Bill Title: Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the Department of Revenue shall provide State income tax preparation services free of charge to individual taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income for the previous taxable year does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Provides that each individual income tax return under the Illinois Income Tax Act shall contain an appropriate space in which qualified taxpayers may request those income tax preparation services for the next taxable year. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1396 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Halpin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rachel Ventura [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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