35 ILCS 130/9
Every distributor who is required to procure a license under this Act, but who is not a manufacturer of cigarettes in original packages which are contained in a sealed transparent wrapper, shall, on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, file a return with the Department, showing the quantity of cigarettes manufactured during the preceding calendar month, the quantity of cigarettes brought into this State or caused to be brought into this State from outside this State during the preceding calendar month without authorized evidence on the original packages of such cigarettes underneath the sealed transparent wrapper thereof that the tax liability imposed by this Act has been assumed by the out-of-State seller of such cigarettes, the quantity of cigarettes purchased tax-paid during the preceding calendar month either within or outside this State, the quantity of cigarettes sold by manufacturer representatives on behalf of the distributor, the quantity of cigarettes sold to manufacturer representatives, and the quantity of cigarettes sold or otherwise disposed of during the preceding calendar month. Such return shall be filed upon forms furnished and prescribed by the Department and shall contain such other information as the Department may reasonably require. The Department may promulgate rules to require that the distributor's return be accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic media supporting schedule data in the format required by the Department, unless, as provided by rule, the Department grants an exception upon petition of a distributor.
Illinois manufacturers of cigarettes in original packages which are contained inside a sealed transparent wrapper shall file a return by the 5th day of each month covering the preceding calendar month. Each such return shall be accompanied by the appropriate remittance for tax as provided in Section 3 of this Act. Each such return shall show the quantity of such cigarettes manufactured during the period covered by the return, the quantity of cigarettes sold or otherwise disposed of during the period covered by the return and such other information as the Department may lawfully require. Such returns shall be filed on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department. Each such return shall be accompanied by a copy of each invoice rendered by such manufacturer to any purchaser to whom such manufacturer delivered cigarettes (or caused cigarettes to be delivered) during the period covered by the return. The Department may promulgate rules to require that the manufacturer's return be accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic media supporting schedule data in the format required by the Department, unless, as provided by rule, the Department grants an exception upon petition of a manufacturer.
35 ILCS 130/9