CME Group

Small business alert: Tax relief is waiting for you?

12/14/2011
by Dan Proft In January of this year, Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton passed the largest tax increase in Illinois history. They proceeded to spend much of 2011 carving out special exceptions to the tax hike for politically powerful Illinois employers. This week, Sears and the CME Group...

The simple solution: Repeal the tax hike

12/11/2011
by Ted Dabrowski Earlier this year, lawmakers raised income taxes by a record amount. The tax increases included a hike in the state’s corporate tax rate to 7 percent, up from 4.8 percent. When combined with the personal property replacement tax levied on businesses in Illinois, they now face a corporate tax rate of 9.5...

A Clear and Present Failure – CME Group threatens to leave

06/10/2011
by Drew McKinley As the Institute noted this week, Illinois is currently suffering from the thirdworst job loss rates in the nation. Also this week, the CME Group announced it was considering leaving Illinois. The corporate tax hike passed during the most recent lame-duck session of the state legislature is poised to cost the CME Group $50 million...

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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By Ted Dabrowski
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