Mayor Johnson’s crossroads — budget decisions that will define his financial stewardship of Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times

Reinstating the $4-a-month-per-employee head tax, lump-sum payments in lieu of taxes for hospitals, churches and other non-profits exempt from paying property taxes, taxing digital advertising and a corporate income tax are all “options” on the table, the mayor said Tuesday. He acknowledged that the there is “still some ambiguity” about whether or not a corporate income tax would require legislative approval.