Empower Illinoisans to Cut Property Taxes

HB 4870: allows referendums to reduce Illinois property tax levies up to 10%

Support Property Tax Reductions!

Dear Officials:

- Property taxes in Illinois are way too high. For decades, Springfield politicians have spoken about the need for property tax relief plenty, but have accomplished very little.
  The General Assembly has commissioned 5 property tax task forces in the last 40 years - 1982, 1996, 1998, 2009, and 2019 - but the high property tax problem has only become worse and worse. Illinois property taxes have grown 6 times faster than household income since 2008.
  We now have the 2nd highest property taxes in the nation behind New Jersey. Illinois’ average property tax burden is 2.27% of home value, which is double the national average.
  An August 2021 poll commissioned by Americans for Prosperity - Illinois showed 77% of Illinoisans support allowing citizens to vote to lower their property taxes up to 10%, vs. only 11% who oppose.
  Illinois’ property taxes are too high and residents need to be empowered to reduce property taxes directly through citizen-initiated referendums.
  HB 1427, introduced by Rep. Joe Sosnowski, would allow Illinoisans to submit a ballot question to freeze or reduce a property tax levy of a local government from anywhere between 0 and 10 percent once every two years.
  While it’s relatively easy for a local government to put a tax hike referendum on the ballot it’s next to impossible for citizens to reverse a tax hike once it is put into effect.
  Democracy needs to work both ways when it comes to Illinois' sky-high property taxes. It’s time to empower Illinois residents to reduce property taxes through a petition and referendum process.
  Please support and co-sponsor HB 1427 - the Taxpayer Empowerment Act.
- Property taxes in Illinois are way too high. For decades, Springfield politicians have spoken about the need for property tax relief plenty, but have accomplished very little.
Sincerely,

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In 2019 Gov. Pritzker and General Assembly members from both parties signed into law a bill doubling the gasoline tax and implementing automatic annual increases tied to inflation.

As a result, Illinoisans have the 2nd highest average gasoline taxes in the nation at 59.56 cents per gallon. Because of automatic annual increases our gas taxes are set to increase another 6 cents per gallon by July 2023, even with the 6 month delay touted by Gov. Pritzker. (Source)

Illinois residents already pay the highest state and local taxes in the nation. According to WalletHub.com, Illinois had the highest total state and local tax rates on a median U.S. household, at 15.1%, a rate that’s nearly 40% higher than the national average.

In 2022, the General Assembly & Governor Pritzker signed a law which delayed further gas tax hikes by 6 months, and forced gas station owners to post sticker on pumps about the tax hike delay. If gas station owners don’t comply they could face daily fines of up to $500. No such stickers have been or will be required to notify motorists of past or future gas tax hikes.