96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2334

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard - Robert F. Flider - Cynthia Soto

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
35 ILCS 5/218 new

    Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act and amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Requires the Department of Revenue to authorize an income tax credit to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund. Sets forth procedures and criteria for authorizing the credits. Provides that the aggregate amount of all credits that the Department may authorize may not exceed $50,000,000 in 2009, $75,000,000 in 2010, or $100,000,000 in 2011 and each calendar year thereafter. Provides conditions for eligibility. Requires the Department to make an annual report concerning the credits. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for 3 years. Exempts the credit from the Act's sunset provisions. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Endow
5 Illinois Tax Credit Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
7     "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
8     "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable contribution to a
9 permanent endowment fund held by a qualified community
10 foundation.
11     "Permanent endowment fund" means a fund that (i) is held by
12 a qualified community foundation to provide benefit to
13 charitable causes in the State, (ii) is intended to exist in
14 perpetuity, and (iii) has an annual spend rate based on the
15 foundation spending policy.
16     "Qualified community foundation" means a community
17 foundation or similar publicly-supported organization
18 described in Section 170 (b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue
19 Code of 1986 that is organized or operating in this State and
20 that substantially complies with the national standards for
21 U.S. community foundations that are established by the National
22 Council on Foundations, as determined by the Department.
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. Tax credit awards.
2     (a) The Department shall authorize an income tax credit to
3 taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent
4 endowment fund. The amount of the credit that may be authorized
5 to a taxpayer by the Department under this Act is an amount
6 equal to 50% of the endowment gift, but may not exceed
7 $125,000. A taxpayer that is a business entity is not eligible
8 to receive a credit under this Act for the taxable year if the
9 taxpayer's gross business receipts exceed $30,000,000 for
10 taxable years ending in 2009, $40,000,000 for taxable years
11 ending in 2010, or $50,000,000 for taxable years ending in 2011
12 or thereafter.
13     (b) The aggregate amount of all credits that the Department
14 may authorize under this Act may not exceed $50,000,000 in
15 2009, $75,000,000 in 2010, or $100,000,000 in 2011 and each
16 calendar year thereafter. The aggregate amount of all credits
17 that the Department may authorize to any single taxpayer in a
18 calendar year may not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of all
19 credits authorized by the Department in that calendar year. The
20 aggregate amount of all credits that the Department may
21 authorize in any calendar year based on endowment gifts to any
22 specific permanent endowment fund may not exceed 25% of
23 aggregate credits authorized for that year.
24     (c) If the Department receives applications for tax credit
25 in excess of the amount available, then the applications must
26 be prioritized by the date that the Department received them.

 

 

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1 If the number of applications exceeds the amount of annual tax
2 credits available, then the Department must establish a wait
3 list for the next year's allocation of tax credits, and
4 applications must first be funded in the order listed on that
5 wait list.
 
6     Section 15. Applications for tax credits.
7     (a) The Department shall develop and make available a
8 standardized application pertaining to the allocation of tax
9 credits under this Act.
10     (b) Of the annual amount available for tax credits, 10%
11 must be reserved for those endowment gifts of $30,000 or less.
12 If the entire 10% that is reserved for permanent endowment
13 gifts totalling $30,000 or less is not allocated, then the
14 remaining amount is available in the following years for
15 endowment gifts of $30,000 or less.
16     (c) The Department must accepts applications and authorize
17 credits in an ongoing basis. The Department must make public,
18 by June 1 and by December 1 of each year, the total number of
19 requests for tax credits and the total amount of requested tax
20 credits that have been submitted and awarded.
 
21     Section 20. Annual report. By January 31 of each year, the
22 Department must submit an annual report to the Governor and the
23 General Assembly concerning the activities conduced under this
24 Act during the previous calendar year. The report must include

 

 

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1 a detailed listing of tax credits authorized under this Act by
2 the Department.
 
3     Section 90. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
4 adding Section 218 as follows:
 
5     (35 ILCS 5/218 new)
6     Sec. 218. The Endow Illinois Tax Credit.
7     (a) For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2009,
8 each taxpayer for whom a tax credit has been authorized by the
9 Department of Revenue under the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act,
10 is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under
11 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to
12 the amount authorized under that Act.
13     (b) For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
14 corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
15 liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
16 federal and State income taxation, there is allowed a credit
17 under this Section to be determined in accordance with the
18 determination of income and distributive share of income under
19 Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
20 Code.
21     (c) The credit may not be carried back and may not reduce
22 the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of
23 the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess
24 may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the

 

 

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1 3 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax
2 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is
3 a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year
4 that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit
5 shall be applied first.
6     (d) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section
7 250.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.