99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2441

 

Introduced 2/9/2016, by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 5/218

    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the credit for student assistance contributions sunsets on December 30, 2025 (instead of December 30, 2020). Provides that the credit for student-assistance contributions may not exceed $1,000 (currently, $500) per contributing employee per taxable year.


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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 218 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 5/218)
7    Sec. 218. Credit for student-assistance contributions.
8    (a) For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2009
9and on or before December 30, 2025 December 30, 2020, each
10taxpayer who, during the taxable year, makes a contribution (i)
11to a specified individual College Savings Pool Account under
12Section 16.5 of the State Treasurer Act or (ii) to the Illinois
13Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund in an amount matching a contribution
14made in the same taxable year by an employee of the taxpayer to
15that Account or Fund is entitled to a credit against the tax
16imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an
17amount equal to 25% of that matching contribution, but not to
18exceed $1,000 $500 per contributing employee per taxable year.
19    (b) For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
20corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
21liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
22federal and State income taxation, there is allowed a credit
23under this Section to be determined in accordance with the

 

 

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1determination of income and distributive share of income under
2Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
3Code.
4    (c) The credit may not be carried back. If the amount of
5the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess
6may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the
75 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax
8credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is
9a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year
10that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit
11shall be applied first.
12    (d) A taxpayer claiming the credit under this Section must
13maintain and record any information that the Illinois Student
14Assistance Commission, the Office of the State Treasurer, or
15the Department may require regarding the matching contribution
16for which the credit is claimed.
17(Source: P.A. 96-198, eff. 8-10-09.)