FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES v. DEPT. OF REV.

No. 1-98-4362.

733 N.E.2d 789 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 298

248 Ill.Dec. 114

FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS and Raymond T. Wagner, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Chicago (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and Darryl B. Simko, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Appellant.

Weissberg & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Ariel Weissberg and Richard N. Steiner, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Raymond Wagner and the Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois (collectively the Department) appeal an order of the circuit court declaring that plaintiff, Friends of Israel Defense Forces, is entitled to a charitable exemption from the Illinois Use Tax Act (35 ILCS 105/3-5 (West 1996)).

Plaintiff applied for charitable and educational exemptions from taxation under the Use Tax Act. The Department ruled...

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