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The amendment would remove the portion of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that is sometimes referred to as the "flat tax," that requires all taxes on income to be at the same rate. The amendment does not itself change tax rates. It gives the State the ability to impose higher tax rates on those with higher income levels and lower income tax rates on those with middle or lower income levels.
You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become a part of the Illinois Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added and struck-through text would have been deleted: [1]. At any one time there may be no more than one such tax imposed by the State for State purposes on individuals and one such tax so imposed on corporations. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the rate or rates of any tax on or measured by income imposed by the State.
In any such tax imposed upon corporations the highest rate shall not exceed the highest rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. The word count for the ballot title is , and the estimated reading time is 32 seconds. Vote Yes for Fair Tax also organized as a political action committee to support the constitutional amendment. Vote Yes for Fair Tax provides a list of endorsements, which is available here. Officials Governor J.
The following is the argument in support of the constitutional amendment that appeared in the official voter pamphlet: [6]. Illinois' current tax system unfairly benefits millionaires and billionaires and this amendment will set things right for middle-class and working people. Currently, it is unfair that billionaires pay the same tax rate as regular people. This amendment is simply upgrading Illinois' old tax system to a graduated system which is how the federal government and the majority of other states do it.
Approval of this amendment would enact a fair system that allows the state to tax wealthy people at higher rates and lower income people at lower rates, replacing Illinois' current unfair tax system, in which wealthy people pay the exact same tax rate as lower and middle income people.
Illinois' current tax system unfairly benefits millionaires and billionaires, and approval of this amendment will set things right for the middle class and working people. This amendment will help small business owners by creating a stable economic environment for their businesses to thrive. While others try to mislead you, under the current tax system in Illinois, policymakers already have the authority to set any tax rate and to change tax rates at their will.
The current system forces policymakers to charge the same tax rate to everyone, regardless of how much money they make. If this amendment passes, the State will have the ability to tax higher income earners at a different rate. This amendment does not tax retirement income. Illinois is among a minority of states that do not utilize graduated tax rates because the Illinois Constitution requires a "flat tax" that penalizes middle-class and working people and benefits higher income individuals.
A majority of states and the federal government already use the kind of graduated income tax system proposed in this amendment to ensure that wealthy people pay their fair share of taxes. Nearby states including Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin are among the majority of states that have graduated tax systems. While some states have fair tax rates in which the highest income earners pay the highest tax rate, Illinois' "flat tax" rate continues to rely unfairly on taxes from middle and lower income earners.
A graduated tax rate would have the executive pay more. This change will generate additional revenue each year that can help address Illinois' budget deficit and fund critical programs, including the State's education system, public safety, and social services like mental health and substance abuse treatment and domestic violence shelters.
Working people and essential workers like nurses, first responders, and grocery store clerks should not pay the same tax rate as the wealthy. Having wealthy people pay more would reduce the burden on working families. This is money that middle and lower income people need for housing, groceries, medicine, and essentials. When the wealthiest people pay more, middle and lower income earners can pay less while the State funds critical services that our essential workers rely on.
The following is the argument in opposition to the constitutional amendment that appeared in the official voter pamphlet: [6]. The Legislature should not be allowed to keep raising taxes until they get their spending under control. The Amendment gives the Legislature power to increase taxes on any group of taxpayers with no limits and no accountability and without any requirement to use the additional revenue to fund essential needs such as healthcare, education, or public safety.
The proposed amendment would give the Legislature unlimited new authority to increase income tax rates on any group of taxpayers at will, including low-income and middle-income families and small business owners. There would be no limit on the number of tax brackets that could be created and no limit on how high tax rates could be increased on individual taxpayers.
In addition, this proposed change will pave the way for a tax on retirement income. Nothing in the amendment requires the Legislature to do anything to control spending. Nor does it require funds to be spent on essential needs such as healthcare, education, or public safety.
It would simply give the Legislature a blank check to spend billions of dollars however they want, with no accountability. Taxes and spending are out of control.
Illinois already has some of the highest property taxes and sales taxes in the nation. And the Legislature has increased Illinois income tax rates twice in the past decade to try to deal with the out-of-control spending in Springfield.
Because they refuse to control spending or pass major reforms, the Legislature will just continue to raise taxes on everyone in Illinois, and middle-class families will be their next target. As small businesses and local employers struggle to rebuild, this is the worst possible time to impose huge new tax increases. Even before the COVID crisis, many residents and businesses were leaving the state because of the high tax burden.
If the Amendment passes, it would be the last straw for thousands of small businesses, causing more jobs to leave the state, and making Illinois lose out on investments to rebuild our economy.
This would mean fewer jobs and less opportunity for Illinois families. Pritzker D contributed 93 percent of the PACs' total combined funds. The following table includes contribution and expenditure totals for the committees in opposition to the initiative. There were at least two c 4 nonprofit organizations that spent funds to advertise for or against the constitutional amendment while legislators were considering the measure.
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For personal income earned in , the income tax was a flat rate of 4. The Illinois State Legislature overrode Gov.
Bruce Rauner's R veto of a bill to increase the rate from 3. SB would change the state's income tax from a flat rate to six graduated rates beginning on January 1, The following table illustrates the graduated rate under SB for single and joint filers: [21].
Of these 43 states, 11 had a flat income tax rate. The flat rates ranged from 2. The remaining 32 states had graduated tax structures, with various numbers of brackets and ranges. New Hampshire and Tennessee taxed personal income derived from interest and dividends but not wages and salaries.
Pritzker D won the gubernatorial election on November 6, , defeating incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner R. Pritzker campaigned on enacting a graduated income tax, including a constitutional amendment. He said, "the bottom 20 percent are paying roughly 13 to The people at the top are paying 6 percent. That seems very unfair. He said a graduated income tax would be a nightmare for Illinois.
Rauner added, "I want to roll the income tax rate back down to 3 percent over the next four or five years. The election of J. Pritzker made the state of Illinois a Democratic trifecta , meaning Democrats won control of the House, Senate, and governor's office.
Democrats also increased their majorities in the Illinois State Legislature. In the state Senate , Democrats won 40 seats, an increase from 37 seats. In the state House, Democrats won 74 seats, an increase from 67 seats. The pass a constitutional amendment 36 votes were needed in the Senate and 71 votes in the House. In , voters in 14 states voted on 21 ballot measures addressing tax-related policies.
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