Two Illinois Department of Revenue private letter rulings concluded that companies providing users access to information hosted in the cloud on out-of-state servers through a web portal are not subject to Illinois retailers’ occupation tax on these transactions; however, providing downloadable mobile applications enabling access to their networks and services constitutes the provision of computer software that potentially may be subject to tax under Illinois’ service occupation tax.
Source Deloitte
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