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The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is the code department of the Illinois state government that collects state taxes, operates the state
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, oversees the state's
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industry, oversees the state's thoroughbred and harness
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industries, and regulates the distribution of
alcoholic beverage An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol that acts Alcohol (drug), as a drug and is produced by Ethanol fermentation, fermentat ...
s throughout Illinois, including
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,
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, and
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. It is headquartered at th
Willard Ice Building
101 West Jefferson in Springfield, Illinois.


History

The Illinois Department of Revenue has increased in size in line with the creation of new taxes within the state and the expansion of existing taxes. A
gasoline tax A fuel tax (also known as a petrol, gasoline or gas tax, or as a fuel duty) is an excise tax imposed on the sale of fuel. In most countries the fuel tax is imposed on fuels which are intended for transportation. Fuels used to power agricultural ...
was enacted in Illinois in 1927, the
sales tax A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow the seller to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase. When a tax on goods or services is paid to a gove ...
was enacted in 1933; the state
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was enacted in 1969, and the first lottery tickets were sold in 1974 in the state capital of Springfield. In fiscal year 2007, the Illinois Department of Revenue expected to collect $24.6 billion in taxes and gambling revenues, about five-sixths of the state's general funds revenues for the year. IDOR expected to keep $1.0 billion of this sum (4.0%) to cover the costs of its own operations, and expected to transfer the rest to the office of the
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to pay for the ongoing operations of the state.


Organization

The Illinois Department of Revenue collects taxes on its own behalf and oversees the operations of three quasi-independent state boards and commissions, as follows: *The ''Illinois Gaming Board'' regulates Illinois casinos :: The Illinois Gaming Board/IGB utilizes sworn officers from the Illinois Department of Revenue - Bureau of Criminal Investigations (Special Agents) and Illinois State Police (Troopers) to staff the nine Riverboat Offices throughout the state as well as the IGB Headquarters in Chicago and Des Plaines. ::Agents are responsible for conducting licensing and background investigations regarding casino ownership, management, employees, and suppliers associated with the Gaming industry. Agents investigate thefts, embezzlements, cheating, and illegal modifications of gaming devices as well as a host of other criminal activities. The IGB also enforces all regulations of the Riverboat Gambling Act and the Illinois Compiled Statutes. ::Monitoring and regulating this industry has proved extraordinarily important to the State. More than 15 million individual admissions to the casinos are recorded annually, and total adjusted gross receipts exceed $1.7 billion on a yearly basis.; *The ''Illinois Racing Board'' regulates Illinois horse racetracks; *The '' Illinois Liquor Control Commission'' regulates the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Illinois.


Today

In 2018, IDOR Launched
Statewide Electronic Lien Registry
in order to provide a single-source to locate all active liens and releases filed by the department.


See also

* Illinois Department of the Lottery


References


External links


Illinois Department of Revenue
of the Illinois Administrative Code {{authority control
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State law enforcement agencies of Illinois US state tax agencies