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Preckwinkle may junk proposed amusement tax hike

Posted on November 09, 2015

Crain's Chicago Business

This article discusses the amusement tax changes presented as part of Cook County’s FY2016 Proposed Budget and the lack of support the amusement tax is seeing. It cites the Civic Federation’s analysis of the budget proposal, which could not support the budget due to the one percentage point sales tax increase. A Civic Federation blog post went into detail on the amusement tax.