Bill Text: IL HB5488 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Pension Stabilization Act. Creates the Pension Stabilization Board and a new Pension Stabilization Fund. Provides for the certification of certain revenues and expenditures in FY2012, and directs certain future gaming and racing revenues and bond savings to be deposited into the Fund. Authorizes the Board to release money from the Fund to the 5 State-funded retirement systems based on their insolvency or unfunded liabilities. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act to repeal provisions relating to the existing (inactive) Pension Stabilization Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Reduces the rate of the tax imposed under the Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates to 4.75% (now, 5%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and ending prior to January 1, 2015, 3.5% (now, 3.75%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015 and ending prior to January 1, 2025, and 3% (now, 3.25%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, the amount of federally taxable retirement and survivor income that may be deducted from income for Illinois income tax purposes does not include retirement or survivor income received by an individual before he or she has attained age 65. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Directs the Governor to refund and refinance the outstanding Illinois pension bonds from the bond sale authorized by Public Act 93-2, if he or she determines that the refinancing will produce significant savings. Amends the Illinois Pension Code, the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act, the Riverboat Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, and the Video Gaming Act to make corresponding changes. Also makes revisory changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5488 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5488-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5488 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Pension Stabilization Act. Creates the Pension Stabilization Board and a new Pension Stabilization Fund. Provides for the certification of certain revenues and expenditures in FY2012, and directs certain future gaming and racing revenues and bond savings to be deposited into the Fund. Authorizes the Board to release money from the Fund to the 5 State-funded retirement systems based on their insolvency or unfunded liabilities. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act to repeal provisions relating to the existing (inactive) Pension Stabilization Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Reduces the rate of the tax imposed under the Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates to 4.75% (now, 5%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and ending prior to January 1, 2015, 3.5% (now, 3.75%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015 and ending prior to January 1, 2025, and 3% (now, 3.25%) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, the amount of federally taxable retirement and survivor income that may be deducted from income for Illinois income tax purposes does not include retirement or survivor income received by an individual before he or she has attained age 65. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Directs the Governor to refund and refinance the outstanding Illinois pension bonds from the bond sale authorized by Public Act 93-2, if he or she determines that the refinancing will produce significant savings. Amends the Illinois Pension Code, the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act, the Riverboat Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, and the Video Gaming Act to make corresponding changes. Also makes revisory changes. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning pension stabilization.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Pension Stabilization Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Board" means the Pension Stabilization Board created by
this Act.
"Fund" means the Pension Stabilization Fund created by this
Act.
"Funding ratio" means the ratio of a retirement system's
total assets to its total actuarial liabilities.
"Designated retirement systems" means:
(1) the State Employees' Retirement System of
Illinois;
2) the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
Illinois;
(3) the State Universities Retirement System;
(4) the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and
(5) the General Assembly Retirement System.
"Unfunded accrued liability" means the excess of the
accrued liability over the actuarial value of the assets of a
retirement system, as those terms are defined in Section 1A-102

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of the Illinois Pension Code.
Section 10. Findings; purpose.
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) There is currently an actuarial liability in
State-managed pension funds of some $80.0 billion.
(2) It is the duty of the General Assembly to address
this huge potential burden on the taxpayers of Illinois.
(3) Current State pension liability is funded
primarily through the State's general funds, and the
increasing burden of pension-related indebtedness is
impairing the availability of the State's general funds for
other pressing needs of people of this State.
(4) Creating a Pension Stabilization Fund will enable
the State to use dedicated revenues to fund a portion of
the State's pension responsibilities and thereby ease
pressure on the State's general funds.
(5) Refinancing Illinois pension bonds issued under
Public Act 93-2 could provide the State with considerable
savings that can be dedicated to funding pension
liabilities.
(6) Growing opportunities for gaming and horse racing
in Illinois may provide additional revenues to the State
that can be dedicated to funding pension liabilities.
(b) It is the purpose of this Act to help stabilize pension
funding in Illinois by setting aside certain revenues and

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savings of the State in a dedicated Pension Stabilization Fund
and thereby lessen the impact of future pension liabilities on
the State's future general funds.
Section 15. Certifications.
(a) As soon as possible after June 30, 2012, the State
Comptroller shall determine and certify to the Governor, the
General Assembly, and the Auditor General the amount of revenue
realized by the State of Illinois in State Fiscal Year 2012
from the taxation of licensed enterprises under the Riverboat
Gambling Act.
(b) As soon as possible after June 30, 2012, the State
Comptroller shall determine and certify to the Governor, the
General Assembly, and the Auditor General the amount of revenue
realized by the State of Illinois in State Fiscal Year 2012
from the taxation of licensed enterprises under the Illinois
Horse Racing Act of 1975.
(c) As soon as possible after the effective date of this
Act, the State Comptroller shall determine and certify to the
Governor, the General Assembly, and the Auditor General the
amount of money required to be earned each fiscal year by the
State of Illinois through the Video Gaming Act to meet the
commitments based on revenues under that Act made on behalf of
the State, as of the effective date of this Act.
(d) As soon as possible after June 30, 2012, the State
Comptroller shall determine and certify to the Governor, the

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General Assembly, and the Auditor General the amount of money
used by the State of Illinois in State Fiscal Year 2012 to
service and retire the outstanding Illinois pension bonds from
the bond sale authorized by Public Act 93-2.
(e) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year,
beginning with State Fiscal Year 2013, the State Comptroller
shall determine and certify to the Governor, the General
Assembly, and the Auditor General the amounts of money to be
transferred or deposited into the Pension Stabilization Fund
under subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act.
(f) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the
Department of Revenue, the Illinois Gaming Board, the Illinois
Racing Board, and all other agencies of State government shall
provide any information or assistance that may be requested by
the Office of the Comptroller to assist in making these
determinations and certifications.
(g) The Auditor General shall review the Comptroller's
determinations and certifications under this Section and shall
report on their accuracy to the Comptroller, the Governor, and
the General Assembly.
Section 20. Pension Stabilization Fund.
(a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Money in the Fund shall be
used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated
retirement systems as provided in Section 35 of this Act, and

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not for any other purpose.
(b) For State Fiscal Year 2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter, there shall be deposited into the Pension
Stabilization Fund:
(1) 50% of the amount by which the revenue realized in
that fiscal year by the State of Illinois from the taxation
of licensed enterprises under the Riverboat Gambling Act
exceeds the amount certified under subsection (a) of
Section 15 of this Act.
(2) 50% of the amount by which the revenue realized in
that fiscal year by the State of Illinois from the taxation
of licensed enterprises under the Illinois Horse Racing Act
of 1975 exceeds the amount certified under subsection (b)
of Section 15 of this Act.
(3) 50% of the amount by which the revenue realized in
that fiscal year by the State of Illinois from the Video
Gaming Act exceeds the amount certified for that year under
subsection (c) of Section 15 of this Act.
(4) 100% of the amount by which the amount certified
under subsection (d) of Section 15 of this Act exceeds the
amount of money needed by the State of Illinois in that
fiscal year to service and retire any outstanding Illinois
pension bonds from the bond sale authorized by Public Act
93-2 and any refunding bonds issued to refinance such
bonds.
(c) The deposits provided for in subsection (b) shall be

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completed as soon as may be practicable after the amounts have
been determined and certified in accordance with subsection (e)
of Section 15, consistent in each case with the availability of
money in the fund from which the money to be deposited is being
transferred and the need to prevent interference with the
payment of State obligations from that fund. If determined to
be necessary or advisable by the State Comptroller, the
deposits required under this Section may be made in a series of
transfers on a monthly, quarterly, or other basis.
(1) The amounts to be deposited under item (b)(1) shall
be transferred into the Pension Stabilization Fund from the
State Gaming Fund.
(2) The amounts to be deposited under item (b)(2) shall
be transferred into the Pension Stabilization Fund from the
Horse Racing Fund or the General Revenue Fund.
(3) The amounts to be deposited under item (b)(3) shall
be transferred into the Pension Stabilization Fund (i)
five-sixths from the Capital Projects Fund, and (ii)
one-sixth from the Local Government Video Gaming
Distributive Fund.
(4) The amounts to be deposited under item (b)(4) shall
be transferred into the Pension Stabilization Fund from the
applicable bond repayment fund, or if no such fund is
legally available for this purpose then from the General
Revenue Fund.

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Section 25. Pension Stabilization Board.
(a) There is created a Pension Stabilization Board. The
Board shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Governor, of
whom 5 shall be taxpayers of Illinois and 5 shall be active
members or annuitants of a designated retirement system as
defined in this Act. Initial members of the Board shall be
appointed for staggered terms of no more than 4 years.
Subsequent members shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
Members shall serve until their successors have been appointed
and have qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired
term.
(b) Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for
their service, but may be reimbursed for their reasonable
expenses by the Office of the Auditor General out of any money
available for that purpose.
(c) The Board shall select one of its members to act as
chair, and may select other members to perform duties as it
finds appropriate.
(d) A majority of those appointed to the Board constitutes
a quorum. Except as otherwise specified in this Act, official
action by the Board requires the affirmative vote of a majority
of those appointed to the Board.
Section 30. Powers and duties.
(a) It is the primary duty of the Board to monitor the
financial condition of the designated retirement systems and to

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release money from the Pension Stabilization Fund to the
designated retirement systems in accordance with Section 35.
For this purpose the Board shall have access to the valuations,
examinations, and audits of the designated retirement systems,
but not to records identifying or relating to individual
participants, annuitants, or beneficiaries.
(b) With the affirmative vote of a majority of those
appointed to the Board and the concurrence of the Auditor
General, the Board may authorize an independent audit of a
designated retirement system if necessary to determine and
verify the system's financial condition. Any such audit shall
be reported to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(c) The Board shall receive technical and staff support
from the Office of the Auditor General. The Board may call upon
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the Commission
on Governmental Forecasting and Accountability, the Office of
the Comptroller, and any other appropriate State agency for
reasonable assistance relating to the performance of its
duties.
(d) The Board shall meet at least annually and at the call
of the chair, and shall report on its findings and activities
to the Governor and the General Assembly at least annually.
Section 35. Release of funds.
(a) The Board shall release money from the Pension
Stabilization Fund to the designated retirement systems only in

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accordance with this Section. Money from the Fund may be
released to a designated retirement system only upon the
recorded affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members
appointed to the Board, and only in compliance with Schedule A
or Schedule B, whichever applies. Before voting to release any
money from the Fund, the Board shall first make a determination
for the record of whether Schedule A or Schedule B then
applies.
In order to release money from the Fund, the Board shall
submit a voucher to the State Comptroller, specifying the
amount to be paid from the Fund and the designated retirement
system payee, and including a certified copy of its record vote
and of its determination of whether Schedule A or Schedule B
applies. Such vouchers shall be paid pursuant to the continuing
appropriation in Section 1.7 of the State Pension Funds
Continuing Appropriation Act directly to the designated
retirement system as payee.
(b) Schedule A begins on the effective date of this Act,
and is in effect whenever the balance in the Fund is less than
30% of the combined unfunded accrued liability of the
designated retirement systems. When Schedule A is in effect,
the Board shall release money from the Fund to a designated
retirement system if and only if that system is determined to
be in a state of insolvency, defined as an immediate inability
to meet its lawful obligations. The amount so released shall be
sufficient to meet the retirement system's immediate lawful

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obligations. If at any time 2 or more designated retirement
systems are insolvent and the amounts available in the Fund are
insufficient to meet all of their immediate obligations, then
the available funds shall be distributed pro rata based on the
immediate needs of the insolvent retirement systems.
(c) Schedule B is in effect whenever the balance in the
Fund is at least 30% of the combined unfunded accrued liability
of the designated retirement systems. When Schedule B is in
effect, the Board may, in its discretion, release money from
the Fund to any designated retirement system that has a funding
ratio of less than 70%. The amount so released shall be no more
than the amount needed to bring the funding ratio of the
retirement system up to 100%.
(d) When all of the designated retirement systems have
achieved a funding ratio of at least 100%, the Board shall
report this fact to the Governor and the General Assembly,
together with its recommendations as to the best future
policies for the State's pension funding.
(30 ILCS 122/20 rep.)
(30 ILCS 122/25 rep.)
Section 140. The Budget Stabilization Act is amended by
repealing Sections 20 and 25.
Section 145. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
changing Section 7.2 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 330/7.2)
Sec. 7.2. State pension funding.
(a) The amount of $10,000,000,000 is authorized to be used
for the purpose of making contributions to the designated
retirement systems. For the purposes of this Section,
"designated retirement systems" means the State Employees'
Retirement System of Illinois; the Teachers' Retirement System
of the State of Illinois; the State Universities Retirement
System; the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and the
General Assembly Retirement System.
The amount of $3,466,000,000 of Bonds authorized by Public
Act 96-43 is authorized to be used for the purpose of making a
portion of the State's Fiscal Year 2010 required contributions
to the designated retirement systems.
The amount of $4,096,348,300 of Bonds authorized by Public
Act 96-1497 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is
authorized to be used for the purpose of making a portion of
the State's Fiscal Year 2011 required contributions to the
designated retirement systems.
(b) The Pension Contribution Fund is created as a special
fund in the State Treasury.
The proceeds of the additional $10,000,000,000 of Bonds
authorized by Public Act 93-2, less the amounts authorized in
the Bond Sale Order to be deposited directly into the
capitalized interest account of the General Obligation Bond

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Retirement and Interest Fund or otherwise directly paid out for
bond sale expenses under Section 8, shall be deposited into the
Pension Contribution Fund and used as provided in this Section.
The proceeds of the additional $3,466,000,000 of Bonds
authorized by Public Act 96-43, less the amounts directly paid
out for bond sale expenses under Section 8, shall be deposited
into the Pension Contribution Fund, and the Comptroller and the
Treasurer shall, as soon as practical, (i) first, transfer from
the Pension Contribution Fund to the General Revenue Fund or
Common School Fund an amount equal to the amount of payments,
if any, made to the designated retirement systems from the
General Revenue Fund or Common School Fund in State fiscal year
2010 and (ii) second, make transfers from the Pension
Contribution Fund to the designated retirement systems
pursuant to Sections 2-124, 14-131, 15-155, 16-158, and 18-131
of the Illinois Pension Code.
The proceeds of the additional $4,096,348,300 of Bonds
authorized by Public Act 96-1497 this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly, less the amounts directly paid out for
bond sale expenses under Section 8, shall be deposited into the
Pension Contribution Fund, and the Comptroller and the
Treasurer shall, as soon as practical, (i) first, transfer from
the Pension Contribution Fund to the General Revenue Fund or
Common School Fund an amount equal to the amount of payments,
if any, made to the designated retirement systems from the
General Revenue Fund or Common School Fund in State fiscal year

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2011 and (ii) second, make transfers from the Pension
Contribution Fund to the designated retirement systems
pursuant to Sections 2-124, 14-131, 15-155, 16-158, and 18-131
of the Illinois Pension Code.
(c) Of the amount of Bond proceeds from the bond sale
authorized by Public Act 93-2 first deposited into the Pension
Contribution Fund, there shall be reserved for transfers under
this subsection the sum of $300,000,000, representing the
required State contributions to the designated retirement
systems for the last quarter of State fiscal year 2003, plus
the sum of $1,860,000,000, representing the required State
contributions to the designated retirement systems for State
fiscal year 2004.
Upon the deposit of sufficient moneys from the bond sale
authorized by Public Act 93-2 into the Pension Contribution
Fund, the Comptroller and Treasurer shall immediately transfer
the sum of $300,000,000 from the Pension Contribution Fund to
the General Revenue Fund.
Whenever any payment of required State contributions for
State fiscal year 2004 is made to one of the designated
retirement systems, the Comptroller and Treasurer shall, as
soon as practicable, transfer from the Pension Contribution
Fund to the General Revenue Fund an amount equal to the amount
of that payment to the designated retirement system. Beginning
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly, the transfers from the Pension Contribution

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Fund to the General Revenue Fund shall be suspended until June
30, 2004, and the remaining balance in the Pension Contribution
Fund shall be transferred directly to the designated retirement
systems as provided in Section 6z-61 of the State Finance Act.
On and after July 1, 2004, in the event that any amount is on
deposit in the Pension Contribution Fund from time to time, the
Comptroller and Treasurer shall continue to make such transfers
based on fiscal year 2005 payments until the entire amount on
deposit has been transferred.
(d) All amounts deposited into the Pension Contribution
Fund, other than the amounts reserved for the transfers under
subsection (c) from the bond sale authorized by Public Act
93-2, other than amounts deposited into the Pension
Contribution Fund from the bond sale authorized by Public Act
96-43 and other than amounts deposited into the Pension
Contribution Fund from the bond sale authorized by Public Act
96-1497 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall
be appropriated to the designated retirement systems to reduce
their actuarial reserve deficiencies. The amount of the
appropriation to each designated retirement system shall
constitute a portion of the total appropriation under this
subsection that is the same as that retirement system's portion
of the total actuarial reserve deficiency of the systems, as
most recently determined by the Governor's Office of Management
and Budget under Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act.
With respect to proceeds from the bond sale authorized by

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Public Act 93-2 only, within 15 days after any Bond proceeds in
excess of the amounts initially reserved under subsection (c)
are deposited into the Pension Contribution Fund, the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall (i) allocate
those proceeds among the designated retirement systems in
proportion to their respective actuarial reserve deficiencies,
as most recently determined under Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act, and (ii) certify those allocations to the
designated retirement systems and the Comptroller.
Upon receiving certification of an allocation under this
subsection, a designated retirement system shall submit to the
Comptroller a voucher for the amount of its allocation. The
voucher shall be paid out of the amount appropriated to that
designated retirement system from the Pension Contribution
Fund pursuant to this subsection.
(e) The Governor, in consultation with the Comptroller and
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall
investigate and determine whether it would be in the best
interests of the State of Illinois to refund and refinance the
outstanding Bonds from the bond sale authorized by Public Act
93-2. If the Governor determines that refunding and refinancing
those Bonds would produce significant savings for the State, he
shall direct them to be refunded and refinanced at an
appropriate time in accordance with the requirements of this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11.)

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Section 150. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Sections 201 and 203 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/201) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-636)
Sec. 201. Tax Imposed.
(a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for
each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege
of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this
State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or
privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
corporation or political subdivision thereof.
(b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
subsection (d-1):
(1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal
to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending
after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)

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3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
(3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
(4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and
ending prior to January 1, 2013 January 1, 2015, an amount
equal to 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2013
January 1, 2015, and ending after December 31, 2012
December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5% of
the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
1, 2013 January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5,
and (ii) 4.75% 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the
period after December 31, 2012 December 31, 2014, as

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calculated under Section 202.5.
(5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013
January 1, 2015, and ending prior to January 1, 2015
January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 4.75% 3.75% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
(5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015
January 1, 2025, and ending after December 31, 2014
December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.75%
3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2015 January 1, 2025, as calculated under
Section 202.5, and (ii) 3.5% 3.25% of the taxpayer's net
income for the period after December 31, 2014 December 31,
2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
and ending prior to January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
3.5% 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(5.5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and
ending after December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 3.5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
prior to January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section
202.5, and (ii) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the

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period after December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section
202.5.
(5.6) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an
amount equal to 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the
taxable year.
(6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
(7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,
as calculated under Section 202.3.
(8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
income for the taxable year.
(9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after

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December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
net income for the taxable year.
(11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's
net income for the taxable year.
(13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and ending after
December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25%
of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
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The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
provisions of Section 201.5.
(c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
income in or as a resident of this State. The Personal Property
Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
this State or by any municipal corporation or political
subdivision thereof.
(d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
1, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
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for the taxable year.
(d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
that for purposes of this determination premiums from
reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,
shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on such
income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For the
purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes
a mutual insurer under common management.
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shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
(b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:
(A) the total amount of tax imposed on such foreign
insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net of all
credits allowed under this Act, plus
(B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance company
tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
Act, and the fire department taxes imposed under
Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 31,
2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section
409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will in
no event increase the rates imposed under subsections (b)
and (d).
(2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
subsection (d).
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(e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for
investment in qualified property.
(1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
of the basis of qualified property placed in service during
the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
property placed in service during the taxable year,
provided such property is placed in service on or after
July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have
met the 1% growth in base employment for the first year in
which they file employment records with the Illinois
Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
increase in base employment within Illinois over the
preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall

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not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
other than the year in which the property was placed in
service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
(ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
the tax year in which the property is placed in service,

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or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability or
the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
shall be applied first.
(2) The term "qualified property" means property
which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings and
signs that are real property, but not including land or
improvements to real property that are not a structural
component of a building such as landscaping, sewer
lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
other appurtenances;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(e);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
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primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
Redevelopment Zone Act; and
(E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
subsection (f).
(3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
"manufacturing" means the material staging and production
of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
assembling which changes some existing material into new
shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of
this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same
meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection (e),
the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible personal
property for use or consumption and not for resale, or
services rendered in conjunction with the sale of tangible
personal property for use or consumption and not for
resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), "tangible
personal property" has the same meaning as when that term
is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and, for
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include the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electricity.
(4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
income tax purposes.
(5) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of such
increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
date of such increase in basis.
(6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
recomputing the investment credit which would have been
allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the

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purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
property to the extent of such reduction.
(8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
incurred after December 31, 2013, except for costs incurred
pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
December 31, 2013.
(9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
credits to which the partnership is entitled under this
subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
credits shall be allocated among the partners in the
partnership in accordance with the rules set forth in
Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
shall be irrevocable.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
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of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
S corporation for a subtraction under subparagraph (S) of
paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
share of the credit earned under this subsection (e) during
the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
corporation, determined in accordance with the
determination of income and distributive share of income
under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
Revenue Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
of Section 250.
(f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
Redevelopment Zone.
(1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
investment in qualified property which is placed in service
in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
determined in accordance with the determination of income

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and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. The credit
shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
property is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or
River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in
which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years
following the excess credit year. The credit shall be
applied to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
that is available to offset a liability, the credit
accruing first in time shall be applied first.
(2) The term qualified property means property which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not

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eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(f);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
(E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
subsection (e).
(3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
income tax purposes.
(4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
date of such increase in basis.
(5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after

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being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
(a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable year shall be
increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
recomputing the investment credit which would have been
allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
property to the extent of such reduction.
(7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
service during the taxable year in a River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
employment for the first year in which they file employment
records with the Illinois Department of Employment
Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,

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the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
times a fraction, the numerator of which is 0.5% and the
denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
(g) Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, and Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
(1) A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an
enterprise zone or a High Impact Business designated by the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or for
taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2006, in a
River Edge Redevelopment Zone conducting a trade or
business in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section in the amount of
$500 per eligible employee hired to work in the zone during
the taxable year.
(2) To qualify for the credit:
(A) the taxpayer must hire 5 or more eligible
employees to work in an enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the taxable year;
(B) the taxpayer's total employment within the
enterprise zone, River Edge Redevelopment Zone, or
federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
must increase by 5 or more full-time employees beyond
the total employed in that zone at the end of the
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this Section was taken, or beyond the total employed by
the taxpayer as of December 31, 1985, whichever is
later; and
(C) the eligible employees must be employed 180
consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for
purposes of this subsection.
(3) An "eligible employee" means an employee who is:
(A) Certified by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity as "eligible for services"
pursuant to regulations promulgated in accordance with
Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act, Training
Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III of the Job
Training Partnership Act, Employment and Training
Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program.
(B) Hired after the enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
Trade Zone or Sub-Zone was designated or the trade or
business was located in that zone, whichever is later.
(C) Employed in the enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
An employee is employed in an enterprise zone or
federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone if
his services are rendered there or it is the base of
operations for the services performed.
(D) A full-time employee working 30 or more hours
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(4) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1985
and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed
for the tax year in which the eligible employees are hired.
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1988, the
credit shall be allowed for the tax year immediately
following the tax year in which the eligible employees are
hired. If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
tax year that is available to offset a liability, earlier
credit shall be applied first.
(5) The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such
rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry
out the purposes of this subsection (g).
(6) The credit shall be available for eligible
employees hired on or after January 1, 1986.
(h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
(1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
property which is placed in service by a Department of

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Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
(a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
investment by a designated high impact business authorized
under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
year in which the property is placed in service and shall
not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
for the tax year in which the property is placed in
service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax

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liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
reflect existing law.
(2) The term qualified property means property which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(h);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
Section.
(3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal

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income tax purposes.
(4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
the date of such increase in basis.
(5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
after being placed in service, or the situs of any
qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
basis of qualified property resulting from a
redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
disposition of qualified property to the extent of such

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reduction.
(7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
(i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried

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forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
first.
If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
(j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
2003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational

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training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
with the determination of income and distributive share of
income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
after December 31, 2003.
(k) Research and development credit.
For tax years ending after July 1, 1990 and prior to
December 31, 2003, and beginning again for tax years ending on
or after December 31, 2004, and ending prior to January 1,

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2011, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
increasing research activities in this State. The credit
allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for
increasing research activities in this State. For partners,
shareholders of subchapter S corporations, and owners of
limited liability companies, if the liability company is
treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State
income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under this
subsection to be determined in accordance with the
determination of income and distributive share of income under
Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
Code.
For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
credit for increasing research activities which would be
allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
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made.
Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
ending on or after December 31, 2003, and no credit may be
carried forward to any taxable year ending on or after January
1, 2011.
If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
2 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
credit is given was incurred.
No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
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(l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
(i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
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for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
accordance with the determination of income and
distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
(ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
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term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
(iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
(m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
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of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
custodian of qualifying pupils exceed $500. In no event shall a
credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
under this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt
from the provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
21 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
this subsection.
"Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
enrolled during the regular school year.
"School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
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except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
the credit under this Section.
"Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
(n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
credit.
(i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
related party caused or contributed to, in any material
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the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
(b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
$100,000 per site.
(ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this

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subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
(iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-115, eff. 7-31-09; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09;
96-937, eff. 6-23-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1496, eff.
1-13-11; 97-2, eff. 5-6-11.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-636)
Sec. 201. Tax Imposed.
(a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for
each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege

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of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this
State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or
privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
corporation or political subdivision thereof.
(b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
subsection (d-1):
(1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal
to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending
after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)
3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
(3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
(4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior

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to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and
ending prior to January 1, 2013 January 1, 2015, an amount
equal to 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2013
January 1, 2015, and ending after December 31, 2012
December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5% of
the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
1, 2013 January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5,
and (ii) 4.75% 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the
period after December 31, 2012 December 31, 2014, as
calculated under Section 202.5.
(5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013
January 1, 2015, and ending prior to January 1, 2015
January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 4.75% 3.75% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
(5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015
January 1, 2025, and ending after December 31, 2014
December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.75%

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3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2015 January 1, 2025, as calculated under
Section 202.5, and (ii) 3.5% 3.25% of the taxpayer's net
income for the period after December 31, 2014 December 31,
2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
and ending prior to January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
3.5% 3.25% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
year.
(5.5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and
ending after December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 3.5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
prior to January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section
202.5, and (ii) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the
period after December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section
202.5.
(5.6) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an
amount equal to 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the
taxable year.
(6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
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beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,
as calculated under Section 202.3.
(8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
income for the taxable year.
(9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(10) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
net income for the taxable year.
(11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
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of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
January 1, 2025, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's
net income for the taxable year.
(13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2025, and ending after
December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25%
of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
January 1, 2025, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
(ii) 4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
December 31, 2024, as calculated under Section 202.5.
(14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an amount equal to
4.8% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
provisions of Section 201.5.
(c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
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Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
this State or by any municipal corporation or political
subdivision thereof.
(d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
1, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
for the taxable year.
(d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In the
case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
that for purposes of this determination premiums from
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reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,
shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on such
income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For the
purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes
a mutual insurer under common management.
(1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event
shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
(b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:
(A) the total amount of tax imposed on such foreign
insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net of all
credits allowed under this Act, plus
(B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance company
tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
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equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 31,
2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section
409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will in
no event increase the rates imposed under subsections (b)
and (d).
(2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
subsection (d).
This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250.
(e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for
investment in qualified property.
(1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
of the basis of qualified property placed in service during
the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
property placed in service during the taxable year,
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July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have
met the 1% growth in base employment for the first year in
which they file employment records with the Illinois
Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
increase in base employment within Illinois over the
preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may
any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
other than the year in which the property was placed in
service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
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amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
(ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability or
the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
shall be applied first.
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which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings and
signs that are real property, but not including land or
improvements to real property that are not a structural
component of a building such as landscaping, sewer
lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
other appurtenances;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(e);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
or fluorite, or in retailing, or was placed in service
on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
Redevelopment Zone Act; and
(E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
subsection (f).
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"manufacturing" means the material staging and production
of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
assembling which changes some existing material into new
shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of
this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same
meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection (e),
the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible personal
property for use or consumption and not for resale, or
services rendered in conjunction with the sale of tangible
personal property for use or consumption and not for
resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), "tangible
personal property" has the same meaning as when that term
is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and, for
taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, does not
include the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electricity.
(4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
income tax purposes.
(5) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of such
increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
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(6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
recomputing the investment credit which would have been
allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
property to the extent of such reduction.
(8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs incurred
pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
December 31, 2018.
(9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
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subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
credits shall be allocated among the partners in the
partnership in accordance with the rules set forth in
Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
shall be irrevocable.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
S corporation for a subtraction under subparagraph (S) of
paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
share of the credit earned under this subsection (e) during
the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
corporation, determined in accordance with the
determination of income and distributive share of income
under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
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of Section 250.
(f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
Redevelopment Zone.
(1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
investment in qualified property which is placed in service
in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
determined in accordance with the determination of income
and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. The credit
shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
property is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or
River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
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which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years
following the excess credit year. The credit shall be
applied to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
that is available to offset a liability, the credit
accruing first in time shall be applied first.
(2) The term qualified property means property which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(f);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
(E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
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(3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
income tax purposes.
(4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
date of such increase in basis.
(5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after
being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
(a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable year shall be
increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
recomputing the investment credit which would have been
allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
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purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
property to the extent of such reduction.
(7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
service during the taxable year in a River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
employment for the first year in which they file employment
records with the Illinois Department of Employment
Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,
the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
times a fraction, the numerator of which is 0.5% and the
denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
(g) Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, and Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
(1) A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an
enterprise zone or a High Impact Business designated by the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or for
taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2006, in a
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business in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section in the amount of
$500 per eligible employee hired to work in the zone during
the taxable year.
(2) To qualify for the credit:
(A) the taxpayer must hire 5 or more eligible
employees to work in an enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the taxable year;
(B) the taxpayer's total employment within the
enterprise zone, River Edge Redevelopment Zone, or
federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone
must increase by 5 or more full-time employees beyond
the total employed in that zone at the end of the
previous tax year for which a jobs tax credit under
this Section was taken, or beyond the total employed by
the taxpayer as of December 31, 1985, whichever is
later; and
(C) the eligible employees must be employed 180
consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for
purposes of this subsection.
(3) An "eligible employee" means an employee who is:
(A) Certified by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity as "eligible for services"
pursuant to regulations promulgated in accordance with

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Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act, Training
Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III of the Job
Training Partnership Act, Employment and Training
Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program.
(B) Hired after the enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or federally designated Foreign
Trade Zone or Sub-Zone was designated or the trade or
business was located in that zone, whichever is later.
(C) Employed in the enterprise zone, River Edge
Redevelopment Zone, or Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
An employee is employed in an enterprise zone or
federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone if
his services are rendered there or it is the base of
operations for the services performed.
(D) A full-time employee working 30 or more hours
per week.
(4) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1985
and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed
for the tax year in which the eligible employees are hired.
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1988, the
credit shall be allowed for the tax year immediately
following the tax year in which the eligible employees are
hired. If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
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the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
tax year that is available to offset a liability, earlier
credit shall be applied first.
(5) The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such
rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry
out the purposes of this subsection (g).
(6) The credit shall be available for eligible
employees hired on or after January 1, 1986.
(h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
(1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
property which is placed in service by a Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
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Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
investment by a designated high impact business authorized
under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
year in which the property is placed in service and shall
not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
for the tax year in which the property is placed in
service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
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reflect existing law.
(2) The term qualified property means property which:
(A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
buildings and structural components of buildings;
(B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
(h);
(C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
Section.
(3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
income tax purposes.
(4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
the date of such increase in basis.
(5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
after being placed in service, or the situs of any
qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
by (i) recomputing the investment credit which would have
been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
basis of qualified property resulting from a
redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
reduction.
(7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
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received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
(i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
earliest credit arising under this subsection shall be applied
first.
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1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
(j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
2003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
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income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
after December 31, 2003.
(k) Research and development credit.
For tax years ending after July 1, 1990 and prior to
December 31, 2003, and beginning again for tax years ending on
or after December 31, 2004, and ending prior to January 1,
2016, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
increasing research activities in this State. The credit
allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for
increasing research activities in this State. For partners,
shareholders of subchapter S corporations, and owners of
limited liability companies, if the liability company is
treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State
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subsection to be determined in accordance with the
determination of income and distributive share of income under
Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
Code.
For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
credit for increasing research activities which would be
allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
made.
Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
ending on or after December 31, 2003.
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2 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
credit is given was incurred.
No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
years beginning before January 1, 1999.
(l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
(i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 and on
or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
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Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
those rules. For purposes of this Section, "taxpayer"
includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
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contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
accordance with the determination of income and
distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
(ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the
maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining

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carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
(iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
(m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the custodian
of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
custodian of qualifying pupils exceed $500. In no event shall a
credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
under this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt
from the provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
For purposes of this subsection:
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residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
21 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
this subsection.
"Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for tuition,
book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
enrolled during the regular school year.
"School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
the credit under this Section.
"Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
(n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
credit.
(i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
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costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under Section
58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
related party caused or contributed to, in any material
respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
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(b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
$100,000 per site.
(ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
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taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
(iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-115, eff. 7-31-09; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09;
96-937, eff. 6-23-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1496, eff.
1-13-11; 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12.)
(35 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-203)
Sec. 203. Base income defined.
(a) Individuals.
(1) In general. In the case of an individual, base
income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's adjusted
gross income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph
(2).
(2) Modifications. The adjusted gross income referred
to in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the
sum of the following amounts:
(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income
in the computation of adjusted gross income, except
stock dividends of qualified public utilities
described in Section 305(e) of the Internal Revenue
Code;

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(B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
the computation of adjusted gross income for the
taxable year;
(C) An amount equal to the amount received during
the taxable year as a recovery or refund of real
property taxes paid with respect to the taxpayer's
principal residence under the Revenue Act of 1939 and
for which a deduction was previously taken under
subparagraph (L) of this paragraph (2) prior to July 1,
1991, the retrospective application date of Article 4
of Public Act 87-17. In the case of multi-unit or
multi-use structures and farm dwellings, the taxes on
the taxpayer's principal residence shall be that
portion of the total taxes for the entire property
which is attributable to such principal residence;
(D) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue
Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the
computation of adjusted gross income;
(D-5) An amount, to the extent not included in
adjusted gross income, equal to the amount of money
withdrawn by the taxpayer in the taxable year from a
medical care savings account and the interest earned on
the account in the taxable year of a withdrawal
pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 20 of the Medical

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Care Savings Account Act or subsection (b) of Section
20 of the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000;
(D-10) For taxable years ending after December 31,
1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation costs
that the individual deducted in computing adjusted
gross income and for which the individual claims a
credit under subsection (l) of Section 201;
(D-15) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(D-16) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
or otherwise disposes of property for which the
taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
addition modification under subparagraph (D-15), then
an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
deductions taken in all taxable years under
subparagraph (Z) with respect to that property.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
modification under subparagraph (Z), then an amount
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The taxpayer is required to make the addition
modification under this subparagraph only once with
respect to any one piece of property;
(D-17) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
member of the same unitary business group but for the
fact that foreign person's business activity outside
the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
extent that dividends were included in base income of
the unitary group for the same taxable year and
received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
included in gross income under Sections 951 through 964
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gross income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue
Code) with respect to the stock of the same person to
whom the interest was paid, accrued, or incurred.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
is subject in a foreign country or state, other
than a state which requires mandatory unitary
reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
with respect to such interest; or
(ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer can establish, based on a
preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person, during the same taxable
year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
to a person that is not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
interest expense between the taxpayer and the
person did not have as a principal purpose the
avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
pursuant to a contract or agreement that
reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
terms; or
(iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on

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clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract or
agreement entered into at arm's-length rates and
terms and the principal purpose for the payment is
not federal or Illinois tax avoidance; or
(iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
to the application or use of an alternative method
of apportionment under Section 304(f).
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(D-18) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
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foreign person who would be a member of the same
unitary business group but for the fact that the
foreign person's business activity outside the United
States is 80% or more of that person's total business
activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
the same unitary business group but for the fact that
the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
from being included in the unitary business group
because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
business income under different subsections of Section
304. The addition modification required by this
subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
dividends were included in base income of the unitary
group for the same taxable year and received by the
taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
business group (including amounts included in gross
income under Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal
Revenue Code and amounts included in gross income under
Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect
to the stock of the same person to whom the intangible
expenses and costs were directly or indirectly paid,
incurred, or accrued. The preceding sentence does not
apply to the extent that the same dividends caused a
reduction to the addition modification required under
Section 203(a)(2)(D-17) of this Act. As used in this

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subparagraph, the term "intangible expenses and costs"
includes (1) expenses, losses, and costs for, or
related to, the direct or indirect acquisition, use,
maintenance or management, ownership, sale, exchange,
or any other disposition of intangible property; (2)
losses incurred, directly or indirectly, from
factoring transactions or discounting transactions;
(3) royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees;
(4) licensing fees; and (5) other similar expenses and
costs. For purposes of this subparagraph, "intangible
property" includes patents, patent applications, trade
names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask
works, trade secrets, and similar types of intangible
assets.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person who is
subject in a foreign country or state, other than a
state which requires mandatory unitary reporting,
to a tax on or measured by net income with respect
to such item; or
(ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the

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following:
(a) the person during the same taxable
year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
intangible expense or cost to a person that is
not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
intangible expense or cost between the
taxpayer and the person did not have as a
principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
or
(iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person if the
taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
writing to the application or use of an alternative
method of apportionment under Section 304(f);
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department

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and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(D-19) For taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
a person who would be a member of the same unitary
business group but for the fact that the person is
prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
included in the unitary business group because he or
she is ordinarily required to apportion business
income under different subsections of Section 304. The
addition modification required by this subparagraph
shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
included in base income of the unitary group for the
same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
(including amounts included in gross income under
Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock
of the same person to whom the premiums and costs were
directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The
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the same dividends caused a reduction to the addition
modification required under Section 203(a)(2)(D-17) or
Section 203(a)(2)(D-18) of this Act.
(D-20) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2002 and ending on or before December 31,
2006, in the case of a distribution from a qualified
tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal
Revenue Code, other than (i) a distribution from a
College Savings Pool created under Section 16.5 of the
State Treasurer Act or (ii) a distribution from the
Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, an amount equal to
the amount excluded from gross income under Section
529(c)(3)(B). For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2007, in the case of a distribution from a
qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the
Internal Revenue Code, other than (i) a distribution
from a College Savings Pool created under Section 16.5
of the State Treasurer Act, (ii) a distribution from
the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, or (iii) a
distribution from a qualified tuition program under
Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code that (I)
adopts and determines that its offering materials
comply with the College Savings Plans Network's
disclosure principles and (II) has made reasonable
efforts to inform in-state residents of the existence
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Illinois residents directly and, where applicable, to
inform financial intermediaries distributing the
program to inform in-state residents of the existence
of in-state qualified tuition programs at least
annually, an amount equal to the amount excluded from
gross income under Section 529(c)(3)(B).
For the purposes of this subparagraph (D-20), a
qualified tuition program has made reasonable efforts
if it makes disclosures (which may use the term
"in-state program" or "in-state plan" and need not
specifically refer to Illinois or its qualified
programs by name) (i) directly to prospective
participants in its offering materials or makes a
public disclosure, such as a website posting; and (ii)
where applicable, to intermediaries selling the
out-of-state program in the same manner that the
out-of-state program distributes its offering
materials;
(D-21) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2007, in the case of transfer of moneys from
a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the
Internal Revenue Code that is administered by the State
to an out-of-state program, an amount equal to the
amount of moneys previously deducted from base income
under subsection (a)(2)(Y) of this Section;
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January 1, 2009, in the case of a nonqualified
withdrawal or refund of moneys from a qualified tuition
program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code
administered by the State that is not used for
qualified expenses at an eligible education
institution, an amount equal to the contribution
component of the nonqualified withdrawal or refund
that was previously deducted from base income under
subsection (a)(2)(y) of this Section, provided that
the withdrawal or refund did not result from the
beneficiary's death or disability;
(D-23) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
Act;
and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
following amounts:
(E) For taxable years ending before December 31,
2001, any amount included in such total in respect of
any compensation (including but not limited to any
compensation paid or accrued to a serviceman while a
prisoner of war or missing in action) paid to a
resident by reason of being on active duty in the Armed
Forces of the United States and in respect of any
compensation paid or accrued to a resident who as a
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in action, and in respect of any compensation paid to a
resident in 1971 or thereafter for annual training
performed pursuant to Sections 502 and 503, Title 32,
United States Code as a member of the Illinois National
Guard or, beginning with taxable years ending on or
after December 31, 2007, the National Guard of any
other state. For taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2001, any amount included in such total in
respect of any compensation (including but not limited
to any compensation paid or accrued to a serviceman
while a prisoner of war or missing in action) paid to a
resident by reason of being a member of any component
of the Armed Forces of the United States and in respect
of any compensation paid or accrued to a resident who
as a governmental employee was a prisoner of war or
missing in action, and in respect of any compensation
paid to a resident in 2001 or thereafter by reason of
being a member of the Illinois National Guard or,
beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2007, the National Guard of any other
state. The provisions of this subparagraph (E) are
exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(F) An amount equal to all amounts included in such
total pursuant to the provisions of Sections 402(a),
402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a), and 408 of the
Internal Revenue Code, or included in such total as

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distributions under the provisions of any retirement
or disability plan for employees of any governmental
agency or unit, or retirement payments to retired
partners, which payments are excluded in computing net
earnings from self employment by Section 1402 of the
Internal Revenue Code and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto; except that for taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 2013, the deduction from income under
this item (F) does not apply to retirement or survivor
income received by an individual before he or she has
attained age 65. This age restriction does not apply to
disability income;
(G) The valuation limitation amount;
(H) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
and included in such total for the taxable year;
(I) An amount equal to all amounts included in such
total pursuant to the provisions of Section 111 of the
Internal Revenue Code as a recovery of items previously
deducted from adjusted gross income in the computation
of taxable income;
(J) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total which were paid by a corporation which
conducts business operations in an Enterprise Zone or
zones created under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or
a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or zones created under

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the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act, and conducts
substantially all of its operations in an Enterprise
Zone or zones or a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or
zones. This subparagraph (J) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total that were paid by a corporation that
conducts business operations in a federally designated
Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated a
High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
this subparagraph (K);
(L) For taxable years ending after December 31,
1983, an amount equal to all social security benefits
and railroad retirement benefits included in such
total pursuant to Sections 72(r) and 86 of the Internal
Revenue Code;
(M) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
under subparagraph (N), an amount equal to the sum of
all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
171(a) (2), and 265(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
disallowed as deductions by Section 265(1) of the
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ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 171(a)(2),
265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue
Code, plus, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2011, Section 45G(e)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, any amount included in gross income
under Section 87 of the Internal Revenue Code; the
provisions of this subparagraph are exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(N) An amount equal to all amounts included in such
total which are exempt from taxation by this State
either by reason of its statutes or Constitution or by
reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the
United States; provided that, in the case of any
statute of this State that exempts income derived from
bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest net
of bond premium amortization;
(O) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
job training project established pursuant to the Tax
Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
(P) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
used to compute the federal income tax credit for
restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
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taken from adjusted gross income in the computation of
taxable income for restoration of substantial amounts
held under claim of right for the taxable year;
(Q) An amount equal to any amounts included in such
total, received by the taxpayer as an acceleration in
the payment of life, endowment or annuity benefits in
advance of the time they would otherwise be payable as
an indemnity for a terminal illness;
(R) An amount equal to the amount of any federal or
State bonus paid to veterans of the Persian Gulf War;
(S) An amount, to the extent included in adjusted
gross income, equal to the amount of a contribution
made in the taxable year on behalf of the taxpayer to a
medical care savings account established under the
Medical Care Savings Account Act or the Medical Care
Savings Account Act of 2000 to the extent the
contribution is accepted by the account administrator
as provided in that Act;
(T) An amount, to the extent included in adjusted
gross income, equal to the amount of interest earned in
the taxable year on a medical care savings account
established under the Medical Care Savings Account Act
or the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000 on
behalf of the taxpayer, other than interest added
pursuant to item (D-5) of this paragraph (2);
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January 1, 1994, an amount equal to the total amount of
tax imposed and paid under subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act on grant amounts received by
the taxpayer under the Nursing Home Grant Assistance
Act during the taxpayer's taxable years 1992 and 1993;
(V) Beginning with tax years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with tax years ending on
or before December 31, 2004, an amount equal to the
amount paid by a taxpayer who is a self-employed
taxpayer, a partner of a partnership, or a shareholder
in a Subchapter S corporation for health insurance or
long-term care insurance for that taxpayer or that
taxpayer's spouse or dependents, to the extent that the
amount paid for that health insurance or long-term care
insurance may be deducted under Section 213 of the
Internal Revenue Code, has not been deducted on the
federal income tax return of the taxpayer, and does not
exceed the taxable income attributable to that
taxpayer's income, self-employment income, or
Subchapter S corporation income; except that no
deduction shall be allowed under this item (V) if the
taxpayer is eligible to participate in any health
insurance or long-term care insurance plan of an
employer of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse. The
amount of the health insurance and long-term care
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determined by multiplying total health insurance and
long-term care insurance premiums paid by the taxpayer
times a number that represents the fractional
percentage of eligible medical expenses under Section
213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 not actually
deducted on the taxpayer's federal income tax return;
(W) For taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 1998, all amounts included in the taxpayer's federal
gross income in the taxable year from amounts converted
from a regular IRA to a Roth IRA. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(X) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an amount
equal to the amount of any (i) distributions, to the
extent includible in gross income for federal income
tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of his or
her status as a victim of persecution for racial or
religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
regime or as an heir of the victim and (ii) items of
income, to the extent includible in gross income for
federal income tax purposes, attributable to, derived
from or in any way related to assets stolen from,
hidden from, or otherwise lost to a victim of
persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime immediately prior to,
during, and immediately after World War II, including,
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as insurance under policies issued to a victim of
persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime by European insurance
companies immediately prior to and during World War II;
provided, however, this subtraction from federal
adjusted gross income does not apply to assets acquired
with such assets or with the proceeds from the sale of
such assets; provided, further, this paragraph shall
only apply to a taxpayer who was the first recipient of
such assets after their recovery and who is a victim of
persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime or as an heir of the
victim. The amount of and the eligibility for any
public assistance, benefit, or similar entitlement is
not affected by the inclusion of items (i) and (ii) of
this paragraph in gross income for federal income tax
purposes. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
of Section 250;
(Y) For taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2002 and ending on or before December 31, 2004,
moneys contributed in the taxable year to a College
Savings Pool account under Section 16.5 of the State
Treasurer Act, except that amounts excluded from gross
income under Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall not be considered moneys
contributed under this subparagraph (Y). For taxable

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years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, a maximum
of $10,000 contributed in the taxable year to (i) a
College Savings Pool account under Section 16.5 of the
State Treasurer Act or (ii) the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Trust Fund, except that amounts excluded from
gross income under Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall not be considered moneys
contributed under this subparagraph (Y). For purposes
of this subparagraph, contributions made by an
employer on behalf of an employee, or matching
contributions made by an employee, shall be treated as
made by the employee. This subparagraph (Y) is exempt
from the provisions of Section 250;
(Z) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
(1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
deduction taken for the taxable year on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not including
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(2) for taxable years ending on or before
December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(3) for taxable years ending after December
31, 2005:
(i) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(ii) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
1.0.
The aggregate amount deducted under this
subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
(k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
subparagraph (Z) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(AA) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
or otherwise disposes of property for which the
taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an

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addition modification under subparagraph (D-15), then
an amount equal to that addition modification.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (D-15), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction under
this subparagraph only once with respect to any one
piece of property.
This subparagraph (AA) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(BB) Any amount included in adjusted gross income,
other than salary, received by a driver in a
ridesharing arrangement using a motor vehicle;
(CC) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
for the taxable year with respect to a transaction with
a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
modification with respect to such transaction under
Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
the amount of that addition modification, and (ii) any
income from intangible property (net of the deductions

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allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer that
is required to make an addition modification with
respect to such transaction under Section
203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of that
addition modification. This subparagraph (CC) is
exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(DD) An amount equal to the interest income taken
into account for the taxable year (net of the
deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(a)(2)(D-17) for
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indirectly, to the same person. This subparagraph (DD)
is exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(EE) An amount equal to the income from intangible
property taken into account for the taxable year (net
of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(a)(2)(D-18) for
intangible expenses and costs paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same foreign
person. This subparagraph (EE) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(FF) An amount equal to any amount awarded to the
taxpayer during the taxable year by the Court of Claims
under subsection (c) of Section 8 of the Court of

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Claims Act for time unjustly served in a State prison.
This subparagraph (FF) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250; and
(GG) For taxable years ending on or after December
31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
add back any insurance premiums under Section
203(a)(2)(D-19), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
that part of a reimbursement received from the
insurance company equal to the amount of the expense or
loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
company) that would have been taken into account as a
deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer makes
the election provided for by this subparagraph (GG),
the insurer to which the premiums were paid must add
back to income the amount subtracted by the taxpayer
pursuant to this subparagraph (GG). This subparagraph
(GG) is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
(b) Corporations.
(1) In general. In the case of a corporation, base
income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
(2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum
of the following amounts:

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(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
to the taxpayer as interest and all distributions
received from regulated investment companies during
the taxable year to the extent excluded from gross
income in the computation of taxable income;
(B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
the computation of taxable income for the taxable year;
(C) In the case of a regulated investment company,
an amount equal to the excess of (i) the net long-term
capital gain for the taxable year, over (ii) the amount
of the capital gain dividends designated as such in
accordance with Section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Internal
Revenue Code and any amount designated under Section
852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code,
attributable to the taxable year (this amendatory Act
of 1995 (Public Act 89-89) is declarative of existing
law and is not a new enactment);
(D) The amount of any net operating loss deduction
taken in arriving at taxable income, other than a net
operating loss carried forward from a taxable year
ending prior to December 31, 1986;
(E) For taxable years in which a net operating loss
carryback or carryforward from a taxable year ending
prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of taxable
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subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (e),
the amount by which addition modifications other than
those provided by this subparagraph (E) exceeded
subtraction modifications in such earlier taxable
year, with the following limitations applied in the
order that they are listed:
(i) the addition modification relating to the
net operating loss carried back or forward to the
taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
December 31, 1986 shall be reduced by the amount of
addition modification under this subparagraph (E)
which related to that net operating loss and which
was taken into account in calculating the base
income of an earlier taxable year, and
(ii) the addition modification relating to the
net operating loss carried back or forward to the
taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
December 31, 1986 shall not exceed the amount of
such carryback or carryforward;
For taxable years in which there is a net operating
loss carryback or carryforward from more than one other
taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986, the
addition modification provided in this subparagraph
(E) shall be the sum of the amounts computed
independently under the preceding provisions of this
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(E-5) For taxable years ending after December 31,
1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation costs
that the corporation deducted in computing adjusted
gross income and for which the corporation claims a
credit under subsection (l) of Section 201;
(E-10) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(E-11) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
or otherwise disposes of property for which the
taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
addition modification under subparagraph (E-10), then
an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
deductions taken in all taxable years under
subparagraph (T) with respect to that property.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
modification under subparagraph (T), then an amount
equal to that subtraction modification.
The taxpayer is required to make the addition
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respect to any one piece of property;
(E-12) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
member of the same unitary business group but for the
fact the foreign person's business activity outside
the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
extent that dividends were included in base income of
the unitary group for the same taxable year and
received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts
included in gross income under Section 78 of the
Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of the

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same person to whom the interest was paid, accrued, or
incurred.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
is subject in a foreign country or state, other
than a state which requires mandatory unitary
reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
with respect to such interest; or
(ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer can establish, based on a
preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person, during the same taxable
year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
to a person that is not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
interest expense between the taxpayer and the
person did not have as a principal purpose the
avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
pursuant to a contract or agreement that
reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
terms; or
(iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
clear and convincing evidence, that the interest

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paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract or
agreement entered into at arm's-length rates and
terms and the principal purpose for the payment is
not federal or Illinois tax avoidance; or
(iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
to the application or use of an alternative method
of apportionment under Section 304(f).
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(E-13) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
foreign person who would be a member of the same

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unitary business group but for the fact that the
foreign person's business activity outside the United
States is 80% or more of that person's total business
activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
the same unitary business group but for the fact that
the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
from being included in the unitary business group
because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
business income under different subsections of Section
304. The addition modification required by this
subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
dividends were included in base income of the unitary
group for the same taxable year and received by the
taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
business group (including amounts included in gross
income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
the intangible expenses and costs were directly or
indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The preceding
sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
dividends caused a reduction to the addition
modification required under Section 203(b)(2)(E-12) of
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"intangible expenses and costs" includes (1) expenses,
losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or
indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management,
ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
intangible property; (2) losses incurred, directly or
indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
transactions; (3) royalty, patent, technical, and
copyright fees; (4) licensing fees; and (5) other
similar expenses and costs. For purposes of this
subparagraph, "intangible property" includes patents,
patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service
marks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, and
similar types of intangible assets.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person who is
subject in a foreign country or state, other than a
state which requires mandatory unitary reporting,
to a tax on or measured by net income with respect
to such item; or
(ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
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following:

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(a) the person during the same taxable
year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
intangible expense or cost to a person that is
not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
intangible expense or cost between the
taxpayer and the person did not have as a
principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
or
(iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person if the
taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
writing to the application or use of an alternative
method of apportionment under Section 304(f);
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards

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by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(E-14) For taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
a person who would be a member of the same unitary
business group but for the fact that the person is
prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
included in the unitary business group because he or
she is ordinarily required to apportion business
income under different subsections of Section 304. The
addition modification required by this subparagraph
shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
included in base income of the unitary group for the
same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
(including amounts included in gross income under
Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock
of the same person to whom the premiums and costs were
directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The
preceding sentence does not apply to the extent that
the same dividends caused a reduction to the addition

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modification required under Section 203(b)(2)(E-12) or
Section 203(b)(2)(E-13) of this Act;
(E-15) For taxable years beginning after December
31, 2008, any deduction for dividends paid by a captive
real estate investment trust that is allowed to a real
estate investment trust under Section 857(b)(2)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code for dividends paid;
(E-16) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
Act;
and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
following amounts:
(F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
and included in such total for the taxable year;
(G) An amount equal to any amount included in such
total under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(H) In the case of a regulated investment company,
an amount equal to the amount of exempt interest
dividends as defined in subsection (b) (5) of Section
852 of the Internal Revenue Code, paid to shareholders
for the taxable year;
(I) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
under subparagraph (J), an amount equal to the sum of
all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections

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171(a) (2), and 265(a)(2) and amounts disallowed as
interest expense by Section 291(a)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and all amounts of expenses allocable to
interest and disallowed as deductions by Section
265(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for
taxable years ending on or after August 13, 1999,
Sections 171(a)(2), 265, 280C, 291(a)(3), and
832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus,
for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2011,
amounts disallowed as deductions by Section 45G(e)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and, for taxable years
ending on or after December 31, 2008, any amount
included in gross income under Section 87 of the
Internal Revenue Code and the policyholders' share of
tax-exempt interest of a life insurance company under
Section 807(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (in
the case of a life insurance company with gross income
from a decrease in reserves for the tax year) or
Section 807(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (in
the case of a life insurance company allowed a
deduction for an increase in reserves for the tax
year); the provisions of this subparagraph are exempt
from the provisions of Section 250;
(J) An amount equal to all amounts included in such
total which are exempt from taxation by this State
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reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the
United States; provided that, in the case of any
statute of this State that exempts income derived from
bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest net
of bond premium amortization;
(K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total which were paid by a corporation which
conducts business operations in an Enterprise Zone or
zones created under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or
a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or zones created under
the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts
substantially all of its operations in an Enterprise
Zone or zones or a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or
zones. This subparagraph (K) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(L) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total that were paid by a corporation that
conducts business operations in a federally designated
Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated a
High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
subparagraph (K) of paragraph 2 of this subsection
shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
this subparagraph (L);
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organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
this Act, an amount included in such total as interest
income from a loan or loans made by such taxpayer to a
borrower, to the extent that such a loan is secured by
property which is eligible for the Enterprise Zone
Investment Credit or the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
Investment Credit. To determine the portion of a loan
or loans that is secured by property eligible for a
Section 201(f) investment credit to the borrower, the
entire principal amount of the loan or loans between
the taxpayer and the borrower should be divided into
the basis of the Section 201(f) investment credit
property which secures the loan or loans, using for
this purpose the original basis of such property on the
date that it was placed in service in the Enterprise
Zone or the River Edge Redevelopment Zone. The
subtraction modification available to taxpayer in any
year under this subsection shall be that portion of the
total interest paid by the borrower with respect to
such loan attributable to the eligible property as
calculated under the previous sentence. This
subparagraph (M) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(M-1) For any taxpayer that is a financial
organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
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income from a loan or loans made by such taxpayer to a
borrower, to the extent that such a loan is secured by
property which is eligible for the High Impact Business
Investment Credit. To determine the portion of a loan
or loans that is secured by property eligible for a
Section 201(h) investment credit to the borrower, the
entire principal amount of the loan or loans between
the taxpayer and the borrower should be divided into
the basis of the Section 201(h) investment credit
property which secures the loan or loans, using for
this purpose the original basis of such property on the
date that it was placed in service in a federally
designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone located in
Illinois. No taxpayer that is eligible for the
deduction provided in subparagraph (M) of paragraph
(2) of this subsection shall be eligible for the
deduction provided under this subparagraph (M-1). The
subtraction modification available to taxpayers in any
year under this subsection shall be that portion of the
total interest paid by the borrower with respect to
such loan attributable to the eligible property as
calculated under the previous sentence;
(N) Two times any contribution made during the
taxable year to a designated zone organization to the
extent that the contribution (i) qualifies as a
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Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code and (ii) must,
by its terms, be used for a project approved by the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under
Section 11 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or under
Section 10-10 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act.
This subparagraph (N) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(O) An amount equal to: (i) 85% for taxable years
ending on or before December 31, 1992, or, a percentage
equal to the percentage allowable under Section
243(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
taxable years ending after December 31, 1992, of the
amount by which dividends included in taxable income
and received from a corporation that is not created or
organized under the laws of the United States or any
state or political subdivision thereof, including, for
taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1988,
dividends received or deemed received or paid or deemed
paid under Sections 951 through 965 of the Internal
Revenue Code, exceed the amount of the modification
provided under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of
this subsection (b) which is related to such dividends,
and including, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, dividends received from a captive
real estate investment trust; plus (ii) 100% of the
amount by which dividends, included in taxable income

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and received, including, for taxable years ending on or
after December 31, 1988, dividends received or deemed
received or paid or deemed paid under Sections 951
through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and including,
for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008,
dividends received from a captive real estate
investment trust, from any such corporation specified
in clause (i) that would but for the provisions of
Section 1504 (b) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code be
treated as a member of the affiliated group which
includes the dividend recipient, exceed the amount of
the modification provided under subparagraph (G) of
paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) which is related
to such dividends. This subparagraph (O) is exempt from
the provisions of Section 250 of this Act;
(P) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
job training project established pursuant to the Tax
Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
(Q) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
used to compute the federal income tax credit for
restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
the Internal Revenue Code;
(R) On and after July 20, 1999, in the case of an
attorney-in-fact with respect to whom an interinsurer
or a reciprocal insurer has made the election under

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Section 835 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.
835, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
amounts paid or incurred by that interinsurer or
reciprocal insurer in the taxable year to the
attorney-in-fact over the deduction allowed to that
interinsurer or reciprocal insurer with respect to the
attorney-in-fact under Section 835(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code for the taxable year; the provisions of
this subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(S) For taxable years ending on or after December
31, 1997, in the case of a Subchapter S corporation, an
amount equal to all amounts of income allocable to a
shareholder subject to the Personal Property Tax
Replacement Income Tax imposed by subsections (c) and
(d) of Section 201 of this Act, including amounts
allocable to organizations exempt from federal income
tax by reason of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code. This subparagraph (S) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(T) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:

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(1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
deduction taken for the taxable year on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not including
the bonus depreciation deduction;
(2) for taxable years ending on or before
December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(3) for taxable years ending after December
31, 2005:
(i) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(ii) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
1.0.
The aggregate amount deducted under this
subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
depreciation deduction taken on that property on the

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taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
(k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
subparagraph (T) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(U) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (E-10), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (E-10), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction under
this subparagraph only once with respect to any one
piece of property.
This subparagraph (U) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(V) The amount of: (i) any interest income (net of
the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
for the taxable year with respect to a transaction with
a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
modification with respect to such transaction under

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Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
the amount of such addition modification, (ii) any
income from intangible property (net of the deductions
allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer that
is required to make an addition modification with
respect to such transaction under Section
203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
addition modification, and (iii) any insurance premium
income (net of deductions allocable thereto) taken
into account for the taxable year with respect to a
transaction with a taxpayer that is required to make an
addition modification with respect to such transaction
under Section 203(a)(2)(D-19), Section
203(b)(2)(E-14), Section 203(c)(2)(G-14), or Section
203(d)(2)(D-9), but not to exceed the amount of that
addition modification. This subparagraph (V) is exempt
from the provisions of Section 250;
(W) An amount equal to the interest income taken
into account for the taxable year (net of the
deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity

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outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(b)(2)(E-12) for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, to the same person. This subparagraph (W)
is exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(X) An amount equal to the income from intangible
property taken into account for the taxable year (net
of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the

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unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(b)(2)(E-13) for
intangible expenses and costs paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same foreign
person. This subparagraph (X) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(Y) For taxable years ending on or after December
31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
add back any insurance premiums under Section
203(b)(2)(E-14), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
that part of a reimbursement received from the
insurance company equal to the amount of the expense or
loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
company) that would have been taken into account as a
deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer makes
the election provided for by this subparagraph (Y), the
insurer to which the premiums were paid must add back
to income the amount subtracted by the taxpayer
pursuant to this subparagraph (Y). This subparagraph
(Y) is exempt from the provisions of Section 250; and
(Z) The difference between the nondeductible
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965(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code over the taxable
income of the taxpayer, computed without regard to
Section 965(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, and
without regard to any net operating loss deduction.
This subparagraph (Z) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250.
(3) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (2) (A),
"gross income" in the case of a life insurance company, for
tax years ending on and after December 31, 1994, and prior
to December 31, 2011, shall mean the gross investment
income for the taxable year and, for tax years ending on or
after December 31, 2011, shall mean all amounts included in
life insurance gross income under Section 803(a)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(c) Trusts and estates.
(1) In general. In the case of a trust or estate, base
income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
(2) Modifications. Subject to the provisions of
paragraph (3), the taxable income referred to in paragraph
(1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum of the
following amounts:
(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income

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in the computation of taxable income;
(B) In the case of (i) an estate, $600; (ii) a
trust which, under its governing instrument, is
required to distribute all of its income currently,
$300; and (iii) any other trust, $100, but in each such
case, only to the extent such amount was deducted in
the computation of taxable income;
(C) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
the computation of taxable income for the taxable year;
(D) The amount of any net operating loss deduction
taken in arriving at taxable income, other than a net
operating loss carried forward from a taxable year
ending prior to December 31, 1986;
(E) For taxable years in which a net operating loss
carryback or carryforward from a taxable year ending
prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of taxable
income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or
subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (e),
the amount by which addition modifications other than
those provided by this subparagraph (E) exceeded
subtraction modifications in such taxable year, with
the following limitations applied in the order that
they are listed:
(i) the addition modification relating to the
net operating loss carried back or forward to the

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taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
December 31, 1986 shall be reduced by the amount of
addition modification under this subparagraph (E)
which related to that net operating loss and which
was taken into account in calculating the base
income of an earlier taxable year, and
(ii) the addition modification relating to the
net operating loss carried back or forward to the
taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
December 31, 1986 shall not exceed the amount of
such carryback or carryforward;
For taxable years in which there is a net operating
loss carryback or carryforward from more than one other
taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986, the
addition modification provided in this subparagraph
(E) shall be the sum of the amounts computed
independently under the preceding provisions of this
subparagraph (E) for each such taxable year;
(F) For taxable years ending on or after January 1,
1989, an amount equal to the tax deducted pursuant to
Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code if the trust
or estate is claiming the same tax for purposes of the
Illinois foreign tax credit under Section 601 of this
Act;
(G) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue

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Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the
computation of taxable income;
(G-5) For taxable years ending after December 31,
1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation costs
that the trust or estate deducted in computing adjusted
gross income and for which the trust or estate claims a
credit under subsection (l) of Section 201;
(G-10) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code; and
(G-11) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
or otherwise disposes of property for which the
taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
addition modification under subparagraph (G-10), then
an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
deductions taken in all taxable years under
subparagraph (R) with respect to that property.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
modification under subparagraph (R), then an amount
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The taxpayer is required to make the addition
modification under this subparagraph only once with
respect to any one piece of property;
(G-12) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
member of the same unitary business group but for the
fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
extent that dividends were included in base income of
the unitary group for the same taxable year and
received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts

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included in gross income under Section 78 of the
Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of the
same person to whom the interest was paid, accrued, or
incurred.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
is subject in a foreign country or state, other
than a state which requires mandatory unitary
reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
with respect to such interest; or
(ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer can establish, based on a
preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person, during the same taxable
year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
to a person that is not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
interest expense between the taxpayer and the
person did not have as a principal purpose the
avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
pursuant to a contract or agreement that
reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
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(iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract or
agreement entered into at arm's-length rates and
terms and the principal purpose for the payment is
not federal or Illinois tax avoidance; or
(iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
to the application or use of an alternative method
of apportionment under Section 304(f).
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(G-13) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable

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years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
foreign person who would be a member of the same
unitary business group but for the fact that the
foreign person's business activity outside the United
States is 80% or more of that person's total business
activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
the same unitary business group but for the fact that
the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
from being included in the unitary business group
because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
business income under different subsections of Section
304. The addition modification required by this
subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
dividends were included in base income of the unitary
group for the same taxable year and received by the
taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
business group (including amounts included in gross
income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
the intangible expenses and costs were directly or
indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The preceding
sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
dividends caused a reduction to the addition

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modification required under Section 203(c)(2)(G-12) of
this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
"intangible expenses and costs" includes: (1)
expenses, losses, and costs for or related to the
direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or
management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other
disposition of intangible property; (2) losses
incurred, directly or indirectly, from factoring
transactions or discounting transactions; (3) royalty,
patent, technical, and copyright fees; (4) licensing
fees; and (5) other similar expenses and costs. For
purposes of this subparagraph, "intangible property"
includes patents, patent applications, trade names,
trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works,
trade secrets, and similar types of intangible assets.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person who is
subject in a foreign country or state, other than a
state which requires mandatory unitary reporting,
to a tax on or measured by net income with respect
to such item; or
(ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based

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on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person during the same taxable
year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
intangible expense or cost to a person that is
not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
intangible expense or cost between the
taxpayer and the person did not have as a
principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
or
(iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person if the
taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
writing to the application or use of an alternative
method of apportionment under Section 304(f);
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
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pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(G-14) For taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
a person who would be a member of the same unitary
business group but for the fact that the person is
prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
included in the unitary business group because he or
she is ordinarily required to apportion business
income under different subsections of Section 304. The
addition modification required by this subparagraph
shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
included in base income of the unitary group for the
same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
(including amounts included in gross income under
Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock
of the same person to whom the premiums and costs were
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preceding sentence does not apply to the extent that
the same dividends caused a reduction to the addition
modification required under Section 203(c)(2)(G-12) or
Section 203(c)(2)(G-13) of this Act;
(G-15) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
Act;
and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
following amounts:
(H) An amount equal to all amounts included in such
total pursuant to the provisions of Sections 402(a),
402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a) and 408 of the
Internal Revenue Code or included in such total as
distributions under the provisions of any retirement
or disability plan for employees of any governmental
agency or unit, or retirement payments to retired
partners, which payments are excluded in computing net
earnings from self employment by Section 1402 of the
Internal Revenue Code and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto;
(I) The valuation limitation amount;
(J) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
and included in such total for the taxable year;
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taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), (B),
(C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) which are exempt from
taxation by this State either by reason of its statutes
or Constitution or by reason of the Constitution,
treaties or statutes of the United States; provided
that, in the case of any statute of this State that
exempts income derived from bonds or other obligations
from the tax imposed under this Act, the amount
exempted shall be the interest net of bond premium
amortization;
(L) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
under subparagraph (K), an amount equal to the sum of
all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
171(a) (2) and 265(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
disallowed as deductions by Section 265(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for taxable years
ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 171(a)(2),
265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue
Code, plus, (iii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2011, Section 45G(e)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, any amount included in gross income
under Section 87 of the Internal Revenue Code; the
provisions of this subparagraph are exempt from the
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(M) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total which were paid by a corporation which
conducts business operations in an Enterprise Zone or
zones created under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or
a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or zones created under
the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts
substantially all of its operations in an Enterprise
Zone or Zones or a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or
zones. This subparagraph (M) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(N) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
job training project established pursuant to the Tax
Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
(O) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total that were paid by a corporation that
conducts business operations in a federally designated
Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated a
High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
this subparagraph (O);
(P) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
used to compute the federal income tax credit for
restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of

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the Internal Revenue Code;
(Q) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an amount
equal to the amount of any (i) distributions, to the
extent includible in gross income for federal income
tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of his or
her status as a victim of persecution for racial or
religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
regime or as an heir of the victim and (ii) items of
income, to the extent includible in gross income for
federal income tax purposes, attributable to, derived
from or in any way related to assets stolen from,
hidden from, or otherwise lost to a victim of
persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime immediately prior to,
during, and immediately after World War II, including,
but not limited to, interest on the proceeds receivable
as insurance under policies issued to a victim of
persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime by European insurance
companies immediately prior to and during World War II;
provided, however, this subtraction from federal
adjusted gross income does not apply to assets acquired
with such assets or with the proceeds from the sale of
such assets; provided, further, this paragraph shall
only apply to a taxpayer who was the first recipient of
such assets after their recovery and who is a victim of

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persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
Germany or any other Axis regime or as an heir of the
victim. The amount of and the eligibility for any
public assistance, benefit, or similar entitlement is
not affected by the inclusion of items (i) and (ii) of
this paragraph in gross income for federal income tax
purposes. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
of Section 250;
(R) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
(1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
deduction taken for the taxable year on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not including
the bonus depreciation deduction;
(2) for taxable years ending on or before
December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(3) for taxable years ending after December

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31, 2005:
(i) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(ii) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
1.0.
The aggregate amount deducted under this
subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
(k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
subparagraph (R) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(S) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (G-10), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for

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federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (G-10), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction under
this subparagraph only once with respect to any one
piece of property.
This subparagraph (S) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(T) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
for the taxable year with respect to a transaction with
a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
modification with respect to such transaction under
Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
the amount of such addition modification and (ii) any
income from intangible property (net of the deductions
allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer that
is required to make an addition modification with
respect to such transaction under Section
203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
addition modification. This subparagraph (T) is exempt
from the provisions of Section 250;

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(U) An amount equal to the interest income taken
into account for the taxable year (net of the
deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(c)(2)(G-12) for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, to the same person. This subparagraph (U)
is exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
(V) An amount equal to the income from intangible
property taken into account for the taxable year (net
of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity

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outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(c)(2)(G-13) for
intangible expenses and costs paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same foreign
person. This subparagraph (V) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(W) in the case of an estate, an amount equal to
all amounts included in such total pursuant to the
provisions of Section 111 of the Internal Revenue Code
as a recovery of items previously deducted by the
decedent from adjusted gross income in the computation
of taxable income. This subparagraph (W) is exempt from
Section 250;
(X) an amount equal to the refund included in such
total of any tax deducted for federal income tax
purposes, to the extent that deduction was added back
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exempt from the provisions of Section 250; and
(Y) For taxable years ending on or after December
31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
add back any insurance premiums under Section
203(c)(2)(G-14), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
that part of a reimbursement received from the
insurance company equal to the amount of the expense or
loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
company) that would have been taken into account as a
deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer makes
the election provided for by this subparagraph (Y), the
insurer to which the premiums were paid must add back
to income the amount subtracted by the taxpayer
pursuant to this subparagraph (Y). This subparagraph
(Y) is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
(3) Limitation. The amount of any modification
otherwise required under this subsection shall, under
regulations prescribed by the Department, be adjusted by
any amounts included therein which were properly paid,
credited, or required to be distributed, or permanently set
aside for charitable purposes pursuant to Internal Revenue
Code Section 642(c) during the taxable year.
(d) Partnerships.
(1) In general. In the case of a partnership, base

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income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
(2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum
of the following amounts:
(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income
in the computation of taxable income;
(B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
this Act to the extent deducted from gross income for
the taxable year;
(C) The amount of deductions allowed to the
partnership pursuant to Section 707 (c) of the Internal
Revenue Code in calculating its taxable income;
(D) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue
Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the
computation of taxable income;
(D-5) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(D-6) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
or otherwise disposes of property for which the

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taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
addition modification under subparagraph (D-5), then
an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
deductions taken in all taxable years under
subparagraph (O) with respect to that property.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
modification under subparagraph (O), then an amount
equal to that subtraction modification.
The taxpayer is required to make the addition
modification under this subparagraph only once with
respect to any one piece of property;
(D-7) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
member of the same unitary business group but for the
fact the foreign person's business activity outside
the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
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group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
extent that dividends were included in base income of
the unitary group for the same taxable year and
received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts
included in gross income under Section 78 of the
Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of the
same person to whom the interest was paid, accrued, or
incurred.
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
is subject in a foreign country or state, other
than a state which requires mandatory unitary
reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
with respect to such interest; or
(ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer can establish, based on a

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preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person, during the same taxable
year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
to a person that is not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
interest expense between the taxpayer and the
person did not have as a principal purpose the
avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
pursuant to a contract or agreement that
reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
terms; or
(iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract or
agreement entered into at arm's-length rates and
terms and the principal purpose for the payment is
not federal or Illinois tax avoidance; or
(iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
to the application or use of an alternative method
of apportionment under Section 304(f).
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Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act; and
(D-8) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
foreign person who would be a member of the same
unitary business group but for the fact that the
foreign person's business activity outside the United
States is 80% or more of that person's total business
activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
the same unitary business group but for the fact that
the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
from being included in the unitary business group
because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
business income under different subsections of Section
304. The addition modification required by this
subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that

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dividends were included in base income of the unitary
group for the same taxable year and received by the
taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
business group (including amounts included in gross
income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
the intangible expenses and costs were directly or
indirectly paid, incurred or accrued. The preceding
sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
dividends caused a reduction to the addition
modification required under Section 203(d)(2)(D-7) of
this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
"intangible expenses and costs" includes (1) expenses,
losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or
indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management,
ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
intangible property; (2) losses incurred, directly or
indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
transactions; (3) royalty, patent, technical, and
copyright fees; (4) licensing fees; and (5) other
similar expenses and costs. For purposes of this
subparagraph, "intangible property" includes patents,
patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service
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similar types of intangible assets;
This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person who is
subject in a foreign country or state, other than a
state which requires mandatory unitary reporting,
to a tax on or measured by net income with respect
to such item; or
(ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
following:
(a) the person during the same taxable
year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
intangible expense or cost to a person that is
not a related member, and
(b) the transaction giving rise to the
intangible expense or cost between the
taxpayer and the person did not have as a
principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
or
(iii) any item of intangible expense or cost

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paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
indirectly, from a transaction with a person if the
taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
writing to the application or use of an alternative
method of apportionment under Section 304(f);
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
Director from making any other adjustment
otherwise allowed under Section 404 of this Act for
any tax year beginning after the effective date of
this amendment provided such adjustment is made
pursuant to regulation adopted by the Department
and such regulations provide methods and standards
by which the Department will utilize its authority
under Section 404 of this Act;
(D-9) For taxable years ending on or after December
31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of insurance
premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a
deduction in computing base income, and that were paid,
accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to a
person who would be a member of the same unitary
business group but for the fact that the person is
prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
included in the unitary business group because he or
she is ordinarily required to apportion business

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income under different subsections of Section 304. The
addition modification required by this subparagraph
shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
included in base income of the unitary group for the
same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
(including amounts included in gross income under
Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock
of the same person to whom the premiums and costs were
directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The
preceding sentence does not apply to the extent that
the same dividends caused a reduction to the addition
modification required under Section 203(d)(2)(D-7) or
Section 203(d)(2)(D-8) of this Act;
(D-10) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
Act;
and by deducting from the total so obtained the following
amounts:
(E) The valuation limitation amount;
(F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
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(G) An amount equal to all amounts included in
taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), (B),
(C) and (D) which are exempt from taxation by this
State either by reason of its statutes or Constitution
or by reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes
of the United States; provided that, in the case of any
statute of this State that exempts income derived from
bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest net
of bond premium amortization;
(H) Any income of the partnership which
constitutes personal service income as defined in
Section 1348 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code (as
in effect December 31, 1981) or a reasonable allowance
for compensation paid or accrued for services rendered
by partners to the partnership, whichever is greater;
this subparagraph (H) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(I) An amount equal to all amounts of income
distributable to an entity subject to the Personal
Property Tax Replacement Income Tax imposed by
subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act
including amounts distributable to organizations
exempt from federal income tax by reason of Section
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; this subparagraph
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(J) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
under subparagraph (G), an amount equal to the sum of
all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
171(a) (2), and 265(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
disallowed as deductions by Section 265(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for taxable years
ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 171(a)(2),
265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue
Code, plus, (iii) for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2011, Section 45G(e)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 2008, any amount included in gross income
under Section 87 of the Internal Revenue Code; the
provisions of this subparagraph are exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total which were paid by a corporation which
conducts business operations in an Enterprise Zone or
zones created under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act,
enacted by the 82nd General Assembly, or a River Edge
Redevelopment Zone or zones created under the River
Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts substantially
all of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or Zones or
from a River Edge Redevelopment Zone or zones. This
subparagraph (K) is exempt from the provisions of

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Section 250;
(L) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
job training project established pursuant to the Real
Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
(M) An amount equal to those dividends included in
such total that were paid by a corporation that
conducts business operations in a federally designated
Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated a
High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
subparagraph (K) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
this subparagraph (M);
(N) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
used to compute the federal income tax credit for
restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
the Internal Revenue Code;
(O) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
(1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
deduction taken for the taxable year on the

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taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not including
the bonus depreciation deduction;
(2) for taxable years ending on or before
December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(3) for taxable years ending after December
31, 2005:
(i) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
0.429); and
(ii) for property on which a bonus
depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
1.0.
The aggregate amount deducted under this
subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
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subparagraph (O) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 250;
(P) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (D-5), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
If the taxpayer continues to own property through
the last day of the last tax year for which the
taxpayer may claim a depreciation deduction for
federal income tax purposes and for which the taxpayer
was required in any taxable year to make an addition
modification under subparagraph (D-5), then an amount
equal to that addition modification.
The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction under
this subparagraph only once with respect to any one
piece of property.
This subparagraph (P) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 250;
(Q) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
for the taxable year with respect to a transaction with
a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
modification with respect to such transaction under
Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
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the amount of such addition modification and (ii) any
income from intangible property (net of the deductions
allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer that
is required to make an addition modification with
respect to such transaction under Section
203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
addition modification. This subparagraph (Q) is exempt
from Section 250;
(R) An amount equal to the interest income taken
into account for the taxable year (net of the
deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same

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taxable year under Section 203(d)(2)(D-7) for interest
paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
the same person. This subparagraph (R) is exempt from
Section 250;
(S) An amount equal to the income from intangible
property taken into account for the taxable year (net
of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but for
the fact that the foreign person's business activity
outside the United States is 80% or more of that
person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
who would be a member of the same unitary business
group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
required to apportion business income under different
subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
addition modification required to be made for the same
taxable year under Section 203(d)(2)(D-8) for
intangible expenses and costs paid, accrued, or
incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same person.
This subparagraph (S) is exempt from Section 250; and
(T) For taxable years ending on or after December
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add back any insurance premiums under Section
203(d)(2)(D-9), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
that part of a reimbursement received from the
insurance company equal to the amount of the expense or
loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
company) that would have been taken into account as a
deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer makes
the election provided for by this subparagraph (T), the
insurer to which the premiums were paid must add back
to income the amount subtracted by the taxpayer
pursuant to this subparagraph (T). This subparagraph
(T) is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
(e) Gross income; adjusted gross income; taxable income.
(1) In general. Subject to the provisions of paragraph
(2) and subsection (b) (3), for purposes of this Section
and Section 803(e), a taxpayer's gross income, adjusted
gross income, or taxable income for the taxable year shall
mean the amount of gross income, adjusted gross income or
taxable income properly reportable for federal income tax
purposes for the taxable year under the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code. Taxable income may be less than
zero. However, for taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1986, net operating loss carryforwards from
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exceed the sum of federal taxable income for the taxable
year before net operating loss deduction, plus the excess
of addition modifications over subtraction modifications
for the taxable year. For taxable years ending prior to
December 31, 1986, taxable income may never be an amount in
excess of the net operating loss for the taxable year as
defined in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 172 of the
Internal Revenue Code, provided that when taxable income of
a corporation (other than a Subchapter S corporation),
trust, or estate is less than zero and addition
modifications, other than those provided by subparagraph
(E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) for corporations or
subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) for
trusts and estates, exceed subtraction modifications, an
addition modification must be made under those
subparagraphs for any other taxable year to which the
taxable income less than zero (net operating loss) is
applied under Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code or
under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
(e) applied in conjunction with Section 172 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(2) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the taxable income properly reportable for
federal income tax purposes shall mean:
(A) Certain life insurance companies. In the case
of a life insurance company subject to the tax imposed

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by Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code, life
insurance company taxable income, plus the amount of
distribution from pre-1984 policyholder surplus
accounts as calculated under Section 815a of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(B) Certain other insurance companies. In the case
of mutual insurance companies subject to the tax
imposed by Section 831 of the Internal Revenue Code,
insurance company taxable income;
(C) Regulated investment companies. In the case of
a regulated investment company subject to the tax
imposed by Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code,
investment company taxable income;
(D) Real estate investment trusts. In the case of a
real estate investment trust subject to the tax imposed
by Section 857 of the Internal Revenue Code, real
estate investment trust taxable income;
(E) Consolidated corporations. In the case of a
corporation which is a member of an affiliated group of
corporations filing a consolidated income tax return
for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes,
taxable income determined as if such corporation had
filed a separate return for federal income tax purposes
for the taxable year and each preceding taxable year
for which it was a member of an affiliated group. For
purposes of this subparagraph, the taxpayer's separate

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taxable income shall be determined as if the election
provided by Section 243(b) (2) of the Internal Revenue
Code had been in effect for all such years;
(F) Cooperatives. In the case of a cooperative
corporation or association, the taxable income of such
organization determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1381 through 1388 of the Internal
Revenue Code, but without regard to the prohibition
against offsetting losses from patronage activities
against income from nonpatronage activities; except
that a cooperative corporation or association may make
an election to follow its federal income tax treatment
of patronage losses and nonpatronage losses. In the
event such election is made, such losses shall be
computed and carried over in a manner consistent with
subsection (a) of Section 207 of this Act and
apportioned by the apportionment factor reported by
the cooperative on its Illinois income tax return filed
for the taxable year in which the losses are incurred.
The election shall be effective for all taxable years
with original returns due on or after the date of the
election. In addition, the cooperative may file an
amended return or returns, as allowed under this Act,
to provide that the election shall be effective for
losses incurred or carried forward for taxable years
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the election may only be revoked upon approval of the
Director. The Department shall adopt rules setting
forth requirements for documenting the elections and
any resulting Illinois net loss and the standards to be
used by the Director in evaluating requests to revoke
elections. Public Act 96-932 is declaratory of
existing law;
(G) Subchapter S corporations. In the case of: (i)
a Subchapter S corporation for which there is in effect
an election for the taxable year under Section 1362 of
the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable income of such
corporation determined in accordance with Section
1363(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that
taxable income shall take into account those items
which are required by Section 1363(b)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code to be separately stated; and (ii)
a Subchapter S corporation for which there is in effect
a federal election to opt out of the provisions of the
Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982 and have applied
instead the prior federal Subchapter S rules as in
effect on July 1, 1982, the taxable income of such
corporation determined in accordance with the federal
Subchapter S rules as in effect on July 1, 1982; and
(H) Partnerships. In the case of a partnership,
taxable income determined in accordance with Section
703 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that taxable

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income shall take into account those items which are
required by Section 703(a)(1) to be separately stated
but which would be taken into account by an individual
in calculating his taxable income.
(3) Recapture of business expenses on disposition of
asset or business. Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, if in prior years income from an asset or
business has been classified as business income and in a
later year is demonstrated to be non-business income, then
all expenses, without limitation, deducted in such later
year and in the 2 immediately preceding taxable years
related to that asset or business that generated the
non-business income shall be added back and recaptured as
business income in the year of the disposition of the asset
or business. Such amount shall be apportioned to Illinois
using the greater of the apportionment fraction computed
for the business under Section 304 of this Act for the
taxable year or the average of the apportionment fractions
computed for the business under Section 304 of this Act for
the taxable year and for the 2 immediately preceding
taxable years.
(f) Valuation limitation amount.
(1) In general. The valuation limitation amount
referred to in subsections (a) (2) (G), (c) (2) (I) and
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(A) The sum of the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation
amounts (to the extent consisting of gain reportable
under the provisions of Section 1245 or 1250 of the
Internal Revenue Code) for all property in respect of
which such gain was reported for the taxable year; plus
(B) The lesser of (i) the sum of the pre-August 1,
1969 appreciation amounts (to the extent consisting of
capital gain) for all property in respect of which such
gain was reported for federal income tax purposes for
the taxable year, or (ii) the net capital gain for the
taxable year, reduced in either case by any amount of
such gain included in the amount determined under
subsection (a) (2) (F) or (c) (2) (H).
(2) Pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amount.
(A) If the fair market value of property referred
to in paragraph (1) was readily ascertainable on August
1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amount for
such property is the lesser of (i) the excess of such
fair market value over the taxpayer's basis (for
determining gain) for such property on that date
(determined under the Internal Revenue Code as in
effect on that date), or (ii) the total gain realized
and reportable for federal income tax purposes in
respect of the sale, exchange or other disposition of
such property.
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to in paragraph (1) was not readily ascertainable on
August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation
amount for such property is that amount which bears the
same ratio to the total gain reported in respect of the
property for federal income tax purposes for the
taxable year, as the number of full calendar months in
that part of the taxpayer's holding period for the
property ending July 31, 1969 bears to the number of
full calendar months in the taxpayer's entire holding
period for the property.
(C) The Department shall prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this paragraph.
(g) Double deductions. Unless specifically provided
otherwise, nothing in this Section shall permit the same item
to be deducted more than once.
(h) Legislative intention. Except as expressly provided by
this Section there shall be no modifications or limitations on
the amounts of income, gain, loss or deduction taken into
account in determining gross income, adjusted gross income or
taxable income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable
year, or in the amount of such items entering into the
computation of base income and net income under this Act for
such taxable year, whether in respect of property values as of

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August 1, 1969 or otherwise.
(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-120, eff. 8-4-09; 96-198,
eff. 8-10-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-520, eff. 8-14-09;
96-835, eff. 12-16-09; 96-932, eff. 1-1-11; 96-935, eff.
6-21-10; 96-1214, eff. 7-22-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-507,
eff. 8-23-11.)
Section 155. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
changing Sections 2-124, 14-131, 15-155, 16-158, and 18-131 as
follows:
(40 ILCS 5/2-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-124)
Sec. 2-124. Contributions by State.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
appropriations of amounts which, together with the
contributions of participants, interest earned on investments,
and other income will meet the cost of maintaining and
administering the System on a 90% funded basis in accordance
with actuarial recommendations.
(b) The Board shall determine the amount of State
contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and
the prescribed rate of interest, using the formula in
subsection (c).
(c) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each

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fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to
90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end
of State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$4,157,000.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$5,220,300.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the

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total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$10,454,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold
in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue
Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to Section 2-134 and shall be made from the proceeds
of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of
bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of total
bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in
bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 35 of
the Pension Stabilization Act, Section 25 of the Budget

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Stabilization Act (now repealed), or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
System under Section 35 of the Pension Stabilization Act or
Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
under this Section and certified under Section 2-134, shall not
exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required State
contribution that would have been calculated under this Section
for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2
(including any bonds issued to refund those bonds), as
determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same
as the System's portion of the total moneys distributed under

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subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(d) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(e) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.

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(Source: P.A. 95-950, eff. 8-29-08; 96-43, eff. 7-15-09;
96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff.
3-18-11; revised 4-6-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-131)
Sec. 14-131. Contributions by State.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
appropriations of amounts which, together with other employer
contributions from trust, federal, and other funds, employee
contributions, investment income, and other income, will be
sufficient to meet the cost of maintaining and administering
the System on a 90% funded basis in accordance with actuarial
recommendations.
For the purposes of this Section and Section 14-135.08,
references to State contributions refer only to employer
contributions and do not include employee contributions that
are picked up or otherwise paid by the State or a department on
behalf of the employee.
(b) The Board shall determine the total amount of State
contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board,
using the formula in subsection (e).
The Board shall also determine a State contribution rate
for each fiscal year, expressed as a percentage of payroll,
based on the total required State contribution for that fiscal
year (less the amount received by the System from

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appropriations under Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act and
Section 1 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation
Act, if any, for the fiscal year ending on the June 30
immediately preceding the applicable November 15 certification
deadline), the estimated payroll (including all forms of
compensation) for personal services rendered by eligible
employees, and the recommendations of the actuary.
For the purposes of this Section and Section 14.1 of the
State Finance Act, the term "eligible employees" includes
employees who participate in the System, persons who may elect
to participate in the System but have not so elected, persons
who are serving a qualifying period that is required for
participation, and annuitants employed by a department as
described in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of Section 14-111.
(c) Contributions shall be made by the several departments
for each pay period by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller
against their respective funds or appropriations based upon
vouchers stating the amount to be so contributed. These amounts
shall be based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for that fiscal year. From the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly through the
payment of the final payroll from fiscal year 2004
appropriations, the several departments shall not make
contributions for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 but shall
instead make payments as required under subsection (a-1) of
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shall resume those contributions at the commencement of fiscal
year 2005.
(c-1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this Section, for
fiscal years 2010 and 2012 only, contributions by the several
departments are not required to be made for General Revenue
Funds payrolls processed by the Comptroller. Payrolls paid by
the several departments from all other State funds must
continue to be processed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
Section.
(c-2) For State fiscal years 2010 and 2012 only, on or as
soon as possible after the 15th day of each month, the Board
shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions to the
System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the fiscal
year General Revenue Fund contribution as certified by the
System pursuant to Section 14-135.08 of the Illinois Pension
Code.
(d) If an employee is paid from trust funds or federal
funds, the department or other employer shall pay employer
contributions from those funds to the System at the certified
rate, unless the terms of the trust or the federal-State
agreement preclude the use of the funds for that purpose, in
which case the required employer contributions shall be paid by
the State. From the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly through the payment of the final
payroll from fiscal year 2004 appropriations, the department or
other employer shall not pay contributions for the remainder of

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fiscal year 2004 but shall instead make payments as required
under subsection (a-1) of Section 14.1 of the State Finance
Act. The department or other employer shall resume payment of
contributions at the commencement of fiscal year 2005.
(e) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section; except that (i) for State
fiscal year 1998, for all purposes of this Code and any other
law of this State, the certified percentage of the applicable
employee payroll shall be 5.052% for employees earning eligible
creditable service under Section 14-110 and 6.500% for all
other employees, notwithstanding any contrary certification
made under Section 14-135.08 before the effective date of this
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State fiscal years, the State contribution to the System shall
not be less than the following indicated percentages of the
applicable employee payroll, even if the indicated percentage
will produce a State contribution in excess of the amount
otherwise required under this subsection and subsection (a):
9.8% in FY 1999; 10.0% in FY 2000; 10.2% in FY 2001; 10.4% in FY
2002; 10.6% in FY 2003; and 10.8% in FY 2004.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution to the System for State
fiscal year 2006 is $203,783,900.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution to the System for State
fiscal year 2007 is $344,164,400.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
State fiscal year 2010 is $723,703,100 and shall be made from
the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to
Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from

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the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any
reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
bonds, if applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
State fiscal year 2011 is the amount recertified by the System
on or before April 1, 2011 pursuant to Section 14-135.08 and
shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year
2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale expenses
determined by the System's share of total bond proceeds, (ii)
any amounts received from the General Revenue Fund in fiscal
year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds due to the
issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 35 of
the Pension Stabilization Act, Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act (now repealed), or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this

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Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
System under Section 35 of the Pension Stabilization Act or
Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
under this Section and certified under Section 14-135.08, shall
not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required
State contribution that would have been calculated under this
Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2
(including any bonds issued to refund those bonds), as
determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same
as the System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the

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applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(f) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items in fiscal year 2004
have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to the System a
certification of the sum of all fiscal year 2004 expenditures
for personal services that would have been covered by payments
to the System under this Section if the provisions of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly had not been
enacted. Upon receipt of the certification, the System shall
determine the amount due to the System based on the full rate
certified by the Board under Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year
2004 in order to meet the State's obligation under this
Section. The System shall compare this amount due to the amount
received by the System in fiscal year 2004 through payments
under this Section and under Section 6z-61 of the State Finance
Act. If the amount due is more than the amount received, the
difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall" for
purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall
shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds
Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than
the amount received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal
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Fiscal Year 2004 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to
the Pension Contribution Fund as soon as practicable after the
certification.
(g) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(h) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the System's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(i) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items paid from the
General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010 have been made, the
Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
sum of all fiscal year 2010 expenditures for personal services
that would have been covered by payments to the System under
this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the

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certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2010 in order to meet the
State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
year 2010 through payments under this Section. If the amount
due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
termed the "Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall" for purposes of this
Section, and the Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall shall be satisfied
under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2010
Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
2010 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
(j) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items paid from the
General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011 have been made, the
Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
sum of all fiscal year 2011 expenditures for personal services
that would have been covered by payments to the System under
this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the
certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2011 in order to meet the

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State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
year 2011 through payments under this Section. If the amount
due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
termed the "Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall" for purposes of this
Section, and the Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall shall be satisfied
under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2011
Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
2011 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
(k) For fiscal year 2012 only, after the submission of all
payments for eligible employees from personal services line
items paid from the General Revenue Fund in the fiscal year
have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to the System a
certification of the sum of all expenditures in the fiscal year
for personal services. Upon receipt of the certification, the
System shall determine the amount due to the System based on
the full rate certified by the Board under Section 14-135.08
for the fiscal year in order to meet the State's obligation
under this Section. The System shall compare this amount due to
the amount received by the System for the fiscal year. If the
amount due is more than the amount received, the difference
shall be termed the "Fiscal Year Shortfall" for purposes of
this Section, and the Fiscal Year Shortfall shall be satisfied

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under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year
Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
(Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09;
96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff.
1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-155)
Sec. 15-155. Employer contributions.
(a) The State of Illinois shall make contributions by
appropriations of amounts which, together with the other
employer contributions from trust, federal, and other funds,
employee contributions, income from investments, and other
income of this System, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
maintaining and administering the System on a 90% funded basis
in accordance with actuarial recommendations.
The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial
tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the
recommendations of the actuary, using the formula in subsection
(a-1).
(a-1) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each

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fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$166,641,900.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$252,064,100.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the

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total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$702,514,000 and shall be made from the State Pensions Fund and
proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section
7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata
share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of
total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, (iii) any reduction in bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to Section 15-165 and shall be made from the State
Pensions Fund and proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011
pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act,
less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by
the System's share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts
received from the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and
(iii) any reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of
discounted bonds, if applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 35 of
the Pension Stabilization Act, Section 25 of the Budget

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Stabilization Act (now repealed), or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
System under Section 35 of the Pension Stabilization Act or
Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
under this Section and certified under Section 15-165, shall
not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required
State contribution that would have been calculated under this
Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2
(including any bonds issued to refund those bonds), as
determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same
as the System's portion of the total moneys distributed under

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subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(b) If an employee is paid from trust or federal funds, the
employer shall pay to the Board contributions from those funds
which are sufficient to cover the accruing normal costs on
behalf of the employee. However, universities having employees
who are compensated out of local auxiliary funds, income funds,
or service enterprise funds are not required to pay such
contributions on behalf of those employees. The local auxiliary
funds, income funds, and service enterprise funds of
universities shall not be considered trust funds for the
purpose of this Article, but funds of alumni associations,
foundations, and athletic associations which are affiliated
with the universities included as employers under this Article
and other employers which do not receive State appropriations
are considered to be trust funds for the purpose of this
Article.

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(b-1) The City of Urbana and the City of Champaign shall
each make employer contributions to this System for their
respective firefighter employees who participate in this
System pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 15-107. The rate
of contributions to be made by those municipalities shall be
determined annually by the Board on the basis of the actuarial
assumptions adopted by the Board and the recommendations of the
actuary, and shall be expressed as a percentage of salary for
each such employee. The Board shall certify the rate to the
affected municipalities as soon as may be practical. The
employer contributions required under this subsection shall be
remitted by the municipality to the System at the same time and
in the same manner as employee contributions.
(c) Through State fiscal year 1995: The total employer
contribution shall be apportioned among the various funds of
the State and other employers, whether trust, federal, or other
funds, in accordance with actuarial procedures approved by the
Board. State of Illinois contributions for employers receiving
State appropriations for personal services shall be payable
from appropriations made to the employers or to the System. The
contributions for Class I community colleges covering earnings
other than those paid from trust and federal funds, shall be
payable solely from appropriations to the Illinois Community
College Board or the System for employer contributions.
(d) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, the required State
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the System and shall be payable through vouchers issued in
accordance with subsection (c) of Section 15-165, except as
provided in subsection (g).
(e) The State Comptroller shall draw warrants payable to
the System upon proper certification by the System or by the
employer in accordance with the appropriation laws and this
Code.
(f) Normal costs under this Section means liability for
pensions and other benefits which accrues to the System because
of the credits earned for service rendered by the participants
during the fiscal year and expenses of administering the
System, but shall not include the principal of or any
redemption premium or interest on any bonds issued by the Board
or any expenses incurred or deposits required in connection
therewith.
(g) If the amount of a participant's earnings for any
academic year used to determine the final rate of earnings,
determined on a full-time equivalent basis, exceeds the amount
of his or her earnings with the same employer for the previous
academic year, determined on a full-time equivalent basis, by
more than 6%, the participant's employer shall pay to the
System, in addition to all other payments required under this
Section and in accordance with guidelines established by the
System, the present value of the increase in benefits resulting
from the portion of the increase in earnings that is in excess
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the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the
most recent actuarial valuation of the System that is available
at the time of the computation. The System may require the
employer to provide any pertinent information or
documentation.
Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
under this subsection (g), the System shall calculate the
amount of the payment and bill the employer for that amount.
The bill shall specify the calculations used to determine the
amount due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it
may, within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the
System in writing for a recalculation. The application must
specify in detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the
employer asserts that the calculation is subject to subsection
(h) or (i) of this Section, must include an affidavit setting
forth and attesting to all facts within the employer's
knowledge that are pertinent to the applicability of subsection
(h) or (i). Upon receiving a timely application for
recalculation, the System shall review the application and, if
appropriate, recalculate the amount due.
The employer contributions required under this subsection
(f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
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the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the
bill.
(h) This subsection (h) applies only to payments made or
salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July
1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not
require the System to refund any payments received before July
31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057).
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to
participants under contracts or collective bargaining
agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before June 1,
2005.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to a
participant at a time when the participant is 10 or more years
from retirement eligibility under Section 15-135.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases resulting from
overload work, including a contract for summer teaching, or
overtime when the employer has certified to the System, and the
System has approved the certification, that: (i) in the case of
overloads (A) the overload work is for the sole purpose of
academic instruction in excess of the standard number of
instruction hours for a full-time employee occurring during the
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increases are equal to or less than the rate of pay for
academic instruction computed using the participant's current
salary rate and work schedule; and (ii) in the case of
overtime, the overtime was necessary for the educational
mission.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude any earnings increase resulting
from (i) a promotion for which the employee moves from one
classification to a higher classification under the State
Universities Civil Service System, (ii) a promotion in academic
rank for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position, or (iii) a
promotion that the Illinois Community College Board has
recommended in accordance with subsection (k) of this Section.
These earnings increases shall be excluded only if the
promotion is to a position that has existed and been filled by
a member for no less than one complete academic year and the
earnings increase as a result of the promotion is an increase
that results in an amount no greater than the average salary
paid for other similar positions.
(i) When assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (g), the System shall exclude any salary increase
described in subsection (h) of this Section given on or after
July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or
collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or
renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011.
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payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014
shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (g) of this Section.
(j) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of
the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by
January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information:
(1) The number of recalculations required by the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each
employer.
(2) The dollar amount by which each employer's
contribution to the System was changed due to
recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057.
(3) The total amount the System received from each
employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by
Public Act 94-4.
(4) The increase in the required State contribution
resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public
Act 94-1057.
(k) The Illinois Community College Board shall adopt rules
for recommending lists of promotional positions submitted to
the Board by community colleges and for reviewing the
promotional lists on an annual basis. When recommending
promotional lists, the Board shall consider the similarity of
the positions submitted to those positions recognized for State
universities by the State Universities Civil Service System.
The Illinois Community College Board shall file a copy of its

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findings with the System. The System shall consider the
findings of the Illinois Community College Board when making
determinations under this Section. The System shall not exclude
any earnings increases resulting from a promotion when the
promotion was not submitted by a community college. Nothing in
this subsection (k) shall require any community college to
submit any information to the Community College Board.
(l) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(m) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-950, eff. 8-29-08;
96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff.
1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; revised 4-6-11.)

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(40 ILCS 5/16-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-158)
Sec. 16-158. Contributions by State and other employing
units.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
means of appropriations from the Common School Fund and other
State funds of amounts which, together with other employer
contributions, employee contributions, investment income, and
other income, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
maintaining and administering the System on a 90% funded basis
in accordance with actuarial recommendations.
The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial
tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the
recommendations of the actuary, using the formula in subsection
(b-3).
(a-1) Annually, on or before November 15, the Board shall
certify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution for the coming fiscal year. The certification
shall include a copy of the actuarial recommendations upon
which it is based.
On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2005, taking
into account the amounts appropriated to and received by the
System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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On or before July 1, 2005 April 1, 2011, the Board shall
recalculate and recertify to the Governor the amount of the
required State contribution to the System for State fiscal year
2006, taking into account the changes in required State
contributions made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly.
On or before April 1, 2011 June 15, 2010, the Board shall
recalculate and recertify to the Governor the amount of the
required State contribution to the System for State fiscal year
2011, applying the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the
System's assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though
Public Act 96-889 was approved on that date.
(b) Through State fiscal year 1995, the State contributions
shall be paid to the System in accordance with Section 18-7 of
the School Code.
(b-1) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on the 15th day
of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the
Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions
to the System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the
required annual State contribution certified under subsection
(a-1). From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly through June 30, 2004, the Board shall
not submit vouchers for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 in
excess of the fiscal year 2004 certified contribution amount
determined under this Section after taking into consideration
the transfer to the System under subsection (a) of Section

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6z-61 of the State Finance Act. These vouchers shall be paid by
the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the
funds appropriated to the System for that fiscal year.
If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all
other appropriations to the System for the applicable fiscal
year (including the appropriations to the System under Section
8.12 of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the State
Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the
amount lawfully vouchered under this subsection, the
difference shall be paid from the Common School Fund under the
continuing appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of
the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
(b-2) Allocations from the Common School Fund apportioned
to school districts not coming under this System shall not be
diminished or affected by the provisions of this Article.
(b-3) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
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contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section; except that in the
following specified State fiscal years, the State contribution
to the System shall not be less than the following indicated
percentages of the applicable employee payroll, even if the
indicated percentage will produce a State contribution in
excess of the amount otherwise required under this subsection
and subsection (a), and notwithstanding any contrary
certification made under subsection (a-1) before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1998: 10.02% in FY 1999; 10.77%
in FY 2000; 11.47% in FY 2001; 12.16% in FY 2002; 12.86% in FY
2003; and 13.56% in FY 2004.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$534,627,700.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$738,014,500.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$2,089,268,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds
sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the Common School Fund
in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds
due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this Section and shall be made
from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to
Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from
the Common School Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any
reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
bonds, if applicable. This amount shall include, in addition to
the amount certified by the System, an amount necessary to meet
employer contributions required by the State as an employer
under paragraph (e) of this Section, which may also be used by
the System for contributions required by paragraph (a) of
Section 16-127.
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contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 35 of
the Pension Stabilization Act, Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act (now repealed), or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
System under Section 35 of the Pension Stabilization Act or
Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
under this Section and certified under subsection (a-1), shall
not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required
State contribution that would have been calculated under this
Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's

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total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2
(including any bonds issued to refund those bonds), as
determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same
as the System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(c) Payment of the required State contributions and of all
pensions, retirement annuities, death benefits, refunds, and
other benefits granted under or assumed by this System, and all
expenses in connection with the administration and operation
thereof, are obligations of the State.
If members are paid from special trust or federal funds
which are administered by the employing unit, whether school
district or other unit, the employing unit shall pay to the
System from such funds the full accruing retirement costs based
upon that service, as determined by the System. Employer

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contributions, based on salary paid to members from federal
funds, may be forwarded by the distributing agency of the State
of Illinois to the System prior to allocation, in an amount
determined in accordance with guidelines established by such
agency and the System.
(d) Effective July 1, 1986, any employer of a teacher as
defined in paragraph (8) of Section 16-106 shall pay the
employer's normal cost of benefits based upon the teacher's
service, in addition to employee contributions, as determined
by the System. Such employer contributions shall be forwarded
monthly in accordance with guidelines established by the
System.
However, with respect to benefits granted under Section
16-133.4 or 16-133.5 to a teacher as defined in paragraph (8)
of Section 16-106, the employer's contribution shall be 12%
(rather than 20%) of the member's highest annual salary rate
for each year of creditable service granted, and the employer
shall also pay the required employee contribution on behalf of
the teacher. For the purposes of Sections 16-133.4 and
16-133.5, a teacher as defined in paragraph (8) of Section
16-106 who is serving in that capacity while on leave of
absence from another employer under this Article shall not be
considered an employee of the employer from which the teacher
is on leave.
(e) Beginning July 1, 1998, every employer of a teacher
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follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, the
employer contribution shall be equal to 0.3% of each
teacher's salary.
(2) Beginning July 1, 1999 and thereafter, the employer
contribution shall be equal to 0.58% of each teacher's
salary.
The school district or other employing unit may pay these
employer contributions out of any source of funding available
for that purpose and shall forward the contributions to the
System on the schedule established for the payment of member
contributions.
These employer contributions are intended to offset a
portion of the cost to the System of the increases in
retirement benefits resulting from this amendatory Act of 1998.
Each employer of teachers is entitled to a credit against
the contributions required under this subsection (e) with
respect to salaries paid to teachers for the period January 1,
2002 through June 30, 2003, equal to the amount paid by that
employer under subsection (a-5) of Section 6.6 of the State
Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 with respect to salaries
paid to teachers for that period.
The additional 1% employee contribution required under
Section 16-152 by this amendatory Act of 1998 is the
responsibility of the teacher and not the teacher's employer,
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otherwise, to make the contribution on behalf of the teacher.
If an employer is required by a contract in effect on May
1, 1998 between the employer and an employee organization to
pay, on behalf of all its full-time employees covered by this
Article, all mandatory employee contributions required under
this Article, then the employer shall be excused from paying
the employer contribution required under this subsection (e)
for the balance of the term of that contract. The employer and
the employee organization shall jointly certify to the System
the existence of the contractual requirement, in such form as
the System may prescribe. This exclusion shall cease upon the
termination, extension, or renewal of the contract at any time
after May 1, 1998.
(f) If the amount of a teacher's salary for any school year
used to determine final average salary exceeds the member's
annual full-time salary rate with the same employer for the
previous school year by more than 6%, the teacher's employer
shall pay to the System, in addition to all other payments
required under this Section and in accordance with guidelines
established by the System, the present value of the increase in
benefits resulting from the portion of the increase in salary
that is in excess of 6%. This present value shall be computed
by the System on the basis of the actuarial assumptions and
tables used in the most recent actuarial valuation of the
System that is available at the time of the computation. If a
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determine final average salary under this subsection (f), then
the changes made to this subsection (f) by Public Act 94-1057
shall apply in calculating whether the increase in his or her
salary is in excess of 6%. For the purposes of this Section,
change in employment under Section 10-21.12 of the School Code
on or after June 1, 2005 shall constitute a change in employer.
The System may require the employer to provide any pertinent
information or documentation. The changes made to this
subsection (f) by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly apply without regard to whether the teacher was in
service on or after its effective date.
Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
under this subsection, the System shall calculate the amount of
the payment and bill the employer for that amount. The bill
shall specify the calculations used to determine the amount
due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it may,
within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the System
in writing for a recalculation. The application must specify in
detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the employer asserts
that the calculation is subject to subsection (g) or (h) of
this Section, must include an affidavit setting forth and
attesting to all facts within the employer's knowledge that are
pertinent to the applicability of that subsection. Upon
receiving a timely application for recalculation, the System
shall review the application and, if appropriate, recalculate
the amount due.

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The employer contributions required under this subsection
(f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from
the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the
bill.
(g) This subsection (g) applies only to payments made or
salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July
1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not
require the System to refund any payments received before July
31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057).
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to teachers
under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered
into, amended, or renewed before June 1, 2005.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to a
teacher at a time when the teacher is 10 or more years from
retirement eligibility under Section 16-132 or 16-133.2.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases resulting from
overload work, including summer school, when the school
district has certified to the System, and the System has

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approved the certification, that (i) the overload work is for
the sole purpose of classroom instruction in excess of the
standard number of classes for a full-time teacher in a school
district during a school year and (ii) the salary increases are
equal to or less than the rate of pay for classroom instruction
computed on the teacher's current salary and work schedule.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude a salary increase resulting from
a promotion (i) for which the employee is required to hold a
certificate or supervisory endorsement issued by the State
Teacher Certification Board that is a different certification
or supervisory endorsement than is required for the teacher's
previous position and (ii) to a position that has existed and
been filled by a member for no less than one complete academic
year and the salary increase from the promotion is an increase
that results in an amount no greater than the lesser of the
average salary paid for other similar positions in the district
requiring the same certification or the amount stipulated in
the collective bargaining agreement for a similar position
requiring the same certification.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude any payment to the teacher from
the State of Illinois or the State Board of Education over
which the employer does not have discretion, notwithstanding
that the payment is included in the computation of final
average salary.

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(h) When assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (f), the System shall exclude any salary increase
described in subsection (g) of this Section given on or after
July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or
collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or
renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any
payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014
shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (f) of this Section.
(i) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of
the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by
January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information:
(1) The number of recalculations required by the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each
employer.
(2) The dollar amount by which each employer's
contribution to the System was changed due to
recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057.
(3) The total amount the System received from each
employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by
Public Act 94-4.
(4) The increase in the required State contribution
resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public
Act 94-1057.
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contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(k) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-950, eff. 8-29-08;
96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff.
1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; revised 4-6-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/18-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-131)
Sec. 18-131. Financing; employer contributions.
(a) The State of Illinois shall make contributions to this
System by appropriations of the amounts which, together with
the contributions of participants, net earnings on
investments, and other income, will meet the costs of
maintaining and administering this System on a 90% funded basis
in accordance with actuarial recommendations.

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(b) The Board shall determine the amount of State
contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and
the prescribed rate of interest, using the formula in
subsection (c).
(c) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$29,189,400.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$35,236,800.

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For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$78,832,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold
in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue
Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to Section 18-140 and shall be made from the proceeds
of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of
bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of total
bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in
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applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 35 of
the Pension Stabilization Act, Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act (now repealed), or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
System under Section 35 of the Pension Stabilization Act or
Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
under this Section and certified under Section 18-140, shall
not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required
State contribution that would have been calculated under this
Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any

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payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2
(including any bonds issued to refund those bonds), as
determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same
as the System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(d) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
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gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(e) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 95-950, eff. 8-29-08; 96-43, eff. 7-15-09;
96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff.
3-18-11; revised 4-6-11.)
Section 160. The State Pension Funds Continuing
Appropriation Act is amended by changing Section 1.7 as
follows:
(40 ILCS 15/1.7)
Sec. 1.7. Appropriations from the Pension Stabilization
Fund.
(a) All of the moneys deposited from time to time into the
Pension Stabilization Fund are hereby appropriated, on a
continuing basis, to the State Comptroller for the purpose of
making distributions to the designated retirement systems as
provided in Section 35 of the Pension 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act.
(b) The appropriations made under this Section are in
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appropriation under any other Section of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
Section 165. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
amended by changing Section 28.1 as follows:
(230 ILCS 5/28.1)
Sec. 28.1. Payments.
(a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, moneys collected by the
Department of Revenue and the Racing Board pursuant to Section
26 or Section 27 of this Act shall be deposited into the Horse
Racing Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
State Treasury.
(b) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the Board to pay the
salaries of the Board members, secretary, stewards, directors
of mutuels, veterinarians, representatives, accountants,
clerks, stenographers, inspectors and other employees of the
Board, and all expenses of the Board incident to the
administration of this Act, including, but not limited to, all
expenses and salaries incident to the taking of saliva and
urine samples in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Board.
Transfers may be made from the Horse Racing Fund to the
Pension Stabilization Fund as provided for in the Pension
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(c) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Board shall transfer
the remainder of the funds generated pursuant to Sections 26
and 27 from the Horse Racing Fund into the General Revenue
Fund.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2000, payments to all programs in
existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999
that are identified in Sections 26(c), 26(f), 26(h)(11)(C), and
28, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of
Section 30, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
and (h) of Section 31 shall be made from the General Revenue
Fund at the funding levels determined by amounts paid under
this Act in calendar year 1998. Beginning on the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, payments
to the Peoria Park District shall be made from the General
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by amounts paid to
that park district for museum purposes under this Act in
calendar year 1994.
If an inter-track wagering location licensee's facility
changes its location, then the payments associated with that
facility under this subsection (d) for museum purposes shall be
paid to the park district in the area where the facility
relocates, and the payments shall be used for museum purposes.
If the facility does not relocate to a park district, then the
payments shall be paid to the taxing district that is
responsible for park or museum expenditures.
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subsection (d) to museums and aquariums located in park
districts of over 500,000 population shall be paid to museums,
aquariums, and zoos in amounts determined by Museums in the
Park, an association of museums, aquariums, and zoos located on
Chicago Park District property.
(f) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Children's Discovery Museum
in Normal, Illinois shall receive payments from the General
Revenue Fund at the funding level determined by the amounts
paid to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois under this
Section in calendar year 2006.
(Source: P.A. 95-222, eff. 8-16-07; 96-562, eff. 8-18-09.)
Section 170. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
changing Section 13 as follows:
(230 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 2413)
Sec. 13. Wagering tax; rate; distribution.
(a) Until January 1, 1998, a tax is imposed on the adjusted
gross receipts received from gambling games authorized under
this Act at the rate of 20%.
(a-1) From January 1, 1998 until July 1, 2002, a privilege
tax is imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting
riverboat gambling operations, based on the adjusted gross
receipts received by a licensed owner from gambling games
authorized under this Act at the following rates:
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including $25,000,000;
20% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
25% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
30% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
35% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$100,000,000.
(a-2) From July 1, 2002 until July 1, 2003, a privilege tax
is imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting
riverboat gambling operations, other than licensed managers
conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the
State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a
licensed owner from gambling games authorized under this Act at
the following rates:
15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and
including $25,000,000;
22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
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45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$150,000,000 but not exceeding $200,000,000;
50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$200,000,000.
(a-3) Beginning July 1, 2003, a privilege tax is imposed on
persons engaged in the business of conducting riverboat
gambling operations, other than licensed managers conducting
riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the State, based on
the adjusted gross receipts received by a licensed owner from
gambling games authorized under this Act at the following
rates:
15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and
including $25,000,000;
27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$25,000,000 but not exceeding $37,500,000;
32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$37,500,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$100,000,000 but not exceeding $250,000,000;
70% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$250,000,000.
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under this subsection (a-3) that are in addition to the amount
of wagering taxes that would have been collected if the
wagering tax rates under subsection (a-2) were in effect shall
be paid into the Common School Fund.
The privilege tax imposed under this subsection (a-3) shall
no longer be imposed beginning on the earlier of (i) July 1,
2005; (ii) the first date after June 20, 2003 that riverboat
gambling operations are conducted pursuant to a dormant
license; or (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling
operations are conducted under the authority of an owners
license that is in addition to the 10 owners licenses initially
authorized under this Act. For the purposes of this subsection
(a-3), the term "dormant license" means an owners license that
is authorized by this Act under which no riverboat gambling
operations are being conducted on June 20, 2003.
(a-4) Beginning on the first day on which the tax imposed
under subsection (a-3) is no longer imposed, a privilege tax is
imposed on persons engaged in the business of conducting
riverboat gambling operations, other than licensed managers
conducting riverboat gambling operations on behalf of the
State, based on the adjusted gross receipts received by a
licensed owner from gambling games authorized under this Act at
the following rates:
15% of annual adjusted gross receipts up to and
including $25,000,000;
22.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of

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$25,000,000 but not exceeding $50,000,000;
27.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$50,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000;
32.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$75,000,000 but not exceeding $100,000,000;
37.5% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$100,000,000 but not exceeding $150,000,000;
45% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$150,000,000 but not exceeding $200,000,000;
50% of annual adjusted gross receipts in excess of
$200,000,000.
(a-8) Riverboat gambling operations conducted by a
licensed manager on behalf of the State are not subject to the
tax imposed under this Section.
(a-10) The taxes imposed by this Section shall be paid by
the licensed owner to the Board not later than 5:00 o'clock
p.m. of the day after the day when the wagers were made.
(a-15) If the privilege tax imposed under subsection (a-3)
is no longer imposed pursuant to item (i) of the last paragraph
of subsection (a-3), then by June 15 of each year, each owners
licensee, other than an owners licensee that admitted 1,000,000
persons or fewer in calendar year 2004, must, in addition to
the payment of all amounts otherwise due under this Section,
pay to the Board a reconciliation payment in the amount, if
any, by which the licensed owner's base amount exceeds the
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Board in the then current State fiscal year. A licensed owner's
net privilege tax obligation due for the balance of the State
fiscal year shall be reduced up to the total of the amount paid
by the licensed owner in its June 15 reconciliation payment.
The obligation imposed by this subsection (a-15) is binding on
any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that acquires an
ownership interest in any such owners license. The obligation
imposed under this subsection (a-15) terminates on the earliest
of: (i) July 1, 2007, (ii) the first day after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly that
riverboat gambling operations are conducted pursuant to a
dormant license, (iii) the first day that riverboat gambling
operations are conducted under the authority of an owners
license that is in addition to the 10 owners licenses initially
authorized under this Act, or (iv) the first day that a
licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 conducts
gaming operations with slot machines or other electronic gaming
devices. The Board must reduce the obligation imposed under
this subsection (a-15) by an amount the Board deems reasonable
for any of the following reasons: (A) an act or acts of God,
(B) an act of bioterrorism or terrorism or a bioterrorism or
terrorism threat that was investigated by a law enforcement
agency, or (C) a condition beyond the control of the owners
licensee that does not result from any act or omission by the
owners licensee or any of its agents and that poses a hazardous
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licensee pays an amount in excess of its liability under this
Section, the Board shall apply the overpayment to future
payments required under this Section.
For purposes of this subsection (a-15):
"Act of God" means an incident caused by the operation of
an extraordinary force that cannot be foreseen, that cannot be
avoided by the exercise of due care, and for which no person
can be held liable.
"Base amount" means the following:
For a riverboat in Alton, $31,000,000.
For a riverboat in East Peoria, $43,000,000.
For the Empress riverboat in Joliet, $86,000,000.
For a riverboat in Metropolis, $45,000,000.
For the Harrah's riverboat in Joliet, $114,000,000.
For a riverboat in Aurora, $86,000,000.
For a riverboat in East St. Louis, $48,500,000.
For a riverboat in Elgin, $198,000,000.
"Dormant license" has the meaning ascribed to it in
subsection (a-3).
"Net privilege tax" means all privilege taxes paid by a
licensed owner to the Board under this Section, less all
payments made from the State Gaming Fund pursuant to subsection
(b) of this Section.
The changes made to this subsection (a-15) by Public Act
94-839 are intended to restate and clarify the intent of Public
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to be made under this subsection by an owners licensee to the
Board.
(b) Until January 1, 1998, 25% of the tax revenue deposited
in the State Gaming Fund under this Section shall be paid,
subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the unit
of local government which is designated as the home dock of the
riverboat. Beginning January 1, 1998, from the tax revenue
deposited in the State Gaming Fund under this Section, an
amount equal to 5% of adjusted gross receipts generated by a
riverboat shall be paid monthly, subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly, to the unit of local government that is
designated as the home dock of the riverboat. From the tax
revenue deposited in the State Gaming Fund pursuant to
riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed manager
on behalf of the State, an amount equal to 5% of adjusted gross
receipts generated pursuant to those riverboat gambling
operations shall be paid monthly, subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly, to the unit of local government that is
designated as the home dock of the riverboat upon which those
riverboat gambling operations are conducted.
(c) Appropriations, as approved by the General Assembly,
may be made from the State Gaming Fund to the Board (i) for the
administration and enforcement of this Act and the Video Gaming
Act, (ii) for distribution to the Department of State Police
and to the Department of Revenue for the enforcement of this
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administration of programs to treat problem gambling.
Transfers shall be made from the State Gaming Fund to the
Pension Stabilization Fund as provided for in the Pension
Stabilization Act.
(c-5) Before May 26, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act
94-804) and beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 95th General Assembly, unless any organization
licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 begins to
operate a slot machine or video game of chance under the
Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 or this Act, after the
payments required under subsections (b) and (c) have been made,
an amount equal to 15% of the adjusted gross receipts of (1) an
owners licensee that relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an
owners licensee conducting riverboat gambling operations
pursuant to an owners license that is initially issued after
June 25, 1999, or (3) the first riverboat gambling operations
conducted by a licensed manager on behalf of the State under
Section 7.3, whichever comes first, shall be paid from the
State Gaming Fund into the Horse Racing Equity Fund.
(c-10) Each year the General Assembly shall appropriate
from the General Revenue Fund to the Education Assistance Fund
an amount equal to the amount paid into the Horse Racing Equity
Fund pursuant to subsection (c-5) in the prior calendar year.
(c-15) After the payments required under subsections (b),
(c), and (c-5) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of the
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relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an owners licensee
conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to an owners
license that is initially issued after June 25, 1999, or (3)
the first riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed
manager on behalf of the State under Section 7.3, whichever
comes first, shall be paid, subject to appropriation from the
General Assembly, from the State Gaming Fund to each home rule
county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants for the
purpose of enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
(c-20) Each year the General Assembly shall appropriate
from the General Revenue Fund to the Education Assistance Fund
an amount equal to the amount paid to each home rule county
with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants pursuant to
subsection (c-15) in the prior calendar year.
(c-25) After the payments required under subsections (b),
(c), (c-5) and (c-15) have been made, an amount equal to 2% of
the adjusted gross receipts of (1) an owners licensee that
relocates pursuant to Section 11.2, (2) an owners licensee
conducting riverboat gambling operations pursuant to an owners
license that is initially issued after June 25, 1999, or (3)
the first riverboat gambling operations conducted by a licensed
manager on behalf of the State under Section 7.3, whichever
comes first, shall be paid from the State Gaming Fund to
Chicago State University.
(d) From time to time, the Board shall transfer the
remainder of the funds generated by this Act into the Education

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Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State of
Illinois.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the unit of local
government designated as the home dock of the riverboat from
entering into agreements with other units of local government
in this State or in other states to share its portion of the
tax revenue.
(f) To the extent practicable, the Board shall administer
and collect the wagering taxes imposed by this Section in a
manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b,
5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 8, 9, and 10 of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
Penalty and Interest Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-1008, eff. 12-15-08;
96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1392, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 175. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
Section 60 as follows:
(230 ILCS 40/60)
Sec. 60. Imposition and distribution of tax.
(a) A tax of 30% is imposed on net terminal income and
shall be collected by the Board.
(b) Of the tax collected under this Section, five-sixths
shall be deposited into the Capital Projects Fund and one-sixth
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Distributive Fund. The money so deposited is subject to the
transfers provided for in the Pension Stabilization Act.
(c) Revenues generated from the play of video gaming
terminals shall be deposited by the terminal operator, who is
responsible for tax payments, in a specially created, separate
bank account maintained by the video gaming terminal operator
to allow for electronic fund transfers of moneys for tax
payment.
(d) Each licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, and licensed
veterans establishment shall maintain an adequate video gaming
fund, with the amount to be determined by the Board.
(e) The State's percentage of net terminal income shall be
reported and remitted to the Board within 15 days after the
15th day of each month and within 15 days after the end of each
month by the video terminal operator. A video terminal operator
who falsely reports or fails to report the amount due required
by this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony and is subject to
termination of his or her license by the Board. Each video
terminal operator shall keep a record of net terminal income in
such form as the Board may require. All payments not remitted
when due shall be paid together with a penalty assessment on
the unpaid balance at a rate of 1.5% per month.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes

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changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance