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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1998
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the earned income tax credit.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1998 |
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LRB096 11392 HLH 21856 b |
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 212 as follows: |
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| (35 ILCS 5/212)
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| Sec. 212. Earned income tax credit.
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| (a) With respect to the
the federal earned income tax |
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| credit allowed for the
taxable year under Section 32 of the |
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| federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.
32, each individual |
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| taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by
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| subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to
5% |
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| of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or |
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| after
January 1,
2000.
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| For a non-resident or part-year resident, the amount of the |
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| credit under this
Section shall be in proportion to the amount |
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| of income attributable to this
State.
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| (b) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2003, in |
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| no event
shall a credit under this Section reduce the |
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| taxpayer's
liability to less than zero. For each taxable year |
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| beginning on or after
January 1, 2003, if the amount of the |
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| credit exceeds the income tax liability
for the applicable tax |
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| year, then the excess credit shall be refunded to the
taxpayer. |