Illinois
What's New
-
blog
October 17, 20242024 State Tax Ballot Questions: Voters to Weigh in on Tax Changes Big and Small
As we approach November’s election, voters in several states will be weighing in on tax policy changes. The outcomes will impact the equity of state and local tax systems and…
-
ITEP Work in Action
April 18, 2024Illinois Fund Our Futures Coalition: Funding Our Futures: The Equitable Revenue Policies Illinois Families Need to Thrive
Read the report here.
-
ITEP Work in Action
April 17, 2024Scholars Strategy Network: Tax Policy as a Potential Tool for Reducing Infant Mortality
Increased tax revenues and increased tax progressivity need to be further explored as policy solutions in Illinois. More specifically, the adoption of worldwide combined reporting and a state-level child tax…
-
blog
June 12, 2023Illinois Voucher Tax Credits Don’t ‘Invest in Kids,’ They Invest in Inequality
By allowing their school privatization tax credit to expire at the end of the year, Illinois lawmakers can take a meaningful step toward better tax and education policy, and a… -
blog
May 14, 2021State Tax Codes & Racial Inequities: An Illinois Case Study
Earlier this year, ITEP released a report providing an overview of the impacts of state and local tax policies on race equity. Against a backdrop of vast racial disparities in income and wealth resulting from historical and… -
blog
October 22, 2020Voters Have the Chance in 2020 to Increase Tax Equity in Arizona, Illinois, and California, And They Should
There’s a lot at stake in this election cycle: the nation and our economy are reeling from the effects brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and states remain in limbo…
-
blog
September 17, 2020Illinois’s Flat Income Tax Amounts to a Tax Subsidy for the Wealthiest Illinoisans that Compounds Income and Wealth Inequalities
This November, Illinoisans will decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow a graduated income tax. A “yes” vote on the Illinois Fair Tax constitutional amendment will make effective… -
news release
September 17, 2020New 20-Year Study Provides Insight on How State Tax Systems Worsen Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap
A new study finds that over the last 20 years, Illinois’s tax system has effectively sapped $4 billion more from Black and Hispanic communities than it would have under a… -
report
September 17, 2020Illinois’s Flat Tax Exacerbates Income Inequality and Racial Wealth Gaps
Flat or graduated personal income taxes have varying effects on the annual individual tax liabilities of taxpayers at different income levels. Less examined is how tax structures affect income inequality…
Related Resources
ITEP Publications about Illinois
Reports about Illinois using ITEP data
All items referencing Illinois