093_HB3393 LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 AN ACT regarding taxation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 5 Sections 6z-18 and 6z-20 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/6z-18) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-18) 7 Sec. 6z-18. A portion of the money paid into the Local 8 Government Tax Fund from sales of food for human consumption 9 which is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold 10 (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food which 11 has been prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription 12 and nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and 13 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used 14 by diabetics, which occurred in municipalities, shall be 15 distributed to each municipality based upon the sales which 16 occurred in that municipality. The remainder shall be 17 distributed to each county based upon the sales which 18 occurred in the unincorporated area of that county. 19 A portion of the money paid into the Local Government Tax 20 Fund from the 6.25% general use tax rate on the selling price 21 of tangible personal property which is purchased outside 22 Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or 23 registered by any agency of this State's government shall be 24 distributed to municipalities as provided in this paragraph. 25 Each municipality shall receive the amount attributable to 26 sales for which Illinois addresses for titling or 27 registration purposes are given as being in such 28 municipality. The remainder of the money paid into the Local 29 Government Tax Fund from such sales shall be distributed to 30 counties. Each county shall receive the amount attributable 31 to sales for which Illinois addresses for titling or -2- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 registration purposes are given as being located in the 2 unincorporated area of such county. 3 A portion of the money paid into the Local Government Tax 4 Fund from the 6.25% general rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000 5 and through December 31, 2000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel 6 and gasohol and, beginning July 1, 2003, the 1.25% rate on 7 textbooks required for use at State universities and public 8 community colleges or at institutions of higher learning as 9 defined in the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for 10 Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Learning) on sales subject 11 to taxation under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the 12 Service Occupation Tax Act, which occurred in municipalities, 13 shall be distributed to each municipality, based upon the 14 sales which occurred in that municipality. The remainder 15 shall be distributed to each county, based upon the sales 16 which occurred in the unincorporated area of such county. 17 For the purpose of determining allocation to the local 18 government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other 19 mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the place 20 where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is 21 extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to 22 coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the 23 seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that 24 the sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a 25 sale in interstate or foreign commerce. 26 Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money 27 paid into the Local Government Tax Fund should be made to a 28 claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the 29 Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall 30 cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to 31 the person named, in such notification from the Department. 32 Such refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the 33 Local Government Tax Fund. 34 On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the -3- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the 2 disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities 3 and counties, the municipalities and counties to be those 4 entitled to distribution of taxes or penalties paid to the 5 Department during the second preceding calendar month. The 6 amount to be paid to each municipality or county shall be the 7 amount (not including credit memoranda) collected during the 8 second preceding calendar month by the Department and paid 9 into the Local Government Tax Fund, plus an amount the 10 Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts 11 which were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and 12 not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made 13 during the second preceding calendar month by the Department, 14 and not including any amount which the Department determines 15 is necessary to offset any amounts which are payable to a 16 different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the 17 municipality or county. Within 10 days after receipt, by the 18 Comptroller, of the disbursement certification to the 19 municipalities and counties, provided for in this Section to 20 be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the 21 Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the 22 respective amounts in accordance with the directions 23 contained in such certification. 24 When certifying the amount of monthly disbursement to a 25 municipality or county under this Section, the Department 26 shall increase or decrease that amount by an amount necessary 27 to offset any misallocation of previous disbursements. The 28 offset amount shall be the amount erroneously disbursed 29 within the 6 months preceding the time a misallocation is 30 discovered. 31 The provisions directing the distributions from the 32 special fund in the State Treasury provided for in this 33 Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing 34 appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State -4- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make 2 distributions as provided in this Section. 3 In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation, 4 preannexation or other lawful agreement in effect prior to 5 September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from 6 a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or 7 service occupation tax which now cannot be imposed, such 8 description or reference shall be deemed to include the 9 replacement revenue for such abolished taxes, distributed 10 from the Local Government Tax Fund. 11 (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 12 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 13 (30 ILCS 105/6z-20) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-20) 14 Sec. 6z-20. Of the money received from the 6.25% general 15 rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 16 2000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel and gasohol and, beginning 17 July 1, 2003, the 1.25% rate on textbooks required for use at 18 State universities and public community colleges or at 19 institutions of higher learning as defined in the Illinois 20 Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher 21 Learning) on sales subject to taxation under the Retailers' 22 Occupation Tax Act and Service Occupation Tax Act and paid 23 into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, distribution 24 to the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund, created 25 pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation 26 Authority Act, for deposit therein shall be made based upon 27 the retail sales occurring in a county having more than 28 3,000,000 inhabitants. The remainder shall be distributed to 29 each county having 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants based upon 30 the retail sales occurring in each such county. 31 For the purpose of determining allocation to the local 32 government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other 33 mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the place -5- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is 2 extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to 3 coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the 4 seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that 5 the sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a 6 sale in interstate or foreign commerce. 7 Of the money received from the 6.25% general use tax rate 8 on tangible personal property which is purchased outside 9 Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or 10 registered by any agency of this State's government and paid 11 into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, the amount 12 for which Illinois addresses for titling or registration 13 purposes are given as being in each county having more than 14 3,000,000 inhabitants shall be distributed into the Regional 15 Transportation Authority tax fund, created pursuant to 16 Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. 17 The remainder of the money paid from such sales shall be 18 distributed to each county based on sales for which Illinois 19 addresses for titling or registration purposes are given as 20 being located in the county. Any money paid into the 21 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax 22 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District 23 Fund prior to January 14, 1991, which has not been paid to 24 the Authority prior to that date, shall be transferred to the 25 Regional Transportation Authority tax fund. 26 Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money 27 paid into the County and Mass Transit District Fund should be 28 made to a claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, 29 the Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall 30 cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to 31 the person named, in such notification from the Department. 32 Such refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the 33 County and Mass Transit District Fund. 34 On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the -6- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the 2 disbursement of stated sums of money to the Regional 3 Transportation Authority and to named counties, the counties 4 to be those entitled to distribution, as hereinabove 5 provided, of taxes or penalties paid to the Department during 6 the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid 7 to the Regional Transportation Authority and each county 8 having 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants shall be the amount 9 (not including credit memoranda) collected during the second 10 preceding calendar month by the Department and paid into the 11 County and Mass Transit District Fund, plus an amount the 12 Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts 13 which were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and 14 not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made 15 during the second preceding calendar month by the Department, 16 and not including any amount which the Department determines 17 is necessary to offset any amounts which were payable to a 18 different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the 19 Regional Transportation Authority or county. Within 10 days 20 after receipt, by the Comptroller, of the disbursement 21 certification to the Regional Transportation Authority and 22 counties, provided for in this Section to be given to the 23 Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall cause 24 the orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in 25 accordance with the directions contained in such 26 certification. 27 When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to 28 the Regional Transportation Authority or to a county under 29 this Section, the Department shall increase or decrease that 30 amount by an amount necessary to offset any misallocation of 31 previous disbursements. The offset amount shall be the 32 amount erroneously disbursed within the 6 months preceding 33 the time a misallocation is discovered. 34 The provisions directing the distributions from the -7- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 special fund in the State Treasury provided for in this 2 Section and from the Regional Transportation Authority tax 3 fund created by Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation 4 Authority Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing 5 appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State 6 Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make 7 distributions as provided in this Section. 8 In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation, 9 preannexation or other lawful agreement in effect prior to 10 September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from 11 a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or 12 service occupation tax which now cannot be imposed, such 13 description or reference shall be deemed to include the 14 replacement revenue for such abolished taxes, distributed 15 from the County and Mass Transit District Fund or Local 16 Government Distributive Fund, as the case may be. 17 (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 18 Section 10. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing 19 Sections 3-10 and 9 as follows: 20 (35 ILCS 105/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-10) 21 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 22 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 23 6.25% of either the selling price or the fair market value, 24 if any, of the tangible personal property. In all cases 25 where property functionally used or consumed is the same as 26 the property that was purchased at retail, then the tax is 27 imposed on the selling price of the property. In all cases 28 where property functionally used or consumed is a by-product 29 or waste product that has been refined, manufactured, or 30 produced from property purchased at retail, then the tax is 31 imposed on the lower of the fair market value, if any, of the 32 specific property so used in this State or on the selling -8- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 price of the property purchased at retail. For purposes of 2 this Section "fair market value" means the price at which 3 property would change hands between a willing buyer and a 4 willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or 5 sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant 6 facts. The fair market value shall be established by Illinois 7 sales by the taxpayer of the same property as that 8 functionally used or consumed, or if there are no such sales 9 by the taxpayer, then comparable sales or purchases of 10 property of like kind and character in Illinois. 11 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 12 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 13 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 14 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 15 With respect to gasohol, the tax imposed by this Act 16 applies to 70% of the proceeds of sales made on or after 17 January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, and to 100% of the 18 proceeds of sales made thereafter. 19 Beginning July 1, 2003, with respect to textbooks 20 required for use at State universities and public community 21 colleges or at institutions of higher learning as defined in 22 the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic 23 Institutions of Higher Learning, the tax is imposed at the 24 rate of 1.25%. The Department may adopt rules necessary to 25 implement and administer the 1.25% rate on textbooks. 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 -9- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 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 If the property that is purchased at retail from a 19 retailer is acquired outside Illinois and used outside 20 Illinois before being brought to Illinois for use here and is 21 taxable under this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax 22 is computed shall be reduced by an amount that represents a 23 reasonable allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 24 out-of-state use. 25 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 26 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 27 (35 ILCS 105/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.9) 28 Sec. 9. Except as to motor vehicles, watercraft, 29 aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered 30 with an agency of this State, each retailer required or 31 authorized to collect the tax imposed by this Act shall pay 32 to the Department the amount of such tax (except as otherwise 33 provided) at the time when he is required to file his return -10- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 for the period during which such tax was collected, less a 2 discount of 2.1% prior to January 1, 1990, and 1.75% on and 3 after January 1, 1990, or $5 per calendar year, whichever is 4 greater, which is allowed to reimburse the retailer for 5 expenses incurred in collecting the tax, keeping records, 6 preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax and supplying 7 data to the Department on request. In the case of retailers 8 who report and pay the tax on a transaction by transaction 9 basis, as provided in this Section, such discount shall be 10 taken with each such tax remittance instead of when such 11 retailer files his periodic return. A retailer need not 12 remit that part of any tax collected by him to the extent 13 that he is required to remit and does remit the tax imposed 14 by the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, with respect to the 15 sale of the same property. 16 Where such tangible personal property is sold under a 17 conditional sales contract, or under any other form of sale 18 wherein the payment of the principal sum, or a part thereof, 19 is extended beyond the close of the period for which the 20 return is filed, the retailer, in collecting the tax (except 21 as to motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that 22 are required to be registered with an agency of this State), 23 may collect for each tax return period, only the tax 24 applicable to that part of the selling price actually 25 received during such tax return period. 26 Except as provided in this Section, on or before the 27 twentieth day of each calendar month, such retailer shall 28 file a return for the preceding calendar month. Such return 29 shall be filed on forms prescribed by the Department and 30 shall furnish such information as the Department may 31 reasonably require. 32 The Department may require returns to be filed on a 33 quarterly basis. If so required, a return for each calendar 34 quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the -11- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 calendar month following the end of such calendar quarter. 2 The taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for 3 each of the first two months of each calendar quarter, on or 4 before the twentieth day of the following calendar month, 5 stating: 6 1. The name of the seller; 7 2. The address of the principal place of business 8 from which he engages in the business of selling tangible 9 personal property at retail in this State; 10 3. The total amount of taxable receipts received by 11 him during the preceding calendar month from sales of 12 tangible personal property by him during such preceding 13 calendar month, including receipts from charge and time 14 sales, but less all deductions allowed by law; 15 4. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of 16 this Act; 17 5. The amount of tax due; 18 5-5. The signature of the taxpayer; and 19 6. Such other reasonable information as the 20 Department may require. 21 If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after 22 the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department, 23 the return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to 24 be due on the return shall be deemed assessed. 25 Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an average 26 monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more shall make all 27 payments required by rules of the Department by electronic 28 funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who has 29 an average monthly tax liability of $100,000 or more shall 30 make all payments required by rules of the Department by 31 electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1995, a 32 taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of $50,000 33 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 34 Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, -12- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of $200,000 2 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 3 Department by electronic funds transfer. The term "annual 4 tax liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's liabilities 5 under this Act, and under all other State and local 6 occupation and use tax laws administered by the Department, 7 for the immediately preceding calendar year. The term 8 "average monthly tax liability" means the sum of the 9 taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, and under all other 10 State and local occupation and use tax laws administered by 11 the Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year 12 divided by 12. Beginning on October 1, 2002, a taxpayer who 13 has a tax liability in the amount set forth in subsection (b) 14 of Section 2505-210 of the Department of Revenue Law shall 15 make all payments required by rules of the Department by 16 electronic funds transfer. 17 Before August 1 of each year beginning in 1993, the 18 Department shall notify all taxpayers required to make 19 payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers required 20 to make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make 21 those payments for a minimum of one year beginning on October 22 1. 23 Any taxpayer not required to make payments by electronic 24 funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer 25 with the permission of the Department. 26 All taxpayers required to make payment by electronic 27 funds transfer and any taxpayers authorized to voluntarily 28 make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those 29 payments in the manner authorized by the Department. 30 The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to 31 effectuate a program of electronic funds transfer and the 32 requirements of this Section. 33 Before October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly 34 tax liability to the Department under this Act, the -13- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax 2 Act, the Service Use Tax Act was $10,000 or more during the 3 preceding 4 complete calendar quarters, he shall file a 4 return with the Department each month by the 20th day of the 5 month next following the month during which such tax 6 liability is incurred and shall make payments to the 7 Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last day of 8 the month during which such liability is incurred. On and 9 after October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly tax 10 liability to the Department under this Act, the Retailers' 11 Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the 12 Service Use Tax Act was $20,000 or more during the preceding 13 4 complete calendar quarters, he shall file a return with the 14 Department each month by the 20th day of the month next 15 following the month during which such tax liability is 16 incurred and shall make payment to the Department on or 17 before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last day of the month during 18 which such liability is incurred. If the month during which 19 such tax liability is incurred began prior to January 1, 20 1985, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 1/4 of the 21 taxpayer's actual liability for the month or an amount set by 22 the Department not to exceed 1/4 of the average monthly 23 liability of the taxpayer to the Department for the preceding 24 4 complete calendar quarters (excluding the month of highest 25 liability and the month of lowest liability in such 4 quarter 26 period). If the month during which such tax liability is 27 incurred begins on or after January 1, 1985, and prior to 28 January 1, 1987, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 29 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 30 27.5% of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month 31 of the preceding year. If the month during which such tax 32 liability is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1987, and 33 prior to January 1, 1988, each payment shall be in an amount 34 equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the -14- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 month or 26.25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same 2 calendar month of the preceding year. If the month during 3 which such tax liability is incurred begins on or after 4 January 1, 1988, and prior to January 1, 1989, or begins on 5 or after January 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an amount 6 equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the 7 month or 25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same 8 calendar month of the preceding year. If the month during 9 which such tax liability is incurred begins on or after 10 January 1, 1989, and prior to January 1, 1996, each payment 11 shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual 12 liability for the month or 25% of the taxpayer's liability 13 for the same calendar month of the preceding year or 100% of 14 the taxpayer's actual liability for the quarter monthly 15 reporting period. The amount of such quarter monthly 16 payments shall be credited against the final tax liability of 17 the taxpayer's return for that month. Before October 1, 18 2000, once applicable, the requirement of the making of 19 quarter monthly payments to the Department shall continue 20 until such taxpayer's average monthly liability to the 21 Department during the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters 22 (excluding the month of highest liability and the month of 23 lowest liability) is less than $9,000, or until such 24 taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department as 25 computed for each calendar quarter of the 4 preceding 26 complete calendar quarter period is less than $10,000. 27 However, if a taxpayer can show the Department that a 28 substantial change in the taxpayer's business has occurred 29 which causes the taxpayer to anticipate that his average 30 monthly tax liability for the reasonably foreseeable future 31 will fall below the $10,000 threshold stated above, then such 32 taxpayer may petition the Department for change in such 33 taxpayer's reporting status. On and after October 1, 2000, 34 once applicable, the requirement of the making of quarter -15- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 monthly payments to the Department shall continue until such 2 taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department during 3 the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters (excluding the 4 month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability) 5 is less than $19,000 or until such taxpayer's average monthly 6 liability to the Department as computed for each calendar 7 quarter of the 4 preceding complete calendar quarter period 8 is less than $20,000. However, if a taxpayer can show the 9 Department that a substantial change in the taxpayer's 10 business has occurred which causes the taxpayer to anticipate 11 that his average monthly tax liability for the reasonably 12 foreseeable future will fall below the $20,000 threshold 13 stated above, then such taxpayer may petition the Department 14 for a change in such taxpayer's reporting status. The 15 Department shall change such taxpayer's reporting status 16 unless it finds that such change is seasonal in nature and 17 not likely to be long term. If any such quarter monthly 18 payment is not paid at the time or in the amount required by 19 this Section, then the taxpayer shall be liable for penalties 20 and interest on the difference between the minimum amount due 21 and the amount of such quarter monthly payment actually and 22 timely paid, except insofar as the taxpayer has previously 23 made payments for that month to the Department in excess of 24 the minimum payments previously due as provided in this 25 Section. The Department shall make reasonable rules and 26 regulations to govern the quarter monthly payment amount and 27 quarter monthly payment dates for taxpayers who file on other 28 than a calendar monthly basis. 29 If any such payment provided for in this Section exceeds 30 the taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, the Retailers' 31 Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act and the 32 Service Use Tax Act, as shown by an original monthly return, 33 the Department shall issue to the taxpayer a credit 34 memorandum no later than 30 days after the date of payment, -16- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 which memorandum may be submitted by the taxpayer to the 2 Department in payment of tax liability subsequently to be 3 remitted by the taxpayer to the Department or be assigned by 4 the taxpayer to a similar taxpayer under this Act, the 5 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act 6 or the Service Use Tax Act, in accordance with reasonable 7 rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Department, 8 except that if such excess payment is shown on an original 9 monthly return and is made after December 31, 1986, no credit 10 memorandum shall be issued, unless requested by the taxpayer. 11 If no such request is made, the taxpayer may credit such 12 excess payment against tax liability subsequently to be 13 remitted by the taxpayer to the Department under this Act, 14 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax 15 Act or the Service Use Tax Act, in accordance with reasonable 16 rules and regulations prescribed by the Department. If the 17 Department subsequently determines that all or any part of 18 the credit taken was not actually due to the taxpayer, the 19 taxpayer's 2.1% or 1.75% vendor's discount shall be reduced 20 by 2.1% or 1.75% of the difference between the credit taken 21 and that actually due, and the taxpayer shall be liable for 22 penalties and interest on such difference. 23 If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly 24 return and if the retailer's average monthly tax liability to 25 the Department does not exceed $200, the Department may 26 authorize his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis, 27 with the return for January, February, and March of a given 28 year being due by April 20 of such year; with the return for 29 April, May and June of a given year being due by July 20 of 30 such year; with the return for July, August and September of 31 a given year being due by October 20 of such year, and with 32 the return for October, November and December of a given year 33 being due by January 20 of the following year. 34 If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly -17- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 or quarterly return and if the retailer's average monthly tax 2 liability to the Department does not exceed $50, the 3 Department may authorize his returns to be filed on an annual 4 basis, with the return for a given year being due by January 5 20 of the following year. 6 Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and 7 substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as 8 monthly returns. 9 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act 10 concerning the time within which a retailer may file his 11 return, in the case of any retailer who ceases to engage in a 12 kind of business which makes him responsible for filing 13 returns under this Act, such retailer shall file a final 14 return under this Act with the Department not more than one 15 month after discontinuing such business. 16 In addition, with respect to motor vehicles, watercraft, 17 aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered 18 with an agency of this State, every retailer selling this 19 kind of tangible personal property shall file, with the 20 Department, upon a form to be prescribed and supplied by the 21 Department, a separate return for each such item of tangible 22 personal property which the retailer sells, except that if, 23 in the same transaction, (i) a retailer of aircraft, 24 watercraft, motor vehicles or trailers transfers more than 25 one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle or trailer to another 26 aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle or trailer retailer for 27 the purpose of resale or (ii) a retailer of aircraft, 28 watercraft, motor vehicles, or trailers transfers more than 29 one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle, or trailer to a 30 purchaser for use as a qualifying rolling stock as provided 31 in Section 3-55 of this Act, then that seller may report the 32 transfer of all the aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicles or 33 trailers involved in that transaction to the Department on 34 the same uniform invoice-transaction reporting return form. -18- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 For purposes of this Section, "watercraft" means a Class 2, 2 Class 3, or Class 4 watercraft as defined in Section 3-2 of 3 the Boat Registration and Safety Act, a personal watercraft, 4 or any boat equipped with an inboard motor. 5 The transaction reporting return in the case of motor 6 vehicles or trailers that are required to be registered with 7 an agency of this State, shall be the same document as the 8 Uniform Invoice referred to in Section 5-402 of the Illinois 9 Vehicle Code and must show the name and address of the 10 seller; the name and address of the purchaser; the amount of 11 the selling price including the amount allowed by the 12 retailer for traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed 13 by the retailer for the traded-in tangible personal property, 14 if any, to the extent to which Section 2 of this Act allows 15 an exemption for the value of traded-in property; the balance 16 payable after deducting such trade-in allowance from the 17 total selling price; the amount of tax due from the retailer 18 with respect to such transaction; the amount of tax collected 19 from the purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or 20 satisfactory evidence that such tax is not due in that 21 particular instance, if that is claimed to be the fact); the 22 place and date of the sale; a sufficient identification of 23 the property sold; such other information as is required in 24 Section 5-402 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and such other 25 information as the Department may reasonably require. 26 The transaction reporting return in the case of 27 watercraft and aircraft must show the name and address of the 28 seller; the name and address of the purchaser; the amount of 29 the selling price including the amount allowed by the 30 retailer for traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed 31 by the retailer for the traded-in tangible personal property, 32 if any, to the extent to which Section 2 of this Act allows 33 an exemption for the value of traded-in property; the balance 34 payable after deducting such trade-in allowance from the -19- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 total selling price; the amount of tax due from the retailer 2 with respect to such transaction; the amount of tax collected 3 from the purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or 4 satisfactory evidence that such tax is not due in that 5 particular instance, if that is claimed to be the fact); the 6 place and date of the sale, a sufficient identification of 7 the property sold, and such other information as the 8 Department may reasonably require. 9 Such transaction reporting return shall be filed not 10 later than 20 days after the date of delivery of the item 11 that is being sold, but may be filed by the retailer at any 12 time sooner than that if he chooses to do so. The 13 transaction reporting return and tax remittance or proof of 14 exemption from the tax that is imposed by this Act may be 15 transmitted to the Department by way of the State agency with 16 which, or State officer with whom, the tangible personal 17 property must be titled or registered (if titling or 18 registration is required) if the Department and such agency 19 or State officer determine that this procedure will expedite 20 the processing of applications for title or registration. 21 With each such transaction reporting return, the retailer 22 shall remit the proper amount of tax due (or shall submit 23 satisfactory evidence that the sale is not taxable if that is 24 the case), to the Department or its agents, whereupon the 25 Department shall issue, in the purchaser's name, a tax 26 receipt (or a certificate of exemption if the Department is 27 satisfied that the particular sale is tax exempt) which such 28 purchaser may submit to the agency with which, or State 29 officer with whom, he must title or register the tangible 30 personal property that is involved (if titling or 31 registration is required) in support of such purchaser's 32 application for an Illinois certificate or other evidence of 33 title or registration to such tangible personal property. 34 No retailer's failure or refusal to remit tax under this -20- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Act precludes a user, who has paid the proper tax to the 2 retailer, from obtaining his certificate of title or other 3 evidence of title or registration (if titling or registration 4 is required) upon satisfying the Department that such user 5 has paid the proper tax (if tax is due) to the retailer. The 6 Department shall adopt appropriate rules to carry out the 7 mandate of this paragraph. 8 If the user who would otherwise pay tax to the retailer 9 wants the transaction reporting return filed and the payment 10 of tax or proof of exemption made to the Department before 11 the retailer is willing to take these actions and such user 12 has not paid the tax to the retailer, such user may certify 13 to the fact of such delay by the retailer, and may (upon the 14 Department being satisfied of the truth of such 15 certification) transmit the information required by the 16 transaction reporting return and the remittance for tax or 17 proof of exemption directly to the Department and obtain his 18 tax receipt or exemption determination, in which event the 19 transaction reporting return and tax remittance (if a tax 20 payment was required) shall be credited by the Department to 21 the proper retailer's account with the Department, but 22 without the 2.1% or 1.75% discount provided for in this 23 Section being allowed. When the user pays the tax directly 24 to the Department, he shall pay the tax in the same amount 25 and in the same form in which it would be remitted if the tax 26 had been remitted to the Department by the retailer. 27 Where a retailer collects the tax with respect to the 28 selling price of tangible personal property which he sells 29 and the purchaser thereafter returns such tangible personal 30 property and the retailer refunds the selling price thereof 31 to the purchaser, such retailer shall also refund, to the 32 purchaser, the tax so collected from the purchaser. When 33 filing his return for the period in which he refunds such tax 34 to the purchaser, the retailer may deduct the amount of the -21- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 tax so refunded by him to the purchaser from any other use 2 tax which such retailer may be required to pay or remit to 3 the Department, as shown by such return, if the amount of the 4 tax to be deducted was previously remitted to the Department 5 by such retailer. If the retailer has not previously 6 remitted the amount of such tax to the Department, he is 7 entitled to no deduction under this Act upon refunding such 8 tax to the purchaser. 9 Any retailer filing a return under this Section shall 10 also include (for the purpose of paying tax thereon) the 11 total tax covered by such return upon the selling price of 12 tangible personal property purchased by him at retail from a 13 retailer, but as to which the tax imposed by this Act was not 14 collected from the retailer filing such return, and such 15 retailer shall remit the amount of such tax to the Department 16 when filing such return. 17 If experience indicates such action to be practicable, 18 the Department may prescribe and furnish a combination or 19 joint return which will enable retailers, who are required to 20 file returns hereunder and also under the Retailers' 21 Occupation Tax Act, to furnish all the return information 22 required by both Acts on the one form. 23 Where the retailer has more than one business registered 24 with the Department under separate registration under this 25 Act, such retailer may not file each return that is due as a 26 single return covering all such registered businesses, but 27 shall file separate returns for each such registered 28 business. 29 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 30 shall pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, a 31 special fund in the State Treasury which is hereby created, 32 the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1% 33 tax on sales of food for human consumption which is to be 34 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than -22- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food which has been 2 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 3 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and 4 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used 5 by diabetics. 6 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 7 shall pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 4% 8 of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 9 6.25% general rate on the selling price of tangible personal 10 property which is purchased outside Illinois at retail from a 11 retailer and which is titled or registered by an agency of 12 this State's government. 13 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 14 shall pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, a 15 special fund in the State Treasury, 20% of the net revenue 16 realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% general rate 17 on the selling price of tangible personal property, other 18 than tangible personal property which is purchased outside 19 Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or 20 registered by an agency of this State's government. 21 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 22 pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 100% of 23 the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 24 1.25% rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 25 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 26 pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 100% of 27 the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 28 1.25% rate on the selling price of textbooks required for use 29 at State universities and public community colleges or at 30 institutions of higher learning as defined in the Illinois 31 Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher 32 Learning. 33 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 34 shall pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 16% of the net -23- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 revenue realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% 2 general rate on the selling price of tangible personal 3 property which is purchased outside Illinois at retail from a 4 retailer and which is titled or registered by an agency of 5 this State's government. 6 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 7 pursuant to this Act, (a) 1.75% thereof shall be paid into 8 the Build Illinois Fund and (b) prior to July 1, 1989, 2.2% 9 and on and after July 1, 1989, 3.8% thereof shall be paid 10 into the Build Illinois Fund; provided, however, that if in 11 any fiscal year the sum of (1) the aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, 12 as the case may be, of the moneys received by the Department 13 and required to be paid into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant 14 to Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9 15 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, and 16 Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, such Acts being 17 hereinafter called the "Tax Acts" and such aggregate of 2.2% 18 or 3.8%, as the case may be, of moneys being hereinafter 19 called the "Tax Act Amount", and (2) the amount transferred 20 to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax 21 Reform Fund shall be less than the Annual Specified Amount 22 (as defined in Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax 23 Act), an amount equal to the difference shall be immediately 24 paid into the Build Illinois Fund from other moneys received 25 by the Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; and further 26 provided, that if on the last business day of any month the 27 sum of (1) the Tax Act Amount required to be deposited into 28 the Build Illinois Bond Account in the Build Illinois Fund 29 during such month and (2) the amount transferred during such 30 month to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local 31 Sales Tax Reform Fund shall have been less than 1/12 of the 32 Annual Specified Amount, an amount equal to the difference 33 shall be immediately paid into the Build Illinois Fund from 34 other moneys received by the Department pursuant to the Tax -24- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Acts; and, further provided, that in no event shall the 2 payments required under the preceding proviso result in 3 aggregate payments into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant to 4 this clause (b) for any fiscal year in excess of the greater 5 of (i) the Tax Act Amount or (ii) the Annual Specified Amount 6 for such fiscal year; and, further provided, that the amounts 7 payable into the Build Illinois Fund under this clause (b) 8 shall be payable only until such time as the aggregate amount 9 on deposit under each trust indenture securing Bonds issued 10 and outstanding pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act is 11 sufficient, taking into account any future investment income, 12 to fully provide, in accordance with such indenture, for the 13 defeasance of or the payment of the principal of, premium, if 14 any, and interest on the Bonds secured by such indenture and 15 on any Bonds expected to be issued thereafter and all fees 16 and costs payable with respect thereto, all as certified by 17 the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. If on the last 18 business day of any month in which Bonds are outstanding 19 pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act, the aggregate of the 20 moneys deposited in the Build Illinois Bond Account in the 21 Build Illinois Fund in such month shall be less than the 22 amount required to be transferred in such month from the 23 Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond 24 Retirement and Interest Fund pursuant to Section 13 of the 25 Build Illinois Bond Act, an amount equal to such deficiency 26 shall be immediately paid from other moneys received by the 27 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts to the Build Illinois 28 Fund; provided, however, that any amounts paid to the Build 29 Illinois Fund in any fiscal year pursuant to this sentence 30 shall be deemed to constitute payments pursuant to clause (b) 31 of the preceding sentence and shall reduce the amount 32 otherwise payable for such fiscal year pursuant to clause (b) 33 of the preceding sentence. The moneys received by the 34 Department pursuant to this Act and required to be deposited -25- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 into the Build Illinois Fund are subject to the pledge, claim 2 and charge set forth in Section 12 of the Build Illinois Bond 3 Act. 4 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 5 Fund as provided in the preceding paragraph or in any 6 amendment thereto hereafter enacted, the following specified 7 monthly installment of the amount requested in the 8 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 9 Exposition Authority provided under Section 8.25f of the 10 State Finance Act, but not in excess of the sums designated 11 as "Total Deposit", shall be deposited in the aggregate from 12 collections under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of 13 the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation 14 Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act 15 into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund in the 16 specified fiscal years. 17 Fiscal Year Total Deposit 18 1993 $0 19 1994 53,000,000 20 1995 58,000,000 21 1996 61,000,000 22 1997 64,000,000 23 1998 68,000,000 24 1999 71,000,000 25 2000 75,000,000 26 2001 80,000,000 27 2002 93,000,000 28 2003 99,000,000 29 2004 103,000,000 30 2005 108,000,000 31 2006 113,000,000 32 2007 119,000,000 33 2008 126,000,000 34 2009 132,000,000 -26- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 2010 139,000,000 2 2011 146,000,000 3 2012 153,000,000 4 2013 161,000,000 5 2014 170,000,000 6 2015 179,000,000 7 2016 189,000,000 8 2017 199,000,000 9 2018 210,000,000 10 2019 221,000,000 11 2020 233,000,000 12 2021 246,000,000 13 2022 260,000,000 14 2023 and 275,000,000 15 each fiscal year 16 thereafter that bonds 17 are outstanding under 18 Section 13.2 of the 19 Metropolitan Pier and 20 Exposition Authority 21 Act, but not after fiscal year 2042. 22 Beginning July 20, 1993 and in each month of each fiscal 23 year thereafter, one-eighth of the amount requested in the 24 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 25 Exposition Authority for that fiscal year, less the amount 26 deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund by 27 the State Treasurer in the respective month under subsection 28 (g) of Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition 29 Authority Act, plus cumulative deficiencies in the deposits 30 required under this Section for previous months and years, 31 shall be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project 32 Fund, until the full amount requested for the fiscal year, 33 but not in excess of the amount specified above as "Total 34 Deposit", has been deposited. -27- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 2 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 3 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 4 hereafter enacted, beginning July 1, 1993, the Department 5 shall each month pay into the Illinois Tax Increment Fund 6 0.27% of 80% of the net revenue realized for the preceding 7 month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 8 tangible personal property. 9 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 10 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 11 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 12 hereafter enacted, beginning with the receipt of the first 13 report of taxes paid by an eligible business and continuing 14 for a 25-year period, the Department shall each month pay 15 into the Energy Infrastructure Fund 80% of the net revenue 16 realized from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 17 Illinois-mined coal that was sold to an eligible business. 18 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "eligible business" 19 means a new electric generating facility certified pursuant 20 to Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and 21 Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 22 Illinois. 23 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 24 pursuant to this Act, 75% thereof shall be paid into the 25 State Treasury and 25% shall be reserved in a special account 26 and used only for the transfer to the Common School Fund as 27 part of the monthly transfer from the General Revenue Fund in 28 accordance with Section 8a of the State Finance Act. 29 As soon as possible after the first day of each month, 30 upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the 31 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall 32 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax 33 Fund an amount equal to 1.7% of 80% of the net revenue 34 realized under this Act for the second preceding month. -28- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Beginning April 1, 2000, this transfer is no longer required 2 and shall not be made. 3 Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue 4 collected by the State pursuant to this Act, less the amount 5 paid out during that month as refunds to taxpayers for 6 overpayment of liability. 7 For greater simplicity of administration, manufacturers, 8 importers and wholesalers whose products are sold at retail 9 in Illinois by numerous retailers, and who wish to do so, may 10 assume the responsibility for accounting and paying to the 11 Department all tax accruing under this Act with respect to 12 such sales, if the retailers who are affected do not make 13 written objection to the Department to this arrangement. 14 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 15 91-101, eff. 7-12-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 16 7-1-00; 91-901, eff. 1-1-01; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01; 92-16, eff. 17 6-28-01; 92-208, eff. 8-2-01; 92-492, eff. 1-1-02; 92-600, 18 eff. 6-28-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.) 19 Section 15. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by 20 changing Sections 3-10 and 9 as follows: 21 (35 ILCS 110/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-10) 22 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 23 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 24 6.25% of the selling price of tangible personal property 25 transferred as an incident to the sale of service, but, for 26 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 27 selling price be less than the cost price of the property to 28 the serviceman. 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 32 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. -29- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 2 the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the selling 3 price of property transferred as an incident to the sale of 4 service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, 5 and to 100% of the selling price thereafter. 6 Beginning July 1, 2003, with respect to textbooks 7 required for use at State universities and public community 8 colleges or at institutions of higher learning as defined in 9 the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic 10 Institutions of Higher Learning, the tax is imposed at the 11 rate of 1.25%. The Department may adopt rules necessary to 12 implement and administer the 1.25% rate on textbooks. 13 At the election of any registered serviceman made for 14 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate 15 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 16 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 17 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs 18 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 19 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 20 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 21 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 22 transferred as an incident to the sale of those services. 23 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 24 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 25 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 26 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 27 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 28 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 29 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 30 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 31 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 32 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 33 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 34 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the -30- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and 2 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 3 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 4 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 5 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 6 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 7 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 8 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 9 that are contained in any closed or sealed bottle, can, 10 carton, or container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does 11 not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant 12 formula, milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A 13 Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 14 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 15 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 16 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 17 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 18 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 19 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 20 location of the vending machine. 21 If the property that is acquired from a serviceman is 22 acquired outside Illinois and used outside Illinois before 23 being brought to Illinois for use here and is taxable under 24 this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax is computed 25 shall be reduced by an amount that represents a reasonable 26 allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 27 out-of-state use. 28 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 29 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 30 7-1-00.) 31 (35 ILCS 110/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.39) 32 Sec. 9. Each serviceman required or authorized to 33 collect the tax herein imposed shall pay to the Department -31- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 the amount of such tax (except as otherwise provided) at the 2 time when he is required to file his return for the period 3 during which such tax was collected, less a discount of 2.1% 4 prior to January 1, 1990 and 1.75% on and after January 1, 5 1990, or $5 per calendar year, whichever is greater, which is 6 allowed to reimburse the serviceman for expenses incurred in 7 collecting the tax, keeping records, preparing and filing 8 returns, remitting the tax and supplying data to the 9 Department on request. A serviceman need not remit that part 10 of any tax collected by him to the extent that he is required 11 to pay and does pay the tax imposed by the Service Occupation 12 Tax Act with respect to his sale of service involving the 13 incidental transfer by him of the same property. 14 Except as provided hereinafter in this Section, on or 15 before the twentieth day of each calendar month, such 16 serviceman shall file a return for the preceding calendar 17 month in accordance with reasonable Rules and Regulations to 18 be promulgated by the Department. Such return shall be filed 19 on a form prescribed by the Department and shall contain such 20 information as the Department may reasonably require. 21 The Department may require returns to be filed on a 22 quarterly basis. If so required, a return for each calendar 23 quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the 24 calendar month following the end of such calendar quarter. 25 The taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for 26 each of the first two months of each calendar quarter, on or 27 before the twentieth day of the following calendar month, 28 stating: 29 1. The name of the seller; 30 2. The address of the principal place of business 31 from which he engages in business as a serviceman in this 32 State; 33 3. The total amount of taxable receipts received by 34 him during the preceding calendar month, including -32- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 receipts from charge and time sales, but less all 2 deductions allowed by law; 3 4. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of 4 this Act; 5 5. The amount of tax due; 6 5-5. The signature of the taxpayer; and 7 6. Such other reasonable information as the 8 Department may require. 9 If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after 10 the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department, 11 the return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to 12 be due on the return shall be deemed assessed. 13 Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an average 14 monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more shall make all 15 payments required by rules of the Department by electronic 16 funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who 17 has an average monthly tax liability of $100,000 or more 18 shall make all payments required by rules of the Department 19 by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1995, a 20 taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of $50,000 21 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 22 Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 23 2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of $200,000 24 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 25 Department by electronic funds transfer. The term "annual 26 tax liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's liabilities 27 under this Act, and under all other State and local 28 occupation and use tax laws administered by the Department, 29 for the immediately preceding calendar year. The term 30 "average monthly tax liability" means the sum of the 31 taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, and under all other 32 State and local occupation and use tax laws administered by 33 the Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year 34 divided by 12. Beginning on October 1, 2002, a taxpayer who -33- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 has a tax liability in the amount set forth in subsection (b) 2 of Section 2505-210 of the Department of Revenue Law shall 3 make all payments required by rules of the Department by 4 electronic funds transfer. 5 Before August 1 of each year beginning in 1993, the 6 Department shall notify all taxpayers required to make 7 payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers required 8 to make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make 9 those payments for a minimum of one year beginning on October 10 1. 11 Any taxpayer not required to make payments by electronic 12 funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer 13 with the permission of the Department. 14 All taxpayers required to make payment by electronic 15 funds transfer and any taxpayers authorized to voluntarily 16 make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those 17 payments in the manner authorized by the Department. 18 The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to 19 effectuate a program of electronic funds transfer and the 20 requirements of this Section. 21 If the serviceman is otherwise required to file a monthly 22 return and if the serviceman's average monthly tax liability 23 to the Department does not exceed $200, the Department may 24 authorize his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis, 25 with the return for January, February and March of a given 26 year being due by April 20 of such year; with the return for 27 April, May and June of a given year being due by July 20 of 28 such year; with the return for July, August and September of 29 a given year being due by October 20 of such year, and with 30 the return for October, November and December of a given year 31 being due by January 20 of the following year. 32 If the serviceman is otherwise required to file a monthly 33 or quarterly return and if the serviceman's average monthly 34 tax liability to the Department does not exceed $50, the -34- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Department may authorize his returns to be filed on an annual 2 basis, with the return for a given year being due by January 3 20 of the following year. 4 Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and 5 substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as 6 monthly returns. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act 8 concerning the time within which a serviceman may file his 9 return, in the case of any serviceman who ceases to engage in 10 a kind of business which makes him responsible for filing 11 returns under this Act, such serviceman shall file a final 12 return under this Act with the Department not more than 1 13 month after discontinuing such business. 14 Where a serviceman collects the tax with respect to the 15 selling price of property which he sells and the purchaser 16 thereafter returns such property and the serviceman refunds 17 the selling price thereof to the purchaser, such serviceman 18 shall also refund, to the purchaser, the tax so collected 19 from the purchaser. When filing his return for the period in 20 which he refunds such tax to the purchaser, the serviceman 21 may deduct the amount of the tax so refunded by him to the 22 purchaser from any other Service Use Tax, Service Occupation 23 Tax, retailers' occupation tax or use tax which such 24 serviceman may be required to pay or remit to the Department, 25 as shown by such return, provided that the amount of the tax 26 to be deducted shall previously have been remitted to the 27 Department by such serviceman. If the serviceman shall not 28 previously have remitted the amount of such tax to the 29 Department, he shall be entitled to no deduction hereunder 30 upon refunding such tax to the purchaser. 31 Any serviceman filing a return hereunder shall also 32 include the total tax upon the selling price of tangible 33 personal property purchased for use by him as an incident to 34 a sale of service, and such serviceman shall remit the amount -35- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 of such tax to the Department when filing such return. 2 If experience indicates such action to be practicable, 3 the Department may prescribe and furnish a combination or 4 joint return which will enable servicemen, who are required 5 to file returns hereunder and also under the Service 6 Occupation Tax Act, to furnish all the return information 7 required by both Acts on the one form. 8 Where the serviceman has more than one business 9 registered with the Department under separate registration 10 hereunder, such serviceman shall not file each return that is 11 due as a single return covering all such registered 12 businesses, but shall file separate returns for each such 13 registered business. 14 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 15 shall pay into the State and Local Tax Reform Fund, a special 16 fund in the State Treasury, the net revenue realized for the 17 preceding month from the 1% tax on sales of food for human 18 consumption which is to be consumed off the premises where it 19 is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food 20 which has been prepared for immediate consumption) and 21 prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical 22 appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and 23 needles used by diabetics. 24 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 25 shall pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 20% 26 of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 27 6.25% general rate on transfers of tangible personal 28 property, other than tangible personal property which is 29 purchased outside Illinois at retail from a retailer and 30 which is titled or registered by an agency of this State's 31 government. 32 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 33 pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 100% of 34 the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the -36- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 1.25% rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 2 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 3 pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 100% of 4 the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 5 1.25% rate on the selling price of textbooks required for use 6 at State universities and public community colleges or at 7 institutions of higher learning as defined in the Illinois 8 Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher 9 Learning. 10 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 11 pursuant to this Act, (a) 1.75% thereof shall be paid into 12 the Build Illinois Fund and (b) prior to July 1, 1989, 2.2% 13 and on and after July 1, 1989, 3.8% thereof shall be paid 14 into the Build Illinois Fund; provided, however, that if in 15 any fiscal year the sum of (1) the aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, 16 as the case may be, of the moneys received by the Department 17 and required to be paid into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant 18 to Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9 19 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, and 20 Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, such Acts being 21 hereinafter called the "Tax Acts" and such aggregate of 2.2% 22 or 3.8%, as the case may be, of moneys being hereinafter 23 called the "Tax Act Amount", and (2) the amount transferred 24 to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax 25 Reform Fund shall be less than the Annual Specified Amount 26 (as defined in Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax 27 Act), an amount equal to the difference shall be immediately 28 paid into the Build Illinois Fund from other moneys received 29 by the Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; and further 30 provided, that if on the last business day of any month the 31 sum of (1) the Tax Act Amount required to be deposited into 32 the Build Illinois Bond Account in the Build Illinois Fund 33 during such month and (2) the amount transferred during such 34 month to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local -37- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Sales Tax Reform Fund shall have been less than 1/12 of the 2 Annual Specified Amount, an amount equal to the difference 3 shall be immediately paid into the Build Illinois Fund from 4 other moneys received by the Department pursuant to the Tax 5 Acts; and, further provided, that in no event shall the 6 payments required under the preceding proviso result in 7 aggregate payments into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant to 8 this clause (b) for any fiscal year in excess of the greater 9 of (i) the Tax Act Amount or (ii) the Annual Specified Amount 10 for such fiscal year; and, further provided, that the amounts 11 payable into the Build Illinois Fund under this clause (b) 12 shall be payable only until such time as the aggregate amount 13 on deposit under each trust indenture securing Bonds issued 14 and outstanding pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act is 15 sufficient, taking into account any future investment income, 16 to fully provide, in accordance with such indenture, for the 17 defeasance of or the payment of the principal of, premium, if 18 any, and interest on the Bonds secured by such indenture and 19 on any Bonds expected to be issued thereafter and all fees 20 and costs payable with respect thereto, all as certified by 21 the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. If on the last 22 business day of any month in which Bonds are outstanding 23 pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act, the aggregate of the 24 moneys deposited in the Build Illinois Bond Account in the 25 Build Illinois Fund in such month shall be less than the 26 amount required to be transferred in such month from the 27 Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond 28 Retirement and Interest Fund pursuant to Section 13 of the 29 Build Illinois Bond Act, an amount equal to such deficiency 30 shall be immediately paid from other moneys received by the 31 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts to the Build Illinois 32 Fund; provided, however, that any amounts paid to the Build 33 Illinois Fund in any fiscal year pursuant to this sentence 34 shall be deemed to constitute payments pursuant to clause (b) -38- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 of the preceding sentence and shall reduce the amount 2 otherwise payable for such fiscal year pursuant to clause (b) 3 of the preceding sentence. The moneys received by the 4 Department pursuant to this Act and required to be deposited 5 into the Build Illinois Fund are subject to the pledge, claim 6 and charge set forth in Section 12 of the Build Illinois Bond 7 Act. 8 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 9 Fund as provided in the preceding paragraph or in any 10 amendment thereto hereafter enacted, the following specified 11 monthly installment of the amount requested in the 12 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 13 Exposition Authority provided under Section 8.25f of the 14 State Finance Act, but not in excess of the sums designated 15 as "Total Deposit", shall be deposited in the aggregate from 16 collections under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of 17 the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation 18 Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act 19 into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund in the 20 specified fiscal years. 21 Fiscal Year Total Deposit 22 1993 $0 23 1994 53,000,000 24 1995 58,000,000 25 1996 61,000,000 26 1997 64,000,000 27 1998 68,000,000 28 1999 71,000,000 29 2000 75,000,000 30 2001 80,000,000 31 2002 93,000,000 32 2003 99,000,000 33 2004 103,000,000 34 2005 108,000,000 -39- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 2006 113,000,000 2 2007 119,000,000 3 2008 126,000,000 4 2009 132,000,000 5 2010 139,000,000 6 2011 146,000,000 7 2012 153,000,000 8 2013 161,000,000 9 2014 170,000,000 10 2015 179,000,000 11 2016 189,000,000 12 2017 199,000,000 13 2018 210,000,000 14 2019 221,000,000 15 2020 233,000,000 16 2021 246,000,000 17 2022 260,000,000 18 2023 and 275,000,000 19 each fiscal year 20 thereafter that bonds 21 are outstanding under 22 Section 13.2 of the 23 Metropolitan Pier and 24 Exposition Authority Act, 25 but not after fiscal year 2042. 26 Beginning July 20, 1993 and in each month of each fiscal 27 year thereafter, one-eighth of the amount requested in the 28 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 29 Exposition Authority for that fiscal year, less the amount 30 deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund by 31 the State Treasurer in the respective month under subsection 32 (g) of Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition 33 Authority Act, plus cumulative deficiencies in the deposits 34 required under this Section for previous months and years, -40- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 shall be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project 2 Fund, until the full amount requested for the fiscal year, 3 but not in excess of the amount specified above as "Total 4 Deposit", has been deposited. 5 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 6 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 7 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 8 hereafter enacted, beginning July 1, 1993, the Department 9 shall each month pay into the Illinois Tax Increment Fund 10 0.27% of 80% of the net revenue realized for the preceding 11 month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 12 tangible personal property. 13 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 14 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 15 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 16 hereafter enacted, beginning with the receipt of the first 17 report of taxes paid by an eligible business and continuing 18 for a 25-year period, the Department shall each month pay 19 into the Energy Infrastructure Fund 80% of the net revenue 20 realized from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 21 Illinois-mined coal that was sold to an eligible business. 22 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "eligible business" 23 means a new electric generating facility certified pursuant 24 to Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and 25 Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 26 Illinois. 27 All remaining moneys received by the Department pursuant 28 to this Act shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund of 29 the State Treasury. 30 As soon as possible after the first day of each month, 31 upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the 32 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall 33 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax 34 Fund an amount equal to 1.7% of 80% of the net revenue -41- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 realized under this Act for the second preceding month. 2 Beginning April 1, 2000, this transfer is no longer required 3 and shall not be made. 4 Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue 5 collected by the State pursuant to this Act, less the amount 6 paid out during that month as refunds to taxpayers for 7 overpayment of liability. 8 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 9 91-101, eff. 7-12-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 10 7-1-00; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01; 92-208, eff. 8-2-01; 92-492, eff. 11 1-1-02; 92-600, eff. 6-28-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.) 12 Section 20. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by 13 changing Sections 3-10 and 9 as follows: 14 (35 ILCS 115/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-10) 15 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 16 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 17 6.25% of the "selling price", as defined in Section 2 of the 18 Service Use Tax Act, of the tangible personal property. For 19 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 20 "selling price" be less than the cost price to the serviceman 21 of the tangible personal property transferred. The selling 22 price of each item of tangible personal property transferred 23 as an incident of a sale of service may be shown as a 24 distinct and separate item on the serviceman's billing to the 25 service customer. If the selling price is not so shown, the 26 selling price of the tangible personal property is deemed to 27 be 50% of the serviceman's entire billing to the service 28 customer. When, however, a serviceman contracts to design, 29 develop, and produce special order machinery or equipment, 30 the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 31 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 32 transferred incident to the completion of the contract. -42- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 2 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 3 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 4 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 5 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 6 the tax imposed by this Act shall apply to 70% of the cost 7 price of property transferred as an incident to the sale of 8 service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, 9 and to 100% of the cost price thereafter. 10 Beginning July 1, 2003, with respect to textbooks 11 required for use at State universities and public community 12 colleges or at institutions of higher learning as defined in 13 the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic 14 Institutions of Higher Learning, the tax is imposed at the 15 rate of 1.25%. The Department may adopt rules necessary to 16 implement and administer the 1.25% rate on textbooks. 17 At the election of any registered serviceman made for 18 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate 19 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 20 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 21 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs 22 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 23 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 24 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 25 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 26 transferred incident to the sale of those services. 27 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 28 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 29 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 30 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 31 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 32 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 33 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 34 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, -43- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 2 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 3 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 4 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the 5 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and 6 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 7 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 8 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 9 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 10 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 11 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 12 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 13 that are contained in any closed or sealed can, carton, or 14 container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does not 15 include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant formula, 16 milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A Pasteurized 17 Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 50% or more 18 natural fruit or vegetable juice. 19 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 20 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 21 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 22 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 23 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 24 location of the vending machine. 25 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 26 91-51, 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 27 (35 ILCS 115/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.109) 28 Sec. 9. Each serviceman required or authorized to 29 collect the tax herein imposed shall pay to the Department 30 the amount of such tax at the time when he is required to 31 file his return for the period during which such tax was 32 collectible, less a discount of 2.1% prior to January 1, 33 1990, and 1.75% on and after January 1, 1990, or $5 per -44- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 calendar year, whichever is greater, which is allowed to 2 reimburse the serviceman for expenses incurred in collecting 3 the tax, keeping records, preparing and filing returns, 4 remitting the tax and supplying data to the Department on 5 request. 6 Where such tangible personal property is sold under a 7 conditional sales contract, or under any other form of sale 8 wherein the payment of the principal sum, or a part thereof, 9 is extended beyond the close of the period for which the 10 return is filed, the serviceman, in collecting the tax may 11 collect, for each tax return period, only the tax applicable 12 to the part of the selling price actually received during 13 such tax return period. 14 Except as provided hereinafter in this Section, on or 15 before the twentieth day of each calendar month, such 16 serviceman shall file a return for the preceding calendar 17 month in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations to 18 be promulgated by the Department of Revenue. Such return 19 shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Department and 20 shall contain such information as the Department may 21 reasonably require. 22 The Department may require returns to be filed on a 23 quarterly basis. If so required, a return for each calendar 24 quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the 25 calendar month following the end of such calendar quarter. 26 The taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for 27 each of the first two months of each calendar quarter, on or 28 before the twentieth day of the following calendar month, 29 stating: 30 1. The name of the seller; 31 2. The address of the principal place of business 32 from which he engages in business as a serviceman in this 33 State; 34 3. The total amount of taxable receipts received by -45- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 him during the preceding calendar month, including 2 receipts from charge and time sales, but less all 3 deductions allowed by law; 4 4. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of 5 this Act; 6 5. The amount of tax due; 7 5-5. The signature of the taxpayer; and 8 6. Such other reasonable information as the 9 Department may require. 10 If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after 11 the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department, 12 the return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to 13 be due on the return shall be deemed assessed. 14 A serviceman may accept a Manufacturer's Purchase Credit 15 certification from a purchaser in satisfaction of Service Use 16 Tax as provided in Section 3-70 of the Service Use Tax Act if 17 the purchaser provides the appropriate documentation as 18 required by Section 3-70 of the Service Use Tax Act. A 19 Manufacturer's Purchase Credit certification, accepted by a 20 serviceman as provided in Section 3-70 of the Service Use Tax 21 Act, may be used by that serviceman to satisfy Service 22 Occupation Tax liability in the amount claimed in the 23 certification, not to exceed 6.25% of the receipts subject to 24 tax from a qualifying purchase. 25 If the serviceman's average monthly tax liability to the 26 Department does not exceed $200, the Department may authorize 27 his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis, with the 28 return for January, February and March of a given year being 29 due by April 20 of such year; with the return for April, May 30 and June of a given year being due by July 20 of such year; 31 with the return for July, August and September of a given 32 year being due by October 20 of such year, and with the 33 return for October, November and December of a given year 34 being due by January 20 of the following year. -46- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 If the serviceman's average monthly tax liability to the 2 Department does not exceed $50, the Department may authorize 3 his returns to be filed on an annual basis, with the return 4 for a given year being due by January 20 of the following 5 year. 6 Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and 7 substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as 8 monthly returns. 9 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act 10 concerning the time within which a serviceman may file his 11 return, in the case of any serviceman who ceases to engage in 12 a kind of business which makes him responsible for filing 13 returns under this Act, such serviceman shall file a final 14 return under this Act with the Department not more than 1 15 month after discontinuing such business. 16 Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an average 17 monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more shall make all 18 payments required by rules of the Department by electronic 19 funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who 20 has an average monthly tax liability of $100,000 or more 21 shall make all payments required by rules of the Department 22 by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1995, a 23 taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of $50,000 24 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 25 Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 26 1, 2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of 27 $200,000 or more shall make all payments required by rules of 28 the Department by electronic funds transfer. The term 29 "annual tax liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's 30 liabilities under this Act, and under all other State and 31 local occupation and use tax laws administered by the 32 Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year. The 33 term "average monthly tax liability" means the sum of the 34 taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, and under all other -47- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 State and local occupation and use tax laws administered by 2 the Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year 3 divided by 12. Beginning on October 1, 2002, a taxpayer who 4 has a tax liability in the amount set forth in subsection (b) 5 of Section 2505-210 of the Department of Revenue Law shall 6 make all payments required by rules of the Department by 7 electronic funds transfer. 8 Before August 1 of each year beginning in 1993, the 9 Department shall notify all taxpayers required to make 10 payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers 11 required to make payments by electronic funds transfer shall 12 make those payments for a minimum of one year beginning on 13 October 1. 14 Any taxpayer not required to make payments by electronic 15 funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer 16 with the permission of the Department. 17 All taxpayers required to make payment by electronic 18 funds transfer and any taxpayers authorized to voluntarily 19 make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those 20 payments in the manner authorized by the Department. 21 The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to 22 effectuate a program of electronic funds transfer and the 23 requirements of this Section. 24 Where a serviceman collects the tax with respect to the 25 selling price of tangible personal property which he sells 26 and the purchaser thereafter returns such tangible personal 27 property and the serviceman refunds the selling price thereof 28 to the purchaser, such serviceman shall also refund, to the 29 purchaser, the tax so collected from the purchaser. When 30 filing his return for the period in which he refunds such tax 31 to the purchaser, the serviceman may deduct the amount of the 32 tax so refunded by him to the purchaser from any other 33 Service Occupation Tax, Service Use Tax, Retailers' 34 Occupation Tax or Use Tax which such serviceman may be -48- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 required to pay or remit to the Department, as shown by such 2 return, provided that the amount of the tax to be deducted 3 shall previously have been remitted to the Department by such 4 serviceman. If the serviceman shall not previously have 5 remitted the amount of such tax to the Department, he shall 6 be entitled to no deduction hereunder upon refunding such tax 7 to the purchaser. 8 If experience indicates such action to be practicable, 9 the Department may prescribe and furnish a combination or 10 joint return which will enable servicemen, who are required 11 to file returns hereunder and also under the Retailers' 12 Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act or the Service Use Tax 13 Act, to furnish all the return information required by all 14 said Acts on the one form. 15 Where the serviceman has more than one business 16 registered with the Department under separate registrations 17 hereunder, such serviceman shall file separate returns for 18 each registered business. 19 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 20 shall pay into the Local Government Tax Fund the revenue 21 realized for the preceding month from the 1% tax on sales of 22 food for human consumption which is to be consumed off the 23 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 24 soft drinks and food which has been prepared for immediate 25 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines, 26 drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine testing 27 materials, syringes and needles used by diabetics. 28 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 29 shall pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 4% 30 of the revenue realized for the preceding month from the 31 6.25% general rate. 32 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 33 pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 20% of the 34 net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% -49- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 2 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 3 pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 20% of the 4 net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% 5 rate on the selling price of textbooks required for use at 6 State universities and public community colleges or at 7 institutions of higher learning as defined in the Illinois 8 Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher 9 Learning. 10 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 11 shall pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 16% of the 12 revenue realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% 13 general rate on transfers of tangible personal property. 14 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 15 pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 80% of the net revenue 16 realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% rate on the 17 selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 18 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 19 pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 80% of the net revenue 20 realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% rate on the 21 selling price of textbooks required for use at State 22 universities and public community colleges or at institutions 23 of higher learning as defined in the Illinois Financial 24 Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Learning. 25 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 26 pursuant to this Act, (a) 1.75% thereof shall be paid into 27 the Build Illinois Fund and (b) prior to July 1, 1989, 2.2% 28 and on and after July 1, 1989, 3.8% thereof shall be paid 29 into the Build Illinois Fund; provided, however, that if in 30 any fiscal year the sum of (1) the aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, 31 as the case may be, of the moneys received by the Department 32 and required to be paid into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant 33 to Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9 34 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, and -50- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, such Acts being 2 hereinafter called the "Tax Acts" and such aggregate of 2.2% 3 or 3.8%, as the case may be, of moneys being hereinafter 4 called the "Tax Act Amount", and (2) the amount transferred 5 to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax 6 Reform Fund shall be less than the Annual Specified Amount 7 (as defined in Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax 8 Act), an amount equal to the difference shall be immediately 9 paid into the Build Illinois Fund from other moneys received 10 by the Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; and further 11 provided, that if on the last business day of any month the 12 sum of (1) the Tax Act Amount required to be deposited into 13 the Build Illinois Account in the Build Illinois Fund during 14 such month and (2) the amount transferred during such month 15 to the Build Illinois Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax 16 Reform Fund shall have been less than 1/12 of the Annual 17 Specified Amount, an amount equal to the difference shall be 18 immediately paid into the Build Illinois Fund from other 19 moneys received by the Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; 20 and, further provided, that in no event shall the payments 21 required under the preceding proviso result in aggregate 22 payments into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant to this clause 23 (b) for any fiscal year in excess of the greater of (i) the 24 Tax Act Amount or (ii) the Annual Specified Amount for such 25 fiscal year; and, further provided, that the amounts payable 26 into the Build Illinois Fund under this clause (b) shall be 27 payable only until such time as the aggregate amount on 28 deposit under each trust indenture securing Bonds issued and 29 outstanding pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act is 30 sufficient, taking into account any future investment income, 31 to fully provide, in accordance with such indenture, for the 32 defeasance of or the payment of the principal of, premium, if 33 any, and interest on the Bonds secured by such indenture and 34 on any Bonds expected to be issued thereafter and all fees -51- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 and costs payable with respect thereto, all as certified by 2 the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. If on the last 3 business day of any month in which Bonds are outstanding 4 pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act, the aggregate of the 5 moneys deposited in the Build Illinois Bond Account in the 6 Build Illinois Fund in such month shall be less than the 7 amount required to be transferred in such month from the 8 Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond 9 Retirement and Interest Fund pursuant to Section 13 of the 10 Build Illinois Bond Act, an amount equal to such deficiency 11 shall be immediately paid from other moneys received by the 12 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts to the Build Illinois 13 Fund; provided, however, that any amounts paid to the Build 14 Illinois Fund in any fiscal year pursuant to this sentence 15 shall be deemed to constitute payments pursuant to clause (b) 16 of the preceding sentence and shall reduce the amount 17 otherwise payable for such fiscal year pursuant to clause (b) 18 of the preceding sentence. The moneys received by the 19 Department pursuant to this Act and required to be deposited 20 into the Build Illinois Fund are subject to the pledge, claim 21 and charge set forth in Section 12 of the Build Illinois Bond 22 Act. 23 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 24 Fund as provided in the preceding paragraph or in any 25 amendment thereto hereafter enacted, the following specified 26 monthly installment of the amount requested in the 27 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 28 Exposition Authority provided under Section 8.25f of the 29 State Finance Act, but not in excess of the sums designated 30 as "Total Deposit", shall be deposited in the aggregate from 31 collections under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of 32 the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation 33 Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act 34 into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund in the -52- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 specified fiscal years. 2 Fiscal Year Total Deposit 3 1993 $0 4 1994 53,000,000 5 1995 58,000,000 6 1996 61,000,000 7 1997 64,000,000 8 1998 68,000,000 9 1999 71,000,000 10 2000 75,000,000 11 2001 80,000,000 12 2002 93,000,000 13 2003 99,000,000 14 2004 103,000,000 15 2005 108,000,000 16 2006 113,000,000 17 2007 119,000,000 18 2008 126,000,000 19 2009 132,000,000 20 2010 139,000,000 21 2011 146,000,000 22 2012 153,000,000 23 2013 161,000,000 24 2014 170,000,000 25 2015 179,000,000 26 2016 189,000,000 27 2017 199,000,000 28 2018 210,000,000 29 2019 221,000,000 30 2020 233,000,000 31 2021 246,000,000 32 2022 260,000,000 33 2023 and 275,000,000 34 each fiscal year -53- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 thereafter that bonds 2 are outstanding under 3 Section 13.2 of the 4 Metropolitan Pier and 5 Exposition Authority 6 Act, but not after fiscal year 2042. 7 Beginning July 20, 1993 and in each month of each fiscal 8 year thereafter, one-eighth of the amount requested in the 9 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 10 Exposition Authority for that fiscal year, less the amount 11 deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund by 12 the State Treasurer in the respective month under subsection 13 (g) of Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition 14 Authority Act, plus cumulative deficiencies in the deposits 15 required under this Section for previous months and years, 16 shall be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project 17 Fund, until the full amount requested for the fiscal year, 18 but not in excess of the amount specified above as "Total 19 Deposit", has been deposited. 20 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 21 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 22 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 23 hereafter enacted, beginning July 1, 1993, the Department 24 shall each month pay into the Illinois Tax Increment Fund 25 0.27% of 80% of the net revenue realized for the preceding 26 month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 27 tangible personal property. 28 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 29 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 30 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 31 hereafter enacted, beginning with the receipt of the first 32 report of taxes paid by an eligible business and continuing 33 for a 25-year period, the Department shall each month pay 34 into the Energy Infrastructure Fund 80% of the net revenue -54- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 realized from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 2 Illinois-mined coal that was sold to an eligible business. 3 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "eligible business" 4 means a new electric generating facility certified pursuant 5 to Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and 6 Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 7 Illinois. 8 Remaining moneys received by the Department pursuant to 9 this Act shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund of the 10 State Treasury. 11 The Department may, upon separate written notice to a 12 taxpayer, require the taxpayer to prepare and file with the 13 Department on a form prescribed by the Department within not 14 less than 60 days after receipt of the notice an annual 15 information return for the tax year specified in the notice. 16 Such annual return to the Department shall include a 17 statement of gross receipts as shown by the taxpayer's last 18 Federal income tax return. If the total receipts of the 19 business as reported in the Federal income tax return do not 20 agree with the gross receipts reported to the Department of 21 Revenue for the same period, the taxpayer shall attach to his 22 annual return a schedule showing a reconciliation of the 2 23 amounts and the reasons for the difference. The taxpayer's 24 annual return to the Department shall also disclose the cost 25 of goods sold by the taxpayer during the year covered by such 26 return, opening and closing inventories of such goods for 27 such year, cost of goods used from stock or taken from stock 28 and given away by the taxpayer during such year, pay roll 29 information of the taxpayer's business during such year and 30 any additional reasonable information which the Department 31 deems would be helpful in determining the accuracy of the 32 monthly, quarterly or annual returns filed by such taxpayer 33 as hereinbefore provided for in this Section. 34 If the annual information return required by this Section -55- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 is not filed when and as required, the taxpayer shall be 2 liable as follows: 3 (i) Until January 1, 1994, the taxpayer shall be 4 liable for a penalty equal to 1/6 of 1% of the tax due 5 from such taxpayer under this Act during the period to be 6 covered by the annual return for each month or fraction 7 of a month until such return is filed as required, the 8 penalty to be assessed and collected in the same manner 9 as any other penalty provided for in this Act. 10 (ii) On and after January 1, 1994, the taxpayer 11 shall be liable for a penalty as described in Section 3-4 12 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. 13 The chief executive officer, proprietor, owner or highest 14 ranking manager shall sign the annual return to certify the 15 accuracy of the information contained therein. Any person 16 who willfully signs the annual return containing false or 17 inaccurate information shall be guilty of perjury and 18 punished accordingly. The annual return form prescribed by 19 the Department shall include a warning that the person 20 signing the return may be liable for perjury. 21 The foregoing portion of this Section concerning the 22 filing of an annual information return shall not apply to a 23 serviceman who is not required to file an income tax return 24 with the United States Government. 25 As soon as possible after the first day of each month, 26 upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the 27 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall 28 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax 29 Fund an amount equal to 1.7% of 80% of the net revenue 30 realized under this Act for the second preceding month. 31 Beginning April 1, 2000, this transfer is no longer required 32 and shall not be made. 33 Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue 34 collected by the State pursuant to this Act, less the amount -56- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 paid out during that month as refunds to taxpayers for 2 overpayment of liability. 3 For greater simplicity of administration, it shall be 4 permissible for manufacturers, importers and wholesalers 5 whose products are sold by numerous servicemen in Illinois, 6 and who wish to do so, to assume the responsibility for 7 accounting and paying to the Department all tax accruing 8 under this Act with respect to such sales, if the servicemen 9 who are affected do not make written objection to the 10 Department to this arrangement. 11 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 12 91-101, eff. 7-12-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 13 7-1-00; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01; 92-208, eff. 8-2-01; 92-492, eff. 14 1-1-02; 92-600, eff. 6-28-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.) 15 Section 25. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 16 by changing Sections 2-10 and 3 as follows: 17 (35 ILCS 120/2-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-10) 18 Sec. 2-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 19 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 20 6.25% of gross receipts from sales of tangible personal 21 property made in the course of business. 22 Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, 23 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 24 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 25 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 26 Within 14 days after the effective date of this 27 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each retailer of 28 motor fuel and gasohol shall cause the following notice to be 29 posted in a prominently visible place on each retail 30 dispensing device that is used to dispense motor fuel or 31 gasohol in the State of Illinois: "As of July 1, 2000, the 32 State of Illinois has eliminated the State's share of sales -57- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 tax on motor fuel and gasohol through December 31, 2000. The 2 price on this pump should reflect the elimination of the 3 tax." The notice shall be printed in bold print on a sign 4 that is no smaller than 4 inches by 8 inches. The sign shall 5 be clearly visible to customers. Any retailer who fails to 6 post or maintain a required sign through December 31, 2000 is 7 guilty of a petty offense for which the fine shall be $500 8 per day per each retail premises where a violation occurs. 9 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 10 the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the proceeds of 11 sales made on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 12 2003, and to 100% of the proceeds of sales made thereafter. 13 Beginning July 1, 2003, with respect to textbooks 14 required for use at State universities and public community 15 colleges or at institutions of higher learning as defined in 16 the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic 17 Institutions of Higher Learning, the tax is imposed at the 18 rate of 1.25%. The Department may adopt rules necessary to 19 implement and administer the 1.25% rate on textbooks. 20 With respect to food for human consumption that is to be 21 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 22 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been 23 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 24 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, 25 modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering 26 it usable by a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing 27 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human 28 use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes 29 of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, 30 finished, ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether 31 carbonated or not, including but not limited to soda water, 32 cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all 33 other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever 34 kind or description that are contained in any closed or -58- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size. 2 "Soft drinks" does not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated 3 water, infant formula, milk or milk products as defined in 4 the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks 5 containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 6 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 7 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 8 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 9 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 10 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 11 location of the vending machine. 12 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 13 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 14 (35 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 120, par. 442) 15 Sec. 3. Except as provided in this Section, on or before 16 the twentieth day of each calendar month, every person 17 engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property 18 at retail in this State during the preceding calendar month 19 shall file a return with the Department, stating: 20 1. The name of the seller; 21 2. His residence address and the address of his 22 principal place of business and the address of the 23 principal place of business (if that is a different 24 address) from which he engages in the business of selling 25 tangible personal property at retail in this State; 26 3. Total amount of receipts received by him during 27 the preceding calendar month or quarter, as the case may 28 be, from sales of tangible personal property, and from 29 services furnished, by him during such preceding calendar 30 month or quarter; 31 4. Total amount received by him during the 32 preceding calendar month or quarter on charge and time 33 sales of tangible personal property, and from services -59- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 furnished, by him prior to the month or quarter for which 2 the return is filed; 3 5. Deductions allowed by law; 4 6. Gross receipts which were received by him during 5 the preceding calendar month or quarter and upon the 6 basis of which the tax is imposed; 7 7. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of 8 this Act; 9 8. The amount of tax due; 10 9. The signature of the taxpayer; and 11 10. Such other reasonable information as the 12 Department may require. 13 If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after 14 the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department, 15 the return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to 16 be due on the return shall be deemed assessed. 17 Each return shall be accompanied by the statement of 18 prepaid tax issued pursuant to Section 2e for which credit is 19 claimed. 20 A retailer may accept a Manufacturer's Purchase Credit 21 certification from a purchaser in satisfaction of Use Tax as 22 provided in Section 3-85 of the Use Tax Act if the purchaser 23 provides the appropriate documentation as required by Section 24 3-85 of the Use Tax Act. A Manufacturer's Purchase Credit 25 certification, accepted by a retailer as provided in Section 26 3-85 of the Use Tax Act, may be used by that retailer to 27 satisfy Retailers' Occupation Tax liability in the amount 28 claimed in the certification, not to exceed 6.25% of the 29 receipts subject to tax from a qualifying purchase. 30 The Department may require returns to be filed on a 31 quarterly basis. If so required, a return for each calendar 32 quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the 33 calendar month following the end of such calendar quarter. 34 The taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for -60- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 each of the first two months of each calendar quarter, on or 2 before the twentieth day of the following calendar month, 3 stating: 4 1. The name of the seller; 5 2. The address of the principal place of business 6 from which he engages in the business of selling tangible 7 personal property at retail in this State; 8 3. The total amount of taxable receipts received by 9 him during the preceding calendar month from sales of 10 tangible personal property by him during such preceding 11 calendar month, including receipts from charge and time 12 sales, but less all deductions allowed by law; 13 4. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of 14 this Act; 15 5. The amount of tax due; and 16 6. Such other reasonable information as the 17 Department may require. 18 If a total amount of less than $1 is payable, refundable 19 or creditable, such amount shall be disregarded if it is less 20 than 50 cents and shall be increased to $1 if it is 50 cents 21 or more. 22 Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an average 23 monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more shall make all 24 payments required by rules of the Department by electronic 25 funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who 26 has an average monthly tax liability of $100,000 or more 27 shall make all payments required by rules of the Department 28 by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1995, a 29 taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of $50,000 30 or more shall make all payments required by rules of the 31 Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 32 1, 2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of 33 $200,000 or more shall make all payments required by rules of 34 the Department by electronic funds transfer. The term -61- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 "annual tax liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's 2 liabilities under this Act, and under all other State and 3 local occupation and use tax laws administered by the 4 Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year. The 5 term "average monthly tax liability" shall be the sum of the 6 taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, and under all other 7 State and local occupation and use tax laws administered by 8 the Department, for the immediately preceding calendar year 9 divided by 12. Beginning on October 1, 2002, a taxpayer who 10 has a tax liability in the amount set forth in subsection (b) 11 of Section 2505-210 of the Department of Revenue Law shall 12 make all payments required by rules of the Department by 13 electronic funds transfer. 14 Before August 1 of each year beginning in 1993, the 15 Department shall notify all taxpayers required to make 16 payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers 17 required to make payments by electronic funds transfer shall 18 make those payments for a minimum of one year beginning on 19 October 1. 20 Any taxpayer not required to make payments by electronic 21 funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer 22 with the permission of the Department. 23 All taxpayers required to make payment by electronic 24 funds transfer and any taxpayers authorized to voluntarily 25 make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those 26 payments in the manner authorized by the Department. 27 The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to 28 effectuate a program of electronic funds transfer and the 29 requirements of this Section. 30 Any amount which is required to be shown or reported on 31 any return or other document under this Act shall, if such 32 amount is not a whole-dollar amount, be increased to the 33 nearest whole-dollar amount in any case where the fractional 34 part of a dollar is 50 cents or more, and decreased to the -62- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 nearest whole-dollar amount where the fractional part of a 2 dollar is less than 50 cents. 3 If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly 4 return and if the retailer's average monthly tax liability to 5 the Department does not exceed $200, the Department may 6 authorize his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis, 7 with the return for January, February and March of a given 8 year being due by April 20 of such year; with the return for 9 April, May and June of a given year being due by July 20 of 10 such year; with the return for July, August and September of 11 a given year being due by October 20 of such year, and with 12 the return for October, November and December of a given year 13 being due by January 20 of the following year. 14 If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly 15 or quarterly return and if the retailer's average monthly tax 16 liability with the Department does not exceed $50, the 17 Department may authorize his returns to be filed on an annual 18 basis, with the return for a given year being due by January 19 20 of the following year. 20 Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and 21 substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as 22 monthly returns. 23 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act 24 concerning the time within which a retailer may file his 25 return, in the case of any retailer who ceases to engage in a 26 kind of business which makes him responsible for filing 27 returns under this Act, such retailer shall file a final 28 return under this Act with the Department not more than one 29 month after discontinuing such business. 30 Where the same person has more than one business 31 registered with the Department under separate registrations 32 under this Act, such person may not file each return that is 33 due as a single return covering all such registered 34 businesses, but shall file separate returns for each such -63- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 registered business. 2 In addition, with respect to motor vehicles, watercraft, 3 aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered 4 with an agency of this State, every retailer selling this 5 kind of tangible personal property shall file, with the 6 Department, upon a form to be prescribed and supplied by the 7 Department, a separate return for each such item of tangible 8 personal property which the retailer sells, except that if, 9 in the same transaction, (i) a retailer of aircraft, 10 watercraft, motor vehicles or trailers transfers more than 11 one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle or trailer to another 12 aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle retailer or trailer 13 retailer for the purpose of resale or (ii) a retailer of 14 aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicles, or trailers transfers 15 more than one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle, or trailer 16 to a purchaser for use as a qualifying rolling stock as 17 provided in Section 2-5 of this Act, then that seller may 18 report the transfer of all aircraft, watercraft, motor 19 vehicles or trailers involved in that transaction to the 20 Department on the same uniform invoice-transaction reporting 21 return form. For purposes of this Section, "watercraft" 22 means a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 watercraft as defined in 23 Section 3-2 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, a 24 personal watercraft, or any boat equipped with an inboard 25 motor. 26 Any retailer who sells only motor vehicles, watercraft, 27 aircraft, or trailers that are required to be registered with 28 an agency of this State, so that all retailers' occupation 29 tax liability is required to be reported, and is reported, on 30 such transaction reporting returns and who is not otherwise 31 required to file monthly or quarterly returns, need not file 32 monthly or quarterly returns. However, those retailers shall 33 be required to file returns on an annual basis. 34 The transaction reporting return, in the case of motor -64- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 vehicles or trailers that are required to be registered with 2 an agency of this State, shall be the same document as the 3 Uniform Invoice referred to in Section 5-402 of The Illinois 4 Vehicle Code and must show the name and address of the 5 seller; the name and address of the purchaser; the amount of 6 the selling price including the amount allowed by the 7 retailer for traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed 8 by the retailer for the traded-in tangible personal property, 9 if any, to the extent to which Section 1 of this Act allows 10 an exemption for the value of traded-in property; the balance 11 payable after deducting such trade-in allowance from the 12 total selling price; the amount of tax due from the retailer 13 with respect to such transaction; the amount of tax collected 14 from the purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or 15 satisfactory evidence that such tax is not due in that 16 particular instance, if that is claimed to be the fact); the 17 place and date of the sale; a sufficient identification of 18 the property sold; such other information as is required in 19 Section 5-402 of The Illinois Vehicle Code, and such other 20 information as the Department may reasonably require. 21 The transaction reporting return in the case of 22 watercraft or aircraft must show the name and address of the 23 seller; the name and address of the purchaser; the amount of 24 the selling price including the amount allowed by the 25 retailer for traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed 26 by the retailer for the traded-in tangible personal property, 27 if any, to the extent to which Section 1 of this Act allows 28 an exemption for the value of traded-in property; the balance 29 payable after deducting such trade-in allowance from the 30 total selling price; the amount of tax due from the retailer 31 with respect to such transaction; the amount of tax collected 32 from the purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or 33 satisfactory evidence that such tax is not due in that 34 particular instance, if that is claimed to be the fact); the -65- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 place and date of the sale, a sufficient identification of 2 the property sold, and such other information as the 3 Department may reasonably require. 4 Such transaction reporting return shall be filed not 5 later than 20 days after the day of delivery of the item that 6 is being sold, but may be filed by the retailer at any time 7 sooner than that if he chooses to do so. The transaction 8 reporting return and tax remittance or proof of exemption 9 from the Illinois use tax may be transmitted to the 10 Department by way of the State agency with which, or State 11 officer with whom the tangible personal property must be 12 titled or registered (if titling or registration is required) 13 if the Department and such agency or State officer determine 14 that this procedure will expedite the processing of 15 applications for title or registration. 16 With each such transaction reporting return, the retailer 17 shall remit the proper amount of tax due (or shall submit 18 satisfactory evidence that the sale is not taxable if that is 19 the case), to the Department or its agents, whereupon the 20 Department shall issue, in the purchaser's name, a use tax 21 receipt (or a certificate of exemption if the Department is 22 satisfied that the particular sale is tax exempt) which such 23 purchaser may submit to the agency with which, or State 24 officer with whom, he must title or register the tangible 25 personal property that is involved (if titling or 26 registration is required) in support of such purchaser's 27 application for an Illinois certificate or other evidence of 28 title or registration to such tangible personal property. 29 No retailer's failure or refusal to remit tax under this 30 Act precludes a user, who has paid the proper tax to the 31 retailer, from obtaining his certificate of title or other 32 evidence of title or registration (if titling or registration 33 is required) upon satisfying the Department that such user 34 has paid the proper tax (if tax is due) to the retailer. The -66- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Department shall adopt appropriate rules to carry out the 2 mandate of this paragraph. 3 If the user who would otherwise pay tax to the retailer 4 wants the transaction reporting return filed and the payment 5 of the tax or proof of exemption made to the Department 6 before the retailer is willing to take these actions and such 7 user has not paid the tax to the retailer, such user may 8 certify to the fact of such delay by the retailer and may 9 (upon the Department being satisfied of the truth of such 10 certification) transmit the information required by the 11 transaction reporting return and the remittance for tax or 12 proof of exemption directly to the Department and obtain his 13 tax receipt or exemption determination, in which event the 14 transaction reporting return and tax remittance (if a tax 15 payment was required) shall be credited by the Department to 16 the proper retailer's account with the Department, but 17 without the 2.1% or 1.75% discount provided for in this 18 Section being allowed. When the user pays the tax directly 19 to the Department, he shall pay the tax in the same amount 20 and in the same form in which it would be remitted if the tax 21 had been remitted to the Department by the retailer. 22 Refunds made by the seller during the preceding return 23 period to purchasers, on account of tangible personal 24 property returned to the seller, shall be allowed as a 25 deduction under subdivision 5 of his monthly or quarterly 26 return, as the case may be, in case the seller had 27 theretofore included the receipts from the sale of such 28 tangible personal property in a return filed by him and had 29 paid the tax imposed by this Act with respect to such 30 receipts. 31 Where the seller is a corporation, the return filed on 32 behalf of such corporation shall be signed by the president, 33 vice-president, secretary or treasurer or by the properly 34 accredited agent of such corporation. -67- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Where the seller is a limited liability company, the 2 return filed on behalf of the limited liability company shall 3 be signed by a manager, member, or properly accredited agent 4 of the limited liability company. 5 Except as provided in this Section, the retailer filing 6 the return under this Section shall, at the time of filing 7 such return, pay to the Department the amount of tax imposed 8 by this Act less a discount of 2.1% prior to January 1, 1990 9 and 1.75% on and after January 1, 1990, or $5 per calendar 10 year, whichever is greater, which is allowed to reimburse the 11 retailer for the expenses incurred in keeping records, 12 preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax and supplying 13 data to the Department on request. Any prepayment made 14 pursuant to Section 2d of this Act shall be included in the 15 amount on which such 2.1% or 1.75% discount is computed. In 16 the case of retailers who report and pay the tax on a 17 transaction by transaction basis, as provided in this 18 Section, such discount shall be taken with each such tax 19 remittance instead of when such retailer files his periodic 20 return. 21 Before October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly 22 tax liability to the Department under this Act, the Use Tax 23 Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax 24 Act, excluding any liability for prepaid sales tax to be 25 remitted in accordance with Section 2d of this Act, was 26 $10,000 or more during the preceding 4 complete calendar 27 quarters, he shall file a return with the Department each 28 month by the 20th day of the month next following the month 29 during which such tax liability is incurred and shall make 30 payments to the Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd 31 and last day of the month during which such liability is 32 incurred. On and after October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's 33 average monthly tax liability to the Department under this 34 Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the -68- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Service Use Tax Act, excluding any liability for prepaid 2 sales tax to be remitted in accordance with Section 2d of 3 this Act, was $20,000 or more during the preceding 4 complete 4 calendar quarters, he shall file a return with the Department 5 each month by the 20th day of the month next following the 6 month during which such tax liability is incurred and shall 7 make payment to the Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 8 22nd and last day of the month during which such liability is 9 incurred. If the month during which such tax liability is 10 incurred began prior to January 1, 1985, each payment shall 11 be in an amount equal to 1/4 of the taxpayer's actual 12 liability for the month or an amount set by the Department 13 not to exceed 1/4 of the average monthly liability of the 14 taxpayer to the Department for the preceding 4 complete 15 calendar quarters (excluding the month of highest liability 16 and the month of lowest liability in such 4 quarter period). 17 If the month during which such tax liability is incurred 18 begins on or after January 1, 1985 and prior to January 1, 19 1987, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% of 20 the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 27.5% of the 21 taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month of the 22 preceding year. If the month during which such tax liability 23 is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1987 and prior to 24 January 1, 1988, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 25 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 26 26.25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar 27 month of the preceding year. If the month during which such 28 tax liability is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1988, 29 and prior to January 1, 1989, or begins on or after January 30 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% of 31 the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 25% of the 32 taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month of the 33 preceding year. If the month during which such tax liability 34 is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1989, and prior to -69- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 January 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an amount equal to 2 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 25% 3 of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month of 4 the preceding year or 100% of the taxpayer's actual liability 5 for the quarter monthly reporting period. The amount of such 6 quarter monthly payments shall be credited against the final 7 tax liability of the taxpayer's return for that month. 8 Before October 1, 2000, once applicable, the requirement of 9 the making of quarter monthly payments to the Department by 10 taxpayers having an average monthly tax liability of $10,000 11 or more as determined in the manner provided above shall 12 continue until such taxpayer's average monthly liability to 13 the Department during the preceding 4 complete calendar 14 quarters (excluding the month of highest liability and the 15 month of lowest liability) is less than $9,000, or until such 16 taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department as 17 computed for each calendar quarter of the 4 preceding 18 complete calendar quarter period is less than $10,000. 19 However, if a taxpayer can show the Department that a 20 substantial change in the taxpayer's business has occurred 21 which causes the taxpayer to anticipate that his average 22 monthly tax liability for the reasonably foreseeable future 23 will fall below the $10,000 threshold stated above, then such 24 taxpayer may petition the Department for a change in such 25 taxpayer's reporting status. On and after October 1, 2000, 26 once applicable, the requirement of the making of quarter 27 monthly payments to the Department by taxpayers having an 28 average monthly tax liability of $20,000 or more as 29 determined in the manner provided above shall continue until 30 such taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department 31 during the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters (excluding 32 the month of highest liability and the month of lowest 33 liability) is less than $19,000 or until such taxpayer's 34 average monthly liability to the Department as computed for -70- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 each calendar quarter of the 4 preceding complete calendar 2 quarter period is less than $20,000. However, if a taxpayer 3 can show the Department that a substantial change in the 4 taxpayer's business has occurred which causes the taxpayer to 5 anticipate that his average monthly tax liability for the 6 reasonably foreseeable future will fall below the $20,000 7 threshold stated above, then such taxpayer may petition the 8 Department for a change in such taxpayer's reporting status. 9 The Department shall change such taxpayer's reporting status 10 unless it finds that such change is seasonal in nature and 11 not likely to be long term. If any such quarter monthly 12 payment is not paid at the time or in the amount required by 13 this Section, then the taxpayer shall be liable for penalties 14 and interest on the difference between the minimum amount due 15 as a payment and the amount of such quarter monthly payment 16 actually and timely paid, except insofar as the taxpayer has 17 previously made payments for that month to the Department in 18 excess of the minimum payments previously due as provided in 19 this Section. The Department shall make reasonable rules and 20 regulations to govern the quarter monthly payment amount and 21 quarter monthly payment dates for taxpayers who file on other 22 than a calendar monthly basis. 23 The provisions of this paragraph apply before October 1, 24 2001. Without regard to whether a taxpayer is required to 25 make quarter monthly payments as specified above, any 26 taxpayer who is required by Section 2d of this Act to collect 27 and remit prepaid taxes and has collected prepaid taxes which 28 average in excess of $25,000 per month during the preceding 2 29 complete calendar quarters, shall file a return with the 30 Department as required by Section 2f and shall make payments 31 to the Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last 32 day of the month during which such liability is incurred. If 33 the month during which such tax liability is incurred began 34 prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985, -71- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 each payment shall be in an amount not less than 22.5% of the 2 taxpayer's actual liability under Section 2d. If the month 3 during which such tax liability is incurred begins on or 4 after January 1, 1986, each payment shall be in an amount 5 equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the 6 month or 27.5% of the taxpayer's liability for the same 7 calendar month of the preceding calendar year. If the month 8 during which such tax liability is incurred begins on or 9 after January 1, 1987, each payment shall be in an amount 10 equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the 11 month or 26.25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same 12 calendar month of the preceding year. The amount of such 13 quarter monthly payments shall be credited against the final 14 tax liability of the taxpayer's return for that month filed 15 under this Section or Section 2f, as the case may be. Once 16 applicable, the requirement of the making of quarter monthly 17 payments to the Department pursuant to this paragraph shall 18 continue until such taxpayer's average monthly prepaid tax 19 collections during the preceding 2 complete calendar quarters 20 is $25,000 or less. If any such quarter monthly payment is 21 not paid at the time or in the amount required, the taxpayer 22 shall be liable for penalties and interest on such 23 difference, except insofar as the taxpayer has previously 24 made payments for that month in excess of the minimum 25 payments previously due. 26 The provisions of this paragraph apply on and after 27 October 1, 2001. Without regard to whether a taxpayer is 28 required to make quarter monthly payments as specified above, 29 any taxpayer who is required by Section 2d of this Act to 30 collect and remit prepaid taxes and has collected prepaid 31 taxes that average in excess of $20,000 per month during the 32 preceding 4 complete calendar quarters shall file a return 33 with the Department as required by Section 2f and shall make 34 payments to the Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd -72- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 and last day of the month during which the liability is 2 incurred. Each payment shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% 3 of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or 25% of 4 the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month of the 5 preceding year. The amount of the quarter monthly payments 6 shall be credited against the final tax liability of the 7 taxpayer's return for that month filed under this Section or 8 Section 2f, as the case may be. Once applicable, the 9 requirement of the making of quarter monthly payments to the 10 Department pursuant to this paragraph shall continue until 11 the taxpayer's average monthly prepaid tax collections during 12 the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters (excluding the 13 month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability) 14 is less than $19,000 or until such taxpayer's average monthly 15 liability to the Department as computed for each calendar 16 quarter of the 4 preceding complete calendar quarters is less 17 than $20,000. If any such quarter monthly payment is not 18 paid at the time or in the amount required, the taxpayer 19 shall be liable for penalties and interest on such 20 difference, except insofar as the taxpayer has previously 21 made payments for that month in excess of the minimum 22 payments previously due. 23 If any payment provided for in this Section exceeds the 24 taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, the Use Tax Act, the 25 Service Occupation Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act, as 26 shown on an original monthly return, the Department shall, if 27 requested by the taxpayer, issue to the taxpayer a credit 28 memorandum no later than 30 days after the date of payment. 29 The credit evidenced by such credit memorandum may be 30 assigned by the taxpayer to a similar taxpayer under this 31 Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act or the 32 Service Use Tax Act, in accordance with reasonable rules and 33 regulations to be prescribed by the Department. If no such 34 request is made, the taxpayer may credit such excess payment -73- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 against tax liability subsequently to be remitted to the 2 Department under this Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service 3 Occupation Tax Act or the Service Use Tax Act, in accordance 4 with reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the 5 Department. If the Department subsequently determined that 6 all or any part of the credit taken was not actually due to 7 the taxpayer, the taxpayer's 2.1% and 1.75% vendor's discount 8 shall be reduced by 2.1% or 1.75% of the difference between 9 the credit taken and that actually due, and that taxpayer 10 shall be liable for penalties and interest on such 11 difference. 12 If a retailer of motor fuel is entitled to a credit under 13 Section 2d of this Act which exceeds the taxpayer's liability 14 to the Department under this Act for the month which the 15 taxpayer is filing a return, the Department shall issue the 16 taxpayer a credit memorandum for the excess. 17 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 18 shall pay into the Local Government Tax Fund, a special fund 19 in the State treasury which is hereby created, the net 20 revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1% tax on 21 sales of food for human consumption which is to be consumed 22 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic 23 beverages, soft drinks and food which has been prepared for 24 immediate consumption) and prescription and nonprescription 25 medicines, drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine 26 testing materials, syringes and needles used by diabetics. 27 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 28 shall pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, a 29 special fund in the State treasury which is hereby created, 30 4% of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from 31 the 6.25% general rate. 32 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 33 pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 20% of the 34 net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% -74- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 2 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 3 pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 20% of the 4 net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% 5 rate on the selling price of textbooks required for use at 6 State universities and public community colleges or at 7 institutions of higher learning as defined in the Illinois 8 Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher 9 Learning. 10 Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department 11 shall pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 16% of the net 12 revenue realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% 13 general rate on the selling price of tangible personal 14 property. 15 Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall 16 pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 80% of the net revenue 17 realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% rate on the 18 selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. 19 Beginning August 1, 2003, each month the Department shall 20 pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 80% of the net revenue 21 realized for the preceding month from the 1.25% rate on the 22 selling price of textbooks required for use at State 23 universities and public community colleges or at institutions 24 of higher learning as defined in the Illinois Financial 25 Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Learning. 26 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 27 pursuant to this Act, (a) 1.75% thereof shall be paid into 28 the Build Illinois Fund and (b) prior to July 1, 1989, 2.2% 29 and on and after July 1, 1989, 3.8% thereof shall be paid 30 into the Build Illinois Fund; provided, however, that if in 31 any fiscal year the sum of (1) the aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, 32 as the case may be, of the moneys received by the Department 33 and required to be paid into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant 34 to this Act, Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the -75- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Service Use Tax Act, and Section 9 of the Service Occupation 2 Tax Act, such Acts being hereinafter called the "Tax Acts" 3 and such aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, as the case may be, of 4 moneys being hereinafter called the "Tax Act Amount", and (2) 5 the amount transferred to the Build Illinois Fund from the 6 State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be less than the 7 Annual Specified Amount (as hereinafter defined), an amount 8 equal to the difference shall be immediately paid into the 9 Build Illinois Fund from other moneys received by the 10 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; the "Annual Specified 11 Amount" means the amounts specified below for fiscal years 12 1986 through 1993: 13 Fiscal Year Annual Specified Amount 14 1986 $54,800,000 15 1987 $76,650,000 16 1988 $80,480,000 17 1989 $88,510,000 18 1990 $115,330,000 19 1991 $145,470,000 20 1992 $182,730,000 21 1993 $206,520,000; 22 and means the Certified Annual Debt Service Requirement (as 23 defined in Section 13 of the Build Illinois Bond Act) or the 24 Tax Act Amount, whichever is greater, for fiscal year 1994 25 and each fiscal year thereafter; and further provided, that 26 if on the last business day of any month the sum of (1) the 27 Tax Act Amount required to be deposited into the Build 28 Illinois Bond Account in the Build Illinois Fund during such 29 month and (2) the amount transferred to the Build Illinois 30 Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall 31 have been less than 1/12 of the Annual Specified Amount, an 32 amount equal to the difference shall be immediately paid into 33 the Build Illinois Fund from other moneys received by the 34 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts; and, further provided, -76- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 that in no event shall the payments required under the 2 preceding proviso result in aggregate payments into the Build 3 Illinois Fund pursuant to this clause (b) for any fiscal year 4 in excess of the greater of (i) the Tax Act Amount or (ii) 5 the Annual Specified Amount for such fiscal year. The 6 amounts payable into the Build Illinois Fund under clause (b) 7 of the first sentence in this paragraph shall be payable only 8 until such time as the aggregate amount on deposit under each 9 trust indenture securing Bonds issued and outstanding 10 pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act is sufficient, taking 11 into account any future investment income, to fully provide, 12 in accordance with such indenture, for the defeasance of or 13 the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and 14 interest on the Bonds secured by such indenture and on any 15 Bonds expected to be issued thereafter and all fees and costs 16 payable with respect thereto, all as certified by the 17 Director of the Bureau of the Budget. If on the last 18 business day of any month in which Bonds are outstanding 19 pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act, the aggregate of 20 moneys deposited in the Build Illinois Bond Account in the 21 Build Illinois Fund in such month shall be less than the 22 amount required to be transferred in such month from the 23 Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond 24 Retirement and Interest Fund pursuant to Section 13 of the 25 Build Illinois Bond Act, an amount equal to such deficiency 26 shall be immediately paid from other moneys received by the 27 Department pursuant to the Tax Acts to the Build Illinois 28 Fund; provided, however, that any amounts paid to the Build 29 Illinois Fund in any fiscal year pursuant to this sentence 30 shall be deemed to constitute payments pursuant to clause (b) 31 of the first sentence of this paragraph and shall reduce the 32 amount otherwise payable for such fiscal year pursuant to 33 that clause (b). The moneys received by the Department 34 pursuant to this Act and required to be deposited into the -77- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Build Illinois Fund are subject to the pledge, claim and 2 charge set forth in Section 12 of the Build Illinois Bond 3 Act. 4 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 5 Fund as provided in the preceding paragraph or in any 6 amendment thereto hereafter enacted, the following specified 7 monthly installment of the amount requested in the 8 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 9 Exposition Authority provided under Section 8.25f of the 10 State Finance Act, but not in excess of sums designated as 11 "Total Deposit", shall be deposited in the aggregate from 12 collections under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of 13 the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation 14 Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act 15 into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund in the 16 specified fiscal years. 17 Fiscal Year Total Deposit 18 1993 $0 19 1994 53,000,000 20 1995 58,000,000 21 1996 61,000,000 22 1997 64,000,000 23 1998 68,000,000 24 1999 71,000,000 25 2000 75,000,000 26 2001 80,000,000 27 2002 93,000,000 28 2003 99,000,000 29 2004 103,000,000 30 2005 108,000,000 31 2006 113,000,000 32 2007 119,000,000 33 2008 126,000,000 34 2009 132,000,000 -78- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 2010 139,000,000 2 2011 146,000,000 3 2012 153,000,000 4 2013 161,000,000 5 2014 170,000,000 6 2015 179,000,000 7 2016 189,000,000 8 2017 199,000,000 9 2018 210,000,000 10 2019 221,000,000 11 2020 233,000,000 12 2021 246,000,000 13 2022 260,000,000 14 2023 and 275,000,000 15 each fiscal year 16 thereafter that bonds 17 are outstanding under 18 Section 13.2 of the 19 Metropolitan Pier and 20 Exposition Authority 21 Act, but not after fiscal year 2042. 22 Beginning July 20, 1993 and in each month of each fiscal 23 year thereafter, one-eighth of the amount requested in the 24 certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and 25 Exposition Authority for that fiscal year, less the amount 26 deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund by 27 the State Treasurer in the respective month under subsection 28 (g) of Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition 29 Authority Act, plus cumulative deficiencies in the deposits 30 required under this Section for previous months and years, 31 shall be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project 32 Fund, until the full amount requested for the fiscal year, 33 but not in excess of the amount specified above as "Total 34 Deposit", has been deposited. -79- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 2 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 3 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 4 hereafter enacted, beginning July 1, 1993, the Department 5 shall each month pay into the Illinois Tax Increment Fund 6 0.27% of 80% of the net revenue realized for the preceding 7 month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 8 tangible personal property. 9 Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois 10 Fund and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant 11 to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto 12 hereafter enacted, beginning with the receipt of the first 13 report of taxes paid by an eligible business and continuing 14 for a 25-year period, the Department shall each month pay 15 into the Energy Infrastructure Fund 80% of the net revenue 16 realized from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of 17 Illinois-mined coal that was sold to an eligible business. 18 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "eligible business" 19 means a new electric generating facility certified pursuant 20 to Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and 21 Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 22 Illinois. 23 Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department 24 pursuant to this Act, 75% thereof shall be paid into the 25 State Treasury and 25% shall be reserved in a special account 26 and used only for the transfer to the Common School Fund as 27 part of the monthly transfer from the General Revenue Fund in 28 accordance with Section 8a of the State Finance Act. 29 The Department may, upon separate written notice to a 30 taxpayer, require the taxpayer to prepare and file with the 31 Department on a form prescribed by the Department within not 32 less than 60 days after receipt of the notice an annual 33 information return for the tax year specified in the notice. 34 Such annual return to the Department shall include a -80- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 statement of gross receipts as shown by the retailer's last 2 Federal income tax return. If the total receipts of the 3 business as reported in the Federal income tax return do not 4 agree with the gross receipts reported to the Department of 5 Revenue for the same period, the retailer shall attach to his 6 annual return a schedule showing a reconciliation of the 2 7 amounts and the reasons for the difference. The retailer's 8 annual return to the Department shall also disclose the cost 9 of goods sold by the retailer during the year covered by such 10 return, opening and closing inventories of such goods for 11 such year, costs of goods used from stock or taken from stock 12 and given away by the retailer during such year, payroll 13 information of the retailer's business during such year and 14 any additional reasonable information which the Department 15 deems would be helpful in determining the accuracy of the 16 monthly, quarterly or annual returns filed by such retailer 17 as provided for in this Section. 18 If the annual information return required by this Section 19 is not filed when and as required, the taxpayer shall be 20 liable as follows: 21 (i) Until January 1, 1994, the taxpayer shall be 22 liable for a penalty equal to 1/6 of 1% of the tax due 23 from such taxpayer under this Act during the period to be 24 covered by the annual return for each month or fraction 25 of a month until such return is filed as required, the 26 penalty to be assessed and collected in the same manner 27 as any other penalty provided for in this Act. 28 (ii) On and after January 1, 1994, the taxpayer 29 shall be liable for a penalty as described in Section 3-4 30 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. 31 The chief executive officer, proprietor, owner or highest 32 ranking manager shall sign the annual return to certify the 33 accuracy of the information contained therein. Any person 34 who willfully signs the annual return containing false or -81- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 inaccurate information shall be guilty of perjury and 2 punished accordingly. The annual return form prescribed by 3 the Department shall include a warning that the person 4 signing the return may be liable for perjury. 5 The provisions of this Section concerning the filing of 6 an annual information return do not apply to a retailer who 7 is not required to file an income tax return with the United 8 States Government. 9 As soon as possible after the first day of each month, 10 upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the 11 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall 12 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax 13 Fund an amount equal to 1.7% of 80% of the net revenue 14 realized under this Act for the second preceding month. 15 Beginning April 1, 2000, this transfer is no longer required 16 and shall not be made. 17 Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue 18 collected by the State pursuant to this Act, less the amount 19 paid out during that month as refunds to taxpayers for 20 overpayment of liability. 21 For greater simplicity of administration, manufacturers, 22 importers and wholesalers whose products are sold at retail 23 in Illinois by numerous retailers, and who wish to do so, may 24 assume the responsibility for accounting and paying to the 25 Department all tax accruing under this Act with respect to 26 such sales, if the retailers who are affected do not make 27 written objection to the Department to this arrangement. 28 Any person who promotes, organizes, provides retail 29 selling space for concessionaires or other types of sellers 30 at the Illinois State Fair, DuQuoin State Fair, county fairs, 31 local fairs, art shows, flea markets and similar exhibitions 32 or events, including any transient merchant as defined by 33 Section 2 of the Transient Merchant Act of 1987, is required 34 to file a report with the Department providing the name of -82- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 the merchant's business, the name of the person or persons 2 engaged in merchant's business, the permanent address and 3 Illinois Retailers Occupation Tax Registration Number of the 4 merchant, the dates and location of the event and other 5 reasonable information that the Department may require. The 6 report must be filed not later than the 20th day of the month 7 next following the month during which the event with retail 8 sales was held. Any person who fails to file a report 9 required by this Section commits a business offense and is 10 subject to a fine not to exceed $250. 11 Any person engaged in the business of selling tangible 12 personal property at retail as a concessionaire or other type 13 of seller at the Illinois State Fair, county fairs, art 14 shows, flea markets and similar exhibitions or events, or any 15 transient merchants, as defined by Section 2 of the Transient 16 Merchant Act of 1987, may be required to make a daily report 17 of the amount of such sales to the Department and to make a 18 daily payment of the full amount of tax due. The Department 19 shall impose this requirement when it finds that there is a 20 significant risk of loss of revenue to the State at such an 21 exhibition or event. Such a finding shall be based on 22 evidence that a substantial number of concessionaires or 23 other sellers who are not residents of Illinois will be 24 engaging in the business of selling tangible personal 25 property at retail at the exhibition or event, or other 26 evidence of a significant risk of loss of revenue to the 27 State. The Department shall notify concessionaires and other 28 sellers affected by the imposition of this requirement. In 29 the absence of notification by the Department, the 30 concessionaires and other sellers shall file their returns as 31 otherwise required in this Section. 32 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 33 91-101, eff. 7-12-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 34 7-1-00; 91-901, eff. 1-1-01; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01; 92-16, eff. -83- LRB093 09153 SJM 09385 b 1 6-28-01; 92-208, eff. 8-2-01; 92-484, eff. 8-23-01; 92-492, 2 eff. 1-1-02; 92-600, eff. 6-28-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.) 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.