Bill Text: IL HR0451 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association to collaborate as a group during the summer and fall of 2015 to produce a solution to the current problem of double taxation of Illinois residents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-30 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente [HR0451 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0451-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In today's world, interstate travel has become | ||||||
3 | both easier and more frequent, allowing for a more mobile | ||||||
4 | workforce; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Many people are employed in industries that call | ||||||
6 | for frequent travel, causing a more complex and arduous tax | ||||||
7 | system; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In response to a multistate survey, 60% of | ||||||
9 | employers indicated that complying with the State income tax | ||||||
10 | withholding and reporting requirements for employees working | ||||||
11 | in multiple states is currently a major issue or a growing | ||||||
12 | concern; and
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13 | WHEREAS, It is very difficult to create a system by which | ||||||
14 | an employer can physically identify when and where employees | ||||||
15 | are traveling, in order to determine how much income tax to | ||||||
16 | withhold and report for each state; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Only 44% of employers who responded to the survey | ||||||
18 | currently have any mechanism in place to track and tax their | ||||||
19 | employees based on location; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The federal government has introduced legislation |
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1 | that would create a federal threshold for nonresident filing | ||||||
2 | for temporary employee work assignments in nonresident states | ||||||
3 | in order to address the complexity of nonresident taxation; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The income of Illinois residents who work | ||||||
5 | temporarily out-of-state is frequently taxed by Illinois and | ||||||
6 | the other states in which they work, causing a double taxation | ||||||
7 | of the portion of income earned out-of-state; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois only has reciprocal | ||||||
9 | agreements with Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Discussions have taken place among several groups | ||||||
11 | in order to find a solution to this double taxation; therefore, | ||||||
12 | be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
15 | urge the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois Chamber | ||||||
16 | of Commerce, the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Illinois Retail | ||||||
18 | Merchants Association to collaborate as a group during the | ||||||
19 | summer and fall of 2015 to produce a solution to the current | ||||||
20 | problem of double taxation of Illinois residents; and be it | ||||||
21 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | delivered to the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Chamber of Commerce, the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Illinois Retail | ||||||
5 | Merchants Association.
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