Bill Text: IL HB4207 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the credit for wages paid to qualified veterans from an amount equal to "5%, but in no event to exceed $600, of the gross wages paid to a qualified veteran" to either $1,000, $1,500, or $3,000 depending on the number of qualified veterans employed. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4207 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4207-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4207 Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti - Franco Coladipietro - Harry R. Ramey, Jr. - JoAnn D. Osmond - Jim Watson, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 5/217
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the credit for wages paid to qualified veterans from an amount equal to "5%, but in no event to exceed $600, of the gross wages paid to a qualified veteran" to either $1,000, $1,500, or $3,000 depending on the number of qualified veterans employed. Effective immediately.
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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 Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 217 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/217)
Sec. 217. Credit for wages paid to qualified veterans.
(a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2007, each taxpayer who paid wages to a qualified veteran in
the course of that veteran's sustained employment during the
taxable year is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act in an amount
equal to:
(1) $1,000 if one qualified veteran worked an average
of at least 40 hours per week;
(2) $1,500 if 2 qualified veterans worked an average of
at least 40 hours per week; or
(3) $3,000 if 3 or more qualified veterans worked an
average of at least 40 hours per week.
5%, but in no event to exceed $600, of the gross wages paid by
the taxpayer to a qualified veteran in the course of that
veteran's sustained employment during the taxable year.
For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations,

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and owners of limited liability companies, if the liability
company is treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and
State income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under
this Section to be determined in accordance with the
determination of income and distributive share of income under
Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(b) For purposes of this Section:
"Qualified veteran" means an Illinois resident who: (i) was
a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of
the Illinois National Guard, or a member of any reserve
component of the Armed Forces of the United States; (ii) served
on active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm,
Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom; (iii)
has provided, to the taxpayer, documentation showing that he or
she was honorably discharged; and (iv) was initially hired by
the taxpayer on or after January 1, 2007.
"Sustained employment" means a period of employment that is
not less than 185 days during the taxable year.
(c) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce
the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of
the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess
may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the
5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax
credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is
a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year

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that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit
shall be applied first.
(Source: P.A. 94-1067, eff. 8-1-06.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.