Voices for Illinois Children: Double the EITC to Make Illinois Taxes Fairer (Among Other Great Things)
ITEP Work in ActionThe more money you make in Illinois, the lower share of it you pay in state and local taxes. If that sounds unfair, that’s because it is. In fact, low- and middle-income workers pay, on average, two to three times the percentage of their income in state and local taxes that the wealthiest Illinoisans pay. Blog – Illinois’ Taxes are Upside Down
Illinois legislators can take an important step toward righting this wrong by strengthening the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy clearly shows.