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Scam Alert: Fake Texts and Websites Impersonating IDOR

Be alert for fraudulent messages or websites attempting to steal your banking information, login credentials, or credit card details. The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will never request personal or financial information via text message. To confirm official communications or contact details, always visit https://tax.illinois.gov.

Request for Information and Public Records

Requests for information must be submitted to:

ABIGAIL RENNOLDS - MC 6-595
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
101 W JEFFERSON ST
SPRINGFIELD IL 62702

Phone: 217 782-0985
Fax: 217 524-3402
Email: Rev.FOIA@Illinois.gov

You may use Form FOIA-1, Freedom of Information Act Request, to request information or provide your own document containing the same information.

The FOIA request will ask if this request is for Commercial Purposes.  Please see the following explanation. 

Commercial Purposes

(5 ILCS 140/3.1) (c) It is a violation of this Act for a person to knowingly obtain a public record for a commercial purpose without disclosing that it is for a commercial purpose, if requested to do so by the public body.

(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10.)

(c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a public record or records, or information derived from public records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or advertisement for sales or services…