HB 5780

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for each taxpayer who is an agricultural asset owner who leases that agricultural asset to a beginning farmer. Provides that, if the lease is on a cash basis, the tax credit shall be shall be 7% of the gross amount paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year under the agreement, and if the lease is on a commodity share basis, the credit shall be equal to 17% of the amount paid to the taxpayer from crops or animals sold under the agreement in which the payment is exclusively made from the sale of crops or animals. Provides for an increased credit if the beginning farmer is a veteran. Effective immediately.