Illinois Administrative Code
Title 86 - REVENUE
Part 100 - INCOME TAX
Subpart V - EMPLOYER'S RETURN AND PAYMENT OF TAX WITHHELD
Section 100.7310 - Returns Filed and Payments Made on Annual Basis (IITA Sections 704 and 704A)
Universal Citation: 86 IL Admin Code ยง 100.7310
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) With respect to taxes withheld or required to be withheld prior to January 1, 2008:
1) In general. Effective January 1, 2005, if
an employer had no obligation to deduct and withhold Illinois income tax in the
previous calendar year or if the amount of tax deducted and withheld during the
previous calendar year was less than $500 and, in either case, the amount that
will be deducted and withheld in the current calendar year will be less than
$500, the employer may file an annual return for the current calendar year or
for any period for which a return is made as a final return. No application
need be made to file an annual return. The return filed for such period shall
report the amount of tax deducted and withheld during the period and not
previously remitted. Form IL-941 is prescribed for making the return authorized
under this subsection (a). An employer shall use Form W-3 to submit the
information contained on the combined Form W-2, in the same manner as required
under Section
100.7300.
2) Duration of annual filing status.
Authority to file a return pursuant to this Section shall remain in effect
until that time during any calendar year when the amount of tax deducted and
withheld equals or exceeds $500. When, during any calendar year, the amount
deducted and withheld equals or exceeds $500, an employer must file a quarterly
return, as required under Section
100.7300(a),
for the quarter in which that event occurs and for all subsequent quarters
until the requirements of subsection (a)(1) are again met by the
employer.
b) With respect to any calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2008 and ending prior to January 1, 2012:
1) An employer who
has timely filed all returns due under IITA Sections 704 or 704A during the
look-back period for a calendar year, reporting on those returns a total
liability of $1,000 or less, and who timely paid the amounts reported, may file
a single annual return for that calendar year and pay the tax required to be
withheld during that calendar year when that return is due. An employer who was
not required to file returns during the look-back period is not eligible under
this subsection (b)(1) to make annual filings or payments. (See IITA Section
704A(d)(1).)
2) Any employer that
is eligible to make an annual filing and payment for a calendar year under
subsection (b)(1) and who withholds or is required to withhold more than
$12,000 in any quarter of that year must:
A)
make a quarterly return for that quarter, reporting and paying all amounts
withheld or required to be withheld during the year through the end of that
quarter with that return;
B) make a
quarterly return for each subsequent quarter of that calendar year and for each
quarter of the following calendar year; and
C) make semi-weekly payments of taxes
withheld or required to be withheld during the remaining quarters of that
calendar year and during the following calendar year. (See IITA Section
704A(c)(2).)
3) An
employer that is eligible to make an annual filing and payment under subsection
(b)(1) for any calendar year after 2008 may elect to file quarterly returns
under Section
100.7300(a)
and make monthly payments under Section
100.7300(d)(2)
by filing a return for any quarter of that year. Payment of all amounts
withheld or required to be withheld through the end of that quarter shall be
due with the filing of that return, and the employer shall be required to make
monthly payments and quarterly returns for the remainder of that year, unless
Section
100.7300(d)(1)(B)
requires semi-weekly payments.
c) With respect to any calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2012 and ending prior to January 1, 2017:
1) An employer who has timely filed all
returns due under IITA Section 704A during the look-back period for a calendar
year, reporting on those returns a total liability of $12,000 or less, and who
timely paid the amounts reported, may file a single annual return for that
calendar year. An employer who was not required to file returns during the
look-back period is not eligible under this subsection (c)(1) to make annual
filings. (See IITA Section 704A(d)(1).)
2) An employer who is allowed to file an
annual return for a calendar year under subsection (c)(1) and who reported a
total liability of $1,000 or less on returns filed during the look-back period
for that year may pay the tax required to be withheld during that calendar year
when that return is due. (See IITA Section 704A(d)(1).)
3) Any employer who is eligible to make an
annual filing for a calendar year under subsection (c)(1) and who withholds or
is required to withhold more than $12,000 in any quarter of that year must:
A) make a quarterly return for that quarter,
reporting and paying all amounts withheld or required to be withheld during the
year through the end of that quarter with that return;
B) make a quarterly return for each
subsequent quarter of that calendar year and for each quarter of the following
calendar year; and
C) make
semi-weekly payments of taxes withheld or required to be withheld during the
remaining quarters of that calendar year and during the following calendar
year. (See IITA Section 704A(c)(2).)
4) An employer who is eligible to make an
annual filing under subsection (c)(1) for any calendar year after 2011 may
elect to file quarterly returns under Section
100.7300(a)
by filing a return for any quarter of that year. Payment of all amounts
withheld or required to be withheld through the end of that quarter shall be
due with the filing of that return, and the employer shall be required to make
monthly payments and file quarterly returns for the remainder of that year,
unless Section
100.7300(d)(1)(B)
requires semi-weekly payments.
5)
An employer who is eligible to make an annual payment under subsection (c)(2)
for any calendar year after 2011 may make payments during that calendar year
and, unless an election to file quarterly returns is made under subsection
(c)(4) for that year, file an annual return for that year.
d) With respect to any calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, no annual filings or payments made on an annual basis are permitted, except as provided in Section 100.7350.
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