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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing the revival of a company tax that the Windy Metropolis eradicated over a decade in the past that companies are warning would price the town jobs.
Johnson is proposing a so-called “head tax” that might apply to firms with greater than 100 staff and would levy a month-to-month $21-per-employee on firms that meet the employment threshold.
The quantity of the tax would enhance primarily based on inflation, and could be assessed primarily based on the variety of staff who work in Chicago 50% or extra of the time.
The mayor sees it as a method of lowering Chicago’s $1.2 billion funds shortfall, and the town estimates it will increase $100 million yearly.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed bringing again the town’s head tax on companies. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Photographs for No Kings / Getty Photographs)
Town of Chicago beforehand had a head tax in place from 1973 to 2014. It raised a median of $20 million in tax revenue over that interval, and the tax quantity was $4 per head for firms with over 50 staff – although it dropped to $2 in 2012 when the phaseout of the tax started below Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Illinois Restaurant Affiliation President Sam Toia advised FOX Enterprise Community’s Kelly Saberi that the pinnacle tax could be a “job killer.”
“I used to say earlier than the pandemic, eating places used to work on nickels and dimes. Now they work on pennies and nickels, and if we’ve this job-killer head tax, it is going to kill jobs, and we’re not going to see the restaurant business develop right here within the metropolis of Chicago,” Toia stated.
Mayor Brandon Johnson sees the pinnacle tax as a method of lowering Chicago’s $1.2 billion funds shortfall. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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Johnson is proposing a sequence of different taxes, together with on cloud providers, rideshare services in high-traffic zones, social media firms, on-line sports activities betting and yacht mooring to assist increase income.
The cloud tax, which is already in place and would rise from 11% to 14%, would increase an estimated $333 million in income yearly. The rideshare tax would develop by including a heavy-traffic zone and would increase a projected $230 million yearly.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin stated it wasn’t a tough resolution to shift the agency’s footprint out of Chicago. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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Chicago has seen a number of high-profile departures of companies lately, together with Ken Griffin’s Citadel.
Companies which have moved their headquarters or important parts of their operations out of Chicago embrace Boeing, Caterpillar, Guggenheim Companions, TTX and Tyson Meals.
