Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 2510/2510-10. Certified audit project

(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department is authorized to initiate a certified audit pilot project to further enhance tax compliance reviews performed by qualified practitioners and to encourage taxpayers to hire qualified practitioners at their own expense to review and report on their sales tax and use tax compliance. The nature of the certified audit work performed by qualified practitioners shall be agreed-upon procedures in which the Department is the specified user of the resulting report.

(b) As an incentive for taxpayers to incur the costs of a certified audit, the Department shall abate penalties and interest due on any tax liabilities revealed by a certified audit, except that this authority to abate penalties or interest shall not apply to any liability for taxes that were collected by the participating taxpayer but not remitted to the Department nor shall the Department have the authority to abate fraud penalties.

(c) The certified audit pilot project shall apply only to occupation and use taxes administered and collected by the Department.

(d) The certified audit pilot project shall not extend beyond July 1, 2004.