Illinois Senate Bill 139: ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT

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, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code as that Section exists on the effective date of the amendatory Act, including the inflation adjustment and including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.

Latest action

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox (2025-10-30)

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