{"id":798,"date":"2017-01-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/01\/30\/for-illinois-residents-tax-aler\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:27:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:27:24","slug":"for-illinois-residents-tax-aler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"For Illinois Residents &#8211; A Tax Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8848,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bartleby.com\\\/73\\\/1798.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bartleby.com\\\/73\\\/1798.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8849,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.icptrack.com\\\/icp\\\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2FBillStatus.asp%3FDocNum%3D0009%26GAID%3D14%26DocTypeID%3DSB%26LegID%3D98852%26SessionID%3D91%26SpecSess%3D%26Session%3D%26GA%3D100&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8850,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.icptrack.com\\\/icp\\\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2F100%2FSB%2F10000SB0009sam002.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8851,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.icptrack.com\\\/icp\\\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2Fbillstatus.asp%3FDocNum%3D271%26GAID%3D14%26GA%3D100%26DocTypeID%3DHB%26LegID%3D99300%26SessionID%3D91&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8852,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.icptrack.com\\\/icp\\\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capwiz.com%2Fnra%2Fofficials%2Fcongress&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe power to tax is the power to destroy is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/73\/1798.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an abridged quote<\/a> from the great orator, lawyer, and politician Daniel Webster. Illinois politicians know this all too well and now are seeking to add a 5% tax to club membership dues. So if your local rifle and pistol club charges you $200 a year in dues, your actual cost will now be $210 with that extra $10 going to the State of Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Carry has issued an alert on SB009 which, due to an amendment, would impose this very tax. Senate Amendment 2 specifically includes gun clubs, hunting clubs, and fishing clubs by name as &#8220;amusements&#8221;. &nbsp;I know that the Prairie State&#8217;s finances are none too solid but I think a tax on the right of association as it were is going too far.<\/p>\n<p>From Illinois Carry:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;\">Call to<br \/>\nAction &#8211; Oppose SB009 Revenue Various<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\">(Tax on gun<br \/>\nclubs, ranges, and hunting clubs)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">Contact<br \/>\nYour State Senators This Week!<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">In our first Call to Action of the<br \/>\nnewly seated 100th General Assembly, we bring to your attention <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2FBillStatus.asp%3FDocNum%3D0009%26GAID%3D14%26DocTypeID%3DSB%26LegID%3D98852%26SessionID%3D91%26SpecSess%3D%26Session%3D%26GA%3D100\" style=\"color: #0000FF!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">SB009<br \/>\nRevenue Various<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;\">\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">SB009<br \/>\nstarted as a simple question of creating new taxes, a question too easily<br \/>\nanswered &#8220;yes&#8221; in this state. &nbsp;It is now more than that.<br \/>\n&nbsp;Much more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2F100%2FSB%2F10000SB0009sam002.htm\" style=\"color: #0000FF!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Amendment 2<\/a> seeks to impose 5%<br \/>\nmembership and service taxes:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">&gt; In addition to the amusement<br \/>\ntax on ranges already imposed by several municipalities<br \/>\n&gt; In addition to the Cook County tax on firearms and ammunition<br \/>\n&gt; In addition to the proposed fees covering the cost of serializing<br \/>\nammunition under <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Filga.gov%2Flegislation%2Fbillstatus.asp%3FDocNum%3D271%26GAID%3D14%26GA%3D100%26DocTypeID%3DHB%26LegID%3D99300%26SessionID%3D91\" style=\"color: #0000FF!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB271<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; In addition to the already costly training and license fees required to<br \/>\ncarry a concealed firearm in Illinois<br \/>\n&gt; In addition to the cost of hunting licenses<br \/>\n&gt; In addition to current local, state and federal sales taxes on products<br \/>\nassociated with membership and use of hunting and gun clubs, training, and<br \/>\ncompetition.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">These new taxes were<br \/>\nnot, of course, presented in a forthright way that would foster open debate.<br \/>\n&nbsp;Instead, they were hidden in amendments to SB009 among a plethora of<br \/>\nother taxes, filed quickly and quietly on a bill positioned to move through the<br \/>\nSenate at a moment&#8217;s notice.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">We must recognize that<br \/>\nthe more the state taxes our ability to train, compete, and hunt the more it<br \/>\ndiscourages the very practices that foster safe firearm ownership. &nbsp;The<br \/>\nmore it encourages people to purchase products and services elsewhere.\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">The truth will be SB009&#8217;s greatest obstacle.<br \/>\n&nbsp;Spread some truth, and spread our rights.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Beginning Monday, 1\/30\/2017, please<br \/>\ncontact your State Senators in their district offices. Politely explain that<br \/>\nSB009 is no longer as it seems. Let them know that while we can debate the<br \/>\nwisdom of burdening Illinois with additional taxes one thing is not debatable.<br \/>\nThe State does not have proper authority to tax our Second Amendment rights.<br \/>\nContact information for your State Senator can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=54300734&amp;msgid=1517220&amp;act=7K7Y&amp;c=311108&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capwiz.com%2Fnra%2Fofficials%2Fcongress\" style=\"color: #0000FF!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The power to tax is the power to destroy is an abridged quote from the great orator, lawyer, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1677,317,632,1479],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alerts","tag-illinois","tag-illinois-carry","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10961,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/10961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}