed $40,000 per year with a
33        maximum total of $150,000 per  site.   For  partners  and
34        shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
 
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 1        allowed  a  credit under this subsection to be determined
 2        in  accordance  with  the  determination  of  income  and
 3        distributive share of income under Sections 702  and  704
 4        and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
 5             (ii)  A credit allowed under this subsection that is
 6        unused  in  the  year the credit is earned may be carried
 7        forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
 8        for which the credit is first earned until  it  is  used.
 9        The  term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
10        unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of  the
11        maximum  credit  per site authorized under paragraph (i).
12        This credit shall be applied first to the  earliest  year
13        for  which  there  is  a liability.  If there is a credit
14        under this subsection from more than one tax year that is
15        available to offset  a  liability,  the  earliest  credit
16        arising  under this subsection shall be applied first.  A
17        credit allowed under this subsection may  be  sold  to  a
18        buyer as part of a sale of all or part of the remediation
19        site  for which the credit was granted.  The purchaser of
20        a remediation site and the tax credit  shall  succeed  to
21        the  unused  credit and remaining carry-forward period of
22        the seller.  To perfect the transfer, the assignor  shall
23        record  the  transfer  in the chain of title for the site
24        and  provide  written  notice  to  the  Director  of  the
25        Illinois Department of Revenue of the  assignor's  intent
26        to  sell  the  remediation site and the amount of the tax
27        credit to be transferred as a portion of the sale.  In no
28        event may a credit be transferred to any taxpayer if  the
29        taxpayer  or  a related party would not be eligible under
30        the provisions of subsection (i).
31             (iii)  For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
32        shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of  the
33        Environmental Protection Act.
34        (m)  Education  expense credit.  Beginning with tax years
 
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 1    ending after  December  31,  1999,  a  taxpayer  who  is  the
 2    custodian of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a
 3    credit  against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
 4    this Section for qualified  education  expenses  incurred  on
 5    behalf  of  the qualifying pupils.  The credit shall be equal
 6    to 25% of qualified education expenses, but in no  event  may
 7    the  total  credit  under this subsection claimed by a family
 8    that is the custodian of qualifying pupils exceed  $500.   In
 9    no  event  shall  a  credit  under this subsection reduce the
10    taxpayer's liability under this Act to less than zero.   This
11    subsection  is  exempt  from the provisions of Section 250 of
12    this Act.
13        For purposes of this subsection:
14        "Qualifying  pupils"  means  individuals  who   (i)   are
15    residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
16    21  at  the  close  of  the school year for which a credit is
17    sought, and (iii) during the school year for which  a  credit
18    is  sought  were  full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten
19    through twelfth grade education program  at  any  school,  as
20    defined in this subsection.
21        "Qualified  education  expense" means the amount incurred
22    on behalf of  a  qualifying  pupil  in  excess  of  $250  for
23    tuition,  book  fees, and lab fees at the school in which the
24    pupil is enrolled during the regular school year.
25        "School" means any  public  or  nonpublic  elementary  or
26    secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
27    VI  of  the  Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
28    satisfies the requirements of  Section  26-1  of  the  School
29    Code,  except  that  nothing  shall be construed to require a
30    child to attend any particular public or nonpublic school  to
31    qualify for the credit under this Section.
32        "Custodian"  means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
33    Illinois resident who is  a  parent,  the  parents,  a  legal
34    guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  91-9,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
 2    91-643,  eff.  8-20-99;  91-644,  eff.  8-20-99; 91-860, eff.
 3    6-22-00; 91-913, eff. 1-1-01; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01; 92-16, eff.
 4    6-28-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-846, eff. 8-23-02.)