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.
State of Working Illinois 2008
Release: January 1, 2008
CTBA working in partnership with Northern Illinois University produced the 2008 State of Working Illinois. The Report is one of the most detailed state analyses ever conducted on the Illinois economy. The report tracks the effects of national and global economic trends, such as rising inequality, on working families throughout the state and provides a wealth of information on jobs, income, and unemployment for each county in the state. The Report also identifies industrial sectors and occupational growth by sector, employment, education and income changes in each region.
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.