New Illinois Law Prompts $7.3 Million from Businesses Late on Taxes that Fund Unemployment Benefits

by Gary Kopycinski on March 19, 2013

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CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2013. More than $7.3 million has been collected from 23 businesses because the state now can hold individuals personally liable for purposefully not paying the full amount of the payroll tax that funds unemployment insurance benefits, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said today.