Illinois § 509 Tax checkoff explanations

Illinois Statutes

§ 509 — Tax checkoff explanations

Illinois § 509

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicGOVERNMENT

Ch. 35REVENUE

Act 35 ILCS 5/Illinois Income Tax Act.

Art.Article 5 - Records, Returns And Notices

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Bluebook

35 Ill. Comp. Stat. 509 (2026).

Text

(a)All individual income tax return forms shall contain appropriate explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate contributions to the funds to which contributions may be made under this Article 5.

(b)Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.

(c)If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to any one of the funds made under this Article 5 do not equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the individual income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent years and all subsequent contri

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(a) All individual income tax return forms shall contain appropriate explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate contributions to the funds to which contributions may be made under this Article 5. (b) Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. (c) If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to any one of the funds made under this Article 5 do not equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the individual income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be refunded to the taxpayer. This contribution requirement does not apply to the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund checkoff contained in Section 507GG of this Act. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall include the Hunger Relief Fund checkoff established under Section 507SS on the individual income tax form for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2012. If, on October 1, 2013, or on October 1 of any subsequent year, the total contributions to the Hunger Relief Fund checkoff do not equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the individual income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be refunded to the taxpayer.