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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, President Donald Trump and Congressional
3Republicans are proposing radical changes to America's tax
4code; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The changes President Trump and his Congressional
6allies are discussing would benefit millionaires and
7billionaires while hurting working families; and
 
8    WHEREAS, President Trump and Congressional Republicans
9have discussed removing the state and local deduction, also
10known as SALT, as a way to pay for their proposed tax cuts for
11the wealthy; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The state and local deduction allows families that
13pay state and local income or sales tax to deduct those taxes
14from their federal income tax; and
 
15    WHEREAS, This deduction prevents families from being
16doubled taxed, once by the federal government and again by the
17state; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The state and local deduction has broad bipartisan
19support and has been helping Illinoisans since 1913; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Illinois has the fifth highest number of taxpayers
2who claim the state and local tax deduction in the nation; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Nearly two million Illinois taxpayers claimed
4more than $24 billion in SALT deductions in 2015, with each
5claiming an average $12,500 in deductions; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Of Illinoisans who claim a SALT deduction,
7approximately 85% earn less than $200,000 per year; therefore,
8be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
10HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11strongly oppose any and all efforts by the Trump Administration
12and Congress to eliminate the state and local deduction; and be
13it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That we call upon Governor Rauner to work with
15the Illinois Congressional Delegation to ensure that the State
16and local deduction is not eliminated; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18delivered to all members of the Illinois Congressional
19Delegation.