Mar

22

2007

No Need For Gross Receipts Tax, Corporate Tax Revenues Up 14.3%

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CHICAGO-Governor Rod Blagojevich’s proposed new tax on gross receipts is floating on a raft of deceptions, half-truths and hidden future tax increases, charged Jim Tobin, president National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization. “This proposed new tax will make Illinois uncompetitive with other states, drive many businesses bankrupt, and result in higher costs for Illinois consumers,” said Tobin. “But that’s just the beginning. Illinois corporations will be socked with higher taxes in the future, and that’s not being told to taxpayers or the media.” Read more

Mar

7

2007

ITEF Comment Vol. XIII Issue 3

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Blago’s Proposed Trojan Horse Tax a Blueprint For Disaster

I have been fighting taxes since 1976-thirty one years-and each time, when I think I have seen it all, the tax-raising politicians in Springfield come up with a new scheme to raise taxes on your personal income or on the business you have worked so hard to develop. Read more