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91_HB1855 LRB9103425PTpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income Tax Act by adding 2 Section 211. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 6 adding Section 211 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 5/211 new) 8 Sec. 211. Tax credit for on-site employee day care. For 9 taxable year 1999 and thereafter, each taxpayer who employs 10 at least 5 persons is entitled to a credit against the tax 11 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an 12 amount equal to 10% of the amount expended by the employer to 13 provide day care for the children of employees on the 14 premises of the employees' workplace. The tax credit may not 15 reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the 16 amount of the tax credit exceeds the tax liability for the 17 year, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the 18 tax liability of the 2 taxable years following the excess 19 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest 20 year for which there is a tax liability. If there are 21 credits from more than one tax year that are available to 22 offset a liability, then the earlier credit shall be applied 23 first. This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section 24 250. 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.