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       Illinois Department of Revenue

       Payment Coupon (IL-501) and Instructions                                                                                       2022 

                                              This form is for limited use only
              Most withholding payments should be made electronically or with preprinted, personalized forms — not the form below. 
     For your payment to be applied quickly and accurately to your account, either 
     •  electronically pay on our website at mytax.illinois.gov, or 
     •  order personalized, preprinted forms by calling us at the numbers listed below. 

Who should use this payment                             more information. Do not make a payment                          ACH debit telephone option — you    
coupon?                                                 or submit an IL-501 Payment Coupon if no               instruct us to debit the payment from    
                                                        Illinois income tax was withheld.                      your account.  
Use this payment coupon to pay the Illinois 
Income Tax you withheld if                              When is income tax considered withheld?           For more information regarding our 
                                                        In Illinois, income tax is considered withheld    electronic options, visit our website at 
•  you are a NEW business and have not                                                                    tax.illinois.gov, call 217 782-6257, or email 
 received your registration information from            on the date you pay your employees or             us at rev.taxpay@illinois.gov. 
 us yet; or                                             others.  This is important to determine when 
•  you are an existing business and                     your payment is due. Do not estimate your         What penalties may be assessed?
     1)  cannot electronically pay (see “May            withholding income tax.                           To avoid penalties, all tax withheld must be 
        I pay electronically?”); or                     How much should I pay?                            paid by each payment due date. You must  
     2)  do not use a tax professional or tax           The amount you pay is dependent upon the          provide payroll information on Form IL-941 to 
        prep software;   or                             amount you withhold from your payee (refer to     verify your pay dates. 
     3)  have ordered but not yet received              IL-700-T) minus any credit amounts received       You will owe a late-payment penalty if you 
        personalized payment coupons                    from the Illinois Department of Commerce and      are required to make monthly or semi-weekly 
        from us.                                        Economic Opportunity (DCEO) or the Illinois       tax payments and do not pay the required 
When are my payments due?                               Department of Revenue (IDOR).                     amounts by the payment due dates. 
Important:  If you have been notified that you          May I pay electronically?                         A bad check penalty of $25 will be assessed 
are required to make semi-weekly payments,              Yes. We encourage you to pay electronically.      if you send a remittance that is not honored 
you must make your payments electronically.             •  MyTax Illinois on our website at               by your financial institution. This penalty will 
                                                                                                          be assessed in addition to any other penalty. 
Most taxpayers who use payment coupons                    mytax.illinois.gov offers an easy, 
are considered monthly payers. Monthly                    convenient, and fast way to submit              For more information about penalties and 
payers must pay by the 15th day of each                   payments at any time. You can schedule          interest, see Publication 103, Penalties and 
month for amounts withheld the preceding                  the dollar amount, debit date, and tax          Interest for Illinois Taxes.
month. You may pay more frequently using                  period. No software is required and it is       What if I need additional assistance?
one of our electronic methods or preprinted               available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.        •  Visit our website at tax.illinois.gov
payment coupons. Do not use your return,                Federal State Employment Tax (FSET)             •  Write to us at 
Form IL-941, to pay more frequently. 
                                                          program allows you to directly debit your          ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
If you exceed $12,000 in withholding                      account.                                           PO BOX 19044
during a quarter, you must begin using                  Other electronic options (You must 
the semi-weekly payment schedule for the                  complete Form EFT-1, Authorization                 SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9044
following quarter, the remainder of the year,             Agreement for Certain Electronic                •   Call our Taxpayer Assistance Division at  
and the subsequent year. In addition, you                 Payments.):                                        1 800 732-8866 or 217 782-3336 (or our 
must make your payments electronically.                    ACH credit — you instruct your                    TDD (telecommunications device for the 
                                                            financial institution to transfer funds from     deaf) at 1 800 544-5304)
See Publication 131, Withholding Income 
Tax Payment and Filing Requirements, for                    your account to ours.                         •  Visit an IDOR regional office. See website 
                                                                                                             for locations and office hours.  
IL-501 Front  (R-12/21)                             Printed by the authority of the state of Illinois - web only, 1 copy.
        Illinois Department of Revenue                     Check the box to tell us the quarter that includes the month when you withheld the 
                                                           withholding income tax you are paying. Check one box only.  Make sure to report all 
        Payment Coupon                                     Form IL-501 payments on Form IL-941, Step 5, Line 4, for the corresponding quarter.
        IL-501
 Complete  the following information.    2022              1                       2                      3                     4 
                                         Tax year
                                                                      Jan                 Apr                Jul                  Oct
                                                                      Feb                 May                Aug                  Nov
___ ___ - ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  ___0   ___0 ___0               Mar                 Jun                Sep                  Dec
Federal employer identification number   Seq. number 
_______________________________________________
Business name                                              Amount paid:                                                       $ ___________________.____

_______________________________________________            •  Make check payable to “Illinois Department of Revenue” and write your                       
Number and street address                                     FEIN and “IL-501” on the check.-
                                                           •  Mail to:            ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
_______________________________________________                                   PO BOX 19447
City                                    State ZIP                                 SPRINGFIELD IL  62794-9447
                                                           NOTE: Do not mail Form IL-501 if you electronically pay or are reporting a zero amount.
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Daytime phone)
IL-501 (R-12/21)                                                                                                         *71112221W*

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