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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, In today's world, interstate travel has become
3both easier and more frequent, allowing for a more mobile
4workforce; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Many people are employed in industries that call
6for frequent travel, causing a more complex and arduous tax
7system; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In response to a multistate survey, 60% of
9employers indicated that complying with the State income tax
10withholding and reporting requirements for employees working
11in multiple states is currently a major issue or a growing
12concern; and
 
13    WHEREAS, It is very difficult to create a system by which
14an employer can physically identify when and where employees
15are traveling, in order to determine how much income tax to
16withhold and report for each state; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Only 44% of employers who responded to the survey
18currently have any mechanism in place to track and tax their
19employees based on location; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The federal government has introduced legislation

 

 

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1that would create a federal threshold for nonresident filing
2for temporary employee work assignments in nonresident states
3in order to address the complexity of nonresident taxation; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The income of Illinois residents who work
5temporarily out-of-state is frequently taxed by Illinois and
6the other states in which they work, causing a double taxation
7of the portion of income earned out-of-state; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois only has reciprocal
9agreements with Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Discussions have taken place among several groups
11in order to find a solution to this double taxation; therefore,
12be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
15urge the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois Chamber
16of Commerce, the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, the
17Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Illinois Retail
18Merchants Association to collaborate as a group during the
19summer and fall of 2015 to produce a solution to the current
20problem of double taxation of Illinois residents; and be it
21further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2delivered to the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois
3Chamber of Commerce, the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, the
4Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Illinois Retail
5Merchants Association.