{"id":671248,"date":"2026-10-14T21:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/organizations-join-forces-to-fight-illinois-crypto-tax-after-6-month-pause\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T21:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:17:22","slug":"organizations-join-forces-to-fight-illinois-crypto-tax-after-6-month-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/organizations-join-forces-to-fight-illinois-crypto-tax-after-6-month-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizations join forces to fight Illinois crypto tax, after 6-month pause"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illinois officials already agreed to delay implementation of a 0.2% tax on crypto assets, but industry-aligned organizations are pushing for summary judgment on the merits.<\/p>\n

The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) and Blockchain Association (BA) said they would join the Digital Chamber and others to push for a court to address the merits of a lawsuit over Illinois\u2019s digital-asset tax, set to take effect in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a Tuesday filing in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, the crypto advocacy organizations asked<\/a> the court to approve an expedited schedule for summary judgment \u201cto reach a decision on the tax\u2019s lawfulness as quickly as possible.\u201d The filing cited the CCI\u2019s and BA\u2019s lawsuit against Illinois state officials, as well as one filed separately by the Digital Chamber and Illinois Blockchain Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile pausing enforcement of the Digital Asset Tax Act protects Illinois consumers and businesses from this onerous and legally flawed tax until July 1, it remains imperative that the merits are determined as soon as possible,\u201d said CCI CEO Ji Kim.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Illinois officials already agreed to delay implementation of a 0.2% tax on crypto assets, but industry-aligned organizations are pushing for summary judgment on the merits. The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) and Blockchain Association (BA) said they would join the Digital Chamber and others to push for a court to address the merits of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-671248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}