View as PDF As the government pension problem becomes more evident in an increasing number of large cities and small villages across Illinois, the public must be aware of a number of interests pushing proposals...
View as PDF Chicago – Government bureaucrats in Barrington, Lake Zurich, Lynwood, Crestwood, and Matteson have placed referenda on the November 4, 2014 ballot for voters to approve Home Rule status for these villages. According to Taxpayers United of America...
Contact: Jared Labell (773) 766-4947 (312) 427-5128 jared@taxpayereducation.org View as PDF The Cato Institute released its 12th biennial fiscal report card earlier this month regarding the budget records of America’s governors from January 2012–August...
View Release as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of their updated study of the top pensioners of Illinois state pension funds, including SURS, TRS, IMRF, and GARS. “Illinois leaders,...
The Illinois state corporate income tax is continues to be understated by reporters and politicians, according to the president of one of the nation’s largest taxpayer groups, Taxpayers United of America (TUA).
“The total Illinois corporate state income tax rate of 9.5% includes a base rate of 7% and another 2.5% on top of that, which was added by constitutional amendment in 1980,” said Jim Tobin, President of TUA.
TUA’s work in helping Kane County taxpayers oppose property-tax-increase referenda was featured in the Daily Herald. Advocates of a new tax that would provide up to $13 million for Kane County residents with development...
TUA’s work in helping Kane County taxpayers oppose property-tax-increase referenda was featured in the Northwest Herald. Kane County voters will be asked to support a property tax increase of 0.1 percent on the March...
TUA President Jim Tobin was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about the South Berwyn tax hike. Voters living south of Cermak Road in Berwyn will decide March 18 whether to increase their taxes...
TUA President Jim Tobin was quoted about Chicago debt in Northwestern University’s Medill Reports. Despite Chicago’s debt being among the worst in the nation, the City Council voted Wednesday to allow the city to...
Findings from TUA’s pension project on Grand Rapids, Michigan are featured in the following article at MLive.com. As headlines mount for the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, Detroit is now the undisputed punching...
