103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2105 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth a schedule of income-based tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2105 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth a schedule of income-based tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2105 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth a schedule of income-based tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b A BILL FOR SB2105LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 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 Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 5 changing Sections 201, 208, 502, and 901 and by adding 6 Sections 201.3 and 234 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 5/201) 8 Sec. 201. Tax imposed. 9 (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby 10 imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for 11 each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege 12 of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this 13 State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or 14 privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal 15 corporation or political subdivision thereof. 16 (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this 17 Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by 18 subsection (d-1): 19 (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for 20 taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount 21 equal to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the 22 taxable year. 23 (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2105 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth a schedule of income-based tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b A BILL FOR 35 ILCS 5/201 35 ILCS 5/201.3 new LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 2 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 2 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 2 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending 2 after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2 3 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to 4 July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 5 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 6 30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3. 7 (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for 8 taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending 9 prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the 10 taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 11 (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 12 for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and 13 ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum 14 of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior 15 to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and 16 (ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after 17 December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5. 18 (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 19 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, 20 and ending prior to January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 5% 21 of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 22 (5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 23 for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and 24 ending after December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum 25 of (i) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior 26 to January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and SB2105 - 2 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 3 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 3 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 3 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 2 after December 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 3 202.5. 4 (5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 5 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, 6 and ending prior to July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 3.75% 7 of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 8 (5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 9 for taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and 10 ending after June 30, 2017, an amount equal to the sum of 11 (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 12 prior to July 1, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5, 13 and (ii) 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 14 after June 30, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5. 15 (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 16 for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2017 and 17 beginning prior to January 1, 2024, an amount equal to 18 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 19 (5.5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 20 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, 21 an amount calculated under the rate structure set forth in 22 Section 201.3. 23 (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 24 ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the 25 taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 26 (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years SB2105 - 3 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 4 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 4 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 4 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30, 2 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the 3 taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 4 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of 5 the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 6 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3. 7 (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 8 beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January 9 1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net 10 income for the taxable year. 11 (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 12 beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after 13 December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8% 14 of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to 15 January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and 16 (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after 17 December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5. 18 (10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 19 beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to 20 January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's 21 net income for the taxable year. 22 (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 23 beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after 24 December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of 25 the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January 26 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25% SB2105 - 4 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 5 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 5 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 5 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December 2 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5. 3 (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 4 beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to 5 July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's 6 net income for the taxable year. 7 (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 8 beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and ending after June 30, 9 2017, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25% of the 10 taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 11 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 7% of 12 the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 13 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5. 14 (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 15 beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 7% 16 of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 17 18 The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the 19 provisions of Section 201.5. 20 (b-5) Surcharge; sale or exchange of assets, properties, 21 and intangibles of organization gaming licensees. For each of 22 taxable years 2019 through 2027, a surcharge is imposed on all 23 taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of 24 capital assets, depreciable business property, real property 25 used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles (i) 26 of an organization licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing SB2105 - 5 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 6 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 6 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 6 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 Act of 1975 and (ii) of an organization gaming licensee under 2 the Illinois Gambling Act. The amount of the surcharge is 3 equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the 4 taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The 5 surcharge imposed shall not apply if: 6 (1) the organization gaming license, organization 7 license, or racetrack property is transferred as a result 8 of any of the following: 9 (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt 10 adjustment initiated by or against the initial 11 licensee or the substantial owners of the initial 12 licensee; 13 (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of 14 any such license by the Illinois Gaming Board or the 15 Illinois Racing Board; 16 (C) a determination by the Illinois Gaming Board 17 that transfer of the license is in the best interests 18 of Illinois gaming; 19 (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in 20 a licensee; 21 (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in 22 the stock or substantially all of the assets of a 23 publicly traded company; 24 (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly 25 owned subsidiary; or 26 (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to SB2105 - 6 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 7 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 7 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 7 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 another person where both persons were initial owners 2 of the license when the license was issued; or 3 (2) the controlling interest in the organization 4 gaming license, organization license, or racetrack 5 property is transferred in a transaction to lineal 6 descendants in which no gain or loss is recognized or as a 7 result of a transaction in accordance with Section 351 of 8 the Internal Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is 9 recognized; or 10 (3) live horse racing was not conducted in 2010 at a 11 racetrack located within 3 miles of the Mississippi River 12 under a license issued pursuant to the Illinois Horse 13 Racing Act of 1975. 14 The transfer of an organization gaming license, 15 organization license, or racetrack property by a person other 16 than the initial licensee to receive the organization gaming 17 license is not subject to a surcharge. The Department shall 18 adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this 19 subsection. 20 (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax. 21 Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such 22 income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property 23 Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every 24 corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership 25 and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979. 26 Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or SB2105 - 7 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 8 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 8 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 8 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 receiving income in or as a resident of this State. The 2 Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in 3 addition to the income tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) 4 of this Section and in addition to all other occupation or 5 privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal 6 corporation or political subdivision thereof. 7 (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 8 Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax 9 imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section 10 in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S 11 corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall 12 be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net 13 income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January 14 1, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this 15 subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a 16 partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an 17 additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income 18 for the taxable year. 19 (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the 20 case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the 21 Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile 22 imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax 23 (excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed 24 are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined 25 under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except 26 that for purposes of this determination premiums from SB2105 - 8 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 9 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 9 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 9 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate 2 reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending 3 on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax 4 imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not 5 increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed 6 under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act, 7 shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed 8 on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for 9 the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of 10 domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes 11 and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign 12 insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits 13 allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on 14 such income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For 15 the purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate 16 includes a mutual insurer under common management. 17 (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event 18 shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections 19 (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of: 20 (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such 21 foreign insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net 22 of all credits allowed under this Act, plus 23 (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of 24 the Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance 25 company tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire 26 Investigation Act, and the fire department taxes SB2105 - 9 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 10 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 10 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 10 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 imposed under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois 2 Municipal Code, 3 equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 4 31, 2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after 5 December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for 6 the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of 7 Section 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph 8 will in no event increase the rates imposed under 9 subsections (b) and (d). 10 (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this 11 subsection shall be applied first against the rates 12 imposed by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed 13 by subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this 14 Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i) 15 has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by 16 subsection (d). 17 This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of 18 Section 250. 19 (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a 20 credit against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 21 Tax for investment in qualified property. 22 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5% 23 of the basis of qualified property placed in service 24 during the taxable year, provided such property is placed 25 in service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed 26 an additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of SB2105 - 10 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 11 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 11 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 11 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 qualified property placed in service during the taxable 2 year, provided such property is placed in service on or 3 after July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment 4 within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the 5 preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's employment 6 records filed with the Illinois Department of Employment 7 Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be 8 deemed to have met the 1% growth in base employment for the 9 first year in which they file employment records with the 10 Illinois Department of Employment Security. The provisions 11 added to this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored 12 by Public Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of 13 existing law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, 14 the increase in base employment within Illinois over the 15 preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit 16 shall be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the 17 numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is 18 1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall 19 not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a 20 taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may 21 any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year 22 other than the year in which the property was placed in 23 service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after 24 December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the 25 credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the 26 property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the SB2105 - 11 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 12 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 12 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 12 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it 2 exceeds the original liability or the liability as later 3 amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to 4 the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the 5 excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments 6 which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time 7 equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an 8 enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois 9 Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the 10 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now 11 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as 12 complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) 13 and (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and 14 Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic 15 Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all 16 such certifications immediately. For tax years ending 17 after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for 18 the tax year in which the property is placed in service, 19 or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability 20 for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability 21 or the liability as later amended, such excess may be 22 carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 23 taxable years following the excess credit years. The 24 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which 25 there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one 26 tax year that is available to offset a liability, earlier SB2105 - 12 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 13 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 13 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 13 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 credit shall be applied first. 2 (2) The term "qualified property" means property 3 which: 4 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including 5 buildings and structural components of buildings and 6 signs that are real property, but not including land 7 or improvements to real property that are not a 8 structural component of a building such as 9 landscaping, sewer lines, local access roads, fencing, 10 parking lots, and other appurtenances; 11 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the 12 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property" 13 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not 14 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection 15 (e); 16 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section 17 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; 18 (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is 19 primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal 20 or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service 21 on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment 22 Zone established pursuant to the River Edge 23 Redevelopment Zone Act; and 24 (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in 25 such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for 26 the credit provided by this subsection (e) or SB2105 - 13 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 14 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 14 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 14 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 subsection (f). 2 (3) For purposes of this subsection (e), 3 "manufacturing" means the material staging and production 4 of tangible personal property by procedures commonly 5 regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or 6 assembling which changes some existing material into new 7 shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes 8 of this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the 9 same meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the 10 Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection 11 (e), the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible 12 personal property for use or consumption and not for 13 resale, or services rendered in conjunction with the sale 14 of tangible personal property for use or consumption and 15 not for resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), 16 "tangible personal property" has the same meaning as when 17 that term is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, 18 and, for taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, 19 does not include the generation, transmission, or 20 distribution of electricity. 21 (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis 22 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal 23 income tax purposes. 24 (5) If the basis of the property for federal income 25 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 26 placed in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount SB2105 - 14 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 15 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 15 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 15 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 of such increase shall be deemed property placed in 2 service on the date of such increase in basis. 3 (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same 4 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code. 5 (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to 6 be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within 7 48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of 8 any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48 9 months after being placed in service, the Personal 10 Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year 11 shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined by 12 (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have 13 been allowed for the year in which credit for such 14 property was originally allowed by eliminating such 15 property from such computation and, (ii) subtracting such 16 recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously 17 allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (7), a 18 reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting 19 from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be 20 deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent 21 of such reduction. 22 (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law, 23 the basis of qualified property shall not include costs 24 incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs 25 incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or 26 before December 31, 2018. SB2105 - 15 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 16 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 16 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 16 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000, 2 a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners 3 the credits to which the partnership is entitled under 4 this subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may 5 use the credit allocated to him or her under this 6 paragraph only against the tax imposed in subsections (c) 7 and (d) of this Section. If the partnership makes that 8 election, those credits shall be allocated among the 9 partners in the partnership in accordance with the rules 10 set forth in Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 11 and the rules promulgated under that Section, and the 12 allocated amount of the credits shall be allowed to the 13 partners for that taxable year. The partnership shall make 14 this election on its Personal Property Tax Replacement 15 Income Tax return for that taxable year. The election to 16 pass through the credits shall be irrevocable. 17 For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 18 2000, a partner that qualifies its partnership for a 19 subtraction under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of 20 subsection (d) of Section 203 or a shareholder that 21 qualifies a Subchapter S corporation for a subtraction 22 under subparagraph (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 23 of Section 203 shall be allowed a credit under this 24 subsection (e) equal to its share of the credit earned 25 under this subsection (e) during the taxable year by the 26 partnership or Subchapter S corporation, determined in SB2105 - 16 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 17 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 17 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 17 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 accordance with the determination of income and 2 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 3 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. This 4 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 250. 5 (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge 6 Redevelopment Zone. 7 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the 8 tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for 9 investment in qualified property which is placed in 10 service in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the 11 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in 12 service on or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge 13 Redevelopment Zone established pursuant to the River Edge 14 Redevelopment Zone Act. For partners, shareholders of 15 Subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability 16 companies, if the liability company is treated as a 17 partnership for purposes of federal and State income 18 taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under this 19 subsection (f) to be determined in accordance with the 20 determination of income and distributive share of income 21 under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the 22 Internal Revenue Code. The credit shall be .5% of the 23 basis for such property. The credit shall be available 24 only in the taxable year in which the property is placed in 25 service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge Redevelopment 26 Zone and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would SB2105 - 17 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 18 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 18 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 18 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by 2 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. For 3 tax years ending on or after December 31, 1985, the credit 4 shall be allowed for the tax year in which the property is 5 placed in service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds 6 the tax liability for that year, whether it exceeds the 7 original liability or the liability as later amended, such 8 excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax 9 liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess 10 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest 11 year for which there is a liability. If there is credit 12 from more than one tax year that is available to offset a 13 liability, the credit accruing first in time shall be 14 applied first. 15 (2) The term qualified property means property which: 16 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including 17 buildings and structural components of buildings; 18 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the 19 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property" 20 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not 21 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection 22 (f); 23 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section 24 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; 25 (D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge 26 Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and SB2105 - 18 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 19 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 19 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 19 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (E) has not been previously used in Illinois in 2 such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for 3 the credit provided by this subsection (f) or 4 subsection (e). 5 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis 6 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal 7 income tax purposes. 8 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income 9 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 10 placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge 11 Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such 12 increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the 13 date of such increase in basis. 14 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same 15 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code. 16 (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to 17 be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within 18 48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of 19 any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise 20 Zone or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months 21 after being placed in service, the tax imposed under 22 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable 23 year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined 24 by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have 25 been allowed for the year in which credit for such 26 property was originally allowed by eliminating such SB2105 - 19 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 20 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 20 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 20 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such 2 recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously 3 allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (6), a 4 reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting 5 from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be 6 deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent 7 of such reduction. 8 (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal 9 to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in 10 service during the taxable year in a River Edge 11 Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in 12 service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base 13 employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more 14 over the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's 15 employment records filed with the Illinois Department of 16 Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois 17 shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base 18 employment for the first year in which they file 19 employment records with the Illinois Department of 20 Employment Security. If, in any year, the increase in base 21 employment within Illinois over the preceding year is less 22 than 1%, the additional credit shall be limited to that 23 percentage times a fraction, the numerator of which is 24 0.5% and the denominator of which is 1%, but shall not 25 exceed 0.5%. 26 (8) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, SB2105 - 20 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 21 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 21 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 21 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 2021, there shall be allowed an Enterprise Zone 2 construction jobs credit against the taxes imposed under 3 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as provided in 4 Section 13 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. 5 The credit or credits may not reduce the taxpayer's 6 liability to less than zero. If the amount of the credit or 7 credits exceeds the taxpayer's liability, the excess may 8 be carried forward and applied against the taxpayer's 9 liability in succeeding calendar years in the same manner 10 provided under paragraph (4) of Section 211 of this Act. 11 The credit or credits shall be applied to the earliest 12 year for which there is a tax liability. If there are 13 credits from more than one taxable year that are available 14 to offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be applied 15 first. 16 For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S 17 corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, 18 if the liability company is treated as a partnership for 19 the purposes of federal and State income taxation, there 20 shall be allowed a credit under this Section to be 21 determined in accordance with the determination of income 22 and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 23 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. 24 The total aggregate amount of credits awarded under 25 the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9) 26 shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year. SB2105 - 21 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 22 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 22 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 22 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 This paragraph (8) is exempt from the provisions of 2 Section 250. 3 (g) (Blank). 4 (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business. 5 (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 6 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall 7 be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections 8 (a) and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified 9 property which is placed in service by a Department of 10 Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact 11 Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such 12 property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the 13 minimum investments in qualified property set forth in 14 subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois 15 Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the 16 time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois 17 Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact 18 Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and 19 (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone 20 Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would 21 reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by 22 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The 23 credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in 24 the taxable year in which such investments have been 25 completed. The credit for additional investments beyond 26 the minimum investment by a designated high impact SB2105 - 22 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 23 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 23 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 23 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 business authorized under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 2 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act shall be available 3 only in the taxable year in which the property is placed in 4 service and shall not be allowed to the extent that it 5 would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by 6 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. For 7 tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the credit 8 shall be allowed for the tax year in which the property is 9 placed in service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds 10 the tax liability for that year, whether it exceeds the 11 original liability or the liability as later amended, such 12 excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax 13 liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess 14 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest 15 year for which there is a liability. If there is credit 16 from more than one tax year that is available to offset a 17 liability, the credit accruing first in time shall be 18 applied first. 19 Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act 20 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and 21 reflect existing law. 22 (2) The term qualified property means property which: 23 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including 24 buildings and structural components of buildings; 25 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the 26 Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property" SB2105 - 23 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 24 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 24 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 24 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not 2 eligible for the credit provided by this subsection 3 (h); 4 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section 5 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and 6 (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone 7 Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this 8 Section. 9 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis 10 used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal 11 income tax purposes. 12 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income 13 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 14 placed in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade 15 Zone or Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the 16 amount of such increase shall be deemed property placed in 17 service on the date of such increase in basis. 18 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same 19 meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code. 20 (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before 21 December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified 22 property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months 23 after being placed in service, or the situs of any 24 qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48 25 months after being placed in service, the tax imposed 26 under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such SB2105 - 24 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 25 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 25 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 25 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 taxable year shall be increased. Such increase shall be 2 determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which 3 would have been allowed for the year in which credit for 4 such property was originally allowed by eliminating such 5 property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such 6 recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously 7 allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (6), a 8 reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting 9 from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be 10 deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent 11 of such reduction. 12 (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31, 13 1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this 14 subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and 15 the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of 16 the explicit terms and length of the contract under 17 Section 18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed 18 under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be 19 increased for the taxable year in which the taxpayer 20 relocated its facility by an amount equal to the amount of 21 credit received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h). 22 (h-5) High Impact Business construction jobs credit. For 23 taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, there 24 shall also be allowed a High Impact Business construction jobs 25 credit against the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) 26 of this Section as provided in subsections (i) and (j) of SB2105 - 25 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 26 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 26 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 26 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. 2 The credit or credits may not reduce the taxpayer's 3 liability to less than zero. If the amount of the credit or 4 credits exceeds the taxpayer's liability, the excess may be 5 carried forward and applied against the taxpayer's liability 6 in succeeding calendar years in the manner provided under 7 paragraph (4) of Section 211 of this Act. The credit or credits 8 shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax 9 liability. If there are credits from more than one taxable 10 year that are available to offset a liability, the earlier 11 credit shall be applied first. 12 For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, 13 and owners of limited liability companies, if the liability 14 company is treated as a partnership for the purposes of 15 federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a 16 credit under this Section to be determined in accordance with 17 the determination of income and distributive share of income 18 under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal 19 Revenue Code. 20 The total aggregate amount of credits awarded under the 21 Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9) shall not 22 exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year. 23 This subsection (h-5) is exempt from the provisions of 24 Section 250. 25 (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 26 Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit SB2105 - 26 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 27 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 27 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 27 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) 2 and (b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) 3 and (d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by 4 multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this 5 Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income 6 allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois 7 base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax 8 rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section. 9 Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this 10 subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed 11 because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections 12 (a) and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original 13 liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried 14 forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by 15 subsections (a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the 16 excess credit year, provided that no credit may be carried 17 forward to any year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This 18 credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for which 19 there is a liability. If there is a credit under this 20 subsection from more than one tax year that is available to 21 offset a liability the earliest credit arising under this 22 subsection shall be applied first. 23 If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 24 31, 1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this 25 Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this 26 subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax SB2105 - 27 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 28 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 28 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 28 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by 2 recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax 3 imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the 4 reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different 5 taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such 6 taxable year to reduce the amount of credit claimed. 7 (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years 8 ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31, 9 2003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax 10 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all 11 amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by 12 the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed 13 outside of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or 14 vocational training in semi-technical or technical fields or 15 semi-skilled or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross 16 income in the computation of taxable income. The credit 17 against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 18 1.6% of such training expenses. For partners, shareholders of 19 subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability 20 companies, if the liability company is treated as a 21 partnership for purposes of federal and State income taxation, 22 there shall be allowed a credit under this subsection (j) to be 23 determined in accordance with the determination of income and 24 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and 25 subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. 26 Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused SB2105 - 28 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 29 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 29 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 29 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 in the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each 2 of the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit 3 is first computed until it is used. This credit shall be 4 applied first to the earliest year for which there is a 5 liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from 6 more than one tax year that is available to offset a liability, 7 the earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be 8 applied first. No carryforward credit may be claimed in any 9 tax year ending on or after December 31, 2003. 10 (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending 11 after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and 12 beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31, 13 2004, and ending prior to January 1, 2027, a taxpayer shall be 14 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) 15 and (b) of this Section for increasing research activities in 16 this State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by 17 subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the 18 qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in 19 this State. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S 20 corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if 21 the liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes 22 of federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a 23 credit under this subsection to be determined in accordance 24 with the determination of income and distributive share of 25 income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the 26 Internal Revenue Code. SB2105 - 29 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 30 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 30 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 30 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures" 2 means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal 3 credit for increasing research activities which would be 4 allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and 5 which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures 6 for increasing research activities in this State" means the 7 excess of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in 8 which incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base 9 period, "qualifying expenditures for the base period" means 10 the average of the qualifying expenditures for each year in 11 the base period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years 12 immediately preceding the taxable year for which the 13 determination is being made. 14 Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable 15 year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the 16 unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over 17 as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5 18 taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever 19 occurs first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year 20 ending prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any 21 year ending on or after December 31, 2003. 22 If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from 23 2 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest 24 year will be applied first against the tax liability for the 25 given year. If a tax liability for the given year still 26 remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be SB2105 - 30 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 31 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 31 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 31 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax 2 liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused 3 credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next 4 following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except 5 that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more 6 than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the 7 credit is given was incurred. 8 No inference shall be drawn from Public Act 91-644 in 9 construing this Section for taxable years beginning before 10 January 1, 1999. 11 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the research 12 and development credit under this subsection (k) shall apply 13 continuously for all tax years ending on or after December 31, 14 2004 and ending prior to January 1, 2027, including, but not 15 limited to, the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending 16 on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-22). All 17 actions taken in reliance on the continuation of the credit 18 under this subsection (k) by any taxpayer are hereby 19 validated. 20 (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit. 21 (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and 22 on or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be 23 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections 24 (a) and (b) of this Section for certain amounts paid for 25 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs, as specified in 26 this subsection. For purposes of this Section, SB2105 - 31 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 32 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 32 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 32 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs" means costs 2 approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 3 ("Agency") under Section 58.14 of the Environmental 4 Protection Act that were paid in performing environmental 5 remediation at a site for which a No Further Remediation 6 Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section 7 58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must 8 be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval 9 of the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit 10 is not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any 11 related party caused or contributed to, in any material 12 respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or 13 under the site that was identified and addressed by the 14 remedial action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program 15 of the Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution 16 Control Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois 17 Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and 18 enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental 19 Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability 20 for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with 21 those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer" 22 includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has 23 succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue 24 Code and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a 25 deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of 26 Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of SB2105 - 32 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 33 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 33 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 33 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 being a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. 2 The credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections 3 (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed 4 eligible remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, 5 except that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any 6 site contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the 7 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now 8 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The 9 total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year 10 with a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners 11 and shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall 12 be allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined 13 in accordance with the determination of income and 14 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 15 and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. 16 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is 17 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried 18 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year 19 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The 20 term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of 21 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the 22 maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i). 23 This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year 24 for which there is a liability. If there is a credit under 25 this subsection from more than one tax year that is 26 available to offset a liability, the earliest credit SB2105 - 33 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 34 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 34 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 34 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 arising under this subsection shall be applied first. A 2 credit allowed under this subsection may be sold to a 3 buyer as part of a sale of all or part of the remediation 4 site for which the credit was granted. The purchaser of a 5 remediation site and the tax credit shall succeed to the 6 unused credit and remaining carry-forward period of the 7 seller. To perfect the transfer, the assignor shall record 8 the transfer in the chain of title for the site and provide 9 written notice to the Director of the Illinois Department 10 of Revenue of the assignor's intent to sell the 11 remediation site and the amount of the tax credit to be 12 transferred as a portion of the sale. In no event may a 13 credit be transferred to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or a 14 related party would not be eligible under the provisions 15 of subsection (i). 16 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site" 17 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the 18 Environmental Protection Act. 19 (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years 20 ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the 21 custodian of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a 22 credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of 23 this Section for qualified education expenses incurred on 24 behalf of the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25 25% of qualified education expenses, but in no event may the 26 total credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is SB2105 - 34 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 35 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 35 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 35 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 the custodian of qualifying pupils exceed (i) $500 for tax 2 years ending prior to December 31, 2017, and (ii) $750 for tax 3 years ending on or after December 31, 2017. In no event shall a 4 credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability 5 under this Act to less than zero. Notwithstanding any other 6 provision of law, for taxable years beginning on or after 7 January 1, 2017, no taxpayer may claim a credit under this 8 subsection (m) if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the 9 taxable year exceeds (i) $500,000, in the case of spouses 10 filing a joint federal tax return or (ii) $250,000, in the case 11 of all other taxpayers. This subsection is exempt from the 12 provisions of Section 250 of 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 is 18 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 on 22 behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition, 23 book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is 24 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 SB2105 - 35 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 36 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 36 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 36 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which 2 satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code, 3 except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to 4 attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify 5 for the credit under this Section. 6 "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an 7 Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal 8 guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils. 9 (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax 10 credit. 11 (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 12 2006, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax 13 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for 14 certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation 15 costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of 16 this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs" 17 means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental 18 Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the 19 Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing 20 environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge 21 Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation 22 Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section 23 58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must 24 be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval 25 of the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit 26 is not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any SB2105 - 36 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 37 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 37 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 37 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 related party caused or contributed to, in any material 2 respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or 3 under the site that was identified and addressed by the 4 remedial action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program 5 of the Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to 6 credit availability for purposes of this Section shall be 7 made consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution 8 Control Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative 9 Procedure Act for the administration and enforcement of 10 Section 58.9 of the Environmental Protection Act. For 11 purposes of this Section, "taxpayer" includes a person 12 whose tax attributes the taxpayer has succeeded to under 13 Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code and "related 14 party" includes the persons disallowed a deduction for 15 losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 16 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being a related 17 taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The credit 18 allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) 19 shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible 20 remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site. 21 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is 22 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried 23 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year 24 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This 25 credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for 26 which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this SB2105 - 37 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 38 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 38 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 38 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 subsection from more than one tax year that is available 2 to offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under 3 this subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed 4 under this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a 5 sale of all or part of the remediation site for which the 6 credit was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site 7 and the tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and 8 remaining carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect 9 the transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in 10 the chain of title for the site and provide written notice 11 to the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of 12 the assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the 13 amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of 14 the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any 15 taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be 16 eligible under the provisions of subsection (i). 17 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site" 18 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the 19 Environmental Protection Act. 20 (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use 21 of Medical Cannabis Program, a surcharge is imposed on all 22 taxpayers on income arising from the sale or exchange of 23 capital assets, depreciable business property, real property 24 used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of 25 an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of 26 Medical Cannabis Program Act. The amount of the surcharge is SB2105 - 38 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 39 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 39 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 39 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the 2 taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The 3 surcharge imposed does not apply if: 4 (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center 5 registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or 6 the property of a registration is transferred as a result 7 of any of the following: 8 (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt 9 adjustment initiated by or against the initial 10 registration or the substantial owners of the initial 11 registration; 12 (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of 13 any registration by the Illinois Department of Public 14 Health; 15 (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of 16 Public Health that transfer of the registration is in 17 the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as 18 defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis 19 Program Act; 20 (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in 21 a registrant; 22 (E) the acquisition of a controlling interest in 23 the stock or substantially all of the assets of a 24 publicly traded company; 25 (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly 26 owned subsidiary; or SB2105 - 39 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 40 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 40 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 40 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to 2 another person where both persons were initial owners 3 of the registration when the registration was issued; 4 or 5 (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration, 6 medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the 7 controlling interest in a registrant's property is 8 transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in 9 which no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a 10 transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal 11 Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized. 12 (p) Pass-through entity tax. 13 (1) For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 14 2021 and beginning prior to January 1, 2026, a partnership 15 (other than a publicly traded partnership under Section 16 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code) or Subchapter S 17 corporation may elect to apply the provisions of this 18 subsection. A separate election shall be made for each 19 taxable year. Such election shall be made at such time, 20 and in such form and manner as prescribed by the 21 Department, and, once made, is irrevocable. 22 (2) Entity-level tax. A partnership or Subchapter S 23 corporation electing to apply the provisions of this 24 subsection shall be subject to a tax for the privilege of 25 earning or receiving income in this State in an amount 26 equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the SB2105 - 40 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 41 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 41 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 41 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 taxable year. 2 (3) Net income defined. 3 (A) In general. For purposes of paragraph (2), the 4 term net income has the same meaning as defined in 5 Section 202 of this Act, except that the following 6 provisions shall not apply: 7 (i) the standard exemption allowed under 8 Section 204; 9 (ii) the deduction for net losses allowed 10 under Section 207; 11 (iii) in the case of an S corporation, the 12 modification under Section 203(b)(2)(S); and 13 (iv) in the case of a partnership, the 14 modifications under Section 203(d)(2)(H) and 15 Section 203(d)(2)(I). 16 (B) Special rule for tiered partnerships. If a 17 taxpayer making the election under paragraph (1) is a 18 partner of another taxpayer making the election under 19 paragraph (1), net income shall be computed as 20 provided in subparagraph (A), except that the taxpayer 21 shall subtract its distributive share of the net 22 income of the electing partnership (including its 23 distributive share of the net income of the electing 24 partnership derived as a distributive share from 25 electing partnerships in which it is a partner). 26 (4) Credit for entity level tax. Each partner or SB2105 - 41 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 42 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 42 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 42 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 shareholder of a taxpayer making the election under this 2 Section shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed 3 under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act 4 for the taxable year of the partnership or Subchapter S 5 corporation for which an election is in effect ending 6 within or with the taxable year of the partner or 7 shareholder in an amount equal to 4.95% times the partner 8 or shareholder's distributive share of the net income of 9 the electing partnership or Subchapter S corporation, but 10 not to exceed the partner's or shareholder's share of the 11 tax imposed under paragraph (1) which is actually paid by 12 the partnership or Subchapter S corporation. If the 13 taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation that 14 is itself a partner of a partnership making the election 15 under paragraph (1), the credit under this paragraph shall 16 be allowed to the taxpayer's partners or shareholders (or 17 if the partner is a partnership or Subchapter S 18 corporation then its partners or shareholders) in 19 accordance with the determination of income and 20 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 21 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. If the 22 amount of the credit allowed under this paragraph exceeds 23 the partner's or shareholder's liability for tax imposed 24 under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act 25 for the taxable year, such excess shall be treated as an 26 overpayment for purposes of Section 909 of this Act. SB2105 - 42 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 43 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 43 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 43 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (5) Nonresidents. A nonresident individual who is a 2 partner or shareholder of a partnership or Subchapter S 3 corporation for a taxable year for which an election is in 4 effect under paragraph (1) shall not be required to file 5 an income tax return under this Act for such taxable year 6 if the only source of net income of the individual (or the 7 individual and the individual's spouse in the case of a 8 joint return) is from an entity making the election under 9 paragraph (1) and the credit allowed to the partner or 10 shareholder under paragraph (4) equals or exceeds the 11 individual's liability for the tax imposed under 12 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act for the 13 taxable year. 14 (6) Liability for tax. Except as provided in this 15 paragraph, a partnership or Subchapter S making the 16 election under paragraph (1) is liable for the 17 entity-level tax imposed under paragraph (2). If the 18 electing partnership or corporation fails to pay the full 19 amount of tax deemed assessed under paragraph (2), the 20 partners or shareholders shall be liable to pay the tax 21 assessed (including penalties and interest). Each partner 22 or shareholder shall be liable for the unpaid assessment 23 based on the ratio of the partner's or shareholder's share 24 of the net income of the partnership over the total net 25 income of the partnership. If the partnership or 26 Subchapter S corporation fails to pay the tax assessed SB2105 - 43 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 44 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 44 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 44 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (including penalties and interest) and thereafter an 2 amount of such tax is paid by the partners or 3 shareholders, such amount shall not be collected from the 4 partnership or corporation. 5 (7) Foreign tax. For purposes of the credit allowed 6 under Section 601(b)(3) of this Act, tax paid by a 7 partnership or Subchapter S corporation to another state 8 which, as determined by the Department, is substantially 9 similar to the tax imposed under this subsection, shall be 10 considered tax paid by the partner or shareholder to the 11 extent that the partner's or shareholder's share of the 12 income of the partnership or Subchapter S corporation 13 allocated and apportioned to such other state bears to the 14 total income of the partnership or Subchapter S 15 corporation allocated or apportioned to such other state. 16 (8) Suspension of withholding. The provisions of 17 Section 709.5 of this Act shall not apply to a partnership 18 or Subchapter S corporation for the taxable year for which 19 an election under paragraph (1) is in effect. 20 (9) Requirement to pay estimated tax. For each taxable 21 year for which an election under paragraph (1) is in 22 effect, a partnership or Subchapter S corporation is 23 required to pay estimated tax for such taxable year under 24 Sections 803 and 804 of this Act if the amount payable as 25 estimated tax can reasonably be expected to exceed $500. 26 (10) The provisions of this subsection shall apply SB2105 - 44 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 45 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 45 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 45 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 only with respect to taxable years for which the 2 limitation on individual deductions applies under Section 3 164(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. 4 (Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 5 101-207, eff. 8-2-19; 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 6 8-20-21; 102-658, eff. 8-27-21.) 7 (35 ILCS 5/201.3 new) 8 Sec. 201.3. Tax rates. In the case of an individual, 9 trust, or estate, for taxable years beginning on or after 10 January 1, 2024, the amount of the tax imposed by subsection 11 (a) of Section 201 of this Act shall be determined according to 12 the following tax rate structure: 13 (1) for taxpayers who do not file a joint return and 14 have a net income of $500,000 or less: 15 (A) 4.00% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 16 income that does not exceed $25,000; 17 (B) 4.125% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 18 income that exceeds $25,000 but does not exceed 19 $50,000; 20 (C) 4.25% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 21 income that exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed 22 $100,000; 23 (D) 4.75% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 24 income that exceeds $100,000 but does not exceed 25 $150,000; SB2105 - 45 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 46 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 46 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 46 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 (E) 4.95% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 2 income that exceeds 150,000 but does not exceed 3 $250,000; 4 (F) 5.45% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 5 income that exceeds 250,000 but does not exceed 6 $375,000; 7 (G) 5.95% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 8 income that exceeds $375,000 but does not exceed 9 $500,000; and 10 (2) for taxpayers who do not file a joint return and 11 have a net income that exceeds $500,000, 6.95% of the 12 taxpayer's net income; 13 (3) for taxpayers who file a joint return and have a 14 net income of $1,000,000 or less: 15 (A) 4.00% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 16 income that does not exceed $50,000; 17 (B) 4.125% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 18 income that exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed 19 $100,000; 20 (C) 4.25% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 21 income that exceeds $100,000 but does not exceed 22 $200,000; 23 (D) 4.75% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 24 income that exceeds$200,000 but does not exceed 25 $300,000; 26 (E) 4.95% of the portion of the taxpayer's net SB2105 - 46 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105- 47 -LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 47 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b SB2105 - 47 - LRB103 29118 HLH 55504 b 1 income that exceeds $300,000 but does not exceed 2 $500,000; and 3 (F) 5.45% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 4 income that exceeds $500,000 but does not exceed 5 $750,000; and 6 (G) 5.95% of the portion of the taxpayer's net 7 income that exceeds $750,000 but does not exceed 8 $1,000,000; and 9 (4) for taxpayers who file a joint return and have a 10 net income of more than $1,000,000, 6.95% of the 11 taxpayer's net income. 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