Illinois Taxes

Imagine paying over $6,000 a year just to keep a roof over your head! That's the reality for many Illinois homeowners.

Imagine sharing a $100 cellphone plan and shelling out nearly $500 in taxes—that's life in Illinois, where every cent counts.

Sky-high property taxes, the second-highest outbound migration numbers in the country, and now a gas tax (the 2nd highest in the entire nation) is about to take an even bigger bite out of your wallet. It's really no surprise when you read polling information that says 50 percent of Illinois residents would leave the state if they could.

This $2.7 billion sales tax increase would be on top of all the other taxes that Illinoisans pay, and I think it's safe to say you'll be shocked at what Illinois lawmakers now want to tax.

For those who have been arguing that Illinois would be an absolutely perfect state if we just had more taxes to pay and some new laws to follow, the good news is that Illinois state government listened to you. The bad news for the rest of us is that Illinois state government listened to you.

As we near the beginning of the fiscal year, the grocery tax will stay the same but gas prices will be even more painful than last year.

The Internal Revenue Service reported that they have more than $50 million of refunds that have yet to be claimed by Illinois taxpayers. 55,767 Illinois taxpayers who did not file taxes in 2018 in Illinois are running out of time to do so...