Gross receipt tax (GRT) facts
- PIIAI GRT Calculator
- GRT Plan Largest State Tax Increase This Decade
- Proposed Gross Receipts Tax Notes Compiled from March 7th Budget - Briefing Q & A
- Why don't some Illinois Businesses Pay Income Tax?
- Text of the Governor's Budget Address
- Fiscal Year '08 Budget Presentation
Published research and analysis
- Gross Receipts Taxes: The Bad & The Ugly - Council on State Taxation
- Civic Federation analysis (March, 2007)
- The Tax Foundation analysis (March 19, 2007)
- "Gross Receipt Tax Briefing Memorandum" from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, March 6, 2007
- Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois
- The Really Gross Gross Receipts Tax - Illinois Policy Institute
- Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
- Institute for Truth in Accounting - March 15, 2007 blog post
Recent news articles, opinion pieces, and blog posts (arranged chronologically)
- $32 BILLION - Blagojevich seeks huge increase in state revenue - March 7, 2007 Chicago Tribune
- Governor Blagojevich: Meet Economics 101 - Tax Foundation Tax Policy Blog (March 9, 2007)
- Chicago Tribune, “Business leaders raise tax concerns,” March 11, 2007
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The Beacon News, “Chamber of Commerce opposes Gross Receipts Tax,” March 11, 2007
- The Grotesquely Revolting Tale of the Gross Receipts Tax - March 13, 2007 blog post
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Chicago Sun-Times, “Daley blasts Blagojevich’s tax plan,” March 13, 2007
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Chicago Tribune, “AP Interview: Blagojevich says voters weren't misled on taxes,” March 13, 2007
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The State Journal-Register, “State treasurer has reservations about gross-receipts tax,” March 13, 2007
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Daily Herald, “Businesses foresee hit if state OKs payroll tax,” March 14, 2007
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The Tax Foundation, “Truthy Claims About Gross Receipts Taxes,” March 14, 2007
- Daley swipes at governor over tax - March 14, 2007 Chicago Tribune
- Gross receipts tax would only hurt state - March 14, 2007 Galesburg Register-Mail
- Institute for Truth in Accounting - March 15, 2007 blog post
- Biz leaders say letters from governor misleading - March 16, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Gov's tax proposal would cost low-income folks more - March 17, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times
- Is guv's tax plan legal? - March 19, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Tax increase would be U.S.' largest in a decade: study - March 19, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Biz would pay most taxes under guv's tax hike plan - March 21, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn Opposes Governor Blagojevich's Gross Receipts Tax - March 21, 2007 Peoria Journal Star
- Lieutenant gov breaks ranks on gross receipts tax - March 22, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times
- State Spending Spree - March 22, 2007 Wall Street Journal
- Biz to launch TV ads against gross-receipts tax plan - March 26, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Jones aims to derail Meeks' tax-swap plan, supports gov's $6 billion gross receipts proposal - March 27, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times
- Black biz group knocks governor’s tax plan - March 27, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Gov's tax plan 'a bad idea,' Rev. Jackson says - March 30, 2007 ChicagoBusiness
- Capital Fax blog: Governor changes his GRT plan - March 31, 2007
- Blagojevich strikes deal on $7 billion tax plan to include property tax relief - April 1, 2007 Lake County News Sun
Organizations' responses and position statements
- Illinois Coalition for Jobs, Growth & Prosperity
- Illinois CPA Society
- Illinois Chamber - http://www.largesttaxincreaseever.com/
- National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
- Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
- Illinois Association of Realtors
