Full Text of HR0176 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois residents have been facing one of the | 3 | | most difficult times in the State's history; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in | 5 | | March of 2020 and has now continued a year after the outset, | 6 | | Illinois families and businesses have had to make incredible | 7 | | sacrifices; the human and economic toll has been incredible; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, throughout this ordeal, however, there has been | 10 | | one constant: resilience; though times have been very | 11 | | difficult, the ability for Illinois families and businesses to | 12 | | stay strong and overcome unbelievable obstacles has been | 13 | | extraordinary; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, this Illinois resilience has been found in more | 15 | | than one way in the Illinois retail and restaurant sector; | 16 | | faced with enormous challenges, ranging from early closures | 17 | | due to stay-at-home orders, to struggling to open (or reopen) | 18 | | their doors and keep workers on the payroll, to paying the | 19 | | various taxes, fees, and other forms of costs incurred through | 20 | | the normal course of doing business in this State, Illinois | 21 | | retailers and restaurants (and the many small businesses that | 22 | | make-up these sectors) have been there to support Illinois |
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| 1 | | families with stocked shelves, warm food, and other provisions | 2 | | that have been essential to the resilience exhibited by people | 3 | | of this State; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, now more than ever, with an economy slowly seeing | 5 | | glimpses of a return to normalcy, State government should do | 6 | | anything within its power to ensure that Illinois businesses | 7 | | have the ability to come back stronger than ever in order to | 8 | | get the economy back on track; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, instead of hearing this message, there are | 10 | | renewed calls to enact legislation that punishes Illinois | 11 | | businesses; one such proposal would take away the vendor's | 12 | | discount; the vendor's discount authorizes a retailer to | 13 | | retain a portion of the use and occupation taxes they collect | 14 | | as reimbursement for the retailers' cost of complying with | 15 | | those taxes on behalf of the State and units of local | 16 | | government; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, the vendor's discount is a fair provision found | 18 | | in State law that is in line with similar provisions which | 19 | | allow the Department of Revenue to retain a portion of sales | 20 | | taxes collected and remitted to units of local government; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, in a time when retailers and restaurants in this | 22 | | State need the support of the State in order to help stimulate |
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| 1 | | the economy back to pre-pandemic levels, proposals such as the | 2 | | reduction or elimination of the vendor's discount run counter | 3 | | to that goal; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we state our belief that no reduction or elimination of the | 7 | | vendor's discount be enacted; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the Governor, the Speaker and Minority Leader of | 10 | | the House of Representatives, and the President and Minority | 11 | | Leader of the Illinois Senate.
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