Moving Forward
Release: March 11, 2009
How the state elects to resolve its record deficit will have a meaningful impact on the size and duration of the recession in the state's economy. Given this scenario, the state's best hope of growing its economy and countering the recession is to close its deficit by raising taxes progressively and maintaining or expanding spending on services.
Issue Brief: Why Taxation in Illinois is Unfair
Release: January 23, 2008
This Issue Brief explains how Illinois' tax system is unfair, and how it can be improved.
Issue Brief: The Illinois Structural Deficit (2008)
Release: January 22, 2008
This Issue Brief provides an updated overview to Illinois' structural deficit, which is a result of the state's flawed fiscal system.
Issue Brief: Corporate Tax Expenditures
Release: September 11, 2007
This Issue Brief provides an overview of the tax expenditures available to corporations in Illinois.
The Illinois Tax Climate
Release: April 17, 2007
Written supplement to oral testimony provided to the House Revenue Committee during its April 2007 subject matter hearing on tax fairness.