HB1355ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Karen May

Filed: 2/23/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1355

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1355 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2505-755 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2505/2505-755 new)

Sec. 2505-755. Deposit of State funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the proceeds from any tax imposed by the State and collected and administered by the Department shall be deposited into the appropriate fund in the State treasury within 3 business days after the proceeds are received by the Department.

Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by changing Sections 704 and 803 as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/704) (from Ch. 120, par. 7-704)

Sec. 704. Employer's Return and Payment of Tax Withheld.

(a) In general, every employer who deducts and withholds or is required to deduct and withhold tax under this Act prior to January 1, 2008, shall make such payments and returns as provided in this Section.

(b) Quarter Monthly Payments: Returns. Every employer who deducts and withholds or is required to deduct and withhold tax under this Act shall, on or before the third banking day following the close of a quarter monthly period, pay to the Department or to a depositary designated by the Department, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Department, the taxes so required to be deducted and withheld, whenever the aggregate amount withheld by such employer (together with amounts previously withheld and not paid to the Department) exceeds $1,000. For purposes of this Section, Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays and local bank holidays are not banking days. A quarter monthly period, for purposes of this subsection, ends on the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last day of each calendar month. Every such employer shall for each calendar quarter, on or before the last day of the first month following the close of such quarter, and for the calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding calendar year, make a return with respect to such taxes in such form and manner as the Department may by regulations prescribe, and pay to the Department or to a depositary designated by the Department all withheld taxes not previously paid to the Department.

(c) Monthly Payments: Returns. Every employer required to deduct and withhold tax under this Act shall, on or before the 15th day of the second and third months of each calendar quarter, and on or before the last day of the month following the last month of each such quarter, pay to the Department or to a depositary designated by the Department, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Department, the taxes so required to be deducted and withheld, whenever the aggregate amount withheld by such employer (together with amounts previously withheld and not paid to the Department) exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,000. Every such employer shall for each calendar quarter, on or before the last day of the first month following the close of such quarter, and for the calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding calendar year, make a return with respect to such taxes in such form and manner as the Department may by regulations prescribe, and pay to the Department or to a depositary designated by the Department all withheld taxes not previously paid to the Department.

(d) Annual Payments: Returns. Where the amount of compensation paid by an employer is not sufficient to require the withholding of tax from the compensation of any of its employees (or where the aggregate amount withheld is less than $500), the Department may by regulation permit such employer to file only an annual return and to pay the taxes required to be deducted and withheld at the time of filing such annual return.

(e) Annual Return. The Department may, as it deems appropriate, prescribe by regulation for the filing of annual returns in lieu of quarterly returns described in subsections (b) and (c).

(e-5) Annual Return and Payment. On and after January 1, 1998, notwithstanding subsections (b) through (d) of this Section, every employer who deducts and withholds or is required to deduct and withhold tax from a person engaged in domestic service employment, as that term is defined in Section 3510 of the Internal Revenue Code, may comply with the requirements of this Section by filing an annual return and paying the taxes required to be deducted and withheld on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the employer's taxable year. The annual return may be submitted with the employer's individual income tax return.

(e-10) Annual Return and Payment. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, every employer who deducts and withholds or is required to deduct and withhold tax from fewer than 5 employees during the taxable year may comply with the requirements of this Section by filing an annual return and paying the taxes required to be deducted and withheld on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the employer's taxable year. The annual return may be submitted with the employer's income tax return.

(f) Magnetic Media Filing. Forms W-2 that, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, are required to be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service on magnetic media, must also be submitted to the Department on magnetic media for Illinois purposes, if required by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 95-8, eff. 6-29-07.)

(35 ILCS 5/803) (from Ch. 120, par. 8-803)

Sec. 803. Payment of Estimated Tax.

(a) Every taxpayer other than an estate, trust, partnership, Subchapter S corporation, business employing fewer than 5 employees, or farmer is required to pay estimated tax for the taxable year, in such amount and with such forms as the Department shall prescribe, if the amount payable as estimated tax can reasonably be expected to be more than (i) $250 for taxable years ending before December 31, 2001 and $500 for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2001 or (ii) $400 for corporations.

(b) Estimated tax defined. The term "estimated tax" means the excess of:

(1) The amount which the taxpayer estimates to be his tax under this Act for the taxable year, over

(2) The amount which he estimates to be the sum of any amounts to be withheld on account of or credited against such tax.

(c) Joint payment. If they are eligible to do so for federal tax purposes, a husband and wife may pay estimated tax as if they were one taxpayer, in which case the liability with respect to the estimated tax shall be joint and several. If a joint payment is made but the husband and wife elect to determine their taxes under this Act separately, the estimated tax for such year may be treated as the estimated tax of either husband or wife, or may be divided between them, as they may elect.

(d) There shall be paid 4 equal installments of estimated tax for each taxable year, payable as follows:

(e) Farmers. An individual, having gross income from farming for the taxable year which is at least 2/3 of his total estimated gross income for such year.

(f) Application to short taxable years. The application of this section to taxable years of less than 12 months shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Department.

(g) Fiscal years. In the application of this section to the case of a taxable year beginning on any date other than January 1, there shall be substituted, for the months specified in subsections (d) and (e), the months which correspond thereto.

(h) Installments paid in advance. Any installment of estimated tax may be paid before the date prescribed for its payment.

The changes in this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1985 shall apply to taxable years ending on or after January 1, 1986.

(Source: P.A. 91-913, eff. 1-1-01.)

Section 15. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by changing Section 1400.2 as follows:

(820 ILCS 405/1400.2)

Sec. 1400.2. Annual reporting and paying; household workers. This Section applies to an employer who solely employs fewer than 5 workers, or any number of one or more household workers, with respect to whom the employer files federal unemployment taxes as part of his or her federal income tax return, or could file federal unemployment taxes as part of his or her federal income tax return if the worker or workers were providing services in employment for purposes of the federal unemployment tax. For purposes of this Section, "household worker" means a person who provides domestic service in a private home of the employer, as defined in has the meaning ascribed to it for purposes of Section 3510 of the federal Internal Revenue Code. If an employer to whom this Section applies notifies the Director, in writing, that he or she wishes to pay his or her contributions for each quarter and submit his or her wage and contribution reports for each quarter on an annual basis, then the due date for filing the reports and paying the contributions shall be April 15 of the calendar year immediately following the close of the quarters to which the reports and contributions apply, except that the Director may, by rule, establish a different due date for good cause.

(Source: P.A. 94-723, eff. 1-19-06.)

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