Bill Text: IL HB2518 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may adopt rules and regulations for payment by credit card of any amount due under any Act administered by the Department only when the Department is not required to pay a discount fee charged by the credit card issuer. Provides that the balance of moneys on deposit in any commercial checking account established by the Department of Revenue shall not exceed $25,000 (instead of $5,000) at any one time, nor shall any one check written on or single withdrawal made from any of those accounts exceed $25,000 (instead of $5,000). Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Department shall certify the record of its proceedings if the taxpayer pays to it the sum of 75¢ per page of testimony taken before the Department and 25¢ per page of all other matters contained in the record. Amends the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. Provides that, after December 31, 2013, interest paid by the Department and interest charged to taxpayers by the Department shall be at the underpayment rate established under Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that a penalty of $100 shall be imposed for failure to file a transaction reporting return required by the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or the Use Tax Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0425 [HB2518 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2518-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
2505-310 and by adding Section 2505-255 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2505/2505-255 new)
Sec. 2505-255. Payment by credit card. The Department may
adopt rules and regulations for payment by credit card of any
amount due under any Act administered by the Department only
when the Department is not required to pay a discount fee
charged by the credit card issuer.
(20 ILCS 2505/2505-310) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b15.2)
Sec. 2505-310. Obtaining evidence. The Department has the
power to expend sums that the Director deems necessary from
contractual services appropriations for the purchase of
evidence and for the employment of persons to obtain evidence.
The sums shall be advanced to investigators authorized by the
Director to expend funds, on vouchers signed by the Director.
In addition, the Director is authorized to maintain one or
more commercial checking accounts with any State banking
corporation or corporations organized under or subject to the

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Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and withdrawal of moneys
to be used solely for the purchase of evidence and for the
employment of persons to obtain evidence. No check may be
written on nor any withdrawal made from such an account except
on the written signature of 2 persons designated by the
Director to write those checks and make those withdrawals. The
balance of moneys on deposit in any such account shall not
exceed $25,000 $5,000 at any time, nor shall any one check
written on or single withdrawal made from any such account
exceed $25,000 $5,000.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 15. The Uniform Penalty and Interest Act is amended
by changing Sections 3-2 and 3-3 as follows:
(35 ILCS 735/3-2) (from Ch. 120, par. 2603-2)
Sec. 3-2. Interest.
(a) Interest paid by the Department to taxpayers and
interest charged to taxpayers by the Department shall be paid
at the annual rate determined by the Department. For periods
prior to January 1, 2004, and after December 31, 2013, that
rate shall be the underpayment rate established under Section
6621 of the Internal Revenue Code. For periods after December
31, 2003, and prior to January 1, 2014, that rate shall be:
(1) for the one-year period beginning with the date of
underpayment or overpayment, the short-term federal rate

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established under Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(2) for any period beginning the day after the one-year
period described in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a),
the underpayment rate established under Section 6621 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The interest rate shall be adjusted on a semiannual
basis, on January 1 and July 1, based upon the underpayment
rate or short-term federal rate going into effect on that
January 1 or July 1 under Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(c) This subsection (c) is applicable to returns due on and
before December 31, 2000. Interest shall be simple interest
calculated on a daily basis. Interest shall accrue upon tax and
penalty due. If notice and demand is made for the payment of
any amount of tax due and if the amount due is paid within 30
days after the date of such notice and demand, interest under
this Section on the amount so paid shall not be imposed for the
period after the date of the notice and demand.
(c-5) This subsection (c-5) is applicable to returns due on
and after January 1, 2001. Interest shall be simple interest
calculated on a daily basis. Interest shall accrue upon tax
due. If notice and demand is made for the payment of any amount
of tax due and if the amount due is paid within 30 days after
the date of the notice and demand, interest under this Section
on the amount so paid shall not be imposed for the period after

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the date of the notice and demand.
(d) No interest shall be paid upon any overpayment of tax
if the overpayment is refunded or a credit approved within 90
days after the last date prescribed for filing the original
return, or within 90 days of the receipt of the processable
return, or within 90 days after the date of overpayment,
whichever date is latest, as determined without regard to
processing time by the Comptroller or without regard to the
date on which the credit is applied to the taxpayer's account.
In order for an original return to be processable for purposes
of this Section, it must be in the form prescribed or approved
by the Department, signed by the person authorized by law, and
contain all information, schedules, and support documents
necessary to determine the tax due and to make allocations of
tax as prescribed by law. For the purposes of computing
interest, a return shall be deemed to be processable unless the
Department notifies the taxpayer that the return is not
processable within 90 days after the receipt of the return;
however, interest shall not accumulate for the period following
this date of notice. Interest on amounts refunded or credited
pursuant to the filing of an amended return or claim for refund
shall be determined from the due date of the original return or
the date of overpayment, whichever is later, to the date of
payment by the Department without regard to processing time by
the Comptroller or the date of credit by the Department or
without regard to the date on which the credit is applied to

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the taxpayer's account. If a claim for refund relates to an
overpayment attributable to a net loss carryback as provided by
Section 207 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, the date of
overpayment shall be the last day of the taxable year in which
the loss was incurred.
(e) Interest on erroneous refunds. Any portion of the tax
imposed by an Act to which this Act is applicable or any
interest or penalty which has been erroneously refunded and
which is recoverable by the Department shall bear interest from
the date of payment of the refund. However, no interest will be
charged if the erroneous refund is for an amount less than $500
and is due to a mistake of the Department.
(f) If a taxpayer has a tax liability for the taxable
period ending after June 30, 1983 and prior to July 1, 2002
that is eligible for amnesty under the Tax Delinquency Amnesty
Act and the taxpayer fails to satisfy the tax liability during
the amnesty period provided for in that Act for that taxable
period, then the interest charged by the Department under this
Section shall be imposed at a rate that is 200% of the rate
that would otherwise be imposed under this Section.
(g) If a taxpayer has a tax liability for the taxable
period ending after June 30, 2002 and prior to July 1, 2009
that is eligible for amnesty under the Tax Delinquency Amnesty
Act, except for any tax liability reported pursuant to Section
506(b) of the Illinois Income Tax Act (35 ILCS 5/506(b)) that
is not final, and the taxpayer fails to satisfy the tax

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liability during the amnesty period provided for in that Act
for that taxable period, then the interest charged by the
Department under this Section shall be imposed in an amount
that is 200% of the amount that would otherwise be imposed
under this Section.
(h) No interest shall be paid to a taxpayer on any refund
allowed under the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1435, eff. 8-16-10.)
(35 ILCS 735/3-3) (from Ch. 120, par. 2603-3)
Sec. 3-3. Penalty for failure to file or pay.
(a) This subsection (a) is applicable before January 1,
1996. A penalty of 5% of the tax required to be shown due on a
return shall be imposed for failure to file the tax return on
or before the due date prescribed for filing determined with
regard for any extension of time for filing (penalty for late
filing or nonfiling). If any unprocessable return is corrected
and filed within 21 days after notice by the Department, the
late filing or nonfiling penalty shall not apply. If a penalty
for late filing or nonfiling is imposed in addition to a
penalty for late payment, the total penalty due shall be the
sum of the late filing penalty and the applicable late payment
penalty. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1995, in the case of any type of tax return required to be
filed more frequently than annually, when the failure to file
the tax return on or before the date prescribed for filing

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(including any extensions) is shown to be nonfraudulent and has
not occurred in the 2 years immediately preceding the failure
to file on the prescribed due date, the penalty imposed by
Section 3-3(a) shall be abated.
(a-5) This subsection (a-5) is applicable to returns due on
and after January 1, 1996 and on or before December 31, 2000. A
penalty equal to 2% of the tax required to be shown due on a
return, up to a maximum amount of $250, determined without
regard to any part of the tax that is paid on time or by any
credit that was properly allowable on the date the return was
required to be filed, shall be imposed for failure to file the
tax return on or before the due date prescribed for filing
determined with regard for any extension of time for filing.
However, if any return is not filed within 30 days after notice
of nonfiling mailed by the Department to the last known address
of the taxpayer contained in Department records, an additional
penalty amount shall be imposed equal to the greater of $250 or
2% of the tax shown on the return. However, the additional
penalty amount may not exceed $5,000 and is determined without
regard to any part of the tax that is paid on time or by any
credit that was properly allowable on the date the return was
required to be filed (penalty for late filing or nonfiling). If
any unprocessable return is corrected and filed within 30 days
after notice by the Department, the late filing or nonfiling
penalty shall not apply. If a penalty for late filing or
nonfiling is imposed in addition to a penalty for late payment,

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the total penalty due shall be the sum of the late filing
penalty and the applicable late payment penalty. In the case of
any type of tax return required to be filed more frequently
than annually, when the failure to file the tax return on or
before the date prescribed for filing (including any
extensions) is shown to be nonfraudulent and has not occurred
in the 2 years immediately preceding the failure to file on the
prescribed due date, the penalty imposed by Section 3-3(a-5)
shall be abated.
(a-10) This subsection (a-10) is applicable to returns due
on and after January 1, 2001. A penalty equal to 2% of the tax
required to be shown due on a return, up to a maximum amount of
$250, reduced by any tax that is paid on time or by any credit
that was properly allowable on the date the return was required
to be filed, shall be imposed for failure to file the tax
return on or before the due date prescribed for filing
determined with regard for any extension of time for filing.
However, if any return is not filed within 30 days after notice
of nonfiling mailed by the Department to the last known address
of the taxpayer contained in Department records, an additional
penalty amount shall be imposed equal to the greater of $250 or
2% of the tax shown on the return. However, the additional
penalty amount may not exceed $5,000 and is determined without
regard to any part of the tax that is paid on time or by any
credit that was properly allowable on the date the return was
required to be filed (penalty for late filing or nonfiling). If

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any unprocessable return is corrected and filed within 30 days
after notice by the Department, the late filing or nonfiling
penalty shall not apply. If a penalty for late filing or
nonfiling is imposed in addition to a penalty for late payment,
the total penalty due shall be the sum of the late filing
penalty and the applicable late payment penalty. In the case of
any type of tax return required to be filed more frequently
than annually, when the failure to file the tax return on or
before the date prescribed for filing (including any
extensions) is shown to be nonfraudulent and has not occurred
in the 2 years immediately preceding the failure to file on the
prescribed due date, the penalty imposed by Section 3-3(a-10)
shall be abated.
(a-15) In addition to any other penalties imposed by law
for the failure to file a return, a penalty of $100 shall be
imposed for failure to file a transaction reporting return
required by Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
Section 9 of the Use Tax Act on or before the date a return is
required to be filed. This penalty shall be imposed regardless
of whether the return when properly prepared and filed would
result in the imposition of a tax.
(b) This subsection is applicable before January 1, 1998. A
penalty of 15% of the tax shown on the return or the tax
required to be shown due on the return shall be imposed for
failure to pay:
(1) the tax shown due on the return on or before the

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due date prescribed for payment of that tax, an amount of
underpayment of estimated tax, or an amount that is
reported in an amended return other than an amended return
timely filed as required by subsection (b) of Section 506
of the Illinois Income Tax Act (penalty for late payment or
nonpayment of admitted liability); or
(2) the full amount of any tax required to be shown due
on a return and which is not shown (penalty for late
payment or nonpayment of additional liability), within 30
days after a notice of arithmetic error, notice and demand,
or a final assessment is issued by the Department. In the
case of a final assessment arising following a protest and
hearing, the 30-day period shall not begin until all
proceedings in court for review of the final assessment
have terminated or the period for obtaining a review has
expired without proceedings for a review having been
instituted. In the case of a notice of tax liability that
becomes a final assessment without a protest and hearing,
the penalty provided in this paragraph (2) shall be imposed
at the expiration of the period provided for the filing of
a protest.
(b-5) This subsection is applicable to returns due on and
after January 1, 1998 and on or before December 31, 2000. A
penalty of 20% of the tax shown on the return or the tax
required to be shown due on the return shall be imposed for
failure to pay:

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(1) the tax shown due on the return on or before the
due date prescribed for payment of that tax, an amount of
underpayment of estimated tax, or an amount that is
reported in an amended return other than an amended return
timely filed as required by subsection (b) of Section 506
of the Illinois Income Tax Act (penalty for late payment or
nonpayment of admitted liability); or
(2) the full amount of any tax required to be shown due
on a return and which is not shown (penalty for late
payment or nonpayment of additional liability), within 30
days after a notice of arithmetic error, notice and demand,
or a final assessment is issued by the Department. In the
case of a final assessment arising following a protest and
hearing, the 30-day period shall not begin until all
proceedings in court for review of the final assessment
have terminated or the period for obtaining a review has
expired without proceedings for a review having been
instituted. In the case of a notice of tax liability that
becomes a final assessment without a protest and hearing,
the penalty provided in this paragraph (2) shall be imposed
at the expiration of the period provided for the filing of
a protest.
(b-10) This subsection (b-10) is applicable to returns due
on and after January 1, 2001 and on or before December 31,
2003. A penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay:
(1) the tax shown due on a return on or before the due

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date prescribed for payment of that tax, an amount of
underpayment of estimated tax, or an amount that is
reported in an amended return other than an amended return
timely filed as required by subsection (b) of Section 506
of the Illinois Income Tax Act (penalty for late payment or
nonpayment of admitted liability). The amount of penalty
imposed under this subsection (b-10)(1) shall be 2% of any
amount that is paid no later than 30 days after the due
date, 5% of any amount that is paid later than 30 days
after the due date and not later than 90 days after the due
date, 10% of any amount that is paid later than 90 days
after the due date and not later than 180 days after the
due date, and 15% of any amount that is paid later than 180
days after the due date. If notice and demand is made for
the payment of any amount of tax due and if the amount due
is paid within 30 days after the date of the notice and
demand, then the penalty for late payment or nonpayment of
admitted liability under this subsection (b-10)(1) on the
amount so paid shall not accrue for the period after the
date of the notice and demand.
(2) the full amount of any tax required to be shown due
on a return and that is not shown (penalty for late payment
or nonpayment of additional liability), within 30 days
after a notice of arithmetic error, notice and demand, or a
final assessment is issued by the Department. In the case
of a final assessment arising following a protest and

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hearing, the 30-day period shall not begin until all
proceedings in court for review of the final assessment
have terminated or the period for obtaining a review has
expired without proceedings for a review having been
instituted. The amount of penalty imposed under this
subsection (b-10)(2) shall be 20% of any amount that is not
paid within the 30-day period. In the case of a notice of
tax liability that becomes a final assessment without a
protest and hearing, the penalty provided in this
subsection (b-10)(2) shall be imposed at the expiration of
the period provided for the filing of a protest.
(b-15) This subsection (b-15) is applicable to returns due
on and after January 1, 2004 and on or before December 31,
2004. A penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay the tax
shown due or required to be shown due on a return on or before
the due date prescribed for payment of that tax, an amount of
underpayment of estimated tax, or an amount that is reported in
an amended return other than an amended return timely filed as
required by subsection (b) of Section 506 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act (penalty for late payment or nonpayment of
admitted liability). The amount of penalty imposed under this
subsection (b-15)(1) shall be 2% of any amount that is paid no
later than 30 days after the due date, 10% of any amount that
is paid later than 30 days after the due date and not later
than 90 days after the due date, 15% of any amount that is paid
later than 90 days after the due date and not later than 180

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days after the due date, and 20% of any amount that is paid
later than 180 days after the due date. If notice and demand is
made for the payment of any amount of tax due and if the amount
due is paid within 30 days after the date of this notice and
demand, then the penalty for late payment or nonpayment of
admitted liability under this subsection (b-15)(1) on the
amount so paid shall not accrue for the period after the date
of the notice and demand.
(b-20) This subsection (b-20) is applicable to returns due
on and after January 1, 2005.
(1) A penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay,
prior to the due date for payment, any amount of tax the
payment of which is required to be made prior to the filing
of a return or without a return (penalty for late payment
or nonpayment of estimated or accelerated tax). The amount
of penalty imposed under this paragraph (1) shall be 2% of
any amount that is paid no later than 30 days after the due
date and 10% of any amount that is paid later than 30 days
after the due date.
(2) A penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay the
tax shown due or required to be shown due on a return on or
before the due date prescribed for payment of that tax or
an amount that is reported in an amended return other than
an amended return timely filed as required by subsection
(b) of Section 506 of the Illinois Income Tax Act (penalty
for late payment or nonpayment of tax). The amount of

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penalty imposed under this paragraph (2) shall be 2% of any
amount that is paid no later than 30 days after the due
date, 10% of any amount that is paid later than 30 days
after the due date and prior to the date the Department has
initiated an audit or investigation of the taxpayer, and
20% of any amount that is paid after the date the
Department has initiated an audit or investigation of the
taxpayer; provided that the penalty shall be reduced to 15%
if the entire amount due is paid not later than 30 days
after the Department has provided the taxpayer with an
amended return (following completion of an occupation,
use, or excise tax audit) or a form for waiver of
restrictions on assessment (following completion of an
income tax audit); provided further that the reduction to
15% shall be rescinded if the taxpayer makes any claim for
refund or credit of the tax, penalties, or interest
determined to be due upon audit, except in the case of a
claim filed pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 506 of
the Illinois Income Tax Act or to claim a carryover of a
loss or credit, the availability of which was not
determined in the audit. For purposes of this paragraph
(2), any overpayment reported on an original return that
has been allowed as a refund or credit to the taxpayer
shall be deemed to have not been paid on or before the due
date for payment and any amount paid under protest pursuant
to the provisions of the State Officers and Employees Money

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Disposition Act shall be deemed to have been paid after the
Department has initiated an audit and more than 30 days
after the Department has provided the taxpayer with an
amended return (following completion of an occupation,
use, or excise tax audit) or a form for waiver of
restrictions on assessment (following completion of an
income tax audit).
(3) The penalty imposed under this subsection (b-20)
shall be deemed assessed at the time the tax upon which the
penalty is computed is assessed, except that, if the
reduction of the penalty imposed under paragraph (2) of
this subsection (b-20) to 15% is rescinded because a claim
for refund or credit has been filed, the increase in
penalty shall be deemed assessed at the time the claim for
refund or credit is filed.
(c) For purposes of the late payment penalties, the basis
of the penalty shall be the tax shown or required to be shown
on a return, whichever is applicable, reduced by any part of
the tax which is paid on time and by any credit which was
properly allowable on the date the return was required to be
filed.
(d) A penalty shall be applied to the tax required to be
shown even if that amount is less than the tax shown on the
return.
(e) This subsection (e) is applicable to returns due before
January 1, 2001. If both a subsection (b)(1) or (b-5)(1)

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penalty and a subsection (b)(2) or (b-5)(2) penalty are
assessed against the same return, the subsection (b)(2) or
(b-5)(2) penalty shall be assessed against only the additional
tax found to be due.
(e-5) This subsection (e-5) is applicable to returns due on
and after January 1, 2001. If both a subsection (b-10)(1)
penalty and a subsection (b-10)(2) penalty are assessed against
the same return, the subsection (b-10)(2) penalty shall be
assessed against only the additional tax found to be due.
(f) If the taxpayer has failed to file the return, the
Department shall determine the correct tax according to its
best judgment and information, which amount shall be prima
facie evidence of the correctness of the tax due.
(g) The time within which to file a return or pay an amount
of tax due without imposition of a penalty does not extend the
time within which to file a protest to a notice of tax
liability or a notice of deficiency.
(h) No return shall be determined to be unprocessable
because of the omission of any information requested on the
return pursuant to Section 2505-575 of the Department of
Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-575).
(i) If a taxpayer has a tax liability for the taxable
period ending after June 30, 1983 and prior to July 1, 2002
that is eligible for amnesty under the Tax Delinquency Amnesty
Act and the taxpayer fails to satisfy the tax liability during
the amnesty period provided for in that Act for that taxable

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period, then the penalty imposed by the Department under this
Section shall be imposed in an amount that is 200% of the
amount that would otherwise be imposed under this Section.
(j) If a taxpayer has a tax liability for the taxable
period ending after June 30, 2002 and prior to July 1, 2009
that is eligible for amnesty under the Tax Delinquency Amnesty
Act, except for any tax liability reported pursuant to Section
506(b) of the Illinois Income Tax Act (35 ILCS 5/506(b)) that
is not final, and the taxpayer fails to satisfy the tax
liability during the amnesty period provided for in that Act
for that taxable period, then the penalty imposed by the
Department under this Section shall be imposed in an amount
that is 200% of the amount that would otherwise be imposed
under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-1435, eff. 8-16-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.