[Pessimist]

Interesting that Illinois is actually fairly low on the income tax.

And am I to understand they have no city or locality income tax (as per the foot note)?

I live in Ohio. We actually get hit much harder.

[Liberty1970]

I live in a small town in IL, and have not heard of local income taxes here. Across the border nearby (Terre Haute, IN), they do have a county income tax, which started just after I moved out (ha!)

But look at the sales tax in Chicago - over 10%!!! I've read that when sales taxes start hitting double-digits, smuggling and other tax-avoidance fraud starts becoming a real problem. They are probably not doing themselves any favors jacking it up that high.