Arlington Heights residents will pay an additional $43 million in income taxes this year

A train station in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a city in which residents will pay an estimated $43M in additional state income taxes this year. | bogdanstepniak | Wikimedia Commons

By Kyle Wahe

Aug 9, 2017

Arlington Heights taxpayers will pay an additional $43.46 million in income taxes this year, according to an analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

LGIS combined Illinois Department of Revenue data with a forecast by Senate Democrats to estimate how much additional income tax will be paid by residents of every Illinois city.

Arlington Height’s estimated increase of $1,066 per person ranks fifth out of 25 northern Cook County cities. All told, residents of northern Cook County will pay an extra $593 million in income taxes this year, according to the analysis.

Retroactive to July 1, the higher rate — now 4.95 percent, up from 3.75 percent — will be withheld from employee paychecks over the remaining six months of 2017.

Before the hike, someone earning $50,000 paid $72 in state income tax per paycheck when paid twice a month. That person will now pay $95, or an additional $600 per year.

Senate Democrats estimate the tax hike will siphon $4.453 billion more this year from individual taxpayers. Businesses will pay another $1 billion.

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How will cities in northern Cook County fare under the new tax hike?

Ranking	City	Estimated Increase	Average Income Tax Increase*	Total Returns Filed by City
1	Winnetka	$66,119,310	$7,074	9,347
2	Evanston	$48,488,481	$1,392	34,826
3	Northbrook	$46,745,759	$2,289	20,419
4	Glenview	$45,642,505	$1,764	25,873
5	Arlington Heights	$43,458,699	$1,066	40,772
6	Palatine	$38,936,717	$1,014	38,404
7	Wilmette	$34,553,323	$2,728	12,667
8	Schaumburg	$31,021,600	$788	39,392
9	Glencoe	$29,576,280	$7,708	3,837
10	Des Plaines	$29,432,166	$650	45,249
11	Park Ridge	$25,523,715	$1,351	18,893
12	Skokie	$23,233,964	$797	29,147
13	Mount Prospect	$20,413,510	$735	27,789
14	Hoffman Estates	$18,240,928	$778	23,445
15	Elk Grove Village	$12,919,842	$716	18,055
16	Kenilworth	$12,037,028	$10,107	1,191
17	Streamwood	$11,566,459	$619	18,679
18	Wheeling	$11,177,149	$585	19,101
19	Morton Grove	$8,821,313	$748	11,797
20	Niles	$8,432,381	$562	15,003
21	Rolling Meadows	$7,248,727	$653	11,108
22	Lincolnwood	$7,228,081	$1,192	6,065
23	Harwood Heights	$6,225,897	$522	11,934
24	Prospect Heights	$5,635,965	$723	7,795
25	Golf	$790,459	$2,864	276
	Total	$593,470,258