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Traditionally, a visit with a CPA required gathering your documents, receipts, statements, spreadsheets and lists, and schlepping them all to an in-person meeting at your CPA's office. Hours later, after you've gone through all of your information with her, she would prepare your tax documents for filing, charge you a hefty fee, then file your taxes. If you were lucky, her services would help you get a tax refund from the IRS that would be greater than the amount you paid for her services. But it doesn't have to be that way. As with so many services in this age of digital tools and online resources, it should come as no surprise that consulting with an expert tax CPA, or Certified Public Accountant, in states like Illinois is now possible without ever leaving your home. FlyFin's Ask a CPA tool gives you unlimited access, at no cost, to a team of licensed tax professionals with a combined 100+ years of experience. Just enter your name and email address, and ask a CPA any question, from how to fill out a tax form, to how to find the hundreds of deductions available to you. FlyFin CPAs have deep knowledge of the tax system in Illinois, including expertise in taxes for self-employed taxpayers such as nurses, delivery drivers and many more, as well as taxes for business structures such as LLCs, S-Corps, sole proprietorships and partnerships.

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taxes in Illinois

25,156

CPAs across the state

12,812,508

Residents as of 2022

737,410

People claiming self- employment tax deductions

383,310

S-Corps statewide

575,810

People taking itemized deductions

925,080

People claiming the QBI deduction

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Illinois State Income Tax Rates & Brackets for 2023

The following tables represents Illinois's income tax rates and tax brackets:

SINGLE FILER

Brackets

Rates

$0+

4.95%

MARRIED FILING JOINTLY

Brackets

Rates

$0+

4.95%

Filing Status

Standard Deduction Amt.

Single

n.a.

Couple

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Illinois State Sales Tax Rates for 2023

County

Tax Rate

Adams County

Alexander County

8.50%

Bond County

7.75%

Boone County

8.75%

Brown County

8.25%

Bureau County

Calhoun County

Carroll County

7.50%

Cass County

8.25%

Champaign County

Christian County

Clark County

8.25%

Clay County

7.75%

Clinton County

8.85%

Coles County

8.75%

Cook County

11.50%

Crawford County

7.25%

Cumberland County

7.75%

De Witt County

8.25%

Dekalb County

8.25%

Douglas County

8.75%

Dupage County

10.50%

Edgar County

8.75%

Edwards County

7.75%

Effingham County

7.50%

Fayette County

8.25%

Ford County

7.50%

Franklin County

9.50%

Fulton County

9.75%

Gallatin County

8.25%

Greene County

Grundy County

Hamilton County

8.25%

Hancock County

8.25%

Hardin County

8.25%

Henderson County

7.25%

Henry County

8.25%

Iroquois County

7.25%

Jackson County

9.75%

Jasper County

7.75%

Jefferson County

9.50%

Jersey County

10.50%

Jo Daviess County

8.25%

Johnson County

8.50%

Kane County

11%

Kankakee County

8.25%

Kendall County

9.25%

Knox County

9.75%

La Salle County

8.50%

Lake County

10%

Lawrence County

7.75%

Lee County

8.25%

Livingston County

8.25%

Logan County

9.25%

Macon County

9.25%

Macoupin County

8.25%

Madison County

9.60%

Marion County

9.50%

Marshall County

7.25%

Mason County

8.25%

Massac County

7.75%

Mcdonough County

Mchenry County

Mclean County

8.75%

Menard County

8.75%

Mercer County

7.75%

Monroe County

8.50%

Montgomery County

8.25%

Morgan County

8.25%

Moultrie County

7.75%

Ogle County

8.75%

Peoria County

10%

Perry County

9.75%

Piatt County

8.25%

Pike County

Pope County

8.25%

Pulaski County

7.75%

Putnam County

7.25%

Randolph County

8.25%

Richland County

8.75%

Rock Island County

9.50%

Saline County

8.75%

Sangamon County

10.75%

Schuyler County

8.25%

Scott County

7.75%

Shelby County

8.25%

St Clair County

9.85%

Stark County

7.75%

Stephenson County

Tazewell County

9.50%

Union County

9.50%

Vermilion County

9.25%

Wabash County

7.25%

Warren County

10.25%

Washington County

7.75%

Wayne County

8.25%

White County

8.25%

Whiteside County

9.25%

Will County

10%

Williamson County

10%

Winnebago County

9.75%

Woodford County

9.25%

Illinois State IRS Statistics of Income for 2020

Size of adjusted gross income

Item
(All amounts are in 1000s of dollars)

Number of returns

Number of single returns

Number of joint returns

Number of head of household returns

Number of individuals

Adjusted gross income (AGI)

Total income: Number

Amount

Salaries and wages in AGI: Number

Amount

Business or profession net income (less loss): Number

Amount

Partnership/S-corp net income (less loss): Number

Amount

Self-employed health insurance deduction: Number

Amount

Student loan interest deduction: Number

Amount

Charitable contributions if took standard deduction: Number

Amount

Total itemized deductions: Number

Amount

State and local income taxes: Number

Amount

State and local general sales taxes: Number

Amount

Qualified business income deduction: Number

Amount

Child and dependent care credit: Number

Amount

Child and other dependent tax credit: Number

Amount

Self-employment tax: Number

Amount

Earned income credit: Number

Amount

Refundable education credit: Number

Amount

Recovery rebate credit: Number

Amount

Total tax liability: Number

Amount

Total additional Medicare tax: Number

Amount

Net investment income tax: Number

Amount

Tax due at time of filing: Number

Amount

Total overpayments: Number

Amount

All returns

6,297,580

3,243,230

2,091,870

832,980

11,427,200

497,796,048

6,182,740

503,714,539

5,046,730

335,935,925

966,080

11,224,244

383,310

23,843,906

136,660

1,236,743

415,250

327,309

1,717,220

446,269

575,810

20,374,342

472,900

6,689,259

90,630

149,779

925,080

5,880,002

199,230

109,661

1,510,220

3,291,122

737,410

2,399,277

904,880

2,080,981

272,510

245,385

1,145,780

1,648,162

4,618,410

72,382,472

214,290

454,691

221,940

1,147,519

1,145,470

7,425,333

4,939,800

19,491,464

Under $1

181,640

138,210

30,470

8,510

238,670

66,910

23,890

1,013,737

26,710

17,950

4,280

33,588

3,640

3,769

23,740

5,971

130

216

8,680

23,096

11,700

17,280

4,020

3,833

96,860

144,320

10,760

49,644

750

1,304

4,650

10,681

128,770

1,300,140

$1 under $10,000

795,930

669,410

57,200

58,930

768,550

3,817,710

795,820

3,962,827

546,080

2,875,317

129,480

335,905

10,800

5,920

21,231

11,330

9,101

96,290

21,772

8,770

202,116

3,050

6,964

4,480

2,889

2,530

405

260

101

102,600

68,970

218,540

255,339

30,620

26,647

196,820

305,050

127,170

76,649

61,840

28,375

618,960

868,877

$10,000 under $25,000

1,091,710

729,720

125,740

217,960

1,628,020

18,893,855

1,091,710

19,217,360

826,960

12,950,444

201,750

1,323,642

25,140

12,600

47,996

34,040

26,465

187,360

46,086

21,010

508,482

9,760

18,881

9,450

8,160

77,340

49,330

7,990

2,349

104,860

37,633

161,460

253,202

351,670

1,079,733

61,980

53,417

237,640

370,357

622,020

553,951

89,890

97,281

966,390

2,760,027

$25,000 under $50,000

1,445,060

824,160

263,660

319,940

2,482,540

52,708,225

1,445,060

53,288,540

1,240,270

40,658,243

186,640

1,361,968

46,620

280,359

19,180

95,083

107,570

83,086

328,070

82,959

56,290

1,352,933

38,420

92,850

15,150

19,995

163,890

243,783

45,080

26,459

422,550

538,357

132,300

290,485

312,760

723,014

61,140

53,055

203,840

292,547

1,146,180

2,666,882

190

213

179,550

250,783

1,258,010

3,611,107

$50,000 under $75,000

886,930

447,880

288,350

123,420

1,624,900

54,651,757

886,930

55,225,918

760,540

41,760,211

111,720

965,586

41,580

464,830

15,660

99,521

105,860

86,796

275,030

71,057

85,030

2,007,382

67,090

210,045

15,620

24,497

132,280

294,137

26,400

15,037

254,890

591,082

79,290

207,974

10,210

5,615

32,550

30,117

131,900

175,048

830,520

4,153,495

180

308

167,850

328,963

716,930

2,055,323

$75,000 under $100,000

582,550

210,120

304,020

54,500

1,231,550

50,512,633

582,550

50,975,303

496,740

37,278,496

80,570

819,798

36,580

471,600

12,820

96,320

55,830

38,229

216,710

57,453

84,240

2,052,308

69,830

291,794

12,810

22,052

111,890

292,688

22,910

13,003

192,400

529,719

59,170

172,414

24,660

22,572

104,760

110,661

571,680

4,615,533

260

343

133,700

332,539

447,840

1,520,592

$100,000 under $200,000

931,930

180,420

695,970

41,030

2,355,470

127,506,953

931,930

128,780,109

811,830

93,997,127

150,550

2,253,138

92,350

1,948,917

29,500

278,331

96,980

79,863

431,940

116,911

165,370

4,795,481

142,010

937,826

21,340

41,594

248,800

972,573

62,170

34,319

388,830

1,149,131

115,130

453,205

57,530

55,744

170,190

248,451

928,400

14,981,724

11,770

3,193

3,670

1,056

310,980

1,219,738

619,420

2,750,571

$200,000 under $500,000

309,920

35,840

264,270

7,170

880,990

88,436,195

309,920

89,616,508

278,120

63,147,585

61,250

2,449,540

71,820

5,036,118

22,390

305,631

138,510

38,508

109,400

4,030,694

99,640

1,483,944

9,280

22,154

141,100

1,223,211

29,420

15,385

145,730

444,252

55,350

413,581

3,770

1,728

309,790

15,548,549

145,830

114,413

153,950

151,482

159,500

1,706,847

149,450

1,453,546

$500,000 under $1,000,000

48,180

4,920

41,820

1,050

145,470

32,454,473

48,180

33,055,116

42,610

19,819,119

11,620

983,312

23,250

5,218,118

7,800

133,185

14,670

4,164

28,450

1,470,579

26,620

942,441

1,770

4,696

29,440

537,803

4,000

2,294

580

631

14,130

191,954

48,170

8,095,914

37,290

123,505

42,300

166,644

26,930

1,112,064

21,020

693,948

$1,000,000 or more

23,720

2,570

20,370

480

71,050

78,120,980

23,720

78,788,842

19,690

22,435,646

5,790

1,167,943

17,220

14,122,752

6,510

125,857

4,910

1,388

17,250

3,954,367

16,470

2,704,514

740

3,742

17,810

2,266,072

1,250

809

9,300

324,396

23,720

21,640,131

17,900

211,290

21,960

828,318

10,600

2,338,062

13,020

2,477,333

Frequently Asked Questions

How does online tax filing in Illinois work?

How is a CPA defined in Illinois?

Certified public accountants, or CPAs, in Illinois are tax professionals with the right education and experience to help Illinois taxpayers prepare and file their taxes. They have a license issued by the Illinois state board of accountancy. Accountants in Illinois have to pass a rigorous exam called the Uniform CPA Exam. In addition to helping individuals prepare taxes, Illinois CPAs work in positions as public or corporate accountants, and many executives with titles like Controller or Chief Financial Officer are also CPAs. Illinois CPAs are the tax professionals who are most familiar with the Illinois self-employment tax rate, income tax rate, property tax rate and every major and minor tax regulation in Illinois that could affect their clients tax situation. A good Illinois CPA is a walking encyclopedia of tax information at both the Illinois level and federal level.

What exactly CPAs in Illinois do?

What do FlyFin CPAs do?

FlyFin's CPA team is made up of small business tax professionals who are experts in Illinois taxes. They bring over 100 years of combined experience to the table. While the FlyFin app leverages sophisticated A.I. to find every possible Illinois tax deduction, FlyFin CPAs provide guidance, tax preparation and Illinois tax filing services directly through the app to freelancers, W-2 employees, independent contractors, self-employed individuals and small businesses in Illinois. The CPA team helping FlyFin users save $3,700 on average on their taxes works with both 1099 Illinois tax deductions for self-employed individuals in Illinois and W-2 tax deductions for employees working in Illinois, as well as with every personal tax deduction a client can take in Illinois. Taxes for a freelancer, independent contractor or a business owner in Illinois, for example, can be especially tricky, and FlyFin CPAs can answer any question they may have, from the write-offs they qualify for to how much their quarterly estimated tax payments should be.

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