SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A tax on parking places to help finance Illinois’ $45 billion statewide construction plan has lawmakers taking a second look.
The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the tax takes effect Jan. 1. It’s 9% on spaces that are rented by the month or year. It’s 6% for spaces rented hourly, daily or weekly.
It will raise $60 million annually and is part of more than $800 million in new taxes and fees that will finance state construction.
But proposed rules would make the tax so broad that even those who rent the private property for parking – as dozens in Springfield do annually in August during the Illinois State Fair – would pay the tax.
Springfield Republican Rep. Tim Butler suggested reviewing the tax because of difficulty in enforcing it.
