Illinois Administrative Code
Title 14 - COMMERCE
Part 521 - DATA CENTER INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Section 521.100 - Certificate of Exemption or Verification

Universal Citation: 14 IL Admin Code ยง 521.100

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

a) Department-Qualifying Data Center MOU

Upon receipt of a fully-executed MOU between the qualifying data center and the Department, the Department will issue to the qualifying data center a certificate of exemption demonstrating that the qualifying data center's qualifying purchases are exempt from the taxes, as set forth in Section 605-1025(a).

b) Qualifying Data Center-Tenant MOU

Upon receipt of a fully-executed MOU between the qualifying data center and its tenant and acknowledged by the Department (or Tenant Participation Certificate Memorandum of Understanding, a form of which is included with the MOU between the Department and the data center owner or operator) as referenced in Section 90(b), the Department will issue to the data center tenant a certificate of exemption demonstrating that the data center tenant's qualifying purchases are exempt from the taxes, as set forth in Section 605-1025(a) of the Statute.

c) A qualifying data center located in an underserved area, as certified by the Department, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, shall be awarded credits against the taxes imposed under Section 201(a) and (b) of the Illinois Income Tax Act, as provided in Section 229 of that Act. [20 ILCS 605/605-1025(d)]

1) The qualifying data center shall notify the Department, on forms provided by the Department, at the end of the taxable year for which a credit is sought, the wages paid during the taxable year to a full-time or part-time employee of a construction contractor employed by a certified data center, if those wages are paid for the construction of a new data center in an underserved area;

2) Upon receipt of valid proof from the qualifying data center, the Department will provide a certificate of verification equal to 20% of the wages paid during the taxable year to a full-time or part-time employee of a construction contractor employed by a certified data center if those wages are paid for the construction of a new data center in an underserved area. [35 ILCS 5/229(a)]

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