Tax and Budget

Funding a Quality Education Requires Fiscal Reform

Release: February 28, 2007

This Fact Sheet provides information on how Illinois could reform its fiscal system to provide equitable education funding.

State Spending, Personal Income Tax, Sales Tax, Property Tax, General Fund, K-12 Education

Fiscal System Basics

Release: October 10, 2006

An overview fiscal systems in general and the of the Illinois' fiscal system.

Illinois Economy, State Budget, Deficit, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Property Tax

Issue Brief: Illinois' School Funding Formula and General State Aid

Release: August 1, 2006

This Brief provides information on how K-12 public education is funded in Illinois.

K-12 Education, Property Tax, State Spending

An Analysis of the Tax Exemptions Granted to Cook County Non-Profit Hospitals and the Charity Care Provided in Return

Release: May 26, 2006

CTBA's 2006 study comparing the value of the tax breaks received by Cook County non-profit hospitals to the charity care they provide in return. The study was updated in 2009.

Charity Care, Property Tax, Non-Profit Hospitals, Tax Expenditure, Cook County, Chicago, State Budget

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