93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2606

 

Introduced 2/4/2004, by Patrick Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 5/1410 new

    Amends the Income Tax Act. Provides that a start-up business may apply to the Department of Revenue for a deferment of taxable income for the first 3 years that the business is in operation. Requires the taxpayer business to pay the deferred amounts in 5 equal annual installments in the 5 tax years after the 3-year deferment period. Requires the Department to approve the application if certain requirements have been met. Authorizes the Department to promulgate rules necessary for the administration of the deferment program. Effective January 1, 2005.


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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 adding
5 Section 1410 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 5/1410 new)
7     Sec. 1410. Start-up business tax deferment.
8     (a) In this Section:
9     "Commercial domicile" means the principal place from which
10 the trade or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed.
11     "Start-up business" does not include any of the following:
12         (1) an existing business locating in this State from
13     another state or from another location in this State.
14         (2) a newly created subsidiary that is the result of
15     the merger of 2 or more businesses.
16         (3) a previously existing business that has been
17     dissolved and reincorporated.
18         (4) an existing business operating under a different
19     name and located in a different location.
20         (5) a newly created partnership owned by 2 or more of
21     the same partners as an existing business and engaging in
22     similar business activity as the existing business.
23         (6) A business entity that reorganizes or experiences a
24     change in either the legal or trade name of the business.
25         (7) A joint venture.
26     "Venture capital moneys" means an equity investment from an
27 individual or a private seed and venture capital fund whose
28 only business is investing in seed and venture capital
29 opportunities. "Venture capital moneys" does not mean a loan or
30 other non-equity financing from a person, financial
31 institution, or other entity.
32     (b) In order to qualify under this Section for a deferment

 

 

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1     of taxable income and the tax to be imposed on it, a taxpayer
2     must meet all of the following criteria:
3         (1) the taxpayer is a business that is a wholly new
4     start-up business beginning operations during the first
5     tax year for which the deferment of taxable income is
6     claimed;
7         (2) the business has its commercial domicile in the
8     State;
9         (3) the operations of the business are at least 25%
10     funded by venture capital moneys; and
11         (4) the taxpayer does not have any delinquent taxes or
12     other debt outstanding and owed to the State.
13     (c) A taxpayer who meets the criteria in subsection (b) may
14 submit a request to the Department of Revenue for the deferment
15 of taxable income for the first 3 tax years that the taxpayer
16 business is in operation. If a deferment is approved by the
17 Department, the taxpayer shall pay taxes on the deferred
18 taxable income in 5 equal installments during the 5 tax years
19 following the 3 years of taxable income deferment. The
20 provisions of Article 11 of this Act shall apply if the
21 taxpayer refuses or neglects to pay the taxes owed on the
22 deferred taxable income in the manner provided in this Section.
23 A taxpayer receiving a deferment shall file a return for each
24 tax year in which a deferment is approved. If the taxpayer has
25 a net loss during a tax year during the 3-year period in which
26 taxable income is deferred, the loss may be applied to any
27 deferred taxable income during that period.
28     (d) Upon a determination that the criteria in subsection
29 (b) have been met, the Department shall approve a request for
30 deferment of taxable income.
31     (e) For purposes of assessing penalty and interest, the tax
32 on any deferred taxable income is not due and payable until the
33 tax years in which the annual installments, as provided in
34 subsection (c), are due and payable.
35     (f) The Department shall promulgate rules necessary for the
36 administration of this Section.
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
2 1, 2005.