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Chicago Lease Tax: What Businesses Need to Know in 2025

Chicago Lease Tax: What Businesses Need to Know in 2025

If there’s one thing Chicago loves (besides deep-dish pizza and unpredictable weather), it’s taxes. And starting January 1, 2025, the city has again turned up the heat—this time on leases. The Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax (PPLTT) has increased.

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The Importance of Due Diligence in Buying a Business

The Importance of Due Diligence in Buying a Business

Buying a business is like picking a spouse from a dating app. The picture looks good, the bio reads well, and the prospects seem favorable. Then you sit back and think, “Hey, pictures can be doctored; that person authored his/her bio, and you have no idea if this person has lifetime friends, comes from a good family, is in debt up to their eyeballs, or has a history of stable relationships.”

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Introducing the “Illinois Gives” Tax Credit Program

Introducing the “Illinois Gives” Tax Credit Program

A new Illinois income tax credit is now available for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The “Illinois Gives Tax Credit Act” provides a 25% tax credit to taxpayers who make qualified contributions to a permanent endowment fund held by a Qualified Community Foundation (QCF).

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