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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois enacted a State sales tax |
| 3 | | holiday that occurred over a ten-day period in August 2022, |
| 4 | | during which consumers were able to purchase school-related |
| 5 | | items and certain clothing while paying sales tax at a reduced |
| 6 | | rate, which was unlimited for school supplies and covered |
| 7 | | clothing up to $125 per item; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Due to this holiday, and with respect to eligible |
| 9 | | items covered by it, the current sales tax rate of 6.25% was |
| 10 | | reduced to 1.25% during this period; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The sales tax holiday applied to items that are |
| 12 | | essential to academic success in the classroom, and such items |
| 13 | | included bookbags, binders, pencils, notebooks, erasers, and |
| 14 | | index cards; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The August 2022 sales tax holiday was not renewed |
| 16 | | in the summer of 2023 for FY24 or any year thereafter despite |
| 17 | | the fiscal impact of the holiday in 2022 only being $6.6 |
| 18 | | million, according to Illinois Department of Revenue Annual |
| 19 | | Report FY23, compared to a State budget of $53 billion; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the |
| 21 | | cost of school supplies has spiked more than 24.5% since 2022, |
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| 1 | | resulting in parents having to pay more per child on school |
| 2 | | supplies; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, A 2024 survey conducted by Intuit Credit Karma |
| 4 | | found 33% of parents expressed that they could not afford to |
| 5 | | complete back-to-school shopping that year; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, According to the Tax Foundation, 11 states |
| 7 | | enacted a tax holiday for school supplies in 2024, bringing |
| 8 | | much needed tax relief to their constituents; therefore, be it
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| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 10 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 11 | | we urge the General Assembly and the Governor to enact a tax |
| 12 | | holiday for school supplies in 2025 and thereafter to bring |
| 13 | | relief to working parents; and be it further
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 15 | | delivered to the Governor, the Speaker and Minority Leader of |
| 16 | | the Illinois House of Representatives, and the President and |
| 17 | | Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate. |
