HB3900 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3900

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 5/232 new

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, there shall be allowed as an income tax credit for the taxable year with respect to each child of the taxpayer who is under the age of 17 and for whom the taxpayer is allowed an additional exemption under specified provisions an amount equal to $100. Provides that the amount of the credit shall be reduced by $5 for each $2,000 by which the taxpayer's net income exceeds $60,000 in the case of a joint return or exceeds $40,000 in the case of any other form of return. Provides that a credit shall not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 232 as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/232 new)

Sec. 232. Child tax credit.

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by Section 201 for the taxable year with respect to each child of the taxpayer who is under the age of 17 and for whom the taxpayer is allowed an additional exemption under Section 204 an amount equal to $100.

(b) The amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a) shall be reduced by $5 for each $2,000 by which the taxpayer's net income exceeds $60,000 in the case of a joint return or exceeds $40,000 in the case of any other form of return.

(c) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.

(d) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.