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'Legal work ... can be done in Naperville': City services tax idea has professionals, associations on guard

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Jul 19, 2019 @ 10:09pm

Chicago's mayor has floated the idea of taxing 'high-end' legal and accounting services to help the city close a pension-induced budget gap. People associated with those professions and others worry such a tax would only raise the cost of doing business, harming regular people, while leading to relocations that will harm the city's business district.