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90_HB1317 35 ILCS 5/208 from Ch. 120, par. 2-208 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that an individual taxpayer who is 65 years of age or older and has an annual household income of $35,000 or less shall be entitled to a tax credit equal to 10% of the real property taxes paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year on the principal residence of the taxpayer (now 5% for everyone). Exempts the credit from the sunset provisions. Effective immediately. LRB9003855KDks LRB9003855KDks 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income Tax Act by changing 2 Section 208. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 6 changing Section 208 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 5/208) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-208) 8 Sec. 208. Tax credit for residential real property taxes. 9 (a) Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 10 31, 1991, every individual taxpayer shall be entitled to a 11 tax credit equal to 5% of real property taxes paid by such 12 taxpayer during the taxable year on the principal residence 13 of the taxpayer. In the case of multi-unit or multi-use 14 structures and farm dwellings, the taxes on the taxpayer's 15 principal residence shall be that portion of the total taxes 16 which is attributable to such principal residence. 17 (b) Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 18 31, 1997, an individual taxpayer who is 65 years or older and 19 has an annual household income of $35,000 or less is entitled 20 to a tax credit equal to 10% of the real property taxes paid 21 by the taxpayer during the taxable year on the principal 22 residence of the taxpayer. In the case of multi-unit or 23 multi-use structures and farm dwellings, the taxes on the 24 taxpayer's principal residence shall be that portion of the 25 total taxes that is attributable to the principal residence. 26 A taxpayer who has claimed the credit in subsection (a) may 27 not claim the credit under this subsection. This amendatory 28 Act of 1997 is exempt from the provisions of Section 250. 29 (Source: P.A. 87-17.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon -2- LRB9003855KDks 1 becoming law.