{"id":49356,"date":"2020-03-17T15:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/?p=49356"},"modified":"2021-01-21T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T19:25:58","slug":"illinois-tax-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/states\/illinois-tax-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Tax Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

While federal tax rates<\/a> apply to every taxpayer, state income tax rates vary by state. Some states have a flat tax rate, marginal tax rate, or don\u2019t have any state taxes at all. Illinois taxes your income earned while living in Illinois or earned in the state each year.<\/p>\n

Read on to learn more about the Illinois income tax rates…<\/p>\n

What is the Illinois Income Tax Rate?<\/h2>\n

\"taxThe Illinois income tax rate is 4.95%. Flat tax makes for simplified a tax filing Illinois residents don\u2019t have to figure out complicated state tax tables. Conversely, the flat rate has a negative. Low wage earners can expect to pay more in Illinois than in many other states that have a progressive income tax.<\/p>\n

More Guidance on the Illinois State Income Tax Rate<\/h2>\n

While figuring out your Illinois state income tax rate may be straightforward, not everything tax-wise is.<\/p>\n

Because of this H&R Block can help with H&R Block Virtual<\/a>! With this service, we\u2019ll match you with a tax pro with Illinois tax expertise. Then, you will upload your tax documents, and our tax pros will do the rest! We can help with your IL taxes, including federal deductions for paying state taxes.<\/p>\n

Prefer a different way to file? No problem \u2013 you can find Illinois state tax expertise with all of our ways to file taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While federal tax rates apply to every taxpayer, state income tax rates vary by state. Some states have a flat tax rate, marginal tax rate, or don\u2019t have any state taxes at all. Illinois taxes your income earned while living in Illinois or earned in the state each year. Read on to learn more about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":51392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,19814],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filing","category-states"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"Illinois Tax Rate | H&R Block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Will you pay income tax in Illinois? 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