Illinois Compiled Statutes

35 ILCS 173/5-20 (2026)

Self-assessing purchaser registration; certificate of registration

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(35 ILCS 173/5-20)
    Sec. 5-20. Self-assessing purchaser registration; certificate of registration. Any purchaser who does not elect the alternate tax rate to be paid to a delivering supplier shall register with the Department as a self-assessing purchaser and pay the tax imposed by Section 5-10 of this Law directly to the Department at the self-assessing purchaser rate.
    A purchaser registering as a self-assessing purchaser may not revoke such registration for at least one year thereafter. Application for a certificate of registration as a self-assessing purchaser shall be made to the Department upon forms furnished by the Department and shall contain any reasonable information that the Department may require. The self-assessing purchaser shall be required to disclose the name of the delivering supplier or suppliers who are delivering the gas upon which the self-assessing purchaser will be paying tax directly to the Department.
    Upon receipt of the application for a certificate of registration in proper form, the Department shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration as a self-assessing purchaser. The applicant shall provide a copy of the certificate of registration as a self-assessing purchaser to the applicant's delivering supplier or suppliers.
(Source: P.A. 93-31, eff. 10-1-03.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Nat'l RR Passenger Corp. v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 776 F. Supp. 2d 759 (N.D. Ill. 2011).
Nat'l RR Passenger Corp. v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 776 F. Supp. 2d 759 (N.D. Ill. 2011). “Purchasers can opt to pay the gas use tax in one of two ways: (1) by registering with the Illinois Department of Revenue as a “self-assessing purchaser” and, in so doing, paying the gas use tax directly to the Department at the self-assessing purchaser rate, see 35 ILCS…”
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