Recent case summaryBy Stanley R. KaminskiState and Local Taxation, October 2001The First District Appellate Court applied a literal reading of the Illinois Retailers' Occupation Tax and Use Tax and held that the transfer of title to an aircraft to an intermediary for ultimate transfer to the ultimate purchaser of the aircraft resulted in two separate sales.
The Illinois Supreme Court strikes blow against the single subject rule in tax casesBy Stanley R. KaminskiState and Local Taxation, May 2000In Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder, No. 95 L 50989 (4/9/98), the Illinois circuit court struck down Public Act 89-21 (containing the Illinois Tobacco Tax) finding that Public Act contained multiple discordant provisions in violation of the Illinois Constitution's "Single Subject Rule."
1999 legislative synopsisBy Timothy E. Moran & Stanley R. KaminskiState and Local Taxation, February 2000
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