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The Governor and Leaders of both
the Illinois House and Senate are calling for an income tax
increase, as sales tax increase, a gas tax increase, and a
cigarette tax increase, as well as creating a new tax on services.
People have expresses concern that elected
officials are not taking their opinion into consideration when making
decisions on legislation. Please weigh in on the proposed tax
increase and let your opinion be known.
Survey results are updated regularly. An email notice
will be sent to those who submitted the survey to tell them the
results are posted.
CLA will continue to
frequently post news stories, from around Illinois, regarding the
tax increase proposals.
Tax Survey Results:
Following are results from responses to
the Committee for Legislative Action's Tax Survey. Please note, these statistics are
not from a scientific poll, but come from voluntary responses. Each
person’s reply is only counted one time, regardless of how many times
they may submit to the Survey. Updates are posted frequently. Please
encourage others to participate.
Results updated
3/2/2010
Cigarette Tax Increase
# in favor
% in favor
# opposed
% opposed
4614
50%
4546
50%
Gas Tax Increase
# in favor
% in favor
# opposed
% opposed
851
10%
7965
90%
Income Tax Increase
# in favor
% in favor
# opposed
% opposed
1998
21%
7505
79%
Sales Tax Increase
# in favor
% in favor
# opposed
% opposed
1132
12%
7955
88%
A New Tax
on Services
# in favor
% in favor
# opposed
% opposed
707
8%
8415
92%
Service Tax in
Illinois
The Illinois State Senate
Democratic majority passed a bill that created, for the first time, a tax on
services. The Legislature has reconvened for the Spring Session. The House did
not act on the bill in the fall, but it will most likely be considered this
session.
The new tax on services would be on cable TV, dry cleaning and internet service,
to name a few.
To print and sign the
petition against the new service tax, click below.
State Senator Dan
Rutherford was recently featured on
Comcast's "Newsmakers" program;
the Senator discussed proposals that would increase the
Illinois Income Tax.
Senator Dan
Rutherford discussed proposed Service Tax
Below is contact information for your state
elected officials.
