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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4346 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax credit for individual taxpayers who were members
in good standing of a volunteer fire department for at least 6 months during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit is $1,000. Provides that the credit may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Exempts the credit from the Act's sunset requirements.
Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 232 as
follows:
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| 6 | | (35 ILCS 5/232 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 232. Tax credit for volunteer firefighters. |
| 8 | | (a) For taxable years
ending on or after December 31, |
| 9 | | 2022, each taxpayer who was a member in good
standing of a |
| 10 | | volunteer fire department for at least 6 months during the |
| 11 | | taxable year is
entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by |
| 12 | | subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 in the amount of $1,000. |
| 13 | | (b) The credit under this Section may not be carried |
| 14 | | forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to |
| 15 | | less than zero. |
| 16 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "volunteer |
| 17 | | firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary |
| 18 | | compensation for his or her services to a fire department or |
| 19 | | fire protection district. Monetary compensation does not |
| 20 | | include a monetary incentive awarded to a firefighter by the |
| 21 | | board of trustees of a fire protection district under Section |
| 22 | | 6 of the Fire Protection Act. |
| 23 | | (d) This Section is exempt from the provisions
of Section |