Objective: Each county is given a portion of the inheritance tax that county treasurers have collected. All county treasurers participate by collecting the state inheritance tax assessed in their county.

Eligibility: Counties

Funding: (dollars in thousands)

FY 1998 - $14,705.2

FY 1999 - $20,606.4

FY 2000 - $20,439.4

FY 2001 - $18,698.4

Further Information: 35 ILCS 405/13; Illinois Inheritance
Tax Law, sec. 21.
Office of the State Treasurer
Inheritance Tax Division
203 State House
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-4296