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Residents have been paying 37.7 percent in taxes on their monthly wireless bill. This includes 24.9 percent in state and local taxes, fees, and surcharges as well as the 12.8 percent in federal taxes for the Universal Service Fund. For a family of four sharing a $100 plan, that adds close to $38 each month. Illinois families pay $456 a year in cell taxes while the U.S. average is $320.
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And like all taxes they also get passed on to the consumer of goods in the form of higher prices. Many of the taxes that businesses must pay get passed on to the consumer of goods and services.
This mismanaged state has the highest or among the highest taxes and fees in the country in a number of categories. As PPF said many times, there are many ways to generate more revenue via tax and fee increases.
IL residents are the proverbial frogs in the pot of boiling water. Unduly high cell phone taxes and fees aren’t by themselves going to bankrupt anyone, but when you combine them with all the other unduly high taxes and fees in this state, residents finally realize the water temperature in the pot is dangerous to their health.
Butterworth adroitly avoids this and the never ending gas tax increases, etc. while taking a victory lap over eliminating the grocery tax ( that very few states had in the first place ) and flat out lying about his balanced budget.
What tax in Illinois isn’t the highest in the nation. Democrat/Socialist control of Illinois
Retirement income taxes.
Personal property taxes.
Beer and spirit excisel taxes are middle of the pack.
Of course the inappropriately named fair tax which Pritzker failed to pass twice would have opened the gate to eventually tax retirement income too.
What won’t they tax . Of course with their part time jobs paying 100k a year, they can afford it