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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 672
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, President Donald Trump and Congressional
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| 3 | | Republicans are proposing radical changes to America's tax
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| 4 | | code; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The changes President Trump and his Congressional
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| 6 | | allies are discussing would benefit millionaires and
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| 7 | | billionaires while hurting working families; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, President Trump and Congressional Republicans
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| 9 | | have discussed removing the state and local tax deduction, also
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| 10 | | known as SALT, as a way to pay for their proposed tax cuts for
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| 11 | | the wealthy; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, The state and local tax deduction allows families |
| 13 | | that
pay local property taxes, state and local sales taxes, and |
| 14 | | state income taxes to deduct those taxes from their federal |
| 15 | | income tax; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, This deduction prevents families from being
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| 17 | | double taxed, once by the federal government and again by the
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| 18 | | state; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, The state and local tax deduction has broad |
| 20 | | bipartisan
support and has been helping Illinoisans since 1913; |
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| 1 | | and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has the fifth highest number of taxpayers
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| 3 | | who claim the state and local tax deduction in the nation; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Nearly two million Illinois taxpayers claimed
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| 5 | | more than $24 billion in SALT deductions in 2015, with each
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| 6 | | claiming an average $12,500 in deductions; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Of Illinoisans who claim a SALT deduction,
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| 8 | | approximately 85% earn less than $200,000 per year; therefore,
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| 9 | | be it
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
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| 11 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 12 | | strongly oppose any and all efforts
by the Trump Administration |
| 13 | | and Congress to eliminate or gut the state
and local tax |
| 14 | | deduction to help pay for tax cuts for corporations and the |
| 15 | | wealthy one percent; and be it further
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, That we call upon Governor Rauner to work with |
| 17 | | the Illinois Congressional Delegation to ensure that the state
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| 18 | | and local tax deduction is not eliminated or gutted; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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