Illinois Senate Bill 134: ESTATE TAX-SPOUSAL EXCLUSION

Illinois · 104th session

What it does

Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2026, if a valid election has been made under the Internal Revenue Code allowing a person to take into account a federal deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for the purposes of calculating the person's federal estate tax, then the person's Illinois exclusion amount shall include the Illinois deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for the deceased spouse with respect to whom the federal election was made. Effective immediately.

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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler (2025-05-21)

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