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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, President Donald Trump and Congressional
3Republicans are proposing radical changes to America's tax
4code; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The changes President Trump and his Congressional
6allies are discussing would benefit millionaires and
7billionaires, while hurting working families; and
 
8    WHEREAS, President Trump and Congressional Republicans
9have discussed removing the state and local tax deduction, also
10known as SALT, as a way to pay for their proposed tax cuts for
11the wealthy; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The state and local tax deduction allows families
13that pay local property taxes, state and local sales taxes, and
14state income tax to deduct those taxes from their federal
15income tax; and
 
16    WHEREAS, This deduction prevents families from being
17double taxed, once by the federal government, and again by the
18state; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The state and local tax deduction has broad
20bipartisan support and has been helping Illinoisans since 1913;

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, Illinois has the fifth highest number of taxpayers
3who claim the state and local tax deduction in the nation; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Nearly two million Illinois taxpayers claimed
5more than $24 billion in SALT deductions in 2015, with each
6claiming an average of $12,500 in deductions; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Of Illinoisans who claim a SALT deduction,
8approximately 85 percent earn less than $200,000 per year;
9therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we strongly oppose any
12and all efforts by the Trump Administration and Congress to
13eliminate or gut the state and local tax deduction to help pay
14for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy one percent; and
15be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That we call upon Governor Rauner to work with
17the Illinois Congressional delegation to ensure that the state
18and local tax deduction is not eliminated or gutted; and be it
19further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

 

 

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1delivered to the Illinois Congressional delegation.