Illinois Department of Revenue Form Instructions

Instructions for Form IL-1120 — Corporation Income & Replacement Tax Return

Illinois Department of Revenue
IL-1120 Instructions 2025
Use for tax year ending on or after December 31, 2025, and before December 31, 2026.
Printed by the authority of the State of Illinois - web only - one copy.
What's New?

  • Income Tax Credits -- Information about all applicable credits can be found in Schedule 1299-I.
  • Gains and losses from sales or exchanges of shares in Subchapter S corporations or from interest in partnerships, other than investment partnerships, are attributable to Illinois if the pass-through entity is taxable in Illinois.
  • Effective for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2025, Illinois adopts the "Finnigan" method of apportionment for unitary businesses when computing the sales factor numerator and applying the throwback and throw-out rules.

Table of Contents
What's New? 1
General Information 1
Specific Instructions 8
Apportionment Formulas 18
Appendix A - Extension Tax Payment Worksheet 22
Appendix B - Estimated Payment Worksheets 23

General Information

Who must file Form IL-1120?
You must file Form IL-1120 if you are a corporation that

  • has net income or loss as defined under the Illinois Income Tax Act (IITA); or
  • is qualified to do business in the state of Illinois and is required to file a federal income tax return (regardless of net income or loss).

Unitary filers — If you are a corporation that is a member of a unitary business group, see Illinois Schedule UB, Combined Apportionment for Unitary Business Group, and its Instructions for information about filing requirements.
Political organizations and homeowners' associations — If you are a corporation that falls under the definition in Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Sections 527 and 528, and you report your federal taxable income on federal Form 1120-POL or federal Form 1120-H, you are subject to Illinois Income and Replacement Taxes and must file Form IL-1120.
Cooperatives — If you are a corporation operating on a cooperative basis under IRC Section 1381, and file federal Form 1120-C, you are subject to Illinois Income and Replacement Taxes and must file Form IL-1120.
Settlement funds — If you are a settlement fund under IRC Section 468B and you report your federal taxable income on federal Form 1120-SF, you are subject to Illinois Income and Replacement Taxes and must file Form IL-1120.
Limited liability companies — If you are a limited liability company and you file as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, you are treated as a corporation for Illinois purposes.
Foreign corporations — If you are a foreign corporation, you must observe the same filing requirements as U.S. domestic corporations. For Illinois purposes, you should report the taxable income you are reporting for federal purposes under IRC Sections 881 through 885. You must use only the domestic factor information regarding sales information in the "everywhere" denominator when apportioning business income to Illinois. If you are a foreign corporation that is a member of a unitary business group, see Illinois Schedule UB and Instructions for information about filing requirements.
Domestic international sales corporations and foreign sales corporations — If you are a Domestic International Sales Corporation
(DISC) under IRC Section 992, you are not subject to the taxes imposed by IRC Subtitle A (except for the tax imposed on transfers to avoid income tax under IRC Section 1491). Similarly, you are not required to file Form IL-1120.
For Illinois purposes, distributions from DISCs are treated in accordance with the federal rules pertaining to dividends, dividend exclusions, and dividend-received deductions.
If you are a Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) for federal purposes and have federal taxable income apportionable or allocable to Illinois, you are subject to Illinois tax rules applicable to all corporations. You are taxed by Illinois to the extent that your nonexempt foreign trade income, investment income, and carrying charges (taxable for federal purposes) are apportionable or allocable to Illinois.

Note: Corporate shareholders who derive income from Illinois should include actual and deemed distributions from a DISC or FSC in business income.
Real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMIC) — If you are a real estate mortgage investment conduit in accordance with IRC Section 860A through G, you are not required to file Form IL-1120.
Charitable organizations, etc. — If you are an organization exempt from federal income tax by reason of IRC Section 501(a), you are not required to file Form IL-1120. However, unrelated business taxable income, as determined under IRC Section 512, is subject to tax (without any deduction for Illinois Income Tax) and must be reported on Form IL-990-T, Exempt Organization Income and Replacement Tax Return.
For more information, see Form IL-990-T Instructions.
Small business corporations — If you are an S corporation, as defined by IITA Section 1501(a)(28), you are subject only to Illinois Replacement Tax and must file Form IL-1120-ST, Small Business Corporation Replacement Tax Return. The shareholders of these corporations are taxed by Illinois on their distributive shares of the corporation's income. For more information, see Form IL-1120-ST Instructions.
Special Note: Any taxpayer required to file its federal income tax return by electronic means is required to file its equivalent Illinois income tax return for the same taxable year by electronic means. See 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 760.100(c)(4).
What forms must I use?
In general, you must obtain and use forms prescribed by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). Separate statements not on forms provided or approved by IDOR will not be accepted and you will be asked for appropriate documentation. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in failure to file penalties, a delay in the processing of your return, or a delay in the generation of any overpayment. Additionally, failure to submit appropriate documentation when requested may result in a referral to our Audit Bureau for compliance action.
Corporations must complete Form IL-1120. Do not send a computer printout with line numbers and dollar amounts attached to a blank copy of the return. Computer generated printouts are not acceptable, even if they are in the same format as IDOR's forms. Computer generated forms from an IDOR-approved software developer are acceptable.
Note: 2025 Form IL-1120 is for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2025, and before December 31, 2026. For tax years ending before December 31, 2025, use the 2024 form. Using the wrong form will delay the processing of your return.
How do I register my business?
If you are required to file Form IL-1120, you should register with IDOR. You may register

Visit our website at tax.illinois.gov for more information.
Registering with the IDOR prior to filing your return ensures that your tax returns are accurately processed.
Your identification numbers as an Illinois business taxpayer are your federal employer identification number (FEIN) and your Illinois account number.
When should I file?
Original filing date — Your Illinois filing due date is the same as your federal filing due date.
Determine the date your tax year ends. If your tax year ends on
• a date other than June 30, Form IL-1120 is due on or before the 15th day of the 4th month following the close of the tax year.*
• June 30, Form IL-1120 is due on or before the 15th day of the 3rd month following the close of the tax year.* *If you are a cooperative, Form IL-1120 is due on the 15th day of the 9th month following the close of the tax year regardless of when your tax year ends.
Automatic extension —
Determine the date your tax year ends. If your tax year ends on
• a date other than June 30, we grant you an automatic extension of time to file your annual return of seven months.*
• June 30, we grant you an automatic extension of time to file your annual return of eight months.* See 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.5020 for more information.
*If you are a cooperative, we grant you an automatic extension of time to file your annual return of seven months regardless of when your tax year ends.
The automatic extension of time to file is granted whether or not you request it. You are not required to file a form in order to obtain this automatic extension. If you expect tax to be due, you must pay any tentative tax due by the original due date of the return in order to avoid interest and penalty on tax not paid by that date. Use the Extension Payment Worksheet in Appendix A to determine if you will owe a tentative tax due payment. To pay any tax due by the original due date of your return:

If an unpaid liability is disclosed when you file your return, then you may owe penalty and interest charges in addition to the tax. See the "What are the penalties and interest?" section. An extension of time to file your Form IL-1120 is not an extension of time for payment of Illinois tax.
Additional extensions beyond the automatic extension period — We will grant an additional extension only if an extension is granted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) beyond the date of the Illinois automatic extension. Your additional Illinois extension will be equal to the federal extension, plus one month. You must attach a copy of the approved federal extension to your Form IL-1120.
When should I pay?
Payment of tax — You must pay your Illinois Income and Replacement Tax in full on or before the original due date of the return. Failure to pay the tax due on or before the original due date of the return may result in penalty and interest. This payment date applies even though an automatic extension for filing your return has been granted.
Estimated tax payments — If you reasonably expect your Illinois Income and Replacement Tax and surcharge liability to be more than $400 for the tax year, you are required to make quarterly payments of estimated tax using Form IL-1120-V, Payment Voucher for Corporation Income and Replacement Tax.
You should complete the Estimated Payment Worksheet in Appendix B to figure your estimated tax and to determine if you are required to make estimated tax payments. Taxpayers with short tax years must make estimated payments. See 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.8010(f).
The due dates for filing your estimated payments are the 15th day of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th months of your tax year.
We encourage you to make your payments electronically using MyTax Illinois or Modernized E-File (MeF) systems, or you may use Form EFT-1, Authorization Agreement for Certain Electronic Payments, to set up ACH credit or phone debit. These options can be found on our website at tax.illinois.gov. If you make your payments using MyTax Illinois, MeF, or EFT, do not mail us your IL-1120-V forms. You must use one of our electronic payment options if IDOR has notified you that you are required to make payments electronically.
Unitary business groups must make estimated payments on a combined basis using the designated agent's federal employer identification number (FEIN) only. For more information about designated agents or combined estimated payments, refer to 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.5220 and 100.5230, respectively.
If you do not pay the required estimated tax payments on time, you may be assessed a late-payment penalty. We will apply each payment to the earliest due date until that liability is paid, unless you provide specific instructions to apply it to another period.
You may also be assessed a bad check penalty if your remittance is not honored by your financial institution.
Who should sign the return?
Your Form IL-1120 must be signed by the president, vice president, treasurer, or any other officer duly authorized to sign the return. In the case of a bankruptcy, a receiver, trustee, or assignee must sign any return required to be filed on behalf of the corporation. The signature verifies by written declaration (and under penalties of perjury) that the signing individual has personally examined the return and the return is true, correct, and complete. The fact that an individual's name is signed to a return is prima facie evidence that the individual is authorized to sign the return on behalf of the corporation.
Any person paid to prepare the return (other than a regular employee of the taxpayer, such as a clerk, secretary, or bookkeeper) must provide a signature, date the return, enter the preparer tax identification number (PTIN) issued to them by the Internal Revenue Service, and provide their firm's name, FEIN, address, and phone number.
Note: If your return is not signed, any overpayment of tax is considered forfeited if, after notice and demand for signature, you fail to provide a signature within three years from the date your return was filed.
What are the penalties and interest?
Penalties — You will owe

  • a late-filing penalty if you do not file a processable return by the extended due date;
  • a late-payment penalty if you do not pay the tax you owe by the original due date of the return;
  • a late-payment penalty for underpayment of estimated tax if you were required to make estimated tax payments and failed to do so, or failed to pay the required amount by the payment due date;
  • a bad check penalty if your remittance is not honored by your financial institution; or
  • a cost of collection fee if you do not pay the amount you owe within 30 days of the date printed on your bill.

Interest — Interest is calculated on tax from the day after the original due date of your return through the date you pay the tax.
We will bill you for penalties and interest. For more information about penalties and interest, see Publication 103, Penalties and Interest for Illinois Taxes.
What if I am discontinuing my business?
Liquidation, withdrawal from Illinois, or loss of charter — If you are a corporation that is liquidated, withdraws either voluntarily or involuntarily from Illinois, or in any manner surrenders or loses your charter during any tax year, you are still required to file tax returns. Also, we will pursue the assessment and collection of taxes owed by you or your shareholders.

Sales or transfers — If you are a corporation that, outside the usual course of business, sells or transfers the major part of any one or more of

  • the stock of goods which you are in the business of selling,
  • furniture or fixtures of your business,
  • the machinery and equipment of your business, or
  • the real property of your business, you or the purchaser must complete and send us Form CBS-1, Notice of Sale, Purchase, or Transfer of Business Assets, no later than 10 business days prior to the date the sale takes place. Send this form, along with copies of the sales contract and financing agreement, to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE BULK SALES UNIT

PO BOX 19035
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9035 or
REV.BulkSales@illinois.gov
Request for prompt determination — You may make a request for prompt determination of liability, in accordance with IITA 35 ILCS 5/905(i), if you are a corporation in the process of dissolution. A completed tax return must be on file with us before you can submit a request for prompt determination. Do not submit your return and request at the same time. Mail your initial return to the address indicated on the form. You should allow 12 weeks for processing. If your request is properly made, the expiration of the statute of limitations (absent fraud) will not extend beyond 18 months from the date of your request. Mail your request and a copy of your previously submitted return to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19044
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9044
Note: The procedure described above does not apply to 11 U.S.C. Section 505 Determination of Tax Liability requests.
What if I need to correct or change my return?
Do not file another Form IL-1120 with "amended" figures to change your originally filed Form IL-1120. If you need to correct or change your return after it has been filed, you must file Form IL-1120-X, Amended Corporation Income and Replacement Tax Return. Returns filed before the extended due date of the return are treated as your original return for all purposes. For more information, see Form IL-1120-X Instructions.
You should file Form IL-1120-X only after you have filed a processable Illinois Income Tax return. You must file a separate Form IL-1120-X for each tax year you wish to change.
State changes only — File Form IL-1120-X promptly if you discover an error on your Illinois return that does not relate to an error on your federal return but rather was caused by

  • a mistake in transferring information from your federal return to your Illinois return;
  • failing to report or misreporting to Illinois an item that has no effect on your federal return; or
  • a mistake in another state's tax return that affects the computation of your Illinois tax liability.

If you are claiming an overpayment, Form IL-1120-X must be filed within three years after the extended due date or the date the return was filed, or within one year after the tax giving rise to the overpayment was paid, whichever is latest.
Federal changes only — File Form IL-1120-X if you have filed an amended federal return or if you have been notified by the IRS that they have made changes to your return. This includes any change in your federal income tax liability, any tax credit, or the computation of your federal taxable income as reported for federal income tax purposes, if the change affects any item entering into the computation of net income, net loss, or any credit for any year under the IITA. You must file Form IL-1120-X no later than 120 days after the federal changes have been agreed to or finally determined to avoid a late-payment penalty.
If your federal change decreases the tax due to Illinois and you are entitled to a refund or credit carryforward, you must file Form IL-1120-X within two years plus 120 days of federal finalization.
Attach a copy of federal finalization or proof of acceptance from the IRS along with a copy of your amended federal form, if applicable, to your Form IL-1120-X. Examples of federal finalization include a copy of one or more of the following items:

  • your federal refund check
  • your audit report from the IRS
  • your federal transcript verifying your federal taxable income Note: For amended tax returns filed on or after January 1, 2024, a late payment penalty will be assessed for any amended return not filed and the resulting liability not paid within 120 days of the federal change. See 35 ILCS 735/3-3(b-25) for more information.

What records must I keep?
You must maintain books and records to substantiate any information reported on your Form IL-1120. Your books and records must be available for inspection by our authorized agents and employees.
Do the IDOR and the IRS exchange income tax information?
The IDOR and the IRS exchange income tax information for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of information reported on federal and Illinois tax returns. All amounts you report on Form IL-1120 are subject to verification and audit.

Should I round?
You must round the dollar amounts on Form IL-1120 and accompanying schedules to whole-dollar amounts. To do this, you should drop any amount less than 50 cents and increase any amount of 50 cents or more to the next higher dollar.
What is base income/taxable income?
Your base income or loss is your federal taxable income or loss, plus any additions on Lines 2 through 8, less any subtractions on Line 22.
See specific instructions for Steps 2 and 3.
"Taxable income" as reported for federal income tax purposes is determined differently for certain corporations. If you are a

  • life insurance company subject to the tax imposed by IRC Section 801, your taxable income is the life insurance company taxable income, plus the amount of distributions from pre-1984 policyholder surplus accounts as calculated under IRC Section 815(a).
  • nonlife mutual or nonlife stock insurance company subject to the tax imposed by IRC Section 831, your taxable income is the insurance company taxable income.
  • regulated investment company subject to the tax imposed by IRC Section 852, your taxable income is the investment company taxable income.
  • real estate investment trust subject to the tax imposed by IRC Section 857, your taxable income is the real estate investment trust taxable income.
  • corporation included in the filing of a consolidated income tax return for the tax year, for federal income tax purposes, your taxable income is determined as if you had filed a separate return for federal income tax purposes for the tax year and each preceding tax year you were a member of an affiliated group. Your separate taxable income must be determined as if the election provided by IRC Section 243(b)(2) had been in effect for all years.

• cooperative or association, your taxable income is the taxable income determined in accordance with the provisions of IRC Sections 1381 through 1388.
• foreign corporation, your taxable income is the amount of federal taxable income described in IRC Sections 881 through 885.
What are throwback sales and throw-out sales?
Throwback sales are items shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory, or other place of storage in Illinois to a purchaser in a state or foreign location where the taxpayer is not taxable.
For business income tax purposes, throwback sales should be included in both the sales everywhere and Illinois sales figures when determining apportionment.
Throw-out sales are sales of services which are "thrown out" because the taxpayer is not taxable in the state in which the services are received. Throw-out sales are excluded from both the sales everywhere and Illinois sales figures when determining apportionment.
See 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3370 and 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3380 for more information.
What if I have an Illinois net loss deduction (NLD)?
An Illinois net loss deduction (NLD) can be used to reduce the base income allocable to Illinois only if the loss year return has been filed and to the extent the loss was not used to offset income from any other tax year. Corporations, excluding S corporations, that are members of a unitary group, should use Schedule UB/NLD, Unitary Illinois Net Loss Deduction, to determine any NLD. S corporations and partnerships, including any that are members of a unitary group, trusts, and non-unitary corporations should use Schedule NLD, Illinois Net Loss Deduction, to determine any NLD.
To determine your "Illinois net loss" start with federal taxable income and apply all addition and subtraction modifications and all allocation and apportionment provisions.
In order to have any available NLD applied to your return, you must claim the deduction on Step 5, Line 38. See specific instructions for Step 5, Line 38.
If you have an Illinois net loss for this tax year, you must file Form IL-1120 reporting the loss in order to carry the loss forward to another year.
If corrections have been made to the loss amount (e.g., federal audit or amended return), you must report the corrected amount when you file.
Note: Ensure you have filed returns for all periods in which you were required to file an Illinois return. Unfiled returns may result in disallowed losses, processing delays, and further correspondence from IDOR.
If you need more information about Illinois NLD, see Schedule NLD, Schedule NLD Instructions, Schedule UB/NLD, Schedule UB/NLD Instructions or 86 Ill. Adm. Code Sections 100.2050 and 100.2300 through 100.2330.
What if I am a cooperative and have an Illinois NLD?
If you are a cooperative, filing federal Form 1120-C and you are carrying an Illinois NLD, you must claim the deduction on Step 5, Line 38.
See specific instructions for Step 5, Line 38.
If you are a cooperative, filing federal Form 1120-C and you make the election to split your patronage and nonpatronage income and loss amounts, you must complete Schedule INL, Illinois Net Loss Adjustments for Cooperatives and REMICs. You are required to complete Schedule INL every year and make the loss computation on Schedule NLD.

What are the limitations of the Illinois NLD?
When determining the years to which a loss can be carried forward, corporations, other than S corporations, do not count

  • tax years ending after December 31, 2010, and before December 31, 2012, (NLD suspension);
  • tax years ending on or after December 31, 2012, and before December 31, 2014, for which the deduction would exceed $100,000 (NLD limitation). You must count any years in which the deduction you took did not exceed $100,000;
  • tax years ending on or after December 31, 2021, and before December 31, 2024, for which the deduction would exceed $100,000 (NLD limitation). You must count any years in which the deduction you took did not exceed $100,000; and
  • tax years ending on or after December 31, 2024, and before December 31, 2027, for which the deduction would exceed $500,000 (NLD limitation). You must count any years in which the deduction you took did not exceed $500,000.

What are the carry provisions of Illinois NLD?
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2021, Illinois net losses cannot be carried back and can only be carried forward for 20 tax years.
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2003, and before December 31, 2021, Illinois net losses can no longer be carried back, and can only be carried forward for 12 years. However, the carryover period of any net loss that has not expired as of November 16, 2021, shall be extended from 12 years to 20 years.
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1999, and before December 31, 2003, all Illinois net losses must be carried back two years (unless an election to only carry forward is made) then forward 20 years. The election to carry a loss forward only was made by checking the appropriate box on the original or amended loss-year return, whichever showed the loss first. Once the election was made to forgo the Illinois carryback provision, the election was irrevocable.
Illinois net losses in tax years ending before December 31, 1999, are generally allowed for tax years beginning

  • after August 5, 1997, and ending before December 31, 1999, must be carried back two years, then forward 20 years.
  • on or before August 5, 1997, must be carried back three years, then forward 15 years.

Note: For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1996, and before December 31, 2003, you may have made the election to forgo any of the previously mentioned Illinois NLD carryback periods by checking the appropriate box on your loss year return. This election must have been made by the extended due date of your return and once made was irrevocable for that tax year.
In addition, the special carryover periods in IRC Section 172, as in effect for a particular tax year, would apply to losses incurred in that year.
For example, a "specified liability loss" incurred in 1998 may be carried back 10 years under IRC Section 172(b)(1)(c).
Also, no limitations under IRC Section 382 or the separate return limitation year provisions of the federal consolidated return regulations apply to any NLD carryover.
What if I have a discharge of indebtedness?
If you had discharge of indebtedness income for a taxable year ending on or after December 31, 2008, and all or a portion of this income was excluded from your federal gross income due to bankruptcy or insolvency, then you may be required to reduce either or both (i) the net operating loss incurred in the taxable year of the discharge, and (ii) any net operating loss carryovers to the taxable year of the discharge. If you were required to reduce a federal net operating loss in the year of the discharge, you may have been required to reduce any Illinois net loss you incurred for the same year. This reduction is made on the Illinois income tax return you filed for the loss year using the Loss Reduction Worksheet in these instructions. If you are a corporation (other than an S corporation) or trust and you were required to reduce or eliminate a federal net operating loss carryover because you had discharge of indebtedness income, you may be required to reduce or eliminate your Illinois net operating loss carryovers. This reduction is calculated on the Discharge of Indebtedness Worksheet on Schedule NLD or Schedule UB/NLD Instructions. Attach a copy of your federal Form 982, Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness, to your return. For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.2310(c).
What attachments do I need?
When filing your return there are certain types of income items and subtraction modifications that require the attachment of Illinois or federal forms and schedules. Breakdowns, statements, and other documentation may also be required. Instructions for these attachments appear throughout the specific instructions for completing your return.
Note: All Illinois forms and schedules include an "IL Attachment No." in the upper right corner of the form. Required attachments should be ordered numerically behind the tax return, as indicated by the IL Attachment No. Failure to attach forms and schedules in the proper order may result in processing delays.
Required copies of documentation from your federal return or other sources should be attached behind the completed Illinois return.
All taxpayers, including unitary business groups, must attach a copy of your federal Form 1120, Pages 1 through 5, and
Schedules L, M-1, M-2, and M-3 to your Illinois return.

  • Exception no. 1 — If you are a corporation, but do not file federal Form 1120, you must attach a copy of the form that you file federally, including, federal Form 1120-L, Page 1, or federal Form 1120-PC, Page 1 (and Schedule A, if filed), 1120-POL, 1120-H, or 1120-SF.
  • Exception no. 2 — If you are a corporation whose taxable income is included in a consolidated federal tax return, you must provide a pro forma copy of federal Forms 1120, 1120-L, 1120-PC, and all applicable schedules, as if you had filed a separate federal return.

Please label your pro forma federal return "pro forma".
Note: When filing your Form IL-1120, include only forms and schedules required to support your return. Send correspondence separately to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TAXPAYER CORRESPONDENCE

PO BOX 19044
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9044

What if I participated in a reportable transaction?
If you participated in a reportable transaction, including a "listed transaction," during this tax year and were required to disclose that transaction to the IRS, you are also required to disclose that information to Illinois.
You must send us two copies of the form used to disclose the transaction to the IRS.

  • Mail the first copy of the federal disclosure statement to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19029
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9029

  • Attach the second copy to your Illinois Income Tax return for the tax year that the IRS disclosure was required. Mail the second copy and your Illinois Income Tax return to the address shown on your return. Do not mail the second copy and your Illinois Income Tax return to the address listed above.

What are Illinois Schedules K-1-T and K-1-P?
Illinois Schedule K-1-T, Beneficiary's Share of Income and Deductions, is provided for trusts and estates to supply each beneficiary with income amounts that are taxable to Illinois and pass-through withholding payments made on the beneficiary's behalf. If you are a beneficiary of a trust or an estate, you should receive a completed Illinois Schedule K-1-T and a copy of Illinois Schedule K-1-T(2), Beneficiary's Instructions, from that trust or estate.
Illinois Schedule K-1-P, Partner's or Shareholder's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, and Recapture, is for partnerships and S corporations to supply each partner or shareholder with income amounts that are taxable to Illinois, the partner's or shareholder's share of Illinois credits, and pass-through withholding (including investment partnership withholding) payments made on the partner's or shareholder's behalf. If you are a partner in a partnership or a shareholder in an S corporation, you should receive a completed Illinois Schedule K-1-P and a copy of Illinois Schedule K-1-P(2), Partner's or Shareholder's Instructions, from that partnership or S corporation.
What is pass-through withholding and pass-through entity (PTE) tax?
A pass-through entity is any entity treated as a partnership, subchapter S corporation, or trust for federal income tax purposes.
Pass-through entity income is the income that any partnership, subchapter S corporation, or trust passes through to its partners, shareholders, or beneficiaries.
Pass-through withholding is the amount required to be reported and paid by the pass-through entity on behalf of its nonresident partners, shareholders, and beneficiaries

  • who have not submitted Form IL-1000-E, Certificate of Exemption for Pass-through Withholding, to the pass-through entity, and
  • who receive business and nonbusiness income allocable to Illinois from the pass-through entity.

Corporations can receive pass-through withholding. Pass-through withholding reported to you is a credit for pass-through withholding you receive on Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T as a partner, shareholder, or beneficiary of a pass-through entity. This amount will be reported on Form IL-1120, Line 61c.
Note: Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 31, 2023, investment partnerships are required to withhold an amount for their nonresident partners. Investment partnerships will use the pass-through withholding line of Schedule K-1-P (Step 7, Line 55) to report investment partnership withholding credit. Partners in an investment partnership must determine how they are treating the income passed to them from the investment partnership to determine if they are eligible to use the investment partnership withholding credit. Eligible partners will treat the investment partnership withholding credit the same as the pass-through withholding credit. See Schedule K-1-P(2) for more information.
PTE tax is an amount equal to 4.95 percent (.0495) of the taxpayer's calculated net income for the taxable year paid by a partnership (other than a publicly traded partnership under Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code) or subchapter S corporation who elects to pay the tax for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2021.
PTE tax credit is the distributive share of the credit allowed as a result of a partnership or S corporation having elected to pay the PTE tax.
PTE tax credit is

  • reported to you on Schedule(s) K-1-P and K-1-T, and
  • reported by you on Form IL-1120, Line 61d.

What if I need additional assistance or forms?

  • For assistance, forms, or schedules, visit our website at tax.illinois.gov or scan the QR code provided.
  • Write us at:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19001
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9001

  • Call 1 800 732-8866 or 217 782-3336 (TTY at 1 800 544-5304) .
  • Visit a taxpayer assistance office - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Springfield office) and 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(all other offices), Monday through Friday.

Where should I file?
If a payment is enclosed with your return, mail your Form IL-1120 to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19038
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9038
If a payment is not enclosed, mail your Form IL-1120 to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19048
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9048

Specific Instructions

Specific instructions for most of the lines are provided on the following pages. If a specific line is not referenced, follow the instructions on the form.

Step 1 — Identify your corporation

A — All taxpayers: Type or print your legal business name. If you have a name change from last year, check the corresponding box.
B — Type or print your mailing address.
Note: Any related correspondence issued by IDOR will be mailed to the address entered on Step 1, Line B.
C — If this is your first or final return, check the appropriate box and the box on Line 64 if you have a credit carry forward on your final return.
D — If you checked final return on Line C, answer the questions on Line D, if applicable.
E — If you are filing an Illinois combined return, check the box and attach a completed Illinois Schedule UB. For more information, see Illinois Schedule UB Instructions.
— If you are a foreign insurer, check the box and, if you are entitled to a tax reduction, attach a completed Illinois Schedule INS, Tax for Foreign Insurers.
— If you are filing a combined return and one or more members are foreign insurers, check both boxes. If your unitary group is entitled to a tax reduction, attach a completed Illinois Schedule UB/INS, Tax for a Unitary Business Group with Foreign Insurer Members. For more information, see Illinois Schedule INS or Illinois Schedule UB/INS.
Note: See the instructions for Lines 51 and 54 in order to claim the tax reduction calculated on Schedule INS or Schedule UB/INS.
F — If you are required to disclose reportable transactions and you have completed federal Form 8886 or federal Schedule M-3, Part II, Line 12, check the appropriate box and attach a copy of the federal form or schedule to this return. See "What if I participated in a reportable transaction?" for more information.
G — Apportionment Formulas — If you earn income both inside and outside of Illinois, check the appropriate box(es). If you are a unitary business group, check as many boxes as applicable. If more than one box is checked, you must complete a Subgroup Schedule for each checked box that is not a sales company. If you earn income only inside Illinois, leave this line blank. For more information, see the specific instructions for "Apportionment Formulas."
H — If you are a unitary business group and completed Schedule UB, check the box and attach Schedule UB to your return.
I — If you are a unitary business group and completed Subgroup Schedule, check this box and attach Subgroup Schedule. See Subgroup Schedule (UB) and Schedule UB Instructions for more information.
J — If you earned or can carry forward credits on Illinois Schedule 1299-D, Income Tax Credits (for corporations and fiduciaries), you must check the box on Line J and attach Illinois Schedule 1299-D and any other required support listed on Schedule 1299-D to your tax return, even if you are unable to use any of the credits in this tax year.
K — If you are claiming a special depreciation addition or subtraction modifications on Form IL-1120, check the box and attach Form IL-4562, Special Depreciation, to your tax return.
L — If you are claiming other addition or subtraction modifications on Form IL-1120, check the box and attach Schedule M, Other Additions and Subtractions (for businesses), to your tax return.
M — If you are claiming related-party expenses modifications on your Form IL-1120, check the box and attach Schedule 80/20, Related-Party Expenses, to your tax return.
N — Enter your entire federal employer identification number. A partial FEIN will result in the delay of the processing of your return. If you are a unitary business group, enter the entire FEIN of the designated agent.
O — If you are a member of a federal consolidated group, enter the entire FEIN of the federal parent. See General Information, "What is base income/taxable income?" and "What attachments do I need?"
P — Enter your North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code. If you are unsure of your code, you can research the information at www.census.gov/naics or www.irs.gov.
Q — Enter your Illinois corporate file (charter) number assigned to you by the Illinois Secretary of State. If you are filing a unitary return, enter the corporate file (charter) number of the designated agent.
R— If you keep your accounting records in a location different from the address indicated on Line B, enter the city, the two-letter state abbreviation, and the ZIP Code for the location the records are kept.
S — If you are making the election to treat all of your income other than compensation as business income for this tax year, you must check the box on this line and enter zero on Step 4, Lines 24 and 32. This election must be made by the extended due date of this return.
Once made, the election is irrevocable.

T — Indicate your method of accounting by checking the appropriate box. You must use the same accounting method (e.g., cash or accrual) and tax year that you used for federal income tax purposes.
U — Check the box and attach a detailed statement if you must adjust your loss or loss carryover due to Discharge of Indebtedness. For more information, see the instructions for Line 36, the Loss Reduction Worksheet in these instructions, and Schedules NLD and UB/NLD.
V — Check the box if you are a cooperative and completed Schedule INL, Illinois Net Loss Adjustments for Cooperatives and REMIC Owners, either to make a first-time election for treatment of income or to figure your patronage and nonpatronage income or loss, or if you are REMIC that completed Schedule INL to make an adjustment to Illinois income. Attach Schedule INL to your tax return.
W — Check the box if you annualized your income on Form IL-2220, Computation of Penalties for Businesses, and attach Form IL-2220 to your tax return.
X — Check this box only if you have sales into Illinois and you are not required to allocate them because you are protected by Public Law 86-272. Complete Steps 1 through 5 of Form IL-1120.
Y — Check this box if you are a 52/53-week filer. A 52/53-week filer is a fiscal filer with a tax year that varies from 52 to 53 weeks because their tax year ends on the same day of the week instead of the last day of the month.
Note: You must complete an IDOR-issued or previously approved Form IL-1120 and corresponding schedules. Do not send a computer printout or spreadsheets with line numbers and dollar amounts attached to a blank copy of the return.

Step 2 — Figure your income or loss

In accordance with IITA Section 203(e)(2)(E), if you are filing as part of a federal consolidated group, you must compute federal taxable income as though you had filed a separate federal return.
If you are filing as a combined taxpayer, see Illinois Schedule UB, Specific Instructions for Completing Form IL-1120.
Line 1 — Enter the amount from federal Form 1120, Line 30, or equivalent. Attach a copy of your federal return.
Note: Under federal law, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness is not considered taxable income and the business expenses covered by the PPP loan proceeds are deductible business expenses. Currently, Illinois tax law has no addition modification to change this; therefore, the same treatment flows through to the Illinois return and is included as part of federal taxable income.
Special Note: Under federal law, dual consolidated losses are not an allowable deduction when computing federal taxable income. However, for Illinois purposes, dual consolidated losses are allowed without limitation for purposes of computing combined base income in the year the loss is incurred. Because Illinois allows the losses, Form IL-1120, Line 1, may not match federal Form 1120, Line 30 (or equivalent). If you have dual consolidated losses that results in this discrepancy, attach a detailed statement explaining the reason for the difference.
Line 2 — Enter the amount of net operating loss deduction from federal Form 1120, Line 29a, or equivalent.
Note: Do not enter negative amounts on Lines 2 through 8. If you are claiming over-accrued taxes, include them on Schedule M, Line 24.
Line 3 — Enter the following amounts excluded from the amount on Line 1 that were paid or accrued to you during the taxable year:

  • Tax-exempt interest from federal Form 1120, Schedule M-1, Line 7 (or equivalent).

Note: If you are a life insurance company, the gross investment income earned from federally tax-exempt sources must be added back.

  • All tax-exempt interest distributions received from regulated investment companies.

Note: Do not include tax-exempt interest distributions received from regulated investment companies that are passed through to you.
Instead include these passed-through tax-exempt interest distributions on Line 7.
Line 4 — You must add back any amount of Illinois Income and Replacement taxes and surcharge that you deducted on your federal Form 1120 to arrive at your federal taxable income. You are not required to add back taxes from other states that you included as a federal deduction.
Line 5 — Enter the addition amount calculated on Form IL-4562, Line 4. For more information, see Form IL-4562 Instructions. Attach Form
IL-4562 to your Form IL-1120.
Line 6 — Enter the interest or intangible expenses, or insurance premiums paid to an affiliated company, to the extent these expenses exceed any taxable dividends you received from the affiliated company. To compute the amount of this addition, complete Step 2 of Illinois Schedule 80/20 and enter on Line 6 the total from Illinois Schedule 80/20, Step 2, Line 9. Attach Illinois Schedule 80/20 to your
Form IL-1120.
Some interest and intangible expenses may be exempt from this add-back provision. See Illinois Schedule 80/20 Instructions for more information including definitions of "affiliated company," "intangible expenses," and "intangible assets."
Line 7 — If you are a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in an S corporation, or a beneficiary of a trust or an estate, include your distributive share of additions received from the partnership, S corporation, trust, or estate on Schedules K-1-P, Partner's or Shareholder's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, and Recapture, or K-1-T, Beneficiary's Share of Income and Deductions. If you receive multiple schedules because you are a recipient from multiple entities, you should enter the combined total of Step 5, Column A, Lines 32 through 37, from all Illinois Schedules K-1-P you receive and Step 5, Column A, Lines 30 through 35, from all Illinois Schedules K-1-T you receive.
Note: Include tax-exempt interest distributions received from regulated investment companies that are passed through to you. Pass-through tax-exempt interest distributions from regulated investment companies should not be included on Line 3.
Attach a copy of all Illinois Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received to your Form IL-1120.
Note: The partnership or S corporation is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-P and the trust or estate is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-T, specifically identifying your share of income.
Line 8 — Enter the addition amount calculated on the Illinois Schedule M, Step 2, Line 11. Attach a copy of Illinois Schedule M to your
Form IL-1120. The following are examples of items that must be added to taxable income and are included on the Illinois Schedule M.

  • If you are a regulated investment company, include the amount of any capital gain that you were allowed to deduct federally under IRC Section 852(b)(3).
  • Notes, bonds, debentures, or obligations issued by the Governments of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands.
  • Lloyd's plan of operations loss if reported on your behalf on Form IL-1065, Partnership Replacement Tax Return, and included in your federal taxable income.
  • If you reported income from an asset or activity as business income in prior years, and reported any income from that asset or activity as nonbusiness income on this return, include on this line all deductions you claimed for expenses connected with that income in this year and in your two most recent tax years. See Illinois Schedule NB, Nonbusiness Income, Line 12, and Illinois Schedule NB Instructions for more information.

Step 3 — Figure your base income or loss

Note: Do not enter negative amounts on Lines 10 through 22.
A double deduction is prohibited by IITA Section 203(g). You cannot deduct the same item more than once when figuring your subtractions.
Line 10 — Enter the total interest received or accrued from U.S. Treasury bonds, notes, bills, federal agency obligations, and savings bonds that is included in your federal taxable income. You may not subtract anything that is not identified in Illinois Publication 101, Income Exempt from Tax. This amount is net of any bond premium amortization deducted federally.
Note: You must attach Illinois Schedule 1299-B, River Edge Redevelopment Zone or Foreign Trade Zone (or sub-zone) Subtractions
(for corporations and fiduciaries), to your Form IL-1120 if you have an amount on Lines 11 through 15.
Line 11 — Enter the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Dividend subtraction from Illinois Schedule 1299-B, Line 11.
Line 12 — Enter the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Interest subtraction from Illinois Schedule 1299-B, Line 20.
Line 13 — Enter the High Impact Business Dividend subtraction from Illinois Schedule 1299-B, Line 14.
Line 14 — For financial organizations only — Enter the High Impact Business within a Foreign Trade Zone (or sub-zone) Interest subtraction from Illinois Schedule 1299-B, Line 23.
Line 15 — Enter the amount of any Contribution subtraction from Illinois Schedule 1299-B, Line 17.
Line 16 — Enter the amount of any contribution made to a job training project established under the "Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act," as amended. For further information, see 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seq.
Line 17 — Enter the amount shown on Illinois Schedule J, Foreign Dividends, Step 1, Line 24, for foreign dividends received. Attach Illinois
Schedule J and federal Form 1120, Schedule C (or equivalent) to your Form IL-1120.
Note: You must use Illinois Schedule J to figure the "foreign dividend gross-up (IRC Section 78)" included in your taxable income if you are electing a foreign tax credit under the provisions of IRC Section 901. Do not include this deduction in other subtractions on Illinois Schedule M or Form IL-1120, Line 21.
Line 18 — Enter the subtraction allowance from Form IL-4562, Line 19. Attach Form IL-4562 to your Form IL-1120.
Line 19 — Enter the amount from Illinois Schedule 80/20, Step 4, Line 23. Attach Illinois Schedule 80/20 to your Form IL-1120.
You should use Illinois Schedule 80/20 if

  • you added back interest paid to an affiliated company on Step 2, Line 6. You may subtract any interest received from that company during this tax year, up to the amount of your addition for interest expense paid to that company. Also, if you added back intangible expenses from a transaction with an affiliated company on Line 6, you may subtract any income you received during the tax year from similar transactions with the affiliated company, up to the amount of your addition for intangible expense for that company. To compute the amount of this subtraction, complete Illinois Schedule 80/20.
  • you are an affiliated company, and you received interest or intangible income from someone who had to add back the interest and intangible expense, or insurance premiums on their Illinois Schedule 80/20. You may subtract your interest or intangible income from that person.

Line 20 — Enter your distributive share of subtractions passed through to you by a partnership, S corporation, trust, or estate on Schedules K-1-P or K-1-T. If you receive multiple schedules because you are a recipient from multiple entities, you should enter the combined total of Step 5, Column A, Lines 38a and b, and Lines 44 through 47, from all Illinois Schedules K-1-P you receive and Step 5, Column A, Lines 36a through 38 and Lines 41 through 45, from all Illinois Schedules K-1-T you receive. Do not include any amounts passed through that are reflected on Illinois Schedule 1299-B. Attach a copy of all Illinois Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received to your Form IL-1120.
Note: The partnership or S corporation is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-P and the trust or the estate is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-T, specifically identifying your share of subtractions.
Line 21 — Enter the subtraction amount calculated on Illinois Schedule M (for businesses), Step 3, Line 40. Attach a copy of Illinois
Schedule M (for businesses) to your Form IL-1120.
You may not subtract anything that is not identified below, on Schedule M (for businesses), or in Illinois Publication 101. Some subtractions allowed on Illinois Schedule M include

  • any "exempt-interest" dividends, as defined in IRC Section 852(b)(5), paid to shareholders for the tax year, by you, as a regulated investment company.
  • notes, bonds, debentures, or obligations issued by the Governments of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, to the extent that you were required to add these amounts to your federal taxable income.
  • Lloyd's plan of operations income if reported on your behalf on Form IL-1065 and included in your federal taxable income.
  • the amounts disallowed as federal deductions or interest expenses under IRC Sections 45G(e)(3), 171(a)(2), 265, 280C, 291(a)(3), 807(a)(2)(B), 807(b)(1)(B) and 832(b)(5)(B)(i).
  • the amount equal to the deduction used to compute the federal tax credit for restoration of amounts held under claim of right under IRC Section 1341.
  • any other income included on Step 2, Line 9, exempt from taxation by Illinois by reason of its Constitution or statutes or by the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States. This amount is net of any bond premium amortization deducted federally. For more information, see Illinois Publication 101.

Line 23 — This is your base income or loss. Follow the instructions on the form and check a box on Line A or B. You must check one of these boxes and follow the instructions for that line.
Check the box on Line A if

  • all of your base income or loss is derived inside Illinois; and
  • you do not have any income or loss to report on Lines 24, 25, 32, or 33.

If you check the box on Line A, do not complete Step 4. All of your base income or loss is allocable to Illinois. Skip Step 4, enter the amount from Step 3, Line 23 on Step 5, Line 35, and complete the remainder of the return.
Check the box on Line B if any of the following apply:

  • your base income or loss is derived inside and outside Illinois;
  • all of your base income or loss is derived outside Illinois; or
  • you have income or loss to report on Lines 24, 25, 32, or 33.

If you check the box on Line B, you must complete all lines of Step 4. Submitting Form IL-1120 with an incomplete Step 4, including Lines 28, 29, and 30 may result in a delay in processing your return, further correspondence, and you may be required to submit further information to support your filing. See the specific instructions for Step 4 for more information.

Step 4 — Figure your income allocable to Illinois

General Information

Who must complete Step 4?
You must check the box on Line B and complete all lines of Step 4 if any portion of Line 23, base income or loss, is derived outside Illinois, or you have any income or loss to report on Lines 24, 25, 32, or 33.
If you do not complete all of Step 4, Lines 24 through 34, we may issue a notice and demand proposing 100 percent of income as being allocated to Illinois, or in the case of a loss return, a notice indicating none of your loss as being allocated to Illinois.
In order to properly allocate your base income or loss, you need to determine what portion of the total base income is business income or loss that is to be apportioned among all the states in which you do business, and what portion is nonbusiness income or loss that is to be allocated to a particular state.
Note: Unitary filers - You must complete both Step 4 of the Schedule UB and Step 4 of the Form IL-1120.
Definitions
All references to "income" include losses. The following definitions may be helpful in completing Step 4 of Form IL-1120.
Business income means all income (other than compensation) that may be apportioned by formula among the states in which you are doing business without violating the Constitution of the United States. All income of a corporation is business income unless it is clearly attributable to only one state and is earned or received through activities totally unrelated to any business you are conducting in more than one state. Business income is net of all deductions attributable to that income.
Commercial domicile is the principal place where your trade or business is directed or managed.
Nonbusiness income means all income other than business income or compensation. For more information about the different types of nonbusiness income, see the Illinois Schedule NB Instructions.
Taxable in other states means you are subject to and actually pay "tax" in another state. "Tax" means net income tax, franchise tax measured by net income, franchise tax for the privilege of doing business, and corporate stock tax. You are considered taxable in another state if that state has jurisdiction to subject you to a net income tax, even though that state does not impose such a tax. This definition is for purposes of allocating nonbusiness income and apportioning business income inside or outside Illinois.
Line by Line Instructions
Note: You must complete all lines of Step 4.
Line 24 — Enter the amount of all nonbusiness income or loss included in base income, net of any related deductions, plus any recaptured business expenses from Illinois Schedule NB, Nonbusiness Income, Column A. Include any nonbusiness income you received from Illinois Schedules K-1-P or K-1-T in the amounts reported on Schedule NB. Attach Illinois Schedule NB and all Illinois Schedules K-1-P or K-1-T you received to your Form IL-1120. If you do not have an amount to report on this line, enter zero.
Note: If you are making the election to treat all income other than compensation as business income for this year, you must check the box in Step 1, Line S, and enter zero here and on Line 32. This election must be made by the extended due date of this return. Once made, the election is irrevocable.
Line 25 — Enter the amount of all business income or loss included in base income received from any non-unitary partnership, partnership included on a Schedule UB, S corporation, trust, or estate, of which you are a partner or a beneficiary. See Illinois Schedules K-1-P(2), Partner's and Shareholder's Instructions, or K-1-T(2), Beneficiary's Instructions, for more information. Attach a copy of all Illinois
Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received to your Form IL-1120. If you do not have an amount to report on this line, enter zero.
Note: The partnership or S corporation is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-P and Schedule K-1-P(2) and the trust or the estate is required to send you an Illinois Schedule K-1-T and Schedule K-1-T(2), specifically identifying your share of income.
Special Note: If you are a partner engaged in a unitary business with your partnership, you must include your distributable share of the partnership's business income in your business income. Do not subtract this business income on Line 25.

Lines 28 through 30 —
You must complete Lines 28 through 30 if any of the following apply:

  • your business income or loss is derived inside and outside Illinois;
  • all of your business income or loss is derived outside Illinois; or
  • you have income or loss to report on Lines 24, 25, 32, or 33.

Follow specific instructions below for Lines 28 through 30.
Note: If you are an insurance company, financial organization, sales company, transportation company, or federally regulated exchange, check the appropriate box or boxes in Step 1, Line G (insurance company, financial organization, sales, transportation company, or federally regulated exchange) and see "Apportionment Formulas" in these instructions.
Special Note: If you are a partner engaged in a unitary business with your partnership, you must include your distributive share of the "everywhere" and "Illinois" sales factors from the partnership in your "everywhere" and "Illinois" sales factors. For more information, see
86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3380(d).
Line 28 — Enter your total sales everywhere.
Line 29 — Enter your total sales inside Illinois. If you have no sales in Illinois, enter zero.
Note: Lines 28 and 29 cannot be less than zero. The amount on Line 29 cannot exceed the amount on Line 28.
Line 30 — Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places. The result cannot be greater than one or less than zero.
Note: If you checked the box on Line 23 B and do not complete Lines 28, 29, and 30 we may issue a notice and demand proposing 100 percent of your income as being allocated to Illinois, or in the case of a loss return, a notice indicating none of your loss as being allocated to Illinois.
Line 31 — Follow the instructions on the form.
Line 32 — Enter the amount of nonbusiness income or loss allocable to Illinois from Illinois Schedule NB, Column B. Include any nonbusiness income and recaptured business expenses you received from Illinois Schedules K-1-P or K-1-T in the amounts reported on Schedule NB.
Attach a copy of Schedule NB and all Illinois Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received to your Form IL-1120. If you do not have an amount to report on this line, enter zero.
Note: If you checked the box in Step 1, Line S, making the election to treat all of your income other than compensation as business income, then enter zero on Line 32.
Line 33 — Enter the amount of income or loss reported on Step 4, Line 25 that is apportionable to Illinois as reported by the non-unitary partnership, partnership included on a Schedule UB, S corporation, trust, or estate on Illinois Schedules K-1-P or K-1-T. See Illinois Schedules K-1-P(2) or K-1-T(2) for more information. Attach a copy of all Illinois Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received to your Form
IL-1120. If you do not have an amount to report on this line, enter zero.

Step 5 — Figure your net income

Line 35 — Follow the instructions on the form. If this amount is a loss, you may be allowed to carry it forward to other years as an Illinois net loss deduction (NLD).
Line 36 — If you were required to reduce the net operating loss reported on your federal Form 1120 because you excluded any discharge of indebtedness income from this tax year's gross income, then you may be required to reduce the net loss reported on Line 35. Use the Loss Reduction Worksheet to figure your loss reduction. Attach a copy of your federal Form 982, Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness, and a detailed statement, including the amounts and tax year, of the debt and reason for reduction to your Form IL-1120. For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.2310(c).
If you are a combined group reporting a combined net loss on Line 35, you may be required to reduce this loss if one or more of your group members excluded discharge of indebtedness income and was required to reduce a federal net operating loss incurred for this tax year.
Note: If you also have Illinois net operating loss carryovers to the tax year of the debt cancellation, you may also be required to reduce those carryovers. See Illinois Schedules NLD or UB/NLD for more information.
Loss Reduction Worksheet
1 Enter the amount of the reduction to your federal net operating losses from federal Form 982. Combined groups see instructions below. 1 _ 2 Enter your income allocation ratio. See instructions. 2 _ 3 Multiply the amount on Line 1 by Line 2. This is your reduction amount.
Enter the result here and on Form IL-1120, Line 36. 3 __
Line 1 — Combined groups must add the amount of federal net operating loss reductions for each group member. All others, follow the instructions in Line 1.
Line 2 — Your income allocation ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of debt cancellation income excluded from your gross income that would have been allocated or apportioned to Illinois under the IITA if it was not excluded by the total amount of debt cancellation income excluded from your gross income. If all of your debt cancellation income would have been business income, use the apportionment factor you calculated on the return for the tax year of the debt cancellation.
Line 3 — Follow the instructions on the form.
If one or more of your combined group members is included on a federal consolidated income tax return, the amount of the reductions to the member's federal net operating loss is the amount of the consolidated net operating loss attributable to that member that is reduced under IRC Section 108(b) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-28.

Line 37 — If you have a discharge of indebtedness adjustment on Line 36, add Lines 35 (a negative number) and 36 (a positive number), and enter the result on this line. This amount cannot be greater than zero.
If you do not have a discharge of indebtedness adjustment, enter zero on Line 36 and the amount from Line 35 on Line 37.
Line 38 — Enter your Illinois net loss deduction carryforward from Illinois Schedule NLD, Step 1, Line 7, total box or Illinois Schedule UB/NLD, Step 3, Line 30. Attach Illinois Schedule NLD or UB/NLD to your Form IL-1120.
Note: For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2024, and before December 31, 2027, this amount is limited to $500,000 or less.
If you are a cooperative and you separate your patronage and nonpatronage income or loss, complete Schedule INL and follow the instructions for computation of your Illinois net loss deduction.
If you are reporting losses from an entity or entities that you acquired during the filing period of this return or reporting previously unreported losses from prior acquisitions, check the box on Line 38 and,

  • if Line 38 is zero or you are filing Schedule UB/NLD, attach a detailed statement to your return that includes: ○ the FEIN of the entity from which you acquired the loss, ○ the reason (e.g., merger) you are allowed to use that entity's losses, ○ the date you acquired the loss, ○ the tax period(s) the entity reported the loss(es) on their return(s), and ○ the amount of loss acquired.
  • if Line 38 is greater than zero and you are filing Schedule NLD, report the losses on page 2 of the Schedule NLD that you attach to your return.

Note: Each acquisition must be reported in detail separately. Do not report acquired losses that were previously reported.

Step 6 — Figure your replacement tax after credits

Line 40 — Follow the instructions on the form.
Line 41 — Enter your recapture of investment credits from Illinois Schedule 4255, Recapture of Investment Tax Credits, Step 6, Column D, Line 22.
If you claimed any Illinois investment tax credits in a prior year on Form IL-477, Replacement Tax Investment Credits, and any of the property was disqualified within 48 months of being placed in service, you must use Illinois Schedule 4255 to compute the amount of recapture. Credit must be recaptured in the year the property became disqualified. For more information, see Schedule 4255 Instructions.
Line 43 — Enter the amount from Form IL-477, Replacement Tax Investment Credits, Step 1, Line 13. Attach Form IL-477 and any other required support listed on Form IL-477 to your Form IL-1120.
You may claim a replacement tax investment credit of .5 percent (.005) of the basis of qualified property placed in service in Illinois during the tax year.
An additional credit of up to .5 percent (.005) of the basis of qualified property is available if your Illinois base employment increased by 1 percent (.01) or more over the preceding year, or if your business is new to Illinois. Excess credit may be carried forward for five years following the excess credit year. For more information, see Form IL-477 Instructions.

Step 7 — Figure your income tax after credits

Line 45 — Follow the instructions on the form.
Line 46 — Enter the total of your recapture of investment credits from Illinois Schedule 4255, Step 6, Columns A, B, C, and E, Line 22, and Step 7, Line 33. See Schedule 4255 Instructions for more information regarding the recapture of investment credits.
If you claimed an Enterprise Zone Credit, River Edge Redevelopment Zone Credit, High Impact Business Investment Credit, or Angel Investment Credit in a prior year on Illinois Schedule 1299-D, and any of the property becomes disqualified, you must use Illinois Schedule 4255 to compute the amount of recapture. Credit must be recaptured in the year in which the property became disqualified. For more information, see Illinois Schedule 4255.
Line 48 — Enter the amount from Illinois Schedule 1299-D, Income Tax Credits (for corporations and fiduciaries), Line 10. The total of all credits is limited to the total income tax shown on Form IL-1120, Line 47. Attach Illinois Schedule 1299-D and any other required support listed on Schedule 1299-D to your Form IL-1120. For more information, see Illinois Schedule 1299-D, Instructions, and Schedule 1299-I, Income Tax Credits Information and Worksheets.

Step 8 — Figure your refund or balance due

If you are a foreign insurer, review the instructions below.
For non-unitary foreign insurers

  • complete Form IL-1120, Steps 1 through 7, before completing Illinois Schedule INS, Tax for Foreign Insurers;
  • complete Schedule INS;
  • report your foreign insurer replacement tax reduction on Step 8, Line 51; and
  • report your foreign insurer income tax reduction on Step 8, Line 54.

For combined unitary filers with one or more members who are foreign insurers

  • complete Form IL-1120, Steps 1 through 7, before completing Illinois Schedule UB/INS, Tax for a Unitary Business Group with Foreign Insurer Members;
  • complete all steps of your Schedule UB, before completing Illinois Schedule UB/INS;
  • complete Schedule UB/INS;
  • report your foreign insurer replacement tax reduction on Step 8, Line 51; and
  • report your foreign insurer income tax reduction on Step 8, Line 54.

Line 50 — Follow the instructions on the form.
Note: If you are a foreign insurer do not apply a tax reduction to this line. Follow the instructions above and on Schedule INS or Schedule UB/INS.
Line 51 — Enter your foreign insurer replacement tax reduction from Schedule INS, Step 3, Line 17, or Schedule UB/INS, Step 6, Line 60.
Attach Schedule INS or Schedule UB/INS.
Line 52 — Subtract Line 51 from Line 50 and enter the result on this line. If Line 51 is blank, enter the amount from Line 50 on Line 52. This is your net replacement tax.
Line 53 — Follow the instructions on the form.
Note: If you are a foreign insurer do not apply a tax reduction to this line. Follow the instructions above and on Schedule INS or Schedule UB/INS.
Line 54 — Enter your foreign insurer income tax reduction from Schedule INS, Step 3, Line 20, or Schedule UB/INS, Step 6, Line 73. Attach
Schedule INS or Schedule UB/INS.
Line 55 — Subtract Line 54 from Line 53 and enter the result on this line. If Line 54 is blank, enter the amount from Line 53 on Line 55. This is your net income tax.
Line 56 — Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act surcharge.
Definitions
Organization registrant means a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company (LLC), or other organization, that holds either a medical cannabis cultivation center registration issued by the Illinois Department of Agriculture or a medical cannabis dispensary registration issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Transactions subject to the surcharge means sales and exchanges of

  • capital assets;
  • depreciable business property;
  • real property used in the trade or business; and
  • Section 197 intangibles of an organization registrant.

What is the surcharge?
For each taxable year beginning or ending during the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program, a surcharge is imposed on all taxpayers on income arising from the transactions subject to the surcharge of an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.
The amount of the surcharge is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the taxable year attributable to the transactions subject to the surcharge.
To whom does the surcharge apply?
The surcharge is imposed on any taxpayer who incurs a federal income tax liability on the income realized on a "transaction subject to the surcharge," including individuals and other taxpayers who are not themselves the "organization registrant" that engaged in the transaction.
A line has been included on Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T to identify the amount of federal income attributable to transactions subject to the surcharge that was passed through to you on federal Schedule K-1.
Note: Although a unitary business group filing combined Illinois returns is treated as a single taxpayer and its members are jointly and severally liable for any surcharge imposed on the group, the group itself is not an organization registrant and transactions of any member that is not itself an organization registrant are not subject to the surcharge.
How do I figure the surcharge?
If the surcharge applies to you, complete the Surcharge Worksheet.
For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.2060.
Line 57 — Sale of Assets by Gaming Licensee surcharge
Definitions
Gaming licensee is an organization licensee under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and/or an organization gaming licensee under the Illinois Gambling Act.
Transactions subject to the surcharge means sales and exchanges of

  • capital assets;
  • depreciable business property;
  • real property used in the trade or business; and
  • Section 197 intangibles of a gaming licensee.

What is the surcharge?
For each taxable year 2019 through 2027, a surcharge is imposed on all taxpayers on income arising from the transactions subject to the surcharge of a gaming licensee.
The amount of the surcharge is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the taxable year attributable to the transactions subject to the surcharge.
To whom does the surcharge apply?
The surcharge is imposed on any taxpayer who incurs a federal income tax liability on the income realized on a "transaction subject to the surcharge," including individuals and other taxpayers who are not themselves the "gaming licensee" that engaged in the transaction.
The surcharge imposed shall not apply if

  • the organization gaming license, organization license, or racetrack property is transferred as a result of any of the following:
  • bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt adjustment initiated by or against the initial licensee or the substantial owners of the initial licensee;
  • cancellation, revocation, or termination of any such license by the Illinois Gaming Board or the Illinois Racing Board;
  • a determination by the Illinois Gaming Board that transfer of the license is in the best interests of Illinois gaming;
  • the death of an owner of the equity interest in a licensee;
  • acquisition of a controlling interest in the stock or substantially all of the assets of a publicly traded company;
  • a transfer by a parent company to a wholly owned subsidiary;
  • the transfer or sale to or by one person to another person where both persons were initial owners of the license when the license was issued; or
  • the controlling interest in the organization gaming license, organization license, or racetrack property is transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in which no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized; or
  • live horse racing was not conducted in 2010 at a racetrack located within 3 miles of the Mississippi River under a license issued pursuant to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.

The transfer of an organization gaming license, organization license, or racetrack property by a person other than the initial licensee to receive the organization gaming license is not subject to a surcharge.
A line has been included on Schedule K-1-P, Partner's or Shareholder's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, and Recapture, and Schedule K-1-T, Beneficiary's Share of Income and Deductions, to identify the amount of federal income attributable to transactions subject to the surcharge that was passed through to you on federal Schedule K-1.
Note: Although a unitary business group filing combined Illinois returns is treated as a single taxpayer and its members are jointly and severally liable for any surcharge imposed on the group, the group itself is not a gaming licensee and transactions of any member that is not itself a gaming licensee are not subject to the surcharge.
How do I figure the surcharge?
If the surcharge applies to you, complete the Surcharge Worksheet.
Surcharge Worksheet for IL-1120
Instructions: Complete the appropriate column for the surcharge(s) A B you are claiming. Compassionate Use Sale of assets of Medical Cannabis by gaming Program Act licensee 1 Enter your federal income tax liability for the taxable year. 1 _ 1 2 Enter your federal income tax liability for the taxable year computed as if "transactions subject to the surcharge" made in that year had not been made by the organization registrant in Column A or a gaming licensee in Column B. 2 2 _ 3 Subtract Line 2 from Line 1. Enter the result here.
Enter the Column A total on Form IL-1120, Step 8, Line 56 and the Column B total on Form IL-1120, Step 8, Line 57. 3 _ 3 _
Line 1 — Members of consolidated groups must enter the consolidated federal income tax liability of the affiliated group for the taxable year.
Line 2 — Members of consolidated groups must enter the federal income tax liability of the affiliated group for the taxable year computed as if the transactions subject to surcharge for which taxable income or gain was recognized in that taxable year had not been made.
Line 58 — Add Lines 52, 55, 56, and 57 and enter the total on this line. This is your total net income and replacement taxes and surcharge.
Line 59 — Enter the amount of any self-assessed underpayment of estimated tax penalty you figured on Form IL-2220, Computation of Penalties for Businesses, Step 4, Line 22.
If you annualized your income in Step 6 of Form IL-2220, be sure to check the box in Step 1, Line W of this Form IL-1120. Attach a completed Form IL-2220 to your Form IL-1120.

Note: If you do not need to annualize your income and do not wish to complete Form IL-2220, we encourage you to let us figure your penalties and interest and send you a bill instead of determining these amounts yourself. We will compute any penalty or interest due and notify you.
Line 61a — Enter the sum of any overpayment from your prior year tax returns that you requested to be applied to this year's tax return.
Take into account any correspondence we may have sent that changed the amount of your credit carryforward from the previous year.
Line 61b — Enter the sum of any

  • estimated payments made during the tax year,
  • extension payments and other voluntary prepayments made before the original due date of the return, and
  • other payments made before the date this return is filed.

Line 61c — Enter the amount you claim as Illinois pass-through withholding (including any eligible investment partnership withholding) reported to you by partnerships, S corporations, or trusts on Schedule(s) K-1-P or K-1-T. If you received more than one Schedule K-1-P or K-1-T, add the amounts of all the schedules and enter the total here. Attach copies of the Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T you received from the pass-through entities to your Form IL-1120. Schedules K-1-P and K-1-T, Step 1, Line 3, must be completed or the pass-through withholding reported on this line may not be credited to your return.
Note: To claim Illinois pass-through withholding from Schedule(s) K-1-P or K-1-T, all pages of the Schedule(s) K-1-P or K-1-T you received from pass-through entities must be attached and the tax year ending field of the Schedule(s) K-1-P and K-1-T must be completed.
Special Note: Partners in an investment partnership may not be eligible to claim a Schedule K-1-P, Step 7, Line 55 amount reported to them by the investment partnership. See Schedule K-1-P(2) for information about when a partner may claim investment partnership withholding credit.
See "What is pass-through withholding?" under "General Information" in these instructions for more information.
Line 61d — Enter the amount of any PTE tax credit shown on Schedule(s) K-1-P and Schedule(s) K-1-T you received. Attach Schedules
K-1-P and K-1-T.
Note: To claim PTE tax credit from Schedule(s) K-1-P or K-1-T, all pages of the Schedule(s) K-1-P or K-1-T you received from pass-through entities must be attached and the tax year ending field of the Schedule(s) K-1-P and K-1-T must be completed.
Line 61e — Enter the amount of any Illinois withholding from gambling and sports wagering winnings shown on Form(s) W-2G. Attach
Forms W-2G.
Line 64 — Enter the amount of overpayment you elect to be applied against your estimated tax obligation. Check the box on this line if this is your final return and any remaining carryforward is being transferred to another entity. Attach a detailed statement to your return listing the FEIN of the entity receiving the credit carryforward, the date the credit was transferred, and the reason for the transfer.
Note: Step 1, Line C, must also be completed if you are transferring an overpayment to another entity.
Your credit carryforward will not be applied if you do not file a processable return.
Note: Your credit carryforward may be reduced by us due to corrections we make to your return, or to satisfy any unpaid tax, penalty, and interest due for this year or any other year. If we reduce your credit carryforward, it may result in a late-payment penalty in a subsequent year.
To which tax year will my credit apply?
We will apply your credit to the tax year for which estimated payments currently are due as of the date you file this return, unless you elect to apply the credit to a different tax year. The estimated tax payment due dates are the 15th day of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th months of your tax year.
Note: If you wish to apply the credit to a different tax year, see the section entitled "May I apply my credit to a different tax year?"
Example 1: You file your 2025 calendar-year return on September 2, 2026, which is before the third estimated tax due date for 2026 (September 15, 2026, for calendar-year filers). You request your overpayment of $500 be applied against your estimated tax.
We will apply $500 to your 2026 estimated tax.
Example 2: You file your 2025 calendar-year return on December 23, 2026, which is after the last estimated tax due date for 2026 (December 15, 2026, for calendar-year filers), but is timely for the first estimated tax due date for 2027 (April 15, 2027, for calendar-year filers). You request your overpayment of $500 be applied against your estimated tax. We will apply $500 to your 2027 estimated tax.
Note: If you are filing your return after the extended due date, you may only elect to claim an overpayment credit for payments received on or before the date you filed your return. Any payments made after the date you filed that return can only be claimed as an overpayment credit on a subsequent amended return.
With what date will my credit apply against my tax liability?
If your 2025 return was filed

  • on or before the extended due date of your return (November 16, 2026, for calendar-year filers), your credit is considered to be paid on the due date of your first estimated tax installment of your 2026 tax period (April 15, 2026, for calendar-year filers).

However, if all or a portion of your overpayment results from payments made after the due date of that first estimated tax installment, that portion of your credit is considered to be paid on the date you made the payment.
Example 1: You file your 2025 calendar-year return on or before the extended due date of your return requesting $500 be applied against estimated tax. All of your payments are made before the original due date of your return. Your credit of $500 will be considered to be paid on April 15, 2026.
Example 2: You file your 2025 calendar-year return on or before the extended due date of your return requesting $500 be applied as a credit. Your overpayment includes payments of $400 you made before the original due date of your return, and a $100 payment you made on June 3, 2026. Your credit of $400 will be considered to be paid on April 15, 2026. The remaining $100 credit will be considered to be paid on June 3, 2026.

  • after the extended due date of your return, your credit is considered to be paid on the date you filed the return on which you made the election.

Example 3: You file your 2025 calendar-year return on December 2, 2026, requesting $500 be applied as a credit. Your credit of $500 will be considered to be paid on December 2, 2026, because you filed your return after the extended due date of your 2025 calendar-year return.
May I apply my credit to a different tax year?
Yes. If you wish to apply your credit to a tax year other than the one described above, you must submit a separate request in writing to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19004
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9004
Note: Submit your request at the time you file your return. Do not submit your return to this address.
Your request must include

  • your name,
  • your FEIN,
  • the tax year of the return creating the overpayment, and
  • the tax year you wish to have the credit apply.

If you do not follow these instructions, your election will be considered invalid and we will not apply your credit as you requested.
If you submit a valid request, we will apply your credit as you requested and notify you. Once made, your election to change the tax year to which your credit will apply is irrevocable. Requests will be worked in the order we receive them.
Note: You may only apply your credit to tax years occurring after the year of the return creating the overpayment. If you request to apply more credit than our records show you have available, we will apply the maximum amount available and notify you of the difference.
Line 65 — Follow the instructions on the form. Your refund will not be issued if you do not file a processable return.
Note: Your refund may be reduced by us to satisfy any unpaid tax, penalty, and interest due for this year or any other year.
Line 66 — Direct deposit information.
If you choose to deposit your refund directly into your checking or savings account, you must

  • Enter your routing number. ○ For a checking account, your routing number must be nine digits and the first two digits must be 01 through 12 or 21 through 32.

The sample check following these instructions has an example of a routing number.
○ For a savings account, you must contact your financial institution for your routing number.

  • Check the appropriate box to indicate whether you want your refund deposited into your checking or savings account.
  • Enter your account number. ○ For a checking account, your account number may be up to 17 digits.

The sample check following these instructions has an example of an account number.
○ For a savings account, you must contact your financial institution for your account number.
Do not use your account and routing numbers from your checking or savings account deposit slip. Do not include your check number.
Include hyphens, but omit spaces and special symbols. You may have unused boxes.
Note: If your financial institution does not honor your request for direct deposit, we will send you a check instead.
Note: We do not support international ACH transactions. We will only deposit refunds into accounts located within the United States. If your financial institution is located outside the United States, we will send you a check instead of depositing your refund into your account.
Line 67 — Follow the instructions on the form. This is your amount of tax due that must be paid in full if $1 or more. If you are not paying electronically, complete a payment voucher, Form IL-1120-V, make your check or money order payable to "Illinois Department of Revenue", write your FEIN, tax year ending, and "IL-1120-V" on your check or money order, and attach the payment and voucher to the front of the return.
Note: If you are paying electronically do not complete and attach a payment voucher.
You should also enter the payment amount you are submitting with this return in the box located on the top of Page 1 of the
Form IL-1120.

Apportionment Formulas
Certain businesses that derive their income from inside and outside Illinois require an apportionment formula. The following definitions will help in completing Step 4.
Direct writing company — an insurance company whose direct insurance premiums are 50 percent or more of its total insurance premiums.
Reinsurer — an insurance company whose reinsurance premiums assumed are more than 50 percent of its total insurance premiums.
Total insurance premiums — the sum of both direct insurance premiums and reinsurance premiums assumed without any reduction for reinsurance ceded.
Annual statement — the annual statement required to be filed with the Director of Insurance of the State of Illinois.
Life insurance company — an insurance company taxable under IRC Section 801, for the tax year.
Nonlife mutual and nonlife stock insurance companies — an insurance company taxable under IRC Section 831, for the tax year.
Business income — See Step 4 - General Instructions, "Business income" under Definitions.
Financial organization — any bank, bank holding company, trust company, savings bank, industrial bank, land bank, safe deposit company, private banker, savings and loan association, building and loan association, credit union, currency exchange, cooperative bank, small loan company, sales finance company, investment company, or any person which is owned by a bank or bank holding company.
Revenue miles — A revenue mile is the transportation of one passenger, or one net ton of freight, the distance of one mile.
Federally regulated exchange — A federally regulated exchange is

  • a registered entity as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sections 1a(40)(A), 1a(40)(B), or 1a(40)(C);
  • an exchange or clearing agency as defined in 15 U.S.C. Sections 78c (a)(1) or 78c (a)(23);
  • any entity regulated under any successor regulatory structure to a registered entity, exchange, or clearing agency; or
  • any member of the same unitary business group if 50 percent or more of the business receipts of the unitary business group for the taxable year are attributable to the matching, execution, or clearing of transactions conducted by members of the group described in the first three bullet points above.

What if I am a sales company?
If you checked the box in Step 1, Line G, indicating that you are a sales company and your income is derived from inside and outside Illinois, you must also check the box on Line B of Step 3, Line 23. You must apportion your business income as follows:
Include gross receipts from the license, sale or other disposition of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and similar items of intangible personal property in the numerator and denominator of your sales factor only if these gross receipts are more than 50 percent of the total gross receipts included in gross income for this tax year and each of the two immediately preceding tax years.
Do not include the following items of income in the numerator or denominator of your sales factor:

  • dividends;
  • amounts included under IRC Section 78;
  • IRC Section 965 inclusion;
  • Net Controlled Foreign Corporation Tested Income (NCTI) or Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI);
  • subpart F income as defined in IRC Section 952; and
  • any item of income excluded or deducted from base income.

For more information on what should be included in the numerator or denominator of your sales factor, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Sections 100.3370 and 100.3380.
Sales of tangible personal property are in Illinois if

  • the property is delivered or shipped from anywhere to a purchaser in Illinois, other than the United States government, regardless of the Free on Board (f.o.b.) point or other conditions of the sale;
  • the property is shipped from Illinois to any place and the purchaser is the United States government; or
  • the property is shipped from Illinois to another state and you are not taxable in the state of the purchaser.

We encourage you to let us figure your penalties and interest and send you a bill instead of determining these amounts yourself. We will compute any penalty and interest due and notify you. See General Information, "What are the penalties and interest?"

Step 9 — Signature, date, and paid preparer's information

You must sign and date your return. If you do not sign your return, it will not be considered filed and you may be subject to a non-filer penalty.
If you pay someone to prepare your return, the income tax return preparer must also sign and date the return, enter the preparer tax identification number (PTIN) issued to them by the Internal Revenue Service, and provide their firm's name, FEIN, address, and phone number.
If you want to allow the paid preparer listed in this step to discuss this return with IDOR, check the box. This authorization will allow your paid preparer to answer any questions that arise during the processing of your return, call us with questions about your return, and receive or respond to notices we send. The authorization will automatically end no later than the due date for filing your next year's tax return (excluding extensions.) You may revoke the authorization at any time by calling or writing us.

For radio and television broadcasting (including cable and satellite broadcasting), the following sales are in Illinois:

  • advertising revenue received from an advertiser whose headquarters is in Illinois;
  • fees received by a broadcaster from its viewers or listeners in Illinois;
  • in the case of fees received by a broadcaster from the producer or other owner of the contents of a program, the percentage of the fees equal to the percentage of the broadcast's viewing or listening audience located in Illinois; or
  • in the case of a person who owns the contents of a program and who provides the contents to a broadcaster for a fee or other charge, the fees received for that program from a broadcaster located in Illinois.

If the "sales everywhere" amount includes gross receipts from the licensing, sale, or other disposition of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other similar items of intangible personal property, and the receipts are not covered by the broadcasting rules, then these receipts should be attributed to Illinois to the extent the item is used in Illinois during the year the gross receipts are included in gross income. An item is used in Illinois if

  • a patent is employed in production, fabrication, manufacturing, or other processing in Illinois or if the patented product is produced in Illinois;
  • copyrighted material is printed or other publications originated in Illinois; or
  • the commercial domicile of the licensee or purchaser of a trademark or other item of intangible personal property is in Illinois.

Note: If you cannot determine from your books and records in which state an item is used, do not include the gross receipts from that item in the numerator or the denominator of the sales factor.
For sales of telecommunications services, the following sales are in Illinois:

  • sales of telecommunications service sold on a call-by-call basis, where the call both originates and terminates in Illinois, or the call either originates or terminates in Illinois and the customer's service address is in Illinois;
  • retail sales of postpaid telecommunications service if the point of origination of the signal is in Illinois;
  • retail sales of prepaid telecommunications service where the purchaser receives the prepaid card or other means of conveyance at a location in Illinois;
  • charges imposed at a channel termination point in Illinois;
  • charges for channel mileage between two channel termination points in Illinois;
  • charges for channel mileage between one or more channel termination points in Illinois and one or more channel termination points outside Illinois, times the number of channel termination points in Illinois divided by total termination channels;
  • charges for services ancillary to sales of services in Illinois. If you provide ancillary services, but cannot determine where the sales of the related services are located, your sales are in Illinois if your customer is in Illinois;
  • access fees charged to a reseller of telecommunication for a call that both originates and terminates in Illinois;
  • 50 percent of access fees charged to a reseller of telecommunications services for an interstate call that originates or terminates in Illinois; and
  • end user access line charges, if the customer's service address is in Illinois.

For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3371.
Illinois lottery winnings and proceeds from sales or other transfers of rights to lottery winnings are in Illinois.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2021, payments from Illinois sources of wagering and winnings conducted in accordance with the Sports Wagering Act are allocable to Illinois.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2019, gross receipts from winnings from pari-mutuel wagering conducted at a wagering facility licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 or from winnings from gambling games conducted on a riverboat or in a casino or organization gaming facility licensed under the Illinois Gambling Act are Illinois sales and must be included in the numerator of the sales factor.
Sales, other than sales of tangible personal property or telecommunications service, and gross receipts from broadcasting, or the licensing, sale, or other disposition of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and similar items of intangible personal property, or Illinois lottery winnings or sales proceeds, are in Illinois as follows:

  • sales or leases of real property in Illinois;
  • leases or rentals of tangible personal property, to the extent it is located in Illinois during the rental period;
  • interest, net gains, and other items of income from intangible personal property received by a taxpayer who is a dealer in that property from a customer who is a resident of Illinois (for individuals) or who is commercially domiciled in Illinois (for all other customers). A taxpayer without actual knowledge of the residence or commercial domicile of a customer may use the customer's billing address.
  • interest, net gains, and other items of income from intangible personal property received by a taxpayer who is not a dealer in that property, if the income-producing activity is performed in Illinois or if the income-producing activity is performed inside and outside Illinois, and a greater proportion of the income-producing activity is performed inside Illinois rather than outside Illinois, based on performance costs; or
  • in all other cases, if the services are received in Illinois.

Note: Gains and losses from sales or exchanges of shares in Subchapter S corporations or interest in partnerships (other than investment partnerships) are attributable to Illinois if those pass-through entities (PTEs) are taxable in Illinois. Gains and losses from sales or exchange of shares and of interests in pass-through entities, and which are considered business income, must be apportioned by multiplying the average of the PTE's apportionment factor for this year and the apportionment factors of the PTE's previous two tax years by the gains or losses from sales or exchanges of shares and of interests in pass-through entities. If the PTE filed a tax return for only one tax year prior to this year, use the average of the PTE's apportionment factors from this year's tax return and the prior year's tax return. If the PTE has no prior tax returns, use the PTE's apportionment factor from this year's tax return only. The result will be included in the amount reported on Line 29.
For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3370.

What if I am an insurance company?
If you checked the box in Step 1, Line G, indicating that you are an insurance company taxable under IRC Section 801 or 831, and your income is derived from inside and outside Illinois, you must also check the box on Line B of Step 3, Line 23. You must apportion your business income as follows:
Direct writing companies — Life insurance companies, nonlife mutual, and nonlife stock insurance companies — On Lines 28 and 29, cross out the word "sales" and write "Insurance premiums." On Line 28, enter the amount of total direct premiums (gross direct premiums less return premiums) from the annual statement (relating to life insurance premiums, annuity considerations, and accident and health insurance premiums, including policy, membership, and other fees).
On Line 29, enter the amount of direct premiums on property or risk located in Illinois from the annual statement.
Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places, on Line 30. Complete Lines 31 through 34 as indicated in the specific instructions for Step 4, Figure your income allocable to Illinois.
Reinsurance - Life insurance companies, nonlife mutual, and nonlife stock insurance companies - If more than 50 percent of your premiums are from reinsurance, include your reinsurance premiums from all sources on Line 28 and your reinsurance premiums from Illinois sources on Line 29, along with any direct premiums on those lines.
You may determine your reinsurance premiums from Illinois sources using one of the following methods. You must use the same method for all future years unless you receive written permission from IDOR to change methods.
Method A - Determine the reinsurance premiums assumed, relating to property or risk located in Illinois.
Method B - For each company from which reinsurance is accepted, determine the ceding insurance company's ratio of direct premiums on property or risk located in Illinois, to its total direct premiums. Apply this ratio to the reinsurance premiums assumed from that company. For example, reinsurer R assumes premiums of $40,000 and $50,000 from ceding companies A and B respectively. Company A's ratio of direct premiums on property or risk located in Illinois, to its total direct premiums, is 10 percent and Company B's ratio is 20 percent. Reinsurer R has $14,000 of reinsurance premiums assumed on property or risk located in Illinois, consisting of $4,000 from ceding Company A (10 percent of $40,000) and $10,000 from ceding Company B (20 percent of $50,000).
Method C - Determine the amount of reinsurance premiums assumed from insurance companies commercially domiciled in Illinois. Include in reinsurance premiums assumed in Illinois, all premiums for reinsurance accepted from insurance companies commercially domiciled in Illinois.
For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3420.
What if I am a financial organization?
If you checked the box in Step 1, Line G, indicating that you are a financial organization and your income is derived from inside and outside Illinois, you must also check the box on Line B of Step 3, Line 23. You must apportion your business income as follows:
On Line 28, enter the amount of gross receipts from all sources.
On Line 29, enter the amount of gross receipts from:

  • sales or leases of real property located in Illinois;
  • leases or rentals of tangible personal property, to the extent it is located in Illinois during the rental period;
  • interest income, commissions, fees, gains on disposition, and other receipts from: ○ loans secured by real or tangible personal property located in Illinois; ○ unsecured consumer loans to a resident of Illinois; ○ unsecured commercial or installment loans where the proceeds of the loan are applied in Illinois. If the place of application cannot be determined, the gross receipts are in Illinois if the office of the borrower from which the loan was negotiated is in Illinois. If neither the place of application nor the office of the borrower can be determined, do not include the gross receipts in Line 28 or 29; and ○ credit card receivables billed to a customer in Illinois.
  • sales of travelers checks and money orders at a location in Illinois;
  • investment and trading income (which includes interest, dividends, net gains, and other income from investment and trading assets and activities) that is attributable to Illinois. To determine the amount of investment and trading income attributable to Illinois, multiply the total amount of investment and trading income by a ratio of: ○ the total Illinois sourced receipts excluding investment and trading income; to ○ the total receipts excluding investment and trading income.
  • any other transaction, if the gross receipts would be included on Line 29 under the general instructions for Line 29.

For more information, see 35 ILCS 5/304(c). Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places, on Line 30. Complete Lines 31 through 34 as indicated in the specific instructions for Step 4, Figure your income allocable to Illinois.
What if I am a transportation company?
If you checked the box in Step 1, Line G, indicating that you are a company that furnishes transportation service both inside and outside Illinois, you must also check the box on Line B of Step 3, Line 23. Cross out the word "sales" on Lines 28 and 29 and write "Transportation."
You must apportion business income as follows:
A Transportation by airline — On Line 28, enter the amount of revenue miles everywhere. On Line 29, enter the amount of revenue miles in Illinois. Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places, on Line 30.

B Other modes of transportation — On Line 28, enter the amount of your gross receipts from providing transportation services. On Line 29, enter the amount of gross receipts from Illinois, as follows:

  • all gross receipts from transportation that both originates and terminates in Illinois; and
  • gross receipts from interstate transportation, multiplied by a fraction equal to the miles traveled in Illinois on all interstate trips divided by miles traveled everywhere on all interstate trips. Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places, on Line 30.

C Transportation of both freight and passengers or transportation by airline and other modes — Compute separate fractions for freight transportation and passenger transportation by airline and for freight transportation and passenger transportation by all other modes of transportation under A and B, in the list above and enter on Line 30 the average of those fractions, weighted by the gross receipts from freight or passenger transportation by airline or other modes, rounded to six decimal places.
For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3450. Complete Lines 31 through 34 as indicated in the specific instructions for Step 4, Figure your income allocable to Illinois.
What if I am a federally regulated exchange?
If you checked the box in Step 1, Line G, indicating that you are a federally regulated exchange and your income is derived from inside and outside Illinois, cross out the word "sales" on Lines 28 and 29 and write "Exchange." You may apportion your business income as follows:
On Line 28, enter the amount of business income from all sources.
On Line 29, enter the amount of business income from:

  • receipts attributable to transactions executed on a physical trading floor located in Illinois;
  • receipts attributable to all other matching, execution, or clearing transactions. This includes, without limitation, receipts from the provision of matching, execution, or clearing services to another entity. ○ Multiply this amount by 27.54 percent (.2754) for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2013; and
  • all other receipts for sales in Illinois.

Divide Line 29 by Line 28 and enter the result, rounded to six decimal places, on Line 30. Complete Lines 31 through 34 as indicated in the specific instructions for Step 4, Figure your income allocable to Illinois.
Note: For any tax year, the Illinois apportionment percentage computed using this formula may never be less than the Illinois apportionment percentage computed for the first full tax year ending on or after December 31, 2013, for which the taxpayer used this formula.
What if I have two or more discrete businesses?
If you are a corporation engaged in the conduct of two or more discrete businesses, you are entitled to compute your Illinois tax liability by determining the income attributable to each of those businesses, and apportioning that income by application of a separate apportionment formula determined for each. You must attach the separate computations to Form IL-1120. However, you must report the aggregate as if the business were one taxable entity. For more information, see 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3010(b).
What if I am a member of a unitary business group?
The term "unitary business group" means a group of persons related through common ownership, whose business activities are integrated with, dependent on, and contribute to each other. In the case of a corporation, common ownership is defined as the direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation.
If you determine that you are a member of a unitary business group, see Illinois Schedule UB and Subgroup Schedule Instructions for more information regarding your Illinois filing requirements and the computation of your Illinois tax liability.
Illinois requires the use of the "Finnigan" method of apportionment for unitary businesses. Under the "Finnigan" method, when calculating the apportionment numerator, a unitary group shall include all Illinois income or loss from all members of the unitary group as long as one or more members has nexus with Illinois. In addition, the numerator should also include any throwback sales from Illinois to a destination in which none of the unitary members have nexus or are taxable.
What if I want to use an alternative apportionment formula?
If the apportionment methods prescribed by IITA, Sections 304(a) through (e), and (h) do not fairly and accurately represent the market for your goods, services, or other sources of business income, or lead to a grossly distorted result, you may want to use a more accurate alternative method. If you want to use an alternative apportionment method, you must receive permission from IDOR prior to filing your return.
Note: Your request for an alternative apportionment formula must follow the requirements of the 86 Ill. Adm. Code Section 100.3390. See the regulations or contact IDOR for more information.
If you receive permission to use an alternative formula, you must attach to your Form IL-1120 a copy of the letter granting permission.
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