Politics & Government
Deerfield, School Districts Must Pay Thousands Back to State
Village government bodies could be on the hook for more than $200K because of a statewide series of overpayments.
DEERFIELD, IL—City school districts and other governmental bodies will need to repay thousands of dollars to the state because of a mistake in calculating how much tax revenue these agencies received, the Chicago Tribune reports.
About $168 million was wrongly paid to local bodies between 2014 and 2015 by the Illinois Department of Revenue. The overpayment stems from a 1979 law set up to replace funds communities lost when they could no longer tax corporate personal property.
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The state is still trying to determine how much local government bodies across Illinois owe, but some institutions have already been given a bill, the Tribune reports. Here's how much some Deerfield school districts must pay back:
- Township High School District 113: $112,000
- Deerfield School District 109: $61,000
The City of Deerfield and the Deerfield Park District also owe the state repayments, but those figures haven't been finalized, the report stated. The following figures are the estimated amounts owed, according to the Tribune:
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