Jim Dey: "There is, however, one troubling aspect to the December revenue report — corporate income taxes. They dropped by $224 million in December, falling from $1.184 billion in December 2022 to $960 million in December 2023. That’s a decline of 18.9 percent. Other smaller revenue categories were all over the map."
“Illinois’ current state budget picture continues to shine, largely on the basis of strong growth in state income-tax revenue.
A recent report from state budget overseers shows that income-tax revenue payments in December exceeded those from the same period a year by $344 million. That sum made up the lion’s share of the overall monthly revenue growth of $383 million in December.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
More good news for Illinois revenue.