ESTATE TAX-SPECIAL USE
Summary
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject to an exemption of $6,000,000 (rather than an exclusion amount of $4,000,000), which shall be deducted from the net estate value after the net estate value is computed in accordance with the Act. Provides that the exemption shall be adjusted each year according to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for those estates. Provides for a special use valuation to provide that the value of the qualified farm property shall be calculated without regard to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes changes concerning the definition of "qualified heir".
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Last action May 29, 2025
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Total actions
34
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Committee
1
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Doris Turner
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Chesney
RRepublican
Co
Chapin Rose
RRepublican
Co
Chris Balkema
RRepublican
Co
Dale Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Dave Koehler
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Syverson
RRepublican
Co
Erica Harriss
RRepublican
Co
Jason Plummer
RRepublican
Co
Javier Cervantes
DDemocratic
Co
Jil Tracy
RRepublican
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