Illinois

The so-called head tax would levy $21 per employee per month on companies with at least 100 workers, to raise $100 million for community-safety programs.

Tax returns released by his campaign show he made over $4.2 million in capital gains and took a $4.8 million deduction, paying taxes on $5.9 million in income.

Brandon Johnson wants to close nearly half of next year's $1.19 billion deficit with new or higher taxes on large corporations, big tech companies and the rich.

Early-career accountants rated their skills higher on average compared to how managers rated them, according to an Illinois CPA Society report.

Katz, Sapper & Miller, a Top 50 Firm based in Indianapolis, has formally entered the Chicago market by adding MichaelSilver, an advisory, tax and assurance firm in Deerfield, Illinois.

State representatives introduced legislation supported by the Illinois CPA Society to create two more pathways to CPA licensure to ease the pipeline.

Illinois voters approved a nonbinding proposal to add an extra 3% levy on annual incomes of more than $1 million, which could fuel a new effort to raise taxes on the state's highest earners.

A handful of Illinois politicians are once again eyeing a new tax on the highest earners.

The Illinois CPA Society and its affiliated CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois recognized the 12th and largest group of young people to date to complete its Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program.

Gov. Pritzker's comments follow months of speculation over how Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to raise revenue to tackle the city's embattled finances.