Senior mayoral adviser Jason Lee said there is room to negotiate the precise levels of a revived employee head tax, an increased tax on cloud computing software and a higher tax for online sports betting. Together those three taxes are being counted on to generate nearly $500 million in annual revenue.
Facing fierce opposition from the business community, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s senior adviser Friday began the defense of a proposed $16.6 billion budget that begins to shift Chicago’s tax structure to match the digital economy.
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Published: 2025-10-17T18:26:31Z
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