Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1406 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/06/2023

                    103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1406 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Win Stoller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:   805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35  805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new  Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. Repeals those Sections on January 1, 2025. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill effecting necessary changes to conform the statutes to the changes made by the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.  LRB103 04503 HLH 49509 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1406 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Win Stoller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35  805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new 805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35 805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new  Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. Repeals those Sections on January 1, 2025. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill effecting necessary changes to conform the statutes to the changes made by the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.  LRB103 04503 HLH 49509 b     LRB103 04503 HLH 49509 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1406 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Win Stoller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35  805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new 805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35 805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new
805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35
805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65
805 ILCS 5/15.98 new
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. Repeals those Sections on January 1, 2025. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill effecting necessary changes to conform the statutes to the changes made by the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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1  AN ACT concerning revenue.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is amended
5  by changing Sections 15.35 and 15.65 and by adding Section
6  15.98 as follows:
7  (805 ILCS 5/15.35) (from Ch. 32, par. 15.35)
8  (Text of Section from P.A. 102-16)
9  Sec. 15.35. Franchise taxes payable by domestic
10  corporations. For the privilege of exercising its franchises
11  in this State, each domestic corporation shall pay to the
12  Secretary of State the following franchise taxes, computed on
13  the basis, at the rates and for the periods prescribed in this
14  Act:
15  (a) An initial franchise tax at the time of filing its
16  first report of issuance of shares.
17  (b) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
18  (1) a report of the issuance of additional shares, or (2) a
19  report of an increase in paid-in capital without the
20  issuance of shares, or (3) an amendment to the articles of
21  incorporation or a report of cumulative changes in paid-in
22  capital, whenever any amendment or such report discloses
23  an increase in its paid-in capital over the amount thereof

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1406 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Win Stoller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35  805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new 805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35 805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65 805 ILCS 5/15.98 new
805 ILCS 5/15.35 from Ch. 32, par. 15.35
805 ILCS 5/15.65 from Ch. 32, par. 15.65
805 ILCS 5/15.98 new
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, in the case of a domestic or foreign corporation, no payment is required for a franchise tax that would have been due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. Repeals those Sections on January 1, 2025. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill effecting necessary changes to conform the statutes to the changes made by the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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1  last reported in any document, other than an annual
2  report, interim annual report or final transition annual
3  report required by this Act to be filed in the office of
4  the Secretary of State.
5  (c) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
6  a report of paid-in capital following a statutory merger
7  or consolidation, which discloses that the paid-in capital
8  of the surviving or new corporation immediately after the
9  merger or consolidation is greater than the sum of the
10  paid-in capital of all of the merged or consolidated
11  corporations as last reported by them in any documents,
12  other than annual reports, required by this Act to be
13  filed in the office of the Secretary of State; and in
14  addition, the surviving or new corporation shall be liable
15  for a further additional franchise tax on the paid-in
16  capital of each of the merged or consolidated corporations
17  as last reported by them in any document, other than an
18  annual report, required by this Act to be filed with the
19  Secretary of State from their taxable year end to the next
20  succeeding anniversary month or, in the case of a
21  corporation which has established an extended filing
22  month, the extended filing month of the surviving or new
23  corporation; however if the taxable year ends within the
24  2-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month
25  or, in the case of a corporation which has established an
26  extended filing month, the extended filing month of the

 

 

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1  surviving or new corporation the tax will be computed to
2  the anniversary month or, in the case of a corporation
3  which has established an extended filing month, the
4  extended filing month of the surviving or new corporation
5  in the next succeeding calendar year.
6  (d) An annual franchise tax payable each year with the
7  annual report which the corporation is required by this
8  Act to file.
9  On or after January 1, 2020 and before prior to January 1,
10  2021, the first $30 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed
11  under this Section. On or after January 1, 2021 and before
12  January 1, 2022, the first $1,000 in liability is exempt from
13  the tax imposed under this Section. On or after January 1, 2022
14  and before January 1, 2023, the first $10,000 in liability is
15  exempt from the tax imposed under this Section. On or after
16  January 1, 2023 and before January 1, 2024, the first $100,000
17  in liability is exempt from the tax imposed under this
18  Section. The provisions of this Section shall not require the
19  payment of any franchise tax that would otherwise have been
20  due and payable on or after January 1, 2024. There shall be no
21  refunds or proration of franchise tax for any taxes due and
22  payable on or after January 1, 2024 on the basis that a portion
23  of the corporation's taxable year extends beyond January 1,
24  2024. Public Act 101-9 shall not affect any right accrued or
25  established, or any liability or penalty incurred prior to
26  January 1, 2024.

 

 

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1  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025.
2  (Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
3  (Text of Section from P.A. 102-282)
4  Sec. 15.35. Franchise taxes payable by domestic
5  corporations. For the privilege of exercising its franchises
6  in this State, each domestic corporation shall pay to the
7  Secretary of State the following franchise taxes, computed on
8  the basis, at the rates and for the periods prescribed in this
9  Act:
10  (a) An initial franchise tax at the time of filing its
11  first report of issuance of shares.
12  (b) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
13  (1) a report of the issuance of additional shares, or (2) a
14  report of an increase in paid-in capital without the
15  issuance of shares, or (3) an amendment to the articles of
16  incorporation or a report of cumulative changes in paid-in
17  capital, whenever any amendment or such report discloses
18  an increase in its paid-in capital over the amount thereof
19  last reported in any document, other than an annual
20  report, interim annual report or final transition annual
21  report required by this Act to be filed in the office of
22  the Secretary of State.
23  (c) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
24  a report of paid-in capital following a statutory merger
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1  of the surviving or new corporation immediately after the
2  merger or consolidation is greater than the sum of the
3  paid-in capital of all of the merged or consolidated
4  corporations as last reported by them in any documents,
5  other than annual reports, required by this Act to be
6  filed in the office of the Secretary of State; and in
7  addition, the surviving or new corporation shall be liable
8  for a further additional franchise tax on the paid-in
9  capital of each of the merged or consolidated corporations
10  as last reported by them in any document, other than an
11  annual report, required by this Act to be filed with the
12  Secretary of State from their taxable year end to the next
13  succeeding anniversary month or, in the case of a
14  corporation which has established an extended filing
15  month, the extended filing month of the surviving or new
16  corporation; however if the taxable year ends within the
17  2-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month
18  or, in the case of a corporation which has established an
19  extended filing month, the extended filing month of the
20  surviving or new corporation the tax will be computed to
21  the anniversary month or, in the case of a corporation
22  which has established an extended filing month, the
23  extended filing month of the surviving or new corporation
24  in the next succeeding calendar year.
25  (d) An annual franchise tax payable each year with the
26  annual report which the corporation is required by this

 

 

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1  Act to file.
2  On or after January 1, 2020 and before prior to January 1,
3  2021, the first $30 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed
4  under this Section. On or after January 1, 2021 and before
5  prior to January 1, 2022, the first $1,000 in liability is
6  exempt from the tax imposed under this Section. On or after
7  January 1, 2022 and before prior to January 1, 2023, the first
8  $10,000 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed under this
9  Section. On or after January 1, 2023 and before prior to
10  January 1, 2024, the first $100,000 in liability is exempt
11  from the tax imposed under this Section. The provisions of
12  this Section shall not require the payment of any franchise
13  tax that would otherwise have been due and payable on or after
14  January 1, 2024. There shall be no refunds or proration of
15  franchise tax for any taxes due and payable on or after January
16  1, 2024 on the basis that a portion of the corporation's
17  taxable year extends beyond January 1, 2024. Public Act 101-9
18  shall not affect any right accrued or established, or any
19  liability or penalty incurred prior to January 1, 2024.
20  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025 December 31,
21  2024.
22  (Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 102-282, eff. 1-1-22.)
23  (Text of Section from P.A. 102-558)
24  Sec. 15.35. Franchise taxes payable by domestic
25  corporations. For the privilege of exercising its franchises

 

 

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1  in this State, each domestic corporation shall pay to the
2  Secretary of State the following franchise taxes, computed on
3  the basis, at the rates and for the periods prescribed in this
4  Act:
5  (a) An initial franchise tax at the time of filing its
6  first report of issuance of shares.
7  (b) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
8  (1) a report of the issuance of additional shares, or (2) a
9  report of an increase in paid-in capital without the
10  issuance of shares, or (3) an amendment to the articles of
11  incorporation or a report of cumulative changes in paid-in
12  capital, whenever any amendment or such report discloses
13  an increase in its paid-in capital over the amount thereof
14  last reported in any document, other than an annual
15  report, interim annual report or final transition annual
16  report required by this Act to be filed in the office of
17  the Secretary of State.
18  (c) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
19  a report of paid-in capital following a statutory merger
20  or consolidation, which discloses that the paid-in capital
21  of the surviving or new corporation immediately after the
22  merger or consolidation is greater than the sum of the
23  paid-in capital of all of the merged or consolidated
24  corporations as last reported by them in any documents,
25  other than annual reports, required by this Act to be
26  filed in the office of the Secretary of State; and in

 

 

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1  addition, the surviving or new corporation shall be liable
2  for a further additional franchise tax on the paid-in
3  capital of each of the merged or consolidated corporations
4  as last reported by them in any document, other than an
5  annual report, required by this Act to be filed with the
6  Secretary of State from their taxable year end to the next
7  succeeding anniversary month or, in the case of a
8  corporation which has established an extended filing
9  month, the extended filing month of the surviving or new
10  corporation; however if the taxable year ends within the
11  2-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month
12  or, in the case of a corporation which has established an
13  extended filing month, the extended filing month of the
14  surviving or new corporation the tax will be computed to
15  the anniversary month or, in the case of a corporation
16  which has established an extended filing month, the
17  extended filing month of the surviving or new corporation
18  in the next succeeding calendar year.
19  (d) An annual franchise tax payable each year with the
20  annual report which the corporation is required by this
21  Act to file.
22  On or after January 1, 2020 and before prior to January 1,
23  2021, the first $30 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed
24  under this Section. On or after January 1, 2021 and before
25  prior to January 1, 2022, the first $1,000 in liability is
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1  January 1, 2022 and before prior to January 1, 2023, the first
2  $10,000 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed under this
3  Section. On or after January 1, 2023 and before prior to
4  January 1, 2024, the first $100,000 in liability is exempt
5  from the tax imposed under this Section. The provisions of
6  this Section shall not require the payment of any franchise
7  tax that would otherwise have been due and payable on or after
8  January 1, 2024. There shall be no refunds or proration of
9  franchise tax for any taxes due and payable on or after January
10  1, 2024 on the basis that a portion of the corporation's
11  taxable year extends beyond January 1, 2024. Public Act 101-9
12  shall not affect any right accrued or established, or any
13  liability or penalty incurred prior to January 1, 2024.
14  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025 December 31,
15  2025.
16  (Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
17  (805 ILCS 5/15.65) (from Ch. 32, par. 15.65)
18  Sec. 15.65. Franchise taxes payable by foreign
19  corporations. For the privilege of exercising its authority to
20  transact such business in this State as set out in its
21  application therefor or any amendment thereto, each foreign
22  corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State the following
23  franchise taxes, computed on the basis, at the rates and for
24  the periods prescribed in this Act:
25  (a) An initial franchise tax at the time of filing its

 

 

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1  application for authority to transact business in this
2  State.
3  (b) An additional franchise tax at the time of filing
4  (1) a report of the issuance of additional shares, or (2) a
5  report of an increase in paid-in capital without the
6  issuance of shares, or (3) a report of cumulative changes
7  in paid-in capital or a report of an exchange or
8  reclassification of shares, whenever any such report
9  discloses an increase in its paid-in capital over the
10  amount thereof last reported in any document, other than
11  an annual report, interim annual report or final
12  transition annual report, required by this Act to be filed
13  in the office of the Secretary of State.
14  (c) Whenever the corporation shall be a party to a
15  statutory merger and shall be the surviving corporation,
16  an additional franchise tax at the time of filing its
17  report following merger, if such report discloses that the
18  amount represented in this State of its paid-in capital
19  immediately after the merger is greater than the aggregate
20  of the amounts represented in this State of the paid-in
21  capital of such of the merged corporations as were
22  authorized to transact business in this State at the time
23  of the merger, as last reported by them in any documents,
24  other than annual reports, required by this Act to be
25  filed in the office of the Secretary of State; and in
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1  further additional franchise tax on the paid-in capital of
2  each of the merged corporations as last reported by them
3  in any document, other than an annual report, required by
4  this Act to be filed with the Secretary of State, from
5  their taxable year end to the next succeeding anniversary
6  month or, in the case of a corporation which has
7  established an extended filing month, the extended filing
8  month of the surviving corporation; however if the taxable
9  year ends within the 2-month period immediately preceding
10  the anniversary month or the extended filing month of the
11  surviving corporation, the tax will be computed to the
12  anniversary or, extended filing month of the surviving
13  corporation in the next succeeding calendar year.
14  (d) An annual franchise tax payable each year with any
15  annual report which the corporation is required by this
16  Act to file.
17  On or after January 1, 2020 and before prior to January 1,
18  2021, the first $30 in liability is exempt from the tax imposed
19  under this Section. On or after January 1, 2021 and before
20  January 1, 2024, the first $1,000 in liability is exempt from
21  the tax imposed under this Section. The provisions of this
22  Section shall not require the payment of any franchise tax
23  that would otherwise have been due and payable on or after
24  January 1, 2024. There shall be no refunds or proration of
25  franchise tax for any taxes due and payable on or after January
26  1, 2024 on the basis that a portion of the corporation's

 

 

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1  taxable year extends beyond January 1, 2024. This amendatory
2  Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall not affect any right
3  accrued or established, or any liability or penalty incurred
4  prior to January 1, 2024.
5  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025.
6  (Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
7  102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
8  (805 ILCS 5/15.98 new)
9  Sec. 15.98. Preparation of bill. The Legislative Reference
10  Bureau shall prepare for introduction in the 2024 spring
11  session of the General Assembly a bill effecting such changes
12  in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the statutes to
13  the changes in law made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
14  General Assembly.
15  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16  becoming law.

 

 

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