Illinois Administrative Code
Title 86 - REVENUE
Part 100 - INCOME TAX
Subpart Q - COMBINED RETURNS
Section 100.5280 - Combined Return Issues Related to Audits
Universal Citation: 86 IL Admin Code ยง 100.5280
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) If, on audit, the Department determines that two or more corporations are members of a unitary business group for which no combined return was filed:
1) For taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 1985 and before December 31, 1993, any
audit liabilities determined by the Department will be proposed and processed
on a separate unitary return basis. If Notices of Deficiency are issued, they
will be issued to each Illinois taxpayer and will reflect that taxpayer's
Illinois income tax liability computed on a separate return basis.
2) For taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1993, any audit liabilities determined by the Department will be
processed on a combined return basis. Because each member of a combined group
is jointly and severally liable for the tax liability of the entire group, if
any Notices of Deficiency are issued:
A) the
Notices of Deficiency shall reflect the combined return income and liability of
the entire combined group; and
B) a
separate Notice of Deficiency will be issued to each Illinois taxpayer, unless
a designated agent has been appointed under Section
100.5220(g)
of this Part, in which case the Department may issue a Notice of Deficiency
solely to the designated agent and to any corporation which has requested the
Department to be allowed to represent itself pursuant to Section
100.5220(f)(2)
of this Part.
b) If two or more corporations have filed a combined return and, on audit, the Department determines that one or more additional corporations belonged to the combined group and should have joined in the filing of the combined return, any audit liabilities shall be proposed and processed as follows:
1) If,
prior to the issuance of a Notice of Deficiency, any of the corporations which
did not join in the combined return and the designated agent of the combined
group agree that such corporation is a member of the combined group or the
designated agent pays all audit deficiencies, the audit liabilities related to
that corporation and the combined group will be proposed and processed on a
combined return basis. In this instance, the designated agent will be treated
as having corrected the combined return in accordance with Section
100.5210(b)
of this Part.
2) If the designated
agent of the combined group, or any corporation which did not join in the
combined return, does not agree that such corporation is a member of the
combined group prior to the issuance of a Notice of Deficiency, the audit
liabilities for that corporation will nevertheless be proposed and processed on
a combined return basis. Because each member of a combined group is jointly and
severally liable for the tax liability of the entire group, if any Notices of
Deficiency are issued:
A) the Notices of
Deficiency shall reflect the combined return income and liability of the entire
combined group; and
B) a separate
Notice of Deficiency will be issued to the designated agent and to each
corporation which did not join in the filing of the combined return, but which
the Department is asserting is a member of the combined group. Each Notice of
Deficiency shall state that the designated agent shall represent each
corporation whose membership in the combined group is in dispute unless such
corporation requests the Department to be allowed to represent itself pursuant
to Section
100.5220(f)(2)
of this Part.
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