Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3298 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall develop an automated filing process to allow individuals who are eligible for the federal and State earned income tax credit but who earn less than the federal income tax filing thresholds to easily claim their State earned income tax credit with support from the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately. LRB103 29823 HLH 56231 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new 20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall develop an automated filing process to allow individuals who are eligible for the federal and State earned income tax credit but who earn less than the federal income tax filing thresholds to easily claim their State earned income tax credit with support from the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately. LRB103 29823 HLH 56231 b LRB103 29823 HLH 56231 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall develop an automated filing process to allow individuals who are eligible for the federal and State earned income tax credit but who earn less than the federal income tax filing thresholds to easily claim their State earned income tax credit with support from the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
15	15	5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
16	16	6 2505-810 as follows:
17	17	7 (20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new)
18	18	8 Sec. 2505-810. Automated filing.
19	19	9 (a) Prior to January 1, 2025, the Department shall develop
20	20	10 an automated filing process to allow individuals who are
21	21	11 eligible for the federal and State earned income tax credit
22	22	12 but who earn less than the federal income tax filing
23	23	13 thresholds to easily claim their State earned income tax
24	24	14 credit with support from the Department of Human Services, the
25	25	15 Department of Employment Security, and the Department of
26	26	16 Healthcare and Family Services.
27	27	17 (b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
28	28	18 2024, the Department of Revenue shall collaborate with the
29	29	19 Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare
30	30	20 and Family Services to develop a process to provide automated
31	31	21 tax returns for Medicaid recipients who are near or under the
32	32	22 federal filing guidelines and have simple returns. The
33	33	23 Department of Human Services shall adapt its application
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3298 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall develop an automated filing process to allow individuals who are eligible for the federal and State earned income tax credit but who earn less than the federal income tax filing thresholds to easily claim their State earned income tax credit with support from the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 process to ensure that needed data is collected from
69	69	2 applications when participants apply or recertify, without the
70	70	3 need for a second application from another Department. The
71	71	4 Department of Employment Security shall provide W-2
72	72	5 verification as needed to the Department of Revenue to ensure
73	73	6 the accuracy of returns and to reduce paperwork for
74	74	7 recipients. All participants shall have the opportunity to opt
75	75	8 out. The Department shall test the process with real
76	76	9 participants to assess its ease of use, clarity, simplicity,
77	77	10 and effectiveness, as measured by return rates, prior to
78	78	11 rolling the process out to all new applicants. For the purpose
79	79	12 of returning money to low-income individuals who are eligible
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81	81	14 the Department of Revenue may initiate returns for individuals
82	82	15 who have not yet filed their federal income tax returns.
83	83	16 (c) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
84	84	17 2024, the Departments specified in this Section shall
85	85	18 collaborate to expand the automated tax return process to all
86	86	19 Medicaid recipients who fall near or under the Internal
87	87	20 Revenue Service's filing minimums for the previous tax year.
88	88	21 (d) Beginning on January 1, 2026, the Illinois Commission
89	89	22 on Poverty Alleviation and Economic Security shall review the
90	90	23 effectiveness of the program and make recommendations for
91	91	24 expansion to other low-income populations served by government
92	92	25 programs. Beginning in that same year, the Department of
93	93	26 Revenue shall work with the Department of Employment Security
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104	104	1 to create a streamlined process for part-time or contingent
105	105	2 workers receiving 1099 forms or other forms designated for
106	106	3 part-time contingent work. This process shall allow gig,
107	107	4 part-time, and contingent workers receiving 1099 forms to
108	108	5 easily and readily summarize and confirm their total 1099
109	109	6 income for each tax year with the Department of Employment
110	110	7 Security. This new process is intended to generate a simple
111	111	8 form that workers can use to verify their combined 1099 or
112	112	9 other contingent work income amounts with the Department of
113	113	10 Human Services for the purposes of applying for government
114	114	11 benefits and with the Department of Revenue for the purposes
115	115	12 of filing taxes.
116	116	13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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