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90_HJ0054
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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The business meal is a 100% legitimate expense
3 and should be a 100% legitimate deduction; and
4 WHEREAS, Two-thirds of business meal users make less than
5 $60,000; and
6 WHEREAS, Seventy percent of spenders typically use
7 low-to-moderately priced restaurants for business lunches;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Restoring the business meal deduction was the
10 number 2 priority of the 1,600 small-business delegates at
11 the last White House Conference on Small Business; and
12 WHEREAS, One-fifth of business meal users are
13 self-employed people; and
14 WHEREAS, Small business owners rely heavily on the
15 one-on-one relationship offered by a business meal, more so
16 than a large corporation with an advertising budget and
17 marketing staff; therefore, be it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
20 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge each member of the
21 Illinois Congressional delegation and the United States
22 Congress to support federal efforts that will restore the
23 legitimate expense of the business meal to the full 100%
24 deductibility; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That we strongly urge the governors and other
26 legislatures in their respective states to promulgate the
27 message that the business meal is a legitimate expense that
28 must be restored to the full 100%; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
30 delivered to each member of the United States Congress and to
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1 the governors and appropriate officers of the legislatures of
2 all other states.