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Family Farm Preservation Act

SB 2921 & HB 4600 

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What is being done? 

The Family Farm Preservation Act, contained in SB2921 and HB 4600, was introduced to the Illinois General Assembly by Sen. Dave Koehler and Rep. Sharon Chung, respectively, to address the impact of the current Illinois Estate Tax.

In summary, the purpose of the legislation is to reform the Illinois Estate Tax and provide tax relief for Farm Families.

The legislation makes the following changes for estates that may claim the 2032a IRS agricultural special use valuation rule for Illinois Estate Tax Purposes, as provided in the legislation.

• Changes the current $4 million dollar threshold in 3 ways:
1. Raise it to $6 million.
2. Make it an exemption, not a threshold. Only dollars over $6 million will be taxed, as opposed to the current law where the entire estate is taxed if the threshold is breached.
3. Tie the $6 million exemption to inflation.
• Portability: Allows any unused exemption amounts to be transferred to a surviving spouse.

Updates the agricultural special-use valuation, for Illinois Estate Tax purposes, to reflect modern farm estates and farm family descendants.

House Sponsors

Rep. Sharon Chung - Jay Hoffman - Norine K. Hammond - Maurice A. West, II - Harry Benton, Kevin Schmidt, Charles Meier, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Joyce Mason, Jason Bunting, Anthony DeLuca, Matt Hanson, Katie Stuart, Gregg Johnson, Dave Severin, Dave Vella, Barbara Hernandez, Michelle Mussman, Amy Elik, Patrick Windhorst, Michael Coffey, Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, Dennis Tipsword, Abdelnasser RAshid, Natalie Manley Brandun Schweizer and Randy Frese