March 26, 2020 – (AP) Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday delayed the deadline for filing state income tax returns by three months as officials reported the state’s largest one-day jump in COVID-19 infections since the first case was reported in late January.
Pritzker said he was extending the tax deadline to July 15 “to soften the immediate economic impact of this moment.”
It’s the same delay from the traditional April 15 due date announced last week for federal income-tax returns. The move earned praise from Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady of Bloomington, whose Republican caucus sought the relief in a letter to Pritzker.
Illinois officials reported 330 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total so far to at least 1,865. The state’s death toll from the virus rose to 19, up three from a day earlier.
