Full Text of HR0854 93rd General Assembly
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 854
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois retail industry is one of Illinois' | 3 |
| chief creators of jobs, with more than 608,000 Illinoisans | 4 |
| working in retail trade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Sales taxes paid by retailers on purchases of | 7 |
| taxable goods and services in Illinois are a vital component of | 8 |
| the State's budget, with the Illinois Economic and Fiscal | 9 |
| Commission projecting Illinois State sales tax revenues of more | 10 |
| than $7.3 billion in FY04; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois retail industry and the sales taxes | 12 |
| it pays are under threat from some out-of-state retailers who | 13 |
| ship goods into Illinois without collecting Illinois sales | 14 |
| taxes on goods meant for use in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Many out-of-state retailers are facing up to their | 16 |
| responsibility to levy and forward sales taxes on goods meant | 17 |
| for use in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, FurnitureLand South of Jamestown, North Carolina, | 19 |
| which bills itself as "the world's largest home furnishings | 20 |
| showplace", has started collecting sales and use taxes on | 21 |
| products that it sells to consumers in 26 to 30 states; and
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| WHEREAS, Jason Harris, executive vice president of | 23 |
| FurnitureLand South, has told "Furniture Today," a trade | 24 |
| periodical, that FurnitureLand South eventually plans to | 25 |
| collect sales taxes for all 45 states with a sales tax; and
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| WHEREAS, Many other furniture retailers with substantial | 27 |
| sales across state lines do not yet collect Illinois sales and | 28 |
| use taxes for sales made to customers within Illinois, despite | 29 |
| Illinois laws requiring the payment of these taxes when an |
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| article is purchased for use within Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| urge FurnitureLand South to collect sales taxes upon furniture | 5 |
| sold to customers for use within Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge all other retailers, especially but | 7 |
| not limited to furniture retailers, to collect sales taxes upon | 8 |
| goods and taxable services intended for use within Illinois; | 9 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Revenue to take | 11 |
| additional steps to improve the collection of sales taxes upon | 12 |
| out-of-state goods intended for use within Illinois; and be it | 13 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge Governor Rod Blagojevich to allocate | 15 |
| sufficient funds and personnel resources, within the | 16 |
| Department of Revenue, to maximize State sales tax revenues, | 17 |
| provide for the cash flow that the State needs to perform its | 18 |
| vital duties, and maintain a level playing field between | 19 |
| out-of-state retailers and retailers that do business and | 20 |
| employ personnel within the State of Illinois; and be it | 21 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 23 |
| delivered to the Governor of the State of Illinois, the | 24 |
| Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, and A. Darrell | 25 |
| Harris, President of FurnitureLand South, Inc. of Jamestown, | 26 |
| North Carolina.
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