Bill Text: IL SB3329 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a child tax credit in an amount equal to the product of a specified credit amount multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-22 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa [SB3329 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3329-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 212.5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 5/212.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 212.5. Child tax credit. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2025, subject to the reduction set forth in subsection (b), | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | each taxpayer is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the product of the credit amount multiplied by the number of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | qualifying children of the taxpayer. To receive a credit, the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | taxpayer must be eligible for a credit under Section 32 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Internal Revenue Code with respect to a qualifying child. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | However, a taxpayer is entitled to the credit under this | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Section regardless of whether or not the credit is disallowed | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | under Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code because the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | taxpayer has insufficient earned income. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) The credit under this Section shall be reduced by an | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | amount equal to 2% of the portion of the taxpayer's earned | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | income or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, that | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | exceeds the phaseout threshold. |
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1 | (c) If the amount of the credit exceeds the income tax | ||||||
2 | liability for the applicable tax year, then the excess credit | ||||||
3 | shall be refunded to the taxpayer. The amount of the refund | ||||||
4 | shall not be included in the taxpayer's income or resources | ||||||
5 | for the purposes of determining eligibility or benefit level | ||||||
6 | in any means-tested benefit program administered by a | ||||||
7 | governmental entity unless required by federal law. | ||||||
8 | (d) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Consumer Price Index" means the index published by the | ||||||
10 | Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of | ||||||
11 | Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and | ||||||
12 | services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city | ||||||
13 | average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. | ||||||
14 | "Credit amount" means: | ||||||
15 | (1) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | ||||||
16 | 2025 and beginning before January 1, 2026, $300; and | ||||||
17 | (2) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | ||||||
18 | 2026, the amount generated by multiplying the credit | ||||||
19 | amount for the immediately preceding calendar year by one | ||||||
20 | plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer | ||||||
21 | Price Index during the 12-month period ending in September | ||||||
22 | of the previous calendar year and then rounding the | ||||||
23 | product to the nearest $10. | ||||||
24 | By December 1, 2025, and by December 1 of each calendar | ||||||
25 | year thereafter, the Department shall calculate the credit | ||||||
26 | amount for the next calendar year and shall publish that |
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1 | credit amount on its website. | ||||||
2 | "Phaseout threshold" means: | ||||||
3 | (1) $75,000 for a married taxpayer filing a joint | ||||||
4 | return; and | ||||||
5 | (2) $50,000 for all other filers. | ||||||
6 | "Qualifying child" has the meaning given in subsection (c) | ||||||
7 | of Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that: | ||||||
8 | (1) the term excludes individuals who attain the age | ||||||
9 | of 18 or greater during the taxable year; and | ||||||
10 | (2) subsection (m) of Section 32 of the Internal | ||||||
11 | Revenue Code does not apply. | ||||||
12 | (e) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section | ||||||
13 | 250.
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