Kane County Taxes are High Enough Already

The Kane County Board is set to vote on a 2 cents/gallon county-wide motor fuel tax increase at the November 9th, 2021 County Board meeting.  

I urge you and your fellow Kane County Board Members to vote no on the 2 cents per gallon tax increase proposal.  

According to the Tax Foundation, Kane County and Illinois taxpayers already pay the 2nd highest gasoline taxes rates in the nation, trailing only California.  

If this motor fuel tax is passed, the increase in state and county motor fuel taxes in Kane County will have risen from 23 cents to 47.2 cents per gallon since 2019 - an astounding 105% increase. 

Local governments are already flush with new cash from the 2019 state gas tax increase. Of which 52% of those motor fuel tax revenues – over $600M per year- is directly allocated to municipalities, counties, township road districts, and local public transit agencies across Illinois. 

Kane County officials need to know residents are overburdened with taxes and hiking taxes more is not the responsible way forward.