Who did that
James R. Thompson
Governor of Illinois (1977–1991)
Photo: State of Illinois (Illinois Blue Book 1977–1978) · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons
Rates last moved while in office
Rate changes dated while they held the office that keeps that tax — mayor for city, governor for Illinois, president for federal, Cook Board president for county. Dated while in office is not authorship: a governor who vetoed a hike that the legislature overrode still shows that date under their term. A bigger standard deduction is a tax cut. Renewed means a cut was made permanent.
No dated rate changes since 16 May 2011. The rates below were set earlier and still apply.
Rates still in force, last set while in office
These rates have not moved since they were set, so the ledger’s plate for each one names the officeholder on that date. Each line links to its official source.
| When | Tax | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 1990 | Chicago municipal sales tax | set at 1%Chicago's 1% municipal share starts as part of the state's single 6.25% rate in the…Chicago's 1% municipal share starts as part of the state's single 6.25% rate in the 1990 reform: 16% of it (1 point) goes back to the city where the sale happens, and so does all of the state's 1% on qualifying drugs and groceries. Source |
| 1 Jan 1990 | State sales tax share paid to NITA | set at 0.25%Illinois starts paying 0.25% of its 6.25% sales tax on Cook County sales to the…Illinois starts paying 0.25% of its 6.25% sales tax on Cook County sales to the RTA (now NITA), in the 1990 reform that folded the local shares into one state-collected rate. Source |
| 1 Jan 1989 | Illinois real estate transfer tax | set at 0.1%State real estate transfer tax restored to 50¢ per $500 (it had been halved in 1979).Source |
| 1 Jan 1986 | Illinois natural gas tax | set at 2.4¢ a thermGas revenue tax set at 2.4¢ a therm or 5% of receipts…Gas revenue tax set at 2.4¢ a therm or 5% of receipts, whichever is lower, on bills read from 1 Jan 1986. Source |
| 1 Jul 1985 | Illinois automobile rental tax | set at 5%Automobile renting occupation and use tax 4% → 5%.Source |
| 1 Jan 1984 | Illinois hotel tax | set at 6.17%Hotel operators' occupation tax raised from 5% of 95% of receipts to today's rates…Hotel operators' occupation tax raised from 5% of 95% of receipts to today's rates, to pay for a planned 1992 World's Fair. Source |
| 1 Jan 1984 | Illinois sales tax | set at 5%Illinois' own share of the sales tax 4% → 5%.Illinois' own share of the sales tax 4% → 5%. (In 1990 the 1.25% local shares were folded into one 6.25% state-collected rate; the state's 5% did not change.) Source |
| 1 Jan 1982 | Illinois utility regulation tax on gas | set at 0.1%Illinois tax on utilities' gross revenue to pay for the Illinois Commerce Commission: 0.08% from…Illinois tax on utilities' gross revenue to pay for the Illinois Commerce Commission: 0.08% from 1982, and the Commission may set it as high as 0.1%. Peoples Gas bills 0.10%. Source |
| 1 Jul 1979 | Illinois personal property replacement tax | set at 1.5%Personal property replacement income tax begins (replaced the abolished corporate personal property tax).Source |