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Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions

      (35 ILCS 5/Art. 14 heading)ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(35 ILCS 5/1401) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1401)     Sec. 1401. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.     (a) In general. The Department is authorized to make, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations, and to prescribe such forms, relating to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Act, as it may deem appropriate.     (b) Group administration for taxpayers that are members of a unitary business group.         (1) For taxable years ending before December 31,

1993, the Department shall make, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations, and prescribe such forms as it may deem appropriate, to permit all of the taxpayers that are corporations (other than Subchapter S corporations) having the same taxable year and that are members of the same unitary business group to elect to be treated as one taxpayer for purposes of any original return, amended return which includes the same taxpayers of the unitary group which joined in the election to file the original return, extension, claim for refund, assessment, collection and payment and determination of the group's tax liability under this Act. For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987, corporate members (other than Subchapter S corporations) of the same unitary business group making an election to be treated as one taxpayer are not required to have the same taxable year. The rules, regulations and forms promulgated under this subsection (b) shall not permit the election to be made for some, but not all, of the purposes enumerated above.

(2) For taxable years ending on or after December

31, 1993, the Department shall make, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations, and prescribe such forms as it may deem appropriate, to require all taxpayers that are corporations (other than Subchapter S corporations) and that are members of the same unitary business groups to be treated as one taxpayer for purposes of any original return, amended return, which includes the same taxpayers of the unitary group which joined in filing the original return, extension, claim for refund, assessment, collection and payment and determination of the group's tax liability under this Act.

(c) Offset among taxpayers that are members of a unitary business group. For taxable years for which returns were filed prior to the applicable date of Section 502(f), the Department shall make, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations, and prescribe such forms as it may deem appropriate, to permit a taxpayer that is a member of a unitary business group to elect, within the applicable period of limitation as provided in Section 911, to credit any overpayment due the taxpayer for a taxable year against the liability for the same taxable year of one or more other taxpayers that are members of the same unitary business group for that taxable year, except that when an audit has been conducted by the Department, overpayments determined by the Department to be due a taxpayer may be credited against the liability of one or more other members of the same unitary group for any year within the period covered by the audit. Such regulations shall include rules which provide that the amount of the overpayment taken as a credit by a taxpayer under this Section shall be treated, for all purposes under this Act, as having been paid by such taxpayer at the time such payment was made. (Source: P.A. 88‑195.)

(35 ILCS 5/1402) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1402)     Sec. 1402. Notice.     Whenever notice is required by this Act, such notice shall, if not otherwise provided, be given or issued by mailing it by registered or certified mail addressed to the person concerned at his last known address. Notice to a person who is under a legal disability or deceased, shall be mailed to his last known address or, if the Department has received notice of the existence of a fiduciary for such person or his estate, to such fiduciary. (Source: P. A. 76‑261.)

(35 ILCS 5/1403) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1403)     Sec. 1403. Substitution of Parties. Whenever any proceeding provided by this Act is begun before the Department, either by the Department or by a person subject to this Act, and such person thereafter dies or becomes a person under legal disability before such proceeding is concluded, the legal representative of the deceased or of the person under legal disability shall notify the Department of such death or legal disability. The legal representative, as such, shall then be substituted by the Department for such person. If the legal representative fails to notify the Department of his appointment as such legal representative, the Department may, upon its own motion, substitute such legal representative in the proceeding pending before the Department for the person who died or became under legal disability. (Source: P.A. 83‑706.)

(35 ILCS 5/1404) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1404)     Sec. 1404. Appointment of Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process. (a) In general. Any person who incurs tax liability under this Act, and who removes from this State or conceals his whereabouts, shall be deemed thereby to appoint the Secretary of State of Illinois his agent for service of process or notice in any judicial or administrative proceeding under this Act. Such process or notice shall be served by the Department on the Secretary of State by leaving, at the office of the Secretary of State at least 15 days before the return day of such process or notice, a true and certified copy thereof, and by sending to the taxpayer by registered or certified mail, a like and true certified copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon said Secretary of State, addressed to such taxpayer at his last known address.     (b) Validity. Service of process or notice in the manner and under the circumstances provided in this section, shall be of the same force and validity as if served upon the taxpayer personally within this State. Proof of such service upon the taxpayer in this State through the Secretary of State, his agent, and by mailing to the last known address of the taxpayer may be made in such judicial or administrative proceeding by the affidavit of the Director, or by his duly authorized representative who made such service, with a copy of the process or notice that was so served attached to such affidavit. (Source: P.A. 76‑261.)

(35 ILCS 5/1405) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1405)     Sec. 1405. Transferees. The liability of a transferee of property of a taxpayer for any tax, penalty or interest due the Department under this Act, shall be assessed, paid and collected in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as in the case of the tax to which the liability relates, except that the period of limitations for the issuance of a notice of deficiency with respect to such liability shall be as provided in Section 905 (m). The term "transferee" includes donee, heir, legatee and distributee and bulk purchasers under Section 902 (d). (Source: P.A. 84‑1308.)

(35 ILCS 5/1405.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1405.1)     Sec. 1405.1. Information Reports:     (a) Rents and royalties. Any person maintaining an office or transacting business in Illinois and required under Sections 6041 and 6050N of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to report to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury payments made to another person shall not also be required to file with the Department copies of those reports. The person shall maintain, in a format available for review by the Department, copies of the reports that include a payment of $1,000 or more which is, in whole or part, for one or more of the following:         (1) rents and royalties for real property located in

Illinois;

(2) rents and royalties for tangible personal

property if the tangible personal property was physically located in Illinois at any time during the rental period;

(3) royalties paid on a patent which is employed in

production, fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing in Illinois;

(4) royalties paid on a patented product which is

produced in Illinois; and

(5) royalties paid on a copyright to compensate the

holder of the copyright for printing or other publication which originates in Illinois.

(b) The Department of Revenue shall obtain from the United States Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Illinois Department of Agriculture a list of non‑resident owners of record of Illinois farmland. The Department of Revenue shall utilize this list for the purpose of aiding the Department in determining the Illinois tax liability under this Act of such non‑resident owners. (Source: P.A. 89‑399, eff. 8‑20‑95.)

(35 ILCS 5/1405.2) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1405.2)     Sec. 1405.2. Information reports for payments made under contracts for personal services:     (a) Payments made on or after January 1, 1989, under contracts for personal services. Any person maintaining an office or transacting business in Illinois shall maintain a record, in a format in which the record is available to review by the Department, of all payments made under contracts for personal services. Payments which meet all of the following criteria are considered payments made under contracts for personal services:         (1) the payment is made in the ordinary course of

the trade or business of the payor;

(2) the payment is made pursuant to a written

contract requiring the rendition of personal services;

(3) the sum of the payment and other payments

required to be made under the contract during the same calendar year by the payor exceed $1000; and

(4) the performance of the personal services

specified in the contract will necessitate the presence at sometime in Illinois of a particular individual or group of individuals; provided that no reporting will be required if there is certification that the individual or, if appropriate, group of individuals is composed solely of Illinois residents, and further provided that no reporting will be required if there is certification that the individual or, if appropriate, group of individuals is employed by a person maintaining an office in Illinois.

(b) Information required to be maintained. The information to be maintained in a format in which the information is available for review by the Department shall specify the identifying numbers of persons receiving the payments made under the contract for personal services, the names of the persons receiving the payments, the addresses of the persons receiving the payments, and the aggregate amount of payments made to each person. The information shall also specify the identifying number, name, and address of the payor.     (c) Every person required to maintain information under subsection (a) shall furnish to each person with respect to whom the information is required a copy of the information maintained for Department inspection.     Where the payment is made to a person or persons other than the individual or group of individuals whose presence in Illinois was necessitated by the contract, the written statement furnished to the payment recipients shall state that such persons shall in turn inform the individuals whose presence in Illinois was required, or their employer if such individuals were employed, that the payment has been reported to the Department of Revenue.     The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be furnished to the person on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the report under subsection (a) was required to be made.     (d) Penalties. Any person required to provide copies of information to persons to whom payments are made under subsection (c) of this Section who fails to do so shall be subject to the penalty prescribed by Section 3‑4 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. (Source: P.A. 89‑399, eff. 8‑20‑95.)

(35 ILCS 5/1405.3) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1405.3)     Sec. 1405.3. (a) Payments made on or after January 1, 1989, for prizes or awards. Any person maintaining an office or transacting business in Illinois shall maintain a record, in a format in which the record is subject to review by the Department, of all payments, whether cash or non‑cash, made as prizes or awards. Payments which meet all of the following criteria are considered payments of prizes or awards:         (1) the payment is made in the ordinary course of

the trade or business of the payor,

(2) the payment is in complete or partial

satisfaction of a prize or award in excess of $1000 won by a particular individual or group of individuals for themselves or their sponsors as a result of their participation and relative performance, or the participation and relative performance of an animal or motor vehicle which they own, in any contest staged wholly in Illinois provided that no reporting will be required if there is certification that the individual or group of individuals receiving the prize or award is composed solely of Illinois residents, and further provided that no reporting will be required if there is certification that the individual or group of individuals is employed by a person maintaining an office in Illinois.

(b) Information required to be maintained. The information to be maintained in a format in which the information is available for review by the Department shall specify the identifying numbers of persons receiving the prize or award, the names of the persons receiving the prize or award, the addresses of the persons receiving the prize or award, and the aggregate amount of payments or the fair market value of the non‑cash prize or award received by each person. The information shall also specify the identifying number, name, and address of the payor.     (c) Every person required to maintain information under subsection (a) shall furnish to each person with respect to whom such information is required to be maintained a copy of the information maintained for Department inspection.     Where the payment is made to a person or persons other than the individual or group of individuals receiving the prize or award, the written statement furnished to the payment recipients shall state that such persons shall in turn inform the individuals receiving the prize or award, or their employer if such individuals were employed, that the payment has been reported to the Department of Revenue.     The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be furnished to the person on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the report under subsection (a) was required to be made.     (d) Penalties. Any person required to provide copies of information to persons to whom payments are made under subsection (c) of this Section who fails to do so shall be subject to the penalty prescribed by Section 3‑4 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. (Source: P.A. 89‑399, eff. 8‑20‑95.)

(35 ILCS 5/1405.4)     Sec. 1405.4. Tax refund inquiries; response. The Department of Revenue shall respond in writing to each inquiry concerning refunds under this Act within 10 days after receiving the inquiry. The response shall include the date the inquiry was received, the file number assigned to the inquiry, and the name and telephone number of a person within the Department of Revenue whom the taxpayer may contact with further inquiries. (Source: P.A. 89‑89, eff. 6‑30‑95.)

    (35 ILCS 5/1405.5)
    Sec. 1405.5. Registration of tax shelters.
    (a) Federal tax shelter. Any material advisor required to make a return under Section 6111 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a reportable transaction shall send a duplicate of the return to the Department not later than the day on which the return is required to be filed under federal law.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) Transactions subject to this Section. The provisions

of this Section apply to any reportable transaction having a nexus with this State. For returns that must be filed under this Section on or after January 1, 2008, a reportable transaction has nexus with this State if, at the time the transaction is entered into, the transaction has one or more investors that is an Illinois taxpayer. For returns that must be filed under this Section prior to January 1, 2008, a tax shelter has a nexus with this State if it satisfies any of the following conditions: (1) is organized in this State; (2) is doing business in this State; or (3) is deriving income from sources in this State.

(d) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 95‑707, eff. 1‑11‑08.)

    (35 ILCS 5/1405.6)
    Sec. 1405.6. Investor lists.
    (a) Federal abusive tax shelter. Any person required to maintain a list under Section 6112 of the Internal Revenue Code shall furnish a duplicate of such list to the Department not later than the earlier of the time such list is required to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service for inspection under Section 6112 of the Internal Revenue Code or the date of written request by the Department.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) Transactions subject to this Section. The provisions of this Section apply to any reportable transaction having a nexus with this State. For lists that must be filed with the Department on or after January 1, 2008, a reportable transaction has nexus with this State if, at the time the transaction is entered into, the transaction has one or more investors that is an Illinois taxpayer. For lists that must be filed with the Department prior to January 1, 2008, a reportable transaction has nexus with this State if, at the time the transaction is:
        (1) Organized in this State;
        (2) Doing Business in this State; or
        (3) Deriving income from sources in this State.
(Source: P.A. 95‑707, eff. 1‑11‑08.)

(35 ILCS 5/1406) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1406)     Sec. 1406. Identifying Numbers.     (a) Supplying of identifying numbers. When required by regulations prescribed by the Department:         (1) Inclusion in returns. Any person required under

this Act to make a return, statement, or other document shall include in such return, statement, or other document such identifying number as may be prescribed for securing proper identification of such person.

(2) Furnishing number to other persons. Any person

with respect to whom a return, statement, or other document is required under this Act to be made by another person shall furnish to such other person such identifying number as may be prescribed for securing his proper identification.

(3) Furnishing number of another person. Any person

required under this Act to make a return, statement, or other document with respect to another person shall request from such other person, and shall include in any such return, statement, or other document, such identifying number as may be prescribed for securing proper identification of such other person.

(b) Limitation.         (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a return of

any person with respect to his liability for tax, or any statement or other document in support thereof, shall not be considered for purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) as a return, statement, or other document with respect to another person.

(2) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of

subsection (a), a return of an estate or trust with respect to its liability for tax, and any statement or other document in support thereof, shall be considered as a return, statement, or other document with respect to each beneficiary of such estate or trust.

(c) Requirement of information. For purposes of this section, the Department is authorized to require such information as may be necessary to assign an identifying number to any person. (Source: P.A. 76‑261.)

(35 ILCS 5/1407) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1407)     Sec. 1407. Amounts Less than $1. (a) Payments, refunds, etc. The Department may by regulations provide that if a total amount of less than $1 is payable, refundable or creditable, such amount may be disregarded or, alternatively, shall be disregarded if it is less than 50 cents and shall be increased to $1 if it is 50 cents or more.     (b) Rounding. The Department may by regulations provide that any amount which is required to be shown or reported on any return or other document under this Act shall, if such amount is not a whole‑dollar amount, be increased to the nearest whole‑dollar amount in any case where the fractional part of a dollar is 50 cents or more, and decreased to the nearest whole‑dollar amount where the fractional part of a dollar is less than 50 cents. (Source: P.A. 76‑261.)

(35 ILCS 5/1408) (from Ch. 120, par. 14‑1408)     Sec. 1408. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Revenue under this Act, except that (1) paragraph (b) of Section 5‑10 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to final orders, decisions and opinions of the Department, (2) subparagraph (a)2 of Section 5‑10 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to forms established by the Department for use under this Act, and (3) the provisions of Section 10‑45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act regarding proposals for decision are excluded and not applicable to the Department under this Act. (Source: P.A. 88‑45.)