103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2774

 

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 5/204  from Ch. 120, par. 2-204

    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years ending before December 31, 2028 (currently, December 31, 2023), when calculating the standard exemption, the basic amount shall be $2,050 plus a specified cost-of-living adjustment. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
5changing Section 204 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 5/204)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2-204)
7    Sec. 204. Standard exemption.
8    (a) Allowance of exemption. In computing net income under
9this Act, there shall be allowed as an exemption the sum of the
10amounts determined under subsections (b), (c) and (d),
11multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount
12of the taxpayer's base income allocable to this State for the
13taxable year and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's
14total base income for the taxable year.
15    (b) Basic amount. For the purpose of subsection (a) of
16this Section, except as provided by subsection (a) of Section
17205 and in this subsection, each taxpayer shall be allowed a
18basic amount of $1000, except that for corporations the basic
19amount shall be zero for tax years ending on or after December
2031, 2003, and for individuals the basic amount shall be:
21        (1) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
22    1998 and prior to December 31, 1999, $1,300;
23        (2) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,

 

 

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1    1999 and prior to December 31, 2000, $1,650;
2        (3) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
3    2000 and prior to December 31, 2012, $2,000;
4        (4) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
5    2012 and prior to December 31, 2013, $2,050;
6        (5) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
7    2013 and on or before December 31, 2028 December 31, 2023,
8    $2,050 plus the cost-of-living adjustment under subsection
9    (d-5).
10For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1992, a
11taxpayer whose Illinois base income exceeds the basic amount
12and who is claimed as a dependent on another person's tax
13return under the Internal Revenue Code shall not be allowed
14any basic amount under this subsection.
15    (c) Additional amount for individuals. In the case of an
16individual taxpayer, there shall be allowed for the purpose of
17subsection (a), in addition to the basic amount provided by
18subsection (b), an additional exemption equal to the basic
19amount for each exemption in excess of one allowable to such
20individual taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 151 of
21the Internal Revenue Code.
22    (d) Additional exemptions for an individual taxpayer and
23his or her spouse. In the case of an individual taxpayer and
24his or her spouse, he or she shall each be allowed additional
25exemptions as follows:
26        (1) Additional exemption for taxpayer or spouse 65

 

 

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1    years of age or older.
2            (A) For taxpayer. An additional exemption of
3        $1,000 for the taxpayer if he or she has attained the
4        age of 65 before the end of the taxable year.
5            (B) For spouse when a joint return is not filed. An
6        additional exemption of $1,000 for the spouse of the
7        taxpayer if a joint return is not made by the taxpayer
8        and his spouse, and if the spouse has attained the age
9        of 65 before the end of such taxable year, and, for the
10        calendar year in which the taxable year of the
11        taxpayer begins, has no gross income and is not the
12        dependent of another taxpayer.
13        (2) Additional exemption for blindness of taxpayer or
14    spouse.
15            (A) For taxpayer. An additional exemption of
16        $1,000 for the taxpayer if he or she is blind at the
17        end of the taxable year.
18            (B) For spouse when a joint return is not filed. An
19        additional exemption of $1,000 for the spouse of the
20        taxpayer if a separate return is made by the taxpayer,
21        and if the spouse is blind and, for the calendar year
22        in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has
23        no gross income and is not the dependent of another
24        taxpayer. For purposes of this paragraph, the
25        determination of whether the spouse is blind shall be
26        made as of the end of the taxable year of the taxpayer;

 

 

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1        except that if the spouse dies during such taxable
2        year such determination shall be made as of the time of
3        such death.
4            (C) Blindness defined. For purposes of this
5        subsection, an individual is blind only if his or her
6        central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the
7        better eye with correcting lenses, or if his or her
8        visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is
9        accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision
10        such that the widest diameter of the visual fields
11        subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
12    (d-5) Cost-of-living adjustment. For purposes of item (5)
13of subsection (b), the cost-of-living adjustment for any
14calendar year and for taxable years ending prior to the end of
15the subsequent calendar year is equal to $2,050 times the
16percentage (if any) by which:
17        (1) the Consumer Price Index for the preceding
18    calendar year, exceeds
19        (2) the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year
20    2011.
21    The Consumer Price Index for any calendar year is the
22average of the Consumer Price Index as of the close of the
2312-month period ending on August 31 of that calendar year.
24    The term "Consumer Price Index" means the last Consumer
25Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the United
26States Department of Labor or any successor agency.

 

 

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1    If any cost-of-living adjustment is not a multiple of $25,
2that adjustment shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple
3of $25.
4    (e) Cross reference. See Article 3 for the manner of
5determining base income allocable to this State.
6    (f) Application of Section 250. Section 250 does not apply
7to the amendments to this Section made by Public Act 90-613.
8    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
9taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, no
10taxpayer may claim an exemption under this Section if the
11taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds
12(i) $500,000, in the case of spouses filing a joint federal tax
13return or (ii) $250,000, in the case of all other taxpayers.
14(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-865, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.