1. April 25, 2013
Paul Berks, Deputy General Counsel
Illinois Department of Revenue

2. } Purpose
} Implementation
} Frequently Asked Questions
} Compliance

3. } Are Tax Incentives Furthering Public Policy
Goals?
} Do The Benefits of the Tax Incentives Outweigh
the Costs?
} GOOD GOVERNMENT PROJECT: The State
Should Know Whether Its Programs Are
Working and What They Cost.

9. } How do you calculate full time employees?
◦ Take all the people who work at the site (include
employees, contractors, hourly, salaried, etc . . .)
◦ Divide total hours worked by 1820
} How do we account for residential projects?
◦ You don’t because you can’t – no tracking, owners
not always aware of benefits
◦ NEXT YEAR: building material exemption
certificates include a reporting requirement

10. } What is a “retained job?”
◦ Retained jobs means any full-time equivalent job
preserved at a specific facility or site, that was
threatened to be lost by a specific and
demonstrable threat, that is specified in the
application for development assistance.

11. } Over 2/3 compliance rate – Thank
you.
} 31 Zone Administrators have not
filed reports
} Centralia Area

12. } Chicago Heights

13. } Chicago I
} Chicago II
} Chicago III
} Chicago IV
} Chicago V
} Chicago VI

14. } Des Plaines River Valley
} East St. Louis Area
} Elgin

15. } Ford Heights/Sauk Village
} Freeport/Stephenson County
} Greenville/Smithboro

16. } Jackson County
} Lawrenceville/Lawrence County
} Macoupin County
} Massac County

17. } Maywood
} Montgomery County
} Perry
} Quad Cities

18. } Robinson/Crawford County
} Salem/Marion County
} Saline County

19. } South Beloit/Rockton/Winnebago
County
} Streator Area
} Summit/Bedford Park

20. } Vandalia/Fayette County/
Brownstown
} Waukegan/North Chicago
} Western Illinois Economic
Development Authority

21. } Tax.illinois.gov (look for “EZ Reporting” Tab)
} E-mail address
} Last Resort: Call or e-mail me: Paul Berks,
(312)814-4680 ; paul.berks@illinois.gov