Illinois Budget Policy Toolbox – A project by the Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs – Presented in partnership with University of Illinois Extension

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Illinois is in fiscal crisis, with no easy solutions.  Many tools will be needed to fix the problem.

The Illinois Budget Policy Toolbox is a collection of essays that assess policy options that help to frame the issues surrounding Illinois’s precarious budget situation.  Using the best academic scholarship, the University of Illinois’ leading policy experts provide a nonpartisan overview of the state’s fiscal situation and evaluate the pros and cons of a variety of revenue and spending options.  Please join us in the first of a three part series on Illinois’s budget situation.

Noon | Tuesday

June 10, 2014

Tools to Address Revenue

·         Making the 2011 Tax Increase Permanent

Richard F. Dye, UIC, The Fiscal Futures Project

·         Personal Income Tax Options

Therese McGuire, Northwestern University, Kellog School of Management

·         Business Tax Options

David Merriman, UIC, Public Administration

·         Sales Tax Options

J. Fred Giertz, UIUC, Economics

Registration is required at  Illinois Budget Policy Toolbox June 10 – Tools to Address Revenue. You will be provided log-on information so that you may participate in the program from your home or your office via the Internet.

Each session will be recorded and posted at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lgien/online.cfm so that if you miss a session you will still be able to listen at a later time.

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