McSweeney files bill to repeal Illinois House’s permanent income tax hike
SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed via Illinois Policy) -- One day after his chamber passed a 32% income tax hike on Illinoisans, state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) filed a bill that would repeal that tax hike should it become law. The House passed Senate Bill 9 Sunday with fifteen Republicans voting in favor, which increases the personal income tax rate to 4.95% from 3.75% and hikes the corporate income tax to 7% from 5.25%, both considered an increase of 32%. McSweeney’s […]