Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hints at a new tax on professional services – Crain’s*

Mayor Johnson and Chicago's Chief Financial Officer "pointed to potentially extending the sales tax to professional services — an idea City Hall sources have told Crain’s is the likeliest to move forward — and a City Council subcommittee on revenue Johnson hopes will provide other options."
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Tom Paine's Ghost
2 years ago

The stupidity of Democrats is bottomless.

Ex Illini
2 years ago

Go ahead Brando. I’m sure people will understand the need to hand over more hard warned cash so you can continue the progressive policy clown show.

mqyl
2 years ago

Huh. He hasn’t figured out the positive correlation between more and higher taxes on outward migration.

Where's Mine ???
2 years ago
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Get with the program, higher taxes have nothing to do with the legacy of “systemic racist community disinvestment”. ..everybody know that…..$$$EQUITY$$$!!!

William Butler Hickok
2 years ago

Next major corporation to pack up and leave
Will be, drum roll please, Macdonald’s.
Many others will follow. How’s about the
Chicago Stock Exchange/ Futures exchange.
This fine parade will be fun to watch, think the betting joints will give odds.

your dime, your dance floor
2 years ago

The CME/CBOT have prepared to have leases voided and be able to move out of the city if an “ill-conceived policy” is implemented by the city according to CEO Terry Duffy. It’s nice when a business can move their digital presence so quickly and easily to avoid really bad political decisions.

debtsor
2 years ago

Allstate. They tore down their campus, they’re selling their supposed downtown HQ, and the rest of the company is operating out of a nondescript office building down the block from the old HQ.

https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2024/02/23/allstate-selling-wacker-drive-office-building/

debtsor
2 years ago

And there are rumors swirling that United is about to leave Chicago too. And considering that the legislature has all but abandoned downstate for ‘wrongthink’, how long before State Farm leaves dumpy Bloomington? Few of these employees and their managers want to stay in IL either.

sue
2 years ago

Maybe people are sick of being in a city run by children that haven’t a clue except GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!!!!

Wally
2 years ago

If this is a Chicago tax, what’s to prevent doctors, dentist, accountants, barber and beauty shops, etc. from moving to a suburb? Look what happened to the Cook County soda tax. People bought elsewhere.

Truth in Cook County
2 years ago

A great reason for all the accounting, legal, tax and consulting firms to ditch downtown and move to the suburbs. A lot of office space open out here. Also good news in that we will not need more funds for mass transit to downtown. This plan would make it a ghost town no one would go too.

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