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91_HB4759 LRB9114389EGfg 1 AN ACT in relation to taxes. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing 5 Section 3-10 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 105/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-10) 7 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 8 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 9 6.25% of either the selling price or the fair market value, 10 if any, of the tangible personal property. In all cases 11 where property functionally used or consumed is the same as 12 the property that was purchased at retail, then the tax is 13 imposed on the selling price of the property. In all cases 14 where property functionally used or consumed is a by-product 15 or waste product that has been refined, manufactured, or 16 produced from property purchased at retail, then the tax is 17 imposed on the lower of the fair market value, if any, of the 18 specific property so used in this State or on the selling 19 price of the property purchased at retail. For purposes of 20 this Section "fair market value" means the price at which 21 property would change hands between a willing buyer and a 22 willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or 23 sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant 24 facts. The fair market value shall be established by 25 Illinois sales by the taxpayer of the same property as that 26 functionally used or consumed, or if there are no such sales 27 by the taxpayer, then comparable sales or purchases of 28 property of like kind and character in Illinois. 29 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 30 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 31 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 -2- LRB9114389EGfg 1 of thisthe Use TaxAct, the tax is imposed at the rate of 2 1.25%. 3 Beginning on July 1, 2001, with respect to motor fuel, as 4 defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, other than 5 gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of this Act, the tax 6 imposed by this Act shall be calculated on an amount equal to 7 the selling price less all federal, State, and local taxes 8 otherwise included in the selling price. With respect to 9 gasohol, the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the 10 proceeds of sales made on or after January 1, 1990, and 11 before July 1, 2001; to 70% of an amount equal to the selling 12 price less all federal, State, and local taxes otherwise 13 included in the selling price, with respect to the proceeds 14 of sales made on or after July 1, 2001 and before July 1, 15 2003;,and to 100% of an amount equal to the selling price 16 less all federal, State, and local taxes otherwise included 17 in the selling price, with respect to the proceeds of sales 18 made thereafter. For the purposes of this paragraph, the 19 term "all federal, State, and local taxes" includes, without 20 limitation, taxes imposed under Sections 2 and 2A of the 21 Motor Fuel Tax Law, fees imposed under Section 310 of the 22 Environmental Impact Fee Law, taxes imposed under Section 23 4081(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and taxes imposed by 24 units of local government. 25 With respect to food for human consumption that is to be 26 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 27 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been 28 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 29 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, 30 modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering 31 it usable by a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing 32 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human 33 use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes 34 of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, -3- LRB9114389EGfg 1 finished, ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether 2 carbonated or not, including but not limited to soda water, 3 cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all 4 other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever 5 kind or description that are contained in any closed or 6 sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size. 7 "Soft drinks" does not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated 8 water, infant formula, milk or milk products as defined in 9 the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks 10 containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 11 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 12 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 13 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 14 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 15 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 16 location of the vending machine. 17 If the property that is purchased at retail from a 18 retailer is acquired outside Illinois and used outside 19 Illinois before being brought to Illinois for use here and is 20 taxable under this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax 21 is computed shall be reduced by an amount that represents a 22 reasonable allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 23 out-of-state use. 24 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 25 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 26 Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by 27 changing Section 3-10 as follows: 28 (35 ILCS 110/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-10) 29 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 30 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 31 6.25% of the selling price of tangible personal property 32 transferred as an incident to the sale of service, but, for -4- LRB9114389EGfg 1 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 2 selling price be less than the cost price of the property to 3 the serviceman. 4 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 5 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 6 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 7 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 8 Beginning on July 1, 2001, with respect to motor fuel, as 9 defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, other than 10 gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of the Use Tax Act, the 11 tax imposed by this Act shall be calculated on an amount 12 equal to the selling price less all federal, State, and local 13 taxes otherwise included in the selling price. With respect 14 to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, the tax imposed by 15 this Act applies to 70% of the selling price of property 16 transferred as an incident to the sale of service on or after 17 January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2001; to 70% of an amount 18 equal to the selling price less all federal, State, and local 19 taxes otherwise included in the selling price, with respect 20 to gasohol transferred as an incident to the sale of service 21 on or after July 1, 2001 and before July 1, 2003;,and to 22 100% of an amount equal to the selling price less all 23 federal, State, and local taxes otherwise included in the 24 selling price, with respect to gasohol transferred as an 25 incident to the sale of service on or after July 1, 2003 26thereafter. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 27 "all federal, State, and local taxes" includes, without 28 limitation, taxes imposed under Sections 2 and 2A of the 29 Motor Fuel Tax Law, fees imposed under Section 310 of the 30 Environmental Impact Fee Law, taxes imposed under Section 31 4081(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and taxes imposed by 32 units of local government. 33 At the election of any registered serviceman made for 34 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate -5- LRB9114389EGfg 1 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 2 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 3 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs 4 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 5 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 6 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 7 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 8 transferred as an incident to the sale of those services. 9 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 10 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 11 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 12 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 13 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 14 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 15 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 16 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 17 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 18 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 19 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 20 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the 21 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and 22 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 23 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 24 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 25 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 26 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 27 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 28 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 29 that are contained in any closed or sealed bottle, can, 30 carton, or container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does 31 not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant 32 formula, milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A 33 Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 34 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. -6- LRB9114389EGfg 1 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 2 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 3 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 4 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 5 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 6 location of the vending machine. 7 If the property that is acquired from a serviceman is 8 acquired outside Illinois and used outside Illinois before 9 being brought to Illinois for use here and is taxable under 10 this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax is computed 11 shall be reduced by an amount that represents a reasonable 12 allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 13 out-of-state use. 14 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 15 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 16 7-1-00.) 17 Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by 18 changing Section 3-10 as follows: 19 (35 ILCS 115/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-10) 20 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 21 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 22 6.25% of the "selling price", as defined in Section 2 of the 23 Service Use Tax Act, of the tangible personal property. For 24 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 25 "selling price" be less than the cost price to the serviceman 26 of the tangible personal property transferred. The selling 27 price of each item of tangible personal property transferred 28 as an incident of a sale of service may be shown as a 29 distinct and separate item on the serviceman's billing to the 30 service customer. If the selling price is not so shown, the 31 selling price of the tangible personal property is deemed to 32 be 50% of the serviceman's entire billing to the service -7- LRB9114389EGfg 1 customer. When, however, a serviceman contracts to design, 2 develop, and produce special order machinery or equipment, 3 the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 4 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 5 transferred incident to the completion of the contract. 6 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 7 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 8 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 9 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 10 Beginning on July 1, 2001, with respect to motor fuel, as 11 defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, other than 12 gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of the Use Tax Act, the 13 tax imposed by this Act shall be calculated on an amount 14 equal to the selling price less all federal, State, and local 15 taxes otherwise included in the selling price. With respect 16 to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, the tax imposed by 17 this Act shall apply to 70% of the cost price of property 18 transferred as an incident to the sale of service on or after 19 January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2001; to 70% of an amount 20 equal to the cost price less all federal, State, and local 21 taxes otherwise included in the cost price, with respect to 22 gasohol transferred as an incident to the sale of service on 23 or after July 1, 2001 and before July 1, 2003;,and to 100% 24 of an amount equal to the cost price less all federal, State, 25 and local taxes otherwise included in the cost price, with 26 respect to gasohol transferred as an incident to the sale of 27 service on or after July 1, 2003thereafter. For the 28 purposes of this paragraph, the term "all federal, State, and 29 local taxes" includes, without limitation, taxes imposed 30 under Sections 2 and 2A of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, fees 31 imposed under Section 310 of the Environmental Impact Fee 32 Law, taxes imposed under Section 4081(a) of the Internal 33 Revenue Code, and taxes imposed by units of local government. 34 At the election of any registered serviceman made for -8- LRB9114389EGfg 1 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate 2 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 3 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 4 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs 5 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 6 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 7 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 8 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 9 transferred incident to the sale of those services. 10 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 11 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 12 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 13 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 14 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 15 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 16 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 17 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 18 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 19 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 20 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 21 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the 22 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and 23 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 24 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 25 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 26 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 27 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 28 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 29 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 30 that are contained in any closed or sealed can, carton, or 31 container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does not 32 include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant formula, 33 milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A Pasteurized 34 Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 50% or more -9- LRB9114389EGfg 1 natural fruit or vegetable juice. 2 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 3 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 4 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 5 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 6 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 7 location of the vending machine. 8 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 9 91-51, 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 10 Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 11 by changing Section 2-10 as follows: 12 (35 ILCS 120/2-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-10) 13 Sec. 2-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 14 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 15 6.25% of gross receipts from sales of tangible personal 16 property made in the course of business. 17 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 18 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 19 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 20 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 21 Within 14 days after the effective date of this 22 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each retailer of 23 motor fuel and gasohol shall cause the following notice to be 24 posted in a prominently visible place on each retail 25 dispensing device that is used to dispense motor fuel or 26 gasohol in the State of Illinois: "As of July 1, 2000, the 27 State of Illinois has eliminated the State's share of sales 28 tax on motor fuel and gasohol through December 31, 2000. The 29 price on this pump should reflect the elimination of the 30 tax." The notice shall be printed in bold print on a sign 31 that is no smaller than 4 inches by 8 inches. The sign shall 32 be clearly visible to customers. Any retailer who fails to -10- LRB9114389EGfg 1 post or maintain a required sign through December 31, 2000 is 2 guilty of a petty offense for which the fine shall be $500 3 per day per each retail premises where a violation occurs. 4 Beginning on July 1, 2001, with respect to motor fuel, as 5 defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, other than 6 gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of the Use Tax Act, the 7 tax imposed by this Act shall be calculated on an amount 8 equal to the selling price less all federal, State, and local 9 taxes otherwise included in the selling price. With respect 10 to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, the tax imposed by 11 this Act applies to 70% of the proceeds of sales made on or 12 after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2001; to 70% of an 13 amount equal to the selling price less all federal, State, 14 and local taxes otherwise included in the selling price, with 15 respect to the proceeds of sales made on or after July 1, 16 2001 and before July 1, 2003;,and to 100% of an amount equal 17 to the selling price less all federal, State, and local taxes 18 otherwise included in the selling price, with respect to the 19 proceeds of sales made thereafter. For the purposes of this 20 paragraph, the term "all federal, State, and local taxes" 21 includes, without limitation, taxes imposed under Sections 2 22 and 2A of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, fees imposed under Section 23 310 of the Environmental Impact Fee Law, taxes imposed under 24 Section 4081(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and taxes 25 imposed by units of local government. 26 With respect to food for human consumption that is to be 27 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 28 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been 29 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 30 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, 31 modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering 32 it usable by a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing 33 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human 34 use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes -11- LRB9114389EGfg 1 of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, 2 finished, ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether 3 carbonated or not, including but not limited to soda water, 4 cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all 5 other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever 6 kind or description that are contained in any closed or 7 sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size. 8 "Soft drinks" does not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated 9 water, infant formula, milk or milk products as defined in 10 the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks 11 containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 12 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 13 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 14 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 15 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 16 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 17 location of the vending machine. 18 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 19 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 21 1, 2001.