Educate Advocate Empower Contact Us Illinois Foreign Fire Tax Filing A service of the Illinois Municipal League Fire Tax Contact Information Mailing Address: Illinois Municipal League 500 E. Capitol Ave. P.O.Box 5180 Springfield, IL 62705 Phone: 217-525-1220 Fax: 217-525-7438 Email Fire Tax Questions This website is for insurance companies to obtain and submit required documents. 2021 Filing Summary Fire Tax Communication from IML Executive Director April 3, 2020 Ensuring the proper and maximum collection and remittance of municipal revenues has been a guiding principle of the Illinois Municipal League (IML) for more than 100 years. That principle is why, in 1937, IML started an effort to efficiently and effectively collect Foreign Fire Insurance Tax revenues for municipalities and fire protection districts, a 2% fee paid by consumers who purchase fire insurance from companies not incorporated in Illinois. With more than 80 years of experience performing these services, and over 100 years as the recognized voice representing municipal interests across the state, IML has proven itself as the leading advocate on behalf of all 1,298 cities, villages and towns. Each year, we continue to improve our Foreign Fire Insurance Tax collection efforts to ensure the maximum amount is returned to your community, with the least amount of worry and hassle to you. The result has been more money being returned to municipalities in a timely and accurate manner. Since 2015, we have increased statewide total net revenue to our customers and members by 22%. Additionally as a result of recent improvements in our systems, we have been able to reduce our internal costs and those savings are being passed along to your community in the form of lower service fees. Our fees are capped at 5% of total funds collected for each entity, meaning more dollars are available to your department or district. We have staff dedicated to this service year-round, with the formal process starting (by state statute) in July and resulting in a check arriving at your mailbox in October. IML exists as an instrumentality of our members to protect the interests of the cities, villages and towns throughout Illinois, and we work diligently throughout the year to do just that. We are not a profit-driven entity, and all of our revenues remain committed to supporting and serving municipalities. We perform all of this work ourselves; we do not contract with an outside corporation to conduct these collections. We have built strong, trusting relationships with our members, fire protection districts and nearly 500 insurance companies throughout the country. All of this is to say, there is a solid, honest and transparent foundation for our service to your community. If your organization does not wish for IML to continue collecting these funds on your behalf, the organization must notify us in writing by no later than Friday, June 19, 2020, so we can properly notify the insurance companies we assess. Without such notice, we will continue to provide excellent service to your organization as usual and nothing further is needed from your department or district. We look forward to continuing our service to your community through this program, and we thank you for your trust and confidence. If you need to update your contact information, please feel welcome to fill out our contact form (available via this link) or contact us by phone at (217) 525-1220 or by email at firetax@iml.org. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact me at (217) 525-1220 or by email at bcole@iml.org. Thank you. BRAD COLE | Executive Director ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 500 East Capitol Avenue | PO Box 5180 | Springfield, Illinois 62705 phone: 217.525.1220 | fax: 217.525.7438 email: bcole@iml.org | www.iml.org Street Address Illinois Municipal League 500 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, IL 62701 Mailing Address Illinois Municipal League P.O. Box 5180 Springfield, IL 62705-5180 Office Hours 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Contact Us Phone: (217) 525-1220 Fax: (217) 525-7438 Email: inquiry@iml.org About Us | Site Map | Notices | Staff Login © 1996-2021 All Rights Reserved.