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Cook County’s Move from Property to Sales Tax

As part of the Cook County Modernization Report, the Civic Federation examined the County’s revenue and tax structure. Cook County is the only county in Illinois to…

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Cook homeowners carrying heavier load in assessments

This article is about how the property tax assessment load in the northwest suburbs of Cook County has recently shifted more onto homeowners. The Civic Federation says that the data is not cause for alarm due to the large number of…

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Civic Federation Provides Extensive Online Commentary and Analysis

In 2010 the Civic Federation blog provided comprehensive information about government and fiscal issues across Illinois for the public, government officials and media. In a range of posts on topics from the…

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Selected Consumer Taxes in the City of Chicago: December 2010

This brief provides an updated compilation of selected consumer taxes, including rates and descriptions, in effect in the City of Chicago on December 1, 2010. It includes such taxes as the sales tax, gas tax, amusement tax, lease tax,…

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Where do the Cook County Sales Tax, Amusement Tax and other Taxes go?

State and local governments utilize fund accounting in order to demonstrate accountability and compliance with rules, laws and regulations.[1] For example, Cook County has a multitude of funds…

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Civic Federation to Cook: Simplify property taxes, cut bureaucracy

The Civic Federation’s position on the Cook County property tax system is the focus of this article. In the report, the Federation says the…

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County property tax overhaul urged

This article discusses the Civic Federation’s position on the Cook County property tax system, which says the County should make the system…

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Civic Federation Position on the Cook County Property Tax System

This report articulates the Civic Federation’s overall position on the Cook County property tax system. The report expresses the Federation’s vision for a better property tax system and serves as a framework against which proposals to…

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Civic Federation Releases Vision for a Better Property Tax System; New Report Supports Property Tax as a Reliable Source of Government Revenue

(CHICAGO) The Civic Federation stakes out its comprehensive position on the Cook County property tax system in a new report released today. The goal of the report is not only to describe what a better property tax system might look like,…

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District FY2011 Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation supports the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s FY2011 Tentative Budget of nearly $1.0 billion. The tentative budget is a $681.1 million, or 41.1% decrease over final adjusted FY2010 appropriations. This decline…