Illinois Statutes Chapter 35. Revenue § 636/5-45. Resellers

(a) If a person who originates or receives telecommunications claims to be a reseller of such telecommunications, such person shall apply to a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or to the Department for all other municipalities, for a resale number. Such applicant shall state facts which will show a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the Department for all other municipalities, why such applicant is not liable for tax authorized by this Act on any of such purchases and shall furnish such additional information as a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the Department for all other municipalities, may reasonably require.

(b) Upon approval of the application, a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the Department for all other municipalities, shall assign a resale number to the applicant and shall certify such number to the applicant. A municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the Department for all other municipalities, may cancel any number which is obtained through misrepresentation, or which is used to send or receive such telecommunication tax-free when such actions in fact are not for resale, or which no longer applies because of the person's having discontinued the making of resales.

(c) Except as provided hereinabove in this Section, the act or privilege of originating or receiving telecommunications in this State shall not be made tax-free on the ground of being a sale for resale unless the person has an active resale number from a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the Department for all other municipalities, and furnishes that number to the retailer in connection with certifying to the retailer that any sale to such person is non-taxable because of being a sale for resale.