Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls for $68.5M Property Tax Hike, $165.5M Increase in Other Taxes to Close Budget Gap as Deadline Looms – WTTW (Chicago)

The largest tax hike included in Johnson’s revised budget proposal would generate $128.1 million by an increase in the tax levied on software licenses, cloud services and other digital goods from 9 percent to 11 percent, records show. Budget Director Annette Guzman said that tax is largely paid by large corporations, like Google, Amazon and Salesforce, rather than individual Chicagoans.
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mqyl
1 year ago

Of course, with the extreme levels of bloat in City of Chicago departments and offices, no new or increased taxes or fees should be allowed; instead, bloat should be reduced.

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago

And yet he keeps creating high paying positions for convicts and won’t cut back on his 116 strong police security detail.

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